Hello Connie,

I saw you message concerning the family of Sarah Griffith Lewis and Daniel
Morgan Boone. I located some information about them at the Mormon Church website at www.familysearch.org, under the Ancestral File catagory.
See below for the information about them:

Sarah Griffith LEWIS
Sex: F

Event(s):
Birth: 29 Jan 1786
, Of St. Charles, Missouri
Death: 19 Jun 1850
, Jackson, Jackson Co, Missouri
Burial: Boone-Hays Cem, Jackson, Mo

Parents:
Father: Jan Baptiste LEWIS
Mother: Elizabeth HARVIE

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Daniel Morgan BOONE
Marriage: 2 Mar 1800
Borromeo Church, St. Charles, Mo

The information about Sarah Griffith Lewis was submitted to the Ancestral
File by the following people:

VICKI M. GROB
P O BOX 1482
MCCALL ID
USA 83638

LELAND J BYERS
430 SOUTH 350 WEST
VERNAL UT
USA 84078

JOHN SEE VAN HOOSE
425 RIDGE DRIVE
MEDINA OHIO
44256

JAMES W. HOUPT, JR.
5959 PENROSE CT
PORT ORANGE FL
USA 32127

LEE AND MARLENE LACY
319 N 5TH STREET
CLINTON MO
USA 64735-1669

LA VONNE BEDAL HUGHEY
6019 AFTON COURT
SAN JOSE CA
USA 95123

GORDON W. RYAN
7 BRONZEWING TERRACE
GLENFIELD, AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND


FRANCES J KELLER
325 SOUTH 200 EAST
NO 20
ST GEORGE UT
USA 84770

GERALD F. DICKINSON, JR.
11902 SO OLYMPIA AVE
JENKS OK
USA 74037

MARILYN BELLEVILLE
1200 SO CARPENTER RD #93
MODESTO CA
USA 95351-2134

You could write to anyone of the above named individuals to see if they have
more information about Sarah.
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Next is the entry for Sarah's father, John Baptiste Lewis:

Jan Baptiste LEWIS
Sex: M

Event(s):
Birth: Abt 1766
, , Va
Death:
, Of Pt St. Andrew, Mo

Parents:

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Elizabeth HARVIE
Marriage: Jan 1786
, , Of Ky

Information about John Baptiste Lewis, was submitted to the Ancestral File
by:

GORDON W. RYAN
7 BRONZEWING TERRACE
GLENFIELD, AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND


GERALD F. DICKINSON, JR.
11902 SO OLYMPIA AVE
JENKS OK
USA 74037

KAREN HARVEY CAROLYN WAHL
7120 CABIN CT N W
ALBQ NM USA 87120
FAX 505 899-1299

JASON L. HARVEY
7120 CABIN CT N W
ALBQ NM
USA 87120
FAX 505 899-1299

KAREN J. HARVEY
7120 CABIN CT N W
ALBQ NM 87120
FAX 505 - 8991299


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The following contains information about Sarah's mother, Elizabeth Harvie:

Elizabeth HARVIE
Sex: F

Event(s):
Birth: Abt 1768
, , Of Va

Parents:
Father: William Sr. HARVEY
Mother: Polly Jane ROBERTSON


Marriage(s):
Spouse: Jan Baptiste LEWIS
Marriage: Jan 1786
, , Of Ky

Information about Elizabeth Harvey was submitted to the Ancestral File by
the same people noted for John Baptiste Lewis
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Below is the entry for Elizabeth's father, William Harvey, Sr.:

William Sr. HARVEY
Sex: M

Event(s):
Birth: 1744
, Culpepper, Va
Death: 1819
, Howard, Mo

Parents:

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Polly Jane ROBERTSON
Marriage: Abt 1764
, Of Culpepper, Va

The information for William Harvey Sr. was submitted to the Ancestry File
by:

JASON L. HARVEY
7120 CABIN CT N W
ALBQ NM
FAX 505 899-1299
USA 87120

ROBERT R. TAYLOR
6720 GREYWOLF CT
COLO SPGS CO
USA 80919

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Next is the entry of Polly Jane Roberson, William Harvey, Sr's wife:

Polly Jane ROBERTSON
Sex: F

Event(s):
Birth: 1749
<, Of Culpepper, Va>
Death: 1844

Parents:

Marriage(s):
Spouse: William Sr. HARVEY
Marriage: Abt 1764
, Of Culpepper, Va

Polly Jane Robertson's information was submitted by Jason Harvey.
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Following is information about Daniel Morgan Boone's parentage and siblings, his father being the famous Daniel Boone:

