Unidentified AMP051-18990825-001

Full Name

Biography

In the month of August 1899, the son of Peter Lewin, age 15, was lynched near Lovejoy Plantation Road, Eclectic, AL by a white mob after being accused of shooting a white man. He was killed alongside his father, Peter Lewin, age 44. The son of Peter Lewin was born around the year 1894 to parents, Peter and Martha Lewin. He was one of twelve children and lived in the household among them. He was in the middle of twelve children in the Lewin household Some of his siblings ‘names included Emmanuel (Manuel), Daisy, Charles, Sarah, Peter Jr., Edward, Willie, Addie, Zedakiah, and Rose. After his death alongside his father, his mother remained in Elmore County, took on the role as the head of the household, rented out a farm, Cand became a farm conductor and employer. Around 1910, his mother and remaining siblings that lived in the household relocated back to Tallapoosa County, rented out a new farm, and became farm employers and laborers. His older sister, Daisy, had married Floyd Blue and had three children named Lillie Mae, John, and Doc. His brother, Manuel, moved away from Elmore and relocated to Brighton, Alabama. He also found work as a coal miner, married a woman named Nancy and had six children.

Documented or Attempted

Documented

Birth Date

Circa 1894

County of Birth; County of Death

Tallapoosa County; Elmore County

Death Date

August 00, 1899

Age at Death

15

Race

Black

Sex

Male

Researchers

Anna Williams, Carson Silas

Case Number

AMP051-18990825-001

Identified by:

Alabama Memory Project, Jana Venable

Mother

Matilda Lewins

Father

Peter Lewins

All other relatives

Emmanuel (Manuel) (Sibling), Daisy (Sibling), Charles (Sibling), Sarah (Sibling), Peter Jr. (Sibling), Edward (Sibling), Willie (Sibling), Addie (Sibling), Zedakiah (Sibling), and Rose (Sibling), Nieces and Nephews: Lillie Mae, John, Doc

Occupation

Farmer