Martha, your email got me excited. Thomas J. Evans and his first wife Henrietta Clayton are my 2nd g-grandparents. How did you find and connect Thomas to Aaron? I haven’t been able to find anything definite on his parents, but thought he might be the son of William Evans and Sela Dunn of Georgia. Thomas named one of his girls Sela, so assumed she was named after his mother. Also, he lived next to William M. (1860 census) who is the son of Wm and Sela, so I thought he might be a brother, and he named his first son William M. Excerpt from Goodspeed’s History of Mississippi: “One of the most prosperous planters, as well as one of the largest landowners in the county of Itawamba, is William M. Evans, who was born in Georgia in the year 1818. He is a son of William and Sela (Dunn) Evans, who were members of old families of Georgia, his ancestry having settled there about the beginning of the present century.” Would love to swap information with you. I am descended from Thomas’ daughter Sarah Mayo Evans (married to George Washington Burnett). Marlene Alabama **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

Marlene, My search for a connection for the parents of Thomas J. Evans began with the work of Mona Mills at Robinsons of Itawamba County and beyond http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mmills1957&id=I0861 You asked how I made the connection between Thomas and Aaron? Some of the evidence for a connection of Aaron May and Thomas J. Evans is: Mary Ann Evans was the daughter of Thomas J. Evans and Henrietta Clayton (1850 census for Itawamba County, Mississippi) Mary Ann Evans married William Wear May (Marriage records for Itawamba; Itawamba census 1850, 1860, 1870) William Wear May was the son of Aaron May and Mary Ann "Anny" Gilmore (1850 Itawamba census; the work of Imogene Boswell) I like your reasoning about the use of the names Sela and William and the proximity of the brother (prob) William to show that the parents of Thomas J. Evans are William Evans and Sela Dunn. I have seen your Descendancy Narrative of Sarah (Sally) Mayo Evans.  Another person who has entered info into this line is Dan Solomon with whom I corresponded some while ago on the Anny Gilmore ancestry. I'm not sure that I have anything original to add to the lineage, but it's nice to know that someone else out there is searching and interested. Let me know if you think I've gone in the wrong direction. -- Martha in California Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time!

Marlene, Do you have any opinion about who this Celia Evans might be? 1850 census Nash County, North Carolina, film number 444651, image number 00294 page 110 Dwelling 870, Household 876 Celia Evans, 68 years, est birth year 1782, birth place North Carolina In same household - Milbry (?) Evans, age 45, female Next door: Sally Evans, 58 and Elizabeth Evans 50  Martha in California --  Martha  Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time!

Martha, I'm not Marlene, but I noticed the names in your message which I have seen in the Nash County will books. The names you mention look like the JOYNER sisters, daughters of WILLIAM & PATIENCE JOYNER/JOINER. >From "Nash County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Wills, 1777-1848", WILLIAM JOINER SR. - 22 Aug 1835 - Nov Ct 1837 Wife PATIENCE JOINER - 259 Acres where I now live, etc. GrandsonWILLIAM THOMAS GRIFFIN - 60 acres joining WILLIAM GRIFFIN; reversion if he she die to his mother MARGARET GRIFFIN. Daughter MILBRY JOINER - feather bed & furniture, 50 acres, etc. Daughter MORNEN JOYNER - bed & furniture, 50 acres, etc. After wife's death, rest of land to be sold & money to go to my 7 daughters: BARSHABA BARNES, SELAH EVINS, CHARITY DAVIS, UNITY VICK, MORNEN JOINER, MILBRY JOINER, MARGARET GRIFFIN. Ex: AMOS JOINER Wit: AMOS RICKS, BARSHABA SMITH, ABRAHAM SMITH "Nash County, North Carolina Abstracts of Wills, 1849 -1900" SALLIE EVANS - 20 Jan 1859 - Nov Ct 1866 My 3 grandchildren ISAAC, GEORGE & SUSAN EVANS (children of my son ISAAC B. EVANS) - negroes Ginny, Caroline, & Harriett; certain personal property. Daughter CHARITY BATCHELOR - $100. Grandson JOEL BATCHELOR - 1 young mare. Great-granddaughter (child of SALLY WELLS- name LAURA) - 106 acres joining GEO. W. COOPER, the dower tract, it being land drawn by my 2 sons ISAAC B. & WILLIAM EVANS in the division of the lands of my husband ISAAC EVANS dec'd & which I purchased from them;if sd LAURA should die before she comes of age, then to the children of my granddaughter SALLY WELLS. Provisions to meet sd CHARITY BATCHELOR's legacy. Ex. son ISAAC B. EVANS, B. H. SORSBY Wit. T. H. SCOTT, JOHN T. BRASWELL Deloris Willliams ----- Original Message ----- From: "marthawsv" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [EVANS] Mary Ann Evans/William Wear May Marlene, Do you have any opinion about who this Celia Evans might be? 1850 census Nash County, North Carolina, film number 444651, image number 00294 page 110 Dwelling 870, Household 876 Celia Evans, 68 years, est birth year 1782, birth place North Carolina In same household - Milbry (?) Evans, age 45, female Next door: Sally Evans, 58 and Elizabeth Evans 50 Martha in California -- Martha Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.14/1647 - Release Date: 9/2/2008 6:02 AM