The area where Blevins was eventually settled was part of the Louisiana Purchase.  The following information about the Louisiana Purchase is from Wikipedia.....

"In 1803, the United States government purchased over 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River from France in what would become the largest land acquisition in American history, also known as the Louisiana Purchase. Named “Louisiana” after the French “sun king,” Louis XIV, the territory comprised most of the present-day western United States, including Arkansas. The Louisiana Purchase allowed the U.S. government to open up lands in the west for settlement, secured its borders against foreign threat, and gave the right to deposit goods duty-free at port cities (mainly New Orleans). In Arkansas, the Louisiana Purchase signaled an end to French and Spanish dominance as Americans filtered into the area."[1]

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1 "Louisiana Purchase." Wikipedia. Accessed March 1, 2024. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/louisiana-purchase-2383/

The following information about the Louisiana Purchase is from online Britannica.....

"Much of the territory turned out to contain rich mineral resources, productive soil, valuable grazing land, forests, and wildlife resources of inestimable value. Out of this empire were carved in their entirety the states of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma; in addition, the area included most of the land in Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Minnesota."[2]

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2 "Louisiana Purchase - United States History" Britannica. Accessed March 1, 2024. https://www.britannica.com/event/Louisiana-Purchase

The following is a video presenting the background around the Louisiana Purchase.  This had a direct impact on Arkansas becoming a state within the United States which eventually led to Hempstead County and Blevins, Arkansas.[3]

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3 "Louisiana Purchase" youtube.com. Accessed March 1, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPcXaoGgnAY

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"Louisiana Purchase" youtube.com. Accessed March 1, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPcXaoGgnAY