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Lewis Christian Sr. (1742 - 1830)

Lewis Christian Sr.
Born in Buckingham County, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 88 in McPheetor's Bend, Hawkins, Tennesseemap
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Biography

Lewis Christian, Sr. was born in 1742 in Buckingham, Goochland County, Virginia, the son of Thomas Christian (1700–1743) and Rebecca (Price) Christian (1702–1742).

Lewis married Margaret Peggy Felkner (1750–1831) in 1777 in Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia. Their children were:

  1. James Louis Christian (1775–1848)
  2. John Miller Christian (1778–1845)
  3. Thomas Christian (1779–1836)
  4. Allen Christian (1781–1820)
  5. Mary Polly Christian (1782–1863)
  6. Elizabeth "Betsy" Christian (1784–1863)
  7. Nancy Christian (1785–1822)
  8. Lewis Christian (1787–1843)
  9. Sally Christian (1788–1822)
  10. Peggy Christian (1790–1840)
  11. Katherine Christian (1790–1840)
  12. Charity Christian (1790–1840)
  13. James Christian (1792–1857)
  14. William Christian (1794–1833)
  15. Lucinda "Cindy" Christian (1796–1840)
  16. Thomas C. Christian (1799–1836)

He served in the War of 1812 as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment (Lillard's) East Tennessee Volunteers.

Lewis passed away in 1830 at McPheetor's Bend, Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Notes

First of the Christians to Hawkins County, Tennessee. Land Grants listed in Knoxville Gazette 1792 showed Lewis Christian as having Patent Lands - June 2, 1792. (Source: Distant Crossroads, January 1987)

Lewis Christian, great-grandson of the immigrant Thomas, moved into Hawkins County, Tennessee. His first grant of land was 250 acres in 1790, before Tennessee became a state. He is the progenitor of many families in Hawkins County. Eventually his descendents owned all of Goshen between the two divides, all of Christian's Bend and part of McPheter's Bend. Many can still be found in the hills of Tennessee. Lewis Christian died in the fall of 1830 during the "epidemic".

Sources

  • Akard Christian, Nancy. "Christian Cousins from Hawkins County, Tennessee, Vol. 1." Church Hill, TN: Nancy A. Christian, 2005. Print.
  • United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-BFHK : 12 March 2018), Lewis Christian, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 39; FHL microfilm 882,557.
  • "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-ZGZ : 10 September 2017), Lewis Christian, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing 35, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.
  • "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34CX-T4D : accessed 7 April 2018), entry for Lewis /Christian, Sr./, cites sources; "Douglas Hemmings-Teresa Hill Family Tree" file (2:2:2:MMDN-FDM), submitted 2 July 2015 by TeresaHemmings




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