Lewis Booker had an exemplary career during the American Revolution. He entered the Continental Army was 2nd Lieutenant in January, 1777. He was later promoted to Captain Lieutenant in Capt. Wm. Murray's Co. of Artillery under the command of Col. Charles Harrison (roll dated Oct. 1777), and in Capt. Samuel Edden's Co., same regiment (roll dated June 1778, Valley Forge). For the following year-and-a-half, he appears on muster rolls at White Plains, Fredericksburg, Pluckemin, Middle Brook, Smith's Clove, and New Windsor.

From Nov. 1779 to Mar. 1780 he was listed as "on furlough" on the "Muster Roll of Capts. Pierce's, Burwell's, Dandridge's, and Edden's Cos., incorporated and commanded by Capt. Eddens in the lst Battalion of Artillery Commanded by Col. Charles Harrison", Morristown. From Jan. through May, 1782 he commanded a detachment from the 1st Regiment, stationed near Bacon's Bridge, S.C. On Jan. 1, 1783, he expressed his wish to retire and received his final pay Sept. 30, 1783.

In 1796 he applied for and received a bounty land warrant which was lost in the mail. In 1803 he received a replacement warrant for land in the state of Ohio.592