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About Col. Charles Lewis
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor #: A069793
Wounded during The Braddock Expedition of the French and Indian War. Killed in action during the Battle of Point Pleasant.
Colonial Militia Officer. Born at Lewis Fort, near present day Staunton, Virginia, he was a prominent Virginia planter and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1773 to 1774. A Colonel in the Virginia Militia, he led the forces of the Augusta County Regiment at Point Pleasant, Virginia (which is now West Virginia) during Lord Dunmore's War. On the morning of October 10, 1774 he led the attack of 150 officers and men, in the Battle of Point Pleasant, and engagement that pitted his Virginians against the famous Indian Chief Cornstalk and the Confederacy Indian Nations. Colonel Lewis was mortally wounded and died a short time later. He was buried with his fellow slain officers in the magazine on October 10, 1774. A large monument in memory of Colonel Lewis stands in the Tu Eudie Wie State Park in Point Pleasant. He is remember today for leading the fight in what many consider to be the first battle of the American Revolution. His brother, Andrew Lewis, would go on to become a General in the Continental Army. (bio by: Mister Nobody) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9277293
Colonial Militia Officer. Born at Lewis Fort, near present day Staunton, Virginia, he was a prominent Virginia planter and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1773 to 1774. A Colonel in the Virginia Militia, he led the forces of the Augusta County Regiment at Point Pleasant, Virginia (which is now West Virginia) during Lord Dunmore's War. On the morning of October 10, 1774 he led the attack of 150 officers and men, in the Battle of Point Pleasant, and engagement that pitted his Virginians against the famous Indian Chief Cornstalk and the Confederacy Indian Nations. Colonel Lewis was mortally wounded and died a short time later. He was buried with his fellow slain officers in the magazine on October 10, 1774. A large monument in memory of Colonel Lewis stands in the Tu Eudie Wie State Park in Point Pleasant. He is remember today for leading the fight in what many consider to be the first battle of the American Revolution. His brother, Andrew Lewis, would go on to become a General in the Continental Army.
Col. Charles Lewis's Timeline
1736 |
1736
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Orange County, VA
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1762 |
October 17, 1762
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Augusta, Virginia, United States
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1765 |
1765
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Augusta, VA
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1766 |
November 4, 1766
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Bath County, Virginia, United States
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1769 |
March 8, 1769
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Bellefonte, Centre County, PA, United States
Mary Randolph Lewis
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
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February 25, 1771
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Augusta County, Virginia, Colonial America
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January 7, 1772
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St Marks Parish, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
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September 27, 1772
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Bellefonte, Augusta, Virginia, United States
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September 11, 1774
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Augusta County, Virginia, United States
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