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About William Alexander Lowry
ID: I526129195
Name: William Alexander LOWRY
Given Name: William Alexander
Surname: Lowry
Sex: M
Birth: 15 May 1798 in Guilford Co, NC 1 2
Death: 9 May 1877 in Warren Co. TN 1 2
Occupation: Bet. 1837 - 1839 Senator in 22nd TN Gen Assy, representing Warren & Franklin Counties 2
Occupation: Saddle Maker
Burial: Salem Christian Church Cem, Jessie, Warren Co., TN (6 mi N of McMinnville) 3 2
Census: 1830 Rhea Co, TN; pg 377
Census: 1840 Warren, TN Pg 342
Census: 1850 Warren Co. TN pg 72/36B
Event: Resided Unknown 1814 Guilford, NC joined War of 1812
Event: Resided Unknown 1815 Discharged in VA
Event: Resided Unknown 1817 Grainger Co. TN
Event: Resided Unknown Bet. 1820 - 1836 Pikesville, Bledsoe Co. TN (near Dayton, Rhea Co
Event: Resided Unknown 1836 Myers Cove, Warren Co. (SE of McMinnville)
Event: Resided Unknown Bet. 1838 - 1861 Warren Co, Tenn IAW Tax List (1855 in Van Buren Co)
Event: Resided Unknown 1870 Altamont, Grundy Co, TN IAW Agr Census
Event: Nationality Scotch-Irish extraction
Event: Military Unknown Bet. 20 Sep 1814 - 31 Mar 1815 War of 1812 - Enlisted Pvt (Fifer) in American army at Guilford, NC, in Capt McQuentin's company, Atkinson's regiment 4
Event: Military Unknown May 1861 Warren Co Court authorized a Home Guard unit and made Maj Lowry the General Commander
Event: Fact Unknown He was major of militia in Warren Co, and personal friend of Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson
Event: Cause of Death (Facts Pg Unknown Died while plowing his garden 5
Note:
[Turner-McCorkle.FTW]
In 1814, William, who was described as 6 feet tall, having light hair,
blue eyes and a florid complexion, left the family farm in Guilford Co,
NC to join the War of 1812. He served as a private in McQuinten's
Company, Atkinson's Regiment and is listed as a fifer.
After discharge from the military at Craney Island, VA on March 31, 1815,
William and his brother, Levi Jasper, set out for TN, staying a time in
Greenville.
William married Abenida Sigler, daughter of Phillip Siglar and Fanny
Nall. The marriage bond was posted in Grainger Co., on April 2, 1817 by
Bonsdman St. Clair F. Cladwell and the marriage was performed June 24,
1817 by William Lane, J.P.
Prior to arriving in Warren Co, William and Abenida lived in Pikeville,
Bledsoe Co, near Dayton in Rhea Co. In 1836 the family settled in Myers
Cove, southeast of McMinnville, where William owned considerable land. He
was a saddler by trade, also a politician. He served as Senator in the
22nd TN General Assembly from 1937-1839, representing Warren and Franklin
Counties. In 1844 he was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention
which nominated James K. Polk, as President of the U.S. Not surprisingly,
James K. Polk Lowry was born that same year. William was also a friend of
Andrew Jackson.
Sources: Marrige Record: Grainger Co, TN
War of 1812 Service & Pension Records # 11043 and 22697
Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly Vol. 1
McMinnville at a Milestone 1810-1960 by Walter Womack; Walter Womack's
Personal Diary on microfilm at Warren County Library
Personal letter of F. C. Lowry, 17 Nov 1980
Muster Rolls of Md Troops in Revolution 1775-1783, Md Archives Vol 18
Prepared for the 10th Annual Lowry Reunion July 16, 1994
John & Nellie Lowry, 9654 Kessler Ave, Chatsworth, CA 91311
TNGenWeb Project -- WARREN COUNTY TENNESSEE ENTRY TAKERS INDEX ~ From
1824 ~
Applicant Entry No. Date Survey Book Page Acres
Lowry, Wm. 4764 1840 1848 4 77 400
Source: MARRIAGE: HOLEMAN NEWSLETTER; vIV,i3,p8, by Merry Ann Malcolm,
R.R. 3, Box 185-A, Kewanee, IL., 61443.
1870 agricultural census of Grundy County, page 3 Dist. 3, Altamont:
William Lowry 60 acres, 40 other unimproved acres, Cash value of farm:
$1000; 2 horses, 2 milch cows, 3 other cattle, 3 sheep, 7 swine, Value of
livestock: $425. Indian corn 700 bushels, 200 bushels of oats.
(between John Hobbs Sr, and Jesse Nunly; two houses away is James
Thompson, whose dau married William Lowry Tanner 1871)
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William Alexander Lowry's Timeline
| 1798 |
May 15, 1798
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Louisa, Louisa, VA, United States
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| 1818 |
1818
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Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
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| 1820 |
March 1, 1820
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Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
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| 1824 |
1824
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Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
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| 1825 |
1825
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Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
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| 1826 |
April 27, 1826
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Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, USA
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| 1828 |
October 7, 1828
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Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
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| 1830 |
August 28, 1830
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1830
Age 31
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Rhea Co, TN; pg 377
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