JOHN
FLOYD EVANS
JOHN FLOYD
EVANS, farmer, Banks county, Ga., (postoffice, Gillsville, Hall
county), son of David and Mary(Toney) Evans, was born in Jackson county, Ga.,
in 1833.� His paternal grandparent,
John Evans, was a native of North Carolina, migrated to Georgia in 1800, and
settled in Franklin county.� He was
a farmer and served as a soldier in the patriot army during the revolutionary
war.� Mr. Evans' father was born in North Carolina
and was a small child only a year or two old when the family came to Georgia.�
He followed farming all his life.�
His mother was a daughter of John and Nancy Toney, early settlers in
Franklin county.� He served as a wagoner during the revolutionary war .�
������� Mr. Evans was
raised on the farm and received a very limited education at the old-time log
school-house.� On reaching manhood
he commenced farming and continued it until the war.� In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Capt. A.T. Bennett, Thirty-fourth
Georgia regiment, and participated with it in all it's campaigns and battles
until the Vicksburg campaign.� In that
he was very severely wounded and had to use crutches eighteen months.�
When he came home from the war he was very poor and had to borrow meal
for his family.� But he bravely met the emergency, went to work
earnestly, worked early and late and saved what money he could.� In 1872 he bought his first "patch",
to which he has gradually added until he owns 650 acres; is in comfortable
circumstances and is regarded as one of the most reliable citizens of the
county. He is a justice of the peace and has held the office very many years.
������� Mr. Evans was
married in 1860 to Miss Mary A(born in Mississippi in 1845), daughter of James
and Saltania(Brooks)Bell.� He was born
in Hall county, was a well-to-do farmer and moved to Mississippi, where he
died.� Of the children which blessed
this union three survive; Erastus P., James and Sandy F.� Mr. and Mrs. Evans are devoted members of the
Baptist church.
Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I, Southern Historical
Association, 1895
Copy and Copyright 2003 by Jacqueline King
