Chesterfield County SC~Estate Folder #199 – Col. Alfred M. Lowery

Each week, on Sunday, I will select an Estate Folders from the Estate files of Chesterfield County and discuss its contents. No known estates exist for the period before the Civil War. They were destroyed with the burning of the Courthouse. There are a few “Equity Records” in the State Archives. Do not overlook this valuable resource if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Today we will be looking at the following Estate folder:

Folder #199
Image 1067Col. Alfred M. Lowery ¹

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-NQ9F-9S?cc=1911928&wc=MPPR-VZ9%3A190567401%2C190561002%2C190567402%2C190708501

Col. Alfred M. Lowery died in June 1877. I could find no service record for Col. Lowery indicating that the Colonel title was an Honorary title bestowed upon him based on his status in the community.
Col. Lowery was a prominent figure in the community and served the community as the local land  surveyor.  He was married to Henrietta Jackson, daughter of Henry A. Jackson and Mary Blakeney.

Col. Lowery and  Henrietta had three children:

• Emily Lowery
• John H. Lowery
• Mary Temperance Lowery

There is a Land Deed located in the Chesterfield County Register of Deeds office (DB 10:44-46  that states that Henrietta Lowery, Emily Huntley and Mary T. Davis  are the sole surviving heirs-at-law of Alfred M. Lowry…



John H. Lowry, b. 1837 had passed away on 12 Feb 1888 just months before this 1889 Land Deed was executed.

At the death of Col. Alfred M. Lowery, his widow, Henrietta was granted Letters of Administration on the Estate. Before she could fully administered the Estate Henrietta passed away on 18 August 1890 leaving her two daughters sole survivors.  

Emily Huntley and Mary T. Davis then petitioned the Court for Letters of Administration de bonis non which were granted.



Transcription:
State of South Carolina} Court of
County of Chesterfield     Probate
In the Matter
Of
The Estate of Alfred} Petition
M. Lowry deceased}
The petition of Mary T. Davis and Emily Huntly by their attorney Respectfully shows to this Court
1. That Alfred M. Lowry a citizen of the County and State aforesaid died intestate about the month of June 1877 leaving a considerable personal estate.
2. That Letters of Administration thereon was granted to his widow Henrietta Lowry soon after his deceased by this Court.
3. That the said Henrietta Lowry also died intestate on the 18th day of August A. D. 1890 leaving never having fully administered said estate.
4. That your petitioner are the sole surviving heirs at law of both Alfred M. Lowry and Henrietta Lowery and solely entitled to  whatever Estates were left by either the said Henrietta Lowry or Alfred M. Lowry.
Wherefore your petitioner pray (strike through) Letters of Administration de bonis non upon the estate of the said Alfred M. Lowry deceased.
                                                                                       Hough & Kennedy
                                                                                       Atty for Petitioners



Mary Temperance Jackson married Maj. Alfred W. Davis. Maj. Alfred W. Davis is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed. It’s quite possible that Mary Temperance Jackson is also a 3rd Cousin 4 times removed.  







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[Note] Documents have been found with surname spelled LOWRY and LOWERY.
De bonis non - Most commonly issued where an administrator dies or the chain is broken. [Wikipedia]
[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-NQ9F-9S?cc=1911928&wc=MPPR-VZ9%3A190567401%2C190561002%2C190567402%2C190708501 : 21 May 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0153-0227 > image 1067 of 1550; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.