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Bluford Lewing and Miamma Dupree
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Bluford
Lewing married Miamma Viginia Dupree in 1839 (Mormon Family History Library).
They were the ancestors of all the Lewings in Louisiana and related families.
From family memory and census records there were 19 children born to Bluford
and Miamma. Bluford and Miamma are buried in the Lewing Cemetery.
The date of birth on Bluford's headstone is Jan. 3, 1806 with the date
of death as September 22, 1884. The date on Miamma's headstone gives
Nov. 8, 1813 as the date of birth (who according to the census records
was born in Alabama) and August 17, 1899 as the date of death. In
our research one of the earliest records of Bluford Lewing found was in
the Republic of Texas during the 1830's. He was granted a first-class
headright certificate which entitled him to 1,476 acres of land.
To qualify for this certificate he had to take the following oath. "I do
solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of Texas at the date of the
Declaration of Independence, that I did not leave the country during the
campaigns of the spring of 1836, to avoid a participation in the struggle,
that I did not refuse to participate in the war, and that I did not aid
or assist the enemy, that I have not previously received a title to any
quantum of land, and that i conceive myself justly entitled, under the
Constitution and Laws to the quantity of land for which I now apply."
His name can be found in the book "First Settlers of the Republic of
Texas Vol. II" on page 183 with the spelling, Bluford Lewin.
His name is also found in the book "Tax Payers of the Republic of Texas"
on page 212 with the spelling Blewford M. Lewing. His name is
also recorded in the conveyance records of Natchitoches Parish on
the date of January 1835. In this record he is transferring 640 acres
of land located in what was formerly called the neutral territory to a
group of Lawyers. By the 1840's he was listed in the Louisiana Census
records married with two chrildren. In the 1850's they were listed
in Sabine Parish with eight children. His mother, Elixabeth Carnes,
was living beside him. She was 79 years old at the time and her birthplace
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Bluford Lewing
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The Lewings were of Scottish origin. the Glasgow area of Scotland
is very close to Northern Ireland, and by the late 1700's it was not a
difficult trip back and forth between the two by ship. Although some
of the Lewings were born in Ireland and lived there, they were apparently
not the typical Scotch-Irish who had lived for generations in Ireland.
there was a great wave of migrations of that type of Scotch Irish to America
in the early 1700's. The oldest known Lewing in our family tree was
Bluford Lewing (Sr) called "blue". He was a blacksmith and was killed
in Ireland while shoeing a horse. One of the oldest known Lewings
that I have found record of was listed in the book "Complete Book of Immigrants
1700-1750" who was Richard Lewing. The listing reads as follows:
1739 May 18 Richard Lewing of St. Botolph, Aldgate,
London, aged 15, whoe father is dead, bound to William Beckford for the
estate of Peter Beckford Sr. of Jamaica, deceased, to serve 7 years in
Jamaica with he consent of his mother, Elizabeth Lewing (CLRO: ATSM/70)
corporation of London Record Office, P.O. Box 270 Guildhall, London EC2P
2EJ.
Bluford Lewing Sr, (year of birth unknown, died 1811 in Ireland), was married
in Glasgow, Scotland to Elizabeth McIntire, (Born about 1770-71, probably
in Ireland). Elizabeth was remarried in 1813 to Samuel J. Carnes
(or Karnes), most likely in Scotland.
Bluford Lewing Jr. was born in Ireland, according to his gravestone,born
Jan. 3, 1806, (died September 22, 1884), but according to several census
records, he was born 1809 or 1810. Young Bluford, with his mother
Elizabeth and stepfather Samuel Carnes came from Scotland to Charleston,
South Carolinia in 1814. (This infromation is from Willie Mae Jackson).
In the early 1830's Bluford was in the Republic of Texas settling in Shelby
County. By the late 1830's he came to the area of what later became
Fisher, Louisiana.
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