| Birth: | 26 OCT 1784 in Maryland |
| Death: | 9 OCT 1851 in Water Valley, Yalobusha, MS |
| Sex: | F |
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Mary Downs was said to be the sister of Lavinia Downs. Lavin i a is known to have been of the Creek tribe. No such stories are told ab ou t Mary, but there were few "white" women in Georgia when it was wilder nes s. One census record indicates she said she was born in Maryland, an d a f amily of Downs did move from Maryland to Georgia. She (and her sist er Lav inia) could have been half Creek.
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