VOLUME II JUNE 1983 NUMBER 02
Editor's Notes......................................... Page 51
Covering the Terry-Tory by Robert W. Terry............. Page 52
William Terry of Savannah Creek and William Terry of
Hitchcock's Creek.................................... Page 53
Notes of North Carolina Terry Families by Mrs. James J.
Bushnell............................................. Page 54
The Terry Family of Comanche County Texas by Ralph
Terry................................................ Page 57
Short History of the Terry Family by Ralph Terry...... Page 58
Terry Families of Richmond County North Carolina
by Michael Pafford................................... Page 59
Richmond County North Carolina Cemeteries.............. Page 62
Richmond County North Carolina Censuses (1790, 1800,
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850)..................... Page 63
Marriages of Richmond Co. NC........................... Page 67
Crawford-Terry Bible................................... Page 68
Canadian/New York Terry Families....................... Page 69
Terry Family of Selby Bryant Stratton.................. Page 71
Terry Lines of Members................................. Page 73
Queries................................................ Page 81
This and That: Terry Miscellaneous..................... Page 89
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Robert "Mike" Terry
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EDITOR'S NOTES
I want to thank everyone who sent articles, family sheets, ances-
tor sheets, and pictures. I especially wish to thank those who
just sent a little extra to help publication. While I hoped that
a computer would speed things up it seems to make publication
harder until you get to know what you are doing. I do feel it
will help get my data more organized.
Also had several very good reviews in several Louisiana
newspaper columns and lots of new members. We have about 150 now
and still growing.
I am not going to ask for any specific information for the
next quarterly and will try and focus on areas we have not cover-
ed as yet. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me
know what you would like to see in the quarterly.--PLEASE TELL
YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT US.
I was also informed that a member and relative, Mrs. Irene
Terry Harvey of Pattonville, Lamar County Texas died January 1,
1983. She will be missed by us all. She was instrumental in my
early research and was a kind and generous lady. She was also
very gifted and well-liked by those in that community.
One member upon reading her first issues of the Terry
Family Historian indicated that she was just "Terry-fied". I
really liked that!!!
If you should not see your material please do not be
discouraged. I have so much to pick from and it is so very hard
to do. I will eventually try and get it published.
Last of all, I wish to thank my wife Debbie and my step-
daughter Emma for "Doing without me." for the last several weeks.
I could not do this without their patience and support.
HAPPY TERRY HUNTING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GOOD YEAR
[Note: The cover picture was submitted by Selby Bryant Stratton
of 3913 Watson Place, NW, Washington DC 20016. It is a picture of
Helinda Terry Besley 1814-1890 (a sister of Constant Terry 1806-
1872) who related in 1890 The Terry Family History to Lucy Anna
Selby Terry Lombard (1858-1928). See articles from Mrs. Stratton
in this issue. She also sent several other articles concerning
descendents of Long Island Terry Families but I just will have to
save it for another issue.--Editor.]
COVERING THE TERRY-TORY
by Robert W. Terry
"The Carolina Trace"
There was at least one Terry family that came to southeas-
tern Indiana from South Carolina in the 1830's, along with other
families whose route to their new location became known as "The
Carolina Trace."
Just why those South Carolina residents banded together for
a specific area in the Midwest I have been unable to determine,
but pack up and move they did. Presumably, some families dropped
off along the route to locate in a spot that they favored, but
many of them settled in new neighborhoods of western Hamilton
County, Ohio, and in Dearborn, Franklin and Wayne counties of
southeastern Indiana.
Today, a county road named "Carolina Trace" still exists in
the Harrison, Ohio community, a memorial to those South Carolin-
ians who came west about 150 years ago.
Head of the Terry family that migrated to southeastern
Indiana was a GEORGE TERRY. He and his descendants sidetracked my
search for ancestors in Franklin County, Indiana but I finally
decided that there was no connection between George and my tribe.
George Terry and his family apparently arrived in Franklin
County, Indiana in or before 1836. Indiana Land Entries, by
Waters, show that the U.S. Government sold land to him on Feb. 8
and Feb 12 of that year, 37.20 acres on each date.
The land is described as the NW 1/4 and the SW 1/4 of the NE
1/4 Section 20, Township 8, Range 1 West. It is located in pre-
sent Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana, east of
Brookville, the county seat, and north of the village of New
Trenton.
Because Franklin County, Indiana was formed from Wayne Coun-
ty, I believe that George Terry may have been in Indiana several
years earlier than his 1836 acquisition. A George Terry sold land
to George Sutton in March, 1834, the land entered in Wayne County
but located in present Franklin County.
George Terry died in 1841 and his will is recorded in Book
4, of Probate Court records of Franklin County. John Wynn was
named executor of his will.
Bequests included $80 to George Terry Jr.; $5 to Eleanor
Terry, widow of Thomas Terry, dec'd., he the son of George Terry
Sr. and Mary Terry, and $20 each to three children of Thomas and
Eleanor Terry, when they come of age.
George Sr. left 1/3 of his estate to his wife, Mary. The
remaining two-thirds was to be divided equally among his children
after his youngest daughter became of age. (That youngest dau-
ghter, Sarah Taylor Terry, was 18 years old on Nov. 21, 1843.)
Will records indicate that the family did not wait until
1843 to settle the estate. Instead, an agreement was reached by
all beneficiaries, some in Indiana and some still in South Caro-
lina.
George's widow, Mary; the son, George Terry Jr., and dau-
ghters Jane Soper, Ann Eldon, Ella Miller, Margaret and Sarah
Taylor Terry. All signed with their mark, except the last two.
Sons-in-law Isaac Soper, Joseph Eldon, and Harmon L. Miller
affixed signatures.
On the separate agreement with heirs in Greenville District,
S. C., are the names of William Alexander Terry, Elizabeth Thomp-
son, Harris Thompson, Mary Terry and Gaston Terry. William Alex-
ander and Gaston are presumably sons: Elizabeth Thompson and Mary
Terry are presumably daughters. Date of the signing by South
Carolina heirs is given as Feb. 12, 1841.
Disposition of the estate occurred after July 31, 1841, when
daughters Margaret and Sarah Taylor Terry purchased the property
for $200. After payment of the bequests and costs of settlement,
less than $200 remained for distribution to the heirs.
This information is furnished in the hope that it will aid
those tracing South Carolina Terrys -- possibly George was a lost
son or ancestor, or just a name on a family chart.
(Note: Looking back in March issue, Page 28, my enclosure
may be of help to Joyce Thompson, of North Augusta, S.C. who said
that "Little is known of George Terry." RWT
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WILLIAM TERRY OF SAVANNAH CREEK: West of the Peedee
and
WILLIAM TERRY OF HITCHCOCK'S CREEK: East of the Peedee
From Footnotes concerning the Terry Families of Anson County,
North Carolina submitted by Ralph Terry, Box 958, Coleman TX
76834 taken from Anson County, North Carolina: Abstracts of Early
Records by May Wilson McBee...originally published in 1950; re-
printed 1980 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 111 Water
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Page 20...1756..."To distinguish the two William Terrys who came
to Anson County abt. the same time, one may be called 'Wm. Terry,
of Savannah Creek' or 'William, west of the Peedee,' and the
other 'William Terry of Hitchcock's Cr.' or William, east of the
Peedee.' The latter, however, began to be called 'William Terry,
Jr.' in the latter half of the 1750's to distinguish him from
William Terry, of Savannah Creek, who was occasionally called Wm.
Terry, Sr. If the two families were related there is no record of
it."
Note: Remember when you begin to look at deeds and wills from
these counties that the following should be kept in mind. There
is a good possibility that families did not move at all but that
the counties boundaries changed.-- Editor
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Richmond County NC formed in 1779 from Anson County NC
Anson County NC formed in 1750 from Bladen County NC
Bladen County NC formed in 1734 from New Hanover County NC
New Hanover County NC formed in 1729 from Craven County NC
Craven County formed in 1712 from Precinct Bath County NC
Bath County formed in 1696 and discontinued in 1739.
Note: You should check all of these counties if think your ances-
tors may have been there when boundaries changed.
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NOTES OF NORTH CAROLINA
TERRY FAMILIES
by Mrs. James J. Bushnell
2919 Fairway Drive, Birmingham AL 35213
(The following are excerpts from a letter written by Mrs. Bush-
nell to Mr. Andrew B. Van Hooser dated July 9, 1981. It contains
several references to early North Carolina Terry families and is
fitting as a lead-in to the Richmond County information.--
Editor)
Orange Co., NC, Will Bk.?, p.? --Will of Richard Leake
Dated: 7 Feb 1784 Proven: May Court 1784
Wife: ?
