Chapter 13 – Samuel Howell Lewis
SAMUEL HOWELL LEWIS (b. March 12, 1796 in Mecklenberg County, VA, d. Nov 28, 1867 Johnson Co, IL ) married Henrietta Mabrey July 4, 1818 in Warren Co, NC , later married Jane Darnell, mother of Benjamin Darnell, Robert and William Baugh.
Samuel Howell Lewis was born March 12, 1796 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was the second child and the oldest son of Robert Lewis (Robert of Mecklenburg) and Anna Bugg Lewis.
Samuel’s father died when Samuel was 10. At the age of 16 Samuel Howell left his home and his large portion of the family inheritance as oldest son, and never returned. He set out for a new life moving southward and then westward. (same year as War of 1812).
Samuel was married at least twice. On July 4, 1818 he married Henrietta Mabrey in Warren County, NC. Warren County is just across the state line from Mecklenberg County, Virginia. Our family oral tradition is that Samuel and Henrietta had four sons: James, Samuel, Hardin and Ansell (actual names listed below, oral tradition kept here), and that all four sons moved to Illinois before their father moved there.
Samuel married Henrietta Mabry on July 4, 1818, in Warren, North Carolina. (NC, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Marriages of Bute and Warren Counties, NC 1764-1868, NC, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, NC, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, NC, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Keyes Family Bible). They had four sons.
- Anselm Bugg (AB) Lewis, 1820-1860)
- James P Lewis (1822-1866)
- Samuel Charles W. (SCW) Lewis (1824-1891)
- Richard Hardin Lewis (1826-1880)
Henrietta Mabry was born in 1800 in Warren County, North Carolina. Repps Mabry (1755-1819) and Honour Pitchford Phillips (1777-1820) are her parents. Repps and Honour had children Hartwell, Henrietta and John Phillips Mabry.
“12/20/1816: The North Carolina Star, Page 1-Henrietta Mabry listed among students at the Lewisburg Female Academy located in Louisburg, Franklin Co., NC”
“NC, Warren Co., Will 22/19-Repps Mabry, dated 10-18-1817, wife Honour, two youngest children John Phillip Mabry and Henrietta. Witness Samuel H. Lewis”
“7/4/1818: NC marriage bond-Henrietta Mabry and Samuel H. Lewis.”
“NC, Warren Co. DEED 24/244-dated 5/23/1823, $317.65, Honour Mabry and Hartwell Mabry (mother and son) to Stephen Turner, interest we have on an undivided tract of land where we now live. Honour to use land until death then equally divided between John Phillip Mabry and Henrietta Mabry now wife of Samuel H. Lewis. (John Phillip Mabry had sold his interest to Hartwell Mabry but apparently the transaction was not recorded or can’t be found.)
“NC, Warren Co, DEED 24/334-Repps Mabry division of land, dated 7/19/1828, 377A, Lot 1 allotted to Stephen Turner, Lot 2 allotted to the heirs of Henrietta Lewis daughter of Repps and wife of Samuel H. Lewis.”
“NC, Warren Co. DEED 22/225-dated 3/10/1846, $500, 200 acres, A.B. Lewis for himself and agent and attorney for Ann H. Lewis and S.C.W. Lewis of Callaway Co., KY, heirs at law of Repps Mabry deceased sell to Henry A. Paschall.”
Henrietta is believed to have died in 1827 in Calloway County, Kentucky. I have no written documentation to verify this.
I have contact with living descendants of Anselm Bugg Lewis, and include summary information here.
Anselm Bugg Lewis 1820 – 1860 married Nancy Ellen Lynch. Their first son was John Henry Lewis 1842 – 1918, another son was Thomas Butler Lewis
One male line of descent from John Henry Lewis is Noah Randall Lewis 1879 – 1966; Noble Randall Lewis 1909 – 1976; Randall Lewis 1941 – 2010; Randall W Lewis 1967 – living
On the website “Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995”, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, and the U.S. Civil War Pensions, General Index and Pension Files, 1861-1934, that Thomas Butler Lewis, son of Anselm Bugg Lewis and Nancy Ellen Lynch, served in the 31st Illinois Infantry “B” Co. from 4/11/1864 to 7/14/1865.
I was contacted by a descendant of a Samuel Charles W. Lewis, born August 18, 1824 to Samuel H. Lewis and his wife Henrietta. He moved to the St Louis area. The names. location and dates align with our Samuel H and Henrietta Lewis, so it is likely that this is the third son of Samuel Howell Lewis. Unfortunately, his direct male line died out in 1905, so DNA testing is not an option to test the relationship. “My 3rd Great Grandfather was Samuel Charles W. Lewis aka SCW Lewis who m1 to Caroline Hollinshead, m2 to Elizabeth “Lizzie” Holmes nee Bellan. I possess pages from a family bible I call the Keyes Family Bible in which it states “Samuel C.W. LEWIS, son of Samuel H. and Henrietta, his wife, was born August 18, 1824.” After wf1 Caroline and daughter Mary Henrietta Cary Lewis die 1865 in Ottumw IA as per the Bible, SCW Lewis relocates his 1 son, 2 daughters to St. Louis where he marries wf2 Elizabeth Bellan Holmes who has a daughter from her previous marriage Mary Ellen “Nellie” Holmes. The Keyes Bible has these births-marriage-deaths in it. I made the pages Public on Ancestry.com. SCW Lewis’ only son Samuel Charles “Charley” Lewis Jr died 20 Mar 1904 and was never married.”
In 1827 Samuel Howell Lewis married Jane (Henrie) Darnell (1800-1844) in Kentucky. Jane and Samuel had four children.
