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a very intelligent, enterprising old-fashioned
Kentucky gentleman, who kept his well-trained body-servant close at hand wherever he went; was noted, like most of the gentlemen of this region and of Virginia in that day, for hospitality and high living."
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Kentucky
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Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part in the development of
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Another daughter, Anne Nancy
Conyers Payne Lewis (August 18, 1774 – November 17, 1835) married General James Garrard, whose father was twice governor of Kentucky.
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Lewis and his wife, Elizabeth Payne Lewis, had 13 children.
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