This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Evans Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.evans/6004.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You might want to check the Bladen County, N.C. Census for Evans (Benjamin, Thomas & others). They were on the north side and east side of the northwest branch of the Cape Fear River. I am a descandent of Moses Evans (black). Thomas S. Evans(white) was a merchant at the landing store near the family's present homeplace