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Category: 33. The Henry Berry Lowry period

1074. Wishart, Francis Marion. “Diary of Col. Francis M. Wishart, commander of action against the Lowry outlaws of Robeson County, North Carolina, 1864-1872, and comments by an unknown author.” Typescript. Presented by Mrs. Annabel Wishart Lane.

1075. Criminal Action Papers Concerning Henry Berry Lowry. MS. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh. 1 box. [Not seen]

1117. Arrowood, Charles F. “The outlaws of Scuffletown.” Unpublished typescript. N.d. 14 p.

PURS001. “Pursuit of an organized band of Negro robbers and murderers—an encounter with the outlaws.” New York Times October 8, 1870, page 1.

NOTO001. “A notorious desperado killed in North Carolina—a company of soldiers after his confederates—a defaulting book-keeper in Chicago. New York Times December 18, 1870, page 1.

ARE0001. “Are the Robeson County, N.C., outlaws KuKlux?” New York Times May 16, 1871, p.1.

SHER001. “A sheriff's posse ambuscaded by Negroes—three killed and three wounded.” New York Times July 12, 1871, page 1.

1076. “Robin Hood come again.” New York Times 22 July 1871: P. 4 col. 5.

NORT001. “The North Carolina outlaws—Lowrey and his gang—the authorities defied—pursuit by the soldiers.” New York Times October 11, 1871, page 11.

1077. “A history of the capture of the notorious outlaw George Applewhite, alias, Ranse Lowery, of the Lowery gang of outlaws, or Robeson County, N.C. ... ” Columbus, GA: Thos. Gilbert, 1872. 12 p. Rpt. in entry 1125.

1078. Townsend, George Alfred, comp. The Swamp Outlaws: or, The North Carolina Bandits; Being a Complete History of the Modern Rob Roys and Robin Hoods. The Red Wolf Series. New York: Robert M. DeWitt, 1872. Another edition: The Swamp Outlaws of North Carolina. Philadelphia: Old Franklin Publishing House, 1872.

1079. U.S. Cong. Joint Select Comm. to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Report ... on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Made to the Two Houses of Congress, 19 Feb. 1872. 42nd Cong., 2nd Sess. Report No. 41, Part 1. 1872. Rpt. New York: AMS, 1968. See Vol. 2, pp. 283-304.

1080. “A new expedition: proposition to capture the Lowery Gang of Outlaws–singular enterprise of a fourth ward character.” New York Times 18 March 1872: P. 5 col. 3.

1081. “The North Carolina Bandits.” Harper’s Weekly 16 (30 March 1872): 249, 251-2.

LOWR002. “The Lowrey outlaws: particulars of the murder of Col. F. M. Wishart in Robeson County, North Carolina—a base and treacherous assassination.” New York Times May 8, 1872, page 3.

1082. “The Lowery Gang.” New York Times 4 May 1874: P. 2 col. 3.

1083. Norment, Mary C. The Lowrie History, As Acted in Part by Henry Berry Lowrie, the Great North Carolina Bandit. With Biographical Sketches of His Associates. Being a Complete History of the Modern Robber Band in the County of Robeson and State of North Carolina. Wilmington: Daily Journal Printer, 1875.Key source Key source

1084. “Two of the Lowery Gang.” [Charleston, S.C.] News and Courier 23 July 1878: 1.

1085. Triplett, Frank. History, romance and philosophy of great American crimes and criminals .... New York: N. D. Thompson and Co., 1884. Pp. 464-92.

1086.Gorman, John C. “Henry Berry Lowry paper.” Unpublished manuscript. [1894?] Housed in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C. 26p.

1087. “Rhoda Lowrie: widow of the noted outlaw in jail for retailing liquor without license.” Robesonian 10 Nov. 1897: [3].

1088. “Through Scuffletown.” The Argus 14 June 1904: 4.

1089. “Personal and Local Dept.–[untitled note].” Robesonian 3 Feb. 1905: 5.

1090. “Henry Berry Lowry is dead.” Lumberton Argus 3 Nov. 1905: 3.

