The Family of Ephraim Lewis b

Ephraim Lewis Deed Transactions	Ephraim on Land Plats of SC
Court of Ordinary/Minutes	Ephraim Census Data SC
Ephraim Lewis Named Justice of the Peace	Will of Brother George Lewis
Ephraim Lewis's Timeline of Records - SC	Ephraim's Revolutionary War Records
The Family of: Ephraim Lewis (Revolutionary War Vet - Roebuck's Regt) Born: abt 1747/1750 NC (later Spartanburg Co SC) Died: bet 1829/1830 Spartanburg Co SC Buried: Unknown Married: abt 1794 Spartanburg Co SC *Margaret Bishop* Born: Unkn. Died: Unkn. Children: 7 Known Children of Ephraim & Margaret Lewis
Margaret (Peggy) Lewis b. 10 Oct 1777 Spartanburg Co SC d. 1/2 Oct 1852 Hamilton Marion Co AL (FindAGrave place died below - "I had died Pikeville Perry Co AL"?) buried: New Hope Freewill Baptist Church Cem Hamilton Marion Co AL m. abt 1794 Spartanburg SC Allen Bishop b. 25/26 Apr 1773 Lincolnton NC d. 18 Aug 1823/68? Hamilton Marion Co AL (Modern Grave Plate reads: b. Apr 26, 1773, d. 1868??) buried: New Hope Freewill Baptist Church Cem Hamilton Marion Co AL LDS Records indicate family left SC 13 Sep 1818 Known Children: 15 Sarah, Phoebe, Ephraim, Alsey, Robert, Margaret, Matthew Minerva, Allen, George, Alfred, Pinckney, Missouri, James, Libby	Mary "Polly" Lewis b. abt 1784 Spartanburg Co SC d. 7 Jun 1850 Coosa Co AL buried: Unkn m. est 1810 (from 1st born) William Hughey b. abt 1790 d. abt 1842 Coosa Co AL buried: Unkn Known Children: (8) Ephraim, George A, Nancy, Mary, Elizabeth, Sibby, William, James
Abijah Lewis b. 1786 Spartanburg Co SC d. aft 1850 Coosa Co AL buried: Unkn m. abt 1806 SC Elizabeth W (Betsy) Belcher b. abt 1787 SC d. bef 8 Jul 1856 Coosa Co AL buried: Unkn Note: Appears on 1840 census Coosa Co AL m. 2nd Mary Fortenberry 11 Jul 1856 Shelby Co AL Children with Elizabeth: (10 known) William Benjamin, Bellamy, Abel, Gideon, Ephraim, Anthony, Martha, Ara, Rachael Lewis	Elizabeth L Lewis b. 1792 Spartanburg Co SC d. aft 1881 Winston Co AL (or aft 1870 Marion Co AL?) buried: probably Old Dodd Cem Winston Co AL? m. 1 Mar 1812 Spartanburg Co SC John Barnett b. abt 1790 Spartanburg Co SC d. 27 Sep 1865 Coosa Co AL buried: Goodwater area Coosa Co AL Known Children: (9) Jo Royal, Jeremiah, Joseph, Rachel, Thomas, Lewis, John B, Allen, Mary A
*Rachel Lewis* b. 1795 Spartanburg Co SC d. 10 Mar 1880 Perryville or Pinetucky Perry Co AL buried: Unkn m. 1813/1816 Spartanburg Co SC Wiley Fowler Sr. b. 1795 Spartanburg Co SC d. 1845 Coosa Co AL buried: Sockapartoy Beat Coosa Co AL Children: 9 Known Harriet, Lewis, Elizabeth, Miles, Wiley W, Rachel, Mary, Mahala, Martha J	John Boley Lewis Sr b. 1798 Spartanburg Co SC d. Unkn buried: Carter Cem Marion Co AL m. abt 1823 Spartanburg Co SC Lucinda (Lucy) Bush b. 1808 NC d. Unkn buried: Unkn Note: Appears on 1840 census Coosa Co AL Children: (11 known) Isaiah, Peter, Shardrich L, Margaret Rachael Lucindy, John Boley, George, Ephraim, Mary, Thomas, Benjamin Cleveland
George Lewis b. 1800 Spartanburg Co SC d. abt 1839 Coosa Co AL buried: Unkn
Allen buried here, & Margaret alledged to be buried at this Cemetery? UP^ New Hope Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery Hamilton Marion Co AL	Allen buried here, & Margaret alledged to be buried at this Cemetery? UP^ New Hope Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery Hamilton Marion Co AL
Gideon Lewis s/o Abijah Lewis UP^ Wesley Chapel Cem Detroit Lamar Co AL	William Benjamin Lewis s/o Abijah Lewis UP^ Pleasant Ridge Cem Hamilton Marion Co AL
John Boley Lewis Jr s/o John B Sr UP^	John B Jr s/o Sr & wife Mary Jane UP^

JOURNAL OF THE ORDINARY 1818-1819
At the Court House, 6 Jul 1818

p. 4 Granted a citation to prove will of George Lewis decd., Epahraim Lewis named exr.