Husband's Name
Daniel BOONE

Born: 22 Sep 1734 Place: New Britian, Or Exeter, Berks, Pa
Christened: 22 Oct 1734 Place: Buried In Defiance, Mo
Died: 26 Sep 1820 Place: St. Charles Co., Mo At Age 85yrs, 11mos., And 4 Days

Buried: 28 Sep 1820 Place: Frankfort, Franklin, Ky, (reinterred)
Married: 14 Aug 1756 Place: Yadkin, Rowan, No.carolina

Father: Squire BOONE
Mother: Sarah MORGAN

Wife's Name
Rebeccah BRYAN

Born: 9 Jan 1739 Place: Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia
Died: 18 Mar 1813 Place: Hunting Creek, Rowan Co., Nc
Buried: 1845 Place: Frankfort, Franklin Co, Kentucky
Married: 14 Aug 1756 Place: Yadkin, Rowan, No.carolina

Father: Francis BRYAN
Mother: Sarah BRINKER

Children

1. Sex Name
M John BOONE

Born: 1764 Place: Of Yadkin, Rowan, North Carolina

2. Sex Name
M Israel BOONE

Born: 25 Jan 1759 Place: , Bear Creek, Yadkin, North Carolina
Christened: 19 Aug 1782 Place: Blue Licks, , Kentucky
Died: 19 Aug 1782 Place: Blue Licks, Fayette, Ky
Buried: Place: Boone's Sta, Fayette, Ky

3. Sex Name
F Jerimina (Jemima) BOONE

Born: 4 Oct 1762 Place: Yadkin Valley, Rowan Co, Nc
Died: 30 Aug 1834 Place: , Marthasville, Warren Co, Missouri
Buried: Place: Bryan Cem., Marthasville, Mo

4. Sex Name
M Nathan BOONE

Born: 3 Feb 1781 Place: , Cross Plains, Rowan, North Carolina
Died: 16 Oct 1856 Place: Ashgrove, Green, Mo
Buried: Place: Ashgrove Fm Cem, Green, Mo

5. Sex Name
M Nathaniel BOONE

Born: 3 Feb 1781 Place: , Bear Creek, Yadkin, North Carolina

6. Sex Name
F Susannah BOONE

Born: 11 Feb 1750 Place: Yadkin Valley, Rowan Co, Nc
Died: 19 Oct 1800 Place: , , Va
Buried: Place: , , Mo

7. Sex Name
M James BOONE

Born: 5 Mar 1757 Place: , Bear Creek, Yadkin, North Carolina
Died: 10 Oct 1773 Place: Wallens Ridge, Kentucky, Killed By Indian
Buried: Place: , , , Ky

8. Sex Name
F Levinia BOONE

Born: 23 Mar 1766 Place: , Sugar Creek, Rowan Co, North Carolina
Died: 6 Apr 1802 Place: , Clark, Ky

9. Sex Name
M Jessie Bryan BOONE

Born: 23 May 1773 Place: Yadkin Valley, Rowan Co, Nc
Died: 22 Dec 1820 Place: St Louis, St Louis, Mo
Buried: 26 Dec 1820 Place: Loutre Lick, Montgomery Co., Missouri

10. Sex Name
F Rebecca BOONE

Born: 26 May 1768 Place: Huntington, Rowan, North Carolina
Died: 14 Jul 1805 Place: , Rowan, North Carolina
Buried: Place: Nr Schollville, Clark, Ky

11. Sex Name
M William Bryan BOONE

Born: 20 Jun 1775 Place: Sugartree Creek, Rowan, Nc
Died: 1775 Place: , Powell Valley, , Virginia
Buried: 1775 Place:

12. Sex Name
F Susannah BOONE

Born: 2 Nov 1760 Place: Culpepper, Culpepper County, Virginia
Died: 19 Oct 1800 Place: , St. Charles Co., Missouri

13. Sex Name
M Daniel Morgan BOONE

Born: 23 Dec 1769 Place: Yadkin, Wilkes Davidson, Nc
Died: 15 Jul 1839 Place: Westport, Jackson, Mo

For more information about the pedigrees of Daniel Boone and his wife
Rebecca Bryan, please look at the Ancestral File at your local Family
History Center. You can view the Ancestry File for free at the center, or find it online at www.familysearch.org
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Following are the children of Daniel Morgan Boone and Sarah Griffiths Lewis:

