Do you ever collect information for someone even though you have no proof or even suggestion that they might be related to your tree? That’s what I did when searching Warrick County, Indiana deeds for James Evans. Along the way, I also collected deeds for Henry Harrison Evans. Below are transcriptions of those deeds.

Warrick County, Indiana
Deed Records
Vol. 3 page 46

No. 23780
Recievers office at Vincennes
April 21 1838
Received from Henry Harrison Evans of Warrick county
Ind the sum of one hundred dollars and cents being in
full for the E1/2 of the NE q of section No 35 in township No 6 S of
Range N. 8 West containing eighty acres and hundredths at one
dollars and twenty five cents per acre
Singed Duplicates
for Jas P Drake Receiver
$100
Recorded June 28 1838

No. 23162
Receiver’s office at VIncennes
Jan 13 1838
Recieved from Henry Harrison Evans of Warrick county
Ind the sum of fifty dollars and cents being in full for
the S.W of S.E. q of Section NO. 24 in Township No. 7 S of Range
No 8 West containing forty acres and hundredths at one dollar
and tewnety five cents per acre
Singed Duplicates
J. P. Drake Receiver
$50
Recorded June 28 1838

I Henry H Evans of the county of Warrick Indiana do
hereby mortgage assign over & transfer to R. E. Mathewson commissioner
of the school lands in the county of Warrick and his successor
in office for the use of Congressional township NO. 7 in Range 8
the following described land to wit East 1/2 North East 1/s Sec 35
town 6 range 8 & S.W. 1/4 of SE 1/4 section 24 township 7 range 8 west to secure
the payment of the sum of one hundred in three years from date with
interest thereon as th rate of ten per cent per an payable annally
in advance I do agree that said land and all my title interest
and claim therein may be exposed to sale if any part of such prinicple
and interest or of either of them be not paid at the time the same or
either of them or any part thereof shall become [due] as here in
stipulated or within six months thereafter for the payment of
all the principle & interest in arrears with five percent damage
thereon and all costs and I hereby acknowledge my self bound
for the payment of deficiency int he amount of
principal interest & costs after such sale to be recovered by
such commissioner or his successor in office by action of debt
in any court of [competent] jurisdiction in witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 15 day of June 1838
Henry H Evans (seal)

Warrick County Indiana
Deed Records
Vol. 9 page 59

This Indenture made this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and forty nine between Henry H Evans and Indiana Evans his wife of the county of Warrick and
State of Indiana of the one part and Bruckstone Johnson of the county and state aforesaid
of the other part Witnesseth that the said Henry H Evans for and in consideration of the sum
of eight hundred dollars to him in hand paid by the said Brackstine Johnson the receipt whereof
he doth hereby acknowledge hat granted bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and
doth by these presents grant, bargain sell and convey and confirm unto the said Brackstone
Johnson his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land known and
designated as the west half of north west quarter of section thirty six & the east half
of the north east quarter of section thirty five in township six south of range eight
west in the district of land subject to sale at Vincennes Indiana containing one hundred
and sixty acres to be the same more or less together with all the appurtenances thereunto belong
ing and the [revisions] remainders and profits thereof and all the estate right title & interest
of the first party in and to the same to have and to hold the premises aforesaid with all the appurt
tenances to the only proper use benefit & behoof of the said second party their heirs and
assigns forever and the first party for themselves their heirs executors and administrators doth
warrant and agree to & with the said second party that they the first party are lawfully
seized in fee of the premises aforesaid that they are free from all encumbranes that they
have a good right to sell & convey the same in manner and form aforesaid and further
that they & their heirs executors and administrators shall and will warrant and
forever defend the said premises to the said second party his heirs and
assigns against the lawful claims of themselves their heirs and also against the lawful
claim or claims of all and every other person or persons whatsoever.
In witness whereof the first party aforesaid have hereunto set thier hands and seals
the day and year above written
Henry H Evans (seal)
Indiana (his mark) Evans (seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Paul Denison
Leroy W Evins
The state of Indiana
Warrick County
Be it remembered that the within named Henry Harrison
Evans and Indiana Evans his wife known to me to be
the persons who executed the foregoing deed came this day
Warrick County and each severally acknowledged that they and each of them
did sign seal and deliver the within and foregoing indenture as and for their and
of each of their own act and deed she the said Indiana Evans wife of the said
Henry H Evans being of full age and the full contents and purport of the said
indenture having been by me first made known to her and being by me seperate
and apart from and without the hearing of her said husband privately examined
upon such seperate examination she did [?] declare and acknowledge that she
voluntarily and of her own free will and accord and without any coercion
or compulsion from her said husband signed sealed and delivered the said
indenture as her at and deed for the purposes therein mentioned IN testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17 day of Oct 1849
Paul Denison (seal)
Justice of the Peace
Recorded Jany 2 / 50
J W B[ilt]one RWC

