THOMAS EVERHART

Ca. 1822 - After 1880

Thomas Everhart was born ca. 1822, the eleventh child of Jacob and Catharine Everhart during the time they were living on Dodson Creek in Hawkins County Tennessee. Thomas father died when Thomas was about thirteen. By 1836 Thomas and his mother had moved to Greene County and were living with his older brother, Jacob.

 Thomas mother, Catharine, died in 1847 and her will left him all the property that she owned at the time of her death. If she owned any land in either Hawkins or Greene Counties, the deed records have not been found.

 On August 2, 1846, Thomas Everhart and Matilda Moorelock were married in Greene County. Matilda was the daughter of David Morelock and Judith Stacy.

 By December 11, 1850, when the census was taken, Thomas and Matilda had moved to the 11th Civil District of Hawkins County. Their first child, Mary Elizabeth, had been born on 8 August 1849. Also living in their household was a Sarah Everhart, age 6. Sarah's relationship to Thomas has not been determined. Thomas' occupation was listed as farmer and no land value was stated, so it is likely that he owned no land at that time but was farming land owned by someone else.

 When the 1860 census was taken on June 6th, Thomas and Matilda were still living in Hawkins County Civil District #11 with their post office address listed as Marble Hill. Thomas was still farming but now had real estate valued at $800 and personal property at $625. He and Matilda had six children.

On 25 October 1859, Thomas purchased 271 acres on Big Poor Valley Creek from James M. Hord. He paid $250 for the land.

On October 23, 1865, Thomas signed a fifty year lease agreement with John M. Fraim & Co. granting them the right to all the oil, coal, salt or other minerals on the tract of land that he owned on Poor Valley Creek.

By June 29, 1870, when the census taker came, three additional children had been born to Thomas and Matilda. They were still living in Civil District # 11, but their post office address was listed as Rogersville. Thomas real estate was valued at $600 and his personal property at $500. 

In 1880 the Thomas Everhart family was listed in Hawkins County Civil District #12 with no post office stated. One son, Tom, had been born since the 1870 census.

 It is believed that Thomas and Malinda Moorelock Everhart were the parents of eleven children, all born in Hawkins County:

Mary Elizabeth Everhart, born 8 August 1849 and died February 20, 1896 near Mooresburg. She married Robinson Burtcheson ORRICK on February 13, 1866 in Hawkins County. They were the parents of twelve children.

Eliza Everhart, born ca. 1851.

Martha Ann Everhart, born ca. 1853. She married James HICKS on January 14, 1875 in Hawkins County.

George Everhart, born ca. 1855.

William Everhart, born ca. 1857.

John W. Everhart, born 17 August 1858 and died December 19, 1911. He is buried in McGinnis Cemetery, Hawkins County. He married Martha E. PRICE on December 20, 1881. They were the parents of at least four children.

Sarah Everhart, born 1859 and died in 1900. She was buried in the Carpenter Cemetery on Spruce Pine Road near Mooresburg next to her husband, Robert CARPENTER. They were married in Hawkins County on December 23, 1879.

Matt Everhart, born ca. 1862. Died young.

James L. Everhart, born March 1865 and died in 1952. He was buried in the Meadow Branch Cemetery in Grainger County. On January 3, 1886, he and Angaline L. WEBB were married in Hawkins County.

Alice Minerva Everhart, born 27 May 1869 and died October 23, 1956. She was buried in New Maysville Cemetery, Putnam County, Indiana. She and Eliah JONES were married on February 28, 1888, in Hawkins County. Alice and Eliah were the parents of seven children.

Tom Everhart, born ca. 1875. One descendant lists his name as Colman. Family history is that Tom or Colman went to Texas as a young man and the family lost contact with him.

Thomas Everhart and many of his descendants lived near Mooresburg in Western Hawkins County for many years. Some believe that the site of the Spruce Pine Baptist Church is on land once owned by Thomas.

The date of Thomas Everhart's death is not known, but it is believed that he is buried in the John Hicks Cemetery near Mooresburg.

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