Lewis – Robeson – Estep
Our family has in its possession a primary source of data on these family lines, a bible whose provenance and statistical page contents are contained in the following history. The Bible had been owned originally by Benjamin Oliver Lewis and his wife, Mary Diddmy Robeson Lewis of Yell County, Arkansas. From them, the Bible was passed to their daughter, Rachel Elizabeth Lewis Atchley Estep Smith of Clarksville, and later of Madison County, Arkansas. Rachel Elizabeth gave the Bible to her daughter Parkie Louise Smith Mullins, who passed it on to her son, Chester Benjamin Mullins, both of whom were born in Madison County, Arkansas. The Bible was published in Cooperstown, N. Y. by H. B. Phinney in 1846.
A transcription of the family material as recorded in the Bible:
Marriages:
Benjamin Oliver Lewis and Mary Diddmy Robison was married August the 15/ 1843.
James Henig (Henry?) Atchley and Rachel Elizabeth Lewis was married December 31, 1871.
Joseph Mc farson (McPhereson) and Mary Ann Lewis was married September 14, 1876.
Parkie Estep and Mitchel Mullins was married August 17, 1905. (The marriage certificate – a copy of which is in my possession – gives the bride’s name as Parkey Smith)
Births:
Benjamin Oliver Lewis was born Dec. 1, 1819
Mary Diddmy Lewis was born Oct. 15, 1826
Sarah Jane Lewis was born Augus the 14th, 1844
William Moses Lewis was born Dec. 19, 1845
Mary Ann Lewis was born Dec. 17, 1847
John Andrew Lewis was born August 24, 1851
John Andrew Lewis was born Feb. 3, 1853
Rachel Elizabeth Lewis was born April 8, 1856
Isom James Lewis was born July 11, 1859
Nanbay Emeline Lewis was born Dec. 20, 1861
Benjamin Oliver Lewis was born March 27, 1866
Parkie Luesy Estep was born Oct. 23, 1891
Benjamin Robert Atchley was born Sept. 23, 1873 Thursday, half after three oclock.
William Thomas Atchley was born Nov. 28, 1874
James Newton Mc pherson was born June 20, 1877
Lee Clumbers Atchley was born Oct 20, 1878
Deaths:
Sarah Jane Lewis died August 27, 1844
John Andrew Lewis died Sept. 10, 1851
John Lewis died March 31, 1855 (This person’s birth is not recorded in this Bible; I believe he is the father of Benjamin Oliver Lewis. John was born in 1794 in South Carolina according to the 1850 Census of Georgia, which is the state the Lewises moved from when they immigrated to Arkansas – Anna Mullins Garner, compiler of these records.)
One desy’s daughter July the about the 3, 1850
Desy June 12, 1859
William Lewis died Jan. 26, 1862
Nanbye Emeline Lewis died December 4, 1863
Deseas birth March 17, 1864
Benjamin Oliver Lewis deceased this life Oct. the 31 – 1899 in Yeal (Yell) County, Ark.
Mary D. Lewis died June 27, 1904
Mrs. R. E. Smith died September 27, 1919
Found on a separate slip of paper inserted in the Bible:
J. H. Atchley was born Jan. 16, 1853, died Feb. 23rd, 1879. aged 26:1:7
William Thomas Atchley was born Nov. 28, 1874 and died Jan. 3rd, 1879. age 4.1.5.
This Family's History:
John Lewis 1
The John Lewis whose death is recorded in the Bible as March 31, 1855 is the first Lewis ancestor to whom we can show a direct, unbroken connection. A lot of background information on this family was collected from the 1850 Census of Gilmer County, Georgia. John Lewis1 was born in South Carolina in 1794. About 1820, probably in North Carolina, he married Anna ____? (Oliver?), born 1803 in North Carolina. Their first son, Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 was born there on December 1, 1821. John and Anna apparently lived in North Carolina until 1827, when they moved back to south Carolina where three more children were born. In 1839, they had moved to Alabama where Anna gave birth to their seventh child. Some time within the next 24 months, they moved to Georgia where their eighth child was born. These children are recorded on the 1850 Census of Gilmer County, Georgia:
1. Benjamin Oliver Lewis2, born 1821, North Carolina; died October 31, 1899, Yell County, Arkansas; married 1843 Mary Diddmy Robeson. This family history follows this line.
