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- 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Evans
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: Eastern Subdivision 12, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 85
Line Number: 26
Dwelling Number: 256
Family Number: 256
Richard Evans 26
Mary Evans 28
Elizabeth Evans 10
Alpha Evans 9
Martha Evans 7
Roady Evans 2
North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 about Richard Evans Name: Richard Evans Record Date: 19 Aug 1851 Location: Sevier, Tennessee Warrant Number: 28150
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Evans
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Gender: Male
Home in 1860: District 11, Sevier, Tennessee
Post Office: Gatlinburg
Dwelling Number: 680
Family Number: 671
Occupation: Minister Baptist
Personal Estate Value: 625
Richard Evans 36
Oliph Evans 38
Martha Evans 16
Rhoda Evans 11
Anna Evans 9
Olph Evans 7
Mary Evans 5
Sophia Evans 2
Elmira Evans 8
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Evans
Age in 1870: 46
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Tennessee
Dwelling Number: 30
Home in 1870: District 11, Sevier, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Gatlinburg
Occupation: Minister Of Thee Gospel
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Personal Estate Value: 700
Real Estate Value: 1000
Richard Evans 46
Olive Evans 48
Ann Evans 19
Olive Evans 17
Mary Evans 15
Sophia Evans 13
Elmina Evans 11
Thomas Ogle 3
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Evans
Age: 56
Birth Date: Abt 1824
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee, USA
Dwelling Number: 20
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Olief Evans
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Richard Evans 56
Olief Evans 57
Noah Mc Carter 28
Sopiah Mc Carter 23
Wesley E. Mc Carter 6
Annie Mc Carter 2
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard Evans
Age: 76
Birth Date: Jan 1824
Birthplace: Tennessee, USA
Home in 1900: Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee
Sheet Number: 2
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 23
Family Number: 23
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Olive Evans
Marriage Year: 1840
Years Married: 60
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee, USA
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: No
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Farm or House: F
Richard Evans 76
Olive Evans 78
Mary S Stinnett 43
http://knoxcotn.org/old_site/tnbaptists/evans_richard.htm
RICHARD EVANS (pages 152 - 157)
With this sketch I present the face of the venerable brother, Elder Richard Evans, "Uncle Dickey," as he is familiarly called by his mountaineer neighbors and friends. He is now in his 73rd year, but well preserved and full of rugged strength. He was born in Sevier County, Tenn., January 4, 1824. He was the only son of Jacob Evans, but had three sisters. His mother, before marriage, was Martha Ogle, Ogle being a historic name among Sevier County Baptists. His grandfather, William Evans, was of Welsh descent. The subject of our sketch is of Welsh-English extraction, inheriting the English sturdiness and the Welsh fire, and looks, both as to physical features and mental characteristics, as though he were a direct descendant of the historic Christmas Evans, a preacher of Baptist fame.[2]
Rev. Richard Evans, the nephew of Elizabeth Evans Clark, (son of her brother Jacob Evans and Martha Ogle) was the founder and minister of Evans Chapel, a church located in the Sugarlands/Fighting Creek communities, now location of the GSMNP Sugarlands Visitors Center. The Smoky Mts. Park Headquarters Building is now located on the site of the old Evans Chapel, and the graves of Rev. Richard Evans, his wife and two daughters are located in the Fighting Creek Cemetery...or Evans Chapel Cemetery (seems the names are interchangeable)...directly behind the Park Headquarters Bldg.
Richard E. Evans (Jan. 4, 1824 - Dec. 6, 1901), also known as "Preacher Dick," or "Uncle Dickey," was a Baptist preacher who served in East Tennessee and western North Carolina. Evans was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, the only son of Jacob Evans of South Carolina and Martha Ogle of Tennessee. He died in Sevier County and his remains are interred in Sevier County's Forks of the River Cemetery.[1]
At 16, he was converted by reverends Eli Roberts and William Ogle and joined White Oak Flats Church. That same year, on Jan. 30 of 1840, Evans married Ollief (Olive) Ownby, then 13. The couple would have 12 children. At 20, Evans was licensed to preach by his home church, White Oaks Flat. At 22, he was ordained.
Evans had little formal education and was not a trained polemic or skilled debater. He preferred a more direct approach, a "running fire" teaching of the gospel.[2] He is said to have converted more than 10,000 souls and to have baptized 1,800 converts by his own hand.
"I fiddle for the Lord!"
Though Preacher Dick was a resident of East Tennessee, he preached for two years to the Cherokee Indians of Bird Town, North Carolina. He was also known to lead revivals in western North Carolina. On the way to one such revival, accompanied by Russell Ogle, a young man recently called to preach, he came upon a schoolhouse where a crowd had gathered for a dance. Darkness was near and the two were without shelter. Ogle was uncertain. The reverend should not be associated with such sin, he thought. "This is the place," Preacher Dick said. "We're going to stop here."
The two went inside and Preacher Dick made his way to the front of the crowd. The man in charge of the dance asked Preacher Dick if he played the fiddle. Preacher Dick replied he was "about the best there is." When it was Preacher Dick's turn to play, he reached into his saddlebag and took out two books — his Bible and his hymnal. "This is my fiddle," he said, holding the Bible aloft, "and this is my bow. But I fiddle for the Lord!"
"God, the man's a preacher!" a man in back yelled. Preacher Dick sang a hymn. The crowd slowly joined in the singing. Then Preacher Dick started preaching. He preached for nearly two hours. When he was finished, 10 people professed their faith in Jesus Christ.[3][4]
Churches Served
White Oak Flats (home church)
Ware's Cove
Red Bank
Bethany
Friendship
Hill's Creek
New Salem
Lebanon
Evans' Chapel No. 1
Evans' Chapel No. 2
Tuckaleechee
Lufty
Shoal Creek
Bird Town
References
1. "Preacher Dick Genealogy". smokykin.com.
2. Burnett, J.J. (1919). Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers. The Overmountain Press. pp. 154–155.
3. Lawson, Fred Raulston (1999). The Lawsons of East Tennessee. Looking Glass Books. pp. 20–21.
4. Ogle, Ambers (July 1974). Smoky Mountain Society Newsletter.
Rev Richard E “Dick” Evans
BIRTH 4 Jan 1824
Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 6 Dec 1901 (aged 77)
Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
Forks of River Cemetery
Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA Show Map
MEMORIAL ID 7656183
s/o Jacob Evans & Martha Ogle
Married: Mary "Olive" Ownby
30 Jan 1840 Sevier, Tennessee
Family Members
Jacob Evans 1797–1878
Martha Ogle Evans 1807–1885
Spouse
Mary Olive Ownby Evans1821–1908 (m. 1840)
Siblings
Sophia Elvira Evans Ownby 1830–1910
Children
Elizabeth Evans Stinnett1840–1888
Dialtha Evans Ownby1841–1873
Annie Evans Watson1850–1907
Olive Evans McCarter1853–1913
Polly Evans Ownby1855–1929
Sophia Evans McCarter1857–1931
Elmina Evans Bohanan1859–1885
Inscription
The Lord seeth not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
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1824 - 1901 (77 years)
