Notes for: Jane Lewis

In 1799, the widowed Jane Lewis Maxwell and her six children moved from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, settling on land owned by Col. William Lowther (1742-1814) near present-day West Milford, W.Va. She later moved to Lost Creek, and finally to near present-day Jane Lew in Lewis County. The town Jane Lew was named by her son, Lewis, in her honor.