Eve Surname Pages


Family of Joseph Eve - Virginia & Kentucky.


Third Generation


6 Elizabeth Eve

Elizabeth (Betty) Eve was born on the 26th Feb 1762 in Virginia

She married Lewis Carlton on 13th Jan 1781 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. They had the following children all born in Wilkes Co, North Carolina.

  • Ambrose Carlton - born 31st Dec 1781.
  • Mary (Polly) Carlton - born 31st Dec 1784
  • Lewis Carlton - born 23rd Jan 1786
  • Thomas Carlton - born 15th Aug 1787
  • David Carlton - born about 1793
  • Howard Carlton - born about 1798
  • Elizabeth Carlton - born about 1797
  • Nancy Carlton - born about 1800
  • William L Carlton - born about 1803
  • Mildred Carlton - born about 1805

Lewis Carlton was born on the 12th Sept1758 in Orange Co,Virginia. He died on 13th March 1827 in Kings Creek, Wilkes Co., North Carolina

His father was John Carlton who was born about 1720 in Virginia. His mother was Elizabeth Wallace who was born about 1734 in Elizabeth City, Albemarle,Virginia.

The following record of Elizabeth's marriage bond exists

  • Bride:- Elizabeth Eve
  • Groom:- Lewis Carlton
  • Bond Date - 13th Jan 1781
  • County: - Wilkes
  • Bondsman: William Hitchco & John Carlton
  • Witness: Wm Whitaker


7 Sarah Eve

Sarah Eve - born 1764 in Virginia

A Thomas Bell married Sarah Eve on 16th Sep 1788 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. There are no records of any children.

The following record of a marriage bond exists.

  • Bride - Sarah Eve
  • Groom - Thomas Bell
  • Bond Date: - 16th Sept 1788
  • County: Wilkes
  • Bondsman: Robert Ayers
  • Witness: Russell Jones; William Jocks & Thomas Land

There may have been other sisters

  • Orange County records show a 22 December 1785 marriage of a Mary Eve, daughter of Ann to Julius Watts, Julius on 22 Dec 1785 in Orange County,
  • Robert Ayers married Mary Eve on 26 Jan 1787 in Wilkes County, North Carolina


8 William Joseph Eve

William Joseph Eve was born on the 13th Sept 1773 in Culpeper Co, Virginia. He died on the 20th Mar 1804 in Fayette, Kentucky.

He married Clarrisa Kirtley in about 1796. They had the following children.

  • Lovinia Eve - born about 1796. She married Isham G Hamilton on the 31st Oct 1815 in Boone County, Kentucky.
  • Milton Eve (15) - born about 1800
  • Lawrence Eve - born about 1800
  • Clarissa Eve - born about 1800. She married George L. Balsly, on 18 Sep 1817 in Boone County, Kentucky

The children are mentioned in the will of Jeremiah Kirtley father of Clarissa who died around 1806.

Last Will and Testament of Jeremiah Kirtley

Security and the money arising from such sale after paying my Just Debts to be equally divided unto six shares and my five Children, to Wit, Sarah Rogers, Elizabeth Walker, Jeremiah Kirtley, Robert Kirtley, and Permelia Sanford, to have or Share each, & Milton Eve, Levenia Eve, & Clarissa Eve my grand Children who are Heirs and legatees of my Daughter Clary Eve, Deceased to have the others Share to them and their heirs forever


9 George Eve Jr

George Eve was born on the 2nd Mar 1775 in Culpeper, Virginia. He died on the 30th May 1861 in Neward, Missouri.

He married Martha Patsy Jones on the 13th Jan 1806 in Campbell Co, Virginia. She was born in 1786 in Campbell Co, Virginia. She died in 1850 in Knox Co, Missouri. She was the daughter of Thomas Jones and Martha "Patsy" Douglas.

They had the following children:

  • William Eve (16) - born 20th Nov 1806 at Lynchburg, Virginia. He died on the 12th March 1855 in Barbourville, Knox Co, Kentucky.
  • Martha Ann Eve (17) - born 24th July 1809 Lynchburg, Redford, Va. She died in Nov 1839 in Knox Co, Kentucky .
  • Elizabeth Eve (18) - born 1st Sept 1811 in Lynchburg, Virginia. She died in Reno, Nevada
  • Dorcas Eve (19) - born 9th Jan 1813 in : Campbell Co, Kentucky. She died in 1880 in Loyalton, Sierra Co, California.
  • Thomas Jones Eve (20) - born 1 Aug 1815 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He died in 1886 in Loyalton, California.
  • Achilles Eve (21) - born 1818 Campbell Co, Virginia. He died in 1855 in Knox Co, Missouri.
  • John W Eve - born 25th Jan 1819 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He died 27th Aug 1847 Maryon Co, Missouri.
  • Mildred Eve (22) - born 16th Nov 1821 Lynchburg, Virginia. She died 7th March 1861 Lynchburg, Virginia.
  • Lucy J Eve (23) - born 12th Jul 1827 Scott Co, Kentucky.
  • Mary V Eve (24) - born 12th Jul 1827 Scott Co, Kentucky. She died on the 9th Mar 1858 in Place: Edina, Knox Co, Missouri

Census Data

  • 1820 - George Eve, Campbell County VA. Federal Census Index VA320405065
  • 1830 - George Eve, Knox County KY. Federal Census Index KY560129508
  • 1840 - George Eve, Knox County KY. Federal Census Index KYS4a854568
  • 1850 - Thomas J Eve Knox County MO. Fabius Township.The listing for 1850 shows Thomas J Eve aged 34, George Eve age 72 and Martha J Eve aged 64. He later moved to California.

In January 1821 he was in Campbell County signing a power of attorney to his brothers, Joseph and Benjamin to convey to Betsy Graves all property left her by her the Rev George Eve.

It is believed that George Eve was a farmer.


10 Joseph L Eve

Joseph L Eve was born in 1781 in Culpeper C, Virginia. He died on the in 16th June 1843 in Galveston, Texas.

He married Elizabeth Withers Ballinger at Barbourville on 15th November 1811. There is no record of any children.

Biography

Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 (10 vols., Washington: GPO, 1896-99). Priscilla Myers Benham

EVE, JOSEPH (1784-1843). Joseph Eve, Kentucky legislator, judge, and chargé d'affaires of the United States to the Republic of Texas, was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, on July 17, 1784. By 1807 he had moved to Kentucky, where he received a grant of 300 acres on Spruce Creek in Knox County in 1808. Over the next fifteen years he acquired additional grants in Knox, Clay, Livingston, and Whitley counties. On November 11, 1811, he married Betsy Withers Ballinger of Garrard County, Kentucky. Eve and his wife had no children. Eve was admitted to practice law in Knox County in 1807 and energetically entered county politics. He became a trustee, like his father-in-law, for the county seat of Barbourville in 1810. He also became a trustee for his church. The county elected him its representative in the Kentucky legislature in 1810, 1811, and 1815. During the War of 1812, he rose to the rank of colonel. After the war, from 1817 to 1821, he served as the Knox County state senator. In 1819 he was president of the Bank of Barbourville. From 1828 to 1836 he was a circuit judge in Kentucky. Often too generous for his own interests, Eve endorsed loans for some of his friends who went bankrupt, leaving him close to losing his own slaves and homestead. Eve was a supporter of Henry Clay and advocated internal improvements by both state and national governments and high protective tariffs for United States industries; he reluctantly sponsored the national bank as well. As a National Republican and member of the Kentucky electoral college in 1833, he voted for Clay. He then campaigned on behalf of the Whigs and the election of William Henry Harrison to the presidency in 1840. As a reward for his diligent efforts, Eve was appointed chargé d'affaires to the Republic of Texas on April 15, 1841. He greatly admired Sam Houstonqv and sponsored the annexationqv of Texas. He toured Texas from Galveston to the new capital, Austin, and was favorably impressed with the productivity of the land. He was fully confident that Mexico could never reconquer Texas. Following Secretary of State Daniel Webster's instructions of June 14, 1841, Eve obtained the ratification of the boundary line surveyed by a joint commission of the Republic of Texas and the United States. Both parties agreed that the line was the Sabine River and, from near the southeast corner of what is now Panola County, the thirty-second parallel north to the Red River. Eve sought to negotiate a new commercial treaty with the Texas government, but disagreement over certain provisions of the convention prevented its acceptance by either side. Further negotiations were soon dropped with the renewal of American interest in the annexation of Texas. Throughout 1842 Mexican attacks increased, and Texans encouraged Eve to lay the annexation issue before his government. Eve sympathized with the Texans' plight but regarded Houston's response to the attacks, the attempted naval blockade of Mexican ports, as ineffectual. He persuaded Houston to rescind his blockade proclamation since it adversely affected United States and British attempts to end current hostilities. Fearful that financial misery would cause Texas to depend upon some stronger nation, particularly Great Britain, Eve implored President John Tyler not to lose the opportunity to annex the republic. Although willing to acquire Texas, Tyler felt the timing was not right for passing annexation in the Senate. Instead, the president continued to offer the mediation of the United States government with Mexico on behalf of Texas. Mediation failed, however, on September 11, 1842, when Mexican general Adrián Woll captured and held San Antonio for nine days. The Mexican incursions led Houston to remove the government from Austin to Houston, then to Washington-on-the-Brazos. While the republic had no permanent capital, Eve chose to move the legation archives to Galveston, where he could receive mail from the United States faster and where, he hoped, the sea air would help his tuberculosis. William S. Murphy replaced Eve on April 3, 1843, as the United States diplomat in Texas. Assistant Secretary of State Fletcher Webster, an ardent antiannexationist, took the first opportunity to recall Eve for a slight infraction of the rules-Eve had violated his private instructions by drawing an advance upon his salary. During the past winter, Eve and his wife had suffered from bouts of fever. Eve died in Galveston in mid-June 1843 and was buried there. His wife returned to their home in Barbourville, Kentucky.???

