Multiple online family trees state that Evalin Carter married Bartlett Blevins in December 1865. However, this was definitely a different Evaline Carter, not a previous marriage for the Evaline Carter who married John Blevins and was the mother of William, John Floyd and Millard Monroe Blevins.
In 1880, John Blevins and wife Evaline (age 48) were living in the Walnut Grove township of Wilkes County, North Carolina with their three young sons and John's handicapped son from his previous marriage.
In 1880, Bartlett Blevins and wife Evaline (age 33) were living in the Helton community of Ashe County, North Carolina with their five children (including 10-year-old Samantha, whose information helped sort out this small puzzle, and whose 1942 death certificate listed her parents as Bartie Blevins and Evalin Blevins.)
Identifying another Evaline Carter eliminates the possibility of a prior marriage to Bartlett Blevins before marrying John Blevins. They were two different women of the same name, in the same county, but with about 15 years age difference and married to different men.
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