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Rachel Brown Orr (Lowrey)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cherokee Nation East, Pinney Creek, A, United States
Death: 1855 (48-49)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Maj. George Lowrey, Principal Chief and Lucy Lowrey, Red Paint Clan
Wife of David Awih Brown and Nelson Orr
Mother of John Lowrey Brown; Catherine Daniel; Private and Private
Sister of James Lowrey; Susan Ross; George Lowrey, III; Lydia Hoyt and Anderson Pierce Lowrey
Half sister of Washington Charles Lowrey and Capt Charles Lowery

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About Rachel Brown Orr

According to James Hicks http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021-...:

RACHEL7 LOWREY (LUCY6BENGE, WURTEH5WATTS, SISTEROF4DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1806 in Tennessee.

She married (1) DAVID BROWN Bef. 1827, son of JOHN BROWN and SARAH _____.He was born Abt. 1798, and died September 15, 1829.

She married (2) NELSON ORR Bef. 1836.He was born Abt. 1810, and died January 1839 in near CN West, en route.

More About RACHEL LOWREY:

  • 1836 Valuations: DeKalb Co, AL, #15 as Rachel Oar "formerly widow Brown"
  • 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 503 as Rachel Ore
  • Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh)
  • Detachment: October 01, 1838, 38-04, John Benge Detachment

Notes for DAVID BROWN:

  • The Brainard Journal, p 396; David translated, with his Father-in-law, George Lowrey, the New Testament into Cherokee Syllabary. [ they translated five books of the New Testament, Act was one of them ]

More About DAVID BROWN:

  • Baptism: April 30, 1820, Brainerd Church, TN
  • Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
  • Confirmation: May 07, 1820, Brainerd Church, TN
  • Emigration 1: October 11, 1819, Brainerd mission, TN
  • Emigration 2: May 11, 1820, F.M.S. Connecticut
  • Religion: September 04, 1824, joined Dwight Mission Church, IT

More About NELSON ORR:

  • Cause of Death: a drunken brawl
  • Detachment: October 01, 1838, 38-04, John Benge Detachment, 1m-10, 1m-50, 1f-50 and 3 slaves

Children of RACHEL LOWREY and DAVID BROWN are:

i. JOHN LOWREY8 BROWN, b. Abt. 1827, Alabama; d. 1859.

ii. CATHERINE BROWN, b. 1829; d. Aft. 1902; m. WILLIAM DANIEL; b. Abt. 1820; d. Bet. 1851 - 1895.

  • 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 503
  • 1880 Census [CN]: Illinois, 612 as C B Daniels
  • 1890 Census [CN]: Illinois, 2377 as Katie Daniels
  • 1894-96 O.S. payroll: Ft Gibson, page 82 as Catherine Daniel (widow of William Daniel)
  • 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 1661, roll# 27334 as Catherine B Daniel
  • Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
  • Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Wurteh)

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Rachel Brown Orr's Timeline

1806
1806
Cherokee Nation East, Pinney Creek, A, United States
1827
1827
Cherokee Nation East (current Alabama)
1829
1829
1855
1855
Age 49