James Theophilus Lewis II (abt. 1771 - abt. 1865)

Born about 9 Aug 1771 in Ashe County, North Carolina [uncertain]

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Died about Mar 1865 at about age 93 in Kentucky, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1771. He passed away in 1865 at age 93 and was buried in Old Ed Napier Farm in Krypton, Perry County, Kentucky. ^[1]

Listed date of birth is different for James from the date on his burial headstone, and is on this profile consistent with info found on findagrave.com

• 1800 United States Census^[2]

1820 United States Census

Fourth Census conducted in the United States [1]

Event Place Clay, Kentucky, United States

Name of the head of family: James Lewis (James' house has six males and three females and is 14th family from bottom of census page; Note: X = no entry on census)

# of free white males under age 10: TWO

# of free white males age 10-16: ONE

# of free white males age 16-18: ONE

# of free white males age 18-26: ONE

# of free white males age 26-45: X

# of free white males age 45 and up: ONE

# of free white females under age 10: ONE

# of free white females age 10-16: ONE

# of free white females age 16-26: X

# of free white females age 26-45: X

# of free white females age 60 and up: ONE

# of foreigners not naturalized: X

# of persons engaged in agriculture: THREE

# of persons engaged in commerce: X

# of persons engaged in manufacture: X

# of male and female slaves: X

# of free male and female colored persons: X

# of all other persons except Indians not taxed: X

Neighbors, in order from top to bottom, on this census page #127 (Head of House Name and, in parenthesis, total of free white males /slash/ total of free white females in HH; James lewis, his census info above, is bold:

Lewis Williams (2/2) * Jas Elkins (1/3 or 6 ... unsure if # is a squished 4 or a 1) * Thos Hornsby (2/2) * Christo Bowling (4/4) * Willis Bledsoe (3/3, has 3 slaves) * Jesse Fortnor (7/1) * John Camel Sr (9/2) * John Camel Jr (1/2) * James Camel (4/3) * Hardy Williams (2/3) * Martin Couch (6/5) * Jas Couch (4/8) * Danl Hry (3/6) * Abraham Eonsde (3/3) * White Davidson (1/2) * James Lewis (6/3) * Silas Davidson (3/4) * Able penetton (4/2) * James Tuner (2/4) * William Fingerson (3/5) * Nimrod Mcintosh (3/4) * James Mcintosh (3/1) * Saml Mcintosh (3/1) * Isaac Ramey (4/1) * Jas Lewis Sr (7/4) * Sarah Hortin (6/3) * Joseph Lewis (4/3) * John Begley (4/4) * Richd Mcintosh (3/5)

During the 1850 United States Census, 1. Polly Boling (age50, born in KY), is living in Perry county, part of, Perry, Kentucky, with

2. Polly Boling (Female, age 10, born in KY)

3. Polly Boling (Female, age 3, born in KY)

4. James Lewis (Male, age 74, born in KY)

Polly is living in Perry County, KY. James is Polly's father.

Polly Married John Pennington (Bolling) BOWLING b: 31 MAR 1796 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Marriage date: 15 APR 1816 in Clay County, Kentucky

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2018), memorial page for James Lewis (9 Aug 1771–Mar 1865), Find A Grave Memorial no. 77858130, citing Old Ed Napier Farm Cemetery, Perry County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by J.L. Rusty Lewis (contributor 47290512)
2. ↑ I"United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-FTR : Thu Jul 20 17:56:27 UTC 2023), Entry for James Lewis, 1800.

• Gideon Lewis family connections [2]

"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-PVJ6 : 22 July 2021), James Lewis in entry for John Boling and Polley Lewis, 13 Apr 1816; citing Marriage, Clay, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 986,257.

"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-5QMT : 22 July 2021), James Lewis in entry for Allen More and Marget Lewis, 01 Feb 1821; citing Marriage, Clay, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 986,257.

• "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-FTR : Thu Jul 20 17:56:27 UTC 2023), Entry for James Lewis, 1800.

• 1820 US Census, on this census image James Lewis family is 14th from bottom of page: ["United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLH-H55 : accessed 20 January 2017), Jas Lewis Sr, Clay, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 127, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 186,179.]

• 1850 US Census: ["United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65K-3D9 : 9 November 2014), James Lewis in household of Polly Boling, Perry county, part of, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing family 189, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).]

• * Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2018), memorial page for James Lewis (9 Aug 1771–Mar 1865), Find A Grave Memorial no. 77858130, citing Old Ed Napier Farm Cemetery, Perry County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by J.L. Rusty Lewis (contributor 47290512) . Find A Grave: Memorial #77858130

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