Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev.

1824 - 1901  (77 years)

• Name	Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans
  Suffix	Rev.
  Born	4 Jan 1824	Tennessee   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Dec 1901
  Buried	Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I2064	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Jacob Evans,   b. 1797, South Carolina ,   d. Abt Mar 1878  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Martha Ogle,   b. 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1885  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Abt 1823	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F780	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey,   b. 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1840	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth "Betty" Evans,   b. 1840, Tennessee ,   d. 1888  (Age 48 years) + 2. Dialtha Evans,   b. 1841, Tennessee ,   d. 1873  (Age 32 years) + 3. Martha Jane Evans,   b. 1843, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1882  (Age 39 years)   4. Evans,   b. Abt 1845,   d. See Notes + 5. Rhoda Evans,   b. 1848, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jan 1868  (Age 20 years) + 6. Anna Evans,   b. 3 Sep 1851, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jan 1907  (Age 55 years) + 7. Olive Evans,   b. 1 Feb 1853, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Feb 1913  (Age 60 years) + 8. Mary Ella "Polly" Evans,   b. 25 Jan 1855, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Aug 1929  (Age 74 years) + 9. Sophia Evans,   b. Aug 1857, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Oct 1931  (Age ~ 74 years) + 10. Elmina Evans,   b. 22 Nov 1859, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Aug 1885  (Age 25 years) + 11. N. Jennie Evans,   d. 1939   12. Evans
  Family ID	F508	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Jan 1824 - Tennessee Married - 30 Jan 1840 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• 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. ---------- Reference: "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. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 126.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 449a, 30 Jun 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0449a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 256, page 403b, line 26, 29 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 453, 1880. http://sevierlibrary.tripod.com/page281880.html [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 695.