By 1870 he is in Police Beat 4 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi with wife Amanda showing 19 years of age born in Alabama.[2]
Sources
↑ *"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-QB3 : 12 April 2016), Kiziah Blantern in household of John Blantern, Choctaw county, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 460, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ *"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSL-TJV : 12 April 2016), James Blanton, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 5, family 35, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,243.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-QB3 : 12 April 2016), Kiziah Blantern in household of John Blantern, Choctaw county, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 460, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSL-TJV : 12 April 2016), James Blanton, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 5, family 35, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,243.
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