Person

Elijah Blankenship (Macon County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1836-01-06 d. 1906-03-10

Macon County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Macon County, Tennessee native. Son of Isham Blankenship and Sarah Blankenship. Married to Elizabeth Blankenship. Father of John J. Blankenship, Washington Wolford Blankenship, and Sarah F. Blankenship. Farmer in Macon County, Tennessee, in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private from October 11, 1861 to February 19, 1862. Served in the 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from December 10, 1863 to January 22, 1865.

Details

Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Macon County, District 2, p. 163B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Macon County, p. 13.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Macon County, District 2, p. 11B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0050.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Tennessee, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M395, Roll 0126.

"Elijah Blankenship (1836-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #24705785, accessed March 25, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24705785.

Citation

Blankenship, Elijah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200171 (November 12, 2026).

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