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My great grandma Mollie Mary Blankenship (she was adopted/taken in by Blankenship family) married my great grandpa Ellis Coffman.  My grandpa told me his mother was full blooded cherokee.  I am looking for information on Mollie's birth name, were she was born, etc.  The reason she is put on the census as white I believe it was filled in by head of house.  I have heard that there is some documentation out there, and a wikitreer is trying to find notes she found earlier.  So anyone with Fountain Blankenship family with the information help

Answer 1

Listed as Mary J Blankenship, born 1873, Kentucky, in 1880 census. 

Mary J Blankniship

United States Census, 1880

Name	Mary J Blankniship
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1880
Event Place	Liberty, St. Francois, Missouri, United States
Gender	Female
Age	7
Marital Status	Single
Race	White
Race (Original)	W
Relationship to Head of Household	Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Dau
Birth Year (Estimated)	1873
Birthplace	Kentucky, United States
Father's Birthplace	Kentucky, United States
Mother's Birthplace	Kentucky, United States
Sheet Letter	A
Sheet Number	491
Person Number	4
Volume	1

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Font Blankniship	Self	M	28	Kentucky, United States
Nancy J Blankniship	Wife	F	25	Kentucky, United States
Margret A Blankniship	Daughter	F	11	Kentucky, United States
Matildia J Blankniship	Daughter	F	9	Kentucky, United States
Mary J Blankniship	Daughter	F	7	Kentucky, United States
Nannie B Blankniship	Daughter	F	4	Kentucky, United States
Eva Blankniship	Daughter	F	1	Kentucky, United States

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FZ-YWT : 26 August 2017), Mary J Blankniship in household of Font Blankniship, Liberty, St. Francois, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 491A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0715; FHL microfilm 1,254,715.