1091. Fulton, David Bryant. “Eagle clippings” by Jack Thorne [pseud.], Newspaper Correspondent and Storyteller ... a Collection of his Writings [submitted] to Various Newspapers. Brooklyn: D. B. Fulton, 1907. Pp. 65-71.

1092. Humphrey, J. W. “Henry Berry Lowery: another version of how he became an outlaw.” Robesonian 6 July 1908: 2.

1093. A Scotchman. “The Lowrie Gang: a portion of Col. Olds’ article false and misleading.” Robesonian 13 July 1908: 1.

1094. Cy. “The Lowry Outlaws.” The Guilford Collegian 24.3 (Nov. 1911): 90-94; 24.5 (Jan. 1912): 152-57; 24.8 (Apr. 1912): 285-96. [GPL-NC Biog Clippings File]

1095. “Murdock MacDonald: a true story of the days of the outlaws in Robeson County, North Carolina.” Charlotte Observer 3 March 1912: 13.

BETH001. [Account of incidents in Dillon County, South Carolina resembling those of the Lowry Band in Robeson County.] In: Kinfolks: A genealogical and biographical record. By William Curry Harllee. New Orleans: Searcy & Pfaff, 1937. Volume 3, pages 2434-2435.

1096. Currie, A. D. “A run from the Lowrie Gang.” Robesonian 1 Jan. 1917: 3; 29 Jan. 1917: 2.

1097. Bibson, J. Press, Sr. “What became of Henry Berry Lowrey, notorious Robeson bandit chief?” Robesonian 12 June 1922: 6.

1098. “Fake picture famous bandit.” Robesonian 4 Aug. 1924: 5.

1099. Farris, James J. “The Lowrie Gang: an episode in the history of Robeson County, N.C.:1864-1874.” Historical Papers Published by the Trinity College Historical Society. Ser. XV. Durham: Duke UP, 1925. Pp. 55-93.

1100. “Museum gets Henry Berrie Lowrey’s gun.” Robesonian 31 Oct. 1927: 3.

1101. Martin, L. “Robeson’s 10-year reign of terror recalled.” Charlotte Observer 22 April 1934: Sec. 3 p. 2. Rpt. Robesonian 26 Apr. 1934: 7; 3 May 1934: 7.

1102. “Last of Lowry Gang [John Dial] baptised at 83.” Robesonian 16 May 1935: 1.

1103. “Claims Henry Berry Lowry, leader of band of outlaws, alive at 92.” Robesonian 5 April 1937: 1. Rpt. in News and Observer 9 May 1937: 1.

1104. “Famed outlaw’s rifle returned.” Robesonian 12 April 1937: 7.

1105. “Hero of Lowry Gang episode passes at age of 89 years.” Robesonian 23 Feb. 1938: I-1.

1106. Newsom, Ruby Crockett. “McKay birthday celebration.” Robesonian 16 June 1939: 4.

1107. Lawrence, R. C. “Wishart and the Loweries.” The State 26 Aug. 1939: 6-7. Rpt. in Robesonian 28 Aug. 1939: 8.

1108. Franklin, John Hope. “The enslavement of free negroes in North Carolina.” Journal of Negro History 29.4 (Oct. 1944): 401-28.

1109. McEachern, Stuart. “Eight years of terror.” The State 20.26 (29 Nov. 1952): 6.

1110. “‘Rubber’ coffin check rattles outlaw’s bones.” Greensboro Daily News 7 Sept. 1956. [Included in entry 468.]

1111. Manning, Charles. “Last of Lowerys recalls saga of death and terror.” Greensboro Daily News 19 Jan. 1958: A13.

1112. Rockwell, Paul A. “Lumbees rebelled against proposed draft by South.” Asheville Citizen-Times 2 Feb. 1958. [UNC-WL Clippings File]

1113. Dunnagan, Claude. “Henry Lowery’s private six-year war against the South.” Male 11.7 (July 1961): 33-35, 39-45.

1114. Jenkins, Jay. “Lowry’s daughter buried by Indians.” Charlotte Observer 2 April 1962: Sec. B p. 1.

1115. Woodward, Susan Holly. “A grandfather’s tales of the Lowery brothers.” North Carolina Folklore 10.2 (Dec. 1962): 17-19.

