Roane-Monroe County TN Archives Military Records.....Evans, Samuel 
Revwar - Pension 
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SAMUEL EVANS



   Samuel Evans applied for revolutionary pension while living in Roane County,

July 12, 1717. He was born in 1863. He enlisted in a North Carolina Regiment

commanded by Col. William Washington. His Captain Was Capt. Guinn. He served

five years or during the period of the War and continued to serve after the

surrender of Cornwallis. He was in the battles of Eutaw Springs, Guilford Court

House and Cowpens. He lost his right leg as it was amputated because of a wound.

He says that five children, the oldest a boy of 13, are living with him. His

widow, Peggy Evans, applied for pension in 1854. She lived until after 1869,

when Rufus Wilson was appointed her guardian. She was a second wife. She married

him Oct., 1829, in Monroe County, when he was 68 years old. She was Peggy

Stoyles (?) before her marriage. Samuel Evans died Aug., 26, 1851. His children

were: Samuel, Jr., born 1805, died after 1851; Harris; Nancy married ____

Mitzell; Esther married _____ Davis.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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