CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - William Lewis, 6 Oct 1841 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fayetteville Observer, Wed., 13 Oct 1841 Died - "In this county, on Wednesday morning, the 6th inst., William Lewis, in the 81st year of his age, a soldier and pensioner of the Revolutionary War, and a native of Contentnea, Greene County, NC. Previous to the commencement of hostilities with the mother country, he united himself with the Wesleyan Missionaries to whose religion tenots he adhered to the day of his death. He appeared to depart in the full assurances of a blessed immortality when asked if he had doubt as to his future state, he repled, 'No, I am ready,' raising his hand and pointing upwards." ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________