Elizabeth Mary (Russell) Lewis (1770 - 1851)

Born 21 May 1770 in Rutherford, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Crawford Lewis — married 26 Oct 1785 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1851 at age 81 in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth (Russell) Lewis was a North Carolina colonist.

Elizabeth was born around 1770 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She was a daughter of George Russell and Mary Underwood.^[1]

On this 11th day of November 1845 personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid (now sitting in Rutherford) Elizabeth Lewis a resident of said County aged seventy-five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. -- Entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows.

That she is the widow of Charles Lewis who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and who served as herein stated. He entered the service of the United States sometime in the year 1778 under one Captain Hogg she thinks for a tour of nine months which time he served out he was a resident of what is now Rutherford County at the time he entered the service, whether it was then Rutherford County or Tryon, she cannot state as Rutherford County was erected not far from that time,

soon after his said tour of nine months was out, he again either volunteered or was drafted into the service for how long and under what officers she does not recollect though she has no doubt she has often heard him say she has often heard him speak of his services in the Revolution, and of the different Officers under whom he served, the different tours and the officers under whose command he served each different Tour she cannot state though she has heard him say That he was in the service very nearly all the time after his first entering the service as before stated until Hostilities began to abate & the war began to draw to a Close, and that he was first Sergeant in the Company to which he belonged a good portion of the time.

She recollects to have heard him say that he was under command of Captain Robert Gilkey some part of the time he was also under command of Captain John McLane [John McClain?] another portion of the time. His field of Officers was Colonel Andrew Hampton Colonel Frederick Hamwrite [sic, Frederick Hamright] and General Benjamin Lincoln she has heard him Charles Lewis her husband speak of all those names as his commanders. Further particulars of his service she cannot give as her husband has been dead many years, and she never expected until very recently to have occasion to recollect those facts on hearing them spoken of never charged her memory with them and of course can have but a very indistinct recollection of them.

She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Lewis in Rutherford County North Carolina on the 26th day of November 1785 and that her Husband the aforesaid Charles Lewis died in the said County of Rutherford on the 13th day of December 1833. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January 1794. That he has at the time above stated.

She further declares that she hopes to obtain upon this Declaration the arrearage of Pension which are proved to her said husband and the aforesaid Charles Lewis under the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832 from the 4th of March 1831, up to the 13th day of December 1833, the time of his death as above stated. She further declares that the reason she has not applied for a pension before this time is, that she did not know until some 5 or 6 months ago that she was entitled to a pension, she had heard something said about Widows drawing pensions but did not suppose that she was one of that class of widows who were entitled to draw.

She further states that she has a record of the ages of herself & husband together with their marriage and the ages of their children a copy of which is herewith sent and which is a true copy of the original Record, which was in the hand writing of her husband the said Charles Lewis. The record of his death being added in which his deceased the reason she has this copy is that the Original Record was torn from her Bible & torn to mash by an Insane son of hers that she gathered up the pieces & placed them together carefully and had it copied after which the old pieces were thrown away.

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court S/ G W Logan, Clerk S/ Elizabeth Lewis

[fn p. 5: family record]

Charles Lewis was born the 26 of May 1761 Elizabeth Lewis was born the 21 of May 1770 Charles & Elizabeth Lewis was married the 26 of October 1785 Charles Lewis died the 13th of December 1833 George R. Lewis was born the 17 of April 1788 Pitman Lewis was born the 15 of August 1789 Polly Lewis was born 7 of October 1791 Sarah Lewis was born 22 October 1793 John Lewis was born 20 of April 1795 Mildred Lewis was born the 1st of June 1798 Elizabeth Lewis was born the 1st of December 1799 Charles Lewis was born the 1st of June 1802 Nancy Lewis was born the 2 of November 1804 Preston Lewis was born the 29 of March 1806 Jesse T. Lewis was born the 25 of February 1808 William T. Lewis was born the 15 of April 1811

Had 12 children^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94Y3-ZXL : accessed 29 August 2020), entry for Elizabeth Russell, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MM9R-N8S), submitted 13 July 2003 by Milton M Beck [identity withheld for privacy].
2. ↑ Lewis: Page 257-286

• Lewis, William Terrell. Genealogy of the Lewis family in America, from the middle of the seventeenth century down to the present time. (Louisville, Ky. : Pub. by the Courier-journal job printing co. 1893), page 258.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64567995/elizabeth-lewis

Acknowledgements

• Russell-10031 was created by Susan Graben through the import of WikiTree gedcom 7:18:15.ged on Jul 18, 2015.