An American Family History

William Blevins

William Blevins, Jr. was born about 1762 in Virginia. His father was William Blevins.

William married Mary Thompson.

Daniel Blevins (1794, married Lucy Roberts).

In the 1778 Washington County Court:

Ord that Thomas Price and William Blevins be sumd. to appear at next term of court to prove the convey of the Watauga Purchase to Charles Robertson on behalf of the people living thereon.

In 1786 William Blevins signed the Petition for Division of Sullivan County.

In 1787, William received warrants for land in Sullivan County, Tennessee. At that time it was in North Carolina.

On February 21, 1806, Agatha Cawood sold William Blevins her right to the 740 acres she inherited from her husband, John.

William died on June 7, 1832 in Sullivan County, Tennessee and was buried in Shipley Cemetery.

from "Mountain Memories" by Gene A. Morrell

John Blevins (d. 1816) and William Blevins (d. June 7, 1832) were born in Albemarle County, Va., in 1760, and both are buried in Shipley Cemetery near Bluff City, between Morrell Creek and Little River. Both served as privates in Virginia during the Revolutionary War.

John Blevins married Catherine Cox, and William Blevins married Mary Thompson.