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Author: William Regli
William Evans was born on January 10, 1745, in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.
While residing in Kingston Parish, William enlisted in 1776 at various times until 1781 as a private in the Virginia Troops under Captains John Willis and Peter Barnett, Major Dabney, and Colonels John Peyton, Dangerfield, McClanachan, John Page, and James Innis. His total military service was approximately four years. He swore the Oath of Allegiance in conformity to the Act of General Assembly in 1777. His service included the Battle of Gwynn’s Island, a skirmish at Point Comfort, and the siege of Yorktown and surrender of General Cornwallis. He recalled “the drumbeats as they marched the British troops out of town and when General Washington marched in.”
Pension: S-10640 was awarded to him while he was residing in Mathews County, Virginia, on August 13, 1832.
William Evans married Anna Brown on December 15, 1770, in Kingston Parish. They had four sons, William, Francis, Thomas, and John. He died on April, 24, 1833. His place of burial is unknown. His son William Evans served in Capt. Henry Digges’ Company of the Sixty-first Regiment of Virginia Militia, Mathews County, Virginia, in the service of the United States, commanded by Lieut. Col. Lewis Gayle for the years 1813 and 1814 in the War of 1812.
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