1. to daughter, Elizabeth Terry, wife James Terry--to have six
negroes "Ralph", "Easter", "Jean", "Phillis", "Devy" during her
lifetime and my will is that said negroes, after the death of my
said daughter, shall be equally divided amongst her children
which she hath by James Terry, but Richard Terry and John Terry
excepted, and she shall have the use of one negro "Dick" during
her lifetime, which said negro shall descend to my grandson,
Richard Leake Terry. To grandson John Terry, son of daughter
Elizabeth Terry, to have a negro boy "Phil", who is now in the
care of my daughter, Mary Moor.
2. to dau., Mary Moor
3. to gr-son, Richard Leake Moor and to John Moor
4. to dau., Jean Harley
5. to dau., Susannah Campbell--200 acres of land named in
(Samuel) Davis's patent and another 100 acres adjoining it and 5
shillings
6. to gr. son, Walter Slaughter
7. etc.
(Ref. Kinfolks by William Harlee, p. 309-313)
(Ref. Orange Co., NC Wills (1753-1819), Vol.2,p.70-71.
Historical Commission, Raleigh, NC.)
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk.3,p.64--22 Jan 1763
Samuel Davis of Anson Co., NC, Planter, to George Terry for
5 pounds Virginia money conveys 200 acres on north side of PeeDee
River at the mouth of Lake (Leake?) Creek (Thicketty Creek)
patented to Samuel Davis on24 Dec 1754
Wit: John Terry, James Terry, Elizabeth Terry
1763--Tax List of Anson Co., NC (Ref: p.297--"The North
Carolinian", Vol.3, No.2)
William Terry--1 poll
James Terry-- 1 poll and negro "Ned"
James Terry-- 1 poll and negroes "Jim", "Sue", "Easter"
John Terry-- 1 poll
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk.K, p.247--3 Apr 1773
James Terry of Anson Co. NC in consideration of a Judgement
recovered at Salisbury (NC) for F 97 and the cost and for Charles
Medlock for F 2:7:0 paid by Richard Leake, I do hereby sell,
deliver, etc. to said Richard Leake my five negroes: "Ralph",
"Easter", "Rod", "Ben", "Jude".
Wit: Robert Webb, John Cole
In 1770, William Pickett was Sheriff of Anson Co., NC and
James Terry was Deputy-Sheriff and they had trouble with the
people while executing the duties of their office. (They had
trouble with the Regulators).
(Ref: p.307--"The North Carolina State Records", by Clark. Vol.8)
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk. H#1, p.135--11 Mar 1778
William Coleman and Patience, his wife, of Anson Co. NC to
John Coleman of Anson Co., NC conveys 200 acres on the north side
of PeeDee River beginning at "Bear Island", near the upper end
thereof, granted to John Clark on 20 June 1740 and deeded to
William Coleman on 30 May 1771.
Wit: James Terry, Hardy Hooker, Mary Vick
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk. 4, p.320--14 May 1782
Mrs. Mourning Coleman of Anson Co., NC to Mrs. Mary Terry,
widow, of Anson Co., NC for F 50 conveys a negro boy "Sharper",
aged 13 yrs., which said negro was given to me by my father,
William Terry, dec'd and all the rest of my part of the goods &
chattels in the hands of my father's executors.
Wit: John Everett, Benjamin Ingram
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk.H, p.235--20 Apr 1786
Covington Cox of Anson Co., NC to James Terry of Anson Co.,
NC for F 50 conveys 130 acres on the southwest side of PeeDee
River on Jones Creek, it being land granted Wm. Hollisfield on 3
Sept 1779
Wit: John Smith, Hugh Ross
Anson Co. NC, Deed Bk.H, p.236--26 Apr 1787
James Terry of Anson Co., NC to John Phillips for F 50
conveys 130 acres on the southwest side of the PeeDee River on
Jones Creek, it being a part of a tract of land granted Wm
Hollisfield on3 Sept 1779.
Wit: Joseph Ingram, Andrew Ross
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk.H, p.236--4 Mar 1786
William Hunter of Richmond Co., NC to Hardy Hooker of Anson
Co., NC conveys land on the southwest side of the PeeDee River
adjoining James Morgan above Joseph White's survey.
Wit: James Terry, William Williams
On 20 May 1746, Margaret Terry, Administratrix of the Estate
of James Terry dec'd exhibited an inventory of the estate and was
granted leave to sell the estate. (Ref.: p.5, Abstracts of Court
Minutes of Edgecombe County., NC 1744-1746, 1757-1794, by Marvin
K. Dorman)
Halifax Co., NC, Deed Bk.5, p.483--19 May 1746
James Terry of Edgecombe Co., NC to William Terry of Edge-
combe Co., NC for 10 shillings conveys 100 acres in Edgecombe
County on the north side of the Tarr River, beginning at a red
oak at Matthew Rayford's corner, thence along his line N 88 poles
to a pin in said Rayford's line, thence S 2 W 1 pole to a maple
in Mc Coultrie's line on Corn Branch, thence down the branch to
William Cotten's line to a branch on Beach Swamp, thence along
the swamp to the first station, it being a tract of land granted
to James Terry by patent bearing date 25 Sept 1741.
Recorded: May Court 1746 James Terry (Seal)
Halifax Co., NC, Deed Bk.4, p.38--6 Sept 1750
William Terry of Edgecombe Co., NC to John Morris for F 20
conveys 100 acres on the north side of Tarr River, beginning at a
red oak at Matthew Rayford's corner tree, etc. (same as above
description) as appears by patent bearing date of 25 Sept 1741, a
lawful inheritance in fee simple, in witness whereof the said
William Terry and his mother, Margaret Terry, have hereunto set
their hands jointly in testimony that the said Margaret Terry
relinquishes her dower rights and power of thirds in said land.
Wit: Peter Crocker, Thomas (X) Howell William Terry
Recorded: May Court 1751 Margaret Terry, his
mother
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk.C-1, p.332--24 Aug 1750
Samuel Wilkins of Anson Co., NC, Planter, to William Terry
of Anson Co., NC for F 20 conveys 300 acres on the south side of
PeeDee River at the mouth of Savannah Creek, it being land
granted to Joseph White on 22 Nov 1746.
Wit: Richard Downs, Richard Yarbrough, John Freeman
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk.B-1, p.226--20 Jan 1751
Jacob Paul of Anson Co., NC, Planter, to James Terry of
Anson Co., NC, Planter, for F 30 conveys 300 acres on the north
side of PeeDee River above Hitchcock Creek, it being a tract of
land granted Jacob Paul in 1748, beginning at a red oak in the
bank of said river, etc.
Wit: William Terry, Henry Bedingfield
Anson Co., NC, Deed Bk.5, p.318--1758
William Terry of Anson Co., NC for love & affection to my
well beloved and dutiful son, James Terry, conveys 300 acres on
the south side of the PeeDee River at the mouth of Savannah
Creek, it being land granted to Joseph White on 22 Nov 1746.
Wit: Nicholas Bond, James Alley, James Culcaster
Anson Co., NC, Will Bk.1, p.37--Will of William Terry
Dated: 6 Sept 1775 Proven: December 1782
Wife: Mary (Rayford)
1. dau., Martha Pickett--one negro "Tom"
2. son, James Terry--all my lands and my negro man "Bob"
3. dau., Mourning Coleman--one negro boy "Sharper"
4. dau., Margaret Smith--one negro girl "Jude"
5. to Elizabeth Hellams--one cow & calf, one feather bed &
furniture
Wit: John Coleman, William Roberts
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THE TERRY FAMILY OF COMANCHE COUNTY, TEXAS
by Ralph Terry
The story of the Terry family of Comanche County and DeLeon
should begin with Tod Robinson Terry born in 1811 in Anson Coun-
ty, North Carolina. He married Mary Eliza Hill on 2 July 1837 in
Madison Parish, Louisiana. Their first child, John Williamson
Terry, was born there 6 February 1840. The family moved back to
Alabama (as Tod's father, Eli, had owned large amounts of land in
Autauga County before 1843). The second child, William Cornelius
"Bruce" Terry, was born there 17 April 1843. The third child,
James Tod Terry was born in Alabama 8 September 1844. The last
child, Mary Eliza Terry was born in Alabama 1 May 1846. Tod
Robinson joined the military service to fight in the war with
Mexico. He died from sickness near Mobile, Alabama 14 December
1847 as his company was enroute to embark to Mexico. His wife and
four children moved to Rusk County, Texas in 1859 with a number
of her Terry in-laws. Each of Tod Robinson's sons served in the
Civil War with the Confederacy. All four children and their
families moved to Comanche County (after having gone to Missouri
for a year or two) in the early 1870s.
