My g grandfather William EVANS was born and raised in GA. His father was a Methodist minister so the moved every 2 years. My gg grandparents James E. EVANS and Permalia MAYS married in Lincoln County in 1831. In the 1850 census they were in Chatham County and William was 3 months old. In 1860 census they were in Bibb County. In 1870 census they were in Chatham County and William was 20. Other records show that they also lived in Floyd County and multiple times in the other counties.. In February 1873 William and his wife Sadie IV(E)Y were in Poughkeepsie, NY having my grandfather James Jefferson EVANS. Then in 1875 his sister Lucy. William is listed in the 1880 census living in Dekalb County, GA as a widower with a son Jeffie. I have a copy of a letter written in June 1880 from William to the mother of his 2nd wife. In the letter he talked about how Jeffie and Lucy loved Anna like their own mother. How hard it was for them losing her. He had sent Lucy to live with his father (and she is in the 1880 census with her grandparents). He couldn't keep Jimmie so he was sending him by train to West Point, GA (Harris County) for her to take care of. He was keeping Jeffie with him. He did send Jeffie to live with Jimmie and his grandparents - never saw either of his boys again. My problem is where did William find and marry Sadie? My grandfathers death certificate says his mother was born in Okeepsie, NY - now either my uncle had misunderstood his father or ? ? However in the 1880 census by Jeffie (with his father) and Lucy's (with her grandfather) name they had the state mother was born in as GA. So that still leaves where did William meet Sadie? Now the next piece to the puzzle - according to my mother her father told them his mother was Cherokee. I've always been told that Jeff had red hair and blue eyes - I never met him as he died before I was born. My mom was the next to the youngest of 13 children. All 5 boys had reddish hair and all 8 girls brown to black hair. I've been to the IV(E)Y lists and now I'm starting with the places in GA I know William lived. Does anyone know of an IV(E)Y that was Cherokee and lived in GA between 1870 and 1872? Tall order? I've been working on my EVANS line for 7 - 8 years and found my gg grandparents this year. The EVANS - IV(E)Y line is a tough wall to break - helppppppppppppppppppppppppp Happy Family Hunting, kemis massey sobbygenealogy@knology.net Researching: for hubbie: MASSEY, BROOKS, FOUNTAIN, SMITH for me: SONGER, CAMP, EVANS, IV(E)Y, DUKE, ROSAMOND, MAY Sobby Genealogy http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sobbygenealogy/

More likely the Surry/Sussex County VA Iveys who came to Wilkes County GA. -----Original Message----- From: sobbygenealogy@knology.net To: GALINCOL@rootsweb.com; gafloyd@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:28 PM Subject: [GALINCOL] William EVANS and Sadie IV(E)Y GA / NY prior to 1875 My g grandfather William EVANS was born and raised in GA. His father was a Methodist minister so the moved every 2 years. My gg grandparents James E. EVANS and Permalia MAYS married in Lincoln County in 1831. In the 1850 census they were in Chatham County and William was 3 months old. In 1860 census they were in Bibb County. In 1870 census they were in Chatham County and William was 20. Other records show that they also lived in Floyd County and multiple times in the other counties.. In February 1873 William and his wife Sadie IV(E)Y were in Poughkeepsie, NY having my grandfather James Jefferson EVANS. Then in 1875 his sister Lucy. William is listed in the 1880 census living in Dekalb County, GA as a widower with a son Jeffie. I have a copy of a letter written in June 1880 from William to the mother of his 2nd wife. In the letter he talked about how Jeffie and Lucy loved Anna like their own mother. How hard it was for them losing her. He had sent Lucy to live with his father (and she is in the 1880 census with her grandparents). He couldn't keep Jimmie so he was sending him by train to West Point, GA (Harris County) for her to take care of. He was keeping Jeffie with him. He did send Jeffie to live with Jimmie and his grandparents - never saw either of his boys again. My problem is where did William find and marry Sadie? My grandfathers death certificate says his mother was born in Okeepsie, NY - now either my uncle had misunderstood his father or ? ? However in the 1880 census by Jeffie (with his father) and Lucy's (with her grandfather) name they had the state mother was born in as GA. So that still leaves where did William meet Sadie? Now the next piece to the puzzle - according to my mother her father told them his mother was Cherokee. I've always been told that Jeff had red hair and blue eyes - I never met him as he died before I was born. My mom was the next to the youngest of 13 children. All 5 boys had reddish hair and all 8 girls brown to black hair. I've been to the IV(E)Y lists and now I'm starting with the places in GA I know William lived. Does anyone know of an IV(E)Y that was Cherokee and lived in GA between 1870 and 1872? Tall order? I've been working on my EVANS line for 7 - 8 years and found my gg grandparents this year. The EVANS - IV(E)Y line is a tough wall to break - helppppppppppppppppppppppppp Happy Family Hunting, kemis massey sobbygenealogy@knology.net Researching: for hubbie: MASSEY, BROOKS, FOUNTAIN, SMITH for me: SONGER, CAMP, EVANS, IV(E)Y, DUKE, ROSAMOND, MAY Sobby Genealogy http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sobbygenealogy/ If this is a Message Board gatewayed to the list, please reply to the Message Board. The poster may not be a member of this list. Please remember that this is a FREE genealogy mailing list and postings of any commercial nature are NOT permitted by RootsWeb Rules. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GALINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.