Musgrove, Mary, 1700-1765
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Name (Latin)
Musgrove, Mary, 1700-1765
Other forms of name
Bosomworth, Mary, 1700-1765
Cousaponakeesa, 1700-1765
Musgrove, Mary, Creek Indian
Date of birth
1700
Date of death
1765
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Businesswomen
Indian interpreters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Johansen, Bruce E. The encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997:page 47 (Mary Bosomworth; Mary Musgrove; Mary Matthews; Coosaponskeesa; ca.1700 - ca. 1763. Born on the Chattahoochee River in what would become Alabama. Moved to South Carolina at age seven, returned to Alabama when she was sixteen. Became an interpreter, trader and leader in the Creek nation. Married a trader named John Musgrove; they established a trading post at what is now Savannah, Georgia in 1732 and a second one at Mount Venture later. In 1733 she became the Creek interpreter for Sir James Oglethorpe. Her husband died in 1739 and she married a British army captain, Jacob Matthews. He died in 1742 and she remarried in 1749, to the Reverend Thomas Bosomworth who became the South Carolina agent to the Creeks. Died in 1763 on St. Catherine's Island, Georgia.)
- Todd, H. Mary Musgrove, Ga. Indian Prin., c1981:t.p. (Mary Musgrove, Georgia Indian Princess) p. 18, etc. (b. 1700; d. bet. 5/25/1765 and Oct. 1765)