Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameRichard Evans
Birth1740, Mecklenburg County, Province of Virginia
Death1786, Warren, North Carolina
FatherCharles Evans (1696-1760)
MotherSarah Jane Kressa (1705-1756)
Notes for Richard Evans
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http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genealogyfriend/family/evans/gib_evans.htm
A Thomas Evans is listed as a waggoner in Lunenburg in 1802
A Joshua Evans is also listed
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Lunenburgfree.htm
Thomas Evans Sr, Thomas Evans Jr, Major Evans, and Charles Evans are listed in the
Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Personal Property Tax List 1782-1820
1782 List of Lewis Burwell
1st column = free males 21+
2nd = slaves
3rd = cattle
4th = mares
frame 1
Chavous, Jacob, Cork, Bess 1/2/24/8
frame 2
Evans, Charles 1082
Evans, Thomas 1042
1782 List of James Anderson
frame 12
Chavous, Anthony 1010
Drew, Ephraim, Beck, Jim 1221
Evans, Major 1081
Evans, Thomas, Senr. 1080
Ivy, Frederick 1023
1783 List of James Anderson
1=white males; 2=slaves 16+, 3=slaves 12-16; 4=cattle; 5=horses
frame 24
Chavous, Jacob, Cork, Bess 1/2/0/18/8
Chavous, Samuel 10002
Brandon, Thomas 10094
25
Chavous, John 1
Drew, Ephraim 10011
Evans, Major 10081
Evans, Thomas 00071
Evans, Thomas, Junr., 10042
Ivey, Frederick 10041
List of William Davis for 1784
54
Evans, Charles Ned 11094
List of Clausel Clausel for 1784
61
Evans, Major 10061
Drew, Ephraim 10021
Chavious, Anthony 10041
74
Chavous, Jacob, Cork 1/1/0/12/12
Evans, Thomas Jr. 10022
Evans, Thomas Sr. 10071
1785 List of Richard Kennor
99
Brandom, Thomas 10062
Chavous, Samuel 10001
Chavous, John 1
Chavous, Jacob, Cork 1/1/0/16/8
Chavous, Anthony 10031
Evans, Major 10041
Evans, Thomas Levy free 10081
Evans, Thomas Junr., Harrison 11043
Drew, Ephraim Titus Stewart 20032
These tax lists continue annually through 1820
Lunenburg County Personal Property Tax List
1782-1807
Thomas Evans 1 tithe
There is a break here - Mary’s father would have been born in the late 18th century so is like the child of one of the below.
The Evans were a mixed race family - European, African and Native American, but were free. A few of the Evans sons settled in southern counties of Virginia - specifically Brunswick, Mecklenburg, and Lunenburg. Evans genealogists have found that in the 17th century, the women in the Evans family were Native American and African American.
https://lost-creek.org/genealogy/histories/evans-family.php
Given the DNA results in our current generation, the small amount of Native American DNA we carry may be from our Evans line. Mary’s father likely had African and Native American grandmothers or great grandmothers.
The Native Americans whom the Evans descended from are believed to have been Powhatan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan
Candidates for Mr Evans:
Children of Charles Evans and Sarah
Thomas Evans - tithable in his father's 1751 Lunenburg Co household. Was in very poor economic standing as his children were bound out because he could not provide for them. Thomas only received one shilling from his father's will because he was undutiful. His wife may have been a Stewart. Some of his children intermarried with the free colored/Native American Jeffries family and moved to Orange Co, NC. This is the same Jeffries family that is a core family of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation.
Charles Evans - remained in southside Virginia. In 1782, he was compensated for beef he provided to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was head of a Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of 6 persons in 1782 and was taxable in Mecklenburg County from 1782 to 1794: taxable on slave named Ned, and taxable on slave Jack in 1786. His daughter Nanny Evans married Eaton Walden. Eaton and Nanny migrated to Owen County, Indiana in the 1830's, and headed a household of 5 in Owen County, in 1840. Eaton and Nanny were the proginators of about half of the Walden pioneers who settled in the Lost Creek Settlement area.
Richard Evans - remained in southside Virginia. He did not leave a will, so his apparent children are not verified. He may be the father of Richard Evans b. 1772 who relocated to Chatham Co, NC. An earlier Isaac Evans was the first free colored Evans to appear in the Randolph Co records, so some of the apparent descendants of Richard Evans may in fact be the descendants of Isaac Evans. And it is not currently known if and how Isaac Evans may be related to the family of Morris Evans/Jane Gibson.
Other Evans children:
Major Evans - moved to Granville Co, NC and is the primary ancestor of the Evans of Granville Co.
Sarah Evans - mentioned in her father's will but unknown what happened to her next
Joyce Evans - mentioned in her father's will but unknown what happened to her next
Erasmus Evans - had two sons named Anthony and Isham who were bound out. Anthony was called Anthony Chavis, so Erasmus' wife was likely a Chavis. Anthony Evans/Chavis moved around a bit before settling in Chatham Co where he left a will but apparently no heirs.
