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Updated: 07-12-2021 05:07:80.


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Marriage: Children:

  1. Howell Lewis: Birth: 16 JUL 1766 in "North Garden", Albemarle County, Virginia. Death: 11 JUL 1845 in Albemarle County, Virginia

  2. Charles Warner Lewis: Birth: 1768 in Virginia.

  3. Jane Lewis: Birth: 5 JUN 1768 in Virginia. Death: 27 DEC 1805 in Virginia

  4. Susanna Lewis: Birth: 4 APR 1770 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Death: 16 JAN 1855

  5. Mary Randolph Lewis: Birth: APR 1772 in Virginia.

  6. Anna Lewis: Birth: 6 MAR 1777 in Virginia.

  7. Sarah Elizabeth Willis Lewis: Birth: 14 JUN 1779 in Virginia. Death: 2 DEC 1836


Notes
a. Note:   N996 Chosen Captain of 1st Volunteer Company of Albemarle County, 1775. They marched toward Williamsburg to confront Lord Dunsmore over the gunpowder. With Col. William Christian led Virginia troops on Cherokee Expedition in 1776.
  He was one of the first to offer his services on the outbreak of the Revolution. He was Captain of First Company of Volunteers, raised in Albemarle, then Lt. Col. of First Volunteer Regiment, Albemarle County, and later Col. of the 14th Virginia Regiment. His health failing, he was given a post in command of guards at "The Barracks", a camp for Hessian prisoners near Charlottesville.
  Commissioned by Continental Congress as Col. of 14th Virginia Regiment 12 November 1776. Led troops in battles of Brandywine & Germantown. Wintered at Valley Forge where he had to use own credit to obtain supplies for his men. His unit was often attached to Washington's guards. Resigned his commission 28 March 1778 due to health. Appointed commander of Guards for the Convention Prisoners (Hessian Troops captured at Saratoga) 30 January 1779. They were to be housed in Charlottesville."

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