Sarah Nancy (Carroll) Low (1806 - 1864)

Born 1806 in North Carolina, United States

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Died 1864 at about age 58 in Scott, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Carroll) Low was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

This profile is part of the Lowe Name Study.

Sarah (Carroll) Low was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

Sarah Carroll was born in 1806 in North Carolina, United States.

Her parents were John Carroll and Nancy Cherokee.

She married Phillip Low in 1820

Together they had 15 children:

1. Phillip Low
2. John Low
3. Joseph Low
4. Motlaney Low
5. Alexander Low
6. Riley Low
7. Sarah Low
8. Jane Low
9. William Low
10. Lucretia Low
11. Elizabeth Low
12. Andrew Lowe
13. Jacob Low
14. Michael Low
15. Matilda Low

She died in 1864 in Scott, Tennessee, United States

Research Notes

In the 1850 US Census, there was a white woman Nancy Carroll (age 68) living in Cherokee Couny, North Carolina, with stated birth in North Carolina. The other member of her household is a white girl Mahaly Sweatman born in Georgia, age 12 years old. This family number was 886.^[1]

(Franklin D. Bunch, Rootsweb.ancestry.com. ID: 110633 Reference Number: 10646 "New River Cousins; Early Settlers of Anderson, Scott, and Campbell County, Tennessee by Henry Ward.) According to tradition and several books that have been written about the first settler in Scott County, TN, "Grand Mikey " known as Mikel Lowe arrived and claimed Smokey Creek. There was a Cherokee Indian and his squaw living there as well. Grand Mikey kept noticing when he went for water at the watering hole that the Indian Brave kept watching him in a threatening manner. Mikel thought he will kill me one day with his bow and arrow. Mikey thought I must shoot him before he kills me. The next time Mikel Lowe went to the watering hole Lowe he killed the Indian Brave. That creek is named the Indian waterhole. The Squaw and her child remained in the area. They stayed in the white settlement, they had been banished from their Cherokees people. While they lived in the white settlement they had several half- breed children, She married Phillip Lowe Sr, and one of her daughters, Sarah Carroll (1808-1862) was the first wife of Madison Kennedy. Madison and Sarah made their home on top of Bootjack Mountain, in the old mountain footpath from Shea to Smokey Creek.

Note: Sarah Nancy Carroll married Philip Lowe, Born 1802. Philip Lowe's father is "Grand Mickey" Michael Lau/Low/Lowe.

OLD DREWRY (Born/1776) and NANCY SARAH CARROLL (Cherokee Smokey's Mate) (Born/1776).

Old Drewry and Nancy Carroll came from North Carolina and settled on Smokey Creek, Scott County, Tennessee.

1850 Scott Co. Census lists: 240-241 CARROLL; DREWRY, Age 74 male farmer 500 North Carolina 1794. Wife; NANCY, Age 74 North Carolina

OLD DREWRY AND NANCY CARROLL CHILDREN;

Drewry (B/1800), Edward T (B/1811), Alonzo (B/1848), Louisa (B/1821), Martha (B/1841), Honorah (B/1843), Miram (B/1845).

(1850 Scott Co. Census) Old Drewry had a daughter named Sarah Nancy (B/1807). This "Nancy" was first married to Philip Low Sr.

She later married Henry Goodman (B/1807). Their children were Jesse, Rachel, Drewry, and Nancy.

(Franklin D. Bunch, Rootsweb.ancestry.com. ID: 110633 Reference Number: 10646 "New River Cousins; Early Settlers of Anderson, Scott, and Campbell County, Tennessee by Henry Ward.)

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 3; Digital film/folder number: 004181072_001_M9C4-ZQF; FHL microfilm: 444638; Image number: 142; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01138-0
   FamilySearch Record: M4YB-DMB (accessed 16 February 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6PQZ-X33
   Nancy Carroll (68) in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.

   Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Nancy Carroll	F	68		North Carolina
   Mahaly Sweatman	F	12		Georgia

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-XBQ : accessed 23 August 2015), Nancy Low in household of Phillip Low, Scott county, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing family 243, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4181072_00142/12640556

• "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-F58 : accessed 23 August 2015), Sarrah Law in household of Philip Law, The 5th District, Scott, Tennessee, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 9, household ID 54, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,271.

• 1860 United States Federal Census for Sarrah Law https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4297413_00431?pId=22578667

• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60525&h=63800909&ssrc=pt&tid=86571702&pid=282133191167&usePUB=true

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/L8BY-X2Z

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112914015/sarah-nancy-low

• BURIAL: Lowe Cemetery Scott County, Tennessee, USA

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Carroll-982 created through the import of LNMaggard GEDCOM.ged on Apr 9, 2012, by Larry Maggard. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Larry and others.