JESSE LEWIS

Jesse Lewis was born in 1790 in North Carolina. The exact location remains unknown as does the identification of his parents. He married Mildred Rollins, probably in Pitt County, North Carolina, then moved to Georgia after the birth of their second child, probably in 1815. Mildred was born in 1795 in North Carolina. They settled in Wayne County (now Brantley) and became owners of a substantial amount of land there. The probable motivation for the move was the availability of cheap fertile land in Georgia. He may have acquired his land in an early land lottery, or he may have purchased it from one of the lottery winners. He served as Justice of the Wayne County Inferior Court from 1825 until 1829, during which time he was also Tax Collector of Wayne Co. from 1827 through 1829 and in the Wayne County militia from September 15, 1823 until April 17, 1827. He was Justice of the Peace from 1833 until 1837. He and Millie had eleven children, the last nine of whom were born in Georgia.

Although he is buried elsewhere, there is a stone memorial to Jesse Lewis in the Lewis Cemetery in Raybon, Georgia. He and his wife and an infant daughter are buried about five miles away in unmarked graves on a spot near his old home. Jesse died on 28 May 1849. He and his wife and an infant daughter are actually buried about five miles away in unmarked graves near the Smyrna Baptist Church, a spot near his his old home about five miles from the present town of Nahunta.

Documents:
Guardianship record showing Jesse Lewis death date.

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