Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Evans, Ben  July 1886
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The Marion County Patriot, July 9, 1886
The Marion County Patriot, No. 28
Friday, July 9, 1886
Page Eight

Georgia News

Ben Evans, better known as “Old Red Ben”, died a few days ago at the age of 107 
years.  It is said that he was part Indian, and was born and lived all his life 
in Wilkes County, near the Taliaferro line.  He was born the property of Mr. 
Wm. Evans, at War Hill, on Kittle creek and belonged to three generations of 
the Evans family.  When the Kittle creek battle was fought between the British 
and Americans, he was a little child.  He lived all his life within three miles 
of the place of his birth and joined the church and was baptized after he was a 
hundred years old.  He was a noted hunter and fisher, and he continued to fish 
up to a short time before his death.  He walked three miles last year to the 
river to fish.


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