Lowes, Tubman, 1764-1815

Tubman Lowes, Esq. was born on September 24, 1764, to Henry Lowes and Esther Dashiell in Quantico, Somerset County, Maryland. He married Elizabeth Birkhead on April 9, 1789, and after her death, married Anne Hitch on March 11, 1801. He had seven children, four of whom lived to adulthood. He served in the Lower House of the Maryland Legislature and served as a Captain in the Somerset County Militia from 1794-1799, during the Whiskey Rebellion and the Quasi-War with France. At the time of his death on August 29, 1815, his personal property totaled $9,587.17 and included 138oz of silver plate, books, and 32 enslaved, as well as 1,197 acres of land in Somerset County.