William Lewis (Senior)

Name

William Lewis (Senior)

Alternate Names

Wm. Lewis

William W. Lewis

Race

White

Record(s) Seen In

Will Book 1-1: 1839-1885

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 1

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3

Settlement of Estates - 1

Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 1-400

Page and Line Number

IAS1: PP. 145
IAS 2: PP. 187, 520
IAS 3: PP. 203
SoE: PP. 126
CLD: PP. 253; 297

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS1: February 10, 1846; March 1846
IAS 2: March 1852; September 3, 1854
IAS 3: July
SoE: 1856; 1869

People Enslaved

Bill

Pompey

Ann

Elesabeth

Julia

Harryetler

Caswell

William

Mary

Edmund

Andrew

Robert

Simon

Ellen

Edmund

Paulina

Nancy

Mary

Peggy Jane

Additional Information

Jane Lewis' will stipulates that William's children have the choice between Pompey and Bill.

In the first IAS book, Jane Lewis states that William Lewis is deceased.

Jane Lewis

William Lewis received $170.00 in the settlement of the accounts of John Thomas and Charles Lewis, by Frederick Johnston, to "equalize with division of negroes." This intent of this was likely to equalize the monetary value of an inheritance.

Frederick Johnston

Charles Lewis

John Thomas

John Lewis

In SoE Book 1, Mary Lewis and H. A. Edmunds are listed as admins of William W. Lewis.

Mary Lewis

Henry A. Edmundson

In Common Law Book D, Wiley P. Wood, Samuel Hannah, John Wright, Bernard Pitzer, William C. Williams, P.H. Huff, and George Shanks were ordered to "assess" people that William Lewis enslaved. Note also that several enslaved people were divided amongst Andrew, William, Charles, and John Lewis.

Andrew Lewis

William Lewis