At the Court House 3rd August 1818. Ephraim Lewis returned the citation to prove will of George Lewis; proved by Dr. Elias Benson & Mahala Bishop.

Spartanburg County SC
MINUTES OF THE COURT: 1785-1799

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23rd Sept 1789:
Ordered, that John Moore and Henry Young warn the men to work on the Road from the Bridge of South Packolate tothe North Carolina line under the directed of Thomas Jackson who is the overseer of the same; and that the orders issue immediately to said Jackson and that Matthew Alexander, EPHRAIM LEWIS and Robert Harper have orders also, as they appear not to have issued.

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21st Day of December A. D. 1789:
EPHRAIM LEWIS WAS AMONG THE CHOICES FOR THE GRAND JURORS.

EPHRAIM LEWIS's - NC TIMELINE OF RECORDS:

Ephraim Lewis Abt 1747/1817

1780 & 81
In militia, Rev War, under Col. Roebuck, before & after fall
of Charlestown, AA4544; X3589, See Natl Archives, Group 93-M860,
M881, Roll 31. Rev. Claim in Entry Book 106, Return number 114

1782-3 Witnessed 96 Dist land sale with Peter Lewis

1789-? Sold 300 acres to George Bishop for 60 Pounds So. Carolina money,
see Book B, page 418

12-21-1789 named to Grand Jury

1790 Census, Spart Dist, pg 89, 3M u16, 3M+16, 4F

1793-7 Witnessed land sale

1795-? Purchased 60 acres on Fawn Branch from John Keenam, see
Book 1, page 251

1795-2 Witnessed Land transfer (Hance Harper, Sr. to Jr.) with Peter &
Isaiah Lewis

1795-4 Wtnes land transfer to brother, George from Jn. Hightower for "One
Milled Spanish Dollar" (Geo's father-in-law?)

1800 Census, Spart Dist, pg 178,

1800-12-10, Bought 50 acres from Geo. Bishop for 50 Pounds, witnessed by
Geo. Hughey & Meleson Bishop (female). This was part of 74 acre grant to
Edmond Bishop on 12-7-1795

1801-1 & siblings transferred Peter Lewis' 1767 Lawson's Fork land grant
to Peggy & George

1802-1 Witnessed George #1 buy 50 acres, West 1/2 Peter Lewis' 1767 land
grant from Edmund Bishop (who had bought it from Peggy Lewis right after
she received it in Jan, 1801)

1804-10 Witnessed land sale

1807-3 Witnessed land sale

1807-4 Bought 114 acres on N side Lawson's Fork from Edmond Clement for 120 Pounds, see Book K, page 529. (Epharim later conveyed 40 acres of
this to Abijah Lewis in March, 1812, see Book N, page 99)

1807-9 Witnessed land sale

1810 Census, Spart Dist., S.C. pg 185

1812-3 Transeferred to son, Abijah Lewis, 40 acres previously owned by Ed
Clement on No. side Lawson's Fork, see Book N, page 99, witnessed by
George & Rachel Lewis.

1812-9 Witnessed Robt Belcher's gift to (Belcher's) grandson, Issac Lewis
(Abijah was newly married and living next door to Belcher in 1810 census. Possibly, Abijah's wife, Elizabeth, may have been a Belcher and Issac

their child who later died?)

1814-4 Witnessed land sale

1816-3 Bought land

1816-3 Gave oath to witnesses of 100 acre land transfer from Edward
            Clement to George Lewis

1816-5 Was paid 5 Pounds for boarding orphan child, maybe bastard of
             brother George Lewis & Lucinda Nance

1817-12 gave oath

1817-3 Gave oath to Lowry Burnett concerning sale of 70 acres by Edmond
             Fowler to Willia Sealy

1818-1 Administered oath

1818-3 Named Executor his brother George's Will (See Will Book A, pages
            138/140) Witnessed by Mahala Bishop

1818-9 Inherited 1000 ac land on No. side Tenn. River (on Chilhowee
River, in Tallasee Co., East of Madisonville?) in Tenn. from brother
George's Will

1819-3 Gave oath

1819-4 Gave oath

1820 Census, Spart Dist, pg 134

1822-1Gave oath

1822-9 Gave Grandson Ephraim Lewis (Abijah's son) livestock, Witnessed
             by Wiley Fowler & Alsey Burnett

1822-9 Ephraim transferred to son John Boley Lewis, 53 acres see Book S,
page 164. Ephraim had purchased this from George Bishop (which land had
originally been granted to Edmond Bishop), witnessed by A. (probably
Abijah) Lewis & Wiley Fowler

1826-8 Witnessed land sale & took oath

1827    Witnessed deed. This is the last record I have of Ephraim.