John Williamson married Rebecca Alice Nelson in Rusk County
in 1865. They had a large family of 14 children, 12 growing to
adulthood. They are: George Washington Terry, Mary Terry, Andrew
Jackson Terry, James Todd Terry, John Williamson Terry Jr., Burl
Nelson Terry, Ernest Bruce Terry, Oscar Hill Terry, Rebecca Alice
Terry, Lillie Mae Terry, Grace Lee Terry and Florence Terry. John
Williamson Terry died in 1902 and is buried at DeLeon.
James Todd Terry also had a large family of 11 children:
Sarah E. Terry, William Cornelius Terry, John M. Terry, Mary Edna
Terry, James Pickett Terry, Florence Terry, Maggie C. Terry,
Katie Leona Terry, Pearl E. Terry, Clara M. Terry, and Robert Lee
Terry. James Terry died in 1910 and is buried at DeLeon.
William Cornelius "Bruce" Terry had no children...one adop-
ted. Bruce Terry died in 1924 and is buried at DeLeon.
Quite a few of the descendents still live in the DeLeon
area. Reunions were held every few years until the 1950s. There
had not been a reunion for several years but reunions were held
in 1981 and 1982 and one is planned for the summer of 1983 and is
usually held at Promontory Park at Lake Proctor. For information,
contact Ralph Terry, Box 958, Coleman Texas.
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE TERRY FAMILY
by Ralph Terry of Coleman Texas
Our oldest proven ancestor was James Terry -- born between
1680 and 1689, in either King William or King and Queen County,
Virginia. One historian calls him Captain James Terry. He died in
Edgecombe County, North Carolina in 1746. His wife was Margaret.
His only known son was William Terry.
William Terry...was born about 1715 in King William or King
and Queen County, Virginia. They later moved to Caroline County,
Virginia. It is possible, however, that they did not move to
Caroline County, as it was originally part of these other coun-
ties and was not set up as a separate county until 1727. William
Terry moved to North Carolina with his family in about 1740. They
owned land in what was Halifax and Edgecombe Counties, North
Carolina. William's father deeded him land which bordered on that
of Mathew Raiford. William Terry married his daughter, Mary
Raiford, about 1745. He served as an early Justice of Anson
County, North Carolina (1755-1756) and was a Captain in the
militia (1758-61), commanding a company of rangers in the Chero-
kee Campaign of 1760. He did not fight in the Revolutionary War,
but was recognized for his material aid...this service is recog-
nized by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). He died
about 1780, and his wife died about 1790. His known children are
l) James Terry, 2) Martha Terry, 3) Mourning Terry and 4) Marga-
ret Terry.
James Terry...was born 19 November 1746 in Edgecombe County,
North Carolina. He was Married in Anson County, North Carolina to
Anne Robards, 24 May 1771, having moved with his family to Anson
County about 1750 and his father willing his farm or plantation
to him at age 13. He moved to Richmond County, North Carolina
about 1790, buying lots 26 and 27 when the town of Rockingham was
laid out. His wife died in 180l. James Terry died in Richmond
County, North Carolina 27 May 1816. Their known children are: 1)
Eli Terry, 2) William Terry, 3) Martha Ann Terry.
Eli Terry was born about 1772 in Anson County, North Caroli-
na. He moved with his family to Richmond County, North Carolina
about 1790. He married Mary Ann "Polly" Pickett who was related
to him through the Raiford line, 17 December 1799 in Richmond
County, North Carolina. In 1818 he moved from here to Autauga
County, Alabama, with his brother-in-law, Tod Robinson and his
cousin, William Raiford Pickett and their families. Due to the
War of 1812, a large number of soldiers had seen these lands and
returned to settle here after the war. Alabama was made a state
in 1819. Eli Terry owned land, slaves, was state solicitor, and a
local preacher in the Methodist Church...He was instrumental in
dividing the Methodist Church in Alabama in the late 1820s. He
died in 1836 and is buried near Autaugaville. His wife, Polly,
died sometime after 1860 in Rusk County, Texas, having migrated
there about 1859 with several of her children and their families.
Known children of Eli and Polly Terry are: 1) James Pickett
Terry, 2) Eli Terry, 3) Sarah Terry, 4) William Robards Terry, 5)
Tod Robinson Terry, 6) John Kinbrough Terry, 7) Walter Leak
Terry, 8) Eli Albert Terry, 9) Mary C. Terry, 10) Ann Terry, 11)
Appia C. Terry, and three unnamed infants.
Tod Robinson Terry...was born about 1811 in Anson County,
North Carolina. He came with his family to Autauga County, Alaba-
ma in 1818. For a reason I have not yet established, he married
in Concordia Parish Louisiana on 2 July 1837 to Mary Eliza Hill.
Their first child, John Williamson Terry, was born in Madison
Parish, Louisiana 6 February 1840. I do not believe that they had
moved as Madison Parish was created out of Concordia in 1838. The
family moved back to Alabama before 1843, as the second son
William Cornelius "Bruce" Terry was born there 17 April 1843. The
third child, James Terry (as he was later known by his descen-
dents; all the early census records list him as Tod Robinson
Terry) was born in Alabama 8 September 1844. The last child, Mary
Eliza Terry was born in Alabama 1 May 1846. Tod Robinson Terry
then joined the military service to fight in the war with Mexico.
He died from sickness near Mobile, Alabama 14 December 1847 as
his company was enroute to embark for Mexico. His wife and four
children moved to Rusk County, Texas in 1859 with a number of her
in-laws. Each of Tod Robinson Terry's sons served in the Civil
War with the Confederacy. All four children and their families
moved to Comanche County, Texas (either as a group or separate-
ly,I am not sure) in the early 1870s. All homesteaded land that
adjoined, being located north of the Sabana River, just south of
DeLeon. With the exception of Bruce Terry, all married and raised
large families. John Williamson died in 1902, Bruce in 1924,
James in 1910, and Mary Eliza (Chambers) in 1907. All are buried
at the DeLeon Cemetery. Many of their descendants still live in
this area, as well as many others who have scattered to all parts
of the United States.
Note: For more detailed info on these Terry Families or the
Terry Newsletter, contact Ralph.
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TERRY FAMILIES OF RICHMOND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
by Michael Pafford
Route 3, Box 3165 A, Blackshear, GA 31516
The subject will require separation since there appears to
be more than one family or perhaps numerous connections of the
same family. Little of what is known has proven substantiated
fact at this point to back it up.
WILLIAM TERRY: A lack of established dates makes it hard to
say just when he lived. He was English settling in Richmond
County prior to 1790 where he married Sarah Childs Leake (1784-
1852), daughter of Walter Leake and Hannah Pickett, pioneer
settlers of Anson and Richmond Counties. William Terry was gran-
ted a land grant of 200 acres of land on Hitchcock Creek in
Anson, present Richmond County. This grant was registered in the
Governor's office in New Bern on 31 Dec 1770 containing the
original signature of Governor Tyron and the wax seal of the
Crown of England. This document and an old family Bible are in
possession of descendants today.
This William Terry had a son, Samuel Terry (1800-1875) who
held public office at one time and who married Ann Eliza Crawford
(1813-1882) daughter of Col. Thomas Crawford and Rebecca Coving-
ton. While descendents who have done some research say that
Samuel Terry had no brothers or sisters they know of, the 1790
census of Richmond County shows that William Terry in that year
(1790) had 2 males over the age of 16 and 1 male under 16. The
author at this point has not surveyed the 1800 census for compar-
ison.
A cousin of mine who has Terry in both his paternal and
maternal ancestry tells me that he does not believe his two Terry
families to be related. A Terry by birth, this cousin and I share
the same lineage on his paternal side, his mother was a grand-
daughter of the above Samuel Terry (1800-1875).
Samuel Terry and Eliza Crawford Terry had the following 6
children: 1) Caroline Terry 1843-1911 never married; 2)Elizabeth
Jane Terry 1845-1872 m. John W. Bennett; 3) William C. Terry
1846-1870 never married; 4) Rachel Clark Terry 1849-1912 never
married; 5) Martha H. Terry 1849-1917 never married; 6) Joanna
Terry 1851-1916 m. Robert LeRoy Phillips. Members of this family
are buried in the Samuel Terry Cemetery in Richmond County.