1116. Regan, Mary. “Dark fame surrounded ‘Queen’.” News and Observer 23 Apr. 1967: Sec. 4 p. 1.

1118. Evans, W. McKee. To die game: the story of the Lowry Band, Indian guerillas of Reconstruction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1971. Reprinted, with a new foreword by James M. McPherson. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse UP, 1995. Key source Key source

1119. “Lowry: ‘He didn’t kill as many ... as Moses’.” Greensboro Daily News 17 Jan. 1971: A15.

1120. Arendell, Banks. “ ‘Shake’ cheats the hangman.” The State 39.13 (1 Dec. 1971): 17-18.

1121. Barton, Lew. “Henry Berry Lowry, Lumbee guerilla warrior of Reconstruction days.” Indian Voice 1.7 (14 Sept. 1972).

1122. Barton, Bruce. “Henry Berry Lowry and the Lumbee Indians.” Lutheran Women 13.5 (May 1975): 3-7.

1123. Blackburn, Charles. “The nefarious adventures of the Lowry Gang.” The Near East 3.4 (Sept.-Oct. 1975): 18-21. Also in Tar Heel 8.5 (July 1980): 24-25, 63.

1124. Barton, Garry Lewis. The Life and Times of Henry Berry Lowry. Pembroke: Lumbee Pub. Co., 1979. New edition. N.p.: Published and printed by Garry Lewis Barton, Feb. 1992.

1125. Edwards, John Carver. “Harris County bounty men and the ubiquitous Mr. Applewhite.” Atlanta Historical Journal 24.1 (Spring 1980): 53-62.

1126. Brown, Dick. “More Lowry saga.” Fayetteville Observer 5 July 1981: E1.

1127. Jones, Rosalyn Jacobs. “Upward mobility: a historical narrative. The John W. Jacobs story.” Diss. Middle Tennessee State U, 1983.

1128. Cooper, Richard. Henry Berry Lowry: Rebel With a Cause. Famous Tar Heels. Raleigh: Creative Publications, 1985.

1129. Wetmore, Ruth. “Henry Berry Lowrie, the swamp outlaw.” News and Observer, 400th anniversary edition, July 1985: Sec. 6 p. 16.

1130. Massengill, Stephen E. “The detectives of William W. Holden, 1869-1870.” North Carolina Historical Review 62.4 (Oct. 1985): 448-87.

1131. Henderson, David H. “Face to face with the Lumbee ghost?” The State 56.5 (Oct. 1988): 10-13.

1132. Conley, Manuel A., and Ginger Oxendine-Roberts. “Henry Berry Lowry House, North Carolina Indian Cultural Center: preliminary evaluation of interpretive data.” Paper for Public History (HST 370). Pembroke State U, 7 Dec. 1988.

1133. Waldman, Carl. Who was who in Native American history: Indians and non-Indians from early contacts through 1900. New York: Facts on File, 1990. Pp. 211-12.

1134. Evans, W. McKee. “Henry Berry Lowry.” Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Ed. William S. Powell. Vol. 4. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1991. Pp. 104-05.

1135. Knick, Stanley. “Did Henry Berry Lowrie escape Robeson to become the Modoc’s Captain Jack?” Robesonian 25 Feb. 1993: 4A.

HAUP001.  Hauptman, Lawrence M.  “River pilots and swamp guerillas: Pamunkee and Lumbee unionists.”  In: Between two fires: American Indians in the Civil War.  New York: Free Press, 1995.  Pp. 65-66, 76-85.

MAYN001. Maynor, Malinda. “Violence and the racial boundary: fact and fiction in the swamps of Robeson County, 1831-1871.” Honors thesis (History and literature), Harvard College, 1995. Key source Key source

WILK001. Wilkins, David E. “Henry Berry Lowry: champion of the dispossessed.” Race, Gender & Class 13.2 (Winter 1996): 97-111.

MILL003. Miller, David James.  “Native Americans and the Confederacy during the Civil War:  a study of the peculiar fight in Robeson County, North Carolina.”  Honors essay. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.  63 pages.

KNIC021. Knick, Stanley. “Along the Robeson Trail (column).” Carolina Indian Voice 15 October 1998: 2.

