General Andrew Lewis

K-75

Andrew Lewis was born on 9 Oct. 1720 in Ireland, and his family immigrated to Virginia by 1732. He attained prominence as a frontier soldier during Dunmore's War when on 10 Oct. 1774 his troops defeated Indians led by Shawnee Chief Cornstalk, at Point Pleasant in present-day West Virginia. As a brigadier general in the Revolutionary army, his troops drove Lord Dunmore from Virginia in July 1776, but he resigned his commission in 1777. Lewis also served in the House of Burgesses, participated in the Virginia's Revolutionary Conventions, and served on the Virginia's Executive Council from 1780 until his death 26 Sept. 1781. Nearby stood his home Richfield.

Department of Historic Resources, 2000

See a problem? Report it to HighwayMarkers@dhr.virginia.gov.

DHR could use your help! We don't have a recent image of this marker. If you have one that you'd like to submit for inclusion on this site, please send it to HighwayMarkers@dhr.virginia.gov.

References/Bibliographic Citation:

John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography 13 (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 558-559; Peter Jennings Wrike, The Governors Island: Gwynn’s Island, Virginia, During the Revolution (Gwynn, Va.: The Gwynn’s Island Museum, 1993), 79-88; Compiled by Works Projects Administration in the State of Virginia, Roanoke: Story of County and City in American Guide Series (Roanoke, Va.: 1942); 44-49.