George W. Lowe (c. 1847 - ?) was an American politician minister and served as a member of the
Arkansas House of Representatives
The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...
. He represented
Monroe County, Arkansas and served in the 1889 and 1891 sessions.
Lowe was born in
Hardeman County, Tennessee and was enslaved by Samuel A. Bunting, along with his mother Harriet until he was 15. In 1863 he became a soldier as chief musician and was discharged in 1866 when he returned home to Hardeman County.
He served as a minister in
Holly Grove, Arkansas
Holly Grove is a city in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 460, down from 602 in 2010.
Geography
Holly Grove is located south of the center of Monroe County at (34.597556, -91.200462). It is ...
and was involved in emigration efforts in 1892. Emigration was seen as a way to escape discrimination.
References
People from Hardeman County, Tennessee
Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
1840s births
Year of death missing
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