2. Anna Lewis2, born 1827 in South Carolina
3. Mary Lewis2, born 1831 in South Carolina
4. Zachariah Lewis2, born 1831 South Carolina
5. Joseph Lewis2, born 1835 Alabama
6. Martha Lewis2, born 1837, Alabama
7. William B. Lewis2, born 1839, Alabama
8. Sarah Lewis2, born 1841, Georgia
9. James M. Lewis2, born 1843, Georgia
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Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 (John1)
Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 was born December 1, 1821 in North Carolina. He learned the trade of blacksmith and moved around the South with his father’s family. In 1843, in Gilmer County, Georgia, he met and married Mary Diddmy Robeson, born 1826 to Moses and Ailsey _____? Robeson. Moses had had several children by his first wife whom he had married in Pitt County, North Carolina where the Robesons had lived for at least two or three generations. Moses was the son of either John Robeson, Sr. or John Robeson, Jr., of Pitt County, North Carolina. They both had sons to match Moses Robeson’s age. On the 1810 Census, Moses Robeson was listed as head of a household, age 16-45, 4 young children, and no wife. Between 1810 and 1826, he married Ailsey ____? And moved to gilmer County, Georgia. Ailsey and Moses Robeson had Mary Diddmy, a son named William, and two other children (1840 Census of gilmer County, Georgia). Between 1840 and 1850, Moses Robeson died, probably in Gilmer county, Georgia. His widow, Ailsey, was still living there in 1850. At that time, Mary Diddmy Robeson had married Benjamin Oliver Lewis and had borne three children. Both the Robesons and Lewises were living in subdivision #33 of Gilmer County, Georgia.
Before 1856, Benjamin Oliver Lewis and Mary Diddmy Robeson Lewis moved to Arkansas, probably to Yell County, where Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 died October 31, 1899. Benjamin Oliver and Mary Robeson Lewis had children as listed on the Family Statistics page of their Bible, recorded above.
Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3, their second daughter to reach adulthood was born in 1856 in Arkansas. When she was only 15 years old, she married James Henry Atchley, born January 16, 1853, died February 23, 1879, only eight years after their marriage. They had three sons:
1. Benjamin Robert Atchley4, born September 25, 1873
2. William Thomas Atchley4, born November 28, 1874; died January 3, 1879
3. Lee Clumbers Atchley, born October 20, 1878
In Newton County, Arkansas, after James Atchley’s death, Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3 Atchley was married on February 14, 1881 to William Estep, born 1838 in Arkansas to Ivy Estep, born 1818. William and Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3 Atchley Estep had daughters:
4. Louisa Estep
5. Parkie Louise Estep, born October 23, 1891; died 1974, Vian, Oklahoma; married Mitchell Mullins. For a list of their descendants see the Mullins section of this family history.
Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3 Atchley Estep and William Estep were divorced or he died. Before 1900, Rachel Elizabeth married Dr. Richard Smith, who died before 1900. After her daughter, Parkey (another spelling) Louise Estep (aka Smith) married Mitchell Mullins, Rachel Elizabeth moved with them to Marble City, Oklahoma. She died there September 27, 1919 and is buried in Marble City Cemetery.
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Our family has in its possession a primary source of data on these family lines, a bible whose provenance and statistical page contents are contained in the following history. The Bible had been owned originally by Benjamin Oliver Lewis and his wife, Mary Diddmy Robeson Lewis of Yell County, Arkansas. From them, the Bible was passed to their daughter, Rachel Elizabeth Lewis Atchley Estep Smith of Clarksville, and later of Madison County, Arkansas. Rachel Elizabeth gave the Bible to her daughter Parkie Louise Smith Mullins, who passed it on to her son, Chester Benjamin Mullins, both of whom were born in Madison County, Arkansas. The Bible was published in Cooperstown, N. Y. by H. B. Phinney in 1846.
A transcription of the family material as recorded in the Bible:
Marriages:
Benjamin Oliver Lewis and Mary Diddmy Robison was married August the 15/ 1843.
James Henig (Henry?) Atchley and Rachel Elizabeth Lewis was married December 31, 1871.
Joseph Mc farson (McPhereson) and Mary Ann Lewis was married September 14, 1876.
Parkie Estep and Mitchel Mullins was married August 17, 1905. (The marriage certificate – a copy of which is in my possession – gives the bride’s name as Parkey Smith)
Births:
Benjamin Oliver Lewis was born Dec. 1, 1819
Mary Diddmy Lewis was born Oct. 15, 1826
Sarah Jane Lewis was born Augus the 14th, 1844
William Moses Lewis was born Dec. 19, 1845
Mary Ann Lewis was born Dec. 17, 1847
John Andrew Lewis was born August 24, 1851
John Andrew Lewis was born Feb. 3, 1853
Rachel Elizabeth Lewis was born April 8, 1856
Isom James Lewis was born July 11, 1859
Nanbay Emeline Lewis was born Dec. 20, 1861
Benjamin Oliver Lewis was born March 27, 1866
Parkie Luesy Estep was born Oct. 23, 1891
Benjamin Robert Atchley was born Sept. 23, 1873 Thursday, half after three oclock.
William Thomas Atchley was born Nov. 28, 1874
James Newton Mc pherson was born June 20, 1877
Lee Clumbers Atchley was born Oct 20, 1878
Deaths:
Sarah Jane Lewis died August 27, 1844
John Andrew Lewis died Sept. 10, 1851
John Lewis died March 31, 1855 (This person’s birth is not recorded in this Bible; I believe he is the father of Benjamin Oliver Lewis. John was born in 1794 in South Carolina according to the 1850 Census of Georgia, which is the state the Lewises moved from when they immigrated to Arkansas – Anna Mullins Garner, compiler of these records.)
