JAMES EVERHART

Ca. 1805 - Ca. 1881

James Everhart was born the son of Christian and Lizzie Everhart ca. 1805 in Hawkins County Tennessee.  He had at least three older brothers, John, Jacob, and William, and grew to manhood on the family farm south of the Holston River on Honey Cutts Creek.  On November 25, 1823, James and Lucy Lawson were married in Hawkins County. 

James was not listed as head of a household on the Tennessee 1830 census, so he and Lucy were probably living with some of their family in 1830.  James and Lucy were the parents of at least five children:

            James E. Everhart, born 30 November 1824.

            Mary Everhart, born ca 1825.

            Unknown male, born ca. 1828.

            Unknown female, born ca. 1830.

            Elizabeth Jane Everhart, born ca. 1833.

On 31 December 1835, James Everhart was married to Mary Polly Weems in Greene County Tennessee, and by 1840 they were living in Monroe County Tennessee.  The census listed four females five years of age or less living in James’ household that year in addition to the children that had been born prior to James’ marriage to Mary Polly.  The identity of the four females born between 1835 and 1840 has not been discovered.  James and Mary Polly were the parents of two known children:

            Isaac Everhart, born ca. 1849. 

            Thomas G. Everhart, born ca. 1854.

James probably married a third time in Monroe County.  The 1880 census lists James as age 75, and a wife named Anna, age 35 born in NC.   James death date or where he was buried are not known.

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