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EDMUND "E" BUTLER OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA

4. NANCY ANN² BUTLER (EDMUND "E"¹) was born Bet. 1738 - 1742 in Goochland County, Virginia (Source: Patrick Costigan thought her birth year might have been 1724 or 1738.), and died Abt. 1783 in Georgia ?. She married JOHN LOWE, JR., PVT. (Source: DAR, F 877, 543, pp 40-48.) in Virginia.

Notes for NANCY ANN BUTLER:
Oldest of 10 children.
Mention of John Lowe in old family letter:

Green County, Georgia
July 29, 1825,

Dear Cousin

I again take my pen in hand to inform you that myself and family enjoy very good health at present and hope you and your family enjoy the same blessing. Dear cousin this property if obtained by our relatives in this country and your brothers and sisters in Kentucky and Tennessee furnishing $100 each party which would make 200 would have to be distributed among the kin of John Butler side which would be among my grandfather, your father and their sisters being the nearest blood kin but they are all dead. Of course it would have to be divided into as as many equal parts as there are brothers and sisters of John Butler's admitting there was $8000 worth of property. That would be $800 to each heir....as these heirs are all dead each heir's portion would have to be divided equally amongst the heirs of their bodies which are pretty numerous I assure you. I do not think that if all the relatives of John Butler which would have a part in this property were counted up nicely there would be $(?) apiece for I have made a rough estimate myself and I do not think there would be $5.00 apiece. Therefore cousin William as I am confident in my own mind that none of your relatives in the western countries and the state of Georgia will ever put forward to assist you in obtaining it unless I was to do it myself of which I freely relinquish my claim to you. If I was in your place I would put forward and get the property and put it in my own use and unless you do, I respect it will be wholly lost. Our relatives are so scattered that it would take almost an age to inform them all of it & to hear what they said it wants take so long that Christmas according to the course of nature would probably die and that ......which you mention in your last letter would get it and then the difficulty of obtaining it would be ten times as great as present. The child which you made inquiry was not John Butler's; it was my father's, Edmund Butler and she is now alive and lives with my mother in Handcock County about four miles above Powelton. She is deaf and dumb but has as much natural sense as any person you ever saw in her orientation and can turn her hand to any kind of business and is very ingenious with a needle. The children of Benjamin Gilbert whom my grandfather raised are not both living and of their move to Mississippi state and died and the other lives about four miles beyond Christian in James County and is doing very well and Uncle John Loew's.....Edmond is alive and is independently rich and lives upon the Acorny River and I think in Durhan County, I wrote to him concerning the property but never received an answer and that is the reason of my delaying the time so long of answering your last letter. Your relations in this part of the country as far as I know are well and doing very well. Nothing more at the present but remain your affectionate cousin

Sincerely Edmund M. Butler

Dear cousin I should be extremely glad if it were possible for you to come and see me and my mother this fall so we might talk all these things over personally. Do come if you possibly can. Yours sincerely E.M. Butler Write to me again by the first opportunity.

Mailed to Mr. William Butler, Williamsburgh, Iredell County, North Carolina

1978: According to Ray Palmer of Hinds County, Mississippi, Lt. John Lowe lost his first wife, Nancy and in his old age married a second time and had one child, Aaron Lowe who had a son Aaron Lowe, Jr. of Hawkinsville, Georgia. Dr. Ebenezer Warren, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta and Macon, Georgia was a grandson of Aaron Lowe. You may know that Dr. L.B. Warren, an eloqent Baptist preacher, now at Crescent, Georgia (1970's), is his son. All of this information was furnished by Ray Palmer and from his memory August 10, 1978.

P.S. Judge Andrew Cobb's wife was a descendant of Martha Lowe Stanley through Frances Stanley, daughter of Martha. You have many honorable kinfolk and so have I---we should be proud of them. You can get John Lowe's war record from the State Secretary of Georgia in the State Capitol Building in Georgia.

