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Descendants of Thomas (Sr.) Lowe

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS M.² LOWE (THOMAS (SR.)¹) was born Abt. 1775, and died Aug 24, 1848 in Casey County, Kentucky ³. He married ELIZABETH BETSY MASON Mar 12, 1801 in Lincoln County, Kentucky, daughter of WILLIAM MASON and SARAH MCKEACHEY. She was born 1786, and died Aft. 1870 in Casey County, Kentucky.

Notes for THOMAS M. LOWE:
Unsure of who this Thomas' father was.

Could ISAAC LOWE of NC be the father of our Thomas Lowe?
From Rockingham County NC, ISAAC LOWE Will written Feb 14, 1806, Proved November 1807
"In the name of God, Amen. I ISAAC LOWE of the county of Rockingham County and State of North Carolina being weak of body but sound and perfect memory, do make, constitute and ordain this my Last Will & Testament in form and manner following Viz--- To my Beloved Wife CATHRIAN LOWE I will & bequeath all my personal estate together with my land and negroes during her natural life and then to be disposed of in the following manner which will be hereafter mentioned. To my son THOMAS LOWE, I will and bequeath the tract of land I now live on at my said wife's death to him & his hares for ever likewise. Two beds which is now in his possession I also bequeath to him and his hares.
      Item - To my dagter MARGARET MOORE I give and bequeath one bed and furniture also at my wife's death
      Item - To my daughter FRANKEY EDMONSON I give and bequeath one bed and furniture in the manner as above mentioned.
      Item - To my daughter FANNEY PEARSON I give and bequeath at my wife's death as much property which she may make choice of as will be in value to a good bed and furniture.
      Item - To my Son-in-law SAMUEL MOORE & my daughter-in-law MARY LOWE, I give and bequeath to each five shillings. I bequeath my warring apparel and saddle to my said son Thomas Lowe.
All the remainder of my personal estate at my wife's death I bequest to my four children to wit THOMAS LOWE, MARGARET MOOR, FRANKEY EDMONSON & FANNEY PEARSON to be eequally divided amongst them and as to my said Negroes which I am now possessed of it is my will and desire at my wife's death and faithful service which they have performed to me I do hereby absolutely order that they be set free. All that I am possesed of or that I may hereafter be possessed with. Viz one Negro woman named Nell the wife of a certain free man named Charles Friend. Two Negro men, one named Jack, the other Charles, four negro girls of woman Beck, Mary Bett and Alley Jane. Also one negro boy named James likewise two children of the above mentioned Beck, Hannah and Friend. I do by virtue of this my last will and testament ordered that they be freed men and woman as above mentioned. I do likewise constitute & appoint Andrew Boyd my whole and estate executer of this my last will and I trust to see the same duly performed and executed revoking and disannuling all wills heretofore made by me I witness of which I have set my hand this 14th day of February 1806. Signed, sealed and published and pernounced in the presence of Willowby Lee. ISAAC (his mark) LOWE

Casey County Kentucky was formed from Lincoln County Kentucky in 1806.

Terry Treple says "Questionable children" are John, Mahon, Andrew, William and Thomas.

Thomas Lowe's will was signed August 24, 1848 and filed in Casey County, Kentucky on Monday, September 2, 1848. Thomas left everything to his wife, Elizabeth Lowe.

In 1810 there was a William LOE (age over 45) with young children, living in Harrison County, Kentucky. Could this have been the Revolutionary War Pensioner mentioned in "Edward Lowe's" notes?

There was also a Jesse LOE in Lincoln County (formed in 1780 from Mason County) over age 45 with 8 children and 4 slaves.
In Wayne County there was a Thomas LOE with no information.

Vic Lee (descended from Polly Lowe Lanham and Andrew Jackson Lanham) states:
(second hand information) JOHN W. LOWE and wife Ellen Jane, EZRA and wife Sarah, WILLIAM and wife Lavinia, and SAMUEL and wife Susan, moved to Indiana.

