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 1846 - 1910 (64 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Elijah Evans was born 1846, Halifax, North Carolina, USA (son of Leven Evans and Harriet Richardson); died 1910, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 8175
- Residence: 1860, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; Age in 1860: 14
- Residence: 1880, Brinkleyville, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; Age: 33; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
- Residence: 1900, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Elijah married Jane Cornelia Richardson. Jane was born 1849, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 17 Aug 1896, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Thomas Henry Evans was born Abt 1867, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Feb 1938, Rocky Mount, Nash, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Leven Evans was born Bef 1776 (son of Isaac Evans); died 1840, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 2399
- Death: 1850, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
Leven, born before 1776, residing in Warren County on 23 November 1797 when he purchased 122 acres in Halifax County, North Carolina, on the waters of Falling Creek. He was taxable in district 12 of Halifax County on 122 acres and a free poll in 1800 [Gammon, Halifax County Tax Lists I:34]. He sold 22 acres of this land to John Richardson on 9 December 1800 with Joel Evans and Joseph Lantern as witnesses [DB 18:269, 916]. He was head of a Warren County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [NC:754] and 3 "free colored" in Halifax County in 1820 [NC:147], perhaps the Leaven Evans who married (second?) Hariot Scott, 18 December 1829 Warren County bond, Thomas Edwards bondsman. Harriet, a "Mulatto" farmer born about 1811, was listed in the 1860 Halifax County census with $85 real estate. She may have been identical to Harriet Richardson, daughter of Hardy Richardson.
Leven married Harriet Richardson. Harriet (daughter of Hardy Richardson and Dorcas Pope) was born 1810, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1880, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Harriet Richardson was born 1810, Halifax, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Hardy Richardson and Dorcas Pope); died 1880, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 8178
- Residence: 1860; Age in 1860: 49
Children:
- 1. Elijah Evans was born 1846, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1910, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Isaac Evans was born 1735, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA (son of Ann Evans). Other Events:
Children:
- Sally Evans was born Abt 1770, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA; died 1823, Craven, North Carolina, USA.
- Matthew West-Evans was born Abt 1760, North Carolina, USA; died 1844.
- 2. Leven Evans was born Bef 1776; died 1840, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- Pleasant Evans was born 1796, Virginia, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
- Susannah Evans died , USA.
- Godfrey Evans died , USA.
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| 6. | Hardy Richardson was born 1788, Halifax, North Carolina, USA (son of Benjamin Richardson and Mary Bass); died 24 May 1855, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Hardy married Dorcas Pope. Dorcas was born 1794, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Dorcas Pope was born 1794, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1870, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Elizabeth Betsey Richardson was born 1 Oct 1811, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 27 Jan 1892, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA.
- Lucretia Richardson was born 1829, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
- Mason Richardson was born 1821, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died Aft 1880, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
- Alfred Richardson was born 1815, North Carolina, USA; died 4 Aug 1874, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- 3. Harriet Richardson was born 1810, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 1880, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 9. | Ann Evans was born Abt 1710, Surry, Virginia, USA; died Bef 15 Feb 1748/49, Prince George, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Anne Evans was born 1730, Surry, North Carolina, USA; died 1783, Anson, North Carolina, USA.
- 4. Isaac Evans was born 1735, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA.
- Jacob Evans was born 1737, Prince George, Virginia, USA; died 1759, Prince George, Virginia, USA.
- Robert Evans was born 1740, Prince George, Virginia, USA.
- Phillip Evans was born 1745, Prince George, Virginia, USA.
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| 12. | Benjamin Richardson was born 1750, Halifax, North Carolina, USA (son of Joseph Richardson); died 14 Jul 1809, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6476
- Residence: 1786, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1790, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1800, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
Benjamin Richardson, married Mary Bass, widow of Elijah Bass, 13 February
1783 Granville County bond with Philip Pettiford as bondsman. She was also
called Mary Bass on her 13 February 1777 Bute County marriage bond to Elijah
Bass [M804-2038, frame 0533]. Mary made an application on 11 October 1841
application for his Revolutionary War pension. He "went out of Halifax and Warren
Counties" and enlisted in the militia in September 1780 [M804-2038, frame 0520].
He was head of a Halifax County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:338].
John King of Franklin County and David King of Warren County testified on her
behalf that they also served in the Revolution and were acquainted with both
her husbands. J.R.J. Daniel of Halifax County called their family, "free persons
of color & generally ... industrious & well behaved people" on 24 May 1855 when
he wrote an affidavit for the pension application of Benjamin and Mary's children
[M804-2038, frames 525-7, 0537].
Benjamin married Mary Bass 13 Feb 1783, Granville, North Carolina, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Bass and Thomasine Bunch) was born 1751, Northampton, North Carolina, USA; died 20 Nov 1844, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Mary Bass was born 1751, Northampton, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas Bass and Thomasine Bunch); died 20 Nov 1844, Halifax, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6473
- Residence: 1800, Warren, North Carolina, USA
Children:
- 6. Hardy Richardson was born 1788, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; died 24 May 1855, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- James Richardson was born 1777, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
- Benjamin Richardson was born 1775, Halifax, Virginia, USA; died , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
- Lucy Richardson was born 1775; died 1850, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.
- Moses Richardson was born 1770, Franklin, Alabama, USA; died Jul 1850, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
- Absalom Richardson was born 1790, Warren, North Carolina, USA; died 1850, Warrenton, Warren, North Carolina, USA.
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