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TERRY FAMILY HISTORIAN
Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December.
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VOL. VI, NO. 3 SEPTEMBER 1987
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EDITOR: Robert "Mike" Terry
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Editor's Notes ........................................ 082
My Most Memorable Summer .............................. 083
Ft. Jackson South Carolina Cemeteries ................. 085
Notes on Chester County South Carolina Families ....... 085
Those German Terry's You Have Been Hearing About! ..... 089
Preserving Newspapers ................................. 090
Descendant of Parshall Terry .......................... 091
Descendant of Lucy Terry -- Epaproditus Hightower ..... 091
Worn Tombstones ....................................... 092
Family Reunions ....................................... 092
Posey County Indiana Cemeteries ....................... 093
Ozark County Missouri Census House #281. .............. 093
Exchange Advertising and Items of Interest ............ 093
National Genealogy Conference (NGC) ................... 095
Jessee Terry of Roane County, Tennessee ............... 099
Queries ............................................... 105
Terry Line of Juyne T. Lee ............................ 106
Terry Line of Minnie French Lamb ...................... 108
Indexes to Terry Family Historian 1982-1983 ........... 109
Elizabeth Ross' Hearing Held in Washington ............ 111
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O o o O o o O
EDITOR'S NOTES
Mike Terry
It has been a very busy year for me. We moved to
Sapulpa, Oklahoma in January, 1987 and I have been trying to
adjust to a new job which requires a lot of extra work at
home [genealogy is a part-time interest]. I work with
developmentally disabled children and we are presently
engaged in a law-suit which requires court reports and hours
beyond 40 per week. It has become ALMOST impossible to meet
my publishing deadlines due to my schedule. -- Please accept
my apologies.
You will also notice there are some new types of notes
and short articles in the TFH. These are messages received
from a group of computer bulletin board systems [BBS] which
carry queries and other messages related to genealogy. While
they are not all dealing with TERRY family research the
information should be useful to members. The exciting thing
is you can get answers within days and sometimes hours
concerning research that others have done across the nation.
Financing the TFH is a continual problem. Genealogists
seem to dig in and work in the Fall and Winter and this is
the time most money for funding is received. The TFH is a
BREAK EVEN SOMETIME endeavor. It requires a lot of man-hours
on my part. I usually am unable to pay publishing costs and
have to rely on the faith and good will of the publisher to
carry me through until the Fall when renewals are received.
[The computer and printer was purchased with personal
money.]
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There has been a dramatic increase in publishing costs
paralleled by a more than usual decrease in paid membership
which does not allow me to take advantage of reduced bulk
mailing costs.-- You have to have 200 pieces to get a lesser
rate.
To reduce costs you will note the fewer number of pages
which are about 30. This is in line with most other family
publications I have seen. I will publish a full 50 pages if
membership increases or additional funds are received from
members. If present trends continue we will continue through
to December 1988. At the present time we have about 100 paid
members. --- YOUR RENEWAL IS A VOTE TO CONTINUE THE TFH.
It is very important that we continue to recruit new
members and that you continue to submit new information
concerning Terry family research. Your financial
contributions are very important and my sincere thanks to
the members for their loyalty over the years. The TFH is a
worthwhile effort and I certainly wish continue.
O o o O o o O
MY MOST MEMORABLE SUMMER
by
Mike Terry
Myself, Debra and Emma made a quick trip to Disney
World this summer which probably is what will forever be on
the mind of my youngest, Emma. The electric light parade was
something, but my greatest thrill, personally, was to stop
by Lawrence County, Alabama and to visit the grounds of the
United Terry Club near Courtland. Unfortunately, we were
just a weekend away from Labor Day when all the hullabaloo
surrounds this community.
I pulled into a little cafe and upon entering found a
number of farmers gathered around a table. The conversation
went something like this:
"I'm Mike Terry and I am editor of the Terry Family
Historian, could you help me find the 'Terry Club'?"
A man smiled wryly and replied, "Usually there is one
of them Terry's in here!"
"Drive down to the first stop light and turn and drive
a few miles until you see a mail box. It will probably be a
Terry and ask for directions."
Sure enough, the first mailbox I came to was that of a
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Frank Terry. Mr. Terry and his wife were getting into a
pickup truck and I got out and asked for directions to the
United Terry Club. He indicated I should drive back up the
road and take the first left.
He stated, "The folks at one end of the United Terry
Club are Terrys and would not mind me looking around. Frank
Terry indicated he was a descendant of one of "seven early
Terry brothers" who came to Courtland, Alabama.
