The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-05

mere were only llS foreigners. But one county
was the county whence the grandfather OF the pres
en-. outlaws OF kooes0n emlgrated In 1860 there
| Wake county had next below Robson, 1885 muat
toes ana after Hertford county, with l,o2O. There
ere mo cG1de ts IN al sne state WIN more saan
had l2a slave muattoes and $3.50 slave blacks.
! Tree population making almost two-thirds 1t
$1,000 considerably above the average counties OF
iull.blooded Indians 1,i5s In number) ascrlbed TO
North Carolina, none were set down either TO Robe
negro settlements might be inferred from the fact
| that by the census OF 1850 only two slaves were
manumitted that year In 1860 there were manu-.
year there 262 fugitives from North Carolina
to II. sol from South Carolina. Where dld the south
Carolina iugitves hide Perhaps no ncO siderable
portion of Them sought the swamp counties on the
southern tier OF North Carolina, and begged the
| charity OF this large free negro settlement
THE INDIAN RACE OF THE LOwERYs.
The question ensues, whence came the Indian
blood 81 the Lowers who are oy general assertion
tney and their blood relatives show Indian traces
while Scutiiet0wn al large Is manly PLAIN unr0
There were two sets OF aborigines in North Caro-
lina-the Cher0kees OF the west, mountainous Caro-
to the Indian Territory and OF whom several rem
nants remain In the extreme western corner or
al Juae %eeS en- sys
that ne saw Cherokee once who resembled Patrick
Lowery so closely that ne called out, ''Is that
Patrick ~
Besides tho CherOkees there was the Atlantic
coast conlederacy, LED by the Tuscaroras and
Allotted at the great massacre OF I'LL by the Hatteras
Indians. the Pamlicos and the Cothechneys These
Indians, after determined resistance to the whites,
which resulted in soaring the Baron de Grail
the SWISS founder OF Newbern out OF the
New World, accepted reservation of
lands in Halifax ana Berthe counties, near
the Roanoke River. They emigrated TO New York
and Iolned the Five Nations few years aiterward,
being thought worthy In prowess to De admitted TO
OF their lands In North Carolina until after the year
ls4o. Some persons Of the tribe en-. must have re.
NAMED bennS to LOOK after these lands and am9ng
OF the Lowerys inc prlde OF character OF Inc Tvs;
caroras was such tnat the Oherokees, Greeks . and
and parkman says that the Tuscaroras were
Oh the same generic stook Win tne irOquois
shose Fve Ns,ons Hiareta saws ihat thew
were reputed to be remnants Of two virginia
srees e ash anS
burned the surveyor General. who mad trespassed
on their lands at the stake. and were In turn partly
Eight hundred OF them were sold by their Indian
enemies to the whites OF the Caronas at one time,
the unsettled portions OF Virginia and PENNSYLVANIA
to Lake Oneida New YORK me act OF south Caro-
passed to meet the issue OF accepting these Indians
as slaves; II was initiated IN North Carolina nearly
at the same time and renamed the oasis or the
criminal cOue against DOth Wnlte ana ndlan slaves.
This criminal code, enforced against Allan LOwery,
the father OF Henry Berry Lowery, the outlaw has
had the result OF making RODesOn county the seat
OF a fierce warfare Tor revenge Persons curious
about tue severity OF thls c0de may see digest Oh
IL IN Hildreth Colonial series, v0l. H., PIP. 27i,215.
rlors IN NORTH CarOina. In iSoI tney bought
tract from tne H0 on Lana company WIN tne
proceeds Oh tner North carolina lands ana IL was
about at this period That the ancestor OF the
Lowerys removed rom Halifax county to Robson
THE LowERYs SETTLE IN robson.
me following , statement OF tne origin OF the
family Is derived from tne notebooks OF Colonel
+. M. W1shart, winch were entrusted TO me 10 look
at by Captain +. ID. NJ kenney, OF Shoe Heel
James Lowery the grandfather OF H. B. L0wery,
came from HALIFAX, N. u, ana settled ~ what IL
two miles from Buies storeh built bridge across
browning Ereck amd kept u, as tol bridge also
travellers ne was wealthy and 1alrly respected
by all, and owned slaves; ne married woman 0y
the name OF --, ana had three sons, George
travis L0wery, Auen LoWery ana Ihomas Lowery.
Allen Lowery, the father OF me bandit leader,
settled on the south side OF Back swamp. IN des-
ert,looRlng wilderness an. was the iatner Oh rat.
TICK, furule. Ahurcw, SinCaII, W!ulani, Inomass
otepnen Oaivin, nenrv berIy anu MAY. ,..
Utu Ame s, LOVELY was sWoe' pcao1aple oiutaen,
anu "eW mhe IT, ne WnS sear n a"ei M MS younS
uays. S ,I,,n 20 n 1 IN Mvv,e
ana osneIsane was Mung ~ snare s ms lase ceml'
Al nis uOJs wo,S oUnaSS VIII m,n, au t.e la
NV got on smoothly ana nduStroasy until tne sum.
mer Oh 1864. when tnree Yankee" prisoners es-
T "nong u ION ~; ts sI n pu =" q, % ~
Ihey nade tneir way w .ne MOUSE vi AIien LoWely
and were comparatively safe as nearly all the white
people were III Tue OouieucIa.o arny auu tue Slate
Mws "o m n.y. ANY, VIC @ go w oms' -, III ue
ranks Tne SCuiuetoMncis were mustered III only
as COOKS &c or cOnsCIIpIeu W WorA Oh Inc preast-
WORKS about WiimlnsLon: , a., ~
, Inere Is stOry currenc enat tie LowerYs IN I've
hevolutionary war were tosJ pusnW nnckers, ou. IL
Is also alleged tnat Que vi sue family received
united states pension up 70 tne gay ne dieu: some
Oh tne boys were winng 10 en.er tne confederate
army, as tnelr latucI nau hepI slaves, out tnelr
proud Splits recoea IRON wor1ng On .ne lortiaea
lions among tne negroes. AZ the war progressed
anu tne Lowelys gos W uIuetssanu ~ they sympa-
tniZeu WIFI Tue NoItn, anu euser.aaneu aI their
capns us escapeu soluiery run rioience'
ar, p,u.s pUs,ae a aarnsut Har,ocro, ora
ntIe n sr Wim'"n,on sa,d y, Hnu ~
an interrogatOry:L, .,.
uon tninh pocs ma mas any 'nang w no WIN tiils
ouIpleak ~ pegau III .me wai WIEN our inpress
lug OiceIs maue = rT naS upon 'ne Tree
nesrS se.'r i an nrs away nn omrse ouws
oI sue Nv le,n.vss ga w ttn r n v ItnCa'
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