This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JohnSullivan4726 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lewis/8367.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: http://books.google.com/books The Clay Family, By Zachariah Frederick Smith, Mary Rogers Clay See Pages 146 and 147 for: Thomas Lewis b. 8 May, 1749 VA, and wife Elizabeth Payne. Thomas Lewis s/o Stephen Lewis and Elizabeth Offutt Notes: Edwin G. Bedford, born August 27, 1814 ; married (1) Margaret, daughter of General James Garrard and his wife, Nancy Lewis, daughter of Thomas Lewis (born May 8 May, 1749 and wife Elizabeth Payne. > Note: This LEWIS family is not the same bloodlines of LEWIS of CLAY & LESLIE Counties of KY that also married into the GARRARD & BRAWNER family. See James T. Lewis 1735 Wales - 1825 KY and his son 1771NC-1865KY that produced SUSAN ADA LEWIS 1846 KY - 1874 Palo Pinto Co., Texas (Mrs. Nathan Brawner) > > > > > It appears from the original post on Posted: 16 Oct 2006 on the SULLIVAN MSG Board, that if the data is proven true, the THOMAS LEWIS 1749 a s/o STEPHEN LEWIS of Virginia, had become a COL. and,Col. Thomas Lewis was a Revolutionary War Veteran, member of the 1792 convention that framed KY's first constitution, a court magistrate, and he administered the oath of office to KY's first governor, Isaac Shelby. > > > > > This appears to be a THOMAS LEWIS of Virginia birth to a Stephen Lewis of Virginia, both with historical American Revolution backgrounds, and may have been overlooked in various research by persons seeking THOMAS LEWIS bloodlines. DNA participants are always welcome to give better footprints to all Lewis descents. Can anyone help ? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.