As is often the case with genealogy, excellent research has already been done on a particular ancestor, if only you can find it. With regards to my 3rd great-grandfather, Elisha James Blevins, the research has already been done by Robin Sterling. For the sake of posterity, I'll provide the link to original and a cached copy from the Way Back Machine.
Original: http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/Blevins%20Folder/blevinshistory.html
Way Back Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20040903114208/http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/Blevins%20Folder/blevinshistory.html
Original: http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/Blevins%20Folder/blevinshistory.html
Way Back Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20040903114208/http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/Blevins%20Folder/blevinshistory.html