JAMES TERRY, SR. The above discussion of William Terry
mentions the existence of a Terry Bible in possession of descen-
dents of Samuel Terry which appears to date back at least to the
early 1800s. The Bible which is known by descendents as the
Crawford-Terry Bible would indicate a stronger connection to
Samuel Terry than to his father.
James Terry, Sr. bought land in 1789 in Rockingham when that
town was laid out. He served one term as a state senator in 1792-
1793. He is also one of 2 overseers along with Eli Terry to keep
Hitchcock Creek clear. The old William Terry homeplace was on
Hitchcock Creek near Terry Bridge -- Hitchcock Creek is mentioned
prominently in connection with all Terrys of Richmond County.
Richmond Terry and Jane Terry (1774-1852) were both living
in the home of Samuel Terry (1800-1875) when the 1850 census of
Richmond County was taken. The daughter, Nancy Terry (1806-1854)
was shown as head of household with 5 apparently illegitimate
children. For these people to be recorded in Samuel Terry's Bible
and to have lived with him in their last years at least would
indicate a close relationship.
JOHN C. TERRY: John C. Terry, my great-great grandfather,
was born in Richmond County on June 16, 1830, a son of John and
Nancy Terry. He married Frances "Fannie" Gibson, a daughter of
John K. Gibson and Elizabeth Watson. Fannie was born in Richmond
County on January 20, 1837 and died there on February 28, 1925.
John C. Terry had preceded her in death on May 30, 1891 and was a
mason. They are buried in the cemetery at Green Lake Methodist
Church in Richmond County. They had the following children: 1)
Elizabeth Terry 1861-1948 m. Joseph Gibson 8 Jan 1880 (my great
grandparents); 2) Ella Terry 1864-1940 m. Thomas Joshua Fletcher
21 Feb 1883; 3) Lillie Terry 1866-?? m. Starling F. Gibson 22
Jan 1888; 4) Lawrence Thomas Terry 1867-1951 m. Martha Ann Welch
28 Feb 1905; 5) George Grafton Terry 1870-1940 m. Elizabeth
Bennett 4 Jun 1891.
John C. and Fannie Terry also had 2 infant daughters who
died at birth. My g-g-g grandfather, John Terry and his wife,
Nancy were both born in 1790, probably in Richmond County and had
only one other child known to the author, a son named James Terry
born 1833 and married Lydia ??.
OTHER TERRY'S: The 1790 Richmond Census shows: Matthew
Terry with 1 male over 16 and 3 under 16; William Terry as dis-
cussed above, James Terry with 2 males under 16 and 2 males over
16, James Terry (Jr.?) with 1 male under 16. For this discussion,
only those Terrys on the 1850 Richmond Census born prior to 1810
will be covered.
1) Jane Terry b. 1773 -- apparent widow of James Terry, Sr.
living in household of Samuel Terry. 2) Joanna Terry b. 1776 --
living in home of Eli Terry, born 1799. This Eli Terry was pro-
bably a son; she likely to be the widow of Eli Terry, Sr. Eli
Terry was named on 19 Apr 1801 as one of Magistrates of County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. He was also one of two
overseers named with James Terry, Sr. to keep Hitchcock Creek
clear and is named with James Terry Sr. in both above references.
In 1805, he was named one of 3 commissioners to let repairs on
the courthouse.
3) John Terry b. 1790 my g-g-g grandfather -- probably the
son of one of the Terrys in the 1790 census married Nancy b.
1790.
4) John Terry b. 1796 -- likely cousin to above John Terry
m. Julia b. 1807.
5) Eli Terry b. 1799 believed to be a Jr. -- widower with
children in 1850.
6) James Terry b. 1799 -- likely brother to one of above
John Terrys, cousin to the other, married Jane b. 1809.
7) Champ Terry b. 1801/03 -- no speculation. He married Ruth
Gibson b. 1810, daughter of Nelson Gibson, Jr. and Rutha Dawkins.
8) Samuel Terry b. 1800 -- son of William Terry and Sarah
Childs Leake, married Ann Eliza Crawford b. 1813 and a daughter
of Col. Thomas Crawford and Rebecca Covington. A possible connec-
tion to Eli and Joanna Terry exists in that Samuel named his
youngest daughter Joanna, probably after above Joanna who was
alive when Samuel Terry's daughter was born and lived on into her
80's.
9) Stephen Terry b. 1802 -- likely brother/cousin to above
Terrys, married Sarah b. 1818.
10) Nancy Terry b. 1806 -- daughter of James Terry, Sr.
apparently never married with 5 illegitimate children.
11) Richmond Terry b. 1810 --never married, son of James
Terry Sr. and he lived in home of Samuel Terry.
CONCLUSION: A close bond likely exists between the Terrys
of Richmond County, North Carolina, one of blood, marriage and
otherwise.
Sources:
1) 1750 and 1850 Census, Richmond Co.,NC; 2)"History of Richmond
County, NC" by Hunnicutt; 3)Crawford-Terry Family Bible; 4)Per-
sonal correspondence with John C. Terry and Mary E. Phillips
(Rockingham, NC); 5)"Genealogical Record of Thomas Gibson and
Related Families" by Blanche Gibson Homer.
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Richmond County cemeteries from courthouse records at Rock-
ingham in Richmond County NC by Mary R. Olsen. Sent to editor by
Jay Terry of Orem, Utah.
Hamlet Cemetery in City of Hamlet
Mary J. Terry 17 Oct 1839-10 Jun 1912 born in New Port
RI
Walter J. Terry 27 Aug 1850- 4 Jul 1912
Sally J. Terry 29 Dec 1862-13 Apr 1921 w. of W. J.
Terry
Green Lake Church Cemetery in City of Hamlet
John C. Terry 16 Jun 1830-30 May 1891 "Mason"
Fannie A. Terry 20 Dec 1837-
John O. Terry 8 Sep 1845-15 Jul 1907
Sinah A. Terry 31 Aug 1851-29 Dec 1916
W. G. Terry 21 Jan 1849-28Nov 1915
Wm. Platt Terry 1892- 1916
Morrison-Terry Cemetery near GH 10
Elisha C. Terry 16 Jun 1843-17 Jul 1914
Emily Terry 28 Apr 1851-22 May 1882
Mary Elma Terry 27 Sep 1911- w. of E. T.
Terry
Champ Terry Cemetery near Roberdel
Champ J. Terry 24 Jan 1866- 4 May 1926
Cora B. Terry 15 Feb 1872-22 Jun 1931 w. of C. J. Terry
Nelson G. Terry 12 Feb 1834-17 Apr 1901
Fannie Terry 18 Sep 1844-25 Sep 1907 w. of N. G. Terry
Harris G. Terry 29 Oct 1829-19 May 1882
Mary J. Terry 15 Nov 1844-10 Oct 1917 w. of H. G. Terry
Emma J. Terry 11 Apr 1872-19 Jan 1884 d. of H. G. & M.
J. Terry
Hattie A. Terry 16 Feb 1880-22 Nov 1888 d. of H. G. & M.
J. Terry
Mary Alice Terry 16 Aug 1855- 8 Jan 1881
Bear Branch Cemetery 5 mi. NE of Rham
James L. Terry 1 Mar 1800-20 Oct 1864
Jane G. Terry 19 Jan 1806- 9 Jan 1891 w. of J. L.
Terry
Frances Terry 16 Mar 1866-31 Aug 1892 w. of G. B.
Terry
Elisha C. Terry 11 Oct 1834- 3 Nov 1911
Abigail M. D. Terry 1 Oct 1837- 6 Apr 1891 w. of E. C.
Terry
Emma J. Terry 6 Apr 1869-29 Aug 1888
Nora Terry 5 May 1884- 4 Aug 1906 d. of W. J. & S.
G. Terry
Old Bethel Church Grassy Is. Road near Ingrim Pl. Terry Bridge
Mary Alice Terry 30 Mar 1853-11 Mar 1862 d. of J.B. &
Margaret Terry
Terry Cemetery Roberdel
Wm. A. Terry 19 Jun 1866-11 Jun 1868
Emma S. Terry 19 Jun 1866-
Old East Side Cemetery, Rham
Eddie B. Terry 20 Jan 1869-20 Jun 1919
Edgar B. J. Terry 1869-
Ida L. Terry 1857-31 Nov 1910 w. of John W.
Terry
John C. Terry 1 Aug 1858-17 Dec 1909
South Hancock St., Rham
James B. Terry 21 Aug 1823- 7 Mar 1888
Margaret Gay Terry 19 Mar 1835- 7 Feb 1910 w. of J. B.
