Morris
Evans
Jr
Born about in Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Morris Evans Sr.
and Elizabeth Evans
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 89
in Cedar Fork, Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Nov 2016
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Biography
Morris, born about 1791, about fifteen years old on 28 August 1806 when he and Argy Evans, "Children of Colour," were bound out in Warren County to Leonard H. Sims [North Carolina Apprentice bonds and records Warren County 1779-1901, image 284 of 1965, http://familysearch.org/search/catalog/766317].
He married Elizabeth House, 1812 Wake County bond, Michael Evans surety.
He was listed in the 1819 Wake County tax list as "of M." (possibly meaning son or grandson of Morris).
He was head of a Wake County household of 7 "free colored" in 1830. [1]
Sources
- ↑ FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA by Paul Heinegg https://freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia-NC.htm
- "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYJ-LLN : 24 August 2015), Morris Evans, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 185, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 374; FHL microfilm 18,098.
See also:
- http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/evans/14718/
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwilliams-1&id=I9130
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