1803 Birth Date
-from William Evans of Butler County, Kentucky "Our Lives", page 2
-1803, Pre Kentucky Reformation Area, Virginia
Butler County, Kentucky was established 1810
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William "Big Bill" Evans was born about 1803 in Virginia, but he always stated he was born in Kentucky. All his sons stated he was born in Virginia, but it is believed that it later became part of Kentucky.

Once when Son Samuel, wife Mahala, and their Grandchildren went to Kentucky, all the kin meet for dinner on the ground by the river. All the young men were trying to walk a log across the river, all that tried would fall in the river. At last Big Bill said "Let a man show you kids how to walk that log." He walked across the log and on the way back he did a little jig and flapped his arms like a bantam rooster, and said "I am a better man than all of them." At this time he was close to 100 years young, not old.

William Evans ancestors came to America from Wales, and were Welsh Baptists. They worked the coal mines in Virginia and Kentucky, as they did in Wales.

---William "Big Bill" Evans Sr.
First Wife:
Lathana Jane "Lejane" Coy, and/or Levanie Jane "Janey" Coy*
Born: 1805, Garrard County, Kentucky
Died: 1865, Butler County, Kentucky
Married: Feb 14, 1825, Butler County, Kentucky

Their Children
1. Pvt. James Martin "Black Jim" Evans
Born: 1825, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: March 18, 1900, Warrick County, Indiana
Chinn Cemetery, Pigeon Township, Warrick County, Indiana
-- m. 1847, Elvira Marie "Emily" Veteto
2. William Evans Jr.
Born: 1827, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: after June, 1880, Butler County, Kentucky
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Dexterville, Butler County, Kentucky
--m. March 17, 1845, Alvina "Vina" Daugherty
3. John T. Evans
Born: about 1828, Butler County, Kentucky
--- 'Similar' born same year & place with father of same name and different mother
(John C. Evans, Parent: a William Evans and Sallie Burden ... from his Death Certificate)

4. Samuel Evans
Born: January 9, 1831, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: February 28, 1928, Leonard, Fannin County, Texas.
Leonard Cemetery, Leonard, Fannin County, Texas
--m. June 9, 1851, Mahala Pharris
5. Corporal Richard Amos "Dick" Evans
Born: 1834, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: August 3, 1864, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Nashville National Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
--m. June 16, 1852, Elizabeth Prevette Keith
6. Allen "Al" Evans
Born: October 22, 1835, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: August 30, 1925, Howe, Grayson County, Texas
Akers Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas
--2. May 31, 1860, Delila Haney

7. Mary Ellen "Polly" Evans
Born: February 1, 1837, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: February 15, 1922, Butler County, Kentucky
Barnetts Lick Cemetery, Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky
--m. October 27, 1859, William S. Kessinger

8. Louisa Evans,
Born: 1839, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: 1864
--m. April 12, 1858, James P Kessinger

9. Lucy Melasc Evans
Born: October 17, 1851, Ohio County, Kentucky
Died: November 02, 1900, Charleston, Missouri
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Charleston, Missouri
--m. Abt. 1872, William Wesley Gentry

---William "Big Bill" Evans**
Common Law: 1840, Butler County, Kentucky
- Mary Ann Coy (1826 – 1890) Butler County, Kentucky
(half-sister of Lathana Jane "Lejane" Coy, and/or Levanie Jane "Janey" Coy*)

Their Child
Nicie Ellen "Nicy" Coy
Born: February 26 1841, Kentucky
Died: December 23, 1915, Caneyville, Grayson County, Kentucky
Caneyville Cemetery, Caneyville, Grayson County, Kentucky
--m. George W. Corley Sr.
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"Samuel Evans spoke often of his love for his half-sister Nicie Ellen (Coy) Corley.
I believe Nicie Ellen’s mothers name was Mary Coy, sister to Lavanie Jane (Coy) Evans but there is no proof.
I found Nicie Ellen and Mary Coy on the 1850 census***, but not Evans in Butler County at that time.****
The William Evans family must have moved from Butler County for a short time because Samuel married in Butler County in June 9, 1851 Samuel Evans made trips back to Kentucky to visit his beloved sister Nicie Ellen Corley and family and his father William Evans “Big Bill” and his second wife Sally."
---- Layana Rae (Blankenship) Price (1931 - 1999)
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William Evans of Butler County, Kentucky, “OUR LIVES”, page 153
*** "1850 Census; William Evans in Butler County, Kentucky ... mid page phonetic update" MEvans
**** 1850 CENSUS RECORDS "find" William Goings (William Evans and family)

---William "Big Bill" Evans
Second Wife:
Sarah Ann "Sally" Givens
Born: About 1836, Kentucky
--m. July 28 1869, Butler County, Kentucky

Their Children
10. George Lee Evans
Born: May 20, 1874, Butler County, Kentucky
Died: August 24, 1938, McHenry, Ohio County, Kentucky
Rosine Cemetery, Rosine, Ohio County, Kentucky
m: Sarah Bell "Belle" Lench, b., October 1878, Kentucky

11. Grey L. Evans

-"OUR LIVES", pages 2, 5
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* name used in "Our Lives"
**-Mark-S-Tevault Tree (Jennings research)