Terry
James Alford Terry 2 Jun 1866- 9 Jan 1904 s. of J. B. & M.
G. Terry
Martin V. Terry 9 Nov 1828- Nov 1871
Ralph S. Terry 5 Feb 1863-21 Apr 1870
David G. Terry 27 Apr 1822-24 Apr 1901
Harvey Terry 6 Nov 1833-14 Apr 1878
Sarah B. Terry 22 Sep 1833- 8 Aug 1902 w. of Harvey
Terry
* * * * *
1790 Richmond Co. NC Census
Matthew Terry 1 male over 16; 1 male under 16;
2 females
William Terry 2 males over 16; 1 male under 16;
1 female; 5 slaves
James Terry Sr. 1 male over 16; 1 female
James Terry 2 males over 16; 2 males under 16;
3 females 7 slaves
1800 Richmond Co. NC Census
Eli Terry 1 male 26 to 45; 1 female 16 to 26;
7 slaves
James Terry Sr......... 2 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
1 female 26 to 45; 3 slaves
James Terry Jr......... 4 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
1 female 16 to 26
Matthew Terry ......... 2 males 26 to 45; 1 male over 45;
2 females 16 to 26; 1 female over
45;1 slave
Abby Terry............. 1 male 26 to 45; 1 female under 10
William Terry Jr....... 2 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
2 females under 10; 1 female 16 to 26;
1 slave
William Terry Sr....... 1 male over 45; 1 female over 45
1810 Richmond Co. NC Census
Matthew Terry.......... 1 male under 10; 1 male 16 to 26;
1 male over 45; 1 female 16 to 26;
1 female over 45
William Terry.......... 3 males under 10; 1 male 10 to 16;
1 male 26 to 45; 3 females under 10;
2 females 10 to 16; 1 female 26 to 45
James Terry............. 4 males under 10; 1 male 10 to 16;
1 male 16 to 26; 1 male 26 to 45;
2 females under 10; 1 female 26 to 45
William Terry........... 2 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
2 females under 10; 1 female 10 to 16;
1 female 26 to 45
Eli Terry............... 4 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
2 females 16 to 26
Champness Terry......... 5 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
2 females under 10; 1 female 10 to 16;
1 female 26 to 45
1820 Richmond Co. NC Census
John Terry.............. 2 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
3 females under 10; 1 female 10 to 16;
1 female 26 to 45
Matthew Terry........... 1 male under 10; 1 male over 45;
1 female over 45
Matthew B. Terry........ 2 males under 10; 1 male 26 to 45;
1 female 26 to 45
William Terry........... 1 male under 10; 1 male 16 to 18;
3 males 18 to 26; 1 male over 45;
4 females under 10; 1 female 10 to 16;
2 females 16 to 18; 1 female 18 to 26
James Terry............. 3 males under 10; 2 males 10 to 16;
3 males 26 to 45; 1 female under 10;
1 female 10 to 16; 1 female over 45
William Terry........... 1 male 10 to 16; 1 male 18 to 26;
2 males 26 to 45; no females
Eli Terry............... 3 males under 10; 1 male 10 to 16;
1 male 16 to 18; 3 males 18 to 26;
2 females 10 to 16; 2 females 16 to 18;
1 female 26 to 45
1830 Richmond Co. NC Index 1840 Richmond Co. NC Index
Calvin Terry . Champ Terry of James
Champ Terry . Eli Terry
Eli Terry . Holden W. Terry
James Terry . James L. Terry
James Terry Sr. . Joanna Terry, Mrs.
John Terry . John Terry
Johnannah Terry . John W. Terry
Matthew B. Terry . Margery Terry, Mrs.
Stephen Terry . Mary Terry, Mrs.
Washington Terry . Samuel Terry
William Terry Jr. . Stephen Terry
William R. Terry . Temple C. Terry
William Terry Sr. . Walter L. Terry
. William R. Terry
1850 Richmond Co. NC Census
James Terry................. 32 yrs.....b. 1818
Nancy Terry................. 23 yrs.....b. 1827
Eli Terry................... 51 yrs.....b. 1799
Joanna Terry................ 74 yrs.....b. 1776
Joanna Terry................ 11 yrs.....b. 1839
Addison Terry............... 4 yrs.....b. 1846
Champ Terry................. 24 yrs.....b. 1826
Adison Terry................ 26 yrs.....b. 1824
Stephen Terry............... 48 yrs.....b. 1802
Sarah Terry................. 32 yrs.....b. 1818
Martin Terry............... 21 yrs.....b. 1829
(married Mary A. Shortridge)
Wm. Terry................... 17 yrs.....b. 1833
Stephen Terry............... 11 yrs.....b. 1839
Sarah Terry................. 9 yrs.....b. 1841
Mary Terry.................. 7 yrs.....b. 1843
Herrod Terry................ 4 yrs.....b. 1846
Franklin Terry.............. 1 yr......b. 1849
Champ Terry................. 29 yrs.....b. 1821
Eliza Terry................. 28 yrs.....b. 1822
Thomas Terry................ 6 yrs.....b. 1844
Nancy Terry................. 3 yrs.....b. 1847
Mary Terry.................. 1 yr......b. 1849
Champ Terry................. 47 yrs.....b. 1803
Rachel Terry................ 40 yrs.....b. 1810
(dau of Nelson Gibson and Rutha Dawkins, m.p.)
Harrison Terry.............. 20 yrs.....b. 1830
Nelson Terry................ 17 yrs.....b. 1833
Thomas Terry................ 11 yrs.....b. 1839
Richmond Terry.............. 8 yrs.....b. 1842
Champ Terry................. 7 yrs.....b. 1843
John Terry.................. 5 yrs.....b. 1845
Rachel Terry................ 3 yrs.....b. 1847
Wm. Terry................... 1 yr......b. 1849
Samuel Terry................ 50 yrs.....b. 1800
(Son of Wm. Terry and Sarah Childs Leake, m.p.)
Eliza Terry................. 25 yrs.....b. 1825
(Dau of Thomas Crawford and Rebecca Covington, m.p.)
Caroline Terry.............. 7 yrs.....b. 1843
Elizabeth Terry............. 5 yrs.....b. 1845
William Terry............... 3 yrs.....b. 1847
Martha Terry................ 1 yr......b. 1849
Rachel Terry................ 1 yr......b. 1849
Richmond Terry.............. 40 yrs.....b. 1810
(Son of James Terry Sr., m.p.)
Jane Terry.................. 77 yrs.....b. 1773
(Widow of James Terry Sr., m.p.)
(Note by m. p.: Caroline, Wm., Martha, and Rachel
never md.)
James Terry................. 51 yrs.....b. 1799
Jane Terry.................. 41 yrs.....b. 1809
Pleasant Terry.............. 20 yrs.....b. 1830
Elisha Terry................ 16 yrs.....b. 1834
(Married Abigail McDonald, m.p.)
Emeline Terry............... 14 yrs.....b. 1836
(Married John Oliver McDonald, m.p.)
James Terry................. 10 yrs.....b. 1840
Sarah Terry................. 9 yrs.....b. 1841
Nancy Terry................. 44 yrs.....b. 1806
(Apparently never married, dau of James Terry Sr.
and w. Jane)
Caroline Terry.............. 21 yrs.....b. 1829
Harvey Terry................ 16 yrs.....b. 1834
Nancy Terry................. 14 yrs.....b. 1836
Julia Terry................. 11 yrs.....b. 1839
William Terry............... 9 yrs.....b. 1841
John Terry.................. 54 yrs.....b. 1796
Julia Terry................. 43 yrs.....b. 1807
John Terry.................. 19 yrs.....b. 1831
Elizabeth Terry............. 17 yrs.....b. 1833
Hampton Terry............... 14 yrs.....b. 1836
Mathis Terry................ 12 yrs.....b. 1838
James Terry ................ 10 yrs.....b. 1840
Juliann Terry............... 8 yrs.....b. 1842
Frances Terry............... 6 yrs.....b. 1844
Melinda Terry............... 1 yr......b. 1849
James Terry................. 28 yrs.....b. 1822
Nancy Terry................. 22 yrs.....b. 1828
John Terry.................. 60 yrs.....b. 1790
Nancy Terry................. 60 yrs.....b. 1790
John Terry.................. 20 yrs.....b. 1830
(married Francis Gibson dau. of John K. Gibson, m.p.)
