CA1479

By cavis , 22 August 2026

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Birth record of James Calvin Lewis - 1868

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Birth Register, Tyler County, West Virginia
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1479)

https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=850570&ImageNumber=129

[Birth Register book number not available]

1868

Lines Numbered. 115
DATE OF BIRTH. Sept 14
NAME OF CHILD IF NAMED.    Lewis John Calvin
WHITE.    /
COLORED.
    Free
    Slave.
SEX.
    Male.    /
    Female.
BORN.
    Alive.    /
    Dead.
PLACE OF BIRTH.    Tyler County
Father's Name in full if Child be free and born in wedlock, or Name of Owner if Child be born a Slave.
    Abraham Lewis
FATHERS OCCUPATION.    Farmer
FATHERS RESIDENCE.   Tyler County
MOTHER'S NAME IN FULL.    Sophiah
How many at a Birth.    1
DEFORMITY OR ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OF INTEREST.    None
NAME OF PERSON GIVING INFORMATION OF BIRTH.    Abraham Lewis
Relation of Informant to Person born.    Father

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Birth Records

CA1477

By cavis , 22 August 2026

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John C. Lewis family in Greenbrier Co., West Virginia - 1930

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1930 U. S. Census Greenbriar Co., West Virginia
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1477)

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R86-978S

West Virginia
Greenbriar County
Williamsburg District
Super. Distr. 8
Enum. Distr. 13-28
Sheet 3B

April 12, 1930

Laurel Hill to Friar's Hill Road
Dwelling 57
Family 57
J. Calvin    Lewis, Head, m, w, 33, married at 22,   can r/w,    bp: WV, fbp: WV, mbp: WV
Elizabeth J. Lewis, wife, f, w, 32, married at 20,     can r/w,    bp: WV, fbp: WV, mbp: WV
Arlene D.    Lewis, dau., f, w, 10, single, in school, can r/w,    bp: WV, fbp: WV, mbp: WV
James R. Lewis, son, m, w, 7, single, in school, can read, bp: WV, fbp: WV, mbp: WV
John C.      Lewis, son, m, w, 2, single,            cannot r/w, bp: WV, fbp: WV, mbp: WV
Jackie G.    Lewis, son, m, w, 0, single,            cannot r/w, bp: WV, fbp: WV, mbp: WV
Home is owned, valued at 2000, not a farm, has no radio
Father is salesman at general store, at work day before, veteran of WWI

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Census

CA1475

By cavis , 22 August 2026

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World War 2 Draft Registration of James Robert Lewis - 1942

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World War 2 Draft Registration for James Robert Lewis
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1475)

https://www.fold3.com/image/608660140/lewis-james-robert-page-1-us-wwii-draft-registration-cards-1940

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[Front:]
REGISTRATION CARD

Serial Number 97
Name: James Robert Lewis
Order number: 11,392
Place of residence: Friars Hill Gbr   W Va
Mailing address: Same
4. Telephone Exchange: Meadow Bluff    Number: Mutual
5. Age in years: 19
    Date of birth: July 15, 1922
6. Place of birth: Greenbriar Co. W. Va.

Name and address of someone who will always know your address:
J. C. Lewis, Friars Hill, WVa.
Employer name and address: J. C. Lewis, Friars Hill, WVa.
Place of employment: Friars Hill Gbr., WVa
Registrant's signature: James R. Lewis

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[Back:]
Registrar's Report

Description of Registrant
White, 5' 7", 150
brown eyes
brown hair
light complexion
Other obvious physical characteristics that will aid in identification: b

Signature of registrar: J. Wallace Williams Registrar for local draft board #1 Gbr WVa.
Date of registration: June 30, 1942

[Stamp of local board:]
LOCAL BOARD #1, SELECTIVE SERVICE
LEWISBURG (GREENBRIER COUNTY),
WEST VIRGINIA

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Military

Lewis Family Data Page

Generations

Amanda Elizabeth Hines married Charles David Avis - 2010
Lawrence Cecil Hines, Jr. married Joan Lewis -
James Robert Lewis married Thelma Marie Lyall - 1949
John Calvin Lewis married Elizabeth G. Bryant - 1918
Abraham Lewis married Sophiah ___ -

