History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 263.    [Wallonia Precinct]

RICHARD BLANKS was born September 10, 1818, in Mecklenburg County, Va.  He
is a son of James and Sallie Blanks.  The father was born in the same
county and State January 15, 1769; he died July 10, 1852, aged eighty-five
years, five months and twenty-five days.  In 1835 the family came to Trigg
County; they settled on the farm now owned by subject; it consists of 156
acres of land; he also owns forty-eight and one-half acres on Muddy Fork.
Mr. Blanks was married on November 13, 1851, to Lucy Falkner.  She was
born in Trigg County.  This marriage has been blessed with two daughters.

Blanks Falkner
=
Mecklenburg-VA

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