Person:William Lowry (32)

Records in Tennessee

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 384. 5 June 1833, Thomas A. Anderson to Solomon bogart, James H. Reagan, George W. Mayo, Victor Moreau Campbell and T. Nixon Vandyke and their successors, “lot of ground whereon the brick wall of an Academy House has been lately erected above the dwelling house of the said Anderson”; tract lately conveyed by Wm. Lowry Esq. To Anderson; “For a publick Library Lyceum and Museum whenever suitable building can be by subscription or otherwise erected thereon”; said trustees shall in addition to Literature and Science cause elementary and practical instruction to be given in the useful arts upon the plan of the Institution of Fellenberg at Hafeoyl in Switzerland. TNGenWeb.org

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 173. Apr 1843, WILLIAM LOWRY to JOHN McGHEE of Monroe Co.; land...on which my dwelling and improvements are, and the residue of said quarter on which a part of the Town of Athens is situated having conveyed a part of said quarter to the Town of Athens and to others; for $903.45. TNGenWeb.org

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 174. 10 Apr 1843, WILLIAM LOWRY to SAMUEL H. JORDAN; Deed of Trust for slaves and furniture (all listed); LOWRY is indebted to JOHN McGHEE of Monroe Co., by note dated 20 Feb 1818, and to THOMAS B. MAYFIELD. TNGenWeb.org

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 355. 21 Jul 1850, JOHN McGHEE to sister POLLY LOWRY, wife of WM. LOWRY, Esq..; for love and affection; Bill of Sale for slave. TNGenWeb.org

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 229, 22 Apr 1851, Christian Peters, Sheriff, to Tandy S. Rice; land belonging to the heirs of N. Jarnagin dec’d , sold 1850 for unpaid taxes; witness Milton P. Jarnagin proves deed, 10 Mar 1859, and William Lowry Sr. proves handwriting of William F. Keith, the other witness, who is now dead. TNGenWeb.org

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 154. 26 Jun 1852, WILLIAM LOWRY and wife POLLY to BYRUM ALLEN; Bill of Sale for slave. TNGenWeb.org

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 110. 22 Aug. 1862 Chancery Court Decree: Polly Lowry by her next friend Willie Lowry vs. Charles McGhee in his own right and as surviving Exec. Of John McGhee dec’d, W.J.Niles and wife Margaret W., Mary McGhee widow and Admx.with Will annexed of Barclay McGhee dec’d, Ann, Margaret, John, Levina, and Mary McGhee, minor heirs and children of Barclay McGee by their Gdn. Mary McGhee; “It being suggested to the Court that the respondents have... contracted to sell, for $1500., about ten acers of land heretofore ordered to be sold for the satisfaction of the decree rendered in favor of the complainants in this Cause to the Trustees of the Athens Female College which is described...as lying and being on the north side of Athens& bounded as follows, on the South West by lands belonging to Erastus Rowley, A.McKeldin, & the estate of A.D. Keys, and others, on the North side by the road running from town to Forest Hill, and continuing in a strait line with the road until it reaches the North line of the described land, being the land on which the Athens Female College is located....”’; land divest out of respondents and vested in fee simple in John F. Slover, William M. Sehorn, R.M.Fisher, William H. Ballew, Alexander H. Keith, R.C.Jackson, George W. Bridges, M.L. Phillips, Tim Shullings, Thomas L. Hoyl, S.K. Reeder, Willie Lowry, Andrew Hutsel, John L.Bridges , and Samual P. Ivins, trustees of the Athens Female College; the contract to supercede a contract existing between William Lowry and others and the trustees, and the money when paid is to go to Polly Lowry. TNGenWeb.org

• McMinn County, TN Court Record: 318. 28 Sep 1877, Herman Warnecke, Trustee, to J. E. Raht; sale of land deeded to him in trust by Alexander Cleage and wife Jemima and John H. Cleage on 11 Sep 1872; ten acres near Athens beginning at H. Humphrey’s corner on S side of the mill pond at high water mark…Eastanallee Creek below the Spring, formerly known as Lowry’s Mill tract but now known as Cleage’s Mill; also 570 acres near Athens known as the Wm. Lowry farm, purchased by Alexander Cleage at Chancery sale and where he now lives. TNGenWeb.org

1.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   Name Wm Loury
   [Wm Lowry]
   Gender Male
   Race White
   Age 55
   Birth Year abt 1795
   Birthplace Virginia
   Home in 1850 Subdivision 23, McMinn, Tennessee, USA
   Occupation Chancery Court Clerk
   Industry State Public Administration
   Line Number 39
   Dwelling Number 704
   Family Number 496
   Inferred Spouse Polly Loury
   Inferred Child Sarah A Loury
   Household Members (Name) Age
   Wm Loury 55
   Polly Loury 58
   Sarah A Loury 20
   John H Loury 22
   Willie Loury 21
   Mathew Loury 16

2.   1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules.

   Name William Loury
   Residence Date 1850
   Residence Place Subdivision 23, McMinn, Tennessee, USA
   Number of Enslaved People 12
   Role Slave Owner
   All Enslaved People (Gender) Age
   Male 60
   Male 50
   Female 55
   Female 55
   Female 35
   Female 15
   Male 70
   Female 65
   Female 8
   Female 9
   [Unknown] 6
   Male 5

3.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

   Name Wm Lowry
   Age 67
   Birth Year abt 1793
   Gender Male
   Race White
   Birth Place Virginia
   Home in 1860 District 7, McMinn, Tennessee
   Post Office Athens
   Dwelling Number 807
   Family Number 780
   Occupation Farmer
   Real Estate Value 15000
   Personal Estate Value 10000
   Inferred Spouse Polly Lowry
   Household Members (Name) Age
   Wm Lowry 67
   Polly Lowry 67
   Alexander Lowry 35
   Sarah Lowry 30
   Matthew M Lowry 24

4.   Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895.

   Name William Lowry
   Residence Date 1836
   Residence Place McMinn, Tennessee, USA