John Gibson LEWIS
Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967
1820 Census, White County, Tennessee
1830 Census, Bledsoe County, Tennessee
1840 Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
BIRTH: Birthplace also listed as South Carolina.
NAME: John Gibson "Gippy" LEWIS, II BIRTH: Birth date also shown as August 1815
NAME: Polley "Mary" Smith LEWIS
NAME: William Granville "Bill" Lewis DEATH: William G. Lewis went missing, (died by mishap) and his body was later found, when on a cattle drive from Western KY (Central KY is called "Western Kentucky", western KY is called "the Purchase") to Springfield Illinois. This was most likely a breeder bull drive of lower quality stock destined ultimately for the western US long horn ranches. His body was recovered but Nancy Jane Lewis was too poor to travel to claim the remains or to collect the effects.
He married Temperance Smith 12 Jan 1809 at Putnam, Georgia . Temperance Smith was born at Tennessee 1790 .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Lucinda Lewis
born 23 Mar 1810.
John Gibson Lewis
born 8 Jan 1812.
Elouisa Brassfield Lewis
born 22 Apr 1814.
Frances Brassfield Lewis
born 2 May 1816.
Polley Smith Lewis
born 12 Apr 1818.
Warner Brassfield Lewis
born 12 Mar 1820.
Temperance Smith Lewis
born 2 Jan 1823.
Barnet Lewis
born 10 May 1825.
William Granville Lewis
born 3 Jun 1827.
Paton Lewis
born 4 Sep 1829.
John Gibson Lewis died at Newton, Cumberland, Tennessee .
Temperance Smith died 1858 at White, Tennessee .