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Lewis County, located in the center of the state was created on December 18, 1816 when the Virginia State General Assembly passed the act to establish the county named in honor of Colonel Charles Lewis. Colonel Charles Lewis was one of the key leaders of the colonist against the Shawnee at the Battle of Point Pleasant. He was mortally wounded at the battle and his last words were recorded as “Push on, boys. Don’t mind me.” Being in the middle of the state, Lewis county has been a major part of the development of the state.
This volume includes the history of the county from 1816 until the mid-1880's. The family sketches are submitted by the families themselves so the information should be more accurate than other sources.
Example
“Alfred McDonald Smith - has a farm of 700 acres on Stone Coal creek, in the Court House district, Lewis County. About 400 acres of his land is in grass, and he has some of the finest stock in the county. His cattle are of the Durham breed, his sheep are Southdowns, and his horses from “Lexington farm.”...”
Surnames Included in This Publication ABBOTT, ADAMS, ADLING, ALBERT, ALFORD, ALFRED, ALICOCK, ALKIRE, ALLEN, ALLENDER, AMBROSE, AMOS, ANDERSON, ANDREWS, ARBOGAST, ARCHER, ARMSTRONG, ARNOLD, ATKINSON
BAGG, BAILEY, BALLARD, BARID, BARNESGROVE, BARNETT, BARTLETT, BATTEN, BATTON, BEAL, BEAST, BEHETHLAND, BENNETT, BENSON, BERKELEY, BIRD, BLAGG, BLAIR, BLAND, BLIGH, BOARD, BOGGES, BOND, BONNETT, BORANE, BOSWORTH, BOTT, BOWAN, BOYKE, BOZARTH, BRADBURY, BRAKE, BRANNON, BRAWN, BRENNON, BREWSTER, BRINKLEY, BRINTO, BROOKES, BROWN, BROWNE, BROWNING, BRUMFIELD, BRYSON, BURKHAMMER, BURNER, BURNS, BURNSIDE, BURNSIDES, BURROUGH, BURROUGHS, BUSH, BUTCHER, BUTLER, BUXH, BYRNE
CAMDEN, CAMP, CARLISLE, CARNEY, CASSEN, CASTO, CAVTON, CAYNER, CALLENOR, CHEUVRONT, CHIDESTER, CHILDERS, CHRISTMAN, CLARK, CLEM, CLEMENS, CLEVELAND, CLUTTER, COBURN, COENHOUR, COLAN, COLLIN, COLLINGS, COLLINS, COMPTON, CONRAD, COOKE, COOKMAN, COPE, COPPING, CORDER, COTTER, COVERLY, COWMAN, COWPER, COX, COZAD, COZARD, CRAWFORD, CRISLIP, CRISS, CROFT, CROFTS, CROMWELL, CROSS, CROWL, CUNNINGHAM, CURL, CURRAN, CURRY, CURTISS, CUTRIGHT, CUTWRIGHT
DAILEY, DAUGHERTY, DAVIS, DAVISSON, DAWSON, DEAN, DEBARR, DEEN, DEMOSS, DEPRIEST, DETAMORE, DEVANEY, DIGHT, DINSMORE, DIVIS [SIC], DIX, DIXON, DOBSON, DODDRIDGE, DODS, DODSON, DOLLEY, DOORY, DUNBAR, DUNCAN, DUVAL
EAGLE, EAKLE, ECKES, EDWARD, EDWARDS, EGAN, ELLIS, EMRY, ERVINE, EVANS, EWING
FENTON, FETTY, FINK, FINNEY, FINSTER, FISHER, FLANEGAN, FLESHER, FLOWER, FORD, FORINASH, FOUSSE, FRANCIS, FREAK, FREEMAN, FRITH, FURINASH
GALVIN, GARRET, GARRETT, GARTHER, GASTON, GAY, GIBSON, GILBER, GLANFIELD, GOCHENOURS, GOFF, GORE, GORGES, GOSNOLD, GOULDING, GRABILL, GRADY, GRAY, GREATHOUSE, GREELEY, GREEN, GREGG, GRENVILLE, GREVIL, GROVER, GRUBB
