Son of Jesse Evans and Eunice Reynold
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Married 18 Dec 1827
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Lewis moved from North Carolina to Vineyard, Arkansas. Married Eliza Dec 18, 1827 in Vineyard, Washington County, AR. Lewis was first postmaster of Vineyard. Town name was later to Evansville in 1835 in recognition of Lewis Evans. He was captain of a wagon train that left Oklahoma Territory in 1849 for the California gold fields. The trail is still known as the Cherokee Trail. Lewis returned and became a rancher at Gonzales.(Information provided by KsHis FAG#47497372)
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1850 Census Vineyard Twp, Washington Co. AR
Lewis Evans 51 NC
Eliza Evans 41 NC
Mark Evans 19 AR
Albert Evans 17 AR
Dewitt Evans 15 AR
Mary Evans 9 AR
Henry Evans 7 AR
Lewis Evans 3 AR
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1860 Census Gonzales TX
L Evans 59 NC
Eliza Evans 58 NC
Mary Evans 18 AR
H Clay Evans 16 AR
Lewis Evans 14 AR
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1870 Census Belmont, Gonzales Co. TX
Lewis Evans 69 NC
Eliza Evans 59 NC
Mary Evans 25 AR
Clifford John 16 TX
George Alford 12 TX
Ruth Alford 14 TX
Lewis Is featured in the book Cherokee Trail Diaries, Vol 1 1849 and Vol II 1850. The authors are Patricia K.A. Fletcher, Dr. Jack Earl Fletcher and Lee Whitely. They have many maps which is 418 pages. Cherokee lived on Cherokee Lands located in Arkansas. They had a lot of white friends. Evans pioneered a route through Kansas and Indian Territory to CA. Evans recorded the trek in a journal. Somehow Alfred Oliver obtained the Journal. Oliver took Cherokee with him in 1850. He was living in Missouri. Alfred died in CA and they never found the body. The Journal was lost.
Evans left Fayetteville on April 17, 1849. More Cherokee joined them on the Grand saline. There were 130 people which included women and five slaves. There were 40 wagons, 304 oxen, 41 mules, 85 horses and 31 cows. Along the way Evans set up stones which marked their progress. The first one was marked " To Fayetteville Ark 300 miles - Cape Evans Com'y. They reached the Sacramento Valley Oct 20, 1849. Evans married Eliza Palmer in 1827. The town was originally called Vineyard, in Washington Co. Evans was the Postmaster, Sheriff and owner of a Mill and Stone business. All 6 offspring were born in Washington Co. S.O. Potter, one of the members of Evan's Company, wrote a letter stating that Evans was trading and mining on the Feather River, Butte County, 1850-1852. In 1860 he had moved to Hopkinsville, Gonzales, TX.
Information from Marcie Hall, Find-A-Grave. historical researcher.
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Married 18 Dec 1827
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Lewis moved from North Carolina to Vineyard, Arkansas. Married Eliza Dec 18, 1827 in Vineyard, Washington County, AR. Lewis was first postmaster of Vineyard. Town name was later to Evansville in 1835 in recognition of Lewis Evans. He was captain of a wagon train that left Oklahoma Territory in 1849 for the California gold fields. The trail is still known as the Cherokee Trail. Lewis returned and became a rancher at Gonzales.(Information provided by KsHis FAG#47497372)
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1850 Census Vineyard Twp, Washington Co. AR
Lewis Evans 51 NC
Eliza Evans 41 NC
Mark Evans 19 AR
Albert Evans 17 AR
Dewitt Evans 15 AR
Mary Evans 9 AR
Henry Evans 7 AR
Lewis Evans 3 AR
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1860 Census Gonzales TX
L Evans 59 NC
Eliza Evans 58 NC
Mary Evans 18 AR
H Clay Evans 16 AR
Lewis Evans 14 AR
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1870 Census Belmont, Gonzales Co. TX
Lewis Evans 69 NC
Eliza Evans 59 NC
Mary Evans 25 AR
Clifford John 16 TX
George Alford 12 TX
Ruth Alford 14 TX
Lewis Is featured in the book Cherokee Trail Diaries, Vol 1 1849 and Vol II 1850. The authors are Patricia K.A. Fletcher, Dr. Jack Earl Fletcher and Lee Whitely. They have many maps which is 418 pages. Cherokee lived on Cherokee Lands located in Arkansas. They had a lot of white friends. Evans pioneered a route through Kansas and Indian Territory to CA. Evans recorded the trek in a journal. Somehow Alfred Oliver obtained the Journal. Oliver took Cherokee with him in 1850. He was living in Missouri. Alfred died in CA and they never found the body. The Journal was lost.
Evans left Fayetteville on April 17, 1849. More Cherokee joined them on the Grand saline. There were 130 people which included women and five slaves. There were 40 wagons, 304 oxen, 41 mules, 85 horses and 31 cows. Along the way Evans set up stones which marked their progress. The first one was marked " To Fayetteville Ark 300 miles - Cape Evans Com'y. They reached the Sacramento Valley Oct 20, 1849. Evans married Eliza Palmer in 1827. The town was originally called Vineyard, in Washington Co. Evans was the Postmaster, Sheriff and owner of a Mill and Stone business. All 6 offspring were born in Washington Co. S.O. Potter, one of the members of Evan's Company, wrote a letter stating that Evans was trading and mining on the Feather River, Butte County, 1850-1852. In 1860 he had moved to Hopkinsville, Gonzales, TX.
Information from Marcie Hall, Find-A-Grave. historical researcher.
