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Edmond Blanton

Male 1815 - 1878  (62 years)


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  • Name Edmond Blanton  [1, 2
    Birth 31 Aug 1815  Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Aug 1878  Lowndes County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • The son of David BLANTON and Nancy GOFF.

      The following biography of Edmond Blanton appears to be transcribed from "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", and was copied from a tree at RootWeb's WorldConnect Project: Descendants of Frederick Fritz (Veit) Zeigler

      "Edmond moved to Lowndes County with his parents when he was 17 years old (1832). They settled in what is now the city of Quitman. He was a blacksmith and farmer. In 1836 or 1837 he married Miss Dorcas MORGAN who was a native of Sampson County, North Carolina. Dorcas was born November of 1813. She was the granddaughter of Isaac NEWTON, R.S. They had 11 children. Dorcas died May 5,1859 in Lowndes County, Georgia. Edmond and Dorcas were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. Dorcas joined Bethlehem Church in present Brooks County July 8, 1843 by letter from Moore's Creek Church, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Edmond joined the same church September 12, 1841 and was baptized on May 7, 1847. He was ordained to the deaconship at this church. He served as a deacon until he and his wife were dismissed by letter January 1852. On January 24, 1852 Dorcas and Edmond were received by letter into Unity Church near their new home. Edmond served as a deacon for Unity until his death. Mr. Blanton lived in the portion of Lowndes County, cut into Brooks County in 1858, until 1852 when he moved to the 661st (Naylor) Distric of Lowndes County. He bought land here and had a very large plantation. He lived there until his death on 21 Aug 1878. Edmond's second wife was Elizabeth LIGHTSEY born July 27,1830 in Barnwell District, South Carolina. The grave marker reference shows her birth date as July 27, 1831. She was the daughter of Samuel LIGHTSEY and the sister of Samuel H. LIGHTSEY who married Nancy C. Blanton, Edmond's child by his first wife. They had eight children. The will of Edmond Blanton dated January 5, 1878 was probated in Oct. 1878. He bequeathed to his wife, Elizabeth, his home place consisting of parts of lots 294 and 305 11th land district of Lowndes County and all his personal estate. His other lands went to his children. His brother John Newton Blanton was executor of the will. Edmond Blanton and Elizabeth are buried at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Lowndes County (section 8).
    Person ID I8508  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father David Blanton,   b. 9 Mar 1791, Harrells Store, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1837, Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Nancy Goff,   b. 9 Mar 1792, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1870, Brooks County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1811  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • They were the parents of 10 children
    Family ID F3974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dorcus Morgan,   b. Nov 1813, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1859, Lowndes County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1837  Brooks County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Edmond and Dorcus were the parents twelve children born in Lowndes County, Georgia: David Franklin Blanton who married Missouri Ann POPPELL, Nancy C. Blanton who married Samuel Houston LIGHTSEY, James Jared Blanton who married Mary Frances WILDER, Margaret A. Blanton who married John SELLERS, William Lacey Blanton who married (1) Obedience CARTER and (2) Indiana (WILLIAMS) HENDRY, Thomas Levi Blanton who married Rachel SELLERS, Francis Marion Blanton who married Mary HATCHETT, Mary D. Blanton who married John HATCHETT, Berry Green Blanton who married Amanda Y. MOORE, Emily Elizabeth Blanton who married Sidney SELLERS, Flora Melvina Blanton and Samuel S. Blanton. He went on to have eight additonal children by his second wife (RootsWeb World Connect: North Florida Webbs)
    Children 
     1. James Jared Blanton,   b. 8 Nov 1841, Lowndes County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1917, Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F3970  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2010 

    Family 2 Elizabeth M. Lightsey,   b. Between 1830 and 1831, Barnwell District, Orange County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1900, Lowndes County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1859  Brooks County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • They had five boys and three girls.
    Family ID F3973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Aug 1815 - Sampson County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1837 - Brooks County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Nov 1859 - Brooks County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Aug 1878 - Lowndes County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S330] Webb, Edward C. "North Florida Webbs and Others" Ver. 2008-10-03 14:29:24 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=ewebb.

    2. [S857] Parker, William and Salter, Robert "Blanton Family Lineage of Josshua Blanton and Mary Alderman, his wife" Compiled 30 Jun 1939, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blantonroots/historians/lmcdonald/bfr9.pdf).

    3. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Tigges, Donald (tigges@greencis.net) "Lightsey-Tigges" (htt p://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:3047172) V er. 2005-01-22 18:46:38 (Reliability: 3).