Amanda Blankenship: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Amanda Blankenship (daughter of Goven Blankenship and Ray).
Notes:
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

Amanda — McClurd. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

2.	Goven Blankenship Notes: ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145. Goven — Ray. (daughter of Amos L. Ray and Martha Allen) was born 4 Mar 1840; died 1865. [Group Sheet]

Ray was born 4 Mar 1840 (daughter of Amos L. Ray and Martha Allen); died 1865.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

Children:

Alleghany Blankenship died 1946.
1. Amanda Blankenship

Generation: 3

6.	Amos L. Ray was born 15 Nov 1802 (son of Joe Ray and Sarah "Sallie" McMahan). Notes: The home of Amos Ray was near where the present Court House now stands in Burnsville, North Carolina. ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145. Amos — Martha Allen. [Group Sheet]

Martha Allen (daughter of John Allen and Mollie Turner).

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

Children:

Niagara Ray was born 1828; died 1911.
3. Ray was born 4 Mar 1840; died 1865.

Generation: 4

12.

Joe Ray (son of Ray).

Notes:

From North Carolina.
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Reference:
"McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4, 145.

Joe married Sarah "Sallie" McMahan Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Ann McNulty) was born Montgomery, Virginia; died Yancey County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

13.

Sarah "Sallie" McMahan was born Montgomery, Virginia (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Ann McNulty); died Yancey County, North Carolina.

Notes:

Raised a large family.
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Reference:
"McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 4, 145.

Children:

6. Amos L. Ray was born 15 Nov 1802.

14. John Allen
Notes:
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

John — Mollie Turner. [Group Sheet]
15.
Mollie Turner (daughter of Abram Turner).
Notes:
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 145.

Children:

7. Martha Allen