My wife's line traces back to:
Delaney Dodson (D D) Vaden (b. 1801 VA, d. 1858 TN). It appears that he was born in Henrico or Chesterfield County. D D married MIckey Austin Blankenship (b. abt 1803, died bet 1850 and 1854), 1822 Chesterfield Co. Mickey is the daughter of Stanton Blankenship (b. abt 1770) and Susannah Perdue (b. abt 1775).
D D and family are in Dyer Co, TN by 1834 where Mary Jane is born and in Gibson Co, Tn by 1840 (census). D D and Mickey both died in Gibson Co.
Children:
Richard S - married Cynthia J Boon
Martha S - married Albert W Bledsoe
Elizabeth Ann (also listed as Ann Elizabeth, Ann, or Annie) - married John W Blankenship
Dorothy Frances - married Alexander Mobley
Mary Jane - marred Samuel Hall Jones
Hannah W - married Thomas J Hailey
Henrietta A - married John E Gleason
Henry C - married 1) Louiza J Hailey (Thomas' sister), 2) Eliza E Woodrum
Matilda E - married George E Moore
Joseph Lock - married Mary P McLeary
Robert Wylie - married 1) Eugenia Gaines, 2) Mary Ann Motley (our line)
These are two of my roadblocks.
I would like to find the parents of D D Vaden, Stanton Blankenship, and Susannah Perdue.
More information can be found at
Mickey Austin Blankenship
Charlie Vines
The Vaden Family Research Center