Cemetery Records

Birth Records

1479 - Birth record of James Calvin Lewis - 1868

Marriage Records

1478 - Marriage of John C. Lewis and Elizabeth G. Bryant - 1918
1476 - Marriage of James R. Lewis and Thelma M. Lyall - 1949

Census Records

1477 - James Calvin Lewis family in Greenbrier Co., West Virginia - 1930
1474 - James Calvin Lewis & James Robert Lewis families in Greenbrier Co., West Virginia - 1950

Court Records

Land/Tax Records

Death Records

Military Records

1475 - World War 2 Draft Registration for James Robert Lewis - 1942

Hines Family Data Page

Generations

Amanda Elizabeth Hines married Charles David Avis - 2010
Lawrence Cecil Hines, Jr. married Joan -
Lawrence Cecil Hines, Sr. married Erna Mercedes Pettit -
Michael Newlon Hines married Amanda Evelyn Clifton - 1907
Isaac Wright Hines married Mariah J. Chapman - 1874
Hiram Hines married Susannah Skidmore - ~1842
Matthew Hines married Susan Lynch - ~1810
Samuel Hines married Elizabeth Wright - 1771

Cemetery Records

1421 - Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Randolph Co., West Virginia
1422 - Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
1425 - Braxton Memorial Gardens, Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia
1426 - Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hartsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
1445 - Tesla Cemetery, Tesla, Braxton Co., West Virginia

Birth Records

1408 - Delayed birth certificate of Earl F. Hines (b. 1900) - 1959
1407 - Delayed birth certificate of Lawrence C. Hines (b. 1910) - 1939

Marriage Records

1431 - Marriage of Samuel Hines to Elizabeth Wright - 1771
1411 - Marriage of Isaac Hines to Mary Skidmore - 1839; Marriage of Hiram Hines to Susannah Skidmore - 1840
1412 - Marriage of Mariah W. Hines and Thomas Skidmore - 1841
1413 - Marriage of Samuel W. Hines and Roda J. Mace - 1856
1409 - Isaac W. Hines marries Mariah J. Chapman - 1874
1414 - Marriage of Isaac W. Hines and Phebe Knight - 1890
1417 - Marriage of Amanda E. Clifton and Ballard J. Hines - 1899
1410 - Marriage of Isaac W. Hines and Susan Dillon - 1903
1401 - Mike Hines marries Amanda (Clifton) Hines - 1907

Census Records

1403 - Matthew Hines family in Nicholas Co., Virginia - 1820
1404 - Matthew Hines family in Nicholas Co., Virginia - 1830
1383 - Hines families in Braxton Co., Virginia - 1840
1382 - Hines families in Braxton Co., Virginia - 1850
1384 - Hines and Skidmore families in Braxton Co., Virginia - 1860
1385 - Hiram Hines family in Braxton Co., West Virginia - 1870
1386 - Hines and Skidmore families in Braxton Co., Virginia - 1880
1387 - Isaac W. Hines family in Braxton Co., West Virginia - 1900
1388 - Michael Hines incarcerated in Marshall Co., West Virginia - 1900
1405 - Isaac W. and John Floyd Hines families in Braxton Co., West Virginia - 1910
1389 - Michael Hines family in Webster Co., West Virginia - 1910
1406 - Isaac and Susan Hines in Braxton Co., West Virginia - 1920
1390 - Michael Hines family in Lewis Co., West Virginia - 1920
1391 - Amanda Hines family in Lewis Co., West Virginia - 1930

Court Records

1416 - Court records of Michael and Amanda Hines - 1925-1930

Land/Tax Records

1433 - Samuel Hines in Pennsylvania tax lists - 1803
1419 - Hines, Clifton, Skidmore and Chapman land records in Nicholas Co., Virginia - 1818-1835
1418 - Hines, Clifton, Skidmore and Chapman land records in Braxton Co., Virginia - 1836-1850

Death Records