Daniel Blevins

Daniel Blevins Jr. (1753-1839) was a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia who lived in present-day Scott County briefly late in his life. 

See Also: Revolutionary War Veterans

Biography

Born about 1753 in Botetourt County, Va., Blevins was the son of William Daniel Blevins (1712-1771) and Sarah Sutton (1729-1799). He was the uncle of Jonathan J. Blevins Jr., one of the early white settlers of the Big South Fork region near Station Camp. Jonathan Blevins Sr., a noted hunter and trapper, was Daniel Blevins’ brother.

Revolutionary War

Blevins entered the Revolutionary War in 1777 and was engaged in fighting both the British and the Indians. In two separate tours, he fought against Indians in the Watauga settlements.

After being drafted to fight the Indians in 1777 and 1778, Blevins was drafted a third time in 1780 to fight the British under Capt. David Hackworth and Col. James Taylor. He served a three-month tour without being involved in any major battles.

After the War

Little is known of Daniel Blevins’ life after the war ended. He married Agnes Postlethwait in Washington County, Tenn. in 1788. When Blevins made application for a Revolutionary War pension in 1823 he was living in Roane County, Tenn. He submitted an affidavit in support of his pension application in 1834, and was by that time living in what would become southern Scott County, in Morgan County. In between, he had lived for a period of time in Harlan County, Ky.

Blevins did not stay in present-day Scott County long. In 1835 he moved to Rockcastle County, Ky. A year later, he moved to Lawrence County, Ind. He died on Sept. 5, 1839. His burial location is unknown. He had eight children. It does not appear that any of them settled in Scott County.

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