James Terry................. 17 yrs.....b. 1833
Marriages Richmond Co. NC
Note by the editor: It should be mentioned that in most
cases early marriages in NC reported are more than likely bonds
of intent. One had to get a witness and bondsman to post bond.
Often the witnesses and bondsmen were relatives or near rela-
tives. Mr. Pafford asked that I mention something about this.
Afterwards later counties issued licenses.
17 Dec 1799 Eli Terry Polley Pickett
(John Clark; J. Macalister noted as witnesses or bondsmen)
24 aug 1790 James Terry Jr. Jean Jarmigan
(John James Jun; William Love, clk. noted as witnesses)
14 Jan 1783 Drusillar Terry Benjamin Ingram
(Samuel Ingram; William Love, clk.)
06 May 1818 Nansey R. Terry Samuel Gibson
(no bondsman; no witness)
05 Dec 1867 Benjamin Terry Martha Jane McKenzie
06 Feb 1853 Eli Terry Ann Lovin
01 Jan 1868 Elisha Champ Terry Emily Smith
11 Nov 1854 Harris G. Terry Sarah Jane Covington
18 Sep 1867 Harry Terry Jane Graves
22 Oct 1850 John C. Terry Jane Smith
01 Nov 1860 Martin V. B. Esqr. Mary Jane Shortridge
04 Feb 1868 Samuel Terry Frances Ann Curry
* * * * *
Contents of the Crawford-Terry Bible in possession of Mrs.
Mary H. Phillips, Rockingham, NC. This Bible is mentioned in
Michael Pafford's discussion of Richmond County Terry's. It was
contributed by Mr. Pafford.
1)Wm. B. Cole and Jane, his wife, married 20 Jan 1831
2)Samuel Terry and Eliza, his wife married 28 Feb 1842
3)Ann Eliza Crawford born 20 Nov 1813
4)Caroline M. Crawford born 1822 died 1887
5)Martha Hunter Crawford born 26 Nov 1826
6) William Crawford Phillips and Mariann Mann were married
2 Jun 1909
7)John W. Bennett and Eliza Jane Terry (dau of Samuel)
married 12 Feb 1871
8)Mary Eliza Phillips & Thos. P. Wood married 22 Jun 1910.
9)Jane E. Crawford born 6 Dec 1815
10)Rachel Crawford born 3 Jul 1820 died Dec 1881
11)William Crawford Phillips, Jr. born 20 Jan 1912
12)Thomas Phillips Wood born 6 Dec 1911
13)Marquis Lawrence Wood born 16 Sep 1914
14)Thomas Phillips Wood and Elizabeth Teague married 18 Oct
1947
15)Marquis Lawrence Wood and Ella Rose Lackey married 30 Dec
1944
16)Thomas Phillip Wood, Jr. born Feb 1949
17)Caroline Terry born 31 Jan 1843 died 11 Dec 1911
18)Elizabeth Jane Terry born 26 Mar 1845
19)William C. Terry born 9 Nov 1846 died 10 Feb 1870
20)Martha C. Terry born 15 May 1849 died 23 Oct 1917
21)Rachel C. Terry born 15 May 1849 died 4 Dec 1912
22)Joanna Terry born 9 Dec 1851
23)Elizabeth Jane Bennett died 31 Oct 1872
24)Mary Eliza Phillips born 28 Apr 1883
25)William C. Phillips born 10 Aug 1885
26)Kate Phillips born 10 Aug 1885
27)Robert Leroy Phillips born 18 Jul 1893
28)Joanna Terry Phillips died 7 May 1916
29)James Terry, Sr. born 25 Dec 1769 d. 8 Aug 1820
30)Jane Terry born 12 Jan 1774 died 30 Jan 1852
31)James Terry born 6 Oct 1813 died 2 Jul 1820
32)Richmond Terry born 10 Apr 1810 died 15 Jun 1855
33) Nancy Terry born 28 Dec 1805 died 28 May 1854
1,2,3,4,5,9 & 10 are daughters of Thomas Crawford and Rebec-
ca Covington.
2 and 3 are same person. 7 and 23 are same person.
7,17,18,19,20,21, & 22 are children of #2. 22 (Joanna
Terry married Robert LeRoy Phillip Sr.) 24,25,26,27 are children
of #22.
25 and 6 are same. 8 and 24 are same. 7,18, and 23 are same.
11 is son of 25. 8 and 24 are same. 12, 13 are sons of 8.
12 and 14 are same. 16 is son of 14. 14 is same as 11. 26's
marriage is not recorded--she married Gordon Fletcher.
27 married Mary Holland and it is his widow who has Bible.
28 through 33 is a separate family, believed to be uncle of
#22.
The first entry was recorded in 1826 and the last in 1949 a
span of 123 years!
* * * * *
FAMILY FINDS 'JUNK' EMBROIDERY DONE
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
By Donald Grant
Ref: The Globe and Mail, Thursday, November 28, 1974.
Submitted by Selby Bryant Stratton. (This is a Toronto, Canada
newspaper.)
Nearly discarded as a piece of junk six years ago, a rare
piece of embroidery, owned jointly by two Clinton Street fami-
lies, has been dated back to the American Revolution.
Al Dickinson said yesterday a purchase slip has enabled a
genealogist to connect the well-preserved piece of early American
art to the Lee, Davis, Terry and Strathy families, early settlers
of Upper Canada and York, at least 175 years ago.
Mr. Dickinson said Mrs. Olive Meredith found the multico-
lored embroidery in a book while they were cleaning out her
parents' belongings in a Tilbury house in 1968.
"Sis (Mrs. Meridith) found it in a book, covered with papers
for protection--it almost got thrown out,"said Mr. Dickson.
"I knew it was something special--...and we researched the
work for two years." The bill of sale, written in quill pen,
carries the names Mr. Anstey and Strathy of Toronto, Canada.
On the back, in print by an early typewriter, is a brief
history of the work, noting that an "old lady in 1700 during the
Colonial War" did the embroidery "after the Boston Tea Party."
The woman and her family came to Canada as United Empire
Loyalists, the story says but she gave the work to a daughter who
stayed in the United States. It was later sold to an antique
dealer named Flatte or Flatou, and bought by the family in 1880."
"We had to find out whose family," Mr. Dickinson said.
The embroidery, showing a stage coach in front of Windsor
Castle, followed by a troop of soldiers, and in the foreground a
man waving under a tree and a woman riding a horse side-saddle,
with a soldier and groom, had unusual tree shadows which seemed
to spell either 1773 or Lee.
"The search worked out to Lee," Mr. Dickinson said.
A well-known Willowdale retired high school teacher and his
wife, who wish to remain anonymous traced the names Strathy and
Anstey to a Dr. Ebnezer Lee of Hartford, Conn. who with his son
came to Canada in 1796.
The family tree then went to Dr. William Hooker Lee, who
married Phoebe Davis, to Dr. Hiram Davis Lee, who married Anna
Terry, who had two children, Elvira, who married J. B. Strathy
and Louisa who married Herbert Anstey.
Anne Terry was the daughter of Parshall Terry, one of 150
settlers who had a track of land in York just east of the Don
River. He was one of the first parliamentarians in Upper Canada
in 1793, said Mr. Dickinson.
The Embroidery has been authenticated by Mrs. Betty Brett,
associate curator of textiles at the Royal Ontario Museum, said
Mr. Dickinson.
"It's unique," said Mr Dickinson. "It's really fine needle
work, not the fish hook type needles, but the finer needles that
only the upper crust had in those days. Then it's silk on linen."
A Victoria and Albert Museum official in London, England
said the embroidered pictures were worked in silks or wools on a
silk ground around 1780 to 1820.
"By this time the silk grounds have decayed...but yours is
in a fine state of preservation," wrote the museum official.
Mrs. Meredith and Mr. Dickinson are not sure what they'll do
with their artwork, but they're taking precautions to preserve it
in an aluminum casing.
THE PLUM ISLAND DEED
Southold, The 22nd of May, 1666
Sent to the Editor by Selby Bryant Stratton. Ref: The New
York Genealogical and Biographical Record - The Southold Town
Records. Plum Island Deed I 160 F 218 F, Southold, 22nd May,
1666.