Warrick County Indiana
Deed Records

Volume 9 page 342
This Indenture made this second day of November in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty between Henry H Evans
and Indiana Evans his wife of the county of Warrick and state of Indiana
of the first part and Joshua Barns of the same place of the second part
witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration
of the sum of two hundred dollars lawful money of the United States to
to the said parties of the first part by the party of the second part
paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained
and sold and by these presents do grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto
the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns for ever all the following
described piece or parcel of land situate in Warrick county Indiana
to wit, the west half of the north west quarter of section no one in township
no seven south of range no eight west of the lands sold at Vincennes Ind
together with all he privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging
To have and to hold the same to the said Joshua Burns his heirs and
assigns for ever hereby covenanting that the title so conveyed is clear
& free and unincumbered by any act of the grantors herein In witness
whereof the said Henry H Evans together with Indiana Evans his wife who
hereby releases all claim of Dower, hereunto set their hands and
souls, this day of November AD 1850
Henry H Evans (seal)
Indiana (her mark) Evans (seal)

William Overlin
Paul Denison

State of Indiana
Warrick County
I Paul Dennison one of the justices of the peace of said county
do hereby certify that the above named HenryH Evans came
personally before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument of writing to be
his voluntary act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned Also Indiana Evans above
named wife of the said Henry H Evans who being by me examined privately separate and
apart from and with the hearing of her said husband and the full contents and purposes
of the said deed being by me made known to her she acknowledged that she voluntarily
executed the same of her own free will and record and without any coercion or compulsion
from her said husband. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal
at Warrick County Ia this 4th day of November AD 1859 Given under my hand
and seal this day and year above written
Paul Dennison
Justice of the Peace (seal
Recd Dec 30 / 50

Warrick County, Indiana
Deed Records
Vol. 9 page 345

This Indenture made this fifteenth day of October in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight and forty nine between Henry Harrison
Evans & Indiana Evans his wife of the first part and Milton Harger
of the second part both parties of Warrick county Indiana
Witnesseth that the said first party for and in consideration of the
sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to the said first party in hand
paid by the said second party the receipt whereof they doth hereby
acknowledge hath granted bargained sold conveyed & confirmed
and doth by these presents grant bargain sell convey and confirm
unto the said second party his heirs and assigns for ever a certain tract
or parcel of land known & being as the north east quarter of the south
west quarter of section thirty six in Township six south range eight
west in the district of land subject to sale in the district of Vincennes
Indiana containing forty acres be the same more or less together
with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging and the
pensions remainder and profits thereof and all the right title
estate & interest of the first party in and to the same to have
and to hold the premises aforesaid with all the appurtenances to
the only purpose benefit and behoof of the said second party their heirs and
assigns forever, and the said first party for themselves their heirs executors
and administrators doth covenant and agrees to & with the
said second party that they the said first party are lawfully

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seized in fee of the premises aforesaid that they are free from
all incumbrances that they have a good right to sell and convey
the same in manner and form aforesaid and further that they
the said first party and their heirs executors and administrators
shall and will warrant and defend forever the said premises
to the said second party his heirs and assigns against the lawful
claims of themselves their heirs and also against the lawful claims or
or claims of all and ever other person or persons whatsoever
In witness whereof we the said first party have hereunto set their
hands and seals the day and year above written
Henry H Evans (seal)
Indiana (her mark) Evans (seal)
Signed Sealed
and delivered in presence of
Paul Dennison
Louis H Dennison
The State of Indiana
Warrick County
Be it remembered that the within
named Henry Harrison Evans and
Indiana Evans his wife known to me
to be the persons who executed the foregoing deed came this day
personally before me the undersigned one of the justices of the peace
that they did sign seal and deliver the within and foregoing
indenture as and for their and each of their own acts and deed
She the said Indiana Evans the wife of the said Henry H Evans
being of full age and the full contents and purport of the said
Indenture having been by me first made known to her and being
by me seperate and apart from and without the hearing of her
said husband privately examined upon such seperate examination
she did declare and acknowledge that she voluntarily and of her own
free will and accord and without any coercion or compulsion from
her said husband signed sealed and delivered the said indenture
as her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 23rd day of October 1849
Paul Dennison
Justice of the Peace
Rec Dec 30 1850

