LOWREY JR (FAMOUS), GEORGE "CHIEF MAJOR" - Cherokee County, Oklahoma | GEORGE "CHIEF MAJOR" LOWREY JR (FAMOUS) - Oklahoma Gravestone Photos

George "Chief Major" LOWREY JR (FAMOUS)

Tahlequah Cemetery
Cherokee County,
Oklahoma

c 1770 - Oct 20 1852
Aged 82 years
Born at Tahskeegee on Tennesse River

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 a courier, banker, soldier, translator, law enforcement officer, planter, breeder, and political leader.

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.

Block 6 Lot 32 Space 2

Contributed on 9/8/10 by nailgal123
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Submitted: 9/8/10 • Approved: 9/16/10 • Last Updated: 10/26/22 • R22555-G0-S3

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