Marriages in Lincoln County, KY 1781-1792
Samuel Lowe to Sarah Peter (dau. of John Peters) Sept 28 1787
Margaret Lowe to William Peter Aug 2 1791 (by consent of Elizabeth Lowe)
Sarah Lowe to William Rogers Jan 12, 1791 (dau. of Elizabeth Lowe)
Mary Lowe to Benjamin Little, Jul 25, 1792 (dau. of Elizabeth Lowe)

In Land Grants in Kentucky, Grants South of Green River:
Jno. Low 200 acres, book 3, page 164, 11-18-1799, Muhlenberg County, Watercourse Pond Creek
Robert Lowe 200 acres, book 3, page 524, 4-19-1803, Livingston County, Deer Creek Watercourse
Isaac Lowe, 170 acres, book 4, page 295, 7-15-1799, Warren County, In Caney Grove Watercourse
William Lowe, 200 acres, book 7, page 147, 7-12-1799, Warren County, W. Fk Drakes Cr. Watercourse
William Lowe, 200 acres, book 7, page 148, 8-1-1799, Warren County, Lick Fk Drakes Cr. Watercourse
William Lowe, 200 acres, book 7, page 155, 7-13-1799, Warren County, S Fk & M Fk Drakes Creek
Barney Loe, 158 acres, book 9, page 58, 5-30-1809, Warren, None

Other Lowes:
Abraham Lowe (b. 1764 in Loweville, Shenandoah, Virginia, died March 1830 in Knox County, Tennessee) served in the Revolutionary War. His father was Melzar or Melyar Lowe, and mother Catherine McKenney. Abraham had a brother John Lowe, b. 1762, Shenadoah, Virginia. John also served in the war. Abraham married Mary Elizabeth Martin on December 15, 1791 in East Danridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Children Elizabeth (Betsy), David Asbury, Mary Hannah, Isaac Lawson, Nelson, Rebecca, Samuel Donelson Warren. (per Glen Newman... jackiesparks@cs.com, Feb. 20, 2003)

More About THOMAS LOWE and ELIZABETH MASON:
Marriage: Mar 12, 1801, Lincoln County, Kentucky

Children of THOMAS LOWE and ELIZABETH MASON are:

ANDREW³ LOWE, d. Unknown.

Notes for ANDREW LOWE:
There was and Andrew H. Low in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana in the 1850 census (roll 177, p. 257) Ezra, Samuel and William were also in Riley Twp., Vigo County in the 1850 census (roll 177, p. 159 )

ii.

JOHN W. LOWE, b. Nov 17, 1801, Kentucky³; d. Apr 02, 1876, Indiana; m. ELLEN JANE CLARK, 1830, Kentucky; b. Abt. 1807; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOHN W. LOWE:
1860 September 18 Census, Riley Twp., Vigo County, Indiana Dwelling 1136
John Lowe, age 60. b. KY, farmer
Jane, age 53, b. KY
Mellina Jones 40, b. Tennessee
David Jones, 15, b. Indiana

In same census, next door, (1134) a James R. Lowe, age 39 is living with the Asa Mason family.

At residence 1137 is
Sarah E. Lowe age 25, b. Indiana
Ellen, age 8, b. IN
Alice A. age 4
Hermitte (sp??) age 2, female
Caroline 5/12

1870 June 6 Census, Vigo County, Ward 5, Terre Haute
John Lowe, age 69, b. KY, farmer
Jane, age 63, b. KY, keeping house
Henrietta, age 12, b. Indiana, at home

More About JOHN LOWE and ELLEN CLARK:
Marriage: 1830, Kentucky

iii.

MASON T. LOWE, b. 1802, Kentucky³; d. 1860 ⁴.

Notes for MASON T. LOWE:
Name may have been Mahon Lowe

3.	iv.		MARY A. "POLLY" LOWE, b. 1802, Lincoln County, Kentucky; d. Oct 21, 1858, Casey County, Kentucky.
	v.		ELIZABETH LOWE, b. Aug 1805, Kentucky ⁵; d. 1900; m. BENNETT LYNN, Aug 26, 1826, Casey County, Kentucky; d. Unknown.

Notes for BENNETT LYNN:
1850 (September 4) Casey County Kentucky Census, District 2, #249:
Bennett Lynn, 48 male, farmer, value of property $700, born KY, unable to read or write
Elizabeth 43, female, spins?, born KY, unable to read or write
William, 19, male, farmer, born KY
Pauline, 17, female, spins, born KY, attended school in last year
Bennet, 15, male, KY, attended school in last year
Hazelberry, 11, male, KY, attended school in last year
Amandy A. (?), 11, female, attended school in last year
Samuel B., 6, male

More About BENNETT LYNN and ELIZABETH LOWE:
Marriage: Aug 26, 1826, Casey County, Kentucky

4.	vi.		EZRA MORRISON LOWE, b. 1806, Kentucky; d. 1885, Vigo County, Indiana.
	vii.		RACHEL LOWE, b. 1814, Kentucky⁵; d. Oct 02, 1895; m. MICHAEL "REED" LYNN, Sep 16, 1834, Casey County, Kentucky; d. Unknown.

