Lewis William Merritt
January 19, 1844 – 1881

Alternate Spelling:  Lewis W. Merritt, Lewis W Meritt, Lewis W. Merrit
1860 Residence: Sampson County, NC

Military Record
Mallett’s North Carolina Battalion (Home Guard), Company E
June 10, 1864 – Transferred to
51st North Carolina Regiment, Company C
Rank: Private
Present or Accounted for through December 1864

Parents
Abner Thomas Merritt 1817-1865
Mary Eliza ? 1822-1900

Siblings
Tillinghast Merritt 1841-1907         9th NC Co I
Timothy Wright Merritt 1842-1904        9th NC Co I
David James Merritt 1846-1918
Susan Mary Merritt 1847-1848
Margaret E. Merritt 1849-1850
Nancy Lou Merritt 1852-1883
Catherine Eliza Merritt 1853-1891
Benjamin Franklin Merritt 1857-1917
Ann Julia Merritt 1861
Robert Stewart Merritt 1863-1936
Alice Jackson Merritt 1865-1931

Wife
Margaret Jane Peterson 1838

No Children

Burial
Unknown