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From: "J. Cooper Walker" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Green, Blankenship and Patterson
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:35:08 -0600
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Hi Bernie...its interesting that in the 1860 WildHaws twp #265 has :
PATTERSON, J.D. 33 fmr NC
Marenda 22 KY (notice birth place- same as Blankenship,
a daughter or sister of Lewis Blankenship?)

James R. 6 KY
Joel B. 2 KY

Later...Joyce



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From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
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Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 3:35 AM
Subject: [ARIZARD] Green, Blankenship and Patterson


> Hey guys?
>
> Have we ever known what happened to Mary J. Patterson? Now, if we could find information on her - that would sure tell us a great deal. Wouldn't it?
>
> I tend to think that Polly Blankenship must have certainly had a marriage prior to her one to Marion Green. It has been my experience in research that if a woman had a child out of wedlock - the child carried the mother's maiden or surname. I don't think that I have ever seen otherwise.
>
> When I first saw that census record that had Mary J. Patterson enumerated in the 1880 Marion Green household, as a step-daughter - that was my first thought - that Polly Blankenship had had a Patterson marriage. I recall that Jean Blankenship just did not know one way or the other.
>
> 1880 Izard Co., Arkansas census, Union Township:
> GREEN, Marion M 33 farmer MO NC NC
> #133/8 Polly Ann F 31 wife keeping house TN TN TN
> Nancy E. F 14 daughter at home AR MO TN
> Louis M 11 son at home AR MO TN
> James M 7 son at home AR MO TN
> John M 5 son at home AR MO TN
> Thomas M 1 son at home AR MO TN
> PATTERSON Mary J. F 18 step-daughter at home AR MO TN
>
> The only other alternative is if Marion Green had had a previous marriage before Polly Blankenship and the first unknown wife had had a Patterson marriage and Marion was raising a step-daughter from a first marriage.
>
> Now, I know you hated to read that last scenario - so, let's assume that Polly Blankenship had a first marriage to a Patterson? Were there any early Pattersons near Lewis Blankenship in 1860?
>
> 1860 Izard Co., Arkansas, Millcreek Township:
> BLANKENSHIP, Lewis 53 fmr KY
> #431/431 Malinda 47 TN
> Elisha 21 hunter TN
> Andrew 17 srv TN
> Jacob 14 TN
> Polly A. 12 TN
> W. C. 8 TN
> Martha 6 TN
> James C. 2 AR
>
> I think I will cc this to the Izard List - ya just never know if someone might be researching the Pattersons.
>
> Bernie Moore-Knowles
> Papa'aloa, Hawai'i
>
> "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to
> question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:38 PM
> Subject: Re: Green Family
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>
> Mary & Tom, this is so exciting. This Lee Branson is the step-son of Marion Green. In Marion's will, he left $5.00 to each child, but left his property to Lee Branson, whom it appears he thought a lot of. All of this letter makes sense, especially since it connects our Marion to Noel & William, which was my concern. This Lee also puts the last child Julie as a child of Marion, which she was, but he states that Marion was married to Martha (Matt) Ivie and I wonder why if he married Martha in 1881 and Julie was born in 1882, according to her death certificate, why does he state that Marion and Martha didn't have any children. I assumed, which one should not do...that Marion's wife Mary Ann "Polly" Blankenship died before he married Marttha. Always more questions.
>
> Tom I would be interested as to when did you get this letter? Is it something that you had for a while or did you just get while you were gone to California? I was corresponding with a Beth Peck Cooper on the Izard Co Maillist as she knew Julie (Green) Wadkins family and she was going to try to find out Lee Bransons address.
>
> Jennifer seems to think that the Mary J. Patterson that lists as a step-daughter on the 1880 census is a daughter of Mary Ann "Polly" Blankenship from a 1st marriage. Since it lists Mary J. as a daughter of Polly Patterson, I wonder if she and Mary Ann "Polly" Blankenship are the same person. The way the letter reads, or at least the way I read it, but then it is getting late, so maybe I didn't get it right, is that Marion married a Polly Patterson, Mary Ann "Polly" Blankenship, Martha Ivie, Mollie Ellen (Williams) -Branson.
>
> Lee's letter certainly has merit and he would be the one to know everything. I hope we can communicate with him.
>
> Thanks for sharing. Tom, I hope you had a nice trip to Southern California. We have had beautiful weather for Thanksgiving.
>
> Delpha
>
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