BLANTON - TATE CONNECTIONS, JUST TO CONFUSE EVERYTHING

It appears the Blantons and Tates go back quite a long way.

 

A William Blanton witnessed the sale of land by Wm/Elizabeth Tate in 1765 in Mecklenburg County VA.

 

In 1782 William Blanton sold 247 acres to Reuben Blanton in Brunswick Co VA. 

In 1786 Reuben Blanton witnessed a land transaction for William Tate Sr. in Spartanburg County, SC.

Edmund Blanton and Delilah Tate: 

 

Edmund's father was Lewis, mother was Frances Hester.  Lewis was the son of Reuben Blanton and Martha Johnson.

Delilah’s father was Wm Tate Jr. and her mother’s name was Mary.

Wm Tate Sr was Delilah's grandfather; his wife’s name was Elizabeth Hester.

Delilah's grandmother Elizabeth’s parents were James and Frances Hester.

 

(Is anyone else a little confused by the repetition of names in families, or is it just me?)

 

Census of Rutherford Co., Burwell Bradford Blanton married Mary Caroline "Polly"Tate, b. 1810

MARGARET TATE, b. 1827, Monroe County, Tennessee; m. CLAYBORN BLANTON, Abt. 1846.

Sue Blanton 1917-1995 married Haskell Tate 1916-1997. Both are buried Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. Sue Blanton is a descendant of Jeremia and Sarah Womack Blanton

David Tate, married Nancy Blanton, daughter of Reuben Blanton, Sr. David died ca 1812 in Rutherford/Cleveland Co, NC.

"My gg-grandmother was Delilah Tate, sister to your Henry Howe Tate. She married Edmund Blanton. Her sister Martha (Patsy) Tate married Edmund's uncle, Herod Blanton."

 

Blanton, Paul (*1905 - ) - male
father: Blanton, William Thomas(*1874 - 1932)
mother: O'Brien, Ida(1874 - 1941)
spouse: Tate, Laura (*1909 - )

 

        Interesting:  Not our line that I can see, but interesting!

The last known child of Martha and George was (8) Alsey Blanton b. 1822 m. Madison "Mattney" Blanton. He may have m. 1. Rebecca Blanton, dau of John Blanton, in Green Co. TN and had four children named John, Cyrene, Martha, and Delila. It is told that Madison migrated to western Kentucky and Arkansas and brought back a child named James Blanton who first shows in 1860 Magoffin census at age 17. His mother is said to have been an Indian.

This James Blanton (though not a descendant of Martha) was the eldest child in that census. Madison Blanton then m. Alsy Blanton b. 1822, youngest dau of Martha and George

 

The above little story has nothing to do with the Tate's but seems to have a lot to do with Blantons!