WILLIAM BANKS & ELIZABETH BLANKENSHIP, NORTH CAROLINA & GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA
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FRANCES "FRANKIE" BANKS, BUNCOMBE & YANCEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
8/22/14
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WILLIAM BANKS WAS THE SIXTH CHILD BORN TO FRANCES BANKS.THE NAME OF HIS FATHER IS UNKNOWN.WILLIAM WAS BORN IN YANCEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1834.HE MARRIED ELIZABETH E. BLANKENSHIP.ELIZABETH WAS BORN IN YANCEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ON 19 NOV 1836.SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER AND REBECCA (ANGLIN) BLANKENSHIP.WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH HAD THREE CHILDREN LISTED BELOW:
1.BURTON NATHANIEL BANKSBORN: 01 SEP 1857DIED: 03 APR 1930
HE MARRIED NANCY E. FRAZIER.NANCY WAS BORN IN GEORGIA ON 30 OCT 1861.BURTON
AND NANCY HAD NINE CHILDREN.
BURTON DIED IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 3 APR 1930.GEORGIA DEATHS, 1919-1998.HE
WAS BURIED IN CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, GILMER COUNTY, ELLIJAY,
GEORGIA.TOMBSTONE NAME: REV. BERT BANKS.
NANCY DIED IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 23 MAR 1933.GEORGIA DEATHS, 1919-1998.
SHE WAS BURIED IN CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, GILMER COUNTY, ELLIJAY,
GEORGIA.
2.GOLDMAN BRYSON BANKSBORN:FEB 1860DIED: 23 NOV 1942
CALLED BRICE.HE MARRIED JANE SUMMEY.JANE WAS BORN IN GEORGIA AROUND 1857.
SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF HENRY URIAH AND MARY ANN SUMMEY.JANE WAS MARRIED
THE FIRST TIME TO JOSEPH WORLEY AND HAD ONE CHILD.
ON 5 JUN 1880, THE CENSUS FOR LEACHES, 1035 MILITIA DISTRICT, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA
LISTED BRYCE BANKS AS AGE 19.HIS WIFE JANE WAS LISTED AS AGE 23.
ON 18 JUN 1900, THE CENSUS FOR RIDGEWAY DISTRICT, NUMBER 1274, GILMER COUNTY,
GEORGIA LISTED BRICE BANKS AGE 35, BORN: OCT 1864.HIS WIFE JANE WAS LISTED AS AGE
39, BORN: JAN 1861.THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 18 YEARS.JANE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO
ZERO CHILDREN.
ON 18 APR 1910, THE CENSUS FOR RIDGEWAY DISTRICT, NUMBER 1274, GILMER COUNTY,
GEORGIA LISTED BRICE BANKS AGE 47.HIS WIFE JANE WAS LISTED AS AGE 54.THEY HAD
BEEN MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS.JANE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO 1 CHILD WITH 1 CHILD STILL
LIVING.
JANE AGE 67, MARRIED, DIED IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 2 MAR 1922.NAME: JANE
BANKS.BIRTH PLACE: MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA.BIRTH DATE: 24 MAR 1854.FATHER:
HENRY SUMMEROF.MOTHER: POLLIE HILTON.SPOUSE: BRICE BANKS.GEORGIA DEATHS
INDEX, 1914-1927.SHE WAS BURIED IN RIDGEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, GILMER
COUNTY, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.TOMBSTONE BIRTH DATE: 25 JAN 1857.DEATH DATE: 2 MAR
1921.TOMBSTONE IS HARD TO READ.
BRICE AGE 84, DIED IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 23 NOV 1942.NAME: BRICE G. BANKS.
GEORGIA DEATHS, 1919-1998.HE WAS BURIED IN RIDGEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY,
GILMER COUNTY, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.NO TOMBSTONE LOCATED.
3.MARTHA JANE BANKSBORN: 01 JAN 1861DIED: 18 JUL 1934
SHE HAD FOUR CHILDREN.
MARTHA DIED IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 18 JUL 1934.NAME: JANE BANKS.GEORGIA
DEATHS, 1919-1998.SHE WAS BURIED IN RIDGEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH, GILMER COUNTY,
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
ON 22 NOV 1850, THE CENSUS FOR YANCEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED FRANCES BANKS AS AGE 48.SHE HAD FOUR CHILDREN: BERRY 22, MATILDA 17, WILLIAM 16, AND HENRY AGE 10.FRANCES STATED SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.BERRY STATED HE WORKED AS A LABORER, HE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD #1275: DAUGHTER: CAROLINE BANKS AGE 31, THREE CHILDREN: CLARICCA 11, MARY A. 7 AND HESTER AGE 7 MONTHS.DAUGHTER: ELIZABETH BANKS AGE 27, ONE CHILD: MARTHA M. AGE 1.DAUGHTER: SARAH BANKS AGE 25, ONE CHILD: SOPHRONIA AGE 5 MONTHS.FRANCES AND HER THREE GROWN DAUGHTERS WERE LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD # 1275.EACH FAMILY INSIDE THE HOUSEHOLD RECEIVED THEIR OWN FAMILY NUMBER: FRANCES # 1341, CAROLINE # 1342, ELIZABETH # 1343 AND SARAH # 1344.
AROUND 1858, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH BANKS MOVED TO GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA.ELIZABETH’S PARENTS, ALEXANDER AND REBECCA BLANKENSHIP MOVED THERE AS WELL.
ON 21 JUN 1860, THE CENSUS FOR SUBDIVISION 33, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA LISTED WILLIAM BANKES [BANKS] AS AGE 26.HIS WIFE ELIZABETH WAS LISTED AS AGE 23.THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN: BURTON N. 2 AND GOLDMAN B. AGE 3 MONTHS.WILLIAM STATED HE WORKED AS A FARMER, THE VALUE OF HIS PERSONAL ESTATE WAS 40 DOLLARS, HE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.ELIZABETH STATED SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.BURTON WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.GOLDMAN WAS BORN IN GEORGIA.
