Wishart Family Papers, circa 1830-1999

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Wishart Family Papers, circa 1830-1999

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Wishart family members include Francis Marion Wishart (1837-1872) of Shoe Heel (now Maxton), near Lumberton in Robeson County, N.C., who served in the Confederage army during the Civil War and organized the fight against the Lowry gang, a group of Croatan (Lumbee) Indians that terrorized Robeson County around 1871; and William Clifton Wishart (b. 1871), who served for many years as a vice president of the New York Central Railroad. The collection contains materials relating to Francis Marion Wishart's Civil War and Lowry gang activities and to Wishart family history. Civil War materials include Francis Marion Wishart's diary, circa 100 pages, containing brief entries, 1861-1862, chiefly reporting troop movements, camp life, and other aspects of Wishart's service. Lowry gang materials include correspondence, chiefly from July and August 1871, between Wishart and his recruits in the war against the Lowry gang; notes and writings relating to the Lowry gang; clippings; and pictures, including a tintype showing three men with shotguns and a dead Lowry gang member, circa 1871. Family history materials include correspondence, 1906-1963, chiefly of William Clifton Wishart and Annabel Wishart Lane, who were involved in gathering information on family history; notes and writings on the Wishart and related families; and pictures of family members. The Addition of January 2012 includes additional materials related to the Lowry gang, including photocopies of Francis Marion Wishart's journal, circa 1867-1872, documenting his pursuit of the Lowry gang; an unattributed account of the Lowry gang's activities circa 1864 to 1871; and other related research materials.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Lowry, Henry Berry, 1846-1872

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw284c (person)

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...

Wishart family.

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Wishart family members include Francis Marion Wishart (1837-1872) of Shoe Heel (now Maxton), near Lumberton in Robeson County, N.C., who married Lydia Maria Pittman (1845-1899) in 1866. Wishart, known as Frank, had served in the Confederate army during the Civil War and came home to a Robeson County terrorized by a gang of Croatan Indians, led by Henry Berry Lowry, who, at 16, had witnessed the brutal execution of his father and brother, who had been falsely accused of theft. Wishar...