Daughter of JOHN LEMASTER and SARAH VEST. She was born March 12, 1785 in VA, and died 10 Feb 1858 in Belviport,
Jasper County, Texas.
Sarah married Samuel S. Lewis in Henry County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1804.
They moved to Indiana where their seven children were born. Five in Indiana Territory and two after it became a state.
Samuel S.Lewis founded The Town of Orleans, Indiana, and served with the Indiana militia in the War of 1812.
In the mid-1820's the family moved to Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, where Samuel became justice of the peace. He sent his slaves and some of his property to the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas in 1830 and followed with his family in 1832.
By 1835 Samuel & Sarah and their sons, Martin Baty Lewis and John Taylor Lewis, had settled their families in the Bevil municipality on Indian Creek in what became Jasper County.
(bio by: Terry Lee Cochran )
The following was written by: Ruby Boyett Burkett
August 12, 2004
Samuel S. Lewis and Sarah LeMaster Lewis, our ancestors, were an adventuresome couple who, seeking for better things for their family and to help make America a better place to live dared to pull up stakes and move on until they found what they felt was the answer to their dreams. They had been married on August 7, 1804, in Henry County,Kentucky at the home of her parents John and Sarah Vest LeMaster. A Methodist minister, the Reverend, Benjamin Whitson performed the ceremony. Samuel contributed so much to Jasper County and the state of Texas and will forever be remembered for those contributions. Samuel S. Lewis, Senator died on his own Plantation, in his own home in Jasper County, Texas on February 10, 1838 at 9:00 O'clock P M, at the age of 53 years, 7 months and 6 days of age. He was not an old man but had lived his short life to the fullest. What a Man! Sarah died in 1858 at Bevilport in Jasper County.Excerpt from a letter written by Hettie Cochran to her mother Martha Percival Cochran on January 10, 1858. She writes: Grandmother Lewis (wife of Samuel Lewis) is very ill, they do not think she will live, tell her children if you see any of them.
Jasper County, Texas.
Sarah married Samuel S. Lewis in Henry County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1804.
They moved to Indiana where their seven children were born. Five in Indiana Territory and two after it became a state.
Samuel S.Lewis founded The Town of Orleans, Indiana, and served with the Indiana militia in the War of 1812.
In the mid-1820's the family moved to Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, where Samuel became justice of the peace. He sent his slaves and some of his property to the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas in 1830 and followed with his family in 1832.
By 1835 Samuel & Sarah and their sons, Martin Baty Lewis and John Taylor Lewis, had settled their families in the Bevil municipality on Indian Creek in what became Jasper County.
(bio by: Terry Lee Cochran )
The following was written by: Ruby Boyett Burkett
August 12, 2004
Samuel S. Lewis and Sarah LeMaster Lewis, our ancestors, were an adventuresome couple who, seeking for better things for their family and to help make America a better place to live dared to pull up stakes and move on until they found what they felt was the answer to their dreams. They had been married on August 7, 1804, in Henry County,Kentucky at the home of her parents John and Sarah Vest LeMaster. A Methodist minister, the Reverend, Benjamin Whitson performed the ceremony. Samuel contributed so much to Jasper County and the state of Texas and will forever be remembered for those contributions. Samuel S. Lewis, Senator died on his own Plantation, in his own home in Jasper County, Texas on February 10, 1838 at 9:00 O'clock P M, at the age of 53 years, 7 months and 6 days of age. He was not an old man but had lived his short life to the fullest. What a Man! Sarah died in 1858 at Bevilport in Jasper County.Excerpt from a letter written by Hettie Cochran to her mother Martha Percival Cochran on January 10, 1858. She writes: Grandmother Lewis (wife of Samuel Lewis) is very ill, they do not think she will live, tell her children if you see any of them.
Daughter of JOHN LEMASTER and SARAH VEST. She was born March 12, 1785 in VA, and died 10 Feb 1858 in Belviport,
Jasper County, Texas.
Sarah married Samuel S. Lewis in Henry County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1804.
They moved to Indiana where their seven children were born. Five in Indiana Territory and two after it became a state.
Samuel S.Lewis founded The Town of Orleans, Indiana, and served with the Indiana militia in the War of 1812.
In the mid-1820's the family moved to Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, where Samuel became justice of the peace. He sent his slaves and some of his property to the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas in 1830 and followed with his family in 1832.
By 1835 Samuel & Sarah and their sons, Martin Baty Lewis and John Taylor Lewis, had settled their families in the Bevil municipality on Indian Creek in what became Jasper County.
(bio by: Terry Lee Cochran )
The following was written by: Ruby Boyett Burkett
August 12, 2004
Samuel S. Lewis and Sarah LeMaster Lewis, our ancestors, were an adventuresome couple who, seeking for better things for their family and to help make America a better place to live dared to pull up stakes and move on until they found what they felt was the answer to their dreams. They had been married on August 7, 1804, in Henry County,Kentucky at the home of her parents John and Sarah Vest LeMaster. A Methodist minister, the Reverend, Benjamin Whitson performed the ceremony. Samuel contributed so much to Jasper County and the state of Texas and will forever be remembered for those contributions. Samuel S. Lewis, Senator died on his own Plantation, in his own home in Jasper County, Texas on February 10, 1838 at 9:00 O'clock P M, at the age of 53 years, 7 months and 6 days of age. He was not an old man but had lived his short life to the fullest. What a Man! Sarah died in 1858 at Bevilport in Jasper County.Excerpt from a letter written by Hettie Cochran to her mother Martha Percival Cochran on January 10, 1858. She writes: Grandmother Lewis (wife of Samuel Lewis) is very ill, they do not think she will live, tell her children if you see any of them.
Jasper County, Texas.
Sarah married Samuel S. Lewis in Henry County, Kentucky, on August 7, 1804.
They moved to Indiana where their seven children were born. Five in Indiana Territory and two after it became a state.
Samuel S.Lewis founded The Town of Orleans, Indiana, and served with the Indiana militia in the War of 1812.
In the mid-1820's the family moved to Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, where Samuel became justice of the peace. He sent his slaves and some of his property to the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas in 1830 and followed with his family in 1832.
By 1835 Samuel & Sarah and their sons, Martin Baty Lewis and John Taylor Lewis, had settled their families in the Bevil municipality on Indian Creek in what became Jasper County.
(bio by: Terry Lee Cochran )
The following was written by: Ruby Boyett Burkett
August 12, 2004
Samuel S. Lewis and Sarah LeMaster Lewis, our ancestors, were an adventuresome couple who, seeking for better things for their family and to help make America a better place to live dared to pull up stakes and move on until they found what they felt was the answer to their dreams. They had been married on August 7, 1804, in Henry County,Kentucky at the home of her parents John and Sarah Vest LeMaster. A Methodist minister, the Reverend, Benjamin Whitson performed the ceremony. Samuel contributed so much to Jasper County and the state of Texas and will forever be remembered for those contributions. Samuel S. Lewis, Senator died on his own Plantation, in his own home in Jasper County, Texas on February 10, 1838 at 9:00 O'clock P M, at the age of 53 years, 7 months and 6 days of age. He was not an old man but had lived his short life to the fullest. What a Man! Sarah died in 1858 at Bevilport in Jasper County.Excerpt from a letter written by Hettie Cochran to her mother Martha Percival Cochran on January 10, 1858. She writes: Grandmother Lewis (wife of Samuel Lewis) is very ill, they do not think she will live, tell her children if you see any of them.
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