Joseph EVANS

1796 - 1862  (65 years)

• Name	Joseph EVANS
  Birth	12 Aug 1796	Knoxville, Knox County, TN
  Gender	Male
  Birth	12 Aug 1796	VA
  Death	18 May 1862	Montgomery County, IL
  Burial	Kirkland Cemetery, Montgomery County, IL
  Notes	(1) Source: Patricia A. West, "John Kirkland, b ca. 1750/60, and His Children," St. Louis: Unpublished manuscript, 2003, downloaded from West, Kirkland & Allied Families at www.websitewiz.com/genealogy. (2) Perrin, William Henry, History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Chicago, IL: O.L. Baskin & Co., 1882, p. 372: Among the early settlers [of Walshville Township, Montgomery County, IL] can be named John Evans, Joseph Evans, both of whom came in 1826. Robert Kirkland settled in Section 15 a couple of years later. (3) Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database <http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/landsrch.html>: Name of Purchaser: EVANS JOSEPH Legal Description: E??SE?? Section: 35 Township: 07N Range: 05W Meridian: 3 Date Purchased: 01/30/1836 County: MONTGOMERY (4) A household headed by Joseph EVANS is listed in the 1840 census of Montgomery County, IL. Listed in Joseph's household are 2 free white males under 5 years of age; 1 free white male between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white male between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white male between 15 and 20 years of age; 1 free white male between 20 and 30 years of age; 1 free white male between 30 and 40 years of age; 1 free white female under 5 years of age; 1 free white female between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white female between 10 and 15 years of age; 1 free white female between 15 and 20 years of age; and 1 free white female between 30 and 40 years of age. Assuming that Joseph is the free white male listed in the 1840 census as then being between 30 and 40 years of age, he would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1840 census. Assuming that Joseph's wife is the free white female listed in the 1840 census as then being between 30 and 40 years of age, she would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1840 census. Assuming that the other persons in Joseph's household are children of Joseph and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of six sons (two of which sons would have been born between 1835 and 1840, one of which sons would have been born between 1830 and 1835, one of which sons would have been born between 1825 and 1830, one of which sons would have been born between 1820 and 1825, and one of which sons would have been born between 1810 and 1820, according to the 1840 census) and four daughters (one of which daughters would have been born between 1835 and 1840, one of which daughters would have been born between 1830 and 1835, one of which daughters would have been born between 1825 and 1830, and one of which daughters would have been born between 1820 and 1825, according to the 1840 census). (5) A household headed by Joseph EVENS is listed in the 1850 census of Montgomery County, IL. Joseph is listed in the 1850 census as a farmer who was then 52 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1798. According to the 1850 census, he was born in VA. Listed with Joseph is his wife, Sarah, who was then 52 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1798. According to the 1850 census, she was born in SC. Also listed with Joseph is his son, James, a farmer who was then 22 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1828. According to the 1850 census, he was born in TN. Also listed with Joseph is his son, Thomas, a farmer who was then 21 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1829. According to the 1850 census, he was born in TN. Also listed with Joseph is his daughter, Sarah, who was then 19 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1831. According to the 1850 census, she was born in IL. Also listed with Joseph is his daughter, Margarett, who was then 17 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1833. According to the 1850 census, she was born in IL. Also listed with Joseph is his daughter, Martha, who was then 14 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1836. According to the 1850 census, she was born in IL. Also listed with Joseph is his son, Robert, who was then 13 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, he was born in about 1837. According to the 1850 census, he was born in IL. Also listed with Joseph is Sarah HICKS, who was then 2 years of age; therefore, according to the 1850 census, she was born in about 1848. According to the 1850 census, she was born in IL. (6) A household headed by Joseph IVANS is listed in the 1860 census of Montgomery County, IL. Joseph is listed in the 1860 census as a farmer who was then 63 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1797. According to the 1860 census, he was born in VA. Listed with Joseph is his wife, Sarah, who was then 62 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, she was born in about 1798. According to the 1860 census, she was born in TN. Also listed with Joseph is his son, Thomas, a farmer who was then 31 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1829. According to the 1860 census, he was born in TN. Also listed with Joseph is his son, Robert, a farmer who was then 24 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, he was born in about 1836. According to the 1860 census, he was born in IL. Also listed with Joseph is Sarah IVANS, who was then 11 years of age; therefore, according to the 1860 census, she was born in about 1849. According to the 1860 census, she was born in IL. (7) Joseph EVANS is buried in Kirkland Cemetery. According to the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey, Kirkland Cemetery is located in Montgomery County, IL at latitude 39° 01' 20" N, longitude 89° 35' 30" W, just north of the Montgomery County-Bond County line. The nearest town, Sorento, is located in Bond County, IL, just south of the Montgomery County-Bond County line. Because Sorento is located in Bond County, some sources have erroneously concluded that Kirkland Cemetery is also located in Bond County. (8) www.findagrave.com: Joseph Evans Birth: Aug. 12, 1796 Death: May 18, 1862 Age 65y 9m 6d Born in Knoxville, Tenn. Burial: Kirkland Cemetery, Sorento, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA Created by: Dale Eccles Record added: Nov 10, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 44181327
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  Family	Sarah KIRKLAND,   b. 12 Nov 1797, Spartanburg County, SC d. 22 Jan 1888, Montgomery County, IL (Age 90 years)
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