Brunswick County NC Genweb

Blanton Cemetery
AKA Hardee Cemetery

Contributed by Danny Lee Blanton
May 2000

Brunswick County, North Carolina

Directions: Take Hwy 17 south from Shallotte approximately 13 miles to Hickman Road. Turn right and go approximately 2 miles to Hickman's Crossroads. Turn right on Ash-Little River Road. Go approximately 3/4 mile then turn left on Robert Blanton Road. The road to the cemetery is about 50 yards on right through a field. Fairly accessible and kept.
Surveyed on 30 Aug 1999 by Danny Lee Blanton
"In memory of my father, R L Blanton"


1. Blanton, Mary Ellen "Sister" (daughter of Rob & Mary Hardee Blanton) 12 Jun 1921 - 1992
2. Blanton, Mary Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel M & Sarah Norris Hardee) 14 Aug 1900 - 22 Apr 1954
3. Blanton, Mary Francis (wife of Marion D Blanton) 7 Oct 1932 -
4. Blanton, Marion Daniel (son of Rob & Mary Hardee Blanton) 6 Oct 1931 - 23 Feb 1985
5. Blanton, Joseph Lee (son of Rob & Mary Hardee Blanton) 2 Dec 1933 - 4 May 1934
6. Blanton, Robert Lee, Jr "R L" (son of Rob & Mary Hardee Blanton) 1 Aug 1919 - 17 Mar 1954
7. Blanton, Robert Lee, Sr "Rob"(son of Joseph & Emma Benton Blanton) 7 Oct 1902 - 26 Jan 1958
8. Blanton, Danny Lee (son of Annie Jane Ward & R L Blanton, Jr, husband of Rita Janelle Canady, father of Robert Earshal Blanton, Rita Danielle Blanton & Paul Lee Blanton) 1 Jul 1952 -
9. Bowen, William E (son of Irene H Bowen Sarvis) 3 Dec 1932 - 14 Oct 1980
10. Hardee, Daniel Marsden (son of Daniel H & Polly Benton Hardee) abt 1881 - abt 1907; no stone
11. Hardee, Daniel Henry (son of Andrew & Elizabeth Hardee) abt 1826 - abt 1924; no stone
12. Hardee, "Polly" Mary Ann Benton (daughter of W M & Prudence Cox Benton) 1853 - 2 Feb 1935
13. Hardee, Thomas B (son of Daniel H & Polly Benton Hardee) ? - 15 Nov 1920 no stone
14. Sarvis, Albert J (husband of Ruth Blanton & Irene Bowen) 2 Mar 1924 - 13 Aug 1979
15. Sarvis, Irene H Bowen (wife of A J Sarvis) 9 Jan 1917 - 21 Dec 1997
16. Sarvis, Ruth Blanton (daughter of Rob & Mary Hardee Blanton) 12 Jun 1924 - 15 Jul 1966
17. Suggs, Bennie (husband of Sarah Norris) 1879 - 1969
18. Suggs, Sarah Norris Hardee (daughter of Bolivar & Elizabeth Carter Norris ) 1881 - 1960
19. Willette, Foster (husband of Letha Blanton) 15 Oct 1930 - 11 Dec 1962
20. Willette, Letha Grace Blanton (daughter of Rob & Mary Blanton) 3 Dec 1929 -
21. Willette, Margie Elizabeth (daughter of Foster & Letha Willette) 9 Oct 1958 - 29 Apr 1995
(13) unknown graves
(2) unknown Hardy graves (from memory) markers no longer there