Juleyan Blevins

Juleyan was the daughter of Adam and Lucresa Green Campbell. She is reported to have had red hair like her father Adam.

She married Reverend Armstead E. Blevins on Oct 28, 1868 at her family home.

Her mother Lucretia Green Campbell is believed to have been of Cherokee blood. This is further evidenced by the fact that Juleyan made an application in 1894 for Citizenship in the Cherokee Nation for herself and her sons: Benjamin F., Bird and John Robert (twins), Joseph, Dillard and Armstead A. We don't know why she didn't list her son General Jackson, or her daughters Peggy, Mary and Minolevia "Minnie."

See the photo of this application: It appears to be dated and signed by Juleyan on 7 Sep 1894. She made the application at 49 years of age as the daughter of "Lucretia Campbell" whom she "believes was an Indian belonging to said tribe."

We do not believe that the application was ever approved and at this time, have no information as to why.

She is buried with her husband in the Blevins family cemetery, located on property formerly belonging to her son General Jackson Blevins and later to C.P. White, MD near a house of rock built by G.J. Blevins near McKinley's Chapel in Cullman County, AL near Wilburn and Bremen. The rock house had a building stone (but it has disappeared) that showed:

Erected by G.J. Blevins August 1907.

Transcription of Application for Membership in Cherokee Nation (by Deborah Jones Thompson, Oct 22, 2018):

                                   APPLICATION FOR CITIZENSHIP

To the Honorable National Council of Cherokee Nation, Ind. Ter.

Gentlemen: The undersigned, your petitioner, this day makes this her 

application for Citizenship in the Cherokee Nation in the Indian Territory, in accordance with the constitutions and laws of said Nation and respectfully makes the following
statement of the grounds of this her application to which

That July Ann H. Blevins is the daughter of Lucretia Campbell 

_______ whom the undersigned fully believes was an Indian belonging to said tribe.

That undersigned hereby presents the above facts as the lawful grounds for this

Her application for Cherokee Citizenship by blood, and respectfully
waits the time when her application shall be truly heard and tried. Respectfully submitted.

Age ¬49 years.. Post office Garrison’s Point, Alabama.

Family with their relationship attached as follows:

NO. NAME SEX AGE RELATIONSHIP

           July Ann H. Blevins        Female    49     Daughter of Lucretia Campbell

           Benjamin F. Blevins        Male        19      Son of July Ann H. Blevins

           Bird and John Blevins   Male        15      Sons of July Ann H. Blevins

           Joseph Blevins                 Male        13      Son of July Ann H. Blevins

           Dillard Blevins                   Male       10      Son of July Ann H. Blevins

           Armstou A. Blevins          Male         6      Son of July Ann H. Blevins

In witness of which application, I hereunto set my hand on this the 7th day of
September, 1894.

     July H. Blevins

Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sept. 7th, 1894.
FULLER & ST. JOHN, Attorneys

  CULLMAN, ALA

Trisuns? Print or Pruett?, CULLMAN, ALA
NOTE: Her youngest son listed here was Armstead Alzie. I'm not sure why it looks like Armstou on this application.

Please credit your sources when using this information. Thank you. Deborah

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 21 2021, 17:50:41 UTC