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Franklin, Lewis[1, 2, 3]

Male Abt 1758 - 1842  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name Franklin, Lewis 
    Birth Abt 1758  Orange, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Apr 1842  Fieldale, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I86882  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2014 

    Father Franklin, Robert Lewis,   b. 17 Jun 1716, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1770, Bedford, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Evans, Jane,   b. 1717, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1774, Bedford, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1740 
    Family ID F36580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stone, Millicent,   b. Abt 1764, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1841, Fieldale, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Marriage 21 Mar 1787  Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Joseph Anthony was the Minister.
    Children 
    +1. Franklin, Stephen,   b. 1787, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1880, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     2. Franklin, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1790, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Franklin, John,   b. 1793, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1847 (Age 54 years)
     4. Franklin, Millicent,   b. 1795, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1885, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     5. Franklin, Susannah,   b. 9 Oct 1799, Halifax, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, Kino, Barren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    +6. Franklin, Jeremiah,   b. 21 Mar 1801, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1890, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     7. Franklin, Eusebious,   b. 1804, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Franklin, Lewis,   b. 1805, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860 (Age > 56 years)
     9. Franklin, Nancy,   b. Abt 1806, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1832 (Age ~ 26 years)
     10. Franklin, George Waller,   b. 21 Mar 1809, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1893, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     11. Franklin, William Henry,   b. 1810, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1901, Henry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F36582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1758 - Orange, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Mar 1787 - Henry, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Apr 1842 - Fieldale, Henry, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lewis lived in Orange County VA before 1778. He served several tours of duty in the Revolutionary War under Generals Gates and Nathaniel Greene, He first left on Maryc 11, 1781. He was a private and wagon driver. see pension app;iction #S-8519 Nathional Archives. He was present at Yorktown, VA for the surrender of General Cornwallis on October 19, 1781 He purchased acerage on April 25, 1791 from Stanwix, william and John Hord sold 50 acers to him. He eventually accumulated several 100 acres on the south side of the Smith river about one mile north of Waller's ford. near the present day village of Fieldale, VA known as the Franklin Plantation moved there permanantly during the winter of 1779. He and his wife are both buried atr the family cemetary about 100 yards from the house at his home in Henry County april 1842 another source says he died in Anderson County KY on 8-11-1843 and buried at Busey Graveyard, Glensboro, Anderson County KY

  • Sources 
    1. [S1265] Lewis Franklin, "United States Census, 1820".

    2. [S1266] Lewis Franklin, "United States Census, 1830".

    3. [S1267] Lewis Franklin, "United States Census, 1840".

    4. [S1268] Lewis Franklin, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940".