Genealogy of the Lewis Family in America


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Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of John Lewis. He was born in Donegal County, Ireland 1678 to Andrew Lewis and Mary Calhoun. He married Margaret Lynn. He died in Virginia 1 Feb 1762. They were the parents of seven children.




Some Prominent Virginia Families; Volume 2


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Lewis of Warner Hall


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"According to tradition the Lewis family of 'Warner Hall' is descended from the emigrant Robert Lewis, who came [from England] to Virginia in 1635." Descendants lived throughout the United States.




Early Settlers of Alabama


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Early Settlers of Alabama by Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs, first published in 1899, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.







1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws


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This book is an index to the List of Persons Entitled to Draws for the 1805 Land Lottery and is a new transcription of the data in 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, published in 1964 by Virginia S. Wood and Ralph V. Wood. This list represents most of the households in the state in the year 1803 and is an invaluable substitute for Georgia's lost 1800 U.S. Federal Census. 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws corrects major errors and omissions found in the Wood publication. Using the power of a computer database, this new publication of land lottery participants includes verified and cross-referenced data. No Georgia census index collection is complete without this book. Entries contain: Number, Name and identifying remarks, County of residence, Draw result, Prize result (if a fortunate drawer) Book contains: 23,940 participants, 500 non-participants.







From Jamestown to Texas


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They packed up their Bibles and left behind them a life that had been filled with turmoil, peril and oppression. The horizon ahead of them to the west, that new Promised Land of Stephen F. Austin called Texas, was their destination. T.H. Farenbach summed it up best in his book







Slinkard--Wilson and Some Related Families


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Frederick Slinker (Schlunkerd) and Barbarah Grant were issued a marriage bond 1 April 1794 in North Carolina. William S. Wilson was born in 1809. He married Miranda L. Alford, who was born in North Carolina in 1815. They lived in Copiah County, Mississippi.