Rev. Joseph Lewis Sr. served with Marion's Brigade, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
He was a Private from South Carolina with Gen. Francis Marion when disbanded 1782-(c19395 and affidavit from Harriet Lewis Dillon, 97 years old, daughter of Joseph B. Lewis, son of soldier, 3rd SC Regiment.)
Joseph is listed in the Rolls of Honor of the Daughters of the American Revolution, South Carolina.
Joseph was born Sep. 30, 1763 in Saluda County South Carolina, USA
and died Mar. 24, 1845, Copiah County, Mississippi,
Joseph was the son of William Lewis and Sarah Burton Lewis.
Joseph Benjamin Lewis fought with General Francis Marion in the Revolutionary War.
He married Sarah Elizabeth MaGee Lewis (1770 - 1828) in about1785 Joseph and Elizabeth moved to the Williamsbury District along the Black River, and was overseer on an indigo plantation. After having the first 4 children, the family moved to Screven County, Georgia (part of which became Bullock County). Land records show he owned land there from 1793 to 1811.
The family moved to Pike County in 1813 according to an article in the Magnolia Gazette Magnolia, Miss., May 18, 1910, entitled "Mrs. Hettie Dillon Saw the Comet in 1835"
Joseph and Elizabeth's children ~
Sarah (who married Daniel McKenzie);
Lucretia,
William,
Nancy Lewis (married David McKenzie);
Britton,
Joseph Benjamin Jr,
Henry,
Thomas,
John J.,
Mary,
Elizabeth,
Mark,
Hugh,
Lavica,
Francis Marion
Martha.
When Elizabeth died, Joseph married Tabitha Morris. She was born Dec. 1800; they married Aug 6, 1834 and she lived to be quite an old age.
Burial:
Pine Bluff Cemetery
Salem Cemetery
Learned
Hinds County
Mississippi, USA
The (Half Moon Bluff)congregation had two messengers at the
Mississippi Baptist Association October 1811, asking that someone be sent
to Half-Moon Bluff on the Bogue Chitto River to constitute the church. The
two messengers representing the congregation were Joseph Erwin, on whose land the church was located, and Joseph Lewis. It seems that Joseph Lewis at the time was from just east of Tylertown in the New Zion Community.
Sometime between the meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Association in
October 1811 and the meeting in October 1812, two preachers, Rev. Thomas Mercer, and Rev. Dr. David Cooper, were sent to constitute Half-Moon Bluff Baptist Church. On October 12, 1812, Half-Moon Bluff Baptist Church was admitted to the Mississippi Baptist Association. Joseph Erwin and Joseph Lewis again represented the congregation as messengers in 1812.
The two preachers sent to constitute Half-Moon Bluff Baptist Church well
exemplified the Great Commission of the Baptist Denomination even during those early days; that is - preaching, teaching, and healing. Rev. Thomas Mercer, along with Rev. Benjamin Davis, set out to carry the Gospel to the vicious Creek Indians in 1817 and were never heard of again.[1]
HALF MOON BLUFF BAPTIST CHURCH DELEGATES TO MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
(From the Minutes of the Association.)
1812 Joseph Lewis, Joseph Erwin
1813 Nathan Morris (only)
1814 Nathan Morris, Joseph Lewis, Lofton Fairchilds
Place: Pine Bluff Cemetery, Dentville, Copiah Co, MS
After his 1st wife Sarah Elizabeth (Magee) Morris died, he married his daughter-in-law Sarah's (wife of Joseph Benjamin "Little Joe" Lewis, Jr) younger sister Tabitha Morris. Both are daughters of Benjamin & Sarah Elizabeth (Bolton) Morris.
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Family records
Acknowledgments
WikiTree profile Lewis-3129 created through the import of Murdock _ WarrenFamilies.ged on May 29, 2011 by Jerry Murdock. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jerry and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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