I am also interested in the EVANS family. In 1860 there is a Thomas Evans and Phyllis/Fillis Evans. Phyllis is actually Phyllis Baseden. They were married in England in Kent County. Phyllis had a son, Henry Basden, who appears to be the son of George and Elizabeth Baseden according to the census. In reality he is the son of Phyllis. It appears that the Evans family and the Basden/Baseden family migrated to Illinois at the same time frame. The Baseden family from all indications and evidence went straight from Kent County, England to Jackson County, IL. Evidence indicates migration to Illinois was either late 1851 or early 1852. Henry Basden eventually resided over in Sand Ridge while the rest of the family was over in the Pomona area. I suspect Henry was an outcast since he was an illegitimate birth. Phyllis and Thomas had a son Charles who I believe was named after her brother. Charles Baseden was her witness in England when she married Thomas. George Basden Photography www.basden.com gebasden@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carole Morton Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:38 PM To: iljackso@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Walker Hill Cemetery Doing a little sleuthing I found a James Evans in the 1860 census but not in 1870 in Jackson County; his wife Eliza was living with, I believe a son from a prior marriage. I made an educated guess from the information provided below that this might be your James Evans. From there I went to the IRAD Probate indexed records held in Carbondale and found the following entry which might help in the burial location of your James Evans. You may already have this information but ...here it is anyway. Estate of Evans, James Administrator Marshall Evans Box 19 File 750 Date Feb 21, 1862 Mary Riseling <riseling@insightbb.com> wrote: I know there is a a transcript of Walker Hill Cemetery as I have one but I'm wondering if there are records somewhere that might show folks that are buried there that did not get headstones. I am trying to find the burial location for James W. EVANS and his wife, Eliza Whitson Evans. James was a fairly wealthy merchant and land owner in Grand Tower and I can't imagine he is buried someone other than Walker Hill. One of the children of James from his first marriage is buried there and Eliza's first husband is also buried there. I also checked the Pomona Township Transcripts for the cemeteries that were at one time considered a part of Grand Tower Township but they didn't help either. Any help appreciated. Mary Riseling Springfield, IL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

George, I'm sure our Evans cross somewhere as there were so many of them in Jackson County. My Evans was associated with Evans Landing in Grand Tower and he had a merchant business in Grand Tower as well called Evans and Son. His son from his first marriage, Marshall A. Evans, took over the business when James passed away. If you find a connection let me know. Right now, I don't have any Baseden (or anything close) in my family file. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "George E. Basden" <gebasden@charter.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Walker Hill Cemetery >I am also interested in the EVANS family. In 1860 there is a Thomas Evans > and Phyllis/Fillis Evans. Phyllis is actually Phyllis Baseden. They were > married in England in Kent County. Phyllis had a son, Henry Basden, who > appears to be the son of George and Elizabeth Baseden according to the > census. In reality he is the son of Phyllis. > > It appears that the Evans family and the Basden/Baseden family migrated to > Illinois at the same time frame. The Baseden family from all indications > and evidence went straight from Kent County, England to Jackson County, > IL. > Evidence indicates migration to Illinois was either late 1851 or early > 1852. > > Henry Basden eventually resided over in Sand Ridge while the rest of the > family was over in the Pomona area. I suspect Henry was an outcast since > he > was an illegitimate birth. > > Phyllis and Thomas had a son Charles who I believe was named after her > brother. Charles Baseden was her witness in England when she married > Thomas. > > George > Basden Photography > www.basden.com > gebasden@charter.net > -----Original Message----- > From: iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Carole Morton > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:38 PM > To: iljackso@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Walker Hill Cemetery > > Doing a little sleuthing I found a James Evans in the 1860 census but not > in > 1870 in Jackson County; his wife Eliza was living with, I believe a son > from > a prior marriage. I made an educated guess from the information > provided below that this might be your James Evans. > > From there I went to the IRAD Probate indexed records held in Carbondale > and found the following entry which might help in the burial location of > your James Evans. You may already have this information but ...here it is > anyway. > > Estate of Evans, James > Administrator Marshall Evans > Box 19 File 750 > Date Feb 21, 1862 > > > Mary Riseling <riseling@insightbb.com> wrote: > I know there is a a transcript of Walker Hill Cemetery as I have one but > I'm > wondering if there are records somewhere that might show folks that are > buried there that did not get headstones. I am trying to find the burial > location for James W. EVANS and his wife, Eliza Whitson Evans. James was a > fairly wealthy merchant and land owner in Grand Tower and I can't imagine > he > > is buried someone other than Walker Hill. One of the children of James > from his first marriage is buried there and Eliza's first husband is also > buried there. I also checked the Pomona Township Transcripts for the > cemeteries that were at one time considered a part of Grand Tower Township > but they didn't help either. > Any help appreciated. > > Mary Riseling > Springfield, IL > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ok, here's another question today. I have in my possession a copy of an emanicipation record for a woman named Jane Randolph who appears to have sued Thomas Whitson for her emancipation in November of 1835. BUT--in reading the document it refers to her indenture to a person named Herekin (sp??) Davis. My question is, if she is suing to get emancipation from Davis, why is Thomas Whitson listed as the defendant. I believe that the Davis listed might be Hezekiah Davis who is listed in the 1830 census but no slaves or free black persons are listed in the census with his household. I also don't know the connection to Thomas Whitson because this is the first time I have seen his name in ANY docs on Thomas and I have lots of documents. Thoughts?? Suggestions?? Ideas?? Mary Riseling Springfield, IL

Mary, Hezekiah DAVIS died in Jackson County on 29 Jan 1834. Possibly, Jane RANDOLPH had been indentured to him prior to his death, and after his death her indenture was purchased by Thomas (GASPERSON) WHITSON? http://www.tomshawcross.blogspot.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I53 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Riseling" <riseling@insightbb.com> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:40 PM Subject: [ILJACKSO] Emancipation Records > Ok, here's another question today. I have in my possession a copy of an > emanicipation record for a woman named Jane Randolph who appears to have > sued Thomas Whitson for her emancipation in November of 1835. BUT--in > reading the document it refers to her indenture to a person named Herekin > (sp??) Davis. My question is, if she is suing to get emancipation from > Davis, why is Thomas Whitson listed as the defendant. I believe that the > Davis listed might be Hezekiah Davis who is listed in the 1830 census but > no > slaves or free black persons are listed in the census with his household. > I > also don't know the connection to Thomas Whitson because this is the first > time I have seen his name in ANY docs on Thomas and I have lots of > documents. > > Thoughts?? Suggestions?? Ideas?? > > Mary Riseling > Springfield, IL > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >