TREZEVANT & COCKHRAN
GENERAL AGENTS
SOUTHWESTERN DEPARTMENT
DALLAS, TEXAS
F. C. WILLIAMS
Agent
HAMILTON, TEXAS
MRS. BILL EVANS
[AMANDA (WHITE) (HARRIS) EVANS]
March 23, 1932
(Amanda White, born in DeKalb Co., Ala. June 3, 1844
. The last Indian raid made in Meridian was in 1870, the first light
night in May. They got a bunch of horses. We had a horse and pony in the
lot and the next morning, Mr. Harris said the Negro did not shut the gate
last night. I looked about that time and saw the fence down and knew the
Indians had gotten them. This happened the first night in may in 1870.
Married John Harris in 1866--children--Joe, John, Jim, Fount,
Mary. Harris died 1877
Married W. D. Evans 1886, Moved to the town of Hamilton in Oct. 1860.
[Amanda White was a daughter of John S.
White and Elizabeth Barrier.]