John Comer Lewis I

JOHN COMER LEWIS I

name: JOHN COMER LEWIS I

spouse: 1. Nancy FORREST 2. Elizabeth Ann 'Annie MCCLAREN

NAME.................... John Comer Lewis I
BIRTH/PLACE/RECORDS..... 1780-90 North Carolina

DIED/PLACE/BURIAL.......
PARENTS NAME............ Thomas LEWIS & Jane COMER?
GRANDPARENTS............ LEWIS John
(Fielding LEWIS' brother who married Betty Washington)???

> WIFE.................. 1. Nancy FORREST 2. Elizabeth Ann 'Annie MCCLAREN
BORN/PLACE/RECORDS...... b 1773
MARRIAGE/PLACE/RECORDS.. 1802 Orange Co NC
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL....... d 1840
PARENTS NAME............ Shadrack FORREST & Daniel McCLAREN & Mary STEPHENSON

CHILDREN................

NOTE: He was one of the first Pioneers/Settlers of Hickman Co. Tenn. He was a slave
owner and owned much land, considered a rich man for that time.
1818 was a Lieutenant in the Militia of the Mexican War
1820 was a Captain in the Militia of the Mexican War
1826 was Hickman Co. Tenn Magistrate
1846 was a member of Hickory Guards-Company A-1st Tenn Regiment commanded by
William Bowen Campbell, who later became Governor of Tennessee
also in Bible class formed 5-7 JUN 1846 on board the Tallerand with 150m
One of the founders of the Goshen Baptist Church at Cane Creek

Children by Nancy Forrest
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* CHILD 1............... Henry LEWIS b
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* CHILD 2............... Fielding LEWIS b ca1797
MARRIED.................
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... 30 JUN 1834
CHILD 6 CHILDREN........ 1. James H LEWIS b
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* CHILD 3............... Shadrack LEWIS b1800-10
MARRIED................. 23 APR 1832 Mary McDANIEL b
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS......
CHILD 1 CHILDREN........
NOTE: One of the first mills built on Cane Creek was built by Shadrack Lewis
in 1830. He & his brother Fielding Lewis built a Carding Mill on the
land entered by John D. Murry. This mill was bought by George Stephens.
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Children by Elizabeth Ann 'Annie McClaren
* CHILD 4............... Mary LEWIS b
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* CHILD 5............... William LEWIS b
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* CHILD 5............... Elizabeth LEWIS b
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* CHILD 7............... Robert LEWIS b
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* CHILD 8............... Frances LEWIS b
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* CHILD 9.(SEE IND CHART John Comer LEWIS II b08 APR 1824 d03 NOV 1878
MARRIED................. 1. Ruth Lloyd BAKER b1829 dJUL/OCT 1861-2
2. Martha Jane 'Mary THORNTON b
CHILD 9 CHILDREN........ 9
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Children still may not be in correct birth order.

(Listed in order according to Ruth Windsor's letter, from a copy of his will Shadrack-Frances-Robert-Elizabeth-William-Fielding-Mary-Henry-John Comer Lewis)

(It also states when Nancy died, he took his three sons and moved to Tennessee)

Charlotte Curlee Ramsey
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