Son of Elisha Blankenship. Spencer was chosen in 1857, by his relatives & friends, to be wagon master for a sixteen-wagon train going to South Missouri. Born near Richmond VA, he was living at this time in the Hiawassee river area of eastern Tennessee. The sixteen wagon's of the wagon train were drawn by oxen, reports Spencer's granddaughter, Julia West Parker, in her book Nan of Tennessee. She writes, "They were slow, but had great endurance. The oxen would be needed for breaking the land. Some cows were taken. Extra oxen were taken. The older boys rode their saddle horses." When the last ten wagons reached Houston (six had stopped at other places), "The Harmons and Blankenships drove south of Houston to what is now the Solo community. They rode around for miles to find a location that would suit everyone." Spencer married Mariah Scoggins on Oct. 2, 1832 their ch: Alfred, Mary Elizabeth, Susan, Stephen, John R., Joseph, Nancy, Manassa, William, & Thomas.These children were the sixth generation of Blankenship in America. Research by Ellie & Lee Blankenship of Olympia, WA, established that the first Blankenship to come to the "New World" was a Ralph Blankenship, who came to Jamestown VA, in 1640 from England.
Son of Elisha Blankenship. Spencer was chosen in 1857, by his relatives & friends, to be wagon master for a sixteen-wagon train going to South Missouri. Born near Richmond VA, he was living at this time in the Hiawassee river area of eastern Tennessee. The sixteen wagon's of the wagon train were drawn by oxen, reports Spencer's granddaughter, Julia West Parker, in her book Nan of Tennessee. She writes, "They were slow, but had great endurance. The oxen would be needed for breaking the land. Some cows were taken. Extra oxen were taken. The older boys rode their saddle horses." When the last ten wagons reached Houston (six had stopped at other places), "The Harmons and Blankenships drove south of Houston to what is now the Solo community. They rode around for miles to find a location that would suit everyone." Spencer married Mariah Scoggins on Oct. 2, 1832 their ch: Alfred, Mary Elizabeth, Susan, Stephen, John R., Joseph, Nancy, Manassa, William, & Thomas.These children were the sixth generation of Blankenship in America. Research by Ellie & Lee Blankenship of Olympia, WA, established that the first Blankenship to come to the "New World" was a Ralph Blankenship, who came to Jamestown VA, in 1640 from England.
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