The information below was furnished by Pamela Hazelett-Burleson: There are "two" Nancy Butlers that seem to get mixed up in genealogy trees. Our Nancy is the daughter of Edmund Butler and Frances Cooke. Our Nancy was born about 1736 in Goochland/Cumberland Co., Va. She married abt 1755 in Virginia, John Lowe.

Their first son, 1) William Lowe was born February 17, 1756 in Virginia according to his Pension application, his father was John. 2) John, 3) Daniel, 4) Aaron, 5) Edmund, 6) Thomas, 7)Charity Matilde, 8) Nelle, 9)James, 10) Martha.

In our line, the names of Edmund, John, William and Aaron are used repeatedly these were the names of Nancy's brothers and some of her son's names.

Nancy's brothers all served in the Revolution except for Aaron who died in 1776-1777. John was a Brigadier General of the Militia in North Carolina. Edmund fought in Georgia and Nancy's brother, William was notable as a "Regulator" in North Carolina and received land grants in North Carolina AND Edgefield County, South Carolina for his wartime services. William was to die there November 1790 as per an oath given by William's widow, Phoebe Childers Butler in the early 1800's.

John Lowe also received a land grant in Georgia for military service. He and Nancy moved to Georgia possibly during the war or shortly thereafter.

"Another" Nancy Butler was born September 27, 1765 in Edgefield, South Carolina. This Nancy Butler died July 28, 1854 in South Carolina. This Nancy Butler was the daughter of Major James Butler ( b. abt 1737, d October 7, 1781 in Mount Willing, Near Clouds Creek, Edgefield Co., SC) and Mary Elizabeth Simpson. Died July 28, 1854 in South Carolina. This family all lived in Edgefield County, South Carolina. "This" Nancy Butler also had a brother named William; Capt. William Butler b December 17, 1758 in Prince William Co., Va. And died November 15, 1821 in Edgefield County, SC.

This family from South Carolina was very prominent in military and politics etc., in South Carolina. They are directly related to Jane Butler who married Augustine Washington, father of George Washington.

"Two Nancys" having "two brothers named William" and both brothers dying in Edgefield County, South Carolina has caused me a lot of time and grief. "This" Nancy from South Carolina married Elisha Brooks, Lt. abt 1787. He was born April 16, 1761 and died November 29, 1847. They had the following children: William Butler Brooks, John Wesley Brooks and Edna Brooks.

The reason that I'm going into detail is because in numerous family charts this Nancy Butler of South Carolina ends up married to John Lowe (the one married to "our" Nancy) and it makes a mess of the family tree.

Now having said all of that, there is a "possibility", that these Butlers from South Carolina may end up related to us. I haven't seen a connection yet and it is still being investigated.

(The info below is from the "other Nancy Butlers family records).
CAPT. JAMES BUTLER BIBLE of Edgefield Co., S. C.
From: Greenwood, S. C. Bibles, Star Fort Chapter, DAR Greenwood, S. C.

"Descendants of Capt. JAMES BUTLER and Elisha Brooks who are living and members of Star Fort Chapter DAR, Greenwood, S. C."

"Capt. James Butler born in VA, married in Londen (Loudoun) Co., VA Mary Simpson, moved to Edgefield Co., S. C. before the American Revolution. He and his son, James, were massacred with 37 other patriots by a band of 300 Tories under "Bloody" Bill Cunningham Dec. 1781, on Cloud's Creek, Lexington Co. S. C."

Children of Capt. James and Mary Butler:

James Butler b. 1761, a lad of 19 when killed with his father

Gen. William Butler b. 1759 m. Behethland Foote Moore.

Thomas Butler b. 1763 m. his cousin Elizabeth GRIGSBY

Nancy Butler b. 1765 m. 1st Lieut. Elisha Brooks of Newberry Co., S. C.

Elizabeth Butler b. 1766 m. Capt. Zachariah S. Brooks of Newberry, moved to
Edgefield Co., S. C.