WILLIAM BANKS DIED IN LOUDON COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN JAN 1863, WHILE SERVING AS A SOLDIER IN THE CIVIL WAR.
UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, 1861-1865:
NAME: WILLIAM BANKS
SIDE: CONFEDERATE
REGIMENT: GEORGIA
REGIMENT NAME: 65TH REGIMENT GEORGIA INFANTRY
COMPANY: A
RANK IN: PRIVATE
RANK OUT: PRIVATE
FILM NUMBER: M226 ROLL 3.
GEORGIA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS, 1879-1960:
DATE: 8 APR 1891.
NAME: MRS. ELIZABETH BANKS
COUNTY: GILMER.
SIGNATURE: X-MARK BY ELIZABETH BANKS.
APPROX. APPLICATION YEAR: 1891.
APPLICATION TYPE: WIDOW
ARCHIVE COLLECTION: PENSION APPLICATIONS OF CONFEDERATE.
NAME: SOLDIERS AND WIDOWS.
ARCHIVES COLLECTION #: GCP-213.
NUMBER OF IMAGES IN PACKET: 13.
AFFIDAVIT: ELIZABETH BANKS STATED HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM BANKS ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ABOUT 15 APR 1862.IN JAN 1863, CARRIED TO THE HOSPITAL IN LOUDON, TENNESSEE WOUND NEES (?) AT THAT TIME SICK WITH FEVER FROM WHICH HE DIED IN SAID HOSPITAL.
ON 31 AUG 1870, THE CENSUS FOR SUBDIVISION 55, ELLIJAY POST OFFICE, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA LISTED BETSY BANKS AS AGE 30.SHE HAD THREE CHILDREN: BURTON 14, BRYSON 11 AND JANE AGE 9. BETSY STATED SHE WAS KEEPING HOUSE, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER CHILDREN WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE: [PARENTS], A. [AGE 56] & REBECCA [AGE 54] BLANKENSHIP.
ELIZABETH BANKS HAD TWO CHILDREN LISTED BELOW:
1. ROBERT C. BANKSBORN: 20 APR 1870DIED: 15 OCT 1949
HE MARRIED MARY JANE TAYLOR.MARY WAS BORN IN GEORGIA ON 17 JAN 1872.ROBERT AND MARY HAD FIVE CHILDREN.
ROBERT AGE 80, DIED IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 15 OCT 1949.NAME: ROBERT C. BANKS.GEORGIA DEATHS, 1919-1998.HE WAS BURIED IN NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, GILMER COUNTY, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.TOMBSTONE BIRTH DATE: 20 APR 1869.
MARY AGE 81, DIED IN PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 25 NOV 1952.COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: GILMER.GEORGIA DEATHS, 1919-1998.SHE WAS BURIED IN NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, GILMER COUNTY, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
2.MARTIN BANKSBORN: MAR 1876DIED:
ON 8 JUN 1880, THE CENSUS FOR CALDWELL 980TH MILITIA DISTRICT, FANNIN COUNTY, GEORGIA LISTED BETSY E. BANKS AS AGE 45.SHE HAD TWO CHILDREN: ROBERT BANKS 10 AND MARTIN BANKS AGE 4.BETSY STATED SHE WAS WIDOWED, SHE WAS KEEPING HOUSE, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.ROBERT AND MARTIN WERE BORN IN GEORGIA AND THEIR PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE: [SON], BURTON [AGE 21] & NANCY BANKS.
ELIZABETH E. (BLANKENSHIP) BANKS DIED IN GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA ON 17 FEB 1899.NO RECORD LOCATED.SHE WAS BURIED IN CROSSROADS BAPTISTS CHURCH CEMETERY, GILMER COUNTY, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.TOMBSTONE NAME: ELISEBETH BANKS.
NOTE: BEKEY BANKS LISTED ON THE 1900 CENSUS MAY HAVE BEEN REBECCA (ANGLIN) BLANKENSHIP (1817-1912), GRANDMOTHER OF MARTHA JANE BANKS.
ON 19 JUN 1900, THE CENSUS FOR RIDGEWAY DISTRICT, NUMBER 1274, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA LISTED JANE M. BANKS AS AGE 29, BORN: JAN 1871.JANE HAD FOUR CHILDREN: ELLEX A. BANKS (MALE) 15, BORN: MAR 1885, SALLY S. BANKS 12, BORN: SEP 1887, WILLIAM B. BANKS 7, BORN: AUG 1892 AND JOHN B. AGE 4, BORN: FEB 1896.ALSO LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD, G-MOTHER, BEKEY BANKS AGE 75, BORN: AUG 1824 AND BROTHER, MARK BANKS AGE 21, BORN: MAR 1879.JANE STATED SHE WAS SINGLE, SHE HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO 4 CHILDREN WITH 4 CHILDREN STILL LIVING, SHE RENTED HER FARMHOUSE, SHE WORKED AS A FARMER, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN GEORGIA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.HER CHILDREN WERE BORN IN GEORGIA.BEKEY STATED SHE WAS WIDOWED, SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE, SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HER PARENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.MARK STATED HE WAS SINGLE, HE WORKED AS A FARM LABORER, HE COULD READ AND WRITE, HE WAS BORN IN GEORGIA AND HIS PARENTS WERE BORN IN GEORGIA.LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE: [UNCLE], MARK [AGE 44] & BECKY BLANKENSHIP, SON OF ALEXANDER AND REBECCA (ANGLIN) BLANKENSHIP.