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About Rev. Richard Thomas Blanton, Jr.
The family line of Richard Blanton, Jr. can be run back at least to the year 725.
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Allen Blanton https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blanton-337:
Richard was born about 1720. Richard Blanton ... He passed away about 1819. [1]
Richard Jr was made sheriff of Spotsylvania, VA in 1767-8. His first duty was to arrest Joseph Craig, Baptist minister for not preaching Church of England. He released him soon afterwards for "causing more mischief" in jail than out of it. Crowds would gather around the jail to listen to Joseph preach. His brother John was drafted for service in the revolution, but as he was just married and rearing a family, Richard offered to substitute and was accepted.
Sources ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Allen Blanton, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source. http://www.jmartinfamily.com/jon/Webtrees/individual.php?pid=I9503&...
Richard was born about 1720. Richard Blanton ... He passed away about 1819. [1]
Richard Jr was made sheriff of Spotsylvania, VA in 1767-8. His first duty was to arrest Joseph Craig, Baptist minister for not preaching Church of England. He released him soon afterwards for "causing more mischief" in jail than out of it. Crowds would gather around the jail to listen to Joseph preach. His brother John was drafted for service in the revolution, but as he was just married and rearing a family, Richard offered to substitute and was accepted.
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Sources ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Allen Blanton, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source. http://www.jmartinfamily.com/jon/Webtrees/individual.php?pid=I9503&...
Richard was born about 1720. Richard Blanton ... He passed away about 1819. [1]
Richard Jr was made sheriff of Spotsylvania, VA in 1767-8. His first duty was to arrest Joseph Craig, Baptist minister for not preaching Church of England. He released him soon afterwards for "causing more mischief" in jail than out of it. Crowds would gather around the jail to listen to Joseph preach. His brother John was drafted for service in the revolution, but as he was just married and rearing a family, Richard offered to substitute and was accepted.
This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?
Sources ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Allen Blanton, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source. http://www.jmartinfamily.com/jon/Webtrees/individual.php?pid=I9503&...
Richard was born about 1720. Richard Blanton ... He passed away about 1819. [1]
Richard Jr was made sheriff of Spotsylvania, VA in 1767-8. His first duty was to arrest Joseph Craig, Baptist minister for not preaching Church of England. He released him soon afterwards for "causing more mischief" in jail than out of it. Crowds would gather around the jail to listen to Joseph preach. His brother John was drafted for service in the revolution, but as he was just married and rearing a family, Richard offered to substitute and was accepted.
This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?
Sources First-hand information as remembered by Allen Blanton, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source. http://www.jmartinfamily.com/jon/Webtrees/individual.php?pid=I9503&...
https://books.google.com/books?id=43jEKg6VTLYC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&d...
Richard Blanton
BIRTH 1720
Caroline County, Virginia, USA
DEATH unknown
Kentucky, USA
BURIAL
McGaha Cemetery
Craycraft, Adair County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID 189815431 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 0
Probable parents:
Father: John BLANTON b: 1676 in Caroline County, Virginia
Mother: Hannah ANDERSON b: 1676 in Caroline County, Virginia
Family Members
Spouse
Johana Sneed Blanton
Children
Carter B Blanton
1765–1835
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189815431/richard-blanton
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Rev. Richard Thomas Blanton, Jr.'s Timeline
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1724
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Spotsylvania, VA
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1742
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Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
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1743
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Caroline County, Virginia, United States
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1750
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Cumberland, Virginia, USA
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July 12, 1759
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January 1760
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Caroline County, Virginia
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1761
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Cumberland, New Kent, Virginia, United States
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1762
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Caroline County, Virginia
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1762
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Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
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