Blake was born in 1798. He passed away about 1870.
Sources
1830 TN Hardeman County
1850 TX Census Index Book:
1850 TX Grimes Co #85 TX , Grimes, No Twp Series: M432 Roll: 910 Page: 368
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-ZR7V : 10 March 2021), Blake Brantley and Margaret Dotson, 22 Jun 1822; citing Williamson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,051,488.
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-467W : 10 March 2021), Blake Brantly and Margaret Dotson, 22 Jun 1822; citing Williamson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,008,503.
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-C46W : 10 March 2021), Blake Brantley and Margaret Dotson, 22 Jun 1822; citing Williamson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 455,557.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL2-X1C : 23 December 2020), Blake Brantly, Grimes, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122938065/blake-brantley: accessed 14 September 2022), memorial page for Blake Brantley (1798–1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122938065, citing Harmony Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Arkieologist (contributor 47246586) . Find A Grave: Memorial #122938065
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Blake by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Blake: