Can anyone tell me what happened to this AARON LEWIS? March 6, 1801, Recorded in Albemarle Co, June 1st, 1801. Will of Robert Lewis of Fredricksville Parish, Louisa Co., son John Lewis land at North Garden sold by John to Hon. Wm. Nelson, made to John  as marriage portion;  son, Nicholas Lewis;  son Robert;  son Charles;  son William;  four daughters, Jane Meriwether, Mary Cobbs, Mildred Lewis, Sarah Lewis, daughter, Ann Lewis, now wife of John Lewis, land purchased of Capt. Christopher Clark. All his children now living, viz: John Lewis, Jane Meriwether, *AARON LEWIS* *, Nicholas Lewis, Mary Cobbs, Mildred Lewis, Robert Lewis (infant), Charles Lewis, William Lewis, Sarah Lewis, interest in 8,000 acres on Greenbriar in Augusta , his part of 100, 000 acres granted to Col. John Lewis of Augusta, testator et als.;  Also 200 acres in Albemarle patented to him 10th of March, 1756 joining John Linthers (Sinthers). Daughter, Elizabeth Barrett , deceased.  His children recieved legacy from Col Nicholas Meriwether. Son-in-law Maj. John Lewis, husband of Mildred of Spottsylvania . Thank you in advance for any help!  Mary Suggestion: If you are near an LDS family history center, there is a helpful tool (not foolproof) which MAY help you locate your missing ancestor(s) if he/she were alive after the censuses began, and if he/she was an adult. The tool is called AIS (Accelerated Indexing System). It is on hundreds of microfiche and is broken down by Searches, Search 1 being the earliest censuses and some tax lists to make up for parts of the lost 1790 census. These are indexes to all the US censuses through 1850 and for some western states, later than 1850. This tool is not foolproof. Experts say (as in THE SOURCE) that there is a high error rate, but if you find your ancestor and/or his male siblings listed, then you can get a handle on the migrations. If you can't find Aaron Lewis in the AIS, look for the other persons mentioned in this will. You may find Aaron lurking in that same neighborhood. Don't overlook the fact that the widow may have remarried (Ann Lewis as best I can make out your query.) You may want to look for guardianship records, as generally orphaned (at least by the father) children had guardians appointed to protect the property (not the child, necessarily). Frequently, when and if the mother remarried (quite common in early days as women were seldom allowed to handle their own property), the stepfather may have been appointed guardian. Also, she may have lived in an adjoining county. Sometimes finding a guardianship record (or many, as there was supposed to be an annual report) means turning page by page of court records. I see that the family history library catalog on <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> had a good many order books (under court records) on film. You can order these films through your nearby LDS center. The cited website has a link to a list of over 3500 family history centers around the world. Also, there has been been published by Iberian Press some later (not many colonial marriages) marriages of Albemarle Co. You may want to try to borrow the book on interlibrary loan. See your public librarian for ILL (after you have tried to find the Iberian Press catalog online). It is indexed for brides. Incidentally, I must have copied your address wrong--AOL rejected it. E.W.Wallace