Son of Jesse Evans and Eunice Reynold
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Married 18 Dec 1827
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Lewis moved from North Carolina to Vineyard, Arkansas. Married Eliza Dec 18, 1827 in Vineyard, Washington County, AR. Lewis was first postmaster of Vineyard. Town name was later to Evansville in 1835 in recognition of Lewis Evans. He was captain of a wagon train that left Oklahoma Territory in 1849 for the California gold fields. The trail is still known as the Cherokee Trail. Lewis returned and became a rancher at Gonzales.(Information provided by KsHis FAG#47497372)
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1850 Census Vineyard Twp, Washington Co. AR
Lewis Evans 51 NC
Eliza Evans 41 NC
Mark Evans 19 AR
Albert Evans 17 AR
Dewitt Evans 15 AR
Mary Evans 9 AR
Henry Evans 7 AR
Lewis Evans 3 AR
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1860 Census Gonzales TX
L Evans 59 NC
Eliza Evans 58 NC
Mary Evans 18 AR
H Clay Evans 16 AR
Lewis Evans 14 AR
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1870 Census Belmont, Gonzales Co. TX
Lewis Evans 69 NC
Eliza Evans 59 NC
Mary Evans 25 AR
Clifford John 16 TX
George Alford 12 TX
Ruth Alford 14 TX
Lewis Is featured in the book Cherokee Trail Diaries, Vol 1 1849 and Vol II 1850. The authors are Patricia K.A. Fletcher, Dr. Jack Earl Fletcher and Lee Whitely. They have many maps which is 418 pages. Cherokee lived on Cherokee Lands located in Arkansas. They had a lot of white friends. Evans pioneered a route through Kansas and Indian Territory to CA. Evans recorded the trek in a journal. Somehow Alfred Oliver obtained the Journal. Oliver took Cherokee with him in 1850. He was living in Missouri. Alfred died in CA and they never found the body. The Journal was lost.
Evans left Fayetteville on April 17, 1849. More Cherokee joined them on the Grand saline. There were 130 people which included women and five slaves. There were 40 wagons, 304 oxen, 41 mules, 85 horses and 31 cows. Along the way Evans set up stones which marked their progress. The first one was marked " To Fayetteville Ark 300 miles - Cape Evans Com'y. They reached the Sacramento Valley Oct 20, 1849. Evans married Eliza Palmer in 1827. The town was originally called Vineyard, in Washington Co. Evans was the Postmaster, Sheriff and owner of a Mill and Stone business. All 6 offspring were born in Washington Co. S.O. Potter, one of the members of Evan's Company, wrote a letter stating that Evans was trading and mining on the Feather River, Butte County, 1850-1852. In 1860 he had moved to Hopkinsville, Gonzales, TX.
Information from Marcie Hall, Find-A-Grave. historical researcher.
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Married 18 Dec 1827
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Lewis moved from North Carolina to Vineyard, Arkansas. Married Eliza Dec 18, 1827 in Vineyard, Washington County, AR. Lewis was first postmaster of Vineyard. Town name was later to Evansville in 1835 in recognition of Lewis Evans. He was captain of a wagon train that left Oklahoma Territory in 1849 for the California gold fields. The trail is still known as the Cherokee Trail. Lewis returned and became a rancher at Gonzales.(Information provided by KsHis FAG#47497372)
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1850 Census Vineyard Twp, Washington Co. AR
Lewis Evans 51 NC
Eliza Evans 41 NC
Mark Evans 19 AR
Albert Evans 17 AR
Dewitt Evans 15 AR
Mary Evans 9 AR
Henry Evans 7 AR
Lewis Evans 3 AR
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1860 Census Gonzales TX
L Evans 59 NC
Eliza Evans 58 NC
Mary Evans 18 AR
H Clay Evans 16 AR
Lewis Evans 14 AR
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1870 Census Belmont, Gonzales Co. TX
Lewis Evans 69 NC
Eliza Evans 59 NC
Mary Evans 25 AR
Clifford John 16 TX
George Alford 12 TX
Ruth Alford 14 TX
Lewis Is featured in the book Cherokee Trail Diaries, Vol 1 1849 and Vol II 1850. The authors are Patricia K.A. Fletcher, Dr. Jack Earl Fletcher and Lee Whitely. They have many maps which is 418 pages. Cherokee lived on Cherokee Lands located in Arkansas. They had a lot of white friends. Evans pioneered a route through Kansas and Indian Territory to CA. Evans recorded the trek in a journal. Somehow Alfred Oliver obtained the Journal. Oliver took Cherokee with him in 1850. He was living in Missouri. Alfred died in CA and they never found the body. The Journal was lost.
Evans left Fayetteville on April 17, 1849. More Cherokee joined them on the Grand saline. There were 130 people which included women and five slaves. There were 40 wagons, 304 oxen, 41 mules, 85 horses and 31 cows. Along the way Evans set up stones which marked their progress. The first one was marked " To Fayetteville Ark 300 miles - Cape Evans Com'y. They reached the Sacramento Valley Oct 20, 1849. Evans married Eliza Palmer in 1827. The town was originally called Vineyard, in Washington Co. Evans was the Postmaster, Sheriff and owner of a Mill and Stone business. All 6 offspring were born in Washington Co. S.O. Potter, one of the members of Evan's Company, wrote a letter stating that Evans was trading and mining on the Feather River, Butte County, 1850-1852. In 1860 he had moved to Hopkinsville, Gonzales, TX.
Information from Marcie Hall, Find-A-Grave. historical researcher.
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