Tombstone Tuesday: Pvt. Burwell BLANTON

With all the excitement this week over the DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) going public - a data entry project in which I personally participated - I thought I would post the tombstone of one of my Revolutionary War ancestors.

Burwell BLANTON was born on 01 November 1763 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He was the son of George BLANTON and Elvira LEE.

Burwell married Phoebia Margaret BRIDGES, daughter of James BRIDGES and Rebecca HAMRICK. They had 9 children:

• Elizabeth BLANTON
• Sarah BLANTON
• Susanna BLANTON
• John "Buck" BLANTON - born c. 1785 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He married Rebecca Hughes in 1807 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He died on 01 Nov 1847 in Beaver Dam Creek, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
• James BLANTON - born on 26 Jun 1787; died on 05 Apr 1833.
• Jesse BLANTON - born 1789; died Jan 1875.
• Nancy BLANTON - born on 11 Feb 1792. She married Joseph Byers on 27 Jul 1818.
• George BLANTON - born on 01 Jan 1802. Married to Priscilla Harril in Sep 1821. Died on 08 Apr 1835.
• Charles BLANTON - born on 29 May 1804; died on 26 Apr 1866.

Burwell's 2nd wife was Mary "Pollie" WILEY. They had 1 child together: Burwell Wiley BLANTON, born about 1835. He died in the Civil War.

Burwell served as a Private during the Revolutionary War under Capt. Neval and Col. John Earl. In 1855, at the age of 92, he received a Bounty Land Warrant of 160 acres.

Burwell died on 14 May 1861, at the age of 98, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He is buried in Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, North Carolina.

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Photograph of Burwell Blanton's grave in Sunset Cemetery by Find A Grave volunteer Richard Jordan. Used with permission.
For sources and additional information about this family, please contact me.

Copyright © by Elizabeth O'Neal

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