There is a book _Lewises, Meriwethers, and Their Kin_ by Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, Orginally published: Richmond, VA 1938, Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1984, 1995. Meriwether Lewis is part of the Warner Hall Lewises of VA. According to the book above... His parents were: Warner Lewis of Lewis Level m. second, December 4, 1823, Catherine Butler, daughter of Col. Rubin Butler of the Rev. War. His grandparents were: Dr. John Taliaferro Lewis m. 2nd Susannah Waring His g-grandparents were: Col. Charles Lewis of Cedar Creek, b. 1729 m. Lucy Taliaferro, d/o John Taliaferro and Mary Catlett of "Snow Creek". His g-g grandparents were: Col. John Lewis III baptised: Nov. 1702, m. Frances Feilding d/o Henry Fielding of King & Queen Co., VA. I looked in the index. There is no Exum Lewis listed. Does he have another name? Do you know his father? Lonny J. Watro ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Flanagan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:28 AM Subject: Re: George Washington and Lawrence Lewis > Article in the Sep 14, 1994 edition of the Clarkesville (VA) Courier: > Where We Are Now > > What is now Grafton School began as a part of Audley Farm. Audley was George > Washington's home place in Clarke County, and was passed down to Martha > Washington's family. > > In 1905, Mr. G.A. Bowen, of Cincinnati, Ohio, bought one of the Audley > tracts from Mr. Carter Lewis, a Washington descendant, and built this house > (then called Brentwood) between 1905-1908. > > Mr. Bowen originally bought 45 acres and later added several other tracts of > the Audley land until the property consisted of 206 acres. > > In 1919 the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Harwell, who changed > the name to Questover. They had spent many years looking for the right house > and now felt their "quest was over". The Harwells came from New York City. > > The house was sold again in 1930 to Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Crockett from > Columbus, Ohio, and in 1946 to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sturm from Long > Island, New York, who never lived in the house. In 1955 Mrs. Sturm sold > fourteen acres and Questover to Dr. William Porter, who used the building as > a veterinary office. During this time horses entered by the front door and > were operated on in the formal dining room. Dr. Porter sold the house in > 1962 after bringing several lawsuits against his neighbors (and even a > low-flying pilot). > > Questover was bought and renovated by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nelson who came from > California. Mrs. Nelson used the basement as a kennel for over 100 Bassett > hounds. It was during her tenancy that the famous shooting occurred in the > front reception room and the house was auctioned off and repurchased. > > Grafton School bought Questover July 3, 1967. The addition, finished in > December 1967, was built on the back for use as classroom and dormitory > space. In September 1974, five duplex motel units were erected adjacent to > the house for additional dormitories. > . . . . > The part about the 100 Bassett hounds intrigues me - can you imagine the > response when someone rang the doorbell?? Maybe that happened one time too > many, which explains the shooting in the front room .... > > Also, Aubrey and Kathleen (Lewis) Harwell [my great uncle/aunt] loved the > property, but upon her death in 1825, Aubrey could no longer bear to live > there, and moved to Birmingham, Alabama, near to where he was born. Upon his > death in 1942, his body was shipped to Berryville, VA, for burial at Green > Hill Cemetery, next to his wife. > > As stated, Aubrey's wife Kathleen was a Lewis, and family tradition holds > that her Lewis's were somehow related to Meriwether Lewis's family. My own > research traces her confirmed lineage back to Exum Lewis (c1732 > VA/Nansemond - 1790 NC/Edgecombe) and Elizabeth Figures. Exum Lewis was a > Colonel in the NC militia during the RW. > > Does anyone know of a relationship between these Lewises, and members of the > family of Meriwether Lewis? > > Thanx! > Michael Flanagan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward James Redmond" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 3:17 PM > Subject: Re: George Washington and Lawrence Lewis > > > Ms. Kercheval Bennett: > > >From the Papers of George Washington: > <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html> > > > [Thursday December 15 1785] > > Thursday 15th. Thermometer at 40 in the Morng. 45 at Noon and [ ] at > Night. > > Moderate & clear all the fore part of the day with the Wind at So. East, but > not fresh. In the Afternoon it began to lower--at Dusk turned very cloudy > and in the Night set in to a constant rain. > > Mr. Shaw went up to Alexandria, after dinner, to a Ball I presume. And in > the Evening Joseph Winzor & Willm. Kirchwall 2 of my tenants from Frederick > came in & stayed all Night. > > TENANTS FROM FREDERICK: GW had bought two lots totaling about 570 acres at > George Mercer's 1774 sale of a 6,500-acre tract in Frederick County. The > land, now in Clarke County, was on the Shenandoah River near the present > town of Berryville. Late in 1784 Joseph Winzor of Maryland bargained with > Edward Snickers, who was acting as GW's agent in the matter, for a 14-year > lease on 172 acres of the land. Although GW preferred a shorter lease, he > honored Snickers's agreement with Winzor for a lease commencing 1 Jan. 1785 > and ending 31 Dec. 1798, at a rent of £17 4s. per year. William Kirchwall's > (Kercheval) lease for 172 acres was for 13 years, commencing 1 Jan. 1786 and > ending 31 Dec. 1798 at a rental of £17 6s. per year. Both men had their rent > increased slightly after the 1789 resurvey, when their farms were discovered > to total 1741/2 acres each (CHAPPELEAR [3], 33--36; GW to Battaile Muse, 28 > July 1785, DLC:GW; GW's rental accounts, 1788--90 and 1791, ViMtV). > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html