More About MICHAEL LYNN and RACHEL LOWE:
Marriage: Sep 16, 1834, Casey County, Kentucky

5.	viii.	WILLIAM LOWE, b. 1815, Kentucky; d. 1870.
6.	ix.	SAMUEL JOHN LOWE, b. 1817, Kentucky; d. Jan 25, 1908, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
	x.	JAMES ALVIN LOWE, b. 1818⁵; d. 1862 ⁶; m. LOUISA MCGLOTHLIN, Jul 07, 1839 ⁷; d. Unknown.

Notes for JAMES ALVIN LOWE:
First cousins married?

Marriage Notes for JAMES LOWE and LOUISA MCGLOTHLIN:
Marriage date may have been June 7, 1839.

More About JAMES LOWE and LOUISA MCGLOTHLIN:
Marriage: Jul 07, 1839⁷

xi.

MARGARET LOWE, b. Oct 24, 1825, Kentucky ⁸; d. May 14, 1887, Vigo County, Indiana; m. HAYES LYNN, Mar 09, 1842, Lincoln County, Kentucky; d. Unknown.

Notes for HAYES LYNN:
In the Mewhinney Cemetery in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana, there are several Lynn tombstones:
Abigale, dau. of H. & M., 10 yrs. 3 mo. 11 days, July 16, 1879
Hayes, 60 years, 10 months, 13 days, September 18, 1879
Margaret Low, wife of Hayes, 61 years, 3 mo., May 14, 1887

William Clay Lynn, Masonic Emblem 18??, died 1916
Ross, son of WC and Rachel, May 11, 1873 (?)
Viola, dau. of WC & R, 1831, age 21 days
Amanda, Infant dau. of WC & R, April 13, 1936

Mary Gardner mentions "Hayes B. Lynn", also seen as Hazelberry Lynn?

1850 Casey County Kentucky Census, District 2, September 10, 1850, p 667
393 Reed Lynn 44? (illegible), male, farmer, born in KY (over 20, unable to read or write)
Rachel Lynn, 33, female, illegible occupation..looks like spins and ??, born in KY
Nancy A., 15, female, spins?, KY
William, 13, male, attended school within year, KY
Thomas, 10, male, attended school within year, KY
Alaxandra (should it be Alexander?), 9, male, KY
Illegible (James, Koann?), 6, male, KY
Elizabeth, 4, female, KY
Illegible (Tomascus?), 2, KY

August 26, 1850, Casey County, KY Census
William Lynn age 36, Farmer, $125, born in Kentucky
Elizabeth Lynn, 33, Spin., born KY
William Jr., 13
James 12
(Illegible..Doranity?) 8, male
Elydia, 6, female
Prudy R. 4, female
Nancy 10/12, female
William, 65, male, born Virginia

395 - September 4, 1850, p. 306
Bennet Lynn, 48, male, farmer, value of property $700, born KY, unable to read or write
Elizabeth, 43, female, spins?, born KY, unable to read or write
William, 19, male, farmer, born KY
Pauline, 17, female, spins, born KY, attended school in last year
Bennet, 15, male, KY, attended school in last year
Hazelberry, 11, male, KY, attended school in last year
Amandy A. (?), 11, female, attended school in last year
Samuel B., 6, male

also 395, Sept. 10, 1850, Casey County
Hayse Lynn, 26, m, farmhand, born in KY
Margaret, 27, f, Spins, bond KY
Mary, 7, f
William, 4?, m
Sarah, 7/12, f

70, July 26, 1850, Discrict One, page 664
William Lynn, 33, male, farmer, born in KY
illegible, 36, female
John, 11, male, born KY, attended school in last year
illegible, 7(?), male, born KY, attended school in last year
Betsy, 7, female, born KY, attended school in last year
Mary, 4, female, born KY

More About HAYES LYNN and MARGARET LOWE:
Marriage: Mar 09, 1842, Lincoln County, Kentucky

7.	xii.		THOMAS JAMES LOWE, b. 1826; d. 1860.
8.	xiii.		GEORGE LOWE, b. 1829, Casey County, Kentucky; d. Aug 1865, Kentucky.

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