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Pvt Joseph Evans

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Pvt Joseph Evans Veteran

Birth
Death
18 Jul 1829 (aged 72)
Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Smith Mill, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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According to "Lynda Sue Ross-Baldwin & Michael Jene Stark Family Tree"
Joseph Evans was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania
Married 1st to ___________ ("Unknown") and had a son in 1781
Married 2nd to Ruth Sayer in 1791
They would have 10 children

EVANS, JOSEPH Ancestor #: A037634
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 4-24-1757 BERKS CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 7-18-1829 ZANESVILLE-NEAR MUSKINGUM CO OHIO
Service Source: PA HIST & MUSEUM COMMISSION, MIL ABSTRACT CARD FILE, FHL ROLLS #1205971, #1205974
Service Description: 1) CAPT JOHN COTTON, WASHINGTON CO MILITIA, MAY 1782

Event: Birth Record 1 Apr 1757 Note: Bible Record of Samuel Evans B. Oct. 1, 1814 Event: Birth Record 24 Apr 1757 Berks County, Pennsylvania Change Date: 3 Jul 2007 at 14:27 Note:
Revolutionary Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Ohio: Joseph Evans of Muskingum Co., Ohio. Private. Served under Capt. John Cotton and Capt. Thomas Saskil in the Chester Co., Pennsylvania Battalion. Born April 24, 1757 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Parents: David Evans and Mary VanDeVenter. Joseph Evans Married Ruth Sayer 1791. Children: John, Phoebe, Joseph Jr., Caleb, Mary, William, Reuben, James, Elizabeth and Anna. Died July 18, 1829, Muskingum Co., Ohio. Buried Old Baptist Church, Salt Creek Cemetery, a short distance form Zanesville, Ohio. Grave is in right hand corner as you approach the cemetery close to the graves of James Evans and wife, Sarah Comstock and close to the graves of David Comstock and Susanna Steenrod.

"Joseph Evans born April 25, 1757. Died July 18, 1829". Served 5 years in Military service. Ruth wife of Joseph Evans, born August 11, 1765, died March 26, 1836. In 1805 purchased 2 farms about 4-miles East of Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio and brought his wife and family and mother through in 1806 in what is now Washington Twp. He came from Washington Co., Pennsylvania. Joseph Evans was a widower with one son (John) when he married his wife who was a widow with a son. She was Ruth Sayre from Salem, New Jersey. They were married in Washington County, Pennsylvania the 2nd time.
Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Volume 2, p. 485, 490, 545.Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Volume 23, p. 348
Muskingum County History, p. 346 For information: Jane Washington Chapter, D.A.R., Fostoria, Ohio.
According to "Lynda Sue Ross-Baldwin & Michael Jene Stark Family Tree"
Joseph Evans was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania
Married 1st to ___________ ("Unknown") and had a son in 1781
Married 2nd to Ruth Sayer in 1791
They would have 10 children

EVANS, JOSEPH Ancestor #: A037634
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 4-24-1757 BERKS CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 7-18-1829 ZANESVILLE-NEAR MUSKINGUM CO OHIO
Service Source: PA HIST & MUSEUM COMMISSION, MIL ABSTRACT CARD FILE, FHL ROLLS #1205971, #1205974
Service Description: 1) CAPT JOHN COTTON, WASHINGTON CO MILITIA, MAY 1782

Event: Birth Record 1 Apr 1757 Note: Bible Record of Samuel Evans B. Oct. 1, 1814 Event: Birth Record 24 Apr 1757 Berks County, Pennsylvania Change Date: 3 Jul 2007 at 14:27 Note:
Revolutionary Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Ohio: Joseph Evans of Muskingum Co., Ohio. Private. Served under Capt. John Cotton and Capt. Thomas Saskil in the Chester Co., Pennsylvania Battalion. Born April 24, 1757 in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Parents: David Evans and Mary VanDeVenter. Joseph Evans Married Ruth Sayer 1791. Children: John, Phoebe, Joseph Jr., Caleb, Mary, William, Reuben, James, Elizabeth and Anna. Died July 18, 1829, Muskingum Co., Ohio. Buried Old Baptist Church, Salt Creek Cemetery, a short distance form Zanesville, Ohio. Grave is in right hand corner as you approach the cemetery close to the graves of James Evans and wife, Sarah Comstock and close to the graves of David Comstock and Susanna Steenrod.

"Joseph Evans born April 25, 1757. Died July 18, 1829". Served 5 years in Military service. Ruth wife of Joseph Evans, born August 11, 1765, died March 26, 1836. In 1805 purchased 2 farms about 4-miles East of Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio and brought his wife and family and mother through in 1806 in what is now Washington Twp. He came from Washington Co., Pennsylvania. Joseph Evans was a widower with one son (John) when he married his wife who was a widow with a son. She was Ruth Sayre from Salem, New Jersey. They were married in Washington County, Pennsylvania the 2nd time.
Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Volume 2, p. 485, 490, 545.Reference: Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Volume 23, p. 348
Muskingum County History, p. 346 For information: Jane Washington Chapter, D.A.R., Fostoria, Ohio.

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aged 72y. Revolutionary War



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  • Maintained by: Robert Hill
  • Originally Created by: Robert
  • Added: Nov 10, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9789129/joseph-evans: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Joseph Evans (24 Apr 1757–18 Jul 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9789129, citing Salt Creek Cemetery, Smith Mill, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Robert Hill (contributor 47088531).