Need help with my brick wall. I am trying to prove that William R. Bankston, Andrew Jackson Bankston and Mary Ann Bankston are children of James E. Bankston.

In the early records of Jasper County and Butts County, Georgia, there was a James E. Bankston, Thomas Bankston and Abner Bankston, and others.

The reason for this posting is that lots of their documents and other items were witnessed and signed by your Blessit (name spelling varies) family members. These families seemed to move about, yet stay close to each other so there is going to be a close family connection between these families, where you find one, you find the other.

In your family search, have you run across any Bankston connections to the Blessits? Maybe in a Will there was some mention, a deed to some relative, possibly a marriage.

Would be most grateful for any information you would care to swap, trade or whatever.

Thanking you in advance for your reply.

Don Bankston