Introduction

Biography

Freeman was the son of Ja­cob Lew­is, Sr., and Ma­ry Be­bout, and hus­band of Re­bec­ca A. Craft (mar­ried 1809).

He was a sur­vey­or and school teach­er, and wrote mu­sic on the side.

In 1816, he ac­com­pa­nied Si­mon Ber­nard, a for­mer French ge­ne­ral and en­gin­eer of Na­po­le­on I, in one of his ear­ly ex­pe­di­tions in Am­er­ica.

Lewis al­so served as Coun­ty Sur­vey­or of Fay­ette Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia (1828–36), and helped Jo­na­than Knight sur­vey the Ches­a­peake and Ohio Canal.

He lat­er played the or­gan at the Pres­by­te­ri­an Church in Un­ion­town, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

• The Beau­ties of Har­mo­ny, 1813, 1816, 1818