Stanmore Butler married Patience Simkins, her 1st husband

Sampson Butler b. 1769

Mason Butler

Children of Capt. Zachariah S. Brooks and Elizabeth Butler:

Several daughters all married Edgefield men.

1. Whitfield Brooks married Mary Carroll

Children of Whitfield and Mary C. Brooks: Several -

One son, Preston who-----summer in U. S. Senate; another son John Hampden, married Jane Adams.

Nancy Butler married 1st Lieut. Elisha Brooks. Eight children lived to be grown
and to marry:

1. Matilda Brooks m. John Roberson 2. J. Wesley Brooks m. 1st Ann Lipscomb, 2nd
Melissa Duncan 3. Lavina Brooks m. 1st Richard Watson 2d Dr. John BARRATT 4.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Brooks m. John CHAPPELL 5. Mary (Polly) Brooks m. 1st Charles
Chappell, 2d Richard Watts 6. Stanmore Butler Brooks m. 1st Dorothy Watson, 2d
Taphene Lipscomb 7. Edna Brooks m. George Caldwell 8. William Butler Brooks m.
Almena McGehee

More About NANCY ANN BUTLER:
Misc.: Abt. 1757, Moved to Surry, North Carolina

Notes for JOHN LOWE, JR., PVT.:
John was a Pvt. in Artillery under Elijah Clark during the war. Later information gives his rank as a Lieutenant.

John Lowe was a Pvt.and used the source of, "The Revolutionary services of John Lowe are on file in the office of Secretary of State of the State of Georgia. Examined, certified copy of records on file in Secretary of State's office, showing that John Lowe received 287 1/2 acres of land as Bounty for Revolutionary services. Ruth M. Griswold Pealor, Genealogist, SSDAR." See National #56068. This paper was verified for Mrs. Mary Ida yarborough by National #61684.

Under application, "Ancestor's Services", it says, "State of Georgia, Wilkes County.- This is to certify that John Lowe hath steadfastly done his duty from the time of passing an Act at Augusta, to wit, on the 20th of August 1781 until the total expulsion of the British from this state: and the said John Lowe can not to my knowledge or belief be convicted of plundering or distressing the country: and is therefor under the said Act, entitled to a Bounty of two hundred and fifty acres of good land free from taxes for ten years. Given under my hand at Savannah this day of February 1784. Elijah Clark, Colonel, By his order, H. Freeman".

"Georgia. These are to certify, that John Lowe is entitled to two hundred and fifty acres of land as a Bounty, agreeable to an Act, and Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at Augusta the 20th of August 1781 as per certificate of Elijah Clark. Given under my hand at Savannah the 26th day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Four.

J. Houston"

The above is a copy of certified papers from Philllip Cook, Secretary of State of Georgia, March 11, 1913.

The information below was taken from a letter from Dick and Ruth Reid, Feb. 17, 1998:

Unfortunately there are several John Lowes from North Carolina and Georgia in the Revolutionary era. There are two in Georgia who were veterans, one in Hancock County, which we believe is our line and one in Clarke County. There was a Lt. John Lowe from Randolph County, North Carolina, who applied for a pension in the early 1800's. We sent for that file at the National Archives, and found that he was from another line. None of his children matched.

We have the same problem with James Lowe. There were three in the Georgia census of 1820, and four in the 1830 census. We think that we have the right one, but cannot be positive. We have the family back from the present generation, but cannot tie James to his parents with certain proof. Any evidence that you find in your search will be welcome.

They go on to say, "After several years of research, James remains a shadowy figure to us. A severe handicap in researching for his records is the loss of the censuses of 1800 and 1810, burned by the British in the War of 1812. in the 1820 census, there are three James Lowes in Georgia. Despite the fact that he is mentioned several times in the records of Wilkinson County, James (husband of Polly Vaughn) does not appear in the census.

