Presley Devoe Blankenship

1841 - 1896  (54 years)

• Name	Presley Devoe Blankenship
  Nickname	P. D.
  Birth	30 Nov 1841	North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military	1861-1865	Civil War
  	Presley was 20 when he enlisted on 7 Mar 1861 as a Private from Yancey Co NC. He served in Co B, NC 29th Infantry Regiment starting on 3 July 1861. He rose rapidly through the ranks and on 2 May 1862, he became a full Sergeant. A year and a half later 15 Dec 1863 he became "lieutenant."
  	A Roster of NC Troops 1861-65.
  Regimental History	1861-1865	Civil War - Confederate
  	29th Infantry Regiment, organized at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in September 1861, contained men from Cherokee, Yancey, Buncombe, Jackson, Madison, Haywood, and Mitchell counties. Sent to East Tennessee the unit was active in the Cumberland Gap operations. Later it was assigned to General Rains' and Ector's Brigade and participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta. The 29th then marched with Hood into Tennessee and ended the war at Mobile. It lost twenty-two percent of the 250 engaged at Murfreesboro and had 110 killed, wounded, or missing at Chickamauga. During the Atlanta Campaign, from May 18 to September 5, it reported 6 killed, 58 wounded, and 87 missing, and at Allatoona, thirty-nine percent of the 138 present were disabled. It surrendered in May 1865. The field officers were Colonels William B. Creasman and Robert B. Vance; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas F. Gardner, James M. Lowry, Bacchus S. Profitt, and William S. Walker; and Major Ezekiel H. Hampton.
  Residence	ca 1870	Marion Co, Arkansas, USA
  	Migrated from North Carolina via Boone County to settle in Eros area on Hampton Creek in Marion Co, Arkansas.
  	Vicki A. Roberts and Mysty T. McPherson. Genealogies of Marion County Families, 1811-1900 (Yellville, AR: Historic Genealogical Society of Marion Co, AR, 1997), 37.
  Death	2 Nov 1896	Marion Co, Arkansas, USA
  Burial	Jefferson Hall Cemetery, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA
  Person ID	I7313	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Barnett Blankenship,   b. ca 1811, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA d. 10 Sep 1879, Boone Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Ruth Coone,   b. Dec 1812, Mountain Creek, Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA d. ca 1910, Yancey Co, North Carolina, USA (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1832	Rutherford Co, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F11134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Louise Rea,   b. 1 Aug 1843, North Carolina, USA d. 14 Jun 1896, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1860	North Carolina, USA
  	Vicki A. Roberts and Mysty T. McPherson. Genealogies of Marion County Families, 1811-1900 (Yellville, AR: Historic Genealogical Society of Marion Co, AR, 1997), 37.
  Children	1. General Taylor Blankenship,   b. 2 May 1861, Yancey Co, North Carolina, USA d. 30 Nov 1901, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 40 years)   2. Charles Thalis Houston Blankenship,   b. Dec 1866, Yancey Co, North Carolina, USA d. 2 Feb 1937, Boone Co (Age 70 years) + 3. Mary Jane Blankenship,   b. ca 1869, Cane River, Yancey Co, North Carolina, USA d. ca 1902, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 33 years)   4. Rosanna Blankenship,   b. 16 Mar 1871, Yancey Co, North Carolina, USA d. 8 Jan 1913, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 41 years)   5. Willie Belle Blankenship,   b. 5 Feb 1873, Eros, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA d. 28 May 1958, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 85 years)   6. Jesse B. Blankenship,   b. Jun 1875, Eros, Marion, Arkansas, USA d. 25 Jan 1911, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas, USA (Age 35 years)   7. George Blankenship,   b. Feb 1879, Eros, Marion, Arkansas, USA d. 14 Nov 1952, Everton, Boone Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 73 years) + 8. Joseph Cephus Blankenship,   b. 5 May 1881, Eros, Marion, Arkansas, USA d. 12 Dec 1961, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 80 years)   9. Talitha Blankenship,   b. Jan 1883, Eros, Marion, Arkansas, USA d. ca 1898, Eros, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 14 years)   10. Ada Blankenship,   b. Feb 1885, Eros, Marion, Arkansas, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Military - Presley was 20 when he enlisted on 7 Mar 1861 as a Private from Yancey Co NC. He served in Co B, NC 29th Infantry Regiment starting on 3 July 1861. He rose rapidly through the ranks and on 2 May 1862, he became a full Sergeant. A year and a half later 15 Dec 1863 he became "lieutenant." - 1861-1865 - Civil War  = Link to Google Earth