| Scope and content |
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. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Henry Berry Lowrie (Lowery) Papers (#1271), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Purchased from Seth Kaller, Inc.. |
| Biographical note | Henry Berry Lowrie (ca. 1846- 72?) was a native of Robeson County, N.C. of Scottish and native American ancestry whose family joined a band of Indian bushwhackers who hid out in the swamps to evade compulsory conscription of Native American labor by the Confederate government during the Civil War. The group soon became known as "the Lowrie (Lowry) band" and engaged in guerilla warfare with the local Home Guard and after the war, Lowrie went on the run before disappearing in 1872. |
