This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QV.2ADI/548.1.1.1 Message Board Post: William Blevins, b. May 20, 1853, d. April 12, 1885 (He's buried at Eutopia Cemetery in Sharp County--his tombstone reads Belevens) was the son of Dillard D. Blevins and Elizabeth Martin. According to Dillard's war records and Elizabeth's pension request, William had three siblings who died in infancy-Robert, Margaret Adline and Dillard. He had two sisters that did live to adulthood-Lucinda, who married William Montgomery and Elizabeth, who married John Satterwhite. This Elizabeth Blevins (William's sister) is my direct ancestor-which I didn't know until I started researching my family tree-so my husband and I are about 12th cousins or something like that! Anyway, Dillard died September 7, 1863, according to his pension records from ill health he'd gotten from fighting in the Civil War. Elizabeth Martin Blevins married her daughter Elizabeth's father-in-law, William Satterwhite in 1874. I haven't been able to trace Dillard's father-of course, his name has been listed as Daniel, Dillard, Dillon and Dillion. A Dillion Blevins is in Izard County in 1850, with three women in his household, possibly sisters and his mother, next door to a William Blevins and his family-believed to be Dillard's brother-and a Dilian D. Blevins of Izard County did receive land "the North east Quarter of the North east Quarter of Section 25, in Township 16 N, of Range 8" on June 16, 1856. I believe he is from the Johnson County, TN Blevins', but so far, haven't been able to connect with actual concrete evidence. William and Mary Ann had 5 children-do you have the info on them? Let me know what else you would like to know.