Native Cherokee Chief. Born Agin'-agi'li and known as Rising Fawn, his father came from Scotland and his mother was the daughter and granddaughter of Echota Cherokee chiefs. He was respected in the tribe as a courier, banker, soldier, translator, law enforcement officer, planter, breeder, and political leader. In 1792, he met with President George Washington as delegate for the Cherokee Nation to form protection for the Cherokee Territory from settler over population. His efforts resulted in the Treaty of 1819 and he received a medal from President Washington. In 1828, he was elected Assistant Principal Chief and he was Principal Chief and President for the council of the Eastern Cherokees at the Washington meeting in 1839, to fuse the eastern and western divisions into the present Cherokee Nation. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)

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Major George Lowery

Maj. George Lowrey, Jr., also known as Rising Fawn, Agin'-agi'li (1770-1852), Assistant Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and member of the Executive Council. He was a courier, banker, soldier, translator, law enforcement officer, planter, breeder, and political leader. He wears a turban, saltire sash, and medal he received from the President of the United States, holds a wampum belt symbolic of his high office in tribal government, and has silver nose and ear ornaments of a Sephardic Jewish design, probably workshop of Francis. His father came from Scotland and his mother was the daughter and granddaughter of Echota Cherokee chiefs. Attributed to George Catlin. Gilcrease Institute.

Lowery was the Second Chief (Assistant Chief) of the Eastern Cherokee, and was a cousin of Sequoyah. He served as Assistant Chief nder Principal Chief John Ross from 1843 until 1851. He was born at Tuhskegee on the Tennessee River about 1770, and died October 20, 1852 at the age of 82. He is buried in Tahlequah City Cemetery. Lowery is credited with many accomplishments in his life, and fought in the War of 1812 and was a member of two Cherokee Constitution Conventions (1827 and again in 1839).

When Major George was in Washington as a representative of the Cherokees, he was invited to a dinner with congressmen and George Washington. A congressman commented that Indians ate roots, whereupon Major Lowery indicated a dish and said, "Pass me those roots." The dish contained sweet potatoes. The congressman left the room and Washington burst out laughing.

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Maj. George LOWREY Jr.

ABT 1770 - 20 Oct 1852

ID Number: I92876

TITLE: Maj.
RESIDENCE: Cherokee Nation, East, TN
BIRTH: ABT 1770, Tahskeegee on the Tennessee River, Alabama DEATH: 20 Oct 1852 RESOURCES: See: [S3440] Father: George LOWREY "the Immigrant" Mother: Nannie Oo-Lu-Tsa

Family 1 : Lucy BENGE MARRIAGE: ABT 1790

Notes

Bet. 1791 - 1792 Visited President George Washington as Delegate from the Cherokee Nation. 1810 Captain of the Lighthorse 1814 Member of the First National Committee 1819 One of the Delegation that negotiated the treay of 1819. 1827 Member of the Convention who formed the Constitution in 1827 also that of 1839. 1828 Elected Assistant Principal Chief, and often afterwards. OCT 1852 At his death a Member of the Executive Council

Emmitt Starr, a31, page 472: George Lowrey was born about 1770. He and his son-in-law David Brown had finished a Cherokee spelling book in English Characters at the time that Sequoyah announced his invention.

The Brainerd Journal, page 396: David Brown with the help of his Father-in-Law George Lowrey translated the New Testament into Cherokee Syllabry, they translated five books of the New Testament, Act as one of them.

Children: James LOWREY b: 1791 Susan LOWREY b: 25 FEB 1793 George LOWREY b: 1800 in Tennessee Lydia LOWREY b: 1803 in Cherokee Nation East, Tennessee Rachel LOWREY b: ABT. 1806 in Tennessee John LOWREY b: ABT. 1808 Anderson Pierce LOWREY b: 1811

Marriage 2 Spouse Unknown Married: ABT. 1809 Children: Archibald LOWREY b: ABT. 1810

Marriage 3 Annie FIELDS b: ABT. 1794 Married: ABT. 1819 Children: Washington LOWREY b: ABT. 1820 in Tennessee

Marriage 4 Spouse Unknown Married: ABT. 1821 Children: Charles LOWREY b: ABT. 1822 in Tennessee

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Native Cherokee Chief. Born Agin'-agi'li and known as Rising Fawn, his father came from Scotland and his mother was the daughter and granddaughter of Echota Cherokee chiefs. He was respected in the tribe as a courier, banker, soldier, translator, law enforcement officer, planter, breeder, and political leader. In 1792, he met with President George Washington as delegate for the Cherokee Nation to form protection for the Cherokee Territory from settler over population. His efforts resulted in the Treaty of 1819 and he received a medal from President Washington. In 1828, he was elected Assistant Principal Chief and he was Principal Chief and President for the council of the Eastern Cherokees at the Washington meeting in 1839, to fuse the eastern and western divisions into the present Cherokee Nation.

(bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)

Family links: Spouses:

• Lucy Benge Lowrey (1772 - 1846)
• Annie Fields Lowrey (1792 - ____)*

Children:

• Lydia Lowrey Hoyt (1803 - 1862)*
• Anderson Pierce Lowrey (1811 - 1853)*
• Charles Lowery (1829 - 1880)*
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Tahlequah Cemetery Tahlequah Cherokee County Oklahoma, USA

Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith Record added: Oct 18, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 22293678

Native Cherokee Chief. Born Agin'-agi'li and known as Rising Fawn, his father came from Scotland and his mother was the daughter and granddaughter of Echota Cherokee chiefs. He was respected in the tribe as a courier, banker, soldier, translator, law enforcement officer, planter, breeder, and political leader. In 1792, he met with President George Washington as delegate for the Cherokee Nation to form protection for the Cherokee Territory from settler over population. His efforts resulted in the Treaty of 1819 and he received a medal from President Washington. In 1828, he was elected Assistant Principal Chief and he was Principal Chief and President for the council of the Eastern Cherokees at the Washington meeting in 1839, to fuse the eastern and western divisions into the present Cherokee Nation. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)

Family links:

Spouses:

 Lucy Benge Lowrey (1772 - 1846)

 Annie Fields Lowrey (1792 - ____)*

Children:

 Lydia Lowrey Hoyt (1803 - 1862)*

 Anderson Pierce Lowrey (1811 - 1853)*

 Charles Lowrey (1829 - 1880)*

 Charles Lowery (1829 - 1880)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Tahlequah Cemetery Tahlequah Cherokee County Oklahoma, USA

Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith Record added: Oct 18, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 22293678

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Maj.George Lowrey (1770-1852), Assistant Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, about 1844. He lived in Willstown near present-day Valley Head, Alabama and later in Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation West. His parents were George Lowrey, said to be a Scotsman, and Nannie, said to be Cherokee. A distant relative of the Lumbee folk hero Henry Berry Lowery, he married Lucy Benge (Bunch), a half-sister of Sequoyah and member of the frontier family that gave us the word “binge.” Notice the silver Star of David nose ornament. His earrings are also of Sephardic Jewish, or Ladino, design. (Courtesy Gilcrease Institute, Tulsa)