Mary Musgrove Bosomworth
c. 1700 – 1765
“Tomochichi’s interpreter was one Mrs. Musgrove. She understands both languages, being educated amongst the English. She can read and write, and is a well-civilized women. She is likewise to teach us the Indian tongue.”
– John Wesley, 1736
Mary Musgrove Bosomworth was the daughter of a white trader and an Indian woman from a powerful family of the Creek nation. She and her first husband, John Musgrove, established a fur trade with the Creeks. When General James Oglethorpe arrived with the first Georgia settlers, she was his interpreter, liaison to the Creek nation and unofficial hostess for important Indian visitors to Savannah. Later, with her third husband Thomas Bosomworth, she helped the English avoid a war with the Creeks. 
Year inducted: 1993
Learn more about Mary Musgrove Bosomworth 
Where to go for more information:
Doris B. Fisher,
Mary Musgrove: Creek Englishwoman
Emory University: Ph.D. diss, 1990
Mary Musgrove: Creek Englishwoman
Emory University: Ph.D. diss, 1990
