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Arkansas Gazette
01/25/1825
Vol. VI - No. 4 - Whole
No. 264
[COMMUNICATED] DIED - On the night of the 17th inst., in the
vicinity of this place, after a short illness, General William
Lewis, of Peconery township, in this county, and formerly of
Jessamine County, Kentucky, in the 58th year of his age. Gen. Lewis
was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky in early life,
where he participated, with the gallant intrepidity of a soldier, in
most of the many arduous struggles his countrymen were engaged in
for the reclamation of that land from savage dominion. We find him
in the late war with Great Britain, while yet a citizen of Kentucky,
leading the volunteer youth of his country to battle and to fame. It
was he who commanded at the River Raisin, on the ever memorable 18th
of January. Much of the result of that brilliant achievement, which
shed such imperishable luster on the arms of the West, is justly
ascribable to his military aptitude, and to his generalship. He
fought in the subsequent engagement on the same field, on the
disastrous 22d. But it is due to his memory to say, as is well
known, that he was not the commanding officer on that unfortunate
day. It was his fate, with others his compatriots, to be captured on
that occasion, and confined, for nearly two years, as a prisoner of
war within the walls of Quebec, which confinement and consequent
exposure to the rigor of a northern climate, was doubtless the
efficient cause of the rapid decline of his health and constitution
of late years. In the relations of private life, Gen. Lewis was
endeared to all who knew him for the possession and active use of
many of the virtues which distinguish the best members of society.
He was interred at this place, on Tuesday Evening last, with
military honors; and it may, in some measure, soothe the grief of
his family and friends, under their bereavement, to learn that every
kind and polite attention was paid to his remains by a people who
knew and appreciated his worth and important public services. |
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03/22/1825
Vol. VI -
No. 12 - Whole No. 272
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the undersigned has
obtained from the Circuit Court of the County of Pulaski, in the
Territory of Arkansas, Letters of Administration on the estate of
William Lewis, late of said county, deceased; Therefore, all persons
having demands against the said estate of the said William Lewis,
deceased, are required to present the same, properly authenticated,
to the undersigned, within twelve months, or they may be precluded
from all benefit of said estate; and if not presented as aforesaid,
within five years, they will forever barred. Nimrod Menefee, Adm'r
of Wm. Lewis, deceased March 22, 1825 |