When I arrived I stopped at the first house and a lady
came to the door where I asked, "If it would be okay to look
around?" She replied, it was all right to look around and by
the way "she was not a Terry but had married one [Gilbert
Terry?]." She indicated the folks "at the top of the hill
were also Terrys and I could speak with them."
I proudly posed in front of the building which stated:
United Terry Club, Inc.
Founded
August 31, 1960
I drove back to Courtland and stopped at a local drug
store, and I asked the lady behind the counter what
newspaper most people read in Courtland and she indicated
the Moulton Advertiser. When I introduced myself, she noted
"she was also married to a Terry." "Most people around here
are Terrys or married one of them!"
I picked up a The Moulton Advertiser "Alabama's Oldest
Weekly Newspaper" and you guessed it -- it reads somewhat
like the Terry Family Historian.
Some headings included:
Under Announcements -- "Porch sale on Gordon Terry
Parkway".
"Terrys host dinner for sisters' reunion"
Marriage -- "Rhonda Faye Hill, Gregory Lee Terry"
Birthday calendar -- August 22 Lynn Terry
Marriage licenses -- "Mitchell Glen Jones, 20,
Hillsboro and Leeshane Terry, 21, Moulton, August 13"
"Terry taking her leaps in gymnastics" -- an article
about Abby Terry a 12 year old gymnast at East Lawrence
High School.
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Yes, it is true what they said, "Terry's Thicker than
cotton in Lawrence County"? I guess it could all be summed
up by saying, it really felt good to be one of "them Terry's
in Lawrence County".
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FT. JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA CEMETERIES
Old Macedonia Cemetery, Old Percival Road
TERRY, Thomas 1851 - 1918 & Francis 1868 - 1968
TERRY, M. J. wife of W. H. Terry May 11, 1847 - May 11,
1909
TERRY, Martha Ida Oct 03, 1873 - Nov 06 1888
Little Sarah infant daughter of W. H. & W. J. Terry
June 14, 1884 age 1 year 1 day
Address for THE COLUMBIA JOURNAL - Official Publication of
the Columbia Chapter, S.C.G.S., P.O. Box 11353, Columbia SC
29211.
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Source: Tombstone inscriptions from Ft. Jackson, South
Carolina cemeteries. Copied from THE COLUMBIA JOURNAL.
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NOTES ON CHESTER COUNTY
SOUTH CAROLINA FAMILIES
Page 27 -- (about 1865) On the street or public road
leading from the courthouse on the hill towards Yorkville,
there stood next to the residence of John Rosborough, now
occupied by the surviving daughters of James Graham, the
following residences, viz.;......next, a house owned by Mrs.
Terry and converted into a school house, where Mrs. Ann
Foster kept a school - subsequently the residence of Dr. A.
P. Wylie.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History by Louise Gill
Knox. 1982.
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Page 86 -- James Allen b. 1775 - according to Todd
County, Kentucky census -- m. about 1800 Molly Hagood,
daughter of Buckner and Rosanna (Archer) Hagood. Mollie died
between 1840 - 1850. James made his will October 10, 1855
and died by December of that year. He left his estate to his
grandson, William, and his three daughters.
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The couple had nine, perhaps ten children: a daughter,
Nancy, b. 1807 in South Carolina never married but lived
with her parents until their deaths; a son under ten in 1810
and born in Chester County may have died young or may be
William H., whose will was recorded Sept. 22, 1835 in Todd
County. He had moved to Nashville, Tennessee, married, and
had a son by the same name; two daughters and a son born
between 1810 and 1820 were not listed in the home in 1830
census; Elisha, born 1810-1820, married Caty Ann Faulks,
December 10, 1827 and may have also married Jane Whitson
October 18, 1847; James Kennedy Allen, born 1814, was
probably a namesake of his father's maternal uncle. He
married on July 2, 1837 Sally M. Terry, daughter of William
Morris (Maurice) and Elizabeth Terry. Elizabeth b. 1812,
married the first time _____ Allen, and then Isom Malone of
Elkton, Todd Co. They had two sons, Bishop and Jim, latter a
school teacher.
James Kennedy Allen was a farmer in Todd County until
1854 when he, his wife and three children migrated with
Kentucky-Tennessee wagon train to Tarrant Co., Texas. Texas
was being advertised in glowing terms not only by
"developers" but also by friends who had migrated earlier.
Alfred Johnson had left neighboring Tennessee in 1853 and
settled in Tarrant County. He was largely responsible for
the Allens migrating in November 1854. The trip took a
month. J. K. Allen bought farms in the western part of the
county. He was a charter member of the First Christian
Church of Ft. Worth, Texas. He held elected and appointed
public offices at the county and state level. When the Civil
War started