Robert Evans, Jr

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A037684

Robert Evans (4 Jan 1756 Big Elk River, Cecil Co, MD - 1830 [Marion], Perry Co, AL) m.c. 1777;

The origin and movements of Robert Evans, antecedent of the Texas Evans, is unclear because of the common given and surname. Some sources say he was a Robert Evans from Cecil Co, MD, born in 1726 in Cecil Co, lived to be 104 years old and that a wife Sarah joined the Baptist Church in Marion, AL when she was 110. Sources say that Robert moved from MD to VA abt 1766. The most visible Robert Evans in genealogical records comes from records of the Daughters of the American Revolution. This Robert Evans was a private in the Revolutionary War, enlisting 15 Dec 1776 for three years, records show he was discharged before Mar 1778. He was in Capt. Richard Steven's Company of foot soldiers, 10th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Edward Stevens and Maj. Samuel Hawes. Oct 1777 a remark appears that he was "in Foart." His pay was $6.67 per month. In History of Cherokee Co, Ms. R.H. Evans Jr. writes "while the father was away, the enemy came to the house and burned everything that was of cotton. An officer stopped a soldier from pulling off Joseph's shirt." Evans family researcher, Joan Evans, believes that this is unlikely the Robert Evans precursor of the Texas Evans and points out that In Cecil Co, MD records there are at least five Robert Evans, none of which are likely to be Robert Evans who died in AL in 1830. Data of other researchers suggest that Robert Evans first lived in VA and it is through the unusual name of his son Jabez that one can begin to track the correct Robert Evans.

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the Webb Plantation: Seven miles west of Marion, you may visit the site of one of Alabama’s last active plantations, one which has been in the same family since the early 1800s. William “the wagon maker” Moore came from South Carolina to Alabama in 1819 shortly before Alabama gained statehood. The farm has grown from the original 80 acres which William Moore homesteaded into thousands of acres. William Moore and his wife were the parents of eleven children. One of their granddaughters, Mary Elizabeth Moore, married Charles A. Webb, Sr. It is from this granddaughter that the present owner, Charles Holmes, is descended. He, along with his wife, Jenny Cooper Holmes, raised their three sons, William, Webb, and Cooper, to be active in the farm’s operations. Charles served an apprenticeship under his uncles, J.C. and Charles Webb, for 20 years. After their death, he and his family took the lead in operation of the farm as the sixth-generation descendants of William Moore. Most of the buildings are original to the site, and much of the handiwork of William Moore “the wagon maker” can be seen. Historic papers, a deed signed by Andrew Jackson, and other items of interest may be viewed in the Country Store. Farm equipment, such as wagons, plows, planters, hay rakes, and other pieces, may be seen also. You can tour the original home site. The family home burned in 1927, and the family moved to Magnolia Hill in Marion. A cousin, Mary Katharine Arbuthnot Avery, with her husband Richard, make their home at Magnolia Hill today. Much of the furnishings of the family home was saved from the 1927 fire and graces family homes today. On the property surrounding the original home site, one can visit the log seed house used with the first cotton gin, the second cotton gin, a carriage house, a smoke house, a chicken coop, a potato house with a pit for the storage of vegetables, lard, and sausage, the plantation store with its pot-bellied stove and other items of interest, the blacksmith shop with its tools, the weaving house, a two-story early Federal/Greek Revival style house with clapboards covering the original log structure (Cooper’s home), a canning house, the overseer’s house (now the Folsom Inn), tenant quarters, barns, a fire house with a 1930s fire engine, and much more in their authentic setting. Most of these structures date to the 1800s. Tours available by appointment: Jenny Holmes 334-683-9955 .................. enlisted 1776; Lt. in Continental Army, 10th VA Regiment, Capt. Richard Stephens Company; buried on Webb Plantation in Old Evans Cemetery, Marion Co, AL

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The origin and movements of Robert Evans, antecedant of the Texas Evans, is unclear because of the common given and surname. Some sources say he was a Robert Evans from CecilCo, MD, born in 1726 in CecilCo, lived to be 104 years old and that a wife Sarah joined the Baptist Church in Marion, AL when she was 110. Sources say that Robert moved from MD to VA abt 1766. The most visible Robert Evans in genealogical records comes from records of the Daughters of the American Revolution. This Robert Evans was a private in the Revolutionary War, enlisting 15 Dec 1776 for three years, records show he was discharged before Mar 1778. He was in Capt. Richard Steven's Company of foot soldiers, 10th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Edward Stevens and Maj. Samuel Hawes. Oct 1777 a remark appears that he was "in Foart." His pay was $6.67 per month. In History of Cherokee Co, Ms. R.H. Evans Jr. writes "while the father was away, the enemy came to the house and burned everything that was of cotton. An officer stopped a soldier from pulling off Joseph's shirt." Evans family researcher, Joan Evans, believes that this is unlikely the Robert Evans precursor of the Texas Evans and points out that In Cecil Co, MD records there are at least five Robert Evans, none of which are likely to be Robert Evans who died in AL in 1830. Data of other researchers suggest that Robert Evans first lived in VA and it is through the unusual name of his son Jabez that one can begin to track the correct Robert Evans.

• **************** the Webb Plantation: Seven miles west of Marion, you may visit the site of one of Alabama’s last active plantations, one which has been in the same family since the early 1800s. William “the wagon maker” Moore came from South Carolina to Alabama in 1819 shortly before Alabama gained statehood. The farm has grown from the original 80 acres which William Moore homesteaded into thousands of acres. William Moore and his wife were the parents of eleven children. One of their granddaughters, Mary Elizabeth Moore, married Charles A. Webb, Sr. It is from this granddaughter that the present owner, Charles Holmes, is descended. He, along with his wife, Jenny Cooper Holmes, raised their three sons, William, Webb, and Cooper, to be active in the farm’s operations. Charles served an apprenticeship under his uncles, J.C. and Charles Webb, for 20 years. After their death, he and his family took the lead in operation of the farm as the sixth-generation descendants of William Moore. Most of the buildings are original to the site, and much of the handiwork of William Moore “the wagon maker” can be seen. Historic papers, a deed signed by Andrew Jackson, and other items of interest may be viewed in the Country Store. Farm equipment, such as wagons, plows, planters, hay rakes, and other pieces, may be seen also. You can tour the original home site. The family home burned in 1927, and the family moved to Magnolia Hill in Marion. A cousin, Mary Katharine Arbuthnot Avery, with her husband Richard, make their home at Magnolia Hill today. Much of the furnishings of the family home was saved from the 1927 fire and graces family homes today. On the property surrounding the original home site, one can visit the log seed house used with the first cotton gin, the second cotton gin, a carriage house, a smoke house, a chicken coop, a potato house with a pit for the storage of vegetables, lard, and sausage, the plantation store with its pot-bellied stove and other items of interest, the blacksmith shop with its tools, the weaving house, a two-story early Federal/Greek Revival style house with clapboards covering the original log structure (Cooper’s home), a canning house, the overseer’s house (now the Folsom Inn), tenant quarters, barns, a fire house with a 1930s fire engine, and much more in their authentic setting. Most of these structures date to the 1800s. Tours available by appointment: Jenny Holmes 334-683-9955 .................. enlisted 1776; Lt. in Continental Army, 10th VA Regiment, Capt Richard Stephens Company; buried on Webb Plantation in Old Evans Cemetery, Marion Co, AL
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