General Sources

1. Tennessee Cemeteries
   Warren County, Tennessee Cemetery Book 4, Neal Cemetery to Youngblood Cemetery, annotated, by Marth Holt, Almetia Cunningham, and Betty Majors,
   Page 305
   
2. James R. Blanks
   
   • Burial: Mt. View Cemetery; McMinnville, TN
     
   • Fact 1: 1862, Enlisted in Confederate Army; 16th TN Cav.
     
   • Fact 2: Granted Civil War pension
     
   • Fact 3: May 13, 1909, His will was dated
     
3. 1860 Census
   

   1860 Census - Warren County, TN
   |h# |f# |name        |age |s|occu   |re  |pe  |bi|m|s|PO         |page|date
   |994|994|Lucy Forrest|77  |f|HK     |1000|6000|VA| | |McMinnville|474a|August 13, 1860
   |   |   |Nancy Earls |53  |f|HK     |    |    |NC| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Starky      |3   |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |995|995|Alex Earls  |36  |m|Far    |2000|200 |TN| |4|McMinnville|474a|August 13, 1860
   |   |   |Mary        |32  |f|HK     |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |William     |13  |m|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Catherine   |11  |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Martha      |10  |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Saml        |8   |m|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Francis     |5   |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Tellitha    |3   |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Charles     |4/12|m|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |996|996|Robt Argo   |27  |m|L      |    |50  |TN| |1|McMinnville|474a|August 13, 1860
   |   |   |Mary        |24  |f|HK     |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |William     |6   |m|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Taylor      |5   |m|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Martha      |1   |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |997|997|James McGee |21  |m|L      |    |150 |TN| | |McMinnville|474a|August 13, 1860
   |   |   |Ann         |18  |f|HK     |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |998|998|Reuben Drake|38  |m|Far    |4000|2500|TN|1|3|McMinnville|474a|August 13, 1860
   |   |   |Martha      |49  |f|HK     |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Archibald   |18  |m|L      |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Wm          |17  |m|Student|    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Martha      |14  |f|Student|    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Elijah      |13  |m|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Sarah       |11  |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |Phebe       |8   |f|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |
   |   |   |James       |6   |m|       |    |    |TN| | |           |    |