Wade & Webb Family History

William George Evans Sr.1809–1878

Harris · Palo Pinto · Aledo

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  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 1 Feb 1809 Harris, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 1 Mar 1827 Susan James Owens, at Newton, Georgia 2

Death and burial

  1. Jun 1878 Burial: Aledo, Parker, Texas
  2. 6 Jun 1878 Death: Aledo, Parker, Texas 6

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 1 Mar 1827
Susan James Owens 1809–1895
Children
John B. A. 'Jack' Evans 1829–1895
Clarissa Jane Evans 1832–1862
Josiah Washington Evans 1835–1901
Louisa Sarepta Evans 1842–1914
Green Franklin Evans 1828–1891
James Rufus Evans 1839–1922
Henry Evans 1841–1924
Lee Andrew (Leander) Evans 1845–1882
Elizabeth C. Evans 1833–1884
Jehu Owens Evans 1830–1893
Francis Marion Evans 1838–1899
Columbus Evans 1847–1923
William George Evans Jr. 1836–1911
Camlin Evans 1848–1913

Line of descent Webb line

  1. William George Evans Sr.
  2. Husband of Susan James Owens
  3. Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens
  4. Clarrissa Jane Carlisle, daughter
  5. James Pleasant Webb, son
  6. Hilda Webb, daughter
  7. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Husband of 2nd great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

William George Evans Sr., who appears in the records as William G. Evans and as George Evans, was born in Georgia; the FamilySearch tree gives his birth as 1 February 1809, in Harris County, without a source, while a source attached to the same profile gives 3 October 1804, in Morgan County, and a second profile for him in the tree has the 1804 date.1 Inference Neither date is backed by a record of the period, and the question is open.1 On 1 March 1827 he married Susan J. Owens, a daughter of John N. Owens, in Georgia; the tree places the marriage in Newton County.2 The tree names fourteen children, born between 1828 and 1848.3 Georgia tax digests, the county lists of taxpayers and their property, include a William G. Evans, and the tree connects him with Morgan County.4 By 1850 the family had moved to Texas, where the federal census lists his household in Smith County; in 1860 the census lists him as George Evans in Precinct 4 of Palo Pinto County.5 He died at Aledo, Parker County, Texas, on 6 June 1878 and was buried there; his Find a Grave memorial names him William George Evans, Sr.6 An index to pension files for service in the Indian Wars, the conflicts with Native American nations for which the federal government later paid pensions, lists a file for William G. Evans dated 1892, in which his widow Susan J. Evans is named.7 Inference The tree's alternative name "Sergant Evans" may come from that file and record a rank, but the file has not been examined.7 Two other sources attached to him are not used here: a roster of Revolutionary War associators and militia of Philadelphia, which cannot concern a man born in the 1800s, and an image of the 1850 census of Jackson County, Georgia, which conflicts with the family's enumeration in Texas that year.8

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to William George Evans Sr..

  1. 1 Mar 1827William G. Evans, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  2. 1 March 1827William G. Evans, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  3. 1827William G. Evans, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  4. 1850William G Evans, "United States Census, 1850"
  5. 1860George Evans, "United States, Census, 1860"
  6. 1892William G Evans, "United States, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926"
  7. Georgia. Census
  8. Legacy NFS Source: William George Evans - Published information: birth: 3 October 1804; Morgan, Georgia, United States
  9. Louisa Sarepta Layne Find-A-Grave Memorial
  10. United States. Military Records 1906–1907
  11. William G Evans, "Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900"
  12. William G. Evans, "Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900"
  13. William George Evans, "Find A Grave Index"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-78V: birth 1 Feb 1809, Harris, Georgia, no source attached Legacy NFS Source: William George Evans - Published information: birth: 3 October 1804; Morgan, Georgia, United States: Legacy NFS Source: William George Evans, birth 3 October 1804, Morgan, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MQ1R-LQP (their page): born 3 Oct 1804, Morgan, Georgia back to the text
  2. "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, William G. Evans and Susan J. Owens, 1 Mar 1827. Record: William G. Evans and Susan J. Owens, 1 Mar 1827 "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967", FamilySearch, William G. Evans, 1 March 1827. Record: William G. Evans, Georgia Marriages, 1 March 1827 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-78V: marriage 1 Mar 1827, Newton, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-7R4 (their page): daughter of John N Owens and Elizabeth back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-78V: fourteen children, Green Franklin (1828) to Camlin (1848) back to the text
  4. "Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900", FamilySearch, William G Evans. Record: William G Evans, Georgia Tax Digests "Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900", FamilySearch, William G. Evans. Record: William G. Evans, Georgia Tax Digests FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-78V: tax assessment, Morgan, Georgia back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, William G Evans, 1850. Record: William G Evans, 1850 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Susan J Evans in entry for William G Evans, 1850. Record: Susan J Evans in entry for William G Evans, Smith County, Texas, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, George Evans, 1860. Record: George Evans, 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-78V: residence 1860, Precinct 4, Palo Pinto, Texas back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-78V: death 6 Jun 1878, Aledo, Parker, Texas; burial Jun 1878, Aledo "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, William George Evans, Sr. Record: William George Evans, Sr., Find a Grave Index back to the text
  7. "United States, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926", FamilySearch, William G Evans, 1892. Record: William G Evans, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892 "United States, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926", FamilySearch, Susan J Evans in entry for William G Evans, 1892. Record: Susan J Evans in entry for William G Evans, 1892 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-78V: also Sergant Evans; pension 1892, Texas back to the text
  8. "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966," database with images, FamilySearch, Pennsylvania, vol 1, Muster rolls relating to the associators and militia of the city of Philadelphia > image 848 of 992; citing various published state rosters, United States. Record: Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, Pennsylvania, Muster rolls relating to the associators and militia of the city of Philadelphia "United States, Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch, Georgia > Jackson > Jackson county > image 67 of 167; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Record: 1850 census, Georgia, Jackson county, image 67 of 167 back to the text