Born 1770 in Tennessee City, Dickson, TN
Son of
[father unknown] and
[mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died October 1852 in Tahlegquah, Cherokee, OK
Biography
George was half Cherokee Indian and half Scottish. He was town chief in Willstown in the Cherokee Nation East.
George Lowery assisted by his son-in-law, David Brown, complete the Cherokee spelling book using English characters/letters.
In 1826, George and David Brown were the official General Council of the Cherokee Nation and made the first translation of the Cherokee laws along with the Bible's New Testament into Cherokee language using Sequoyah's alphabet (inventor of the Cherokee alphabet).
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- Birth and death locations and family members from e-mail from Judy Gamble.
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