Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America: From the Middle of the Seventeenth Century Down to the Present Time, Band 1Courier-journal job printing Company, 1893 - 454 Seiten John Lewis (1678-1762) married Margaret Lynn and had 7 children. The family emigrated from Ireland to Virginia after John killed a man in Ireland. He helped settle the town of Staunton, Virginia. Allied families includeBallenger, Benge, Browning, Carter, Cummins, Douthat, Graham, Hawkins, Hickman, Hill, Holladay, Johnson, Mackey, MadisonMartin, McDowell, McGavlock, Moore, Musick, Rowland, Sadler, Simmons, Taylor, Terrell, Thompson, and Wilcox. |
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Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America: From the Middle of the Seventeenth ... William Terrell Lewis Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2014 |
Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America: From the Middle of the Seventeenth ... Wm. Terrell (William Terrell) Lewis Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2014 |
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Albemarle county Anna Army Baptist church battle blue eyes Boone county born Breckinridge county brother Captain chil Claiborne Clark county Confederate cousin daughter of Colonel daughter of Dr daughter of John death died in childhood died single dren Eliza emigrated farmer father Fielding Lewis five children ford county Frances Franklin county George Georgia hair Hanover county Henry Hickman Indians issue Jane Jesse Joel Lewis John Lewis John Taliaferro Joseph Kentucky lived Louisa Lucy Mackey Madison Major John Margaret married a Miss married Dr married Elizabeth married James married John married Mary married Sarah married Wm Martha Martin Maury Mildred Mississippi Missouri Musick names Nancy North Carolina Pendleton post-office Rebecca resides Richard Richmond Robert Rowland Rutherford county Samuel second wife seven children soldier Spartanburg Susan Taylor Tenn Tennessee Terrell three children Virginia Washington widow Winston county Yell county
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 98 - Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Seite 287 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Seite 289 - Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die.
Seite 28 - Pittsburg, where other articles had been ordered to be provided for him. The men too were to be selected from the military stations on the Ohio. Delays of preparation, difficulties of navigation down the Ohio, and other untoward obstructions, retarded his arrival at Cahokia until the season was so far advanced as to render it prudent to suspend his entering the Missouri before the ice should break up in the succeeding spring. From this time his journal, now published, will give the history of his...
Seite 28 - Captain Lewis was soon after appointed governor of Louisiana, and captain Clarke a general of its militia, and agent of the United States for Indian affairs in that .department. A considerable time intervened before the governor's arrival at St. Louis. He found the territory distracted by feuds and contentions among the officers of the government, and the people themselves divided by these into factions and parties. He determined at once to take no side with either ; but to use every endeavour to...
Seite 6 - Here lie the remains of JOHN LEWIS who slew the Irish Lord, settled Augusta County, located the town of Staunton ; and furnished five sons to fight the battles of the American Revolution.
Seite 27 - Missouri to its source, to cross the highlands and follow the best water communication which offered itself from thence to the Pacific ocean. Congress approved the proposition, and voted a sum of money for carrying it into execution. Captain Lewis, who had then been near two years with me as private secretary, immediately renewed his solicitations to have the direction of the party.
Seite 333 - And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Seite 26 - Charlottesville, in the county of Albemarle, in Virginia, of one of the distinguished families of that state. John Lewis, one of his father's uncles, was a member of the king's council before the revolution. Another of them, Fielding Lewis, married a sister of General Washington. His...
Seite 26 - ... people. This member of the family of Lewises, whose bravery was so usefully proved on this occasion, was endeared to all who knew him by his inflexible probity, courteous disposition, benevolent heart, and engaging modesty and manners. He was the umpire of all the private differences of his county, selected always by both parties. He was also the guardian of Meriwether Lewis, of whom we are now to speak, and who had lost his father at an early age.