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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Joel Lewis Note Born: 28 Aug 1760 at , , Albemarle, VA Married: 24 Mar 1786 Died: 22 Nov 1816 at Nashville, , Davidson, TN Father: William Terrell Lewis Mother: Sarah Martin
WIFE
Name: Miriam Eastham Note Born: 5 Feb 1769 at , , Gibson, TN Died: 7 Feb 1846
CHILDREN
Name: Lucy Lewis Born: Died: 1834
Name: Sarah Martin Lewis Born: 16 Feb 1787 at , , Surry, NC Died:
Name: James Martin Lewis Born: 1788 at , , Surry, NC Died:
Name: John Haywood Lewis Born: 1794 at Nashville, , Davidson, TN Died:
Name: Miriam Lewis Born: 1794 at Nashville, , Davidson, TN Died: 1811
Name: William Dixon Lewis Born: 1798 Died:
Name: Eliza Augusta Lewis Born: 7 May 1801 at Nashville, , Davidson, TN Died: 20 Nov 1849 at Trenton, , Gibson, TN
Name: Hickman Lewis Born: 1801 Died:
Name: William C Claiborne Lewis Born: 1803 Died:
Name: Rachel Lewis Born: 1805 Died:
Name: Mary Louisa Lewis Born: 1807 Died:
Name: Anna Octavia Lewis Born: 20 Jan 1809 at Nashville, , Davidson, TN Died: 14 Jun 1890 at Montgomery, , Montgomery, AL Husband: William Knox
Name: Darthula Lewis Born: 1811 Died: Husband: Harrison
Name: Joel Lewis Born: 1812 Died:
Name: David Lewis Born: Aft 1814 Died:
Name: Eastham Lewis Born: 1814 at Nashville, , Davidson, TN Died:
Name: Micajah Lewis Born: Abt 1816 Died:
NOTES
1). Captain Joel was born in Albemarle County Virginia in 1760, and went with his father, William Terrell Lewis Sr. and his brothers, William Terrell Lewis Jr., Micajah Green Lewis, and James Martin Lewis to Surry County, NC, where they enlisted in the army about the time of the American Revolutionary War. He led a company at King s Mountain in the American Revolution. In this troup were twenty two of his family connection. In 1784 he was chosen to represent Surry County, North Carolina in the House of Commons. He married Miriam Eastham in March 1786. They had eighteen children. In 1789 they moved to Nashville TN where he owned and operated a tavern. In 1796 he was a member of the convention that formed the first constitution of the State of Tennessee, andhe was elected State Senator. He died in Nashville, Davidson County Tennessee 1816. ! Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America by William Terrell Lewis of Perryville, Winston County, MS. Published by the Courrier Journal Publishing Company Louisville, KY,1893. US CAN 929.273 L585 l also US CAN Film 0483707. p. 66,100. ! King s Mountain Men by Katherine Keough White, Published by the Joseph K. Ruebush Company, Dayton, VA, 1924. US CAN Film 1036800. p. 200. ! Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. Abstracted by Virgil D. White. The national Historical Publishing Company. Waynesboro TN, 1991
2).  She was also a niece of Lord Fairfax.  Additional information about her dates obtained from Mrs. Ben Grizzard, of Winchester, TN by W. K. Fitzpatrick Sr. She and Joel moved to Mansfield TN in November, 1816. She married Col. Crabb in March, 1818, and theymoved to Franklin County TN. When he died in 1820, she moved to Winchester TN. Later lived with Dr. William W. Lean in Lauderdale Co. TN. In another place, my father  s notes indicate that she was the grand daughter of Thomas, Lord Fairfax VI.  ! Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America  by William Terrell Lewis of Perryville, Winston County, MS. Published by the Courrier Journal Publishing Company Louisville, KY,1893. US CAN 929.273 L585 l  also US CAN Film 0483707. p. 66, 100.

						

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