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From: "George H. Link" <>
Subject: RE: [EVANS-L] Evans in S. C. and GA
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:12:25 -0800
In-Reply-To: <12b.f65a55c.29e4d7ef@aol.com>


Shirley: Here is a summary of my Evans family of SC. I do not see how
it relates to yours but I would be delighted if you could connect them:



> My mother and her siblings all born at Central South Carolina between
1904
> and 1919:
>
> Corrie Elizabeth Evans, married Hoyle Link of Pendleton SC,
> then George Maloney of Sutter Creek CA (my mother)
> Her siblings:
> Alma Lou Evans m. William Lee Holden
> Annie Pearl Evans m. Relton Lee Vissage
> Bertha Alice Evans m. James Robert Morgan
> My Mother - Corrie Above
> Furman Earle Evans
> John Dee Evans m. Mayreen Bell
> Lillian Margaret Evans m. David Washington Stewart
> Nell Grace Evans m. James Garrell Bowling
> Nettie Mae Evan m. Paul Barney Link
> Warren Woodruff Evans m. Nelle Watt Holden
>
> All are deceased except my mother Corrie, Lillian Margaret and Nell
Grace.
>
> Paternal Ancestors
>
> THE EVANS
>
> JOHN WESLEY EVANS (1882-1935) and MINNIE HOLLADAY (1883-1976)
>
> John Wesley Evans born on October 3,1882, on a farm near Six Mile SC.
At
> age 20, he married Minnie Estelle Holladay on Christmas Day, 1902.
They
> had the 10 children listed above. They lived on a 45 acre farm 3 1/2
> miles west of Six Mile on Highway 133 in Pickens County. The farm was
> given to John Wesley by his father David Reed Evans. It was expanded
to
> over 100 acres by acquisition of adjacent holdings.
> [There were other land acquisitions omitted here.] He died in Central
SC
> on September 5, 1935 and is buried at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
near
> six Mile.
>
> DAVID REED EVANS (1850-1929) and HARRIET CURTIS (1855-1934)
>
> John Wesley's father David Reed Evans was born circa 1850 in Haywood
> County near Waynesville NC. The exact date and place have not been
> determined although the 1880 SC census lists him as 26 years old in
that
> year. He married Harriet D. "Dicy" Curtis in Haywood County NC on
> November 1, 1875. . . .
> Dicy Evans is buried at the Six Mile cemetery.
>
> David Reed and Harriet had two children born in NC - Marion born in
1875
> who later married Lola Kenmore and Charles who later married Annie
Evans.
> The family migrated to Six Mile SC in a covered wagon. There, David
Reed
> acquired several hundred acres of land. In SC they had two more sons
-
> David born in 1880 who later married Mary Atkinson and the youngest
John
> Wesley Evans born on October 3, 1882.
>
> The family lived on the large SC farm. Mary Daugherty Curtis, mother
of
> Harriet, and Harriet's sister Barbara lived with the family, having
> accompanied them from NC.
>
> David Reed Evans died on September 4, 1929, at the age of 79 in Six
Mile
> SC. HE is buried at the Six Mile Baptist Church.
>
> Harriet Curtis was born on January 28, 1855 near Black Mountain NC.
She
> was the youngest daughter of ten children of Wesley Curtis and Mary
> Daugherty. At 79, Harriet died in Six Mile on April 4, 1934 and is
buried
> at the Six Mile cemetery.
>
> JOSEPH EVANS (b 1822) and JULIA ANN MC ELROY (b. 1822)
>
> Joseph Evans and Julia Ann McElroy were parents of David Reed Evans.
> Joseph Evans was born in Henderson County NC inn 1820 and soon
thereafter
> moved with his parents to Haywood County. Julia Ann McElroy was born
in
> that state at almost the same time.
>
> At age 20, Joseph and Julia were married on April 27, 1842 in Haywood
> County. They had 10 children: Eliza born in 1844, James W. born in
1846,
> Samuel L. born in 1849, Elizabeth in 1847, David Reed in 1850, Jesse
C. in
> 1853, Rachael in 1855, Taylor in 1857, John Thomas in 1859 and Willie
in
> 1864.
>
> Joseph and Julia engaged in extensive real estate transactions;
details
> are omitted.
>
> REV. JOSEPH EVANS (1790-1869) and TABITHA WILLIAMS (1787-1867)
>
> Joseph Evans' father was Rev. Joseph Evans born on May 24, 1790. In
1809,
> he married Tabitha Williams at a place unknown. Tabitha was born on
April
> 8, 1787.
>
> Rev.Joseph was, according to family lore, born of Welsh parent who
> themselves had been born in Wales and immigrated to American
apparently
> first to PA then to SC and finally to NC via the Saluda Gap. [We
would
> love any help on this.] Joseph grew up on lands that his father -
> probably named Samuel - had acquired near Big Willow. In 1807, his
father
> drove a stake in some unclaimed land, applied for a state grant, and
> acquired the land for 10.00; the deed is in the Buncombe County
Courthouse
> in Asheville.
>
> Omitted here are colorful stories of the controversial minister and
his
> trading activity. Tabitha died on August 16, 1867 and is buried at
Crab
> Creek Church cemetery, Henderson NC. The Rev. Joseph remarried to
> Elizabeth Fletcher Hamilton on March 16, 1869. [More details
omitted.]
> Rev. Joseph Evans, at age 80 died in 1869. Curiously, in his Baptist
> Biographies, Robert Humbly states that Rev. Joseph was buried in
Gilma
> County GA.
>
> EARLIER EVANS: As noted above Rev. Joseph Evans' father was probably
> Samuel Evans (as discerned from grant deeds) and probably immigrated
to
> America from Wales in the mid-18th century. My speculations here are
> omitted. Family lore is that they are related to Christmas Evans
> (1766-1838) a renowned Welsh preacher of Anglesey Wales.
>
> We have varying amounts of information on the paternal side in
addition to
> the Evans: Curtis, Daugherty (back to 1671 in Ireland), William,
McElroys
> an Whisenhunts.
>
> On the Maternal Holladay side, there is information on the Holladays
(with
> various spellings), Kelly, Red/Ray and Johnson.
>
> Any help regarding any of this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> George Link

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Subject: [EVANS-L] Evans in S. C. and GA

Is anyone working on Evans in S. C. and GA? I have only two names.
They are
William Evans (married Jemima) and Temperence "Tempy" Evans, who was
born in
1810 in S. C., married John Brinkley Burks in Henry Co., GA and died in
China
Grove, Pike Co., AL.

Thanks,

Shirley


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