Harriet Blanton was born in 1808, in Virginia, United States as the daughter of Green W Blanton and Nancy D Overby. She married Osmond Enoch King on 7 September 1830, in Warren, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Humphreys, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Bird Township, Jackson, Arkansas, United States in 1860. She died from 1860 to 1870, in Arkansas, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Humphreys County was created 19 October 1809 from Stewart County.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (Staffordshire): variant of Blanthorn, a name of uncertain origin that was current in 16th- and 17th-century Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire. Compare Blanding .
History: William, a son of Ralf Blanton, was born in Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, in 1611, and died in Boston, MA, in 1662. Ralph is recorded in Upton on Severn in 1610–14 with the surnames Blanter, Blanterne, and Blanten.
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