Directions: From the intersection of Pearl Street and McGregor Street in Pageland, take Highway 9 west. As the highway divides into Highway 601 to the left and Highway 9 to the right, continue on Highway 9. Go approximately one mile to Dudley Road on the right. Take a right onto Dudley Road and go another 1.8 miles. At this point you will see the DAR marker on the left side of Dudley Road. Take a left onto this dirt road and travel .4 of a mile or to the loop.

GRAVE OF CAPT. JOHN BLAKENEY
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
CEMETERY 1/4 MILE
MARKER ERECTED AND CEMETERY OWNED
BY JOHN FOSTER CHAPTER, D.A.R.
MONROE, N.C.

DEDICATION MARKER
CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JOHN BLAKENEY
NO RECORD OF DATE OF MARRIAGE OR NAME OF HIS WIFE HAS BEEN FOUND.
THE EXACT SIZE OF HIS FAMILY IS UNCERTAIN.

ERECTED IN 1956 BY DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN JOHN BLAKENEY. JOHN R. WELSH OF MONROE, NC AND DR. WILLIAM W. BLAKENEY OF NEW BOSTON, TX. CHAIRMAN ON ACRE OF LAND DEEDED IN 1946 TO THE JOHN FOSTER CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF MONROE, NC.

STEPHEN HARLEY LANEY AND WIFE ELIZABETH FUNDERBURK LANEY OF PAGELAND SC, BOTH DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN BLAKENEY.

CAPTAIN JOHN BLAKENEY, ESQ. 1732 TO 1832
PIONEER-PATRIOT-CHURCHMAN-STATESMAN-
COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.

BORN AT MT. BLAKENEY, COUNTRY LIMERICK, IRELAND. EARLIEST KNOWN RECORD OF JOHN BLAKENEY IN AMERICA FOUND IN GRANDALE COUNTY, NC WHERE HE WITNESSED WILL OF JOHN LYNCH AUGUST 31, 1753. IT IS THOUGHT HE CAME TO THE OLD CHERAWS ABOUT 1760 OR SOON THEREAFTER. APRIL 12, 1773 HE WAS SELECTED AS AN OVERSEER OF THE POOR OF SAINT DAVID'S PARISH, CHERAW DISTRICT, SC. 1774 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESS. NOVEMBER 16, 1775 HE WAS ELECTED CAPTAIN OF MILITIA AND COMMISSIONED BY THE PREVENTAL CONGRESS TO RAISE A COMPANY, HIS COMMISSION BEARING DATES OF NOVEMBER 30, 1775. THE COMPANY WAS A PART OF BENTON'S REGIMENT AND MARION'S BRIGADE. 1776 ELECTED VESTRYMAN OF ST. DAVID'S PARISH. THREE OF HIS SONS, JOHN JR., ROBERT AND THOMAS ALSO SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

THE CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JOHN BLAKENEY AS LISTED ON THE MEMORIAL MARKER:

JANE BLAKENEY WELSH, MARRIED JOHN WELSH, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER

MARY BLAKENEY

HUGH BLAKENEY
ANN WELSH BLAKENEY, WIFE OF HUGH

JAMES BLAKENEY
SUZANNAH HAILE BLAKENEY

MARY WHITE EVANS BLAKENEY, SECOND WIFE OF JAMES BLAKENY

JOHN BLAKENEY, JR.
NANCY LOWERY BLAKENEY

NANCY MAE BLAKENEY, SECOND WIFE OF JOHN BLAKENEY, JR.

ROBERT BLAKENEY

THOMAS BLAKENEY
SUZANNAH LOWERY BLAKENEY

WILLIAM BLAKENEY
MARY JACKSON BLAKENEY

Front side of Blakeney cemetery marker

Rear side of Blakeney cemetery marker