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  • ID: I665 1
  • Name: Meriwether LEWIS
  • Prefix: Capt. 2
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 AUG 1774 in "Locust Hill", Ivy Depot, Albemarle County, Virginia 3
  • Death: 11 OCT 1809 in Maury County, Tennessee
  • Burial: AFT 11 OCT 1809 Meriwether Lewis Memorial, Maury County, Tennessee
  • Occupation: 1795-1801; US Army
  • Occupation: 1801-1804; Personal Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson.
  • Occupation: 1803-1806; Co-leader of the Corp of Discovery, aka the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
  • FMIL: US Army, 1795-1806
  • Note:

    Meriwether Lewis 1774-1809

    Gov. Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), famed explorer of the the Lewis & Clark Expedition, was the son of Lucy Meriwether and Capt. William Lewis. He was the grandson of Thomas Meriwether and Elizabeth Thornton. [Photo from The Meriwethers and Their Connections by N. Heath Meriwether courtesy of Annie Laurie Hulen]





  • Change Date: 29 JAN 2008



    Father: William LEWIS b: ABT 1736 in "Belvoir", Hanover County, Virginia
    Mother: Lucy MERIWETHER b: 4 Feb 1751/2 in Albemarle County, Virginia

    Sources:
    1. Publication: The Meriwether Society, Inc.
      URL: http://MeriwetherSociety.org
      Text: Information about this individual has been collected by The Meriweither Society from many sources. As the Society is in the process of verifying the information, it should be treated as unconfirmed at this time. Please do not assume the information is correct.

      If you have information about this individual, please contact the Society. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE INFORMATION SHOWN WITHOUT VERIFYING IT YOURSELF!
    2. Type: Book
      Periodical: The Meriwethers and Their Connections
      Author: Nelson Heath Meriwether
      Publication: Artcraft Press
      Date: 1964
      Detail: Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press
    3. Type: Freeform
      Detail: The Meriwether Society Source: S5069
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