Scott County, Tennessee
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ARMSTEAD BLEVINS, born 1820, died 1897, was the son of JONATHAN BLEVINS and SARAH MINTON, his second wife, JONATHAN’s first wife was KATY TROXEL.

Children of ARMSTEAD and his first wife, MARGERY CARSON:

RILEY, b. 1840

ISAAC, b. 1843, m. MEVINA KOGER

ANNA, b. 1844, m. GRANVILLE BURKE

DIANCE, b. 1845, m. SARAH KOGER

JOHN, b. 1848, m. (1) SUREPTIA TERRY, and (2) ELIZABETH SMITH

MALINDA, b. 1852, died in infancy

POLLY, b. 1854, m. LATEN BLEVINS

JONATHAN, b. 1857, m. MARY A. SMITH

ADA, m. LINDSEY KIDD

LOUCRETA

MARGERY

HELEN TERRY, b. 1836, was the daughter of ELIJAH and SARA TERRY. She was the second wife of ARMSTEAD BLEVINS. Their children were:

SHADRACK, b. 1864, m. POLLY CRABTREE

JACOB, m. CORDIE KING

WILLIAM HUSTON "Huse", born May 2, 1869, m. ROSE MARCUM

OMA

JANE

LEWIS

HELEN’s stepson, JOHN, married her younger sister, SUREPTO (or SUPERTIA). They had eight children. HELEN’s sister, EMILY JANE, became the second wife of HENLEY BLEVINS, brother of ARMSTEAD. There were no children by this marriage.

KATY TROXEL, old JONATHAN’s first wife, was allegedly the daughter of "Big Jake" TROXELL and the Indian woman known as PRINCESS CORNBLOSSOM.

ELIJAH TERRY was a brother of JOSIAH TERRY. They came to Oneida around 1815. JOSIAH owned land which is now Oneida; ELIJAH owned land which is now West Oneida (or Stumptown).

ELIJAH, the youngest brother, was born in 1791. He and his first wife, SALLY RICE FOSTER, had three children. SALLY does not appear in any records after the 1830 census.

In the early 1830s, ELIJAH married SARAH BAKER. ELIJAH and SARAH had several children, namely:

CALVIN, b. about 1834

HELEN, b. about 1836

NAOMAH, b. about 1837

EMILY JANE, b. about 1839

ELIJAH Jr., b. about 1840

ESTER, b. about 1841

SEREPTO, b. about 1845

MARION, b. about 1847

FNB Chronicle, Vol. 15, No. 1 – Fall 2003
First National Bank
P.O. Box 4699
Oneida, TN 37841
(p10)

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