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Sarah Lewis (Taliaferro)

Also Known As: "Isabella"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Caroline County, Virginia, United States
Death: January 20, 1769 (41)
Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Taliaferro, Ill and Ann Taliaferro
Wife of john lewis and John Terrell Lewis
Mother of Taliaferro Lewis; Robert Lewis; Col. John I. Lewis; Mildred McCoy Lewis; Charles Crawford Lewis and 5 others
Sister of Margaret Gaines
Half sister of Elizabeth Madison and Samuel Taliaferro

Managed by: Jeff Quinton
Last Updated:

About Sarah Lewis

Not the daughter of Capt. Richard Taliaferro & Rose Taliaferro


Sarah TALIAFERRO, born June 7, 1727, died 1769; married John LEWIS in 1750; she was the daughter of Robert Taliaferro, Ill and Ann Taliaferro (Pittman); Wife of John Terrell Lewis

References

  • See Margaret R. Amundson, "Rebutting Direct Evidence with Indirect Evidence: The Identity of Sarah (Taliaferro) Lewis of Virginia" National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 87, Number 3, September 1999, pp. 217-240. with conclusion that Sarah's parents are Robert and Ann [Pittman] Taliaferro
  • [Wm T. Lewis File, Alabama State Archives Letter-Jesse Pittman Lewis to Wm T. Lewis-1844, Jesse L. states "Wm Nimmon is my blood relations. Hiram Gains married Peggy Taliaferro the sister of my mother."--confirms Sarah daughter of Robert & Ann Pittman Taliaferro.
  • Amundson, Margaret R. "Margaret Taliaferro, Wife of Heirom Gaines, and Her Sister Sarah," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):83-97; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):192-201.
  • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74303287
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 12 2016, 21:34:10 UTC
  • http://www.sharpwriters.com/genealogy/taliaferro.html#richard (has errors)
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taliaferro-753
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Sarah Lewis's Timeline

1727
June 7, 1727
Caroline County, Virginia, United States
1752
December 20, 1752
Caroline County, Virginia, United States
1754
February 4, 1754
Virginia, United States
1757
September 26, 1757
Albemarle County, Virginia
1759
September 26, 1759
Amelia County, Virginia
1761
May 26, 1761
Albemarle County, Virginia
1763
May 13, 1763
Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1765
February 23, 1765
Albemarle County, Virginia
1765
North Carolina