Life History

Notes

• Some genealogies report that Meshack Lowery was born in Northern Ireland.  But siblings born before him and after him were born in the Carolinas.  It is conceivable his mother was back in Ireland at the time of his birth.  But it seems likely that this report confuses two different individuals named Meshack Lowery.
  
  Some genealogies also report that his mother Polly Wilkie Lowery died in Ireland.  If so, she was back in the home country for some reason at the time of her death.  I have seen no evidence of either Meshack's birth or Polly's death in Ireland.  Only entries in undocumented genealogies that are also questionable on other grounds.
  
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  Meshach Lowery's Will
  
  Jasper Co, GA, Will Bk 14, p. 25
  Will of Meshach Lowery  12 Oct 1848
  
  I, Meshach Lowery, state of Georgia, County of Jasper, being sick and feeble, etc.
  
  Item 1. Lot of land where now live, 2021/2 acres, to wife, Anny Lowery, and son, Kirby D. Lowery, for support during her lifetime.
  
  Item 2. To daughters, Cinthia Lowery & Susan Green, possession of 50 acres on parallel line of No. 112, on E. side of said land, to remain in possession during lifetime of my wife, Anny Lowery, for her support.
  
  Item 3. To daughters Elizabeth Lowery & Rachel Willson, possession of 50 acres joining the above, during wife, Anny Lowery's lifetime, for their support, and granddaughter, Martha A. Wilson, possession until she marries.
  
  Item 4. To granddaughter, Martha A. Wilson, one red cow and calf.Item
  
  Item 5. To wife, Anny Lowery, all stock, furniture, crops, etc.
  
  Item 6. To daughter, Ann S. Richards, all the books she has borrowed.
  
  Item 7. After wife's death, all property to be equally divided among daughters, Elizabeth Lowery, Rachel Wilson, Cinthia Lowery, Ann S. Richards, and Susan Green.
  
  Revoke all other wills & appoint Wiley Phillips as Executor.
  Sig: 12 Oct 1848. Meshach Lowery
  Wit: Wiley Phillips, Samuel Blackwell, & William Roff
  Rec: 26 Jan 1849.
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  Note: Appraisal of the Estate of Meshach Lowery, 10 Feb 1849, by William Malone, Jared Kelly, & Hines Fish, provided by Wiley Phillips, Executor, total: $1253.47.
  
  Meshach Lowery is buried in the Wilson Family Cemetery. Directions: Starting at the courthouse in Monticello, Georgia, go north on Georgia Highway 11. About 1/2 mile, Highway 229 splits off.  Take 229 going north, for about 3.5 miles. You will pass over 3 creeks on the way.  Pull off road to the right. There is a small place to pull off and it is opposite a steel gate on the other side of the highway.  Look up a slight rise to the right, go 55 paces.  Grave markers are in a wooded area.
  
  Tombstone is about 18 inches high, and reads "ELDER M. LOWRY, Born Sep 9, 1774, Died Dec 29, 1848".
  
  Another researcher had copied it "1845" in error.
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  There is a record of daughter Susan Lowery Green, her husband and her sister Cynthia selling Susan's part of the land from her father.
  
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  Jasper Co Deed Bk E, p 437
  17 Oct 1852
  
  Levi Green & wife, Susan Green & Cynthia Lowery, for $630, sell to Wiley Phillips, land in 16th Dist of originally Baldwin, now Jasper, part of Lot 111, 80 acres, it being all that was bequeathed by their father, Meshach Lowery, said Levi Green in right of his wife, Susan A. Green
  
  Sig: Levi Green & Cynthia Lowery
  Wit: Wm. H. Duke & Wm Ross
  Rec: 15 Sep 1859
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  Elder Meshack Lowry
  BIRTH 2 Sep 1774 Northern Ireland
  DEATH 29 Dec 1848 (aged 74) Jasper County, Georgia, USA
  BURIAL Wilson Family Cemetery, Jasper County, Georgia
  Spouse Ann Wilkie Lowry 1780-1861 (m. 1798)
  Children:
  Elisha Lowry 1800-1850
  Rachel Lowry Wilson 1801-1880
  William Wilkie Jobes Lowry 1809-1881
  Gravesite Details Unmarked grave per original cemetery survey
  Created by pdeneen 6 Jun 2014
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 130955831, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130955831
  

Sources

• 1. Gravestone of Meshack Lowery, Wilson Family Cemetery, Jasper County, Georgia
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Ancestry Trees
  • Glenn Lowery, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1864375584&tid=2078530
• 4. One World Tree (sm)
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Glenn Lowery, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=2078530&pid=-1864380246
• 6. 1850 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 8 November, page 257, District 46, Hse/Fam #708
• 7. 1870 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 22 July, Fisher's District 291, PO Monticello, p 196, Hse #1581, Fam #1541
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 12 June, Blackwell's, District 291, page 25, No Hse #137, Fam #150
• 9. Ancestry Trees
  • Glenn Lowery, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=2078530&pid=-1864376361
• 10. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 11. 1850 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 21 August, District 46, p 269 (scan 181), Hse/Fam #1
• 12. 1860 Federal Census, Newton County, Georgia
  • 31 August, P O Oak Hill p 31, page 94-95, Hse #660, Fam #632
• 13. 1870 Federal Census, Newton County, Georgia
  • 25 August, Downs, PO Covington and Oak Hill, page 1, Hse #1637, Fam #761 [sic]
• 14. 1880 Federal Census, Newton County, Georgia
  • 22 June, Oak Hill, District 99, page 34, Hse/Fam #315
• 15. One World Tree (sm)
  • Meshack Lowery & Ann Williams Wilkie, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1773553620&tid=383783
• 16. 1860 Federal Census, Jasper County, Georgia
  • 5 Sept, P O Monticello, page 321, Hse #2281, Fam #2321
• 17. Ancestry Trees
  • Glenn Lowery, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=2078530&pid=-1864380242