Anthony Evans (abt. 1771 - bef. 1831)

Born about 1771 in Mecklenburg, Virginia

Ancestors

Died before 1831 before about age 60 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Anthony Evans is a part of US Black heritage.

Anthony was born about 1771. He is the son of Erasmus Evans.

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]. ^[1]

Sources

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