Jacob Evans

Notes:

Martha and Jacob gave the land for the Lebanon Baptist Church in the Glades. They left a joint will which is recorded in Will Book I, page 247, Sevier County Courthouse. Their daughter, Sophia Ownby, and her son, Samuel, are mentioned in it. The will was probated in April 1878.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52, 298.

Jacob married Martha Ogle Abt 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1885; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. was born 4 Jan 1824, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1901; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Mary Evans was born 1825, Tennessee.
3. Sophia Evans was born 15 Feb 1826, Tennessee; died 2 Mar 1910; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Emigrated from Wales.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.