George W. Blanton b AUG 1852 VA; s/o John Blanton and Almelda Huff. George W Blanton m. 25 Mar 1874 Wise Co VA to Ava Hunsucker (aka Arra) b 1855 VA; d/o John Tope Hunsucker and Tabitha Tabby Whitlow. Children of George W Blanton and Ava Hunsucker;

1. John Blanton b 1876; m. Martha Hamilton

2. James Franklin Blanton b 16 Apr 1878 Wise Co VA d 1 Sept 1925 Wise Co VA; buried Gray Cemetery, Wise Co VA; m. 6 Oct 1898 Wise Co VA to Victoria Hunsucker Estep b 4 Oct 1880 Wise Co VA d 20 Feb 1948 Wise Co VA; buried Gray Cemetery, Wise Co VA; d/o Robert Estep and Rosanna Hunsucker (* or d/o John Hunsucker and Rosanna Hunsucker). Children of J Franklin Blanton and Victoria Hunsucker Estep;

i. George Blanton; m. 16 Sept 1930 Wise Co VA to Edna Ruth Sturgill; d/o John Calvin Sturgill and Annie Banks

ii. B E Blanton; m. 11 Jun 1920 Wise Co VA to Isaac D Sturgill

3. Mary E Blanton b 1880 Wise Co VA; m. 15 Dec 1898 Wise Co VA to Melvin Sturgill b 1877 Letcher Co KY; s/o Franklin P Sturgill and Sarah Stidham. Children of Melvin Sturgill and Mary E Blanton;

i. Oliver Sturgill b about 1900 KY

ii. Maud Sturgill b about 1902 KY

iii. Virgil Sturgill b about 1904 KY

iv. Taulba Sturgill b about 1906 KY

v. Otis Sturgill

vi. Denver Sturgill.

4. Laura Belle Blanton b 1882; buried Emory Hill Cemetery, Guest River Section, Wise Co VA; m. 2 Aug 1898 Wise Co VA to Elbert P Ison b 1880 d 1956 Wise Co VA; buried Emory Hill Cemetery, Guest River Section, Wise Co VA; s/o James F Ison and Mary A Polly Robinett. Children of Elbert P Ison adn Laura Belle Blanton;

i. Glenn Ison

ii. Vonda Ison

iii. Richard Ison

iv. Graden Ison

v. Lillie E Ison

vi. Mary Ison.

5. Malisa Blanton b 1885 Wise Co VA d 1970 Wise Co VA; m. 27 Jun 1906 Wise Co VA to Thomas Short; s/o J W Short and Margaret Unknown. Malisa Blanton m. 22 Aug 1919 Wise Co VA to Gordon Sturgill; buried Dewey Memorial Cemetery, Pound, Wise Co VA; s/o J P Sturgill and Elizabeth Unknown. Gordon Sturgill m. 3 May 1909 Wise Co VA to Mary Standifer; d/o Frank Standifer and M E Unknown.

6. Martha J Blanton b 1888; m. 14 Jul 1904 Wise Co VA to John Crit Wells; s/o J F Wells and Louisa Unknown. Child of John Crit Wells and Martha J Blanton; i. Pauline Wells; m. 28 Aug 1937 Wise Co VA to John Fields; s/o Mack Fields and Ollie Moore.

7. Sarah Helen Blanton b 3 Mar 1891 Wise Co VA d 18 Aug 1940 Wise Co VA; buried Wiley Gardner Cemetery, near Norton, Wise Co VA; m. 18 Aug 1905 Wise Co VA to William M Billy Hunsucker b 1885 Wise Co VA; s/o Jonathon Crock Hunsucker and Elizabeth D Lizzie Davidson. William M Billy Hunsucker m. 8 Sept 1916 Wise Co VA to Effie Rogers; d/o J D Rogers. Sarah Helen Blanton m. 30 Oct 1908 Wise Co VA to John A Hunsucker b 20 Jan 1883 Wise Co VA d 5 Mar 1948 Wise Co VA; buried Wiley Gardner Cemetery, near Norton, Wise Co VA; s/o James Clayton Hunsucker and Rutha Sturgill.

8. Olli Delphia Blanton b 1894 d 1930; buried Wiley Gardner Cemetery, Norton, Wise Co VA; m. Charles Sidney Hill b 1895 d 1958 Wise Co VA; buried Emory Hill Cemetery, Guest River Section, Wise Co VA; s/o George F Hill and Sylvania Wellsl Charles Sidney Hill m. Ellie Bolling. Ollie Delphia Blanton m. 2 Dec 1920 Wise Co VA to William Gilliam Wells b 1893 Wise Co VA d 1947 Wise Co VA; buried Gardner Cemetery, Wise Co VA; s/o John B Floyd Wells and Cassandra Cassie Huff. William Gilliam Wells m. 22 Dec 1911 Wise Co VA to May Laxton b 1895; buried Huff Cemetery, Wise Co VA; d/o Rachel Laxton.

(Source: Jeannie Dobbs - rndobbs@sbcglobal.net - corrections with * in parenthesis also belong to Jeannie Dobbs) (Source: Kelly Stidham - kelstid@bellsouth.net)