George Washington Lewis and Lydia Anna Hewett

The Descendents of George Washington Lewis and Lydia Anna Hewett
George Washington Lewis left Carteret County, NC around 1850 and came to Brunswick County, where he married Lydia Anna Hewett that same year. George and Lyida settled near present-day Supply, NC, in Lockwood Folly Township. He served in Galloway's Company of the NC Coast Guards (CSA) during the Civil War. George Washington Lewis was born 4/20/1826, died 12/30/1895, and is buried next to Lydia Anna Lewis in the Sharon Church Cemetary near Boone's Neck in Brunswick County. Lydia Anna Hewett was born 3/27/1824 and she died 1/23/1913. All of their eight children were born in Brunswick County, NC. Together, they founded a dynasty of Lewises in Brunswick County, NC that continues today.
Children	Date Born	Date Died	Date Married	Who Married
Simproneus P. Lewis	3/1852	5/31/1932	1st -1/22/1874 2nd - 9/15/1880	Rebecca A. Benton Isabella J. Evans
James Harker Lewis	5/1854	12/3/1903	6/15/1884	Nancy Fulford
George Washington Lewis, Jr.	5/22/1855	1/19/1948	1st - 1/1/1880 2nd - 1/19/1916	Hannah Jane Hewett Debra Belle Simmons
Samuel Asbury Lewis	10/1/1858	6/3/1937	1/4/1883	Emily Caroline Lehew
Joseph Cephus Lewis	10/7/1861	11/28/1943	3/14/1880	Mary Morgan Hewett
William Evander Lewis	12/1863	12/3/1903	12/20/1885	Georgianna Andrews
Henry Johnson Lewis	3/1/1865	11/23/1942	3/18/1888	Ida Elizabeth Evans
Anna E. Lewis	1867	<1880	Never	Never
Robert Fulton Lewis	10/1872	11/1951	1/1/1893	Hortense Lavada Davis
The Author expresses deep gratitude to Mr. David E. Lewis of Winston-Salem, NC for much of the information on this Lewis family, and for many corrections to the Author's original research. Additional corrections provided by Louis Inman of Brunswick Co., NC in May 2004.