These records go from 1722-1899. It is clear that many Lowes settled in North Carolina.

Samuel Vickers and Hannah Lowe married and are my direct line, but I hope these records help you too.

WB = Will Book

SS = Secretary of State records in the State Archives

SS/AR = Secretary of State loose wills in State Archives

CTY = Custody of county clerk in Superior Court

Here’s a link to help you find the counties. The movement was westward.

VICKERS

Marriage

David Lowe m. Elizabeth Vickas, Oct. 20, 1807; Vincent B. Hale

Note: Vincent Hale witnessed the marriage between Samuel Vickers and Hannah Lowe, out in Kentucky, where they moved.

Source:

Brent H. Holcomb, Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1778-1868, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1983.

Wills

Vickers, David, Orange Co., 1875, WB H, p. 120, CTY

Vickers, George W., Durham Co. 1885, WB A, p. 77, CTY

Vickers, James, Orange Co., 1862, WB G, p. 392, AR

Vickers, John, Edgecombe Co., 1784, WB B, p. 152, AR

Vickers, Mary, New Hanover Co. 1797, WB C, p. 425, AR

Vickers, Rachel J. Durham Co., 1897, WB A, p. 414, CTY

Vickers, Ralph, Edgecombe Co., 1762, WB A, p. 110, AR

Vickers, Sarah, Edgecombe Co., 1783, WB B, p. 117, AR

Vickers, Sarah, Wilkes Co., 1854, WB 5, p. 100 (blank)

Vickers, Thomas, New Hanover Co., 1795, WB C, p. 423, AR

Vickers, William, Lincoln Co., 1831, WB 1, p. 217, AR

Vickery John W., Iredell Co., 1883, WB 4, p. 588, CTY

Vickory, Abiathar, Guilford Co., 1881, WB E, p. 311, AR

Vickray, Christopher, Randolph Co., 1841; WB 7, p. 389, AR

Vickray, Marmaduke, Randolph Co., 1788, WB 1, p. 66, AR

Vickry, J. C., Iredell Co., 1880, WB 4, p. 368 (blank)

LOWES

Wills

Low, Alexander, Bertie Co., 1793, WB D, 213, AR

Low, Conrad, Rowan Co., 1796, WB E, p. 185, AR

Low, David, Guilford Co., 1794, WB A, p. 215, AR

Low, Elizabeth, Pasquotank Co., 1770; WB H, p. 137, AR

Low, Emanuel, Pasquotank Co., 1727, SS 876, p. 156, SS-AR

Low, George, Pasquotank Co., 1786, WB K, p. 141, AR

Low, George R., Guilford Co., 1892, WB F, p. 220, AR

Low, Hannah, Pasquotank Co., 1801, WB M1, p. 50, AR

Low, James, Northampton Co., 1769, WB 1, p. 174 (blank)

Low, John Pasquotank Co., 1759, SS 881, p. 173, SS-AR

Low, John B. Guilford Co., c. 1846 (original only), AR

Low, John Sr., Pasquotank Co., 1793, WB L, p. 12, AR

Low, Joshua, Wilkes Co., 1841, WB 4, p. 267, AR

Low, Lewis, Guilford Co., 1857, WB C, p. 474, AR

Low, Milisent, Pasquotank Co., 1809, WB M1, p. 204, AR

Low, Nathan, Perquimans Co., 1832, WB F, p. 196, AR

Low, Nelly, Guilford Co., 1867, WB D, p. 354, AR

Low, Orpah, Pasquotank Co., 1823, WB M1, p. 372, AR

Low, Samuel, Northampton Co., 1780, WB 1, p. 234 (blank)

Low, Solomon, Alamance Co., 1865, WB 1, p. 244, AR

Low, Stephen, Buncombe Co., 1843, WB A, p. 92

Low, Thomas, Randolph Co., 1799, WB 2, p. 43, AR

Low, Thomas, Lincoln Co., 1829, WB 1, p. 154, AR

Low, Thomas, Pasquotank Co., 1762, WB 1, p. 13, AR

Low, William, Pasquotank Co., 1788, WB K, p. 161

Low, William, Wilkes Co. 1780, WB !, p. 44, AR

Lowe, Aaron, Pasquotank Co., 1803, WB M1, p. 87, AR

Lowe, Alfred, Halifax Co., 1885, WB 6, p. 356, AR

Lowe, Ann, Anson Co., 1867, WB C, p. 257, AR

Lowe, Anne, Pasquotank Co. 1731, original copy only, SS-AR

Lowe, Bird, Rockingham Co., 1848, WB C, p. 74, AR

Lowe, Eve, Davidson Co., 1840, WB 1, p. 349, CTY

Lowe, Exum L., Madison Co. 1835, WB 2, p. 202 (blank)

Lowe, George, W., Wake Co., 1896, WB C, p. 512, AR

Lowe, Isaac, Lincoln Co., WB 4, p. 197, AR

Lowe, Isaac, Rockingham Co., c. 1793, OW, p. 32, AR

Lowe, Isaac, Rockingham Co., 1807, WB A, p. 66, AR

Lowe, James, Randolph Co., 1858, WB 11, p. 209 (blank)

Lowe, James Sr., Davie Co., 1828, WB 1, p. 94, AR

Lowe, John, Rockingham Co., 1831, WB B, p. 21, CTY

Lowe, John, Northampton Co., 1761, WB 1, p. 41 (blank)

Lowe, John W. S. Rockingham Co., 1859, WB C, 306, CTY

Lowe, Joseph, Randolph Co., 1805, WB 3, p. 40 (blank)

Lowe, L.L. Rockingham Co., 1891, WB E, p. 487, CTY

Lowe, Madison, Randolph Co., 1835, WB 6, p. 485, AR

Lowe, Maria J., Halifax Co., 1882 copy, 019/AR

Lowe, Maria J. Halifax Co., 1882, WB 6, 268, AR

Lowe, Penelope, Durham Co., 1894, WB A, p. 319, CTY

Lowe, Priscilla, Pasquotank Co., 1871, WB O, p. 22, AR

Lowe, Samuel, Randolph Co., 1799, WB 2, p. 45, AR

Lowe, Samuel, Davidson Co., 1879, WB 3, p. 285, AR

Lowe, Sidney H., Lincoln Co., 1891, WB 4, p. 467, AR

Lowe, Stephen, Wake Co., 1796, RB 3, p. 256, AR

Lowe, T. G., Halifax Co., 1869, WB 6, p. 17, AR

Lowe, T. L. Catawba Co., 1862, WB 1, p. 170, AR

Lowe, Thomas, Northampton Co., 1783, WB 1, p. 274 (blank)

Lowe, Thomas, Bladen Co., c. 1779, WB 1, p. 521, AR (blank)

Lowe, Thomas, Halifax Co., 1839, WB 4, p. 182 (blank)

Lowe, Thomas, Halifax Co., 1823, WB 3, p. 682 (blank)

Lowe, Thomas W., Rockingham Co., WB C, p. 377, CTY

Lowe, Weston, Randolph Co., 1845, WB 8, p. 183, AR

Lowe, William, Macon Co., 1899, WB 5, p. 103, AR

Lowe, William, Halifax Co., 1818, WB 3, p. 613 (blank)

Lowe, William, Halifax Co., 1793, WB 3, p. 213 (blank)

Lowe, William, Chowan Co., 1722, SS 875, p. 336, SS-AR

So it looks like the Lowes settled mainly in North Carolina (there are much fewer Lowe wills in Virginia, by contrast).

I hope this post helps you!

SOURCE

Thornton W. Mitchell, North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900, Revised and corrected., Raleigh, NC, 1992

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