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THE BLANTONS OF CAROLINE
It is supposed upon good authority that the Blantons are
French Hugenots who fled to England before the year 1600.
A legal search of the records in England resulted in the following
and exhaustive search has been made of all the available printed
and manuscript records of the County of Lancashire together
with a portion of the Counties of Cheshire and Yorkshire, but
without any discovery of the existence of the family, other than
the record of the arms about the middle of the sixteenth century.
Robert Grover, Somerset Herald, from 1571 to 1588 includes in
his ordinary of arms two coats for Blanton of Lancashire, and the
simplicity of the first coat points to great antiquity and it may
be assumed that the second coat is of later date and adopted by
a descendent of the family bearing the first coat.
Description of arms: Blanton (Lancashire) silver or white on
a bend sable three lions rampant out of the field.
The bearing of such coats of such a period clearly denotes that
the family then occupied a position of some consequence, as the
heralds of the day exercised great vigilance in preventing unauthorized
bearing of arms and possessed considerable powers
which they did not hesitate to employ as occasion required.
In the face of this, however, the name is not contained in any
of the miscellaneous records affording the only means of identification,
leading to the conclusion that the surviving members left
the county during the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century
leaving no trace. A long list of authorities then given as being
`consultant,' shows that no other possible conclusion, other than
extinction, can be made."
There are two coats of arms, the first exactly like the second
except for the lions. It is believed that with the emigration from
Lancashire, England, the Blantons came to Stafford county, Va.,
thence to Caroline. From the records in the land office at
Richmond we find that one Thomas Blanton received grants of
land in old Rappahannock county, and that he also received
other grants in Caroline in 1682 and 1687. In 1783 William
Blanton received a grant of 400 acres (see page 228 book 14,
1775 and 1781.) In 1785 Thomas Blanton received 1,050 acres.
See book "O" pages 556 and 618. He married Jane Moore, of
Spotsylvania county. In 1749 William Blanton's name is again
mentioned. In 1742 John Blanton's name appears. In 1778
James Blanton's. In 1807 and 1816 James W. Blanton and
William Blanton are mentioned. In 1749 John Blanton who
married Hannah Anderson, both of Caroline, removed to Cumberland
progenitor of the Cumberland Blantons.
The geneaology of the Caroline Blantons as known today is
as follows: There was a family, probably the children or grandchildren
of the above mentioned Thomas Blanton, whose several
names were John Blanton, Richard Blanton, William Blanton
and Polly Blanton.
The descendants of John Blanton were: James, Charles,
John, Eldridge, Richard, Augustus, Robert, Milton, Lewis,
Lucyella, Bettie, Sallie, Lina and Eliza Ann.
The descendants of James Blanton were: Judson, James,
Nannie and Jennie.
The descendants of Charles Blanton were: Etta, Ida, Mollie
and Alley.
John Blanton died without issue.
Eldridge Blanton had issue: Aubrey, Sallie, Asa, and Lee.
Richard Blanton had issue: Eugene, Julia and Ethel.
Augustus Blanton died without issue.
Robert Blanton had issue: Daisy and Grafton.
Milton Blanton died without issue.
Lewis Blanton had issue: Weldon, Lewis and Steward.
The descendants of Richard Blanton were: Charles, John
George, James and Mary.
Charles Blanton had issue: Nannie.
John Blanton had issue: Richard, Sallie, Mary, Archibald,
Tazewell, Ada and John.
Richard Blanton had issue: Emmett, Alfred, Arthur, Cecil,
William, Elizabeth, Lula, Ruth and Harry.
Archibald Blanton had issue: John, Herbert, Clarence, Thomas,
Linwood, Maud and Julia.
Tazewell Blanton had issue: Edwina and Ernest.
George W. Blanton had issue: George G., James, Betty,
Laura, Sallie, Isla, Mollie and Nettie.
George G. Blanton had issue: Clifton, Lonnie, Oscar, Lynwood,
George and Mellen.
James Blanton had issue: Clarice, Evelyn, Kate, Carrie,
James, Thomas, Louise and Christine.
Thomas Blanton was graduated from the Law Department
of the University of Virginia, m. Blanche Broaddus, dau. of
Eugene Broaddus and Blanche Ennis and has issue one daughter,
Jean Dulaney. He was elected Commonwealth's Attorney for
Ennis, for several years.
James Blanton died without issue.
William Blanton had issue: John, Betty, Thomas, Letitia,
Jennie, Mollie, Lucy, Lawrence, Robert and Charles.
John Blanton had issue: Julian and Bettie Roy.
Julian Blanton had issue: Hampton, John, Leonard and Allie
Blanton.
Thomas Blanton had issue: Cora, Kate, Carrie, Robert,
Cedon, Wallie, Lula and Mamie.
Robert L. Blanton: No issue.
Cedon Blanton had issue: Audrey, Earl, Franklin, Reid and
Loise.
Lawrence Blanton died without issue.
Robert Blanton had issue: Annie, Grace, Eliza, Robbie,
Charles and Alvin.
Charles Blanton: No issue.
Alvin Blanton: No issue.
Earl Blanton married Lawrence Durrett.
Emmett m. Grace Blanton. Arthur m. Mrs. Massey. Wiliam
m. Miss Evans.
George G., m. Miss Sutton. James, m. Cora Blanton.
Bettie m. John Allen. Sallie m. W. L. Allen. Isla m. John
Arnold. Mollie m. R. E. Smith Nettie m. C. O. Allen.
Lawrence m. Miss Mattie Winn. Robert m. Miss Flippo.
Julian m. Miss Allen. Bettie Roy m. Broaddus Allen.
Cora m. James Blanton. Kate m. E. E. Burruss. Robert L.
m. Maud Hargrave. Cedon m. Ora Haley. Wallie m. J. W.
Allen. Lula m. A. J. Haley.
Grace m. Emmett Blanton. Eliza m. Harvey Durrett. Robbie
m. J. F. Davis and has issue: William Franklin.
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