Colonel John Evans was born December 9, 1737 near Alexandria, VA in Fairfax or Loudoun County where his father had settled and married after emigrating from Wales.  He attended school in Alexandria and on 24 March 1758 married Rebecca Ann Martin, born in 11 April 1738.  John and Rebecca had eight children between 1764 and 1784 (Margaret, Dudley, John, Nimrod, Enoch, Rawley, James, Marmaduke).  John was one of the founders of Monongalia County.  He served as the 1st Clerk of the County (1780-1789) and was a Trustee of the town of Morganstown (today Morgantown).  He signed the May 1776 Convention in Williamsburg for Independence.  He was a Monongalia County Delegate to the Virginia Convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution, June 1778.  He opposed (as did 78 others), along with other notables Patrick Henry, French Strother, and George Mason. He served in Dunmore's War, 1774, a conflict between the Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo American Indian nations.  He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in April or May of 1778 and served as a Colonel until Dec. 29, 1778 under Generals McIntosh and Washington.  He commanded militia from South Branch and Ohio Valley.  He died at the age of 96, 13 July 1834.  Colonel Evans is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown, WV; his tombstone is marked with a plaque from the Colonel John Evans Chapter, NSDAR.