Erasmus Evans (abt. 1745 - bef. 1774)

Born about 1745 in Virginia

Ancestors

Died before 1774 before about age 29 in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Erasmus Evans is a part of US Black heritage.

Erasmus was born about 1745. He is the son of Charles Evans and Sarah Redcross.

Erasmus Evans, born say 1745, was taxable in Granville County in Benjamin Ragland's household with wife Mary in 1767 [CR 44.701.19].

His orphan Anthony was living in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 8 August 1774 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind him to John Bozman. On 9 January 1775 the court bound his son Isham to Francis Lightfoot.

Erasmus may have been married to a member of the Chavis family since his son Anthony was called Anthony Chavis, orphan of Erasmus Evans, deceased, when the Mecklenburg County court ordered the churchwardens to bind him out [Orders 1773-9, 291, 301; 1779-84, 435]. His children were:

1. Anthony, born say 1771, ordered bound apprentice in Mecklenburg County on 8 August 1774, taxable in Thomas Brandom's Mecklenburg County household in 1787 and 1788 and taxable in his own household from 1790 to 1798, called a "Mulatto" in 1790 (adjoining Isaac and Richard Evans) [PPTL, 1782-1805, frames 208, 343, 517, 684]. And there was an Anthony Evans who was a "melatto" taxable in the northern district of Campbell County from 1790 to 1792 [PPTL, 1785-1814, frame 148, 188, 231]. He was taxable in Nutbush District of Granville County, North Carolina, in 1800 and 1801 [Tax List 1796-1802, 249, 307] and head of a Chatham County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:193]. He purchased land in Chatham County by deed proved in August 1819 [DB W:95]. His 10 June 1831 Chatham County will, witnessed by Jarell Walden, was proved in August 1835. He left his plantation and all his other property to Sary Betty Ledbetter, daughter of Noony Dungill. He appointed Stephen Walden executor, but John Dungill was granted administration on the estate since Stephen had left the state when the will was offered for probate [WB C:24].
2. Isham, born say 1773, bound apprentice to Francis Lightfoot on 9 January 1779. He was a "melatto" taxable in the northern district of Campbell County from 1789 to 1792 [PPTL, 1785-1814, frames 121, 148, 231].
3. John, born about 1784, listed with wife Juda and children in the 1833 list of Free Negroes and Mulattos in Campbell County in 1833 [Campbell 1833 Free Negroes and Mulattoes, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

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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