1. Daniel BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: < 1799 <, , Missouri>

2. Lindsey BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: < 1801 <, , Missouri>

3. Elizabeth L. BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: F Birth/Christening: < 1805 <, , Missouri>

4. John W. BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: 19 Dec 1806 , St. Charles, Mo

5. Alonzo H. BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: < 1807 <, , Missouri>

6. Nathan BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: 17 Feb 1808 , St. Charles, Missouri

7. James BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: < 1809 <, , Missouri>

8. Edward H. BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: Abt 1813 , St. Charles, Missouri

9. Cassandra BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: F Birth/Christening: < 1813 <, , Missouri>

10. Morgan BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: < 1815 <, , Missouri>

11. Milton L. BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: Abt 1821 , Of Montgomery, Missouri

12. Morgan BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: 3 Aug 1824 , Gasconde, Mo

13. Napoleon BOONE - Ancestral File
Gender: M Birth/Christening: 22 Aug 1828 , Of Montgomery, Missouri
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Of all the children of Daniel Morgan Boone and Sarah Griffith Lewis, I could
only find the marriage of Morgan Boone. Actually, the record shows he
married twice. See the entry below about Morgan and his marriages:

Morgan BOONE
Sex: M Family

Event(s):
Birth: 3 Aug 1824
, Gasconde, Mo
Death: 1852
, , , Missouri
Burial: 1852

Parents:
Father: Daniel Morgan BOONE
Mother: Sarah Griffith LEWIS

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Disa STEWART
Marriage: 12 Dec 1848
, Jackson, Mo

Spouse: Mary Ann RANDOLPH
Marriage:
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To view the names of the people who submitted information about the Boone
children, I would like to recommend you pay a visit to your local Family
History Center, and look at the Ancestral File for this family.
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Also Connie, please keep in mind that all the information I discovered about Sarah Griffith Lewis, was taken from online sources. I never completely trust information online, but use it only as a finding aid until further research can be accomplished at places like the Family History Center, or County and Town Vital Records Centers, or historical and genealogical societies.

That's why it is best you pay a visit to your Family History Center to see the above Ancestral File entries, rather than view them online.

Concerning James W. Lewis and his family: I didn't have enough information
about him to do an online search for him. If you know what town or county he died in, I suggest that you try to obtain his death certificate. His death
certificate may tell you where he was born in Missouri. His death
certificate may also tell you who his father and mother were, and where they
were from.

Another thing you can do is obtain the birth and death records of James W's
children. The birth and death certificates of his children may give you
James W. Lewis's exact place of birth.

Without knowing the names of his parents, especially his mother's maiden
name, it will be very difficult to find more information about him.

However, I do have a possible candidate for your James W. Lewis. I own a
copy of the 1880 U.S. Federal Census of the Unitted States. I looked for a
James W. Lewis, who was born born in 1834 in Missouri, but whose father was born in Indiana.

I did find one entry that matches the birth place and birth year of a James
W. Lewis, whose father was born in Indiana. You will see that this James W.
Lewis had lived with his wife Mary and their six children in the town of
Webb, in Reynolds County, Missouri. The Lewis entry for the 1880 census is
below. I am only speculating that this James W. could be your ancestor.
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Census Place: Webb, Reynolds, Missouri

Source: FHL Film 1254713 National Archives Film T9-0713 Page 517A

James W. LEWIS
Relation: Self
Sex: M
Married: M(arried)
Race: W(hite)
Age: 46
Birthplace: MO
Occ(upation): Farmer
Fa: IN Mo: IL = States where his parents were from.

Sarah LEWIS
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Married: M
Race: W
Age:38
Birthplace: KY
Occ: Keeping House
Fa: KY Mo: KY

Mary J. LEWIS
Relation: Dau
Sex: F
Married: S(ingle)
Race: W
Age: 20
Birthplace: MO
Occ: At Home
Fa: MO Mo: KY

Thomas G. LEWIS
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Married: S
Race: W
Age: 16
Birthplace: MO
Occ: Works At Home
Fa: MO Mo: KY

J Calvin LEWIS
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Married: S
Race: W
Age: 12
Birthplace: MO
Occ: Works At Home
Fa: MO Mo: KY

John R. LEWIS
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Married: S
Race: W
Age: 10
Birthplace: MO
Occ: Works At Home
Fa: MO Mo: KY

Richard W. LEWIS
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Married: S
Race: W
Age: 7
Birthplace: MO
Fa: MO Mo: KY
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Again Connie, this is a very unorthodox way of doing genealogical research,
but with the information you have about James W. Lewis, at least the census
record may give you a reference point. Keep in mind that the census record
may not be your James W. at all.

I discovered at the Reynolds County GenWeb site that the county courthouse
which housed the vital records of births, marriages, and deaths, had burnt
twice. Once by the Confederate Army in 1863, and another time in 1871. All
of the Reynolds children, except for Richard W. Lewis, were born before the
second fire in 1871.

