[1] Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. was born in Sandersville, Georgia.
He was solicitor general of Georgia's Middle Judicial Circuit from 1890 to 1897.
He was a judge of the Middle Judicial Circuit of Georgia from 1899 to 1904.
[2] On August 11, 1917, Evans was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Judge William Wallace Lambdin.
Evans was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 15, 1917, and received his commission the same day.