KNIC020. Knick, Stanley. “Along the Robeson Trail (column).” Carolina Indian Voice 29 October 1998:5.

KNIC023. Knick, Stanley. “Along the Robeson Trail (column).” Carolina Indian Voice 5 November 1998: 5.

SMIT001. “Rhoda Strong Lowry, 1849-1909.” In: North Carolina women: making history. By Margaret Supplee Smith and Emily Herring Wilson. Chapel Hill; London: North Carolina UP, 1999. Pages 154-157; notes on pages 327-328.

MAYN000. Maynor-Clark, Vinita. “ Through Native Eyes (The Henry Berry Lowry Story).” Carolina Indian Voice 7 January 1999:1.

MAYN004. Maynor-Clark, Vinita. “‘Through Native Eyes’ draws hundreds for auditions.” Carolina Indian Voice 21 January 1999: 1.

BART003.  Barton, Garry Lewis. “Henry Berry, a bigger-than-life hero.” Carolina Indian Voice 21 January 1999: 2.

VMC0001. Maynor-Clark, Vinita. “‘Through Indian Eyes’ draws hundreds for auditions.” Carolina Indian Voice 21 January 1999:1

MAYN003. Maynor-Clark, Vinita. “‘Through Native Eyes’ nears successful completion.” Carolina Indian Voice 4 March 1999: 2.

BART001.  Barton, Garry Lewis. “ Through Native Eyes premiers May 1st at UNC-P.” Carolina Indian Voice 11 March. 1999:1.

MAYN002. Maynor-Clark, Vinita. “Cookie’s Corner 1999 (column).” Carolina Indian Voice 11 March 1999: 2.

LEAD001. “The leaders of the pack: tribal leaders assist in production of Through Native Eyes.” Carolina Indian Voice 1 April 1999: 1.

DOUG001. Douglas, Hector, reporter. “Story of Henry Berry Lowry, as chronicled in the new movie Through Native Eyes.” Morning Edition. National Public Radio. 22 July 1999. Transcript.

GAZD001. Gazda, Antoinette. “Through Native Eyes: The Henry Berry Lowrie Story (A Native American ‘Robin Hood’) - N.C. Director Van Coleman brings the legendary story of Henry Berry Lowrie to the screen.” Reel Carolina: Journal of Film and Video 5.5. (September 1999) : 8, 20, 23.

THRO001. Through Native Eyes: The Henry Berry Lowry Story. Videotape. Production, direction, and story by D. Van Coleman. “A NoDoze Production of a D. Van Coleman Film,” 1999. 52 min., 22 sec. 

BART007. Barton, Bruce. “Looking back while walking forward (column): ‘Distinguished visitor, extraordinary application.’ ” Carolina Indian Voice Thursday, February 10, 2000:  2.

THRO002. “‘Through Native Eyes: The Henry Berry Lowrie Story’ to be part of Library of Congress project.” Carolina Indian Voice 25 May 2000: 1.

TAUK001. Taukchiray, Wes. “Henry Berry Lowrie was never arrested, tried and convicted.” Carolina Indian Voice Thursday, 29 March 2001: 2.

MAYN011. Maynor, Malinda. “Was Henry Berry Lowrie a turpentiner?” Carolina Indian Voice 6 December 2001: 2.

PUGH001. Pugh, Eneida Sanderson. “Rhoda Strong Lowry: The Swamp Queen of Scuffletown.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 26.1 (2002): 67-81. 42 notes.

LELA001. Leland, Elizabeth. “The land of a legend.” Charlotte Observer Sunday, 16 June 2002.

INDI005. Indian warriors: the untold story of the Civil War. DVD (50 min.). Dir. Geoffrey Madeja. Prod. Bernard Dudek. The History Channel, 2006. Item #AAE-76954

RACH002. Rach, Amber. “Local Experts Contribute to History Channel Documentary.” UNC-Pembroke newswire Monday, February 5, 2007.

AFTE001. Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War. Videotape. A History Channel production. Dir. David W. Padrusch. Prod. Matt Koed. New York: A&E Home Video; dist. by New Video, 2007. 91 min. A&E Home Video item AAE-77017.


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