BLANKENSHIP CEMETERY, (Ruth Circle), MADISON COUNTY ALABAMA

Mapping the Location

Area views of the Cemetery: WideView/1019/1020/1021/1019L

BLANKENSHIP, Edmond, Born March 14, 1783, Died September 12, 1833. 1014/1015/1022/1023/1019L
EDMOND BLANKENSHIP, Born March 14, 1783, Died September 12, 1833.

BLANKENSHIP, Hannah, 1 Jul 1787 - 23 Sep 1852. 1016/1017/1019L
HANNAH BLANKENSHIP, Born July 1, 1787, Died September 23, 1852.
 
BLANKENSHIP, William F., 13 Feb 1810 - 18 Apr 1847. 1012bC/1012b/1012c/1012ca
WILLIAM F. BLANKENSHIP, Born February 13, 1810, Died April 18, 1847.

BLANKENSHIP, Wiley, 13 Feb 1818 - 23 Apr 1842. 1012d/1019L
WILEY BLANKENSHIP, Born February 13, 1818, Died April 23, 1842.

African American Graves - 20 yards south of the above.
BLANKENSHIP - Maria Louisa. Daughter of Rebecca Blankenship, a coloured woman. Born March 19, 1845, Age 5 months. 1008C/1008/1009
Maria Louisa, Daughter of Rebecca Blankenship, a coloured woman. Born March 19, 1845, Age 5 months.

BLANKENSHIP - James Blankenship, a coloured man. Age 70 years. (no other info.)1010/1011
James Blankenship, a coloured man. Age 70 years.
 

Census of 1830: (Edmond Blankenship)
2 males between 10 & 15 yrs.
1 male between  15 & 20
1 male between  20 & 30
1 male between  30 & 40
1 male & 1 female between  40 & 50
1 free Black & 20 Black slaves

Census, Nov. 19, 1850
Blankinship, Willis 34 Ala., Farmer
Blankinship, Hannah 62 Va.
Blankinship, Willis 15 Ala.
Elliott, Wm.        24 Ala. artist
Lucus, Calvin       37 Ala. laborer

Listings & Links developed by C. Wayne Austin using photos dated 6 Aug 2014. Added here 9 Aug 2014 by C. Wayne Austin. This cemetery was shown in the book Madison County Cemeteries Vol II, Page 242 by Dorothy Scott Johnson.