_John BLANTON _______
                                                           | (1676 - 1733)       
                              _John William BLANTON _______|
                             | (1745 - 1831)               |
                             |                             |_Hannah ANDERSON ____
                             |                               (1676 - 1776)       
 _George Washington BLANTON _|
| (1775 - 1860)              |
|                            |                              _Vincent HOBBS ______
|                            |                             | (1722 - 1804)       
|                            |_Rebecca HOBBS ______________|
|                              (1745 - 1804)               |
|                                                          |_Mary Hannah SHELBY _
|                                                            (1725 - 1804)       
|
|--William Emerson BLANTON 
|  (1799 - 1885)
|                                                           _Sampson SHEPHERD ___
|                                                          | (1708 - 1777)       
|                             _Thomas SHEPHERD ____________|
|                            | (1745 - 1787)               |
|                            |                             |_Martha MAYO ________
|                            |                               (1713 - 1791)       
|_Martha SHEPHERD ___________|
  (1767 - 1870)              |
                             |                              _Daniel HIGHSMITH ___
                             |                             | (1710 - 1771)       
                             |_Elizabeth Martha HIGHSMITH _|
                               (1749 - 1769)               |
                                                           |_Ann BECK ___________
                                                             (1715 - 1772)