Story from Anderson County History
William B. Evans and his wife, China Capps Evans, decided to sell their property in Tennessee to travel to a new life in Texas about 1855. A large number of Tennessee citizens chose to try this new land. There were so many, in fact, that a portion of east Texas was known as the Tennessee Colony.
In 1855, Texas had been a state for ten years. Even though Texas had been a state for ten years, the final boundaries as we know them today had only been approved seven years earlier in 1848. It was not unusual for Indians and whites to be involved with skirmishes. Elisha M. Pease was elected to his second term as governor of this growing state. Under his leadership the public debt was paid and improvements in public education were made. But the biggest "news story" for Texas in the year 1855 was the great migration which was going on all over the state. Families were pouring into Texas to take advantage of fertile soil and great opportunities the state had to offer.
Both William and China had been born in Tennessee. They now had six living children. Why, at this point in their lives, would they decide to relocate the family Other family members had already completed the ourney and reported back about the rich soil and conditions of living in Texas. Perhaps it was the challenge, curiosity or just the desire to be a part of the American way. The last recorded document for William B. Evans shows that he deeded property to the Methodist church. This was the church that he attended as a child and various members of the family were on the Board over a period of years. By November, 1855, the Evans' owned land in Anderson, Texas...
The Evans family flourished in Brushy Creek. Life was farm from easy for the pioneer family in Texas, but every member of the family was needed. The homes were generally cabins of rough cut wood. There were simple furnishings with few comforts. Cotton and corn became the major crops of the time. Roads were nothing more than lanes of slush and mud. A trip to the closest town was often an excursion, which took several days. Trips for supplies were not frequent.
1808-1869
William B. Evans and his wife, China Capps Evans, decided to sell their property in Tennessee to travel to a new life in Texas about 1855. A large number of Tennessee citizens chose to try this new land. There were so many, in fact, that a portion of east Texas was known as the Tennessee Colony.
In 1855, Texas had been a state for ten years. Even though Texas had been a state for ten years, the final boundaries as we know them today had only been approved seven years earlier in 1848. It was not unusual for Indians and whites to be involved with skirmishes. Elisha M. Pease was elected to his second term as governor of this growing state. Under his leadership the public debt was paid and improvements in public education were made. But the biggest "news story" for Texas in the year 1855 was the great migration which was going on all over the state. Families were pouring into Texas to take advantage of fertile soil and great opportunities the state had to offer.
Both William and China had been born in Tennessee. They now had six living children. Why, at this point in their lives, would they decide to relocate the family Other family members had already completed the ourney and reported back about the rich soil and conditions of living in Texas. Perhaps it was the challenge, curiosity or just the desire to be a part of the American way. The last recorded document for William B. Evans shows that he deeded property to the Methodist church. This was the church that he attended as a child and various members of the family were on the Board over a period of years. By November, 1855, the Evans' owned land in Anderson, Texas...
The Evans family flourished in Brushy Creek. Life was farm from easy for the pioneer family in Texas, but every member of the family was needed. The homes were generally cabins of rough cut wood. There were simple furnishings with few comforts. Cotton and corn became the major crops of the time. Roads were nothing more than lanes of slush and mud. A trip to the closest town was often an excursion, which took several days. Trips for supplies were not frequent.
1808-1869
Story from Anderson County History
William B. Evans and his wife, China Capps Evans, decided to sell their property in Tennessee to travel to a new life in Texas about 1855. A large number of Tennessee citizens chose to try this new land. There were so many, in fact, that a portion of east Texas was known as the Tennessee Colony.
In 1855, Texas had been a state for ten years. Even though Texas had been a state for ten years, the final boundaries as we know them today had only been approved seven years earlier in 1848. It was not unusual for Indians and whites to be involved with skirmishes. Elisha M. Pease was elected to his second term as governor of this growing state. Under his leadership the public debt was paid and improvements in public education were made. But the biggest "news story" for Texas in the year 1855 was the great migration which was going on all over the state. Families were pouring into Texas to take advantage of fertile soil and great opportunities the state had to offer.
Both William and China had been born in Tennessee. They now had six living children. Why, at this point in their lives, would they decide to relocate the family Other family members had already completed the ourney and reported back about the rich soil and conditions of living in Texas. Perhaps it was the challenge, curiosity or just the desire to be a part of the American way. The last recorded document for William B. Evans shows that he deeded property to the Methodist church. This was the church that he attended as a child and various members of the family were on the Board over a period of years. By November, 1855, the Evans' owned land in Anderson, Texas...
The Evans family flourished in Brushy Creek. Life was farm from easy for the pioneer family in Texas, but every member of the family was needed. The homes were generally cabins of rough cut wood. There were simple furnishings with few comforts. Cotton and corn became the major crops of the time. Roads were nothing more than lanes of slush and mud. A trip to the closest town was often an excursion, which took several days. Trips for supplies were not frequent.
1808-1869
William B. Evans and his wife, China Capps Evans, decided to sell their property in Tennessee to travel to a new life in Texas about 1855. A large number of Tennessee citizens chose to try this new land. There were so many, in fact, that a portion of east Texas was known as the Tennessee Colony.
In 1855, Texas had been a state for ten years. Even though Texas had been a state for ten years, the final boundaries as we know them today had only been approved seven years earlier in 1848. It was not unusual for Indians and whites to be involved with skirmishes. Elisha M. Pease was elected to his second term as governor of this growing state. Under his leadership the public debt was paid and improvements in public education were made. But the biggest "news story" for Texas in the year 1855 was the great migration which was going on all over the state. Families were pouring into Texas to take advantage of fertile soil and great opportunities the state had to offer.
Both William and China had been born in Tennessee. They now had six living children. Why, at this point in their lives, would they decide to relocate the family Other family members had already completed the ourney and reported back about the rich soil and conditions of living in Texas. Perhaps it was the challenge, curiosity or just the desire to be a part of the American way. The last recorded document for William B. Evans shows that he deeded property to the Methodist church. This was the church that he attended as a child and various members of the family were on the Board over a period of years. By November, 1855, the Evans' owned land in Anderson, Texas...
The Evans family flourished in Brushy Creek. Life was farm from easy for the pioneer family in Texas, but every member of the family was needed. The homes were generally cabins of rough cut wood. There were simple furnishings with few comforts. Cotton and corn became the major crops of the time. Roads were nothing more than lanes of slush and mud. A trip to the closest town was often an excursion, which took several days. Trips for supplies were not frequent.
1808-1869
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