Jefferson's nephews
Subtitle: a frontier tragedy
By: Boynton Merrill Jr., with a new introduction by the author.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Lewis, Isham, d. 1815; Lewis, Lilburn, d. 1812; Lewis family; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family; Frontier and pioneer life -- Kentucky -- Livingston County; Murder -- Kentucky -- Livingston County -- Case studies; Slaves -- Crimes against -- Kentucky -- Livingston County; Slavery -- Kentucky -- Livingston County -- History -- 19th century; Livingston County (Ky.) -- History -- 19th century; Livingston County (Ky.) -- Biography
Genres: Case studies.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-440) and index.
Originally published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c1987.
Table of contents: title: Colonial days; title: The fight for freedom; title: A colonel in the militia; title: Prosperity; title: The Virginia planter; title: The shipwreck of the Fortunes; title: Craven Peyton, Thomas Jefferson, and the Hendersons; title: Jefferson and the Lewises; title: The plan to emigrate; title: The trip to Kentucky; title: The land and towns; title: Houses and crops; title: The Smithland neighbors; title: Issues in West Kentucky, 1808; title: The county court; title: The Year of trouble, 1809; title: Lilburne enters public life; title: The church in West Kentucky; title: The Presbyterian Lewises; title: Insecurity; title: Community affairs, 1810; title: Slavery in Livingston; title: Tremors in the dynasty; title: Annus mirabilus; title: The murder; title: After the murder; title: The first grand jury; title: The true Bill; title: The graveyard; title: The orphans; title: During the war; title: The aftereffects; title: The epilogue.