A preacher of the gospel dies.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
DIED.
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In Fayetteville on the night of the 17th inst. in the 50th year of his age, Henry Evans, a free man of colour, a preacher of the gospel, for more than 20 years.
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Raleigh Minerva, 27 September 1810.
Fourth Generation Inclusive 
[…] – Founder of a Methodist Church in Fayetteville, N.C. About the close of the eighteenth century, Henry Evans, a free Negro from Virginia, on his way to Charleston, S.C., to practice the trade of shoe-making, […]