Charles Lilburn Lewis "of Monteagle," was one of the founders of Milton, Virginia, as well as one of the signers of Albemarle County, Virginia's Declaration of Independence in 1779. Charles Lilburn Lewis was the oldest of eight children born to Colonel Charles Lewis of Buck Island and Mary Randolph. His maternal aunt, Jane Randolph Jefferson, was the mother of United States President Thomas Jefferson. The Lewis family were among the wealthy plantation and slave–owning class. His Jefferson cousins, except Thomas, were educated with him at Buck Island, around eight miles from Charlottesville, Virginia. They were close throughout their lives and three generations of Jefferson and Lewis family members intermarried.
On September 12, 1769, Charles married Lucy Jefferson, the sister of President Thomas Jefferson. Charles and Lucy (Jefferson) Lewis began married life on Buck Island Creek, Albemarle County, Virginia, at the plantation "Monteagle," which commanded a beautiful view of the Rivanna River Valley, with its hilly landscape and the South Western Mountains in the distance.[1] Children of Charles and Lucy include:
Randolph Lewis, died in 1809, married his cousin Mary Howell Lewis in 1790.
Isham Lewis, with his brother Lilburn, perpetrated the murder of Slave George. He was said by Sorley to have died in 1815. His brother, Lilburn killed himself in 1812.
Jane Jefferson Lewis (1777-1822) married in 1795 to Craven Peyton, with whom she had five children.
Lilburne Lewis, married Jane Woodson, with whom they had five children. They moved to Kentucky and settled near Smithland. After Jane's death Lilburne married, secondly Letitia Rutter
Mary Randolph Lewis married Randolph Jefferson's son, Thomas, on October 3, 1808.
Lucy B. Lewis born September 24, 1789, died July 14, 1864, married Washington A. Griffin in 1813. They lived near Shelbyville, Kentucky and had nine children.
Martha Lewis, married William Monroe of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Ann M. "Nancy" Lewis died unmarried
Charles Lewis, one of the two youngest sons, was given 650 acres of land along the Rivanna River by his father in 1802, which he sold in 1804 to Craven Peyton and spent the money. He received a commission as lieutenant in the U.S. Army by his uncle, Thomas Jefferson.
Sources
↑ R.E. Hannum, “Mount Eagle,” 14 February 1938, Virginia Historical Inventory, Library of Virginia.
Merrow Egerton Sorley, Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, Including the Genealogy of Descendants in Both the Male and Female Lines, Biographical Sketches of Its Members, and Their Descent from Other Early Virginia Families (Google eBook)
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