Date of Birth
1760
Place of Birth
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Date of Death
January 1, 1844
Place of Death
Red River County, Texas
Spouse(s)
Name not known
Children
Eleanor, wife of Adam Sullivan
American Revolution Service
Private – 1) Capt Swift, Col Crockett 2) Indian Spy
State of Service
Virginia
Donor
Barbara Holman Doores, of The Flower Mound Chapter, TXDAR, responded to the challenge for Texas Daughters to contribute to the DAR Pathway of the Patriots. She contributed funds to purchase one tree.
William Blevins was born in 1760 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
His service during the Revolutionary War was spying on American Indians. His pension was rejected because his type of service did not qualify. Blevins and his unnamed wife lived in Kentucky where their daughter Eleanor was born in 1806.
The family moved to Vanderburgh County, Indiana, where Eleanor married in 1823.
Mrs. Blevins died there in 1840. William Blevins moved to The Republic of Texas after his wife’s death. At some point, his daughter and son-in-law also moved to Texas, living in Kaufman County.