To establish a personality, one has to assume a number of "facts" which can be backed by evidence working back from the next generation. Willis Lowe's father and mother were James and Mary (known as Polly) Vaughn Lowe. Their first two children, Edmond and Sarah, were born in Georgia in 1814 and 1815. Willis was born in Georgia in 1818. There were five younger children, all born in Georgia. The 1850 census for Alabama shows Mary Lowe in Autauga County with a white female living with her, which could have been her younger daughter. Her age was 55. She is not shown in the 1860 census.

Wilkinson County, Georgia was formed in 1803. There was a large family of Vaughns living there in the following years. A collection of county historical papers was published in 1973, by Joseph T. Maddox of Irwinton, Georgia. Jesse Vaughn's will (1825) was included and among those listed as a benefactor was Polly Lowe, a daughter. James Lowe was listed as an executor. In the same book was a roster of the militia in the county in 1812. There were ten names in Capt. Wright's district (353), including James Low. In 1824, in Wilkinson County, Charles C. Beale sold 202 1/2 acres in Monroe County to james Low on April 15, and the deed was recorded in Monroe County, August 18, 1824, Book C, p. 101. Ruth Lowe Reid has a copy of that deed, obtained in Forsythe on a research visit. Also, secured that day was a copy of the will of James Low, dated December 21, 1832, leaving all his possessions and property to his wife, Mary Low.

On July 1, 1833, Monroe County court records show that Mary Lowe and her son, Edmund, appeared and were appointed administrators of James Lowe's estate. Security was $7000. Alexander Rupell and Moses Shelby were witnesses. In the March, 1834, term, Edmond made his return which was approved and admitted to record. One of the James Lowes in the 1830 census of Georgia was in Monroe County, and had in his family members who fit the age and sex of Willis Lowe's boyhood family, 1 male, 30-50 years of age (James Lowe), one female, 30-40 (Mary), two males, 1-5 (Jesse and John), one male, 5-10 (Thomas), one male, 10-15 (Willis), one male, 15-20 (Edmund), one female, 1-5 (Martha)and one female, 10-15 (Sarah).

James Lowe's family story has many possibilities, like his own identity. Is he the "Jim Low who lived in Georgia" from the family of John and nancy Butler lowe of Hancock County? Several Southern ladies that established their DAR memberships through John Lowe's service in the Revolutionary War mention Jim in their account of their relationship to others of John and Nancy's children. Jim, in that family, was born in South Carolina in 1777.

In some accounts of James and Polly, it is stated that her sister married Alonzo McCoy. There is no mention of that in Jesse Vaughn's will. Could it have been James sister, Charity, who married Abner McCoy and is pictured with him in the "History of Upson County"?

In the census of 1850, Willis and Zilphia Lowe have an Ellen MCCoy living with them in Alabama. She is 25 years old. The family account as prepared by an unknown researcher for family historian, Tom Lowe, in 1951, mentioned that Poly had a brother, Aaron. James (her husband) had a brother, Aaron, who was prominent in Georgia for years. There was no mention of a son, Aaron, in Jesse Vaughn's will. Many of the Wilkinson County records were burned in a courthouse fire in March 1828. The marriage of Jim and Polly could have been among the papers lost."

1790 On the Stokes County, North Carolina Census:

Low, Thomas 12300
Low, John 11400
Smith, Martha 13600 (widow of Joseph Smith)
Hickman, Edwin 22400 (may be son of William or other relative)
Hickman, William 11100
Watson, Wm. 11100 (Could this be the one?)

Mary Elizabeth Low Weaver, Orlando, Florida (deceased) - DAR member. Descended from John Low. Did extensive work in post war period up to 1970's.

Eva Loe Mc Duffie, Oak Ridge, Louisiana - Compiled "The Lowe-Loe-Low Family in Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky And Missouri". (1955) Member of DAR.

Mrs. Mary Greathouse, El Cerrito, Ca. Low researcher who sent considerable material to Patrick Costigan in early 1980's.

Mildred Dalton Sawyer Foote, Hamburg, Arkansas - DAR Membership through John Low descent.

Mrs. Kirby E. Johnson, PO Box 331, Fullerton, Ca. (1954). Researched chart on Low family and sent to Mary Low Horner in Orlando, Florida.

