General
Lafayette
(Jink)
Blankenship
Born in Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alfred Blankenship, Martha Mary Blankenship, Lewis Blankenship, Cynthia (Lester) Payne and John A Blankenship
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 63
in Buchanan, Virginia, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 27 Oct 2014
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Biography
General Lafayette was born in 1857.[1] He is the son of Daniel Blankenship and Sophia Lester."General" was his actual first name as seen in the 1870 Census.[2][3]
1860 Census, Buchanan, VA
- Daniel Blankenship Male 29 [Blank]
- Sophia Blankenship Female 32 [Blank]
- Alfred Blankenship Male 14 [Blank]
- Cyntha Blankenship Female 12 [Blank]
- Louis Blankenship Male 9 [Blank]
- Lydia Blankenship Female 8 [Blank]
- Hiram Blankenship Male 6 [Blank]
- Levi Blankenship Male 5 [Blank]
- Lafayette Blankenship Male 3 [Blank][4]
He married Harriet Justice.
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X52L-DR3 : 28 January 2020), Daniel Blankenship in entry for Lafayette Blankenship, 1857.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLV-CKY : 29 May 2021), General L Blankinship in entry for Dan Blankinship, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPL-QSW : 15 January 2022), General Blankenship in household of David Blankenship, Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41S-FRK : 18 February 2021), Lafayette Blankenship in entry for Daniel Blankenship, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jink by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Frank Blankenship
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-FT48099, FTDNA kit #810240, MitoYDNA ID T16065 [compare] +
Y-Chromosome Test, MitoYDNA ID T16065 [compare] - Bruce Blankenship :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #821799
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Nell (Payne) Byrd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZH9760713 [compare], Ancestry member nowarur26
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~3.12%
Wanda (Payne) Clough :
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~1.56%
Jack Wheeler :
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+
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~1.56%
Myrtle (Boyd) Street :
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~1.56%
~6.25%
P. A. Anderson :
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+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A752665 [compare], FTDNA kit #B371796
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~1.37%
Deborah (Gehlert) Roesler :
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~1.17%
Ed Street :
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+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PA3505962 [compare], Ancestry member estreet98
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~0.78%
Trisha Boyd :
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~0.78%
Regina (Deel) Lewis :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Jennifer Jackson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
John Roberts :
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~0.39%
Moris Roberts :
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Additionally, if you research him and his brother Lafayette Blankenship, you will find that the 1870 and 1880 census records do not include Lafayette, but do include General. There are other sources that show the name was General Lafayette Blankenship: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KLYR-58G