Richard Evans (abt. 1772)

Born about 1772 in Mecklenburg, Virginia

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Richard Evans is a part of US Black heritage.

Richard was born about 1772. He is the son of Richard Evans.

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]. ^[1]

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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