Background
Lewis, William J. was born on July 4, 1766 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.
Lewis, William J. was born on July 4, 1766 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States.
Born in Augusta County, Virginia, Lewis attended the common schools.
Lewis was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He died at "Mount Athos" plantation, near Lynchburg, Virginia, November 1, 1828. He was interred in a vault blasted out of a solid rock at the summit of "Mount Athos," Virginia.
Mount Athos was destroyed by fire in 1876, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as an archaeological site.
He served as member of the State house of delegates.