DeKalb COUNTY, GA - Military Rev War Stowers, Lewis ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vivian Saffold Lewis Stowers (Rev Soldier) Lewis Stowers b. Orange County, Va., d. 22 Nov 1844 DeKalb. Came to DeKalb via Elbert. Served as pvt. in Capt. Richard White's Co., Taylor's Virginia Rgt. Applied for pension 19 Sep 1832 in Elbert; pension issued 7 Mar 1833 in DeKalb (Va. Line S31996). Drew in land lottery of 1825 from Capt. Carpenter's Dist. in Elbert. Married 1786 Joyce Sheflett or Shifflett (1765- 1842). Children: Thomas, Benjamin, Lewis Jr., Jerry, Frances, Susan, Joyce, Betsy. Sources for above: Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia by Ms. Howard H. McCall. DAR Collection of Genealogical Records -- A Catalog of Vols. 31-500 (Revolutionary Service) by Phyllis M. Porter, DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part I, by the National Society of the DAR, Georgia Revolutionary War Soldiers' Graves by H. Ross Arnold Jr. and H. Clifton Burnham, Garrett Necrology by Franklin M. Garrett, Georgia's Roster of the Revolution by Lucian Lamar Knight, Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. The probate records for Lewis Stowers Sr. are among the oldest extant records of DeKalb County. His will does *not* exist, but the record of the probate does, as well as a number of other records relating to the probate. Buried in Georgia Power property at the Klondike Training Center -- Stowers Family Cemetery Stowers, Lewis 1764 1844 Pvt VA Continental Line, Revolutionary War