Father: James Blevins (1802-1849)
Mother: Ruth Rockhold (1808-1887)
02/10/1849 - Father, James, died in Meigs Co., TN (buried: Goodfield Methodist Church Cemetery, Meigs Co., TN)
09/18/1850 - Farmer, Subdivision 22, Meigs Co., TN (lived with mother, Ruth, and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Alfred Blevins)
07/12/1860 - Practiced medicine, 4th Civil District, Meigs Co., TN (lived with mother, Ruth, and sibs - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Alfred Blevins)
1861 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Nashville, Nashville, TN (from: Dayton, Rhea Co., TN)
07/05/1861 - Enlisted as 1st Lt., Co. E, 26th TN Infantry, Camp Cummings, near Knoxville, TN
10/05/1861 - 1st Lt., Co. E, 26th TN Infantry
12/31/1861 - 1st Lt., Co. E, 26th TN Infantry
06/30/1862 - 1st Lt., Co. E, 26th TN Infantry
07/16/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, 3rd TN Mounted Infantry, Army of S.W. Virginia and E. Tennessee, by Col. John Crawford Vaughn
10/28/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 07/16/1862
11/30/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 43rd TN Infantry, Lenoir, TN
01/23/1863 - Surgeon, 3rd TN Mounted Infantry (Lilliard's), near Vicksburg, MS
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon from TN by the Confederate States Senate
09/09/1863 - Surgeon, 3rd TN Mounted Infantry (Lilliard's)
05/03/1864 - "Surgeon Alfred Carter Blevins will have his name dropped from the rolls of Medical Officers, P.A.C.S., he having been rejected by an Army Medical Board" (S.O. 126/29) [Despite this order, it does not appear that Surgeon Blevins left the Confederate Army at this time.]
11/06/1864 - "Deserted the Rebels at Bulls Gap" [Battle of Bull's Gap, TN - It is possible that Surgeon Blevins was captured while caring for the wounded after this battle and sent to a Union prison.]
- "Released at Knoxville"
04/21/1865 - Signed Oath of Allegiance to the United States, Knoxville, TN [Description - complexion: fair; hair: dark; eyes; blue; height: 6 ft. 0 in.; place of residence; Meigs Co., TN]
06/18/1870 - Practiced medicine, 4th District, Meigs Co., TN (lived with brother, D. M. Blevins - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as A. C. Blevins)
05/09/1871 - Married, Virginia C. Chattin (1851-1920), Meigs Co., TN
1874 - Practiced medicine, Decatur, Meigs Co., TN
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine and farmed, 4th Civil District, Meigs Co., TN (lived with wife, Virginia, and two children - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as A. C.
Blevins)
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Bonham, Meigs Co,, TN
02/14/1891 - Mother, Ruth, died (buried: Goodfield Methodist Church Cemetery, Meigs Co., TN)
1893,1896 - Practiced medicine, Dayton, Meigs Co., TN
06/13/1900 - Practiced medicine, Dayton, Rhea Co., TN (lived with wife, Virginia, two sons, and two daughters - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Alfred C. Blevins)
07/25/1905 - Died at his home, Dayton, Rhea Co., TN (buried: Buttram Cemetery, Dayton, TN)
00/00/1920 - Widow, Virginia, died (buried: Buttram Cemetery, Dayton, Rhea Co., TN)

Lisa Sligh Evitt provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
07/18/2018. Unpublished database.