Lewis Payton Grimes ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, Lewis was a farmer in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He had real estate valued at $400. The family moved to Texas between 1853 and 1855. At the time of the 1860 census, Lewis was farming in Bell County, Texas. He had real estate valued at $1100 and personal assets of $600. At the time of the 1870 census, Lewis was still farming in Bell County, Texas. He had real estate valued at $700 and personal assets of $1000. He was still farming in Bell County,Texas, at the time of the 1880 census. He farmed 62 acres and had 35 acres of woodland. His farm was valued at $1500. He had $100 in implements and $400 in live stock. His total production for the year was reported as $1348. He had 7 horses, 5 milk cows and 10 other animals. Their were 3 new calves. Two cows had been slaughtered. Three hundred pounds of butter had been made. He had 20 hogs, 20 barnyard poultry and 8 others. Egg production was 100. He had planted 28 acres of corn which produced 900 bushels, 2 acres of oats which produced 80 bushels. 15 acres of wheat which produced 150 bushels, 15 acres of cotton which produced 8 bales.

In later census years, several of his children gave his birthplace as Mississippi.

  Additional Information:

• Military Service: as Lieutenant for the Confederacy: Arkansas and Louisiana during the Civil War. ^{10 11}

• Descendant Narrative Report: here.

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 11425920.

Lewis married Amanda Caroline Hilliard about 1847 in Mississippi. (Amanda Caroline Hilliard was born on 9 Nov 1828 in Mississippi,⁸ died on 6 Feb 1868 in Moffat, Bell County, Texas ⁸ and was buried in Moffat Cemetery, Moffat, Bell County, Texas ¹².)

Lewis next married Sarah Ann Huchingson, daughter of William Martin Huchingson and Martha Ellen Henderson, about 1870.¹ (Sarah Ann Huchingson was born on 5 Sep 1845 in Arkansas,⁸ died on 22 Aug 1894 in , Bell County, Texas ⁸ and was buried in Moffat Cemetery, Moffat, Bell County, Texas ¹³.)