The information below may have come from the other John Lowe in North Carolina: DAR Records in Lowe file pg 1044. Was in Military in 1777 in NC. Retired in 1778.

Notes from Jean Schneider Dec. 1998: Do you think there's a possibility that the family of John Lowe Jr were Quakers? From some more data I found which I'll send to you, many Quakers ended up in Randolph CO NC, and that is where John Lowe and family also ended up. I'm sending an excerpt now from a web page re a Talbot CO MD John Lowe who was a Quaker. Also, Herman Husband was a
Quaker and was from Cecil CO MD. So I'm thinking maybe Wm the Reg stayed
with the Lowes in MD when he was in hiding.

Below the village of McDaniel at the head of Harris [First) Creek was "Clay's Neck." It was surveyed
for Henry Clay, the ancestor of the great Kentuckian Henry
Clay. The home was one of the oldest in Talbot. "Clay's Neck" served successively as a home of Clay, Wrighton, and Lowe families. On the land near the road was the old Quaker Meeting House built by the hands of John Lowe, Robert Clarke, and William Worrilow. John Wrightson of Bayside was a Yorkshireman, as were many others. In the introduction to Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire by Dr. Joseph Foster, it may be noted many
geographical names in Talbot County are those in use in West Riding, Yorkshire.
The village which grew up around the first Talbot court house on the headwaters of the Wye River was named Yorke in honor of the ancient city in Yorkshire.
Early Patents in Bay Hundred of Talbot County: Ralph Dawson's Mabell 1664 #62 & Upp-Holland 1667 #31& Fairplay 1679 #3; John Anderton's Lostock 1659 #46; Robert Dawson's "Dawson's Composition" 1734 #49. In modern times, Talbot County became divided into districts, but many of the older folk still used the term "hundred." Between 1662 and 1707, Talbot County encompassed all of the present Queen Anne County and the western portion of present Caroline County lying between Tuckahoe Creek and the Choptank River. Chester River was the northern boundary of Talbot. Talbot County grew quickly in the decade 1692 to 1702. When land grants "on the water" were depleted, deeds noted "in the woods," meaning away from the waterfront. Roads were laid out for the
convenience of travelers on foot, on horseback or by cart or carriage. The Port of Oxford, a thriving little center of shipping, was renamed Williamstadt in 1695. By the time Queen Anne had taken the throne of England, Williamstadt was a memory and the name of Oxford was reinstated.
http://w3.one.net/~ddoster/testimony_of_freedom.htm

Per Doris Lucas: re John
Lowe, and she stated that his parents were Wm and Mary, brothers David
Isaac and Samuel as in the 1780 Wilkes CO NC will. So what evidence do
we have that John Lowe was John Lowe Jr? I'm at a loss here. Also both a
John Lowe and and Isaac Lowe signed Reg. petitions, and this Isaac Lowe
moved to a Quaker settlement in GA after the war. A James Lowe also was
active in the Reg movement, he's the one referred to in one of the
letters as being put in irons.

ile contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Alice Tatum
1790 census North Carolina
Halifax County Halifax District

1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families
2nd # free white males under 16 years
3rd # free white females and head of families
4th # all other free persons
5th # slaves

Lowe, William...................................2-0-3-0-0

Lowe, William...................................1-1-2-0-2
Lowe, William....................................2-1-3-0-9
Lowe, James.....................................1-2-1-0-5
Lowe, Thomas..................................2-1-4-0-3

PASQUOTANK, NC Estate Records Index Loose Files
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Frank Bell Pasquotank County, NC
Estate Records C.R. 075.508.1
Lowe, Aaron 1803

