Richard Weaver Evans (abt. 1799 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1799 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Thompson) Evans — married 27 Jun 1820 in Floyd County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died after 1880 after about age 81 in Logan, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Unsourced Information

Note: The following information is unsourced, Attached census sources show birth date circa 1798 - 1799 which makes his stint as deputy sheriff at 9 years of age highly unlikely.

John Evans was in Floyd County, Kentucky in the early 1800's, after the death of his father, Thomas Evans of Morgantown in Monongahela County, Virginia. in 1807 he was the deputy Sheriff of Floyd County, KY. The Court records and deed books show his relationship to his parents; the execution of his father's will, and various family members civil actions and property transactions in and around Prestonsburg, Floyd County, KY. The records show that these are some of his family members: Josiah Hoskinsons: appointed Thomas Evans, Jr as Power of Attorney in regard to the Hoskinsons part in Thomas Evans, Sr. will.

Richard Weaver Evans

Birth: About 1798 - United States

Marriage: 24 Jun 1820, Floyd, Kentucky, United States

"Thomas Evans was an early settler in the valley (Tug Valley: implied). He married a Miss Closser, and was the father of Richard Evans, who married a Miss Thompson. the names of his other children are not know, but they are the progenitors of a large Evans family."^[1]

Death: Logan, West Virginia."

Sources

1. ↑ Quote from chapter 22 of The History of Logan County, by Henry Clay Ragland; published about 1896

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/m/Laura-N-Lambert/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0445.html
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-YFV : accessed 28 August 2020), W Rich D Evans, Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 97, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 181,351.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-QFNT : 29 November 2018), Richard Evans and Salley Thompson, 24 Jun 1820; citing Marriage, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,109,935.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-R14 : accessed 28 August 2020), Richard Evans, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 186,182.
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH54-XZZ : 17 August 2017), Richard Evans, Logan, Virginia, United States; citing 274, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 191; FHL microfilm 29,670.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT2-WHS : 19 May 2020), Richard Evans, Logan, Beaver, Oklahoma, United States; citing p. 83, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm *"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DC-TQS : 4 April 2020), Richd Evans, Logan county, part of, Logan, Virginia, United States; citing family 457, 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:M41D-63S : 19 March 2020), Richd Evans, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RT-1S5 : 15 July 2017), Richard Evans, Hardee, Logan, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 73, sheet 258A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,406.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ptsonline/history/ragland4.html
• http://person.ancestry.com/tree/24198336/person/59001389428/facts
• Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky by Charles G. Wells. Located in the Minnie Winder Genealogy Room in Boyd County Library, Ashland, KY.

Deed Book A, page 8, 10, 17, 18 County Court Book 1, page 48, 55, 65>

Acknowledgements

• Evans-8198 was created by Perry Hecker through the import of Hecker Family Tree 04012014.ged on Mar 31, 2014.