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Lewis DeMoss is believed to be a brother to my 4th-great grandfather William, making him my 4th great-granduncle.

Based on the 1850 and 1860 US Census, he was born circa 1793 in Virginia. He married Mary Cox in 1822 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Lewis was a blacksmith by trade. He and Mary had at least eight children, including John W, Samuel, James, Mary Margaret, Joshua, Martha, Thomas and Milton. In the early 1850s, Lewis and Mary packed up the family and moved to Platte County, Missouri, north of the Kansas City area. Many of their descendants still live in the area today while others are scattered in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Lewis and Mary’s last known location was in 1860 in the Ridgely, Platte County, Missouri area. Ridgely is just south of Edgerton.

At this time, the only thing linking Lewis DeMoss to William DeMoss is the fact that they both were residing in Fleming County, Kentucky as young men.

I do not have any DNA matches for Lewis’s descendants either. While DNA matches aren’t absolutely necessary to prove a link, it would go a long way to bolster the connection.

This Lewis is not to be confused with other Lewis DeMosses.

Lewis C. DeMoss was born in 1794 in Frederick, Virginia. He was the son of Peter DeMoss and Katherine Houseman. He married Hester Clinkenbeard in 1821 in Campbell County, Kentucky which several counties away from Fleming County where my 4th great-grandfather was located. This Lewis remained in Campbell County until his death.

Lewis DeMoss who died in Platte County, Missouri in 1886. The children named in the will for this Lewis do not match those of this blog’s subject. Further investigation would indicate that this Lewis was about twenty years younger as well. There is a slim chance that this Lewis is a son of the elder Lewis, however, no evidence has yet surfaced tying the two men together other than residing in the same county.