Henry H. Lowe

[1] In 1829 he was involved in establishing and marketing the town of Hamilton, Georgia on what had been Muscogee land until it was ceded in 1826.

[3] The mansion, described as "luxurious," was located near Ossahatchie Creek close to today's Georgia State Route 85.

[4] The governor of Georgia appointed him a brigadier general of state militia during the Creek War of 1836.

[3] At the time of the 1850 U.S. federal census, Lowe listed his occupation as farmer, and told the enumerator that he owned real estate valued at US$250,000 (equivalent to $9,156,000 in 2023).

[9] Lowe had two entries on the 1850 slave schedules, indicating he owned two physically distinct properties.

"Brought to Jail" Weekly Columbus Enquirer , September 23, 1850