Peter Lewins
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Full Name
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Peter Lewins
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Name Variations
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Peter Louin, Peter Louins, Peter Lewin, Peter Lewins, Peter Luins, Peter Lewius
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Biography
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In the month of August 1899, Peter Lewin, age 44, was lynched near Lovejoy Plantation Road, Eclectic, AL by a mob of masked men after being accused of shooting Jordan Hall, a white man. He was killed alongside his fifteen-year-old son in this tragedy. Peter Lewin was born in the year 1855 in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Alabama. Much is not known about his younger years but on December 25, 1879, he wedded his wife, Martha Pounds in Tallapoosa County. He worked as a laborer while his wife kept the house. They had at least two children together, with one of their sons being named Manuel.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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Circa 1855
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County of Birth; County of Death
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Tallapoosa County; Elmore County
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Death Date
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August 11, 1899
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Age at Death
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44
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Male
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Researchers
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Anna Williams & Carson Silas
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Case Number
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AMP051-18990825-000
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project, CSDE, EJI, Tuskegee
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Spouse or Partner
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Matilda Lewins
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Child
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Emmanuel (Manuel), Daisy, Charles, N/A, Sarah, Peter Jr. , Edward, Willie, Addie, Zedakiah, Rose
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Occupation
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Laborer