HACKER, HAINES, HALL, HALTHROP, HAMRICK, HANSON, HARDMAN, HARINGTON, HARMAN, HARPER, HARRIS, HARRISON, HAWKINS, HAYMOND, HAYS, HEDGMAN, HEFF, HEFNER, HELMICK, HENLINE, HIAR, HILLS, HINER, HINGMAN, HINZMAN, HITT, HOFF, HOLCROFT, HOLT, HORAN, HORNOR, HOUGHTON, HOULGRAVE, HOWELL, HUBBARD, HUCKLES, HUGHES, HUGHS, HUNGERFORD, HUNT, HYRE
IMBODEN, IRVIN
JACK, JACKSON, JACOB, JAMES, JARVIS, JEFFRIES, JENKINS, JEWELL, JODON, JOHN, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JORDON
KAYSER, KEITH, KENDALL, KERAN, KERN, KIDD, KIFFER, KILLIGREW, KIMMEL, KINGSTON, KIRKBRIDE, KNAPP
LAMB, LANE, LANFORD, LANGFORD, LASH, LAURELL, LAWRENCE, LAWSON, LAXON, LAYDEN, LAYFIELD, LEAMER, LEE, LEIFER, LEWIS, LIGHTBURN, LINGER, LITERAL, LOCKARD, LOGAN, LORD, LORENTZ, LOVE, LOWRENTZ, LOWTHER, LUZZADDER, LYNCH, LYNN
McCANDLISH, McCANN, McCANNA, McCARTNEY, McCOLLY, McCRAY, McCUDDEN, McCUE, McCUTCHAN, McKENSIE, McKINLEY, McKINLY, McLAUGHLIN, McMANUS, MacNEMAR, McNEMAR, McNULTY, McWHORTER
MACE, MAGUIRE, MALLET, MALLIA, MANSEL, MARLIN, MARPLE, MARSH, MARTIN, MATTHEWS, MAXON, MAXSON, MAXWELL, MAYS, MEANS, MEEKS, MEIGS, MESSENGER, MICHAEL, MICHELBORNE, MICK, MIDWINTER, MILLER, MINTER, MITCHELL, MOLIHAN, MOLLOHAN, MONEYPENNY, MONTAGU, MONTGOMERY, MONTONEY, MONYPENNY, MOORE, MORISH, MORRIS, MORRISON, MORROW, MOULTON, MOUNT, MULLINAX, MULLOOLY, MURPHY, MURRIN, MUSSER, MUTTON
NEIL, NEVIL, NEWCOMB, NEWLON, NICHOLA [NICHOLS ?], NICHOLAS, NICHOLS, NORMAN
O'MAHONEY, OSBORNE, OURS, OWEN
PAGE, PAINES, PALMER, PATLIFF [RATLIFF ?], PATTON, PAYNE, PECOCK, PENINGER, PENNINGTON, PERCY, PERKINS, PERR, PETERSON, PICKENS, PICKHOUSE, PINDALL, PISING, PITSINGER, PLETCHER, PLUNKET, POPHAM, POST, POWELL, POWERS, PRESTON, PRIEST, PRINGLE, PROFIT, PRUNTY, PULLINS, PUMPHREY
QUEEN
RANSBOTTOM, RATCLIFF, READ, REED, REGAR, REGER, REXROAD, RHODES, RICE, RICHARDSON, RIFFLE, ROACH, ROBINSON, ROE, ROGERS, ROHRBAUGH, ROHRBOUGH, ROSE, RUNNION
SANDS, SCHIEFFER, SCHOOLCRAFT, SCOTT, SEWELL, SHAFER, SHAFFER, SHARP, SHEA, SHEARER, SHEIFFER, SHIEFFER, SHIERY, SHIFLETT, SHORT, SHOULDERS, SHUETRETTER, SIBOLE, SIMMONS, SIMMS, SIMON, SIMONS, SIMPSON, SKINNER, SLEETH, SMALL, SMETHERS, SMITH, SNARSBROUGH, SNEED, SNICKER, SNODGRASS, SPALDING, SPAUR, SPEARS, SPROACE, SPROUSE, STALNAKER, STARCHER, STARKE, STEARN, STEELE, STEINBACK, STEPHENSON, STRADER, STRAWSER, STRAZEL, STRIBLING, STRINGER, STUDLEY, STUTLER, SUMMERFIELD, SUMMERVILLE, SUTCLITTE [SUTCLIFFE?], SUTTON, SWISHER
TALBOTT, TALLMAN, TANKARD, TANNER, TAPP, TAVIN, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, THORNHILL, THROGMORTON, TIMMS, TRACY, TREVOR, TRUE, TUNSTILL, TURNER, TYGART, TYLER
UNDERWOOD, UNGER
WADE, WAGGONE, WAGGONER, WALDA, WALDECK, WALDO, WALKER, WALLIS, WALTERS, WARD, WARREN, WASHBURN, WATSON, WEAVER, WEBBE, WEST, WETZEL, WHALEN, WHETZEL, WHITE, WHITMAN, WILKINSON, WILLFONG, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WILT, WIMER, WINDON, WINGFIELD, WISE, WOFFINDIN, WOLF, WOOD, WOOFINDIN, WOOFTER, WORKMAN, WORNER, WOTTEN, WYKERT
YANNER, YOKE, YOUNG
ZIN, ZINN