Such Evidence Found as to Leave No Doubt (Lewis's Grave)
MERIWETHER LEWIS
1774 - 1809
BENEATH THIS MONUMENT ERECTED UNDER LEGISLATIVE ACT BY THE STATE
OF TENNESSEE, A.D., 1848, REPOSES THE DUST OF MERIWETHER LEWIS, A
CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
JEFFERSON, SENIOR COMMANDER OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, AND
GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA.
IN THE GRINDER HOUSE, THE RUINS OF WHICH ARE STILL DISCERNIBLE,
230 YARDS SOUTH OF THIS SPOT, HIS LIFE OF ROMANTIC ENDEAVOR AND LASTING
ACHIEVEMENT CAME TRAGICALLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY TO ITS CLOSE ON THE
NIGHT OF OCT. 11, 1809.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS
OF THE MONUMENT ACT, CONTAIN THESE SIGNIFICANT STATEMENTS:
"GREAT CARE WAS TAKEN TO IDENTIFY THE GRAVE. GEORGE NIXON, ESQ.,
AN OLD SURVEYOR, HAD BECOME VERY EARLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE LOCALITY.
HE POINTED OUT THE PLACE; BUT TO MAKE ASSURANCE DOUBLY SURE THE GRAVE
WAS RE-OPENED AND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SKELETON EXAMINED AND SUCH
EVIDENCE FOUND AS TO LEAVE NOT DOUBT OF THE PLACE OF INTERMENT."
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