This means that if you tie your Lewis pedigree with the James W. in the census above, you may want to call the Reynolds County Clerk's Office to see if they have a birth record of Richard Lewis. You can also ask if any birth and marriage records survive before the 1871 and 1863 fires.

See below for the address and phone number of the Reynolds County Clerk:

Reynolds County Clerk
Courthouse Square
Centerville, MO 63633
(573) 648-2494

Death records for the latter part of the 19th century and into the 20th
century may be available.

If you contact the clerk's office, ask if there is an index of deaths for
the late 19th and 20th centuries. If there is, ask the clerk how much it would
cost to look up death records of the Lewis family.

The State of Missouri didn't begin to keep a systematic file of births, and deaths until January of 1910. Any of your Lewis ancestors who died on or after 1910, should be listed in the death records.

For information about the State of Missouri Vital Statistics, go to:http://www.vitalrec.com/mo.html

Do you have a guess about what James's father's first name was, or what his
mother's first and maiden names were? If not, are there any family members
who may? Or do you have an old family bible that could give you this
information?

At the Reynolds County GenWeb site I discovered there is a lady named Gloria Birlew Hursey, who will look up records for people interested in the Lewis surname who had lived in Reynolds County. Her email address is:
Ghursey2@aol.com

I found her name at the Reynolds County GenWeb page at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~moreynol/sur002.htm

The main Reynolds County GenWeb page is at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~moreynol/ if you would like to browse the site.

In the meantime, what you need to do is obtain the death and birth certificates of your Lewis ancestors, as far back as the records will allow you to go, to see if you can tie into the James W. Lewis family of the Town of Webb, Reynolds County, Missouri.

If your Lewis line does go back to the Lewis family of Webb, Missouri, you will have a match. Then you would need to search for the death records of James W. Lewis, and his children, to see if those mention the names of his parents, the towns where his parents were born, and James's place of birth in Missouri.

Searching the death and birth records of your Lewis family back in time will be the fastest and least expensive way of obtaining the information you are looking for concerning James W. Lewis.

I would also like to recommend a very comprehensive site called the RootsWeb Guide, which gives practical information about genealogical research in the United States and in several foreign countries. This site can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/#Are

Some of the information provided in the RootsWeb Guide is pasted below:

No. 1 Where to Begin?
No. 2 What's in a Name?
No. 3 Using Technology: Software and GEDCOMs
No. 4 Vital Records:
Death, Tombstones and Cemeteries
No. 5 Vital Records:
Marriage Records and Evidence
No. 6 Vital Records:
Birth Records
No. 7 What is the Question?
No. 8 Why You Can't Find Them
No. 9 U.S. Census Records:
Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids
No. 10 SSDI (U.S. Social Security Death Index) & Railroad Retirement Board Records
No. 11 Taxing Tales
No. 12 Creating Worthwhile Genealogies: Evidence, Sources and Citation
No. 13 Military Records (worldwide)
No. 14 Military Records (United States)
No. 15 Tracing Immigrant Ancestors
No. 16 Naturalization Records
No. 17 Church Records
No. 18 Fraternal Organizations
No. 19 Heraldry for Genealogists
No. 20 City Directories and Newspapers
No. 21 Irish, Scots-Irish and Scottish
No. 22 Italian and Hispanic Ancestors
No. 23 Scandinavian (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic) Roots
No. 24 Canadian, French-Canadian, Acadian and French Connections
No. 25 African American, Native American, Jewish, Unique Peoples (Melungeon, Black Dutch, etc.)
No. 26 Germanic Ancestors (Plus: Austrians, Dutch, Belgians, Swiss, Luxembourgers, and Liechtensteiners
No. 27 Polish, Russians, Czechs, Hungarians, Croatians, Slovakians . . . No. 28 English, Welsh, Australian, New Zealand, South Africa . . .
No. 29 American Land Records
No. 30 Court Records
No. 31 Adoption and Orphans Records
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On another note. Were Sarah Griffith Lewis and James W. Lewis related in any way? If so, you may also want to search the Vital Records of available in Jackson County, where Sarah had died. Perhaps your James W. resided in that county.

Information about the Jackson County Clerks's Office can be found at:http://www.vitalrec.com/mocounties2.html#Jackson

In addition, the Jackson County GenWeb page can be found at: http://members.aol.com/TerR001/Jackson/Jackson.htm

I'm not sure if any of this information will be helpful to you, Connie, but if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email.

All the best.

Dave Boylan