"We whose names are under doe by these prest sell and make
over all our rights and shares of PLUME ISLAND, and our shares
and rights of all the meadows lying and being at the Wading Creek
called by the Indians, PAUQUACONSUCK, unto John Youngs, his heirs
and assigns forever to have and to hould the said Island and
meadowe with all their appertnances, against us and our heires
forever for valuable consideration already received, the receit
whereof we doe owne by these present wrighting. With the number
of rights acquired by John Youngs from each, in two columns as
they apper in the Town Records: by these prest sell and make
over all our rights and shares of PLUME ISLAND, and all our
shares and rights of all the meadowe lying and being at Wading
creek called by the Indians, PAUQUACONSUCK, unto John Youngs, his
heirs and assigns forever to have to hould the said Island and
meadowe with all their appertnances, against us and our heires
forever for valuable consideration already received, the receit
whereof we doe owne by these present wrighting."
This 1666 deed signed by twenty one persons...Two months
earlier, on March 19, 1665-66, it was agreed at a town meeting
"that every man shall have a share in Plum Island and the Wading
Creek meadow according to every man's particular payment of the
Confirmation of our lands -- is to the Confirmation Deed signed
by 43 Indians on December 1665, 1:249-51 which granted and
confirmed to Captain John Youngs, Barnabas Horton and Thomas
Mapes, for and in behalf of the inhabitants of Southold as it
then existed, including Plum Island and Wading Creek meadowe.
Below is a list of the signers, with the number of rights ac-
quired by John Youngs from each, in two columns as they appear in
the Town Records:
PLUM ISLAND DEED
Signers:
Caleb (x his mark) Horton - 1
Barnabas Horton - only sold Plum Island
John Conkline Jr. - only sold Plum
Island
Joshua Horton - 3
Benjamin Horton - 2
John Booth - 2
Samuel Glover - 2
John Curwin - 3
Widow (x) Hutchson - 1
John Budd - 4
Abigail (x) Terry - 2
Mary Mapes - 6
Thomas Moor - 4
John Youngs - 4 3/4
John Youngs mariner - 4
Barnabas Wines - 3
Richard W. Benjamin - 2
William Purrier - 4
Mary (x) Reeve - 2
Jeremiah (x) Vail
Thomas Terry - 2
John Swazey - 4
Robert (x) Smyth - 1
Thomas Mapes - 3
Samuel King - 2
Joseph Youngs - 1 1/2
John Elton - 3
Christopher Youngs - 2
William (x) Hallock - 4
Thomas Moor Jun. - 2
Margaret (x) Cooper - 5
Gideon Youngs - 2
Joseph Youngs - 2
Robert Tustene - 2
TERRY FAMILY OF SELBY BRYANT STRATTON
3913 Watson Place, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20016
Sometime after the publication of Alex Haley's book ROOTS,
my grandson, Chris Flagg, had a school assignment to draw up
family trees. He phoned to ask that I help -- which I was happy
to do. At the same time, his grandfather put together what he
knew of his families -- STRATTONS and SYMINGTONS.
I remembered that I had a few typewritten pages on TERRY
genealogy which my maternal grand-mother, Lucy Terry Lombard had
written in 1924. This was given to her by Hilinda Terry Besley,
sister of her father, Constant Terry when she visited relatives
in New York in 1890. I found the paper, copied it, added what
else I could recall and sent it off to Chris.
After reading my grandmother's paper, I realized I knew
little or nothing of our ancestors - was curious and interested
so decided to do as complete a genealogy as I could for our
children and grandchildren and other members of the family --
this is it!
First, I wrote to the few living relatives on both sides of
my family and both sides of the Stratton family. All responded
and helped as much as they were able. Didn't get too much. Next
wrote to City, County, and State Historians and Historical Soci-
eties-- after a number of months had quite an accumulation of
copies of paper from these assorted sources that documented names,
places, dates of births, marriages and deaths, wills, deeds, and
other data. Tried for a long time to sort out the data to estab-
lish the bloodline of "our" TERRY family.
There were many gaps - had to start writing to more and more
sources for added information.
There follows copy of some lines from the paper written by
Lucy Terry Lombard in 1924, Eagle Pass, Texas.
"Genealogical tree of TERRY family line as far as given me
by Hilinda Terry Besley in Palmyra, New York, recorded 23 of May
1890."
"Barnabas Horton and Richard Terry, two of the thirteen
original proprietor of Southold, Long Island 1640 A.D."
"Parshall Terry - Born to Richard Terry sons among whom was
Parshall the third or fourth child (Note: found in my search he
was fifth generation). He was one of the first forty to enter the
Valley of Wyoming -- settled at Kingston, PA with his family. All
were in the famed Forty Fort at time of the battle and massacre,
July 2, 1778. This same Parshall Terry's sons and daughters:
Ephraim; Parshall; Jonathon; Joshua; Nathaniel; (Note: He proved
to be the father of Constant Terry, in turn the father of Lucy
Anna Selby Terry) Deborah; Deliverance; Lydia; Mitta."
"Constant Terry married Maria Hannah Selby Moore in 1845.
Father and Mother of L.A.S.T. (Lucy Anna Selby Terry) Father
often called me his 'Little Last'."
"Constant Terry born October 28, 1806. Married Miss Lucy
Brown. She died leaving two sons - Nathaniel and Theodore. He
died on June 22, 1872."
So, from the paper I had the names RICHARD TERRY, PARSHALL
TERRY, NATHANIEL TERRY, CONSTANT TERRY, and MARIA HANNAH SELBY
with some dates and places. Without this information, I could
never have compiled twelve generations of "our" TERRY family.
Even so, it has been a long, slow process, begun in 1976. As the
families were large in numbers and passed on to succeeding gener-
ations the same given names.
Seeing the TERRY lineage unfold was of such interest to me
that I worked simultaneously on our other families: SELBY,
BRYANT, LOMBARD, DOUGLAS, STRATTON, SYMINGTON. And, to a small
extent on the spouses of our children: BARFIELD, FLAGG, and
WERNICK. And, on the HORTON family as they had started with TERRY
in Southold, Long Island, New York in 1640 and for several gener-
ations their children had intermarried.
Note: The above was written for Will, Terry, Julie Stratton; Lisa
and Ellen Stratton; Chris, Debbie, and Julie Flagg.
ANCESTOR CHARTS OF MEMBERS
In order to conserve space I am only listing the direct
Terry line of each member as they are submitted and as space
permits.
Line of Carlene Peacock Brown, Rt 1, Box 318, Gilmer TX 75644.
1. Jackie Oneal Brown b. Kilgore, Gregg Co. TX 28 Nov 1956.
m. 28 Nov 1956 Ethel Carlene Peacock b. Lamesa TX 25 Oct
1936.
2. Choice Victor Brown b. Troupe, Smith Co. TX 12 Dec 1912 m. 31
May 1933.
3. Isabell Rebecca Smith b. Donie, Freestone Co. TX 15 Sep 1914
4. George Woodard Brown b. Vaiden, Carroll Co. MS 10 Jan 1868 d.
Jacksonville, Cherokee Co. TX 26 Apr 1957 m. 21 Oct 1889.
5. Mary Elizabeth Terry b. Vaiden, Carroll Co. MS 27 Mar 1871 d.
Kilgore, Gregg Co. TX 30 Nov 1936.
10. John W. Terry b. AL 1830 d.?? m. ca 1852
11. Emily ?? b. AL 1835 d. ??
20. John Terry b. SC 1796 d. ??
21. Sarah ?? b. SC 1800 d. ??
40. John Terry b. NC 1776 d. ??
41. Sarah ?? b. NC 1780 d. ??
80. Keeble Terry b. VA 22 Apr 1759 d.??
81. ??
160. Moses Terry b.?? d.??
161. ??
Line of Lela Harrison 303 East 5th St., McCook NE 69001
1. Stephen Jacob Harrison b. McCook, Red Willow Co. NE 24 Mar
1916 d. Stratton, Hitchcock Co. NE 8 Aug 1955 m. 12 Apr 1940
Lela Fay Degele Harrison b. McCook NE 1916
2. John Henry Harrison b. McCook, Red Willow Co. NE 6 Sep 1888
d. McCook, Red Willow Co. NE 29 Sep 1922 m. 30 Dec 1914.
3. Frances Alice Nelson b. Creston, Union Co. Iowa 31 Jan 1888
d. Spokane, WA 28 Oct 1957.
4. Reason Homer Harrison b. Cadiz, Harrison Co. OH 15 Aug 1853
d. McCook, Red Willow Co. NE 10 Apr 1928 m. 6 Apr 1876.
5. Martha Jane Tipsword b. Moccasin, Effingham Co. IL 27 Jan
1856 d. McCook NE 14 Nov 1916.
8. George W. Harrison b. Cadiz, Harrison Co. OH 12 Oct 1818 d.
Moccasin, IL 11 Jun 1880 m. ??
