|
The Descendents of William Lewis
and Mourning Van Pelt |
| William Lewis of Hertford, NC was born in 1740
and married Mourning Van Pelt of Bertie, NC circa 1764. About
1768, William and Mourning moved to what is present-day Horry
County, South Carolina, with their two young children, William,
Jr. and Mary (Polly). They proceeded to acquire farmlands and
to produce more children, some that remained in Horry County,
some that moved on to Marion County, and some that moved on to
Alabama and Mississippi. William Lewis died in August, 1811.
See acknowledgements at bottom of page. |
|
Children |
Date Born |
Date Died |
Date Married |
Who Married |
| William Lewis,
Jr.* |
1765 |
1801 |
? |
Elizabeth Phillips |
| Mary (Polly) Lewis* |
1767 |
c. 1835 |
c 1787 |
Averitt Nichols |
| Sally (Sarah) Lewis** |
1769 |
c. 1835 |
c. 1792 |
Elias Nichols |
| James Lewis** |
1771 |
7/21/1818 |
? |
Charity Coleman |
| Isaac Lewis** |
4/13/1775 |
3/1838 |
2/16/1799 |
Mary Norton |
| Hardy Lewis** |
1777 |
9/1847 |
1808 |
Dicey Floyd |
| Jonathan Lewis** |
1779 |
8/1849 |
1st - 1806
2nd - ?
|
Susannah Porter
Feraba Strickland
|
| Joel Lewis** |
1781 |
1853 |
1807 |
Ruth Norton |
| Elisha Lewis** |
1783 |
c.1820 |
Never |
Never |
| Zilpha Lewis** |
1783 |
1854 |
1818 |
Samuel B. Gerrald |
| Patrick Lewis** |
1785 |
10/26/1864 |
1815 |
Nancy Ann Floyd |
| Pennsylvania (Penny) Lewis** |
1786 |
? |
? |
Mr. Coleman |
| Morning Lewis**/*** |
1787 |
? |
? |
Mr. Floyd |
| * Born in NC. ** Born in present-day Horry County,
SC; *** Not in Mary Lewis Stevenson's book, "William Lewis
of Horry County, SC." |
| A descendent of this William Lewis, Mary Lewis
Stevenson, published a book entitled, "William Lewis of
Horry County, South Carolina" in 1960, printed by The R.L.
Bryan Company of Columbia, SC. The Author's research into this
family was performed independently of Ms. Stevenson's book. The
descendents of this family owe a gigantic debt of gratitude to
Ms. Mary Lewis Stevenson for her excellent effort. The Author
finally obtained a copy of Ms. Stevenson's book in December 1999
and has cross-checked his independent research with the work
of Ms. Stevenson - and found only minor differences between the
two researches. |
| In May of 2010, Bill Johnson, a descendent of
this William Lewis, completed his initial update to Mary Lewis
Stevenson's book, "William Lewis of Horry County, SC,"
based upon his own research with additional family members and
the author of this website. Although he does not agree 100% with
this author, his work is significant and should prove to be extremely
useful to descendents. Click
Here to download an Adobe PDF version of his updated
version of Mrs. Stevenson's book. If and when he updates this
again, it will (hopefully) be posted here for posterity. |
