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About Thomas Lewis
Thomas Lewis was an Irish-American surveyor, lawyer, politician and pioneer of early western Virginia. 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 Kanawha County that, long after his death, become part of West Virginia.
Everything about Thomas Lewis →- Occupation
- lawyer, politician
- Position held
- member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 27, 1718
- Died
- January 31, 1790