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Micajah Blankenship

Born 1797 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Son of Presley D Blankenship and Frances (Ross) Blankenship

Brother of James Blankenship and Marena Mourning (Blankenship) Koon

Husband of Emelia (Marlow) Blankinship — married 1813 [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Alexander Blankenship, William Pleasant Blankenship, Presley Blankenship and John Oliver Blankinship

Died 1861 at about age 64 in Washington, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Fact: Burial Blankenship Cemetery , Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA

Fact: Residence (1850) Yancey county, part of, Yancey, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) 18th District, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Fact: Burial (1862) Blankenship Cemetery, Flag Pond, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch He was living with his son Presley at the time of the 1860 census. His wife Emilia Marlow Blankenship had most likely passed on at this time. According to the information I have from a Blankenship researcher he died in 1861 in Washington Co. TN. Unicoi County was created out of Washington County in 1875. The family probably never moved, the county line did. Emelia was alive in 1850. Micajah and Emelia were living in Yancey Co NC.

Fact: Residence (1850) Yancey county, part of, Yancey, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) 18th District, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Fact: Burial (1862) Blankenship Cemetery, Flag Pond, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch He was living with his son Presley at the time of the 1860 census. His wife Emilia Marlow Blankenship had most likely passed on at this time. According to the information I have from a Blankenship researcher he died in 1861 in Washington Co. TN. Unicoi County was created out of Washington County in 1875. The family probably never moved, the county line did. Emelia was alive in 1850. Micajah and Emelia were living in Yancey Co NC.

Fact: Residence (1850) Yancey county, part of, Yancey, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) 18th District, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Fact: Burial (1862) Blankenship Cemetery, Flag Pond, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch He was living with his son Presley at the time of the 1860 census. His wife Emilia Marlow Blankenship had most likely passed on at this time. According to the information I have from a Blankenship researcher he died in 1861 in Washington Co. TN. Unicoi County was created out of Washington County in 1875. The family probably never moved, the county line did. Emelia was alive in 1850. Micajah and Emelia were living in Yancey Co NC.

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"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 March 2023, 01:12), entry for Micajah Blankenship (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDQM-CB1 ); contributed by various users.
"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 March 2023, 01:12), entry for Micajah Blankenship (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDQM-CB1 ); contributed by various users.
"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 January 2023, 09:53), entry for Micajah Blankenship (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDQM-CB1 ); contributed by various users.
Micajah Blankenship (1797-1861) on Find A Grave: Memorial #193500999 retrieved 26 March 2019

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Micajah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

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

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Micajah:

~1.56% Michael Montgomery : 23andMe, GEDmatch AH8457588 [compare] + AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AH8457588 [compare], FTDNA kit #955917 + MyHeritage DNA + Living DNA
~1.56% Peggy Drinkard : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Peggyscreation
~0.78% Joseph Fusco : 23andMe
~0.78% Kristy S : 23andMe + AncestryDNA + MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Ed Street : 23andMe, GEDmatch RY7211974 [compare], yourDNAportal EDD71d4d1cb + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PA3505962 [compare], Ancestry member estreet98 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B686038
~0.78% Shauna (Brugh) Fackler : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Hammie1984
~0.78% Eddie Kessling : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A247718 [compare], Ancestry member EK0017
~0.78% Kathleen (Gleason) Conley : AncestryDNA
~0.78% John Roberts : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T007315 [compare], FTDNA kit #100137
~0.78% Moris Roberts : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F266987 [compare], FTDNA kit #266987
~0.39% Gina Hawkins : 23andMe, GEDmatch NT1712648 [compare]

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Micajah Blankenship (1797 - 1861)

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