Lucy Jefferson Lewis, sister of Thomas Jefferson, author of Declaration of Independence and third President of US. She was born in 1752, Albemarle Co., VA and was the daughter of Peter and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson. Lucy was one of ten children. She came to KY in 1808, with her husband Dr. Charles L. Lewis, who served in Revolution and their six children. Mrs. Lewis died in 1811 and was buried near her home.
Dr. Charles Lilburn Lewis, a grandson of Colonel Robert Lewis, married Lucy Jefferson, sister of Thomas Jefferson. She is buried near Kentucky Lake, a few miles East out of Paducah, on U.S. Highway 60. There the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge spans the Cumberland River and on the road side is a granite shaft marking the grave of the sister of President Jefferson.
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Peter and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson had the following 10 children: Jane (1740), Mary (1741), Thomas (1743), Elizabeth (1744), Martha (1746), Peter Field (1748), an unnamed son (1750), Lucy (1752), and a set of twins, Anna Scott and Randolph (1755).
Jane Jefferson (Randolph) - https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/jane-randolph-jefferson/
Mary Bolling (Jefferson) - https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/mary-jefferson-bolling/
Corrections and addendum sent by Contributor: Aaron Furtado Baldwin (50965906).
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For further background see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jefferson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Jefferson_Lewis
Note: The stone shows a death date of 1811 while other sources show 1810.
Lucy Jefferson Lewis, sister of Thomas Jefferson, author of Declaration of Independence and third President of US. She was born in 1752, Albemarle Co., VA and was the daughter of Peter and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson. Lucy was one of ten children. She came to KY in 1808, with her husband Dr. Charles L. Lewis, who served in Revolution and their six children. Mrs. Lewis died in 1811 and was buried near her home.
Dr. Charles Lilburn Lewis, a grandson of Colonel Robert Lewis, married Lucy Jefferson, sister of Thomas Jefferson. She is buried near Kentucky Lake, a few miles East out of Paducah, on U.S. Highway 60. There the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge spans the Cumberland River and on the road side is a granite shaft marking the grave of the sister of President Jefferson.
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Peter and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson had the following 10 children: Jane (1740), Mary (1741), Thomas (1743), Elizabeth (1744), Martha (1746), Peter Field (1748), an unnamed son (1750), Lucy (1752), and a set of twins, Anna Scott and Randolph (1755).
Jane Jefferson (Randolph) - https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/jane-randolph-jefferson/
Mary Bolling (Jefferson) - https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/mary-jefferson-bolling/
Corrections and addendum sent by Contributor: Aaron Furtado Baldwin (50965906).
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For further background see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jefferson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Jefferson_Lewis
Note: The stone shows a death date of 1811 while other sources show 1810.
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