Joseph William Blanton

Male, #44726, (11 Mar 1839 - 23 Aug 1862)

Parent*John W. Blanton (c 1815 - a 1880)
Parent*Nancy Culpepper (c 1820 - a 1880)
Joseph William Blanton|b. 11 Mar 1839\nd. 23 Aug 1862|p44726.htm|John W. Blanton|b. circa 1815\nd. after 1880|p5792.htm|Nancy Culpepper|b. circa 1820\nd. after 1880|p5791.htm|Alexander Blanton|b. 31 Aug 1788\nd. circa 1880|p5904.htm|Elizabeth G. Driggers|b. say 1790|p47126.htm|Andrew Culpepper of Henry Co., AL|b. circa 1788\nd. before 14 Mar 1857|p5768.htm|Lettis Harris|b. circa 1790\nd. before 1850|p5773.htm|

Birth*11 Mar 1839 Joseph was born at Lawrenceville, Henry Co., Alabama, on 11 Mar 1839. 
 He was the son of John W. Blanton and Nancy Culpepper. 
1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Nancy, Joseph, Francis, Susan, Wayne, James, William and John listed as a household member living with John W. Blanton on the 1850 Census on 1 Jun 1850 at Henry Co., Alabama.1 
Marriage*say 1859 He married Eleanor Anderson say 1859. 
Death*23 Aug 1862 He died at Oven Bluff, Clarke Co., Alabama, on 23 Aug 1862. 
Biography* Known as Joe, Blanton was born 11 Mar 1839 in Lawrenceville, Henry Co., Ala. and died 23 August 1862. His military death notice states that Joseph W. Blanton, Private, of Captain John DeLoach's Company F, 36th Alabama, was born in Henry County, and at age 23, enlisted at Monroeville on 10th of April 1862 to serve for three years. He died at Oven Bluff [Clarke Co., AL] on 23 August 1862 and is buried at buried at Medlock Cemetery in Perdue Hill, Monroe County, Ala.
      Joseph W. Blanton was the first son born to John W. Blanton and Nancy Culpepper. In about 1859-1860, Joseph Blanton married Eleanor Anderson. Eleanor was born in 1839 in South Carolina and was the daughter of John J. Anderson (b. 1804 in SC) and Eleanor Anderson (b. 1810 in SC). Before he joined Company F, Joe and Eleanor had one child, a daughter named Joseph Laura Blanton. She was born on 7 Sept 1860 in in Henry Co., Ala. Ellen Anderson Blanton married Thomas E. Brown in Monroe County, Alabama, in January 1872.
      Information from Sara Harms.
 

Family

Eleanor Anderson (say 1841 - )

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 20 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 397A, Lines 12-21, Southern District, Henry Co., AL
    John Blanton, 34, M, Farmer, $400, GA
    Nancy Blanton, 30, F, SC
    Joseph Blanton, 11, M, AL
    Francis M. Blanton, 9, M, AL
    Susan Blanton, 7, M, AL
    Wayne Blanton, 5, M, AL
    John Blanton, 3, M, AL
    William Blanton, 2, M, AL
    John Culpepper, 22, M, Farmer, SC
    William Hutton, 65, M, Farmer, $1000, SC.