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B.5.k. Rebecca Nesbit {B.5.k.}

Rebecca Nesbit was born in Harrison County, Kentucky sometime between 1798 and 1800, and grew up in that county. In the fall of 1815 she married Aaron Lewis, who was born in the winter of 1795 in Kentucky. The identity of his parents is not known at this time. After their marriage they remained in Harrison County until late 1819 or early 1820, when they moved to Posey County, Indiana, which lies in the farthest southwest corner of that state where the Wabash empties into the Ohio River. They grew a fairly large family, and remained in Posey County for the rest of their lives. Rebecca passed away in 1844 at a fairly young age (about 45 years), but Aaron lived to the age of 76. Both are buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana.

Timeline of Rebecca Nesbitt and Aaron Lewis

29 Jan 1795⁷⁷⁹

Inscription of Lewis/Nesbit Tombstones, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana, Samuel Nesbit Documentation File, DAR Library, Washington D.C.
Aaron Lewis born in Kentucky

~1798 - 1800^267,281

Nesbitology, Newsletters 6-9, Otis B. Nesbit, Nesbitt/Nisbet Society, United Kingdom, Publication No. 10, Cambridge, 1995
Birth of Rebecca Nesbit, Harrison County, Kentucky, one of three unmarried daughters in Samuel Nesbitt’s 1814 will

1810⁴⁸⁷

Federal Census, Harrison County, Kentucky
Samuel Nesbit

2 males 16 – 26
1 male > 45	Samuel
1 female 10 – 16	Rebecca (10 or 12)
2 females 16 – 26	Jane (23), Margaret (22)
1 female > 45	Mary

7 Mar. 1814²⁷⁶

Harrison County, Kentucky, Will Book A, page 244
In the Name of God amen, I Samuel Nisbet of Harrison county & State of Kentucky, being weakly in body but in perfect mind & memory thanks be to God for his mercies & Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I do make & ordain this my last will & Testament by me made and first of all I do commend my soul to God who Gave it and my body to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried & as touching my worldly Estate that is has pleased God to bless me with I do dispose of in the following way & manner I do order all my Lawfull Debts to be paid and my funeral charges and as for the balance of my Estate I do dispose of in the following way & manner that is to say to John my son I do Give one hundred & twenty Dollars and to Robert my son I do Give ten Dollars as he had Got his Share before and to Samuel my son I do Give the piece of Land that is laid off to him adjoining Roberts line supposed to be twenty acres more or less and to James my son do Give thirty Dollars as he had Got his share before and to William my son I do Give the plantation whereon I now live with all the plantation, tools & 2 horses and the waggon to be Be---?-- [possibly between] William & Sam and Each of my Daughters now living at home is to have a horse or Mare & for my other three that is Married I do Give ten Dollars to each one & the balance of the Estate I do leave the Sole disposal of to Mary my wife and she is to have a Good Sufficient living on the place and to keep possession of the house and that three un Married Daughters to have their living on the place while un Married and I do leave Mary my wife and William my son Sole Executors of this my Last will & Testament by me made I do revoke all other wills or Testament by me made __ Given under my hand this 7th day of March 1814.
Samuel Nisbet L.S.
Test
W. Moore
A. Moore
Henry C. Moore

15 Nov 1815^623,817

Marriages, Volume I: 1794-1893, Harrison County,
Harrison County, Kentucky Marriage Bond 1040
Know all men by these presents that we Aaron Lewis & William Nesbitt are held & firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the just and full sum of fifty pounds current money & for payment well and truly to be made & Done to the said Commonwealth we bind ourselves & every of our heirs Exor's & Admrs. jointly & severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and Dated this 15th day of Nov. 1815.
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a Marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized Between the above bound Aaron Lewis & Rebecca Nesbitt of the County of Harrison now should there be no Lawful cause to obstruct said Marriage then the above Obligation to be Void else to remain in full force &c. Aaron (X his mark) Lewis
Wm. Nesbit
Att. A. Moore

10 Feb. 1818⁶²³

Harrison County, Kentucky, Marriage Bond
Know all men by these presents that we Robert Nesbit & James Nolan are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Ky in the just and full sum of fifty pounds current money and for payment well and truly to be made and done to the said Commonwealth we bind ourselves & every of our heirs Exrs & admin jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this 10th day of February 1818
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound
Robert Nesbit and Sarah Nolan now should there be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage then the above obligation to be void else remain in full force by virtue in law
Robert Nisbet
James Nolan
This is to certify that I am willing to the marriage of my son Robert N and Miss Sally Nolan February the 10th 1818
John Nisbet
Test
William Nisbet
Aaron Lewis

~1818^753,779

Report on Nesbit Family - Children of Rebecca (Nesbitt) & Aaron Lewis, Samuel Nesbit Documentation File, DAR Library, Washington D.C
1820 Federal Census Posey County, Indiana
Birth of Harriet Lewis, Harrison County, Kentucky

~1819⁷⁷⁹

Report on Nesbit Family - Children of Rebecca (Nesbitt) & Aaron Lewis, Samuel Nesbit Documentation File, DAR Library, Washington D.C
Birth of John Lewis, possibly Harrison County, Kentucky

1820⁷⁵³

Federal Census, Posey County, Indiana
Aaron Lewis

1 male < 10	John (~1)
1 male 16 - 26	Aaron Lewis (25)
1 female < 10	Harriett (~2)
2 females 16 - 26	Rebecca (Nesbit) Lewis (~20-22)
	Margaret Nesbit (~32) (age misreported)

