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born in 1700 to the prestigious Wind Clan of the Creek tribe
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her family sent her to live with a white family on the outskirts of Charles Towne (modern day Charslton, South Carolina).
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baptized and given a Christian name of Mary
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Mary returned to Coweta during the time of the insurrection
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betrothed to John Musgrove
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Mary and John Musgrove lived among the Creeks, later they moved to the Musgrove estate in Pomponne
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Oglethorpe, came to start the British colony of Georgia, he sought out Mary to be his interpreter and adviser
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helped Oglethorpe negotiate land treaties with the local tribes, which led to the founding of Savannah in 1733 and of Augusta in 1735.
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John Musgrove died in 1735
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Mary with a 500-acre plantation, a large number of cattle
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her influence with the whites and with the Indians continued to grow
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asked to establish a new trading station closer to Florida to double as a listening post to keep tabs on the Spanish forces in Florida
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second husband was Jacob Matthews
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due to Mary's influence with them, and the joint Creek- Georgian army successfully pushed the Spaniards back
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Mary for her help by taking a diamond ring off his finger and presenting it to her, along with a bank note for £200
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Since 1737, Mary's landholdings increased substantially after her kinsmen transferred their own holdings to her.
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owned thousands of miles of land along the Savannah River and the islands of Sapelo, Ossabaw and Saint Catherines
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she married Thomas Bosomworth, an Anglican clergyman
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Mary, Bosomworth, and numerous Indians were outraged by the actions of the British and in summer of 1749 they marched on Savannah in protest
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Mary was placed under arrest
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released for fear of a larger revolt by the Indians
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accepted a compromise where the islands of Ossabaw and Sapelo were to be sold by the British at a public auction and Mary would get the proceeds
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When Mary died five years later, all her property passed to her English husband and his heirs according to the English law