John Lewis - The Son of William Lewis, III

John Lewis was born 1754 in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Soon after his first marriage in 1772, John moved to Marion County, South Carolina and lived there until his wife's death (Delilah Powell) in 1778. They had two sons and several daughters (of which nothing is known about the daughters).

John apparently left his children with kinfolk (probably his brother, Benjamin Lewis), returned to New Hanover County, NC, married Nancy Orr in 1780, and they had one son. John enlisted in the Militia in the Revolutionary War and served in the Wilmington District until 1783. Nancy died in 1800. John moved to Robeson County soon thereafter.

In 1820, John married a third time to Zilphia Powell (sister of his first wife, Delilah), and they had six children. John and Zilphia remained in Robeson County, NC until their deaths. John accumulated a large estate and was a wealthy man when he died in 1842.

Children of John Lewis and Delilah Powell

 Children

Date Born

Date Died

Date Married

 Who Married
James Lewis*

11/27/1772

1857

1/10/1797

Edith Walters
Aaron Lewis

1773

?

?

Rhoda Faulk

Children of John Lewis and Nancy Orr
William Franklin Lewis

1780

 1848

1st - 1810

2nd - 1828

? Moore

Judith Croom

Children of John Lewis and Zilphia Powell*
Elizabeth Lewis 

 2/6/1821

11/13/1905

 2/14/1840

Etheldred Owens 
Rhoda Lewis

 8/19/1823

5/27/1905

1/8/1844

Thomas Walters
Starkey Lewis*

1825

?

11/6/1859

Martha Collins
Leticia Lewis* 

8/13/1826

7/9/1908

6/22/1853

Enoch Bass
Zilphia Lewis*

 1827

?

12/10/1845

Joshua Williams
John Lewis, Jr.*

 1830

 ?

?

?
* Moved to Robeson County, NC.


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