James Evans (1720)

Born 1720 in Surry, Virginia

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Biography

James Evans, born say 1720, was living in Surry County, Virginia, on 16 April 1746 when he and Elizabeth Walding (Walden) were presented by the churchwardens for living in adultery [Orders 1744-49, 166].

He may have been the James Evans who was in Captain William West's Muster of Edgecombe County, North Carolina Militia in the 1750s, listed next to Francis Scott and near John Scott, Abraham Scott and Benjamin Cheaves (Chavis) [N.C. Archives, Militia Troop Returns, Box 1, folder 12, last page].

He may have been the father of:

1. James, born say 1750.
2. Thomas, born say 1752, taxable in Warren County, North Carolina, as a married man in Smith Creek and Hawtree District in 1779, taxable on an assessment of £341 in 1780, £58 in Captain Shearing's District in 1782, £9 in Hawtree District in 1783, a free poll and 80 acres in Captain Wyatt Hawkins's district in 1784, and taxable on 100 acres and a free poll in Hawtree District in 1785 and 1786 [1779 Assessments, p.13; Tax List 1781-1801, pp. 5, 45, 69, 80, 101, 121]. He was head of a Warren County household of 5 white (free) persons over 60 or less than 21 years of age and 3 free females in the 1785 North Carolina state census (called Thomas Ivans), head of a Wake County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:104], 7 in 1800 [NC:762], and 7 in Anson County in 1810 [NC:29]. He and Morris Evans may have gone to Anson County with Micajah Young/ Demery who married Elizabeth Evans.

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Sources

1. ↑ FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA by Paul Heinegg https://freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia-NC.htm