Lewis Spiller Tackett, II

Louis Tacquette, Jr., also known as Lewis Tacquette and better known as Lewis Tackett, was the son of Huguenot emigre Louis Tacquette, Sr. and wife Mary Sarah Spiller. He was born in 1709 in probably Stafford County, Virginia, and grew up along Cedar Run after 1711. He married Mary (?). She was born c.1711 in Stafford County, Virginia. He died in 1764 in Virginia, possibly still at Cedar Run.

Some sources state that Lewis Tackett was born in France. This is simply not true. His father left France as a youth, spent time in England and then came to Virginia in 1686. Lewis was born c.1709, so France is ruled out. He was most likely born in Stafford County, as that is the one of counties with large Huguenot populations. His father later patented land along Cedar Run, which lies in modern Prince William County, but was in Stafford County at the time of the purchase.

Some sources claim that it was this Lewis Tackett who founded Fort Tackett along Four Pole Creek, near the Ohio River. That fort was established in the 1790's, nearly 30 years after his death.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother John Moses Tackett by SmartCopy: Feb 25 2015, 14:38:42 UTC

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Marriage to: Mary Hicklin (Tackett)

1729

 Cedar Run, Fauquier, Virginia, United States