9. Huldah Scamp b. NJ 29 Jan 1816 d. McCook, NE 18 Nov 1891
16. Peter Harrison b. Frederick Co. MD 1766 d. Cadiz, OH 1854 m.
14 Apr 1792 (14 D 4 M 1792).
17. Sarah Bunting b. Crosswicks, Burlington Co., NJ 22 Mar 1774
d. Mt. Pleasant OH 25 Apr 1825.
34. John Bunting b. Crosswicks, NJ ca 1742 d. Aldenville, PA Jan
1811 m. 4 Mar 1768.
35. Patience Tilton b. ca 1750 d. ??
70. Abraham Tilton b.?? d.Nottingham, Burl. Co. NJ 1761/2 m. Dec
1748
71. Elizabeth Thorne b. 3D 5 M 1724 d. ??
140. Samuel Tilton b. Gravesend, LI, NY 1 Mar 1678 d. 1745 m. 5
D. 4 M. 1705
141tience Allen b. Sandwich MA 8 May 1683 d. Nottingham Twp.
NJ 1748.
280. John Tilton Jr. b. Essex MA 1640 d. 1700-1704 m.Flushing,
LI, NY 1674
281. Rebecca Terry b. ?? d.Middleton, Monmouth Co. NJ 1715.
Line of Debbie Miller Cameron 1818 Lauri St. El Dorado, AR 71730
1. Deborah Louise Miller b. El Dorado Union Co. AR 11 Mar 1954
m. 15 Aug 1970 James Vandy Cameron Sr. b. El Dorado, Union
Co. AR 25 Oct 1950.
2. Julian Thomas Miller Jr. b. El Dorado, Union Co. AR 14 Jan
1929 m. Union Co. AR 8 Nov 1947.
3. Ella Louise Mitchell b. El Dorado, Union Co. AR 6 Jul 1928.
6. John Wilmar Mitchell b. El Dorado, Union Co. AR 20 Sep 1907
d. Norphlet, Union Co. AR m. Union Co. AR 4 Feb 1928
7. Leona Nisbit b. Texarkana, Miller Co. AR 21 Jun 1909.
14. Onlee Leon Nisbit b. Smith Co. TX 17 Oct 1875 d. Lindale,
Smith Co. TX 9 Mar 1948 m. Smith Co. TX 8 Feb 1903
15. Emma Ella Terry b. AL 16 Jan 1880 d. 11 Jul 1913
30. George Washington Terry b. AL Dec 1850 d. TX m. ca 1874
31. Cynthia Ann Alabama Ratliff b. AL apr 1852 d. TX
Line of Robert M. Terry Editor of the Terry Family Historian
1. Robert "Mike" Terry b. Orange, Orange Co. CA 27 Sep 1946 m.
(3) Enid, Garfield Co. OK 14 May 1982 Deborah (Glaser)
Lester.
2. G. W. "Glen" Terry b. Henryetta, Okmulgee Co. OK 23 Oct 1923
m.Yuma, Yuma Co. AZ 3 Mar 1943.
3. Rebecca Isabel Cunningham b. Redlands, San Bernadino Co., CA
28 Dec 1926.
4. Frances Edward "Frank" Terry b. Macedonia?, Yell Co. AR 18
Sep 1895 d. Hinton, Caddo Co. OK 11 Apr 1958 m. Danville,
Yell Co. AR 29 Mar 1914.
5. Ethel Modelle Bottoms b. Macedonia, Yell Co AR 10 Feb 1897
d. Weatherford, Custer Co. OK 24 May 1974.
8. George William Terry b. Pigeon Hill, Union Co. Ar 13 Aug
1866 d. Paris, Lamar Co. TX 22 Jul 1959 m. (1) Danville,
Yell Co. AR 21 Jul 1889.
9. Francis E. Heffner b. GA 5 Apr 1871 d. Yell Co. AR?? 30 Sep
1895.
16. Hugh McClure Terry b. DeKalb Co. GA 1 Mar 1832 d. Blossom,
Lamar Co. TX 2 Jan 1919 m.(1) El Dorado, Union Co. AR 6 Dec
1855.
17. Mary Bennett b. AL 3 Jun 1838 d. TX/AR 25 Oct 1875.
32. Green Berry Hill Terry b. Chester Dist. SC 8 Nov 1810 d. New
London, Union Co. AR 22 Mar 1848 m. SC/GA ca 1829/30.
33. Eleanor "Ellen" Gill b. Chester Dist. SC 20 Jan 1811 d. New
London, Union Co. AR 5 Oct 1861.
64. Maj. Stephen Terry b. Chester Dist. SC 10 Aug 1788 d.
Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA 15 Nov 1866 m. (1) Fairfield Dist. SC
4 Jul 1809
65. Elizabeth H. Hill b. SC ca 1790 d. DeKalb Co. GA 3 Dec 1838.
128. John W. Terry b. VA? 27 Apr 1752 d. Chesterville, Chester
Dist. SC 12 Apr 1834 m. (2) VA or NC 21 Dec 1779
129. Priscilla Stokes b. VA? Nov 1763 d. Chester Dist. SC
1848/49.
356. Stephen Terry b. VA ca 1700 d. Craven Co. (now Chester) SC
19 Dec 1769 m. (2?) VA? ca 1751
357. Sarah ?? b.?? d. SC 4 May 1765
712. ??? Terry (I wish I had conclusive evidence here. I agree
with Mrs. Bushnell that we may have to look in NC for VA
connections. Early Virginia Records are scarce and
inconclusive!)
Line of Ruby E. Hartelt Box 44, Roswell NM 88201
1. Ruby Evelyn Cantrell Hartelt b. Barstow, Ward Co. TX 29 Dec
1921 m. (1) 3 May 1946 Thomas Allison Peacock div. 30 Apr
1956 m.(2) Alamogordo NM 29 Feb 1968 August Ernst Hartelt.
2. Claude Emanuel Cantrell b. ?? d. ?? m. Pecos, Reeves Co. TX
11 Feb 1917
3. Mary Agnes Basham b. Morgan Co. AL 19 Aug 1899 d. El Paso,
El Paso Co. TX 12 Jan 1976.
6. James William Ellen? Basham b.?? d.?? m. 21 Dec 1884
7. Annie Pauline Terry b. Ladonia, Fannin Co. TX 15 aug 1868 d.
Carlsbad, Eddy Co., NM 17 Jan 1934.
14. Jasper Newton Terry b. Jersey Co. IL 20 Sep 1834 d.Mineral
Wells, TX 16 Nov 1908 m. Fannin Co. TX 2 Oct 1862
15. Mary Ann "Molly" James b. ?? d.??
28. Ansolem L. Terry b. VA 25 May 1800 d. Fannin Co. TX 12 Jul
1877 m. ??
29. Rebecca Waggoner b.?? d.??
56. Jasper Terry b.?? d.?? m. Montgomery Co. VA 1 Aug 1797
57. Sarah Fuller b.?? d.??
112. Eliah Terry b.?? d.??
113. Mary Loyd b.?? d.??
The following information was also among my mother's papers:
"Origins".The Terry family, as well as the Waggoners, origi-
nated in Virginia. The Terry brother's parents were Jasper and
Sarah Fuller Terry who were married in 1797 in Montgomery County,
Virginia. This Jasper Terry's parents were Eliah and Mary Loyd
Terry. Eiliah fought in the American Revolution. The Fuller
family came from New York to Virginia. Sarah Fuller was born in
New York. Ansolem Terry and Rebecca Waggoner were both born in
Virginia. The Jasper Terry family moved to Kentucky where several
of the children were born. Then they moved to Illinois."
Brothers who came to Texas
Ansolem L. Terry ) From Illinois to Texas 1842
Rebecca Waggoner Terry )
Robert Norman Terry ) From Illinois to Texas 1855
Telitha Bethel Terry )
James F. Terry ) From Illinois to Texas 1842
Katherine (Kit) Boiles Terry )
Andrew B. Terry )From Illinois to Texas ca 1850
Margaret "Peggy Waggoner Terry )
Jasper Newton Terry came to Texas but returned to Illinois to
live.
Note: This is a partial list of the Terry brothers who came to
Texas from Illinois before the Civil War. There was a sixth
brother, name unknown. Also, one sone of Robert Norman Terry,
Cyrus Terry, married Virginia Waggoner. Virginia was a niece of
Rebecca (wife of Ansolem Terry) and Margaret (wife of Andrew B.
Terry). Virginia's father is David Waggoner; so all I know is