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Note: Information on the Lewis Family before Walden Lewis b. c. 1774 in Virginia comes from assumptions based on multiple sources. Therefore, the information on this page is not reliable for genealogical purposes. A detailed discussion of the many connections can be found at Lewis Family Research. |
Meriwether Anderson (6James, 5James, 4James, 3James, 2James, 1Edmund) Lewis of Madison Co AL
Meriwether Anderson Lewis was born 5/25/1809 in Louisa Co VA. And, he probably grew up on the Watkins family property at Watkins Mill until their migration to Alabama.
In about 1818 after the sale of property--not necessarily land--Meriwether Anderson, along with his family, migrated down to Madison Co AL. And, their migration route would have probably taken them up the Valley of Virginia to the Wilderness Road and from Kingston TN down the Tennessee River to the vicinity of Huntsville AL.
On 10/21/1834 in Madison Co AL, Meriwether Anderson married Charlotte Hudson b. 1818 in North Carolina. He and Charlotte lived out their lives in Madison Co AL where he died on 9/29/1861.
Born 5/25/1809 Louisa Co VA
Migrated c. 1818 w/ family to Madison Co AL
1820 Madison Co AL Census: Missing
Married 10/21/1834 in Madison Co AL to Charlotte Hudson b. 1818 in North Carolina
Lewis, M. A. | Hudson, Charlott M. | Vol. 4 p. 214 | 21 Oct 1834 |
1840 Madison Co AL Census: James Lewis
1850 Madison Co AL Census
1850 Federal Census: Madison County, Alabama HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ======================================================= 247 247 Lewis Merewether A 40 M Farmer Virginia Charlotte L 32 F N Carolina James D 12 M Alabama Tandy W 8 M Alabama Samuel R 5 M Alabama Arthur H 2 M Alabama |
Died 9/271861 Madison Co AL
Gen #8. James D. Lewis
Born 4/4/1839 Madison Co AL
Married 5/9/1866 in Madison Co AL to Catherine Arnett b. 1842 in Alabama
Died in Madison Co AL
Gen #9. James D. Lewis
Born 4/2/1873 Madison Co AL
Married 7/10/1899 in Hamilton Co TN to Annie Thompson b. 1876 in Tennessee
Died 6/22/1931 Hamilton Co TN
Gen #10. Arthur Bernard Lewis
Born 6/27/1903 Hamilton Co TN
Married 6/21/1928 in Hamilton Co TN to Helen Robertson b. 6/26/1906 in Tennessee
Died 6/3/1996 Cobb Co GA
Gen #11. Donald Bernard Lewis
Born Hamilton Co TN
Died Cobb Co GA