General John McClanahan Lewis, Sr.^{[1, 2]}

1802 - 1862  (60 years)

• Name	John McClanahan Lewis
  Prefix	General
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1802	Salem, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1862	Montgomery County, Texas
  Person ID	I21519	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Susan Anne Madison,   b. 1805, Virginia ,   d. 1885, Montgomery County, Texas  (Age 80 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1831	Botetourt, Virginia
  	Children of William Lewis and Susan A. Madison: William Eldon Lewis-born: 1834 Al. Andrew Clinton Lewis- born: 1836 Al. John M. Lewis -born 1837 Al. Ianthe Lewis-born: 1840 Al.
  Children	1. John McClanahan Lewis, Jr.,   b. 29 Nov 1837, Franklin County, Alabama ,   d. 8 Apr 1908, Willis, Montgomery County, TX  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F8051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S47] Newspaper Article, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182109814/john-mcclanahan-lewis#view-photo=165333860. Texas State Gazette (TExas) 09-10-1853 [S100] Internet Source, https://www.woodvorwerk.com/wood/g12/p12510.htm. John McClanahan Lewis b. 18 April 1802, d. 8 May 1862 John McClanahan Lewis was born on 18 April 1802 in Virginia. He married Susan Ann Madison Bowyer [Boyer] on 18 September 1831 in Fincastle, Virginia. On Sunday, 23 April 1848, Green Wood recorded in his travel journal: [It is] 50 miles from Montgomery to Houston, nearly South course. Went from Montgomery nearly East five miles through rich prarie with pinewoods in Sight on each Side crossed a lttle creek & came to piny wood gravelly lands mixed with with oak & hickery & post oak to West San Jacinto a small Stream large enough in High water for flat Boats 8 miles east of Montgomery, passed into pine timber, tall Shortleaf pine mixed with oak of all kinds near this creek or little river & one Small Black Prarie with pine & gravel on each Side & from there through pine Woods two miles to General Lewis, who has rich Black Prarie & cane land on San Jacinto adjoining the pineywoods Stayed with him that night, Sunday night. Says there is a League of land adjoining him 3/4 of which is rich Black Prarie & cane land & the Balance pine land. Monday morning 24th: Still about 45 or 50 miles from Houston on our way to Trinity River and will go Through the league above mentioned which belongs to Neil Martin [of] Nacogdoches. The land two miles South is Said by Genl Lewis to be poor pine land for twenty miles towards Houston, a new road passes through it. Genl Lewis Showed us Through the League of land. We saw the finest Black Prairie we have ever passed through, 400 or 500 Acres lying finely in one unbroken piece & 200 or more adjoining with only a Small Bottom between. From what we saw & what he told us, Think it the best league of land we have seen. . . . By deed dated 9 April 1849 in Montgomery County, Texas, Neal Martin of Nacogdoches County sold to John McClanahan Lewis and his wife Susan M. Lewis of Montgomery County, for the sum of $10,000, his entire headright league of land in Montgomery County, except a survey of 320 acres (4,108 acres) on the eastern end sold earlier to William Hulon. Witnessed by Jonathan Stark Collard and N. W. Hulon, recorded 28 June 1849. John McClanahan Lewis and Susan Ann Madison Bowyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Eldon McKinley Lewis, A. Clinton Lewis, John McClanahan Lewis Jr. and Ianthe Alabama Lewis. John McClanahan Lewis and Susan Ann Madison Bowyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Eldon McKinley Lewis, Frances A. Arnold, A. Clinton Lewis, John McClanahan Lewis Jr. and Ianthe Alabama Lewis. He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182109875/susan-a_-lewis#view-photo=159032438. Susan A. Madison Lewis Birth 1805, Virginia Death 6 Feb 1883 (aged 77?78),Montgomery Co., TX Burial: Elmswood Plantation Willis, Montgomery County, Texas Spouse John McClanahan Lewis, 1802?1862 Children John McClanahan Lewis, 1837?1908 Ianthe Alabama Lewis Woodson, 1840?1919 The Galvewston Daily News (Galveston, TX 23 Feb 1877-Friday pg.2) Land dispute