| LC control no. | n 81083999 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Musgrove, Mary, 1700-1765 |
| Variant(s) | Musgrove, Mary, Creek Indian Bosomworth, Mary, 1700-1765 Cousaponakeesa, 1700-1765 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | South Carolina Alabama Savannah (Ga.) |
| Birth date | 1700 |
| Death date | 1765 |
| Place of birth | Alabama |
| Place of death | Saint Catherines Sound (Ga.) |
| Profession or occupation | Indian interpreters Businesswomen |
| Found in | 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) 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.) |
| Associated language | eng mus |
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