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Thomas Lewis | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Augusta County | |
| In office October 7, 1776 – December 21, 1776 Serving with Samuel McDowell | |
| Succeeded by | John Pogue |
| Member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Virginia Revolutionary Councils from Augusta | |
| In office March 1775 – July 6, 1776 Serving with Samuel McDowell | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 27, 1718 County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | January 31, 1790 (aged 71) "Lynwood", Rockingham County, Virginia |
| Spouse | Jane Strother |
| Children | Thomas Lewis, Jr. |
Thomas Lewis (April 27, 1718 – January 31, 1790) was an Irish-American surveyor, lawyer, politician and pioneer of early western Virginia.[1] He was among the signers of the Fairfax Resolves, represented Augusta County at four of the five Virginia Revolutionary Conventions and the first session of the Virginia House of Delegates during the American War for Independence, and after the conflict, represented newly established Rockingham County at the Virginia Ratification Convention, as well as contributed to the settlement of an area that long after his death become part of West Virginia.
- ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915), vol. 1, p. 278