Jordan Evans (abt. 1779 - 1865)

Born about 1779 in Wake Forest, Wake, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Delilah (Whitecloud) Evans — married 21 Nov 1805 in Wake County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 5 May 1865 at about age 86 in Daviess, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Jordan, born say 1779, married Delilah Reynolds, 21 November 1805 Wake County bond, Curtis Snelling surety. He may have been one of 2 males under the age of 16 in Morris's household in 1790. He was head of a Wake County household of 3 "free colored" in 1830.^[1]

Possible children:

Theodrick Evans+

Duncan Evans+

Benjamin Evans+

Fatima (Fate) Evans+

Kezziah Evans

Augustan J. (Grestin) Evans+

Morrison Madison Evans+

James Reynolds Evans+

John Henry Evans

Marion Evans

Ebenezer (Neiser) Evans+"

Research Notes

Nationality supposed Cherokee Indian

Jordan married Delilah Whitecloud Reynolds, daughter of John Reynolds and Unknown, on 21 Nov 1805 in Wake Forest, North Carolina. (Delilah Whitecloud Reynolds was born in 1783 in Wake Forest, North Carolina, died in 1860 in Daviess County, Kentucky and was buried in Sharp Farm Cemetery near Deserter Creek on road 764, South of Whitesville, Ky.)"

Sources

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

• The James O. Evans Family", published 2005, McDowell Publications, Utica, KY
• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8BN-XWB : 29 December 2014), Jordan Evans and Delilah Reynolds, 21 Nov 1805; citing Wake,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,296.
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH53-N8V : 18 August 2015), Jordan Evans, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States; citing 99, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 7,820.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY9-7DB : 24 August 2015), Jordon Evans, Middletown, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 212, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 115; FHL microfilm 7,828.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65V-92V : 9 November 2014), Evans, Ohio county, Ohio, Kentucky, United States; citing family 698, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ19-QWW : 30 December 2015), Jorden Evans, 1860.

See also:

• http://thestoms.com/StomTree/6421.htm
• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwilliams-1&id=I7910
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/EVANS/2004-05/1085077670

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Janice Hopkins for starting this profile.