Thomas Lewis (1760–1805)
Thomas Lewis and Bushrod Washington were first cousins. They corresponded regarding land matters.
Thomas Lewis, a son of Elizabeth Washington Lewis and nephew of George Washington, was born on 12 November 1760 at Belle Farm, part of the Warner Hall estate in Gloucester, Virginia. He married Anne (Nancy) Harwood around 1783. Harwood and Lewis did not have children. In 1794 Lewis raised and led a militia company in response to the Whiskey Rebellion. He died at Belle Farm on 9 November 1805.
Merrow Egerton Sorley, comp., Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1964), 102.
A Guide to the George Washington Estate Papers, 1784–1870, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville (Archival Resources of the Virginias).
Virginia Argus (Richmond), 23 November 1805, page 3, column 4 (Newspapers.com).
Thomas Lewis in Our Miller Deep Roots and Many Branches Family Tree (Ancestry.com).
Thomas Lewis in Paris, C.H. Family Tree (Ancestry.com).
Thomas Lewis at Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties.
Lewis Family at Rootsweb.
Major Thomas Lewis at FamilySearch.