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Gazeteer of the State of New York
J. H. French, 1860

                             ERIE COUNTY

  [-290-]

        EVANS (8) - was formed from Eden, March 23, 1821. A part of
     Hamburgh was annexed in 1826, and a part of Brandt was taken off in
     1839. It lies upon the lake shore, in the S. part of the co. The land
     rises from the lake in a bluff 20 to 40 ft. high; and the highest part
     of the town, near the E. border, is 160 ft. above the lake. The
     streams are Big and Little Sister Creeks. The soil is a sandy and
     gravelly loam intermixed with clay. EVANS, (p.v.,) situated on Big
     Sister Creek, contains 3 churches, a gristmill, a sawmill, a tannery,
     and about 45 houses; ANGOLA, (p.v.,) on the same stream, is a station
     on the Erie R.R. and contains a gristmill, a sawmill, and about 45
     houses; NORTH EVANS, (p.v.,) on Eighteen Mile Creek, in the N.E. part
     of the town, contains 3 churches, a gristmill, a tannery, and about 40
     houses; EAST EVANS, (p.v.,) in the N. part of the town, and PONTIAC,
     on Big Sister Creek, in the S.E. part, contain about 20 houses each.
     The first settlement was made in 1804, by Joel Harvey.(9) There are 7
     churches in town.(10)

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        (8) Named from David E. Evans, agent of the Holland Land Company.

        (9) ____ Fisk and ____ Worder settled in the town in 1808, Aaron
            Salisbury and Aaron Cash in 1809, and Andrew Tyler and Elijah
            Gates in 1810. The first birth was that of a daughter of David
            Cash, in Jan. 1811; the first marriage, that of Whiting Cash
            and Persis Taylor, June 28, 1815; and the first death, that of
            Jonathan Cash, in 1811. Henry Tuttle built the first mill, in
            1817; Joel Harvey kept the first inn, in 1806; and John Harris
            the first store, in 1815. The first school was taught by ---
            Hibbard, in 1811.

            During the War of 1812 a party of British sailors and mariners
            landed near Sturgeon Point, in the night, and commenced
            plundering the inhabitants. Judge Aaron Salisbury, then a young
            man, seized his musket and started off alone to get a shot at
            them. When he arrived they were retreating to their boats, and
            an exchange of shots produced no damage on either side. They
            started for the mouth of Eighteen Mile Creek, and he on foot
            endeavored to get there before them; but they had landed when
            he arrived. He immediately commenced firing; and they, not
            knowing how large a force was opposing them, retreated to their
            boats and speedily left. Here one man frightened away 100 and
            saved the inhabitants from plunder.

       (10) 3 Bap., 3 Cong., 3 M.E., and R.C.

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