Display Patriot - P-236238 - William Terrell LEWIS Sr
William Terrell LEWIS Sr
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P-236238
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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Fred D. Learned
William Terrell Lewis, Sr. was b. 1718 in Hanover County (fka New Kent County), VA, the son of David Lewis and Anne "Betty" Terrell and died 1802 in Nashville, TN. About 1839 he married Sarah “Sally” Martin, daughter of Capt. James Martin and Elizabeth Crawford, and they resided in Albemarle County, VA, where they were pioneer settlers. He and his brother-in-law John Martin were two of the first men of Albemarle County to resist its Royal Governor who had seized the gun power from their arsenal. They were elected Sergeants in its First Company of Albemarle, VA Independent Volunteers, that was organized April 1775, and they both then marched to Williamsburg, VA May 1775 to demand the return of said powder. Shortly thereafter William and members of his wife’s family emigrated to Surry County, NC where they settled “within view of Pilot Mountain”. He then applied to NC Governor Caswell for military commissions for each of his 4 sons: Micajah; William T., Jr.; Joel; & James. He represented Surry County as a member of the General Assembly in NC Legislature from 1781-1788. After his wife’s 1793 death he emigrated with his children to Nashville, TN. William Terrell Lewis, Sr. and Sarah “Sally” Martin had the following 11 children: 1. Elizabeth, born 1740; married 1) John Benge; and 2) John Fielder 2. Susannah, born 1742; married Thomas Benge, Sr. 3. Anna, born 1744; married John P. McConnell 4. David, born 1746; was killed 1769 in North Carolina 5. Mary Jane, born 1747; married John Willis 6. William Terrell, Jr., born 1749, died 1756 7. Martha, born 1750, died 1757 8. James Martin, born 1753, died in childhood 9. Capt. Micajah, born 1755; died 28 Feb 1781, the day after being shot two days after Battle of Haw River (aka Pyle’s Defeat) in northeastern Alamance County, NC 10. Maj. William Terrell Jr., born 1757; married Mary Hopkins (1/2 sister of Miriam Eastham noted below) 11. Col. Joel, born 1760; married Miriam Eastham (1/2 sister of Mary Hopkins noted above) 12. Capt. James Martin, born 1762; married Mary B. Herndon
Sources: Albemarle County in Virginia: giving some account of what it was by Nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it, (1901) Genealogy of Lewis Family, Volume 1, pg 62-66, (1893)
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