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genealogyfriend/family/evans/gib_evans.htm
A Thomas Evans is listed as a waggoner in Lunenburg in 1802
A Joshua Evans is also listed
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Lunenburgfree.htm
Thomas Evans Sr, Thomas Evans Jr, Major Evans, and Charles Evans are listed in the
Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Personal Property Tax List 1782-1820
1782 List of Lewis Burwell
1st column = free males 21+
2nd = slaves
3rd = cattle
4th = mares
frame 1
Chavous, Jacob, Cork, Bess 1/2/24/8
frame 2
Evans, Charles 1082
Evans, Thomas 1042
1782 List of James Anderson
frame 12
Chavous, Anthony 1010
Drew, Ephraim, Beck, Jim 1221
Evans, Major 1081
Evans, Thomas, Senr. 1080
Ivy, Frederick 1023
1783 List of James Anderson
1=white males; 2=slaves 16+, 3=slaves 12-16; 4=cattle; 5=horses
frame 24
Chavous, Jacob, Cork, Bess 1/2/0/18/8
Chavous, Samuel 10002
Brandon, Thomas 10094
25
Chavous, John 1
Drew, Ephraim 10011
Evans, Major 10081
Evans, Thomas 00071
Evans, Thomas, Junr., 10042
Ivey, Frederick 10041
List of William Davis for 1784
54
Evans, Charles Ned 11094
List of Clausel Clausel for 1784
61
Evans, Major 10061
Drew, Ephraim 10021
Chavious, Anthony 10041
74
Chavous, Jacob, Cork 1/1/0/12/12
Evans, Thomas Jr. 10022
Evans, Thomas Sr. 10071
1785 List of Richard Kennor
99
Brandom, Thomas 10062
Chavous, Samuel 10001
Chavous, John 1
Chavous, Jacob, Cork 1/1/0/16/8
Chavous, Anthony 10031
Evans, Major 10041
Evans, Thomas Levy free 10081
Evans, Thomas Junr., Harrison 11043
Drew, Ephraim Titus Stewart 20032
These tax lists continue annually through 1820
Lunenburg County Personal Property Tax List
1782-1807
Thomas Evans 1 tithe
There is a break here - Mary’s father would have been born in the late 18th century so is like the child of one of the below.
The Evans were a mixed race family - European, African and Native American, but were free. A few of the Evans sons settled in southern counties of Virginia - specifically Brunswick, Mecklenburg, and Lunenburg. Evans genealogists have found that in the 17th century, the women in the Evans family were Native American and African American.
https://lost-creek.org/genealogy/histories/evans-family.php
Given the DNA results in our current generation, the small amount of Native American DNA we carry may be from our Evans line. Mary’s father likely had African and Native American grandmothers or great grandmothers.
The Native Americans whom the Evans descended from are believed to have been Powhatan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan
Candidates for Mr Evans:
Children of Charles Evans and Sarah
Thomas Evans - tithable in his father's 1751 Lunenburg Co household. Was in very poor economic standing as his children were bound out because he could not provide for them. Thomas only received one shilling from his father's will because he was undutiful. His wife may have been a Stewart. Some of his children intermarried with the free colored/Native American Jeffries family and moved to Orange Co, NC. This is the same Jeffries family that is a core family of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation.
Charles Evans - remained in southside Virginia. In 1782, he was compensated for beef he provided to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was head of a Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of 6 persons in 1782 and was taxable in Mecklenburg County from 1782 to 1794: taxable on slave named Ned, and taxable on slave Jack in 1786. His daughter Nanny Evans married Eaton Walden. Eaton and Nanny migrated to Owen County, Indiana in the 1830's, and headed a household of 5 in Owen County, in 1840. Eaton and Nanny were the proginators of about half of the Walden pioneers who settled in the Lost Creek Settlement area.
Richard Evans - remained in southside Virginia. He did not leave a will, so his apparent children are not verified. He may be the father of Richard Evans b. 1772 who relocated to Chatham Co, NC. An earlier Isaac Evans was the first free colored Evans to appear in the Randolph Co records, so some of the apparent descendants of Richard Evans may in fact be the descendants of Isaac Evans. And it is not currently known if and how Isaac Evans may be related to the family of Morris Evans/Jane Gibson.
Other Evans children:
Major Evans - moved to Granville Co, NC and is the primary ancestor of the Evans of Granville Co.
Sarah Evans - mentioned in her father's will but unknown what happened to her next
Joyce Evans - mentioned in her father's will but unknown what happened to her next
Erasmus Evans - had two sons named Anthony and Isham who were bound out. Anthony was called Anthony Chavis, so Erasmus' wife was likely a Chavis. Anthony Evans/Chavis moved around a bit before settling in Chatham Co where he left a will but apparently no heirs.