~1823⁷⁷⁹

Report on Nesbit Family - Children of Rebecca (Nesbitt) & Aaron Lewis, Samuel Nesbit Documentation File, DAR Library, Washington D.C
Birth of Mary Jane Lewis, Posey County, Indiana (birth may be 1833, tombstone unclear)

~1825⁷⁷⁹

Report on Nesbit Family - Children of Rebecca (Nesbitt) & Aaron Lewis, Samuel Nesbit Documentation File, DAR Library, Washington D.C
Birth of Artemisia Lewis, Posey County, Indiana
(tombstone broken, no dates available)

~1826^779,823

Transcription of letter written by Nancy R. (Lewis) Ingle to Phebe Wright. Dated 30 December 1862, Saundersville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Birth of Nancy R. Lewis, Posey County, Indiana

May 1828^779,824

Report on Nesbit Family - Children of Rebecca (Nesbitt) & Aaron Lewis, Samuel Nesbit Documentation File, DAR Library, Washington D.C
1860 Federal Census, Gibson County, Indiana
Birth of Samuel Hunter Lewis, Posey County, Indiana

21 Jan 1830^822,823

Transcription of letter written by Nancy R. (Lewis) Ingle to Phebe Wright. Dated 30 December 1862, Saundersville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
1850 Federal Census, Gibson County, Indiana
Birth of Margaret L. Lewis, Posey County, Indiana

1830⁶⁴¹

Federal Census, Posey County, Indiana
Aaron Lewis

1 male < 5	Samuel H. (3)
1 male 5 - 10	John (~11)
1 male 30 - 40	Aaron Lewis (35)
2 females < 5	Nancy (4), Margaret (< 1)
1 female 10 - 15	Harriet (~12)
2 female 20 - 30	Rebecca (Nesbitt) Lewis (~30-32)
1 female 30 - 40	Margaret Nesbitt (~42)

9 Sept 1837^779,822

Report on Nesbit Family - Children of Rebecca (Nesbitt) & Aaron Lewis, Samuel Nesbit Documentation File, DAR Library, Washington D.C
1850 Federal Census, Gibson County, Indiana
Birth of Sarah A. Lewis, Posey County, Indiana

1840⁶⁴²

Federal Census, Johnson Township, Posey County, Indiana
Aaron Lewis

3 males 40-50	Aaron (45) **
1 male 15-20	John (21)
1 male 10-15	Samuel (13)
1 female 10-15	Nancy (14)
1 female 5-10	Margaret (10)
1 female 0-5	Sarah (~7)

** Presuming that the two males 40-50 are not males, but that Rebecca (Nesbitt) Lewis (40-42) and Margaret Nesbitt (~52) have been incorrectly categorized on this 1840 census

Sept 1841^779,824

1844⁷⁷⁹

Inscription of Lewis/Nesbit Tombstones, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana in Samuel Nesbit DAR Documentation File
Tombstone: Rebecca, wife of Aaron Lewis, died 1844

29 Oct. 1850⁸²²

Federal Census, Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Dwelling Number/Family Number: 152/152

Name	Age	Occ	Value of RE	POB
Aaron Lewis	56	Farmer	$800	KY
Samuel Lewis	22			IN
Margaret L. Lewis	19			IN
Sarah A. Lewis	13			IN
Margaret Nesbit	10			KY

(Margaret Nesbitt’s age recorded incorrectly. Correct age would be ~ 62 in 1850.)

5 Aug. 1860⁸²⁴

Federal Census, Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Dwelling Number/Family Number: 1092/1097

Name	Age	Occ	Value of RE/PE	POB
Aaron Lewis	66	Farmer	$1400/$500	KY
Sarah A. Lewis	21			IN
Drusila Lewis	18			IN
Samuel H. Lewis	32	Farmer	$1400/$600	IN

26 July 1870⁸²⁵

Federal Census, Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Dwelling Number/Family Number: 195/188

Name	Age	Occ	Value of RE/PE	POB
Harriet Brothers	52	Keeping House	$2500/$1100	KY
Lewis Brothers	26	Farmer		IN
David Brothers	24	Farmer		IN
William Brothers	19	Farm Laborer		IN
Aaron Lewis	76	Farmer	-/$1800	KY

22 June 1871⁷⁷⁹

Inscription of Lewis/Nesbit Tombstones, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana in Samuel Nesbit DAR Documentation File
Aaron Lewis, died June 22, 1871, aged 76 years, 4 months and 23 days

Analysis of the Timeline

Rebecca Nesbit, the last child of Mary Berry and Samuel Nesbit, was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, several years after the Nesbit family had migrated from their Borden Grant home on the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains. Her husband, Aaron Lewis, who was few years older than her, was also born in Kentucky, although, at the present time, nothing is known about his parents. When she was about 10 years old, Rebecca was enumerated in her parents household for the 1810 federal census. Four years later, her father wrote out his will and identified her as one of his unmarried daughters. Of course, she was unmarried because she was only about 17 years old at the time. She did, however, get married the following year, and several years later, her husband was listed as a testamentary in the marriage of one of Rebecca’s cousins. Their oldest child was born in Harrison County, but by the following year, the family had moved to Posey County, Indiana, where they were enumerated in the 1820 census. By the time of the 1830 federal census, five more children had been born. Two more children were born between 1830 and 1841, but by 1844, Rebecca must have taken ill. At the young age of about 45, she passed away.

When the Lewis family moved to Posey County, Indiana, accompanying them Rebecca’s older sister, Margaret, who live din their household even after Rebecca passed away. This suggests that Margaret may have required a lot of care, and possibly had some illness or was in some other way incapacitated. Aaron lived to the ripe old age of 76, passing away in the early summer of 1871.

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