Henry Berry Lowrie (Lowery) Papers, 1864-1872

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Henry Berry Lowrie (Lowery) Papers, 1864-1872

1864-1872

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1271

This collection contains eight documents (1864-1872) relating to the Lowrie (Lowry) Gang of outlaws based in Robeson County, North Carolina. Included are a Grand Jury indictment (1864) of three "free Negroes" (two are named Lowrie) for theft, two summons in Robeson County (1868) and Columbus County (1869) to bring Henry B. Lowery to court for trial for murder, and an affidavit and four Grand Jury payment receipts (1872) related to an indictment of Thomas Brady ("Lowerie Outlaws" sympathizer) for murder.

0.015 Cubic feet, 1 archival folder containing 8 items

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Lowry, Henry Berry, 1846-1872

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Henry Berry Lowrie (ca. 1846- 72?) was a native of Robeson County, N.C. Prior to his birth, his family had large property holdings in the region but by the mid-nineteenth century had somehow lost most of these in a series of lawsuits. The Lowries were of both Scottish and native American ancestry and as such were part of a large Indian and mixed race population in the area, whose fortunes and civil rights were extensively marginalized during and after the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Follo...