http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/ North Carolina Genealogy Forum: Forum: Ashe County NC Genealogy Queries - Recent Topics en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:22:55 +0000 http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/topic/ashe-co-nc-lewis-family-1#post-432 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:11:26 +0000 dlewis 432@http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/ <p>To Ruby Coleman and Angie Waldo and anyone else interested in the Lewises of Ashe County NC: I just discovered this web site for descendants of Gideon Lewis, Sr. Awesome! I am very new to this research but I am very excited to see so much out there.<br /> I believe I am one of the descendants of Gideon Sr. I am intested in contacting cousins and sharing infromation. I am also interested to know if any of my direct ancestors fought in the Revolutionary war. - DAR wannabe :-)Let me know when you can, Debbie Lewis, Columbus, Ohio (originally from Beckley WV.<br /> Here is what I think I have discovered about my father's direct line:</p> <p>GIDEON LEWIS, SR., b. abt. 1730, VA/NC (?), poss. Wales or England; d. after 1801, Ashe Co., NC or Barren Co., KY; m. abt. 1764 Nancy Osborne, b. abt. 1735, VA; d. June 12, 1812, Ashe Co., NC.</p> <p>GIDEON LEWIS, JR., Captain, 1st Company, 5th NC Militia – War of 1812, b. c. 1765, Ashe Co., NC, d. 17 June or July 1842. Married to Sarah Eve Jones b. c.1785, d. c.1825. At least one other wife, possibly more. 14 children. Possibly others by second wife.</p> <p>NATHAN LEWIS, b. abt. 1801, Ashe Co., NC, d. after 1870</p> <p>CALVIN LEWIS, b. abt. 1830, Ashe Co., NC, d. 1901</p> <p>ERVIN WASHINGTON LEWIS, b. Apr. 1865, Ashe Co., NC m. 1892 to Nettie Belle Foster, d. June 8, 1955 (Beckley, WV), 9 children – 6 survived</p> <p>CALVIN DOUGLAS LEWIS, b. 1917, Ashe Co., NC, d. 1972 (Washington DC) - name was originally Francis King Lewis but was changed</p> <p>Calvin's (may father) children by his second marriage to Mable Louise Cooney (my mother)are: CHARLES EDWARD LEWIS, b. July 1951, d. April 1999, BARBARA LEE LEWIS, b Feb. 21, 1953 (Living), THOMAS ALLEN LEWIS, b. Nov. 11, 1955 (Living), Deborah Sue Lewis, b. March 29, 1958 (myself)</p> <p>Calvin Douglas was my father, however, his birth certificate was amended from Francis King to Calvin Douglas - there was not a Francis and a Douglas.</p> <p>Francis King Lewis - name changed to Calvin Douglas Lewis<br /> Born: 2 MAR 1917 - North Fork Twp., Ashe County, NC<br /> Died: MAR 1972 - Washington, DC </p> http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/topic/ashe-co-nc-lewis-family#post-16 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:03:35 +0000 Ruby Coleman 16@http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/ <p>I am researching the Lewis family of Ashe Co., NC. Specifically, I have researched for years the ancestry of "old" Gideon Lewis who was probably born about 1730 and left descendants in Ashe Co., NC. At this point in my research, I am trying to secure as much information as possible on his descendants. If you connect to Gideon Lewis (he also had a son Capt. Gideon Lewis), please consider sharing your family information and I will do the same. Thanks. Ruby Coleman </p> http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/topic/thomas-isaac-mills-thomas#post-326 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:50:40 +0000 loreece 326@http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/ <p>I have run into a brickwall with my g g g grandfather Thomas Isaac Mills. Born abt. 1818-1821 in North Carolina. Thomas Isaac Mills. Below is the information I have for Thomas I. Mills. Would love to hear from anyone else researching Thomas I. Mills and his ancestors or descendants.<br /> ************************************************************************<br /> Thomas Isaac Mills was born Abt. 1818 in North Carolinaand died Aft. 1880. He married Nancy E. Lawrence from Tennessee Bef. 1846 in Alabama. She was born Abt. 1823 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1880. </p> <p>Notes for Thomas Isaac Mills:<br /> Isaac may be spelled incorrectly. </p> <p>The 1880 Polk County, Arkansas census records indicate Thomas was born in North Carolina. The same census indicates his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in North Carolina. Their names are not known. </p> <p>Thomas's exact whereabouts are not known between 1818 and 1846. A record of him was founs in the 1850 census for Polk County, Arkansas. The census indicated his first three children were born in Alabama, so we can assume he lived there from at least 1846 when their first son Henry was born until sometime in 1849 when their son Thomas J. was born. Notes from research done earlier by Mary D. Robinson show that Thomas and Nancy were married in Alabama, but we have not been able to confirm this. </p> <p>In the 1850 census Thomas is listed as a carpenter, and in the 1860 census as a farmer. That census also indicated he had $1,200 in real estate and $1,800 in personal property. In the 1860's Thomas I. Mills and his family lived in the log cabin which still exists on its original site, located in Janssen Park in Mena, AR. His daughter Nancy married Elijah Cagle in the cabin in 1869. During this time Thomas contracted to handle the six mail routes out of old Dallas, the county seat, handling mail to and from Hot Springs, Fort Smith, Arkadelphia, and other points in Howard and Sevier counties. The 1860 census shows three mail carriers living in the Mills household. </p> http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/topic/thomas-isaac-mills-2#post-325 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:49:15 +0000 loreece 325@http://forums.northcarolinagenealogy.net/ <p>I have run into a brickwall with my g g g grandfather Thomas Isaac Mills. Born abt. 1818-1821 in North Carolina. Thomas Isaac Mills. Below is the information I have for Thomas I. Mills. Would love to hear from anyone else researching Thomas I. Mills and his ancestors or descendants.<br /> ************************************************************************<br /> Thomas Isaac Mills was born Abt. 1818 in North Carolinaand died Aft. 1880. He married Nancy E. Lawrence from Tennessee Bef. 1846 in Alabama. She was born Abt. 1823 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1880. </p> <p>Notes for Thomas Isaac Mills:<br /> Isaac may be spelled incorrectly. </p> <p>The 1880 Polk County, Arkansas census records indicate Thomas was born in North Carolina. The same census indicates his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in North Carolina. Their names are not known. </p> <p>Thomas's exact whereabouts are not known between 1818 and 1846. A record of him was founs in the 1850 census for Polk County, Arkansas. The census indicated his first three children were born in Alabama, so we can assume he lived there from at least 1846 when their first son Henry was born until sometime in 1849 when their son Thomas J. was born. Notes from research done earlier by Mary D. Robinson show that Thomas and Nancy were married in Alabama, but we have not been able to confirm this. </p> <p>In the 1850 census Thomas is listed as a carpenter, and in the 1860 census as a farmer. That census also indicated he had $1,200 in real estate and $1,800 in personal property. In the 1860's Thomas I. Mills and his family lived in the log cabin which still exists on its original site, located in Janssen Park in Mena, AR. His daughter Nancy married Elijah Cagle in the cabin in 1869. During this time Thomas contracted to handle the six mail routes out of old Dallas, the county seat, handling mail to and from Hot Springs, Fort Smith, Arkadelphia, and other points in Howard and Sevier counties. The 1860 census shows three mail carriers living in the Mills household. </p>