Richard E. 'Preacher_Dick' Evans, Rev.

b 04 Jan 1824,
d 06 Dec 1901,
bur , Sevier, Tennessee		William Evans
	Richard Evans
	\|
Jacob Evans
\|b 1797	\|	Moses McCarter
\|d Mar1878	Catherine McCarter	b ABT 1730 1732
\|		Catren
Richard E. 'Preacher_Dick' Evans, Rev.		b ABT 1732 1734	Thomas Ogle	>
\|Mary Olief 'Olive' Ownbey		William 'Billy' Ogle	Elizabeth Robeson
\|m 30 Jan 1840	Thomas J. Ogle	b 1756	John Frederick Huskey	>
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|b 1784	Martha Jane Huskey	Rebecca Washington
Martha Ogle	d 1862	b 09 Dec 1756
b 1807	\|
d 1885	Sophia Bosley
	b 1789
	d 13 Jul 1857

Children

1	<	Elizabeth 'Betty' Evans
2	<	Dialtha Evans
3	<	Martha Jane Evans
4		Evans
5	<	Rhoda Evans
6	<	Anna Evans
7	<	Olive Evans
8	<	Mary Ella 'Polly' Evans
9	<	Sophia Evans
10	<	Elmina Evans
11	<	Jennie Evans
12		Evans

Notes

Affectionately called 'Preacher Dick', he was received into the White Oak Flats Baptist Church in October of 1839 'by experience'. In October of 1843, he was granted the right 'to exercise a public gift wherever his lot Should be Cast.' He was ordained at the church on the 27th of October 1846 'through the assistance of Brothers Isaac Kimbro and Eli Roberts as presbytery...' (Church minutes book of White Oak Flats Baptist Church). This began his long and fruitful service to the Lord and his fellow man.

Beside the Gatlinburg Church, he served New Salem Church, Lebanon in the Glades, Friendship in Greenbrier, the Hills Creek Church and at both Evan's Chapel No. 1 and 2. He also made visits to the Indians in North Carolina. Dr. Burnett, in his book about pioneer ministers credited Richard Evans with converting more than 10,000 souls to Christ and personally baptizing more than 1,800 persons.

He is buried in the Fork of River Cemetery near the Park headquarters in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 130. 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 128. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 695. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 52. 'Mountain Ways', Gene Aiken, 1983, p 126.

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