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Samuel Lowry, of Rowan County, NC
b.Est 1735
- H. Samuel Lowry, of Rowan County, NCEst 1735 - Abt 1789
m. Bef 1765 - William LowryAbt 1765 - 1812
Facts and Events
Records in North Carolina
- 1758-1772 - Samuel Lowry taxed in area south of Salisbury, NC.
- 1778 - Capt. Armstrong's District-taxes.
- 1778 - Yadkin River in 1778 [RCVL p72], 300 acres Fourth Creek in 1778 [RCVL p99].
- 1778 - 263 acres on Hunting Creek in 1778 [RCVL p107].
- 1778 - 1778 Owned land on N side Third Crk, 640 A on S side of North Yadkin, 250 A on S side of North Yadkin, 300 A on S side Fourth Crk (land on fourth Creek also noted in 1779 [RCVL, RCLE]), 263 A on E side Hunting Crk
- 25 October 1786 - Samuel Lowry received a grant of 395 acres from State of North Carolina on 25 October 1786, "in the 11th year of our Independence" for 50 shillings/hundred acres. Samuel identified himself as a Planter. Samuel sold land to son William on 5 May 1789. [Note: part of this 395 acre tract was sold to Isaac Cowan 11 November 1796 [RCDe p159].
- 5 May 1789 - Samuel Lowry to his son William Lowry for 10 pounds, love, and goodwill; 395 A on S side of Fourth Crk adj William Cohen, originally a state grant dated 25 October 1786 [11:172]. Wit: William Brown, John Tate. Prvd by Tate at May Ct 1789. [Rowan County Abstract of Deeds]
- 5 May 1789 - Articles of Agreement, Samuel Lowry to his son William Lowry for 10 pounds, love, and goodwill; all his land on S side of Fourth Crk of South Yadkin R [area not stated], "all my Improvements for husbandry", one wagon and accessories, all his horses and cattle, and all household furniture (except one feather bed, a large Bible, and one chest). William Lowry is to provide him with a good saddle horse and pay 12 pounds a year on 16 October to his father during Samuel's natural life. Under 600 pounds bond. Wit: Will Brown, John Tate. Prvd by Tate at May Ct 1789.
Citations
- http://www.bdhhfamily.com/new_page_13.htm
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lrtate&id=I4139
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