Richard Evans (abt. 1740)

Born about 1740 in Lunenburg, Virginia

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Richard Evans is a part of US Black heritage.

Richard was born about 1740. He is the son of Charles Evans and Sarah Redcross.

Richard Evans, born say 1740, was taxable in Lunenburg County in 1764 [Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, 250, 304, 333].

On 18 October 1764 he and his mother Sarah sold about 39 acres in the fork of Miles and Dockery's Creek in Mecklenburg County which was land they had been given by Charles Evans [DB 1:514].

He was called Richard Evans "Mallotto" when Dinwiddie, Crawford & Company sued him in Mecklenburg County court on 14 June 1773 for a debt of £19, and he was called the next friend of Isaac Evans in Mecklenburg County court on 8 May 1780 when they consented to the arbitration of their suit for trespass, assault and battery against Thomas Maclin. Robert Corn was his security when he was sued in Mecklenburg County court on 10 May 1784, and Charles Evans was his security when he was sued on 13 December 1784. His estate was attached for 1,136 pounds of tobacco on 9 January 1786 [Orders 1773-9, 24; 1784-7, 6, 107, 188, 440, 442, 554].

He was head of a Mecklenburg County household of 9 persons in 1782 [VA:34] and taxable in Mecklenburg County on a tithe, 2 horses, and about 8 cattle from 1783 to 1786 [PPTL, 1782-1805, frames 43, 66, 111, 136]. He may have been the father of:

1. Godfrey, enlisted as a substitute for Dick Evans and was in the list of men from Mecklenburg County under the command of Captain Reuben Vaughan who were on a detachment to the southward under immediate command of Colonel David Mason in 1779 [Edmund W. Hubbard Papers, Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill, NC, cited by Elliott, Katherine, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Revolutionary War Records (1983):162-3].
2. Isaac, born say 1766, sued Thomas Maclin for trespass, assault and battery in Mecklenburg County court. He was taxable in his own Mecklenburg County household in 1787 and 1789, taxable with Richard Evans in 1790, and taxable in 1793 and 1798 [PPTL, 1782-1805, frames 192, 291, 343, 481, 685]. He married Dicey Stewart, 24 December 1792 Mecklenburg County bond. On 29 July 1796 he made a Mecklenburg County deed of trust for 75 acres bounded by Samuel Young, Bartlett Cox and Sir Peyton Skipwith to secure a debt of £33 which he owed William Hendrick [DB 9:125].
3. Richard, born about 1772, taxable in the Mecklenburg County household of Isaac Evans in 1790, perhaps the D. Evans who was taxable in the household of Thomas Evans in 1792 [PPTL, 1782-1805, frames 343, 442, 684]. He married Lucy Evans, 17 December 1793 Warren County bond, Randolph Rowe surety. He was head of a Chatham County household of 6 "other free" in 1800, 8 in 1810 [NC:201], 12 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:211] and a "Mulatto" farmer worth $480 in Chatham County in 1850 with "Mulatto" Lucy Evans whose age was 73 [NC:474b]. He purchased land in Chatham County by deeds proved in November 1818 and February 1820 [DB V:307, X:137]. He was a resident of Chatham County, aged about 67, on 21 October 1839 when he testified that he was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and was a neighbor and brother-in-law of Anthony Chavis. He and Anthony moved to North Carolina about the same time, upwards of thirty years past. (His wife?) Lucy Evens also testified in Chatham County on 21 October 1839 that she was raised in Mecklenburg County, that Anthony Chavers married her sister Betsy Evens, that they resided in Virginia about thirty-five years previous, and they had lived on the same plantation before they moved to North Carolina [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Chavers, Anthony, 1840, Digital Collection, LVA]. His 21 June 1855 Chatham County will lent his land to his wife Lucy and named his children: Fildon (Fielding), Granderson, Ancel, Lucy Byrd, and John Evans [WB C:409].
4. Joshua, born say 1775, a poor orphan, son of Crecy Dinkins, bound to Benjamin Pennington in Mecklenburg County on 10 April 1780 [Orders 1779-84, 29]. He sued Thomas Epps in Lunenburg County for trespass, assault and battery on 9 March 1797, but the suit was dismissed on agreement of the parties [Orders 1796-9]. He was to marry Judah Stewart, 16 December 1797 Lunenburg County bond. He was taxable in Lunenburg County from 1794 to 1806, called Joshua E. Dinkins in 1795 [PPTL 1782-1806]. He was counted as Joshua Evans in a list of "free Negroes and Mulattoes" in 1802 with his wife Celia, children Polly and John Evans, and child Matthew Holmes: farmers on Flat Rock Creek. He was listed as a ditcher on Cedar Creek in 1803 with his wife Celia and children Matthew, Polly and Sally Evans. He was probably related to William Dickins who was listed with his wife Lucretia on Cedar Creek in the lists for 1802 and 1803 and Thomas Dickins who was listed on Cedar Creek in 1803 [LVA, Lunenburg County, Free Negro & Slave Records, 1802-1803]. William Dinkins was taxable in Lunenburg County from 1789 to 1806, and Thomas Dinkins was taxable from 1792 to 1806. They were called Dickens from 1799 to 1806 [PPTL 1782-1806] and in 1820 when Thomas was head of a Lunenburg County household of 5 "free colored." Thomas Dinkins purchased 40 acres in Lunenburg County for £15 on 15 Februry 1808, and William Dinkins sold 60 acres to Thomas Dinkins for $30 on 27 March 1821 [DB 20:84].
5. Charles, born say 1783, taxable in Nutbush District of Granville County in 1801 [Tax List 1796-1802, 307]. He married Frances Hunt, 9 February 1806 Wake County bond, Charles Hunt surety. He was one of the freeholders of Chatham County who was ordered by the court to work on the road from Beaver Creek to the Wake County line in February 1806 [Minutes 1805-10, 73] and head of a Chatham County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [NC:193].

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