tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4831141837834581845.post6005551073456942340..comments2024-03-27T06:36:35.967-05:00Comments on Mississippi Memories: Private Meriwether - Is he Lewis or is he Albert?Janice Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11418381065941525964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4831141837834581845.post-87704689879428568602011-08-11T08:27:54.186-05:002011-08-11T08:27:54.186-05:00The best way to solve this is to go to Meriweather...The best way to solve this is to go to Meriweather Lewis (Lewis and Clark) and research the meriweather part. His cousins are the Lewis's group out of Staunton VA. Their ancestory dates back to three brothers. Several of them ended up with relations in Mississippi. But if I am not mistaken Meriweather Lewis mother or grandmother was a Meriweather. So it would stand to reason Pvt. Meriweather might have been Lewis Meriweather (which would have been a disguinished family name.) But check the travel patterns also from northwestern virginia to Sherlbyville KY. Just an idea I had.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com