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The daughter of a Creek mother and English father, Mary Musgrove proved instrumental in maintaining peace and fair trade between the Creek nation and the new Georgia colony. She married John Musgrove in and quickly established a trading post. She attracted the attention of General James Oglethorpe and served as his main interpreter from to Musgrove married three times, all the while increasing her business acumen and sharpening her diplomatic skills.

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The marriage to her last husband, a Christian missionary named Thomas Bosomworth,elevated Musgrove to a social status heretofore unreached by someone of Creek descent. The British Crown insisted that a nation could only grant land to another nation, not an individual. After a protracted legal battle, Musgrove compromised by relinquishing all land holdings except St.

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