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Raleigh Blankenship (abt. 1814 - abt. 1914)

Raleigh "Rolly" Blankenship
Born about in Tazewell, Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1838 in Buchanan, Virginia, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died about at about age 100 in Kentuckymap
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Biography

Raleigh was born about 1814 [1]. He was the son of Conley Blankenship and Martha Lester. He married Rebecca (Bouney) Blankenship (1816-abt.1920) in about 1838 [2]. Their children and ages per census records [3] [1] [4] [5]:

  1. Patsey (12 in 1850)
  2. Delilah (10 in 1850, twin of Daniel)
  3. Daniel D. "Doni" (10 in 1850, twin of Delilah)
  4. Hezekiah H. (shown as age 8 in 1850, age 16 in 1860)
  5. Martin (shown as age 6 in 1850, age 13 in 1860)
  6. Sarah Martha "Sally" (age 4 in 1850, 11 in 1860 )
  7. George W. "General" (9 in 1860, 19 in 1870)
  8. Silas "Si" (7 in 1860, 17 in 1870)
  9. Alford (5 in 1860, 15 in 1870)
  10. Floyd (age 0 in 1860, 13 in 1870)
  11. Harvey A. (10 in 1870, 17 in 1880)
  12. Harlan (10 in 1870. 17 in 1880)

Census records show that Raleigh was a farmer and that he, Rebecca, and their children resided in Tazewell County, Virginia in 1850 [3]. The family moved to Grundy, Buchanan County, Virginia before 1860 and resided there at least through 1880 [1] [4] [5]. He passed away about 1914. [6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Year: 1860; Census Place: Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: M653_1337; Page: 774; Family History Library Film: 805337. link
  2. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. link
  3. 3.0 3.1 Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: 979; Page: 287b. link
  4. 4.0 4.1 Year: 1870; Census Place: Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: M593_1637; Page: 191A. link
  5. 5.0 5.1 Year: 1880; Census Place: Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia; Roll: 1357; Page: 362D; Enumeration District: 015. link
  6. First-hand information as remembered by Debbie Howell, Monday, October 27, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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