James Daniel Blevins

Wells Ward and his son-in-law, James Blevins, fought in Lord Dunmore’s War against the Shawnees in 1774.

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• The Wells Ward and James Blevins Families of Grayson County, Virginia

Jmaes Blevins

Born 1740/1750

Name could be Blethyn

Possibly Son of James Blevins b 1708 and unknown or Daniel Blevins, I Also Known As: "Blevens" Birthdate: 1712 Birthplace: Westerley, Providence Plantations County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America Death: Died September 27, 1771 in Province of Virginia, Colonial America

Possibly Grdson of William Blevins Sr II b ca 1691 England and maybe Mary Bean or Ann or Anna Bunch (married after 1708 and therefore not mother of 1708 James?)

Possibly Grt Grdson of John/William I and unknown

Possibly Grt x 2 Grdson of Henry Bleddyn b 1670 Wales?

Married Elizabeth aka Lizzie (or Margaret?) Ward dau of Wells and Rebecca Ward

FAMILY TRADITION Believed to be Buried on farm in now lost cemetery with no marker surviving. Died 1779 in Bridal Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United State

Children 1 Wells Blevins m Sarah aka Betsy Strunk

2 Daniel Blevins 1753-1830 m 1 Sarah aka Sally Belcher 2 3 Lydia Vaughn

4 James Blevins 1760-1840 m Lydia Sizemore dau of Old Ned

5 Levi Blevins? 1770-1869 m Mary Elizabeth

6 William Blevins? 1786-Unknown m 1 Rachel SKAGGS 2 Mary THOMPSON

7 Elisha (1770) m Rachel Osborne

8 Joseph BLEVINS m Mary

9 Nathan BLEVINS m Lydia Vaughn Peppers, a widow

"Ron Blevins, researcher quotes a letter dated 6/6/1928. Letter written by Rev James Floyd Fletcher "Caty Blevins father was Capt James Blevins whose wife was a Stilt (Irish) James Blevins father was Wills (Wells) Blevins whose wife was a Strunk (Dutch). His father was James Blevins who came from England prior to the revolution and married a Ward on Bridle Creek in Grayson Co Va.""

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Les Blecins says "Katy Blevins' father was Capt James Blevins (b. ca. 1795) whose sife (wife) was a Stilt (Styatt) James Blevins father was Wills (Wells) Blevins b. ca. 1757 whose wife was a Strunk (it was Sarah "Betsy" Strunk). His father was James Blevins Jr. who married a Ward on Bridle Creek and whose father James (b. ca. 1708) came from England prior to the revolution."

NOTES GRANDFATHER William Blevins Sr. (aka #2 and Grt Grdpa) (son of William#1) b. ca. 1691 in Lancashire England. William and his family arrived in central Virginia by about 1734.

They were in southern Va in Henry County, Va. when it was formed from Pittsylvania Co., in 1776.

William #2 and his sons were Long Hunters and wide ranging explorers in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.

William #2 was known as "Old Bill" in his later years.

In the Moravian Records - it was reported in 1751 that William Blevins and his sons "would bring in to the local trading post more pelts than there was cash to pay for, but that they would gladly accept goods in lieu of cash."

William's eldest sons James and John were mentioned in several land transactions in Goochland Co., Va in the 1730's and 1740's.

1737 Goochland County, VA - James Blevin 400 acres and 295 acres on Little Muddy Creek.

1739 Goochland County, VA - John Blevin 300 acres on Turkey Creek run of Willis River.

1743 Goochland County, VA - James Blevin of Goochland sells to Robert Douglas 295 acres on Little Muddy Creek, south side of James River

Children of William Blevins #2 and wife (perhaps Mary Bean) include:

1. James #1 b. abt. 1708 a long hunter and father of James Jr. b. abt. 1740

James Blevins #1 (3rd gen.) (William#2-2, William#1-1) b. abt. 1708 "James Blevins and family appeared in southern Virginia about 1734. Clement's History of Pittsylvania County Virginia, pages 41-45 reports that "By 1748 there were a number of settlements on Smith River in Western Lunenburg Co., Va. James and Daniel Blevins, well known hunters, had homes on the river."

James #1 was listed on the Halifax Co., Va. militia list in 1758. This cluster was in Henry Co., Va in 1777, Montgomery Co., Va from 1787 to 1789, and Lincoln Co., Ky from 1794 to 1809. James #1 married Sarah Belcher abt. 1735

2. Mary b. abt. 1710 m. Elisha Wallen/Walden abt.

1730

3. Daniel #2 b. abt. 1712 a long hunter and father of

James b. 1751.

Married Sarah Sutton.

4. John #1 b. abt. 1716

a Colonial Soldier and long 

hunter  m Sarah Dillon

John Blevins #1 (3rd. gen.) (William#2-2, William #1-1) b. abt 1716. John was listed as a Colonial Soldier in Va. in 1758. He was also a Longhunter of the Walden-Blevins hunting expeditions. John (Jack) and his father are referred to by Col. John Sevier in his Journal of Nov. 20, 1798 as having hunted a tributary of the Wolf River in what is now Fentress Co. Tn. In August of 1767 it was ordered that - James Talbott be the surveyor of a new road from John Blevins's place on the Smith River to Hickey's Old Road below Leatherwood Chapel. John Blevins bought cattle from Thomas Wynne in Pittsylvania Co., Va. - which transaction was entered into Deed Book #1 on page 267, July 28, 1752. John Blevins #1 married Katherine Cox a daughter of John Cox.

Fourth Gen. Children of John Blevins #1 and Katherine Blevins include: 1. Catherine E. Blevins b. abt. 1740 2. John Blevins Jr. #1 b. abt. 1752

5. William #3 b. abt. 1718 a long hunter and father of

William Jr. b. abt 1735 m Agnes Walling

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Life Sketch

Why is there so much confusion with this family.

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Lists wife as Elizabeth Ward Blevins on grave index and ancestry.

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