Nicholas Lewis
Colonel Nicholas Lewis (January 19, 1734 - December 8, 1808) was a landowner in Albemarle County and the uncle to famed explorer, Meriwether Lewis.[1]
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Lewis was an officer in the American Revolution, a County magistrate, a surveyor, and a Sheriff. In 1744, he inherited his grandfather Nicholas Meriwether's Charlottesville estate, "The Farm," which is now known as the Nicholas Lewis House. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Lewis was entrusted with keeping Jefferson's farms while he served as a minister to Paris.[2] Both men became stockholders in the recently-created Albemarle Furnace Company in 1771, with Lewis making an initial investment of £100 sterling. On April 21, 1779 Lewis signed the Albemarle County Declaration of Independence.
Lewis was married to Mary Walker, the oldest daughter of Dr. Thomas Walker.[3] In 1825, Lewis' daughter Molly Miller sold her portion of his estate to William Hunter Meriwether, who subsequently began developing the port of Pireus along the Rivanna River.
References
- ↑ Web. Nicholas Lewis House - Charlottesville, Virginia, Michael Bednar, University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia, February, 2002, retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Nicholas Lewis, Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, Charlottesville, Virginia, retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ↑ Print: Looking Back, Vera V. Via, Daily Progress, Lindsay family January 6, 1960, Page 28.