Joseph S Blevins (abt. 1840 - abt. 1876)

Born about 1840 in Walker County, Alabama, United States

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Died about Sep 1876 at about age 36 in Corinth, Yell County, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

About Joseph Blevins: Born: ca 1840-1841, Bedford, TN. Died: Sep 1876, Corinth, Howard, AR. Military: Bet. 1861 - 1965, Fought with Nashville, AR Davis Blues.. Occupation: Was wheelwright-carpenter. Miss Lucille Westbrook in Nashville had a bedstead he made for her grandmother in exchange for a suit of clothes.

More About Joseph S. Blevins: married Rebecca Frances Watson 26 Jun 1862, Corinth, AR.

Seventh Gen. Children of Joseph S. Blevins and Rebecca Frances Watson are: Joseph Blevins, Jr., b. Aft. 1862, d. date unknown, drowned when about 14 yr old; Augustus Marion Blevins, b. Sep. 1, 1870, Center Point, AR , d. 29 Nov 1951, Hot Springs, AR, m. Amanda Victoria Meeks in Pike Co. AR; Sara Elizabeth Blevins, b. 07 Oct 1873, d. date unknown; Walter Baxter Blevins, b. Abt. 1875, d. date unknown; Alabama Margarette Blevins, b. Aft. 1875, d. date unknown; and, Tennessee Rebecca Blevins, b. Aft. 1876, d. date unknown.

Sources

• THE LONGHUNTERS (As Revised In Not Yet Published Second Edition) ~ A Report on the History and Family Of William Blevins, Sr. Of Virginia Showing 25 Ascendants And Uncounted Descendants. ~ Researched & Compiled By Leslie W. Blevins Jr., As Well As Named & Unnamed Others. ISBN in softcover 978-1-4653-9999-1. EBook ISBN 978-1-4653-9788-1.
• Joseph Blevins Bible, The Bible: King James Version, (Philadelphia, Mathew Carey, 1813), possessed by Mrs. Lucille Blevins Sanders: hand-notations and dates, copied, 1982, and transcribed, 1983, by Anne Sandlin Palmore, photocopy in the files of Elizabeth Stinson, 2014.
• Family notes collected by Lillie Mae (Blevins) Cook, shared with Elizabeth Stinson in 1970’s.
• 1850 United States Census, index and images, FamilySearch, accessed October 5, 2014, household of Armisted Blevens (sic), Walker Co, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing family 399, NARA microfilm publication M432.
• Burial Memorial # 91410218 from Find A Grave notes death in Corinth, Yell Co, Arkansas, United States. Includes picture with two sons (left-to-right), Augustus, Joseph, and Joseph, Jr. Accessed online October 1, 2014.

Alabama Counties:

• CULLMAN County was created by the Alabama legislature on January 24, 1877 from portions of Blount, Morgan, and Winston Counties. Visit here for more on Cullman County.
• WINSTON County was created as Hancock County on February 12, 1850 from territory formerly in Walker County, then remaned Winston on January 22, 1858.
• MORGAN County was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 8, 1818. The county was originally named Cotaco but was renamed Morgan on June 14, 1821.