James Lewis (abt. 1802 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1802 in South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Wesley (Thrailkill) Lewis — married 11 May 1826 in Bibb County, Alabama, United States of America

Descendants

Died after 1860 after about age 58 in Cass, Texas, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

James Lewis was born about 1802 in South Carolina.^[1][2][3]

He married Nancy^[4][1] W.^[2] Thrailkill on 11 May 1826 in Bibb County, Alabama^[5][6][7] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Jonathan Lewis was born about 1830 in Alabama.^[1]
2. Lucinda Lewis was born about 1833 in Alabama.^[1]
3. James Samuel F.^[2] Lewis was born in Alabama about 1836.^[1]
4. Pleasant D. H.^[2] Lewis was born in Alabama about 1840.^[1]
5. William T.^[2] Lewis was born in Alabama aboout 1842.^[1]
6. Monroe J.^[2] Lewis was born in Alabama about 1845.^[1]

On 29 Jun 1827 he and wife Nancy, sold for $200, land in Bibb County, Alabama described as the NE 1/4 of the SW1/4 of section 4, Township 23 Range NE, containing 39 acres, and the SW 1/4 of the NE1/4 of section 4 in Township 23 Range 9E, also containing 39 acres.^[4]

On 22 Jan 1830 James Lewis had to produce a receipt for 820 pounds of cotton at two cents a pound in Bibb County, Alabama.^[8]

He appears on the 1830 census of Bibb County, Alabama with the following household members:

males)-5: 2 ; 20-30:1

females)-5:1 ; 15-20:1^[9]

James served as a Juror for the Bibb County, Alabama Circuit Court in Oct 1830 in the indictment of Walter Barrett for assault and battery on Enoch Spivy.^[10][11] He again served as a juror at the April 1831 term in the case of the State of Alabama vs. Alfred Moore and Henry Reach who were accused of assembling together in a warlike manner with force and arms and terrorizing the citizens of Bibb County and in the case of the State of Alabama vs. William Glasock and Absalom Martin.^[10][11]

At the Sept 1831 session of the Circuit Court of Bibb County, Alabama in the case of Robert Stacy v. Anthony Stoutenborough in a dispute over a horse race, mentions James Lewis as a 'judge' in said race, James also served as a witness this session in the case of Alfred Mahan v. luke Johnson.^[12][10][11] This Anthony Stoutenborough was sold land by James' father Samuel the following year, 1832.^[13]

In the Spring of 1834 James again served as a juror in the case of the State of Alabama v. Hardin B. Rawden and James Henry Sr.^[10][11]

James was summoned for jury duty during the August 1839 session of the Bibb County, Alabama County Court.^[14][15] He also appears on lists of those summoned for Jury Duty in Bibb County in Feb 1842^[15][16] and Jul 1843^[15][17]

By 1840 his family, still residing in Bibb County, Alabama, has grown to include the following household members:

males)-5:1 ; 10-15:2 ; 30-40:1

females)5-10:2 ; 10-15:1 ; 20-30:1^[18]

James died sometime after 1860 possibly in Cass County, Texas where he was living at that time.^[2]

Research Notes

• The 1844 tax list of Choctaw County, Mississippi contains the following Lewis men:

J. P. Lewis, David Lewis, William M. Lewis and James Lewis. It is unclear at present if this James Lewis is the same man.^[19] The aforementioned Lewis men appear on pages 16 and 17 of the original tax list.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-YDV : accessed 24 February 2016), James Lewis, Choctaw county, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 548, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFP-GM3 : 12 December 2017), Jas Lewis, 1860.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Garrett, Hazel Crenshaw and Louis Taunton. Early Records of Choctaw County, Mississippi 1835-1850. Undated, self published. p68, 208-9. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. Call # GEN 976.2 G239 CHOCT MISS.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Bibb County, Alabama Deeds Record D p102-103.
5. ↑ Bibb County, Alabama Marriage Record Book B p119.
6. ↑ Early Marriages of Bibb County, Alabama located at Lisa R. Franklin's Tracking Your Roots website for Alabama genealogy and history-

   [LEWIS, James THRAILKILL, Nancy May 11 1826.

7. ↑ Gandrud, Pauline Jones. Alabama Records Volume 31 Bibb County. 1935. p.52. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. Call # Ala GEN G196 ALA V31. Bibb County, Alabama Marriage Books A & B, bound together, p118 -

   James Lewis and Nancy Thrailkill. May 11, 1826, executed that day by John Blake, Justice of the Peace.

8. ↑ Ellison, Rhonda Coleman. Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years, 1818-1918. University of Alabama Press. 1984. p57. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. Call #E47 BIBB ALA
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPL-QT9 : 11 August 2017), James Lewis, Bibb, Alabama, United States; citing 158, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 2,329.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Otts, Jacquelyn Cox. Notes from 1826-1836 Circuit Court Book Bibb County, Alabama. 1993. Self published. p5,6,10,11,23. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. Call #N911 BIBB ALA.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} Bibb County, Alabama Circuit Court Minutes 1826-1836. p123-6, 130-133, 198-201, 205-6 401-4.
12. ↑ Thomas, C. Y. Index: Notes from 1826-1836 Circuit Court Records, Bibb County, Alabama. Undated, self published. p41.
13. ↑ Bibb County, Alabama Deed Record A p245-246.
14. ↑ Bibb County, Alabama Court Minutes 1838-1850 p48-50.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} Otts, Jacquelyn Cox. Notes from County Court Minutes 1838-1850, Bibb County, Alabama. 1993. p12, 28, 33-34. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. Call #N911 BIBB ALA.
16. ↑ Bibb County, Alabama Court Minutes 1838-1850 p117-118.
17. ↑ Bibb County, Alabama Court Minutes 1838-1850 p139, 141, 145-147.
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-WVW : 27 August 2017), James Lewis, Bibb, Alabama, United States; citing p. 124, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 2,332.
19. ↑ Wiltshire, Betty C. Abstracts of Choctaw County, Mississippi Records. 1993. The Anundsen Publishing Company, Decorah, Iowa. p105. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. Call # GEN 976.2 W756 CHOCT MISS.