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Micajah Green Lewis (b. 1784 – February 14, 1805) was an American political aide who was killed in a duel in 1805. Lewis was the son of an American Revolutionary War veteran and North Carolina state legislator named William Terrell Lewis. Lewis was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina about 1784. His older sisters Sarah T. Lewis and Eliza Lewis married brothers, Dr. Thomas C. Claiborne and William C. C. Claiborne, the governor of Mississippi Territory and then Louisiana. Lewis was a graduate of Princeton University. He went to work for his uncle Governor Claiborne and was killed in a duel with political opponent Robert Sterry in 1805. According to a history of dueling in New Orleans, the reason for the challenge was a "a short article, A DREAM, written by Fidelis, and published in the Gazette of Feb. 8th. Lewis had called at the office of the Gazette to find out the identity of Fidelis, but they wouldn't tell him without 'consultation'. In the meanwhile he learned from other sources that the author was Robert Sterrey whom Lewis immediately challenged, leaving no room for concession or compromise."

Lewis is buried near his sister and her baby in New Orleans.

When Lewis' aunt and uncle Thomas and Sarah Claiborne died, future U.S. president Andrew Jackson became guardian of their son Micajah Lewis Claiborne, who had likely been named in honor of Micajah Green Lewis.

References

1. ^ "Genealogy of the Lewis family in America, from the middle of the seventeenth century down to the present time. By Wm. Terrell Lewis ..." HathiTrust. p. 80, 96. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
2. ^ "Micajah Green Lewis death in a duel". The Tennessee Gazette and Metro-District Advertiser. 1805-03-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
3. "Where exactly is the famous Dueling Oak?". NOLA.com. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
4. "Duelling in old New Orleans". HathiTrust. pp. 9–12. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
5. Meredith, Rachel (May 2013). "There Was Somebody Always Dying and Leaving Jackson as Guardian": The Wards of Andrew Jackson (M.A. History thesis). Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University. ProQuest 1538368. pp 98–99

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