The Blanks Family of Bladen and Columbus Counties, North Carolina
Blanks Patriarch
Frederick "Alfred" Blanks Sr. (1783)
5. Mary A. Blanks (1815) husband Isaiah Mitchell (1797)
1. John Blanks (1804) wife Melvina Hammond (1846)
6. Alfred Blanks Jr. (1820) wife Sarah (?) (1820)
2. Michael Blanks (1805) wives Edith Freeman (1825)
                                                     Rebecca (?) (1812)
                                                     Sarah (?) 1827)
                                                     Mary Lambert (1841)
10. Sarah Blanks (1832) husband Moses Young (1816)
9. Lucy Blanks (1831) husband Henry Graham Sr. (1830)
3. Elijah Blanks (1808) wife Elenorah Mitchell (1815)
4. James Blanks (1814-1901) wife Julia Russ (1835)
11. Esther Blanks (1835) husband James Bowen (1826)
7. Winny Blanks (1824-1913) husband James Graham Sr. (1814-1884)
8. Elizabeth Blanks (1825-1910) husband Mike Lacewell (1805)
Alfred Blanks Sr. Children
John Blanks 1860 US Census.jpg
John Blanks 1860 US Census.jpg
John Blanks, named after his grandfather John Blanks Sr. (1754) was born about 1804 and was the oldest known child of Alfred Blanks Sr. He married Melvina Hammond of New Hanover and was probably the oldest or one of the oldest family member who was able to keep his Native American Identity based on the 1860 US Federal Census in New Hanover County, North Carolina. You will notice on the 1860 census his race (I) for Indian was indicated and he did not use the typical United States Federal mandate of the use of (B) Black or (M) Mulatto.
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1810 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1810 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1820 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1820 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1830 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1830 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1840 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1840 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1850 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1850 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1860 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Sr. 1860 US Census.jpg
Frederick “Alfred” Blanks Sr. was born about 1783, his father was John Blanks Sr. (1754) who appeared in the 1790 United States Census in Bladen County North Carolina with a household of eight. Alfred Blanks Sr. was the father of at least eleven known children based on records, documents and DNA testing, many of his children settled their families in either Bladen or Columbus County, North Carolina.  
John Blanks Sr. 1790 US Census.jpg
John Blanks Sr. 1790 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1850 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1850 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1860 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1860 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1830 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1830 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1840 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1840 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1870 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1870 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1880 US Census.jpg
Michael Blanks 1880 US Census.jpg
Elijah Blanks 1840 US Census.jpg
Elijah Blanks 1840 US Census.jpg
Elijah Blanks 1850 US Census.jpg
Elijah Blanks 1850 US Census.jpg
Elijah Blanks 1860 US Census.jpg
Elijah Blanks 1860 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1850 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1850 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1870 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1870 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1880 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1880 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1900 US Census.jpg
James Blanks 1900 US Census.jpg
Mary Blanks-Mitchell 1850 US Census.jpg
Mary Blanks-Mitchell 1850 US Census.jpg
Mary Blanks-Mitchell 1860 US Census.jpg
Mary Blanks-Mitchell 1860 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1850 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1850 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1860 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1860 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1870 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1870 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1880 US Census.jpg
Alfred Blanks Jr. 1880 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1850 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1850 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1870 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1870 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1880 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1880 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1900 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1900 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1850 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1850 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1860 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1860 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1870 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1870 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1880 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1880 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1900 US Census.jpg
Elizabeth Blanks-Lacewell 1900 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1850 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1850 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1860 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1860 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1870 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1870 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1880 US Census.jpg
Lucy Blanks-Graham. 1880 US Census.jpg
Sarah Blanks-Young 1850 US Census.jpg
Sarah Blanks-Young 1850 US Census.jpg
Sarah Blanks-Young 1860 US Census.jpg
Sarah Blanks-Young 1860 US Census.jpg
Sarah Blanks-Young 1870 US Census.jpg
Sarah Blanks-Young 1870 US Census.jpg
Esther Blanks-Bowen 1850 US Census.jpg
Esther Blanks-Bowen 1850 US Census.jpg
Esther Blanks-Bowen 1860 US Census.jpg
Esther Blanks-Bowen 1860 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1860 US Census.jpg
Winnie Blanks-Graham 1860 US Census.jpg
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