The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-04-08
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1Letter Ia lie ,PoLesoaiIa.l .v.ss

mhde IN james fsHwBrus OF lUU acres "a.
Jaae, 1Iowry. tsitnals snnfhe niIf prong
efthe X rft.ssaanp. ami 'abalt,I miles d
bhoye McPhanl,s mill !, da,e.ls Aagpst 9tlI
lIG9. This was Bladen county. sat that
fine. and James Edwards was county sur
Neyor. james lowry bought, this land
from wm. F5rt, u whom It was ggrantea
BY George III IN las. / fpdan other Old
graut Of sDl a res ,frnn Geosgo III y
James Lowry and his wife, Silly Lowry
sold This land to. John Gilchrist, Father Of
the lae Jolin eiiiehrist. Ed. the deed
being duted sad ifebruary,q qif9o. Signed,
ssiieh ID salsiss9a ll,aass hisr - alsaI
~ "A, o,as ss NJ JAMES. LOWRY
ltats gat i n 1ilv nsa N I hsr'sg siiagg
slAs5yaslaF SILIy j, lowry
50 ~ il8k ssssE .a,sii mark 81, If
The above inop,ipnra 800 acres, is siipa-
ted on Lowry swamp, aud was owned by
the late Colonel MrEacbiin. This swamp
took IT, naue from Lowry. its formernahe
teing, the mill prong % the Raft swamp
About 4 mile below Colonel Melachn,as
residepce, II, y bend Of tho swan,p,szjis
shown, the place where james lowry resi-.
ded. A ford 1T .hIt time crossed the
swamp atthat place. and here james Low,N
ry kept p.iayeal dnring tile Revolutionary
war. lie was Tory aud whsyery aetiyes
in hunting up the Wings, and keeping tAaf
TJrys posted concerning the movements Of.
old Angus Mcneil. Dnncan. McBryde,as
John Gilchrist and others. When pesee
sas declared. this Ieighborhood being toet
hot for bin. he sold, cut and moved dawn
near where Silas Adkins lived, aud in that,
neigliborhood bis deceucants have coiitili-.
ned f6rcs'ac eyer since. The old tradi-
,ion in this seetiuHigises the origin gofiths'
l.qwrys..as follows: s'n the banks fthe
James river tacre lived, ahou ] 40, Jamesa
Lowry. lie emigrated from England aud
settled neir Fredericksburg. Va. lie was
. typeofiths bluff. English eltarae.ef----.'
rich hsughty and proud. sslAnaonlg dapgh-e
ier,l leducated IL all the aceomplishmenis
of the tiines.. aud two sons calnprlsed lLis
family, For several years the family
lived aiu peace. happiEcss and sweet con-.
TENT auiii;ths father asawakened 20 tliei
terrible consciousness that his daughtcrls
was eaceiate. Then came the storm--ani,s
her father sternly delnnnled to know the
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Olina, lie therefore sent l.er of with bis
two ms. who left her OH HE mil. prong 81
The Ran swamp. with inast BIZ the nafns
Of Henry o Berry. ] Her fathor died bro.sa
ken. hearted. and his two sons returned TO
dicdiu giving bhth TO herE
child, who was pursed and raised ppiby
Y y-,Mpo gave :. .ne name q 1gpss; pp.s,s;sps
pronaciy from SONG in'lliiasiVh ai ison VIZ
sh,u w. notner. 80, \
@helher saly Levy was s"l,e. .c, inaiap. !"
s bis1s,s II ,5s Lex,rs Sss sIr.rs vs. ps.ssd
snrrast !, a ,be ne;.Lhorhood Uenry Bsr.
i Iowrysprobably took h;s I,hn,e frotn VI
u I,orys y IL ist hslsbas SNypgI6a 81
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: Oii maids 10 Virginia are politely call
en- belated sisters,
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