John Jarrett Lewis and Elizabeth Betsy Morgan

John Jarrett Lewis and
Elizabeth Betsy Morgan

John Jarrett Lewis b 25 Dec 1790 Greenbriar Co VA d 2 Nov 1860 Harlan Co KY of fever; occupation, county judge, Harlan Co KY s/o Wilson Basil Lewis and Rachel Griffith. John Jarrett Lewis m. about 1810 to Mary Elizabeth Betsy Morgan b 10 Sept 1798 SC d 24 Jul 1868 Harlan Co KY d/o Zachariah Morgan and Mary Polly Holt. Children of John Jarrett Lewis and Mary Elizabeth Betsy Morgan;

I. James Jarrett Lewis b 13 Sept 1821 Harlan Co KY d 2 May 1906 Harlan Co KY m. 7 Sept 1847 Dione, Harlan Co KY to Malinda Cornett b 2 Jul 1826 KY d 17 Feb 1907 Harlan Co KY d/o John Samuel Cornett and Mary Polly Davidson.

II. Mary Louisa Lewis b: 1823 in KY buried Maggard Cemetery, Oven Fork, KY; m. 10 Mar 1845 Harlan Co KY to William Raleigh b 15 Feb 1820 NC buried Maggard Cemetery, Oven Fork, KY s/o James Raleigh and Ann Kelly. William Raleigh m. about 1867 to Louisa Branson Bolling.

III. Basil M Lewis b: 1824 in Harlan Co KY

IV. Elizabeth Lewis b: NOV 1824 in KY

V. Wilson Lewis b 20 Feb 1826 d 1892 Letcher Co KY buried Maggard Cemetery, Letcher Co KY m. 3 Mar 1890 to Lear Reynolds d CA. Wilson Lewis m. 29 May 1847 to Catherine "Katie" Collier b 29 Sept 1829 d 7 Nov 1884 d/o William Randolph Collier and Francis Harrison.

VI. Jane Lewis b: 1829 KY

VII. Hiram Lewis b: 1831 Harlan Co KY

VIII. Hannah Lewis b: 30 APR 1833 Harlan Co KY

IX. Martha Lewis b: 1837 KY

X. David Collier Lewis b: ABT. 1840

XI. Leah Lewis b: 10 JUL 1841 Chad, Harlan Co KY


John Jarrett Lewis
and Jane Smith

John Jarrett Lewis b 25 Dec 1790 Greenbriar Co VA d 2 Nov 1860 Harlan Co KY of fever; occupation, county judge, Harlan Co KY s/o Wilson Basil Lewis and Rachel Griffith. John Jarrett Lewis m. about 1810 Knox Co KY to Jane Smith b 1795 Wilkes Co NC d 1817 Knox Co KY (in childbirth of daughter, Rebecca), d/o Jonathon Smith and Jemima Pennington. Children of John Jarrett Lewis and Jane Smith;

I. Jemima Lewis b 10 Aug 1811 Poor Fork, Harlan (now Letcher) Co KY d 20 Mar 1870 MO m. 20 Jan 1823 Harlan Co KY by John Creech JP, to John William Jenkins b 1808 SC d 1857 Warm Fork, Spring River, MO s/o William Jenkins and Elizabeth Williams Roark. Children of Jemima Lewis and John William Jenkins;

1. Hiram Jenkins b: 1829 d 1853

2. Nancy Jenkins b: 1836

3. Evaline Jenkins b: 1838

4. Lewis Jenkins b: 1841

5. Rebecca J Jenkins b: 11 NOV 1843

6. Mary Ann Jenkins b: MAR 1844 d 21 Jan 1921 Bristow Creek Co, OK

II. Nancy Jane Lewis b 5 Feb 1814 Harlan Co KY d 29 Jan 1904 Harlan Co KY m. 6 Jan 1830 to William Cornett b 5 Oct 1809 Russell Co VA d 23 Aug 1871 Harlan Co KY s/o John Samuel Cornett and Mary Polly Davidson. Children of Nancy Jane Lewis and William Cornett;

i. John Lewis Cornett b 1831 d 1912 Dione, Harlan Co KY m. Precious Ann Ely b 1827. Children of John Lewis Cornett and Precious Ann Ely;

1. William Wesley Cornett b 28 Jan 1852 Poor Fork, Harlan Co KY m. Mary Jane Wynn b 14 Aug 1856 Harlan Co KY. Children; 1. Dora Cornett b 27 Oct 1886 Totz, Harlan Co KY d 3 Aug 1971 m. 14 Jan 1905 Harlan Co KY to Samuel Patton Caudill b 29 Dec 1880 d about 1933 s/o Samuel Charles Caudill and Letitia Meade.

2. Jonathon L Cornett b 7 Apr 1855 d 17 Aug 1925 KY m. 23 Apr 1875 KY to Elizabeth Patience Setzer b 29 Sept 1856 KY d 15 Jan 1943. Children; 1. Maude Cornett b 13 Mar 1886 d 27 Sept 1948 m. 26 Jan 1905 to James B Eversole b 1881 s/o William Bowling Eversole and Polly Lewis. Children of Maude Cornett and James B Eversole; i. Cecil ii. John iii. Female iv. Zola v. Female vi. Violet Eversole.

III. Jonathon Smith Lewis b 14 Jan 1815 d 9 Apr 1870 Dione, Harlan Co KY m. 22 Feb 1844 Letcher Co KY to Althea Ritter Polly b 16 Apr 1826 Perry Co KY d 12 Oct 1899 Dione, Harlan Co KY d/o Edward Oliver Polly and Jane Buntin Adams. Jonathon Lewis m. 19 Dec 1835 Harlan Co KY to Mary Asarda Cornett b 14 Nov 1818 Harlan Co KY d 9 Sept 1843.

IV. Rebecca Lewis b 1817 d about 1857 m. 20 Feb 1834 Harlan Co KY to William Bailey Kelly b 10 Dec 1819 Dryden, Lee Co VA d 11 Dec 1915 Harlan Co KY buried Kelly #2 Cemetery, Harlan Co KY s/o Jonathon Kelly and Nancy Bailey. Rebecca Lewis m. 9 Aug 1836 Harlan Co KY to John M Morgan b about 1815 s/o Zachariah Morgan and Mary Polly Holt. Children of Rebecca Lewis and John M Morgan;

i. Lavina Morgan b 1851 m. William McIntosh b about 1845