Nicholas Lewis
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Colonel Nicholas Lewis (1734 - 1808) was a landowner in Albemarle County and the uncle to famed explorer, Meriwether Lewis.[1]
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Lewis was an officer in the American Revolution, a County magistrate, surveyor, and a Sheriff. In 1744 he inherited his grandfather Nicholas Meriwether's Charlottesville estate, "The Farm," which is now known as the Nicholas Lewis House. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Lewis was entrusted with keeping Jefferson's farms while he was minister to Paris.[2]
Lewis was married to Mary Walker, the oldest daughter of Dr. Thomas Walker. [3]
References
- ↑ Web. Nicholas Lewis House - Charlottesville, Virginia, Michael Bednar, University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia, February, 2002, retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Nicholas Lewis, Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, Charlottesville, Virginia, retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ↑ Print: Looking Back, Vera V. Via, Daily Progress, Lindsay family January 6, 1960, Page 28.