JAMES E. EVERHEART

1824 - 1909

James E. Everheart was born on November 30, 1824, the son of James and Lucy Lawson Everhart, probably in Hawkins County Tennessee. By 1840, his mother had died, his father remarried, and the family had moved to Monroe County Tennessee. About 1845, James married Sarah “Sallie” Mize. Sallie was about the same age as James. In 1850, James and Sallie were living in McMinn County Tennessee. They were the parents of four children.[1]

John W. Everheart, born July 1846.

James H. Everheart, born ca. 1849.

Sarah C. Everheart, born ca. 1853.

Margaret J. Everheart.[2]

James E. Everheart married Charity Burger about 1855 probably in McMinn County Tennessee. They were the parents of seven children:[3]

William C. Everheart, born June 18, 1856.

Frances M. Everheart, born ca. 1858.

Jacob (Henry) W. Everheart, born May 1860.[4]

Jefferson (Eli) Davis Everheart, born March 1862.[5]

James T. Everheart, born March 1864.

Leah Everheart, born ca 1871.

Lucy Everheart, born ca. 1875.

When the Civil War started in 1861, James E. Everheart enlisted as a private and served with Company C, Third Tennessee Battalion. Later he was transferred to the Third Tennessee Regiment in Vaughn’s Brigade and served until the end of the War. At Hagerstown, Maryland in 1864, he received a sever wound in his right elbow that caused his right arm to be stiff.[6]

In 1874, James E. Everheart and at least seven of his children moved to Grayson County Texas. He purchased 125 acres between the village of Bells and the new community of Whitewright. He cleared the land and farmed it for many years.

On April 22, 1882, Charity died and she was buried at the Everheart/Canaan Cemetery a few miles south of their homeplace. On May 5, 1883, James E. married Mrs. Martha A. Peacock in Grayson County. By 1900, Martha had died and James was married to Alice Hale.

James E. Everheart died March 4, 1909, and was buried with Charity at the Everheart/Canaan Cemetery in Grayson County.

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[1] Mrs. Noble Blakey. “Jeff Everheart”. Page 292 from a book published about families of Grayson County Texas.

[2] Mrs. Blakey’s history is the only record we have of Margaret. She probably died before the 1860 census or somehow was missed by the census taker.

[3] Ibid.

[4] The census records list his name as Henry and Henry W until 1900, then he is listed as Jake W. Mrs. Blakey listed him as Jacob in her history of the family.

[5] The census listed him as Eli and Eli D. until 1900, then he is listed as Jefferson. Based on Mrs. Blakey’s history, it has to be the same person. Perhaps Eli and his brother Henry didn’t like their names and changed them after they were grown.

[6] Blakey.