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- 1808 – Colonel Nicholas Lewis, the uncle to famed explorer, Meriwether Lewis, a friend of Thomas Jefferson, an officer in the American Revolution, a County magistrate, Surveyor, and Sheriff, died. After the death of Nicholas Meriwether, his grandfather, in 1744, Lewis inherited The Farm, 1,020 acres on both sides of the Rivanna River east of Charlottesville. Lewis was buried on his property in a cemetery on a hilltop overlooking the river.
- 2005 – Carl W. Smith, one of the University of Virginia’s most generous supporters, died. He was 78.