Thomas Evans (Virginia politician)

Thomas Evans
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1797- 1801
Preceded byJohn Page
Succeeded byJohn Stratton
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Ohio County
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Accomac County
Personal details
Borncirca 1735
Accomack County, Colony of Virginia, British America
DiedFebruary 12, 1815
Accomack County, Virginia
PartyFederalist
SpouseSarah
Children3 sons, 5 daughters
Alma materCollege of William and Mary
Professionsurveyor, lawyer, politician

Thomas Evans (ca. 1755 – February 12, 1815) was an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer from Virginia.

Early and family life

Born in Accomack County, Virginia to Thomas Evans. His birth date is unknown, because a man named Thomas Evans (possibly this man's grandfather) wrote a will which was admitted to probate in 1751. That will stated he had given money to his son Thomas to buy a plantation from Thomas Custis. That will also named a sister Mary and a brother Isaiah.[1]

This Thomas Evans attended the College of William and Mary and received a prize in 1775. He studied law.

Career

He was admitted to the Virginia bar, and also operated a plantation using enslaved labor. In 1785-1786, Evans also surveyed what became Drummondtown, Virginia (now Accomac[2]

Elected to represent Accomack County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1780, 1781 and from 1794 to 1796. Evans was later elected a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1796, serving from 1797 to 1801. There, he was appointed one of the impeachment managers to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Tennessee Senator William Blount in 1798.

In 1802, Evans moved to Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) and once again became a member of the House of Delegates, serving in 1805 and 1806.

Death and legacy

Evans died in Accomac County in 1815.

Personal life

He married Sarah, who bore three sons and five daughters who reached adulthood.

References

  1. ↑ Accomack County wills available online
  2. ↑ Nock III, Floyd (1976). Drummondtown: Accomac Court House, Virginia. Verona, VA: McClure Press. pp. 13–16.

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