One desy’s daughter July the about the 3, 1850
Desy June 12, 1859
William Lewis died Jan. 26, 1862
Nanbye Emeline Lewis died December 4, 1863
Deseas birth March 17, 1864
Benjamin Oliver Lewis deceased this life Oct. the 31 – 1899 in Yeal (Yell) County, Ark.
Mary D. Lewis died June 27, 1904
Mrs. R. E. Smith died September 27, 1919
Found on a separate slip of paper inserted in the Bible:
J. H. Atchley was born Jan. 16, 1853, died Feb. 23rd, 1879. aged 26:1:7
William Thomas Atchley was born Nov. 28, 1874 and died Jan. 3rd, 1879. age 4.1.5.
This Family's History:
John Lewis 1
The John Lewis whose death is recorded in the Bible as March 31, 1855 is the first Lewis ancestor to whom we can show a direct, unbroken connection. A lot of background information on this family was collected from the 1850 Census of Gilmer County, Georgia. John Lewis1 was born in South Carolina in 1794. About 1820, probably in North Carolina, he married Anna ____? (Oliver?), born 1803 in North Carolina. Their first son, Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 was born there on December 1, 1821. John and Anna apparently lived in North Carolina until 1827, when they moved back to south Carolina where three more children were born. In 1839, they had moved to Alabama where Anna gave birth to their seventh child. Some time within the next 24 months, they moved to Georgia where their eighth child was born. These children are recorded on the 1850 Census of Gilmer County, Georgia:
1. Benjamin Oliver Lewis2, born 1821, North Carolina; died October 31, 1899, Yell County, Arkansas; married 1843 Mary Diddmy Robeson. This family history follows this line.
2. Anna Lewis2, born 1827 in South Carolina
3. Mary Lewis2, born 1831 in South Carolina
4. Zachariah Lewis2, born 1831 South Carolina
5. Joseph Lewis2, born 1835 Alabama
6. Martha Lewis2, born 1837, Alabama
7. William B. Lewis2, born 1839, Alabama
8. Sarah Lewis2, born 1841, Georgia
9. James M. Lewis2, born 1843, Georgia
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Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 (John1)
Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 was born December 1, 1821 in North Carolina. He learned the trade of blacksmith and moved around the South with his father’s family. In 1843, in Gilmer County, Georgia, he met and married Mary Diddmy Robeson, born 1826 to Moses and Ailsey _____? Robeson. Moses had had several children by his first wife whom he had married in Pitt County, North Carolina where the Robesons had lived for at least two or three generations. Moses was the son of either John Robeson, Sr. or John Robeson, Jr., of Pitt County, North Carolina. They both had sons to match Moses Robeson’s age. On the 1810 Census, Moses Robeson was listed as head of a household, age 16-45, 4 young children, and no wife. Between 1810 and 1826, he married Ailsey ____? And moved to gilmer County, Georgia. Ailsey and Moses Robeson had Mary Diddmy, a son named William, and two other children (1840 Census of gilmer County, Georgia). Between 1840 and 1850, Moses Robeson died, probably in Gilmer county, Georgia. His widow, Ailsey, was still living there in 1850. At that time, Mary Diddmy Robeson had married Benjamin Oliver Lewis and had borne three children. Both the Robesons and Lewises were living in subdivision #33 of Gilmer County, Georgia.
Before 1856, Benjamin Oliver Lewis and Mary Diddmy Robeson Lewis moved to Arkansas, probably to Yell County, where Benjamin Oliver Lewis2 died October 31, 1899. Benjamin Oliver and Mary Robeson Lewis had children as listed on the Family Statistics page of their Bible, recorded above.
Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3, their second daughter to reach adulthood was born in 1856 in Arkansas. When she was only 15 years old, she married James Henry Atchley, born January 16, 1853, died February 23, 1879, only eight years after their marriage. They had three sons:
1. Benjamin Robert Atchley4, born September 25, 1873
2. William Thomas Atchley4, born November 28, 1874; died January 3, 1879
3. Lee Clumbers Atchley, born October 20, 1878
In Newton County, Arkansas, after James Atchley’s death, Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3 Atchley was married on February 14, 1881 to William Estep, born 1838 in Arkansas to Ivy Estep, born 1818. William and Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3 Atchley Estep had daughters:
4. Louisa Estep
5. Parkie Louise Estep, born October 23, 1891; died 1974, Vian, Oklahoma; married Mitchell Mullins. For a list of their descendants see the Mullins section of this family history.
Rachel Elizabeth Lewis3 Atchley Estep and William Estep were divorced or he died. Before 1900, Rachel Elizabeth married Dr. Richard Smith, who died before 1900. After her daughter, Parkey (another spelling) Louise Estep (aka Smith) married Mitchell Mullins, Rachel Elizabeth moved with them to Marble City, Oklahoma. She died there September 27, 1919 and is buried in Marble City Cemetery.
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