Lewis moved with his mother and stepfather Captain John Marks to Georgia in May of 1780. They settled along the Broad River in the Goosepond Community within the Broad River Valley in Wilkes County (now Oglethorpe County).
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According to Stephen E. Ambrose's biography of Meriwether Lewis, titled Undaunted Courage, Meriwether Lewis had made several journeys, by himself(!), on foot, from Virginia to Georgia and back, by the time he was 12 years old!
yes, Meriwether Lewis was even tempered.
No, Meriwether Lewis did not get married to anyone. He was a bachelor all of his life.
His full name was "Meriwether Lewis." Both he and William Clark did not have a middle name. He is not to be confused with Meriwether Lewis Clark, William Clark's son or Meriwether Lewis Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's grandson.
Lucy Meriwether Lewis (1752-1837), daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Meriwether. His father's name was William.