Smithland in Livingston County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Jefferson’s Sister

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 3, 2021

1. Jefferson’s Sister Marker

Inscription.

Rocky Hill, one mile north, home of Lucy Jefferson Lewis, youngest sister, Thomas Jefferson author of Declaration of Independence and third president of U. S. She was born in 1752, Albemarle Co., Va. Came to Ky., 1808, with her husband Dr. Charles L. Lewis, who served in Revolution, and their six children. Mrs. Lewis died in 1811, was buried near her home.

Erected 1964 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 767.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list.

Location. 37° 11.056′ N, 88° 24.735′ W. Marker is in Smithland, Kentucky, in Livingston County. It is at the intersection of River Road (Route 137) and East Adair Street (Route 60), on the left when traveling north on River Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 731 River Road, Smithland KY 42081, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ned Buntline / Gower House (approx. 2.9 miles away); Lafayette's Tour (approx. 3 miles away); Confluence of the Cumberland and Ohio Rivers

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(approx. 3 miles away); Dallam-Bush House (approx. 3 miles away); Methodist Church (approx. 3 miles away); Federal Commissary Building (approx. 3.1 miles away); County Named, 1798 (approx. 3.2 miles away); A Civil War Base (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smithland.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 3, 2021

2. Jefferson’s Sister Marker

An additional Jefferson’s Sister Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 3, 2021

3. An additional Jefferson’s Sister Marker

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 3, 2021

4. An additional Jefferson’s Sister Marker

Nearby gravestone for John Montgomery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 3, 2021

5. Nearby gravestone for John Montgomery

Credits. This page was last revised on April 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 756 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 4, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.