DORCHESTER
COUNTY HISTORY
LEVIN
LEWIS
A
TORY
Levin
Lewis, Sr., not sure which one, of Vienna, Maryland section of
Dorchester
county, made a lot of gold money being a Tory, and dealing
with
the British during the American Revolution. In the darkness of
night,
British ships would sail up the Nanticoke River from the
Chesapeake
Bay and drop anchor below Penknife Point, send smaller
vessels
to row up Wapremander Creek. There were two reasons to
anchor
below Pennife Point, one was that it is nearest the Wapremand
Creek
and two it was out of sight of the Henry family only 2 miles
away.
The British dealings were mainly in food stuff's gathered and sold
by
other Tory friendly friends and co-hearts. Evidently , Levin Lewis
was
never
caught in any action by anyone, and always had the contraband hid
in
the creek to be loaded on the British ships.
Lewis
being paid in gold and gold coin soon managed to acquire a great
amount
of money and lands during the period he and his son were alive.
It
is thought that the 'treasure' found in the cellar of the Lewis
Wharf
plantation
homeplace was some of Levin Lewis's Tory fortune.
Abstract
by Harrison H.. 2018, from the 1967 book 'Between Blackwater
&
Nanticoke' by Bruce Stump.
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