BIBLIOGRAPHY: William R. Manning, ed., Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States (12 vols., Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1932-39). Joseph Milton Nance, ed., "A Letter Book of Joseph Eve, United States Chargé d'Affaires to Texas," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 43-44 (October 1939-July 1940). James D. Richardson,

Census Data

  • 1820 - Joseph Eve - Knox County KY. Federal Census Index KY320405071
  • 1830 - Joseph Eve - Knox County KY Barbourville. Federal Census Index KYS2b53483 & KY560129517
  • 1840 - Joseph Eve - Knox County KY Barboursville. Federal Census Index KYS4a854579
  • 1850 Mrs E W Eve - Galveston County TX Galveston City. Federal Census Index TXS7a1646649 & slave schedule TX2252337.
  • 1860 - B W Eve - Galveston County TX 390 Galveston Slave Schedule TX1636776.
  • 1880 - Betsy W Eve - Galveston County TX Galveston Federal Census Index TX2849283

Land Grants

There are extensive records of land grants made to Joseph Eve between 1810 and 1821 - all in Knox Cty except one each in Clay and Whitley .

  • Eve, Joseph A 20 Bk: 17 Pg: 431 Date: 12-25-1810 County: Knox Watercourse: Cumberland R
  • Eve, Joseph A 200 Bk: 17 Pg: 432 Date 12-25-1810 County: Knox Watercourse: Road Fk Little Richland
  • Eve, Joseph A: 100 bk: 17 Pg: 546 Date 1- 3-1811 County: Knox Watercourse: Watts Cr
  • Eve, Joseph A 1 Bk: 17 Pg: 547 Date 6-16-1811 County: Knox Watercourse: Dogs Laughter Cr
  • Eve, Joseph A: 56 Bk: 17 Pg: 589 Date 7-24-1812 County: Knox Watercourse: Main Fk Stinking Cr
  • Eve, Joseph A: 4 Bk: 17 Pg 590 Date 7-20-1811 County: Knox Watercourse: Cumberland R
  • Eve, Joseph A: 100 Bk: 17 Pg: 591 date: 7-12-1811 County: Knox Watercourse: Yellow Cr
  • Eve, Joseph A: 31 Bk: 17 Pg: 592 Date 7-20-1811 County: Knox Watercourse: Cumberland R
  • Eve, Joseph A 4 Bk: 17 Pg: 593 Date 7- 1-1811 County: Knox Watercourse: Marsh Cr
  • Eve, Joseph A 100 Bk: 18 Pg: 9 Date 1- 3-1811 County: Knox Watercourse: Walls Cr
  • Eve, Joseph A: 300 Bk: 27 Pg 505 Date 11-10-1808 County: Knox Watercourse: Spruce Cr
  • Eve, Joseph Acres: 50 Book: E Page: 211 Date Survey: 9- 3-1818 County: Clay Watercourse: Fk Little Goose Cr
  • Eve, Joseph Acres: 50 Book: H Page: 266 Date Survey: 2- 1-1821 County: Knox Watercourse: Cumberland R :
  • Eve, Joseph Acres: 50 Book: I Page: 241 Date Survey: 6- 9-1821 County: Whitley Watercourse: Fk Cumberland R
  • Eve, Joseph Acres: 50 Book: J Page: 44 Date Survey: 3-12-1821 County: Knox Watercourse: Swan Pond Cr
  • Eve, Joseph Acres: 50 Book: N Page: 379 Date Survey: 7- 2-1818 County: Knox Watercourse: On Logurs Br
  • Eve, Joseph Acres: 50 Book: N Page: 380 Date Survey: 7- 2-1818 County: Knox Watercourse: None

Other Records

There are exetensive records of his activities as judge (together with other members of the EVE family on the following site.

History of Knox Co. Kentucky


11 Elizabeth Eve

Elizabeth Eve was born on the 6th January 1783. She died on the 10th August 1824 in Clinton County, Missouri.

She married twice. First to Stephen Graves and then to Stephen's brother Col. John Graves in 1820..

She had the following children (all Stephen's).

  • Elizabeth Graves - born Barbourville, Ky. She died on the 17th July 1803.
  • Milton Graves - born Barbourville, Ky.on the 14th April 1805. He died on the 11th Sept 1811.
  • Harriett Graves - born Barbourville, Ky., died Clinton Co., Mo. 30th March 1867.