- Benjamin Darnell Lewis (1828-1892)
- Ann Lewis (1830-1838)
- Robert Lewis (1832-1919)
- William Baugh Lewis (1834-1905)
Marriage Bond of Samuel and Henrietta
After Henrietta died, Samuel married Jane Darnell, mother of Ben, Robert and Will. Family tradition has a daughter Ann Lewis born in 1830 and would have died before 1845. Jane Darnell Lewis died, probably in Kentucky in 1844. Following her death, Samuel moved to Illinois. Samuel is listed in the 1840 census in Calloway County, KY.
Samuel moved to Pope County Illinois about 1845, bringing with him his three youngest sons, Benjamin, Robert and William.
Samuel said he grew up on the Virginia plantation of his father Robert. Since his father had slaves, his duties were mostly of an unimportant nature. He remembered well how the slave cabins sprang up on the land. He did not care for the idea of slavery, and decided to run away from home at about age 16 and migrate Westward. He never returned home. He first entered South Carolina, and from there into Tennessee where he lived for several years. He later moved through Kentucky before coming to Illinois.
Samuel Howell Lewis – Family Notes
Sources of information on Samuel Howell Lewis include:
Marriage Records, Warren County, NC
Census 1840 Calloway County, KY
Pioneer Lewis Families, M.C. Cook, c. 1984, p.225-6
Listing of Joyner Cemetery
Tombstone Photos
Lewis Genealogy, Leland Lester Lewis, 1982 p. 20-21
Hi I descend from William Kennon and Elizabeth Lewis, i took the dna test did you? can we compare? thanks wendy
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/LEWISSurnameDNAProject/default.aspx?section=yresults
Lines 164 – 172 are the DNA results of the descendants of my Warner Hall Lewis group. You can compare your results to that group, as well as any other documented Lewis line in the Lewis DNA project.
Hello – I am looking into a Mabry family and have this information about Henrietta. She is probably the last child of Repps Mabry 1755-1819 and his 2nd wife Honor Phillips who lived in Warren Co, NC.
12-20-1816 The North Carolina Star, Page 1 – Henrietta Mabry listed among students at the Lewisburg Female Academy located in Louisburg, Franklin Co, NC
NC, Warren Co, WILL 22/19 – Repps Mabry, dated 10-18-1817, wife Honor, two youngest children Phillips (John Phillip Mabry) and Henrietta. Witness Samuel H. Lewis
7-4-1818 NC Marriage Bond – Henrietta Mabry and Samuel H. Lewis
NC, Warren Co, DEED 24/244 – dated 5-23-1823, $317.625, Honor Mabry & Hartwell Mabry (mother and son) to Stephen Turner, interest we have on an undivided tract of land where we now live. Honor to use land until death then equally divided between John Philip Mabry and Henrietta Mabry now wife of Samuel H. Lewis. (John Philip Mabry had sold his interest to Hartwell Mabry but apparently the transaction was not recorded or I can’t find it).
NC, Warren Co, DEED 25/334 – Repps Mabry division of land, dated 7-19-1828, 377 A, Lot 1 allotted to Stephen Turner, Lot 2 allotted to the heirs of Henrietta Lewis daughter of Reps and wife of Samuel H. Lewis
NC, Warren Co, DEED 29/225 – dated 3-10-1846, $500, 200A, A.B. Lewis for himself and agent and attorney for Ann H. Lewis and S.G.W. Lewis of Callaway Co, KY, heirs at law of Repps Mabry deceased (note SGW may be SCW) sell to Henry A. Paschall
Nancy,
Thank you for all these references. I am descended from Samuel Charles W. Lewis aka S.C.W. Lewis, s/o Samuel Howell Lewis & wf1 Henrietta Mabry. Just looked these up and added to my Ancestry timeline.
Regards,
Kim Curlin Wettroth
Nancy, I have updated my Samuel Howell Lewis page with your information. Thank you!
Hi, This comment interested me and I was hoping you would clarify it.
“Recently, contact was made with a descendant of a Samuel Charles W. Lewis, born August 18, 1824 in Virginia to a Samuel H. Lewis and his wife Henrietta. He moved to the St Louis area. The names. location and dates align with our Samuel H and Henrietta Lewis, so it is likely that this is the second son of Samuel Howell Lewis. Unfortunately, his direct male line died out in 1905, so DNA testing is not an option to test the relationship.” The line of Samuel CW Lewis died out or Samuel H. died out? Thelma Lewis
Thelma, I am probably the source of that information [Mark, is that right?] My 3rd Great Grandfather was Samuel Charles W. Lewis aka SCW Lewis who m1 to Caroline Hollinshead, m2 to Elizabeth “Lizzie” Holmes nee Bellan. I possess pages from a family bible I call the Keyes Family Bible in which it states “Samuel C.W. LEWIS, son of Samuel H. and Henrietta, his wife, was born August 18, 1824.” After wf1 Caroline and daughter Mary Henrietta Cary Lewis die 1865 in Ottumw IA as per the Bible, SCW Lewis relocates his 1 son, 2 daughters to St. Louis where he marries wf2 Elizabeth Bellan Holmes who has a daughter from her previous marriage Mary Ellen “Nellie” Holmes. The Keyes Bible has these births-marriage-deaths in it. I made the pages Public on Ancestry.com. SCW Lewis’ only son Samuel Charles “Charley” Lewis Jr died 20 Mar 1904 and was never married. I am descended from one of his daughters. I have done my Dad’s & my own DNA though that won’t help with direct male line. Regards, Kim Curlin Wettroth
The male line of descent of SCW died out. There are female living descendants of SCW.
You are indeed the source of the information Kim. I have updated my web page to include this and other new information. Happy New Year! Mark