| Photos of Croatan (Tuscarora) settlements of Robeson County circa 1908. |
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| Home of Harriett Brooks Graham |
| Rosetta Brooks(one of the "22"), and Preston Locklear, a founder of the Croatan Normal School |
| Home of Wash Lowry. These people have not yet been identified. Do you know? Let us know |
| George Washington (Wash) Lowry, and unknown child |
| Unknown family in their garden. If you can identify these people, please let us know. |
| Croatan Normal School while it was still at Pates. Recognize any of these people? Let us know. |
| Possibly the residence of a family named Jacobs |
| Unidentified Croatan (Tuscarora) woman |
| The following, is taken from the Appendix of the 1909 edition of the "Lowrie History". Colonel F.A. Olds had written numerous newspaper articles about the Croatan/Tuscarora people here, and his writings were condensed into the 1909 appendix. |
...They were kindly in their reception and presently Preston Locklear, a very striking type of their people, drove up in his buggy and we made ready to make a trip through their settlements. Locklear explained that his name had become corrupted from Lockyer, which is very distinctly English. We got pictures of the house, or rather two houses, occupied by Mr. Jacobs, near the school, the people being of the pronounced Croatan type, the house being extremely well built of logs, with a wonderful clean yard of shining sand, with abounding shrubbery and trees, and with a well curbed with a cypress log and having an old-fashioned and long sweep. Mr. Jacobs mother is the widow of one of the oldest Methodist preachers. The next place visited was the home of Harriet Graham, a cozy little cabin, with a garden adjoining, the house of logs, and the furniture all handmade, and the surroundings looking very indian-like indeed. As guides there went with us two Croatan girls. Locklear said his son was a doctor and had been out in the Indian Territory and was at once recognized by the Indians there as being of their race of people. He said his son had graduated at Baltimore. Washington Lowery. The third place visited was the most striking of all; this being the home of the venerable Washington Lowry, or Lowrie, known far and near among his people as "Uncle Wash". His home, built of logs like the rest, embraces several buildings, and there was a porch of unique design, also of logs. The old man was patly paralyzed, but he talked very well indeed. He had a good deal to say about his people and said hehad heard his "fether" and "grandfeyther" speak over and over again about their having come from Roanoke Island. He said there was no doubt about the origin of his people, and seemed to be very proud of it indeed. He referred to the fact that he had been out in the Indian Territory a good many years ago and said he had looked into the question of citizenship or tribeship there and that the Indians had recognized him as of their people, but that their chiefs wanted his papers to show whence he came..... |