Low, Aaron 1829

Low, Ambrose 1854

Low, Elizabeth 1771

Low, Edward 1758

Low, George 1785

Low, Hannah 1801

Low, John 1759

Low, John 1793

Low, Sarah 1814

Low, Thomas 1762

Low, Thomas 1809

Low, William 1816

Lowe, Bagley 1872

Low, Milisent 1809

Lowe, Benjamin F. 1878

Lowe, Emily 1879

Lowe, John 1795

Low, William 1788

Lowe, Joshua W. 1885

Lowe, Priscilla 1871

Lowe, Rix 1864

Lowe, Susan 1880

RBurle0193@aol.com wrote:

> Jean,
>
> This matches the info on Barnabus Fair/Farr that we already have: SURRY CO
> 1787 Fair, Barnabas Elizabeth(wife); Barnabus, Michael, Barbara,
> Dorothy, Margaret and Mary Ann p. 292
> And it would make sense as his first wife Dorothy died before 1785, so the
> reference to Elizabeth is probably second wife. So where does that leave
> "Fehr"? Would probably have been a few generations back, I saw somewhere
> recently that this Barnabas's father was also Barnabas from PA, so if it is
> Fehr, would have been the immigrant I think.
>
> Also :
> p. 101
> Pasquotank (Symons Creek) Monthly Meeting - Pasquotank Co., NC
>
> Page 20.
> George Low
> Thamer Low
> Ch: Jehu b. 1-22-1747/8
> Aaron b. 6-20-1749
> Mary b. 6-29-1749 (?)
> Thamer b. 12-2-1753
> Wiliam b. 9-6-1755
> George b. 9-23-1758
>
> PASQUOTANK CO (Are these the will dates for the above people?) I doubt it, would
> think birth dates - have not heard back from request to Wendy to please recheck
> this info. I told you I'm
> very interested in "Thamer" as this name is used quite a bit later in Lowe
> family, I have seen it with "h" ansd also Tamar and Tamer. Doesn't this name
> seem of German origin to you? I've never seen it before either, so dosen't look
> English.
> 1770 Low, Elizabeth George, son
> 1786 Low, George Tamar(wife), Thomas, Jesse.
> Jesse, Robert, Dariuis, Charlotte, Jonathan, Peleg.
> 1788 Low, William Mary(wife)
>
> Page 21.
> Sarah b. 3-17-1760
> John b. 2-4-1762

More About JOHN LOWE, JR., PVT.:
Military: August 20, 1781, Wilkes Co., Georgia. Pvt. in Rev. War served until the end of the war. See notes
Misc.: June 09, 1784, Obtained 287 acres land grant in Washington Co., Georgia for Rev. War services. (Source: Survey 21, Warrant 1558, page 7.)

Children of NANCY BUTLER and JOHN LOWE are:

15.	i.	WILLIAM³ LOWE, b. February 17, 1756, Bedford County, Virginia?; d. March 17, 1835, Logan/Simpson County., Kentucky.
16.	ii.	JOHN LOWE III, b. Abt. 1758, Virginia; d. 1832, Killed by Indians in Nashville, Tennessee..
17.	iii.	DANIEL FIELDER LOWE, b. Abt. 1760, Orange County, North Carolina; d. 1833, Covington County, Mississippi.
18.	iv.	AARON AUGUSTUS LOWE, b. March 01, 1761, South Carolina; d. 1840, Houston County, Georgia.
19.	v.	EDMUND LOWE, b. 1764, South Carolina or North Carolina; d. September 11, 1841, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia.
20.	vi.	THOMAS LOWE, b. January 28, 1768, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. March 09, 1849, Hardeman County, Tennessee/Buried near Saulsbury, Tennessee.
21.	vii.	CHARITY MATILDE LOWE, b. Abt. 1773, South Carolina; d. 1869, Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia.
	viii.	NELLE LOWE, b. Abt. 1775, South Carolina; m. UNKNOWN STANLEY.
22.	ix.	JAMES LOWE, b. Abt. 1777, South Carolina or North Carolina; d. July 01, 1833, Monroe County, Georgia.
23.	x.	MARTHA LOWE, b. Abt. 1779, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1869, Madison, Georgia/Family burying ground outside of Madison.

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