Henry Berry Lowry

Henry Berry Lowry
This portrait is widely identified as one of Lowry, though some persons—including some descendants of his—believe it portrays a different person.[1]
Bornc. 1845
Disappeared1872 (age 26–27)
Robeson County, North Carolina
NationalityTuscarora
SpouseRhoda Strong Lowry
Parents
  • Allen Lowry (father)
  • Mary Cumbo (mother)

Henry Berry Lowry (c. 1845 – unknown after 1872) was an American outlaw of the Tuscarora people. He led the Lowry Gang in North Carolina during and after the American Civil War. Many local North Carolinians remember him as a Robin Hood figure. Lowry was described by George Alfred Townsend, a correspondent for the New York Herald in the late 19th century, as "[o]ne of those remarkable executive spirits that arises now and then in a raw community without advantages other than those given by nature."[2]

  1. ^ Currie, Jefferson (2000). "Henry Berry Lowry". NCPedia. North Carolina Government & Heritage Library. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Townsend, George Alfred (1872). The Swamp Outlaws: or, The North Carolina Bandits; Being a Complete History of the Modern Rob Roys and Robin Hoods, New York: Robert M. DeWitt.