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HISTORY
Sarah Murray Lewis Chapter, NSDAR, Warm Springs, Virginia,
was organized November 6, 1977, with 29 members. Mrs. Robert D. Metheny of
Millboro, Virginia, was the Organizing Regent.
The chapter
was named in honor of Sarah Murray Lewis, a patriot who spent the Revolutionary
War years raising her children, managing the plantation "Fort Lewis"
and offering safe haven to her frontier neighbors from Indian attacks.
Sarah
Murray was born August 1, 1743 in New York. She married Col. Charles Lewis
in 1760 and they lived on the 950-acre plantation on the Cowpasture River in
Bath County, Virginia. Col. Lewis was called to command the
Augusta County
Regiment in the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774 against Cornstalk
and the Confederacy of Indian Nations. There he was mortally wounded and
buried. Sarah not only lost her husband in that battle, but her brother
Captain John Murray and her half brother Private George Cameron as well. Sarah is buried in the family plot behind of the manor house.
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PAST
REGENTS
Constance
Corley Metheny (Mrs. Robert David), 1977-1980
Rebekah McClintic Tankersley (Mrs. Samuel A.), 1980-1983
Montgomery McClung Linkous (Mrs. Kenneth Terrell), 1983-1986
Irene Lightner Bogan (Mrs. Merle W.), 1986-1989
Lucilla Newman Toman (Mrs. William Henry), 1989-1992
Jeanne Hudson Kibbee (Mrs. Lewis Crossett), 1992-1995
Irene Lightner Bogan (Mrs. Merle W.), 1995-1998
Constance Corley Metheny (Mrs. Robert David), 1998-2001
Leta Lightner Wimer (Mrs. Arvie Glenn, Jr.), 2001-2004
Constance
Corley Metheny (Mrs. Robert David), 2004-2007
Denotes
deceased Daughter
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CHARTER
MEMBERS
Ann Metheny Ady (Mrs. Thomas Lewis)
Hallie Beverage Barlow (Mrs. Glen)
Irene Lightner Bogan (Mrs. Merle Warwick)
Eleanor Lockridge Bowman (Mrs. Chester)
Frances McClung Buchanan (Mrs. Charles Edward)
Marguerite Beverage Buzzard (Mrs. H. W.)
Betty Jane Clem
Annie Revercomb Coursey (Mrs. Hugh)
Revonda Hull Dedrick (Mrs. Virgil)
Ida McClintic Evans
Margaret Lockridge Ewing (Mrs. H. C., Jr.)
Helen Beverage Fitzgerald (Mrs. O. E.)
Kathleen Hepler Gleake (Mrs. Francis)
Nancy Lightner Hamilton (Mrs. Samuel)
Ruth Hickman Gabriel Hardy (Mrs. E. I.)
Nancy Lockridge Henderson (Mrs. W. L., Jr.)
Ruth Revercomb Hoy (Mrs. Elmer Lawrence)
Virginia Burns Hull (Mrs. Allie Ray)
Margaret Lunsford (Mrs. R. Turner)
Mary McClung Leake (Mrs. Cornell)
Bessie Lee Cleek Lightner (Mr. Harry Robert, Sr.)
Montromery McClung Linkous (Mrs. Kenneth Terrell)
Ann McClintic Lockridge (Mrs. J. Leo)
Hazel Beverage Lovell (Mrs. I. R.)
Edna Beverage Madison ( Mrs. William)
Allie Lucinda Hull Maxwell (Mrs Robert C.)
Constance Corley Matheny (Mrs. Robert Daivs
Florance Hamilton Michael (Mrs. David Martin)
Karen Corley Moy (Mrs. W. E.)
Brenda Irene Bogan Painter (Mrs. Samuel Franklin)
Jessie Hepler Perry
Mary Susan Revercomb
Jessie Harouff Ritenour ( Mrs. Ira T.)
Delana Lightner Ryder (Mrs. Donald S.)
Malvina Hepler Shaver (Mrs. Ralph)
Charlcie Beverage Snider (Mrs H. H.)
Emma Sue Hepler Snider (Mrs. William A.)
Rebecca McClintic Tankersley (Mrs. Samuel A.)
Constance Cleek Thompson
Virginia Graham Webb (Mrs. Harry, Sr.)
Lina Revercomb Whitson (Mrs. Alfred)
Leta Lightner Wimer (Mrs. Arvie Glenn, Jr.)
Betty Lockridge Whitt (Mrs. J. R.)
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ORGANIZING
MEMBERS
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Sarah Murray Lewis Chapter celebrated
its 25th anniversary on November 9, 2002. |
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The following daughters received 25 year certificates:
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Ann Metheny Ady (Mrs. Thomas Lewis)
Irene Lightner Bogan (Mrs. Merle Warwick)
Frances McClung Buchanan (Mrs. Charles Edward)
Mary McClung Leake (Mrs. Cornell)
Allie Lucinda Hull Maxwell (Mrs Robert C.)
Constance Corley Matheny (Mrs. Robert Daivs)
Brenda Irene Bogan Painter (Mrs. Samuel Franklin)
Katherine Elizabeth Liesfeld Smith (Mrs. William S.)
Rebecca McClintic Tankersley (Mrs. Samuel A.)
Lina Revercomb Whitson (Mrs. Alfred)
Leta Lightner Wimer (Mrs. Arvie Glenn, Jr.) |
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