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Before the Lowry Gang
Lowry was stealing before he made the Lowry gang they stole 2 hogs from wealthy slaveholder James P. Barnes several months of local trouble followed this theft James suspected it was the Lowry's but he was shot by a gang that included 2 of the Lowry brother's -
three month's before the Lowry Gang
in January the Lowry's killed a local man named J. Brantly Harriss he was responsible for the death of 3 of Lowry's cousin's They Also raided the Robeson County Courthouse stealing guns and ammunition they then used the guns in series of raid that took place in February. -
The start of the Lowry Gang
Allen Lowry and his son William were declared guilty of theft and were executed their death's sparked the Lowry war a seven year period of robberies raid's and murder -
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Seven year war
After the Civil war Lowry got an organized band of men they then started executed coordinated attacks on plantations for years these outlaws killed law enforcement officer's and stole form the wealthy they would continue to do these crimes for 7 years -
The end of the War
The Lowry's last major crime was in February 16 1872 they raided Lumberton and escaping with 1,000 dollars worth of goods and a safe with 20,000 dollars witch is said to have been the reward money for lowry's capture It is said that Lowry died but his nephew came forward and said that his uncle indeed lived -
After The Lowry war
There is a lot of confusion around if Lowry did leave or if he did die
some people say that he drowned that he died after being shot some of the others have said that after their war with the federal government in Oregon still many others say that he never did leave the area. -
The Fate of Henry Lowry
Although Henry's fate is unknown the Legend of the Lowry gang has never died people still tell stories about that today calling them the robbing hoods or the Rob Roy's Since then plays have been written about his exploits and since 1796 a musical drama entitled Strike at the wind has been preformed every summer Robeson County every summer -
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