Editing Lewis County, Tennessee (section)

==History==
[[File:Meriwether Lewis National Monument and Gravesite.jpg|thumb|[[Meriwether Lewis]] National Monument and Gravesite, April 2014.]]
Lewis County was formed in 1843 from parts of [[Perry County, Tennessee|Perry]], [[Hickman County, Tennessee|Hickman]], [[Lawrence County, Tennessee|Lawrence]], [[Maury County, Tennessee|Maury]] and [[Wayne County, Tennessee|Wayne]] counties.<ref name=tehc /> It was named for explorer Meriwether Lewis of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n134 185]}}</ref> Lewis's grave is located at the geographic center of the county. The bill for its creation was proposed by [[Powhatan Gordon]] in the Tennessee State Senate.<ref name="lewiswhitetennessean">{{cite news|last1=White|first1=John A.|title=Lewis. Awful Tragedy Connected With Name of the County|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119324332/?terms=%22Powhatan%2BGordon%22|access-date=September 28, 2016|work=The Tennessean|date=June 26, 1910|page=30|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration |quote=The bill creating the County of Lewis was introduced by the Hon. Powhatan Gordon, of Maury County, the main purpose of the bill being to perpetuate the name of Lewis.}}</ref>

On October 7, 2009, a ceremony was held at the cemetery to commemorate the bicentennial of Lewis's death. A bust of Lewis was presented to the [[National Park Service]], which manages the site.<ref>"[http://news.tn.gov/node/2414 First National Memorial Service for Meriwether Lewis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712025019/http://news.tn.gov/node/2414 |date=July 12, 2011 }}, August 21, 2009. Retrieved: October 21, 2013.</ref>

Lewis County was the site of the [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tennessee#History|Cane Creek Massacre]].