Warrick County Indiana
Deed Records
Vol. 10 page 128

This indenture made this 15th day of October in the
year of our lord eighteen hundred and fifty one between
Henry H Evans and Indiana Evans his wife of the county
of Warrick and State of Indiana of the one part and
Francis Douglass Jnr of the county and state aforesaid of
the other part witnesseth that the said Henry H Evans for
and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars
to him in hand paid by the said Francis Douglas from the
receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge hath granted
bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and doth by these
presents grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto
the said Francis Douglass Junr his heirs and assigns
forever a certain tract or parcel of land in the county of
Warrick aforesaid it being the north west quarter of
the North east quarter of section twenty township six south
range seven west containing forty acres more or less together with
all the appurtenances thereunto belonging and the
revisions remainders and profits thereof and all the
estate title and interest of the said Henry H Evans
in and to the same to have and to hold the premises
aforesaid with all the appurtenances to the only proper
use benefit and behoof of the said Francis Douglas Junr
his heirs and assigns forever and the said Henry
H Evans for himself his heirs executors and admin
istrators doth covenant and agree to and with the
said Francis DOuglas Junr his heirs and

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assigns that he the said Henry H Evans is lawfully seized
in in fee of the premises aforesaid that they are free from
all incumbrance and that he has good right to sell
and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid and
further that he and his heirs executors and administrators
shall and will warrant and defend the said prem
ises to the said Francis Douglass Junr his heirs and assigns
against the lawful claims of himself and his heirs
and the said Indiana Evans the wife of the said
Henry H Evans doth hereby relinquish all
her rights and title of dower of and in the premises afore
said In witness whereof the said Henry H Evans and
Indiana Evans his wife have hereunto set their hands
and seals the day and year above written
Henry H Evans (seal)
Indiana (her mark) Evans
Signed Sealed and delivered
in presence of attest
J J Metdclf
Robert Redman
State of Indiana
Warrick County
This day personally appeared before
me John Metcalf a justice of the
peace in and for said county Henry
H Evans and Indiana Evans the grantors in the above
deed and acknowledged the same to be their act
and deed and Indiana Evans the wife of the said Henry
H Evans being examined by me seperate and apart from
her said husband acknowledged that she did of her
own free will and accord sign the above named deed
and without any compulsion or coercion of her said husband Given
under my hand and seal this 15th day of October 851
J J Metcalf (seal)
Recorded Nov 27 / 51

And then in 1867, the newspaper reports a sheriff’s sale as a result of an order by the Court of Common Pleas of Warrick County, Indiana.

The Booneville Enquirer (Boonville, Indiana)
1 Aug 1867 page 3
Newspapers.com

Legal
Sheriff’s sale
By virtue of a writ of execution issued out
of the office of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of Warrick County, Indiana
in favor of Hansel Ingram and against Russel
Armstrong and Henry H. Evans, bail, and to
me directed, I have levied on and will on
Saturday, the 17th day of August 1867 be
tween the lawful hours of said day, at the door
of the court house in the town of Boonville
expose to sale at public auction the rents, is-
sues and profits for a term not exceeding seven
years of the following described real estate in
Warrick county, Indiana, to-wit:
The west half of the south east quarter, and
the east half of the south west quarter of sec-
tion No. nine (9) in township No. four (4)
south of range No. six (6) west, and on failure
to receive a bid therefor sufficient to satisfy
said execution, I will at the same time and
place in like manner, expose to sale the fee
simple of said premises, without relief form
valuation or appraisement laws.
Wm P. Hudson, Sheriff, W.C.
Aug 1-3w [Printers the $10 50.]