Life and Times of Mary Musgrove.

Hahn, Steven C.

Life and Times of Mary Musgrove. - Florida : University Press of Florida, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (296 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Unearthing Mary Musgrove; 1. Creek Beginnings; 2. The Reeducation of Mary Griffin; 3. Mary Musgrove: Between Creek Nation and Colleton County; 4. Mrs. Musgrove of Georgia; 5. Mary Mathewes, Malcontent; 6. Mary Bosomworth; 7. Coosaponakeesa; 8. "Your Memorialist"; Conclusion: Remembering Mary Musgrove; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

The story of Mary Musgrove (1700-1764), a Creek Indian-English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one. As a literate Christian, entrepreneur, and wife of an Anglican clergyman, Mary was one of a small number of "mixed blood" Indians to achieve a position of prominence among English colonists. Born to a Creek mother and an English father, Mary's bicultural heritage prepared her for an eventful adulthood spent in the rough and tumble world of Colonial Georgia Indian affairs. Active in diplomacy, trade, and politics--affairs typically dominated by men--Mary work.



9780813042633 9780813043043


Indians of North America--Mixed descent--Georgia--Biography.
Creek Indians--Biography.
Women--Georgia--Biography.
Land settlement--Georgia.
Creek Indians--Mixed descent.


Electronic Books.

E99 / .L544 2012