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James Louis EVANS

James Louis was born on January 19th, 1861 in Heard Cty, GA.¹ James Louis' father was Leverett Hudson EVANS and his mother was Sarah C. BROWN. His paternal grandparents were Daniel M. Sr. EVANS and Nancy WRENN; his maternal grandfather was Daniel BROWN and his maternal grandmother is Matilda LNU. He had five brothers and three sisters, named David, John, Leverett, George Milton, Daniel, Sarah Saphronia, Clara Jane and Eliza. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Jacob, Martha and Mary Ann. He died at the age of 58 on October 2nd, 1919 in Des Arc, Prairie Cty, AR. His burial was on October 3rd, 1919 in Whippoorwill Cemetery, Des Arc, AR.¹¹

General Notes
- aka Lewis
  
  b. GA, f/m b. SC/SC
  residing in Georgia Military District 792, Heard, GA on 9 Jul 1870
  residing in District 287, Beat 8, Twp 12, R 6, Winston, AL on 18 Jun 1880
  residing in District 101, White River, Prairie, AK on 18 Jun 1900
  
  Earl EVANS: He was married to Nancy Caroline ESTES on December 25, 1877 in Addison, AL. Nancy Caroline ESTES was born on January 13, 1847. She died on June 4, 1908 in Prarie Co, AR. She was buried on June 5, 1908 in Whippoorwill Cem, Des Arc, AR. James Louis EVANS and Nancy Caroline ESTES had the following children:
  
  +70 i. Samuel Leverett EVANS (born on September 17, 1878).
  
  [James Louis] was married to Minnie Lee GRIFFEE on February 7, 1909 in Prarie Co, AR. Minnie Lee GRIFFEE was born on May 9, 1881 in GA. She died in 1917 in Hugo, OK.
  
  1900 US Census (18 Jun), residing in District 101, White River, Prairie, AK, dw/fam 306/309, head of h/hold is Lewis EVANS, white, male, b Jan 1861, age 39, married 22 years, b GA/ f/m SC/SC, farmer, able to read/write/speak Eng, owns home free, farm, no of farm sched 135, living with wife Nancy C b Jan 1857 (sic) age 43 married 22 years 3/4 children surviving,b GA, f/m b SC/SC (sic) able to read/write/speak Eng, son Ithamer (?) b Jun 1881 age 18 single b AL farm laborer able to read/write/speak Eng, son James L b Oct 1882 single AL farm laborer able to read/write/speak Eng, and dtr L(orrey) A b Jan 1894 age 6 AK. Only other EVANSes in Prairie, GA b. either AL or GA are Sam b Sep 1879 AL f/m GA/GA whtie m Laura, in White River, and William b May 1871 (sic) age 39 (sic) GA f/m GA/GA white m Mary, in Union. (Brother) Leverett is in Searcy, AK.
  
  Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: White River, Prairie, Arkansas; Roll: T623 73; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 101.
  
  1880 US Census (18 Jun), residing in District 287, Beat 8, Twp 12, R 6, Winston, AL, dw/fam 117/117, head of h/hold is Lewis EVANS, white, male, age 19 (1861), married, farmer, b. GA, f/m b. SC/SC, wife Nancy C., white, female, 33 (1847), keeping house, b. GA, f/m b. GA/GA, son Samuel L. 1 GA. Next door is (brother) Leverett, (parents), (married sister) Clara J. RIVERS in Twp 11. Dwelling numbering sequence is off.
  
  Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 8, Winston, Alabama; Roll: T9_35; Family History Film: 1254035; Page: 540.1000; Enumeration District: 287; Image: 0636.
  
  1870 US Census (9 Jul), residing in Georgia Military District 792, Heard, GA, post office Franklin, dw/fam 569/542, head of h/hold is Leveret H. EVANS, age 53 (b est 1817), male, white, farmer, val of real/pers est 500/465, b. SC, living with Sarah C., age 46 (b est 1824), female, white, keeping house, b. SC, Martha 25 (1845) at home SC, David 15 farm laborer GA, Sarah S. 13 at home GA, Clara J. 9 GA, Louis 8 GA, Leverett 7 GA, Eliza 6 GA, George M. 3 GA. No other EVANS in Heard, GA b. SC. Other EVANSes in Heard, GA in 1870 are Ned, 40 GA black, and family, and Sophronia 36 GA white w/two (dtrs) Mattie 12 GA and Bera 9 GA in h/hold is Thomas WATTS 59 GA in Mil Dist 693; plus Rebecca H. 47 GA white, with (children) James 17 GA and Georgia 10 GA in Mil Dist 939; plus James W. 47 AL white, m. Octavia 33 GA in Dec 1969, plus children in Mil Dist 987.
  
  Image Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Militia District 792, Heard, Georgia; Roll: M593_157; Page: 376; Image: 320.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Daniel M. Sr. EVANS
  - b.  1790 d.  1847 in Edgefield Cty, SC
  
  Leverett Hudson EVANS
  - b.02 Mar 1817 in South Carolina d.  1886 in Winston County, Alabama
  
  Bates Sr. WRENN
  
  Nancy WRENN
  - b.  1790 in Greenesville Cty, VA
  
  Nancy BARLOW
  
  James Louis EVANS
  - b.19 Jan 1861 in Heard Cty, GA d.02 Oct 1919 in Des Arc, Prairie Cty, AR
  
  Daniel BROWN
  - b.  1791
  
  Sarah C. BROWN
  - b.  1824 in South Carolina or Georgia d.  1899 in Winston County, Alabama
  
  Matilda LNU

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¹ Earl EVANS

James Louis EVANS

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