Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-12


IN the most pluckily and eveniy-contestaf
battle ever fought between Indians ana
white soldiers. he achieved the victory
which rendered the soil OF Virginia
thcnceforth free from the foot OF the
hostile savage. His appointment as ma
tor-general was urged upon Congress by
Washington. who deeply regretted the ac-
ton Of that body In appointing a favorite
OF hs own instead OF complying with
his earnest wish.
The statue II that OF Andrew Lewis, son
on John Lewis, and great-upcle OF Mrs.
biDo re was, after Washington, the first
military man In the colony.
HEROES ALL.
The other sons OF John Lewis were
Ihomas. samuel William. and Charles.
Samuel commanded at Braddock's defeat
a company OF Virginians. In which were
three OF his brothers, and aided In saving
the remnant OF the army there William
was distinguished soldier In the Indian
wars was severely wounded at Braddock's
defeat. and was an officer IN the Revolu-
ton. Two OF his sons were officers In the
Revolution. One OF them was a personal
iriead OF Washington and spent the win
Ter with him at Valley Forge. Another of
his sons was member OF Congress- and
4 grandson was killed at the battle Of the
Alamo. William Lewis was called "the
civilizer OF the border" because OF his
kind disposition and charitable deeds and
his activity In promoting education and
religion. lie was n physician by profess
sion and an elder In the Presbyterian
church OF the old covenanting sort.
Charles Lewis Is represented 10 have been
the readiest and most skilful OF all the
frontier Indian fighters. and the idol OF
bf. Ie was Of hot Ia ~
Point Pleasant. and his memory Is per-
petuated In the name OF a county In Vlr-
gnis.
Statesman as well as patriot was
Thomas Lewis the great-grandfather OF
Mrs Bibb. He was the first surveyor OF
Augusta county. and was for twenty
years = member Of the House of Bur
gesses. In the memorable session OF hG5
II was Thomas Lewiss vote that carried
successfully through the House the fifth
and fercest resolution OF Patrick Henry
against the stamp act; and II was his
vote again that. in the March convention
OF 1775 turned the scale In favor of the
scheme Of embodying the militia. He was
3 delegate to the Colonial Congress in
l775 and a member Of all the Virginia
colonial conventions In the convention
OF May. 1916. he was one Of the commit
tee that prepared the famous Declaration
Of Rights and the Constitution, and he
presented and is supposed to have been
the author OF that eloquent memorial
from the committee OF Augusta denounc-
ing the conduct OF Great Britain and adj
vising the formation Of an Independent
State government and a permanent con-
federation OF the colonies. He was a
member Of the first House OF Delegates
under the Constitution. and OF the con-
vention that ratified the Federal Consti-
tuition but he did not vote for the adop-
ton Of that instrument until certain
amendments protecting 'he rights OF
the States were secured. He was born In
Done gal county. ireland. In Ills. and died
near Port Republic. Rockingham county,
Va. In 1890. Like his brother Andrew,
he was the friend and associate OF Wash
ington. He married Miss Janet Strother
o schoolmate OF Washington. by whom he
had thirteen children, and among his
lineal descendants is Lunsford Lomax
Lewis. Judge OF the Virginia Court OF
Appeals.
A FAMOUS OLD GEORGIA SETTLE
MENT
The scene now changes from Virginia
to Georgia. for when Elizabeth Lewis,
daughter Of Thomas Lewis and Jane
Strother married Thomas Meriwether
Gumer the young couple moved to the
latter State and became part OF that
famous old BrOad-river settlement of
Nirginians and North CarOiinians VINO
contributed. and. through their descend
ants are still contributing so much to
the prosperity ana historical renown OF
Georgia and other southern States Pro-
minent among them were the HarVles'
Mcriwethers, Taliaferros Mathewses'
Barnetts. Crawfords, Strothers. john
arlgc
berts. Campbells. Clarks, Dooleys, Muir
rays and Waltons General f. =. Alexan-
der dather OF the wife OF Professor John
II. Ficklen. of Tulane University, in New
Orleans) Mrs. a. r. Lawton (wife of the
late United States Minister TO Austria)
and Hnlhouse Alexander. the Mayor OF
Augusta. Ga, are lineal descendants OF
one of those families-the Glberts. Their
father. Adam l.. Alexander. married Miss
Sarah Gilbert. niece of James Hillhouse'
the distinguished Connecticut senator
II was to ADAM Alexander that AieNan-
der II. stephens dedicated the supple
mental volume to his history Of the war
between the States From another family
of that settlement Ohe Campbells) came
the great lawyer. John A. Campbell, Jus
tice Of the Supreme Court of the United
States. who was born in Wilkes county
and educated at the Georgia University.
Tho same country was also the birthplace
of Alexander II. Stephens and Robert
Toombs. who lived all their lives within
"A few miles of the spots on which they
were born. and the same part OF Georgia
gave birth TO William L. Nancey ana the
father of jefferson Davis. There, TOO
were born James Jackson, a leading man
in Alabama in his time, whose descend
ants are leading men here to-day, and
ff..l1 e no ret
the Supreme Court OF this State; and
from the adjoining county of Ebert came
John w. Walker. president OF the conven-
ton that framed the first Constitution
of Alabama and the States first Senator
I'm Congress. He married a daughter OF
Leroy Pope. of Ebert. and his son Leroy
Pope Walker was Confederate states
Secretary of War. and another son ana
a grandson have been judges of the Su-
preme Court of Alabama, while another
son. Percy Walker, was long dis
tingulshed member Of the Mobile bar
Though scattered throughout the South,
probably more OF the descendants or
those old Broad-reer families are 10 be
found In the neighborhood of Montgomery
than in any other locality. Here at this
day reside the children and grandchildren
Of that great and good man. Bishop An
drew. who was born and reared In FL
bert county. Ga, and on whose sociai
relations Chat is, as a slaveholder) began
the division of the Methodist Episcopal
Church into North" and south"
Here, too. lives In venerable age Major
Boiling Hall. whose father ably represent
ted Georgia I'm Congress for number OF
years. and was afterward a distinguished
citizen of Alabama as his honOred son
has been for half century.
Not far from the time when Thomas
NJ. Gilmer and his wife moved 20 Georgia
and settled ON the west side of Broad
river in that part of Wilkes which Is now
Oglethorpe county. William Bib moved
with his family from Virginia and settled
on the east side of the river, In Ebert
county: and in course Of time his son
Benajah crossed over the river and mar
ried Sophia, daughter Of Thomas Meri-
wether Gilmer and Elizabeth Lewis. and
II is the Georgia bride OF that day-who
first saw the light i'm the first year OF the
present eentury-who afterwaTd became
the Aunt Sophia" Of reverend memory In
Alabama.
TWO NOTABLE FAMILIES.
The two families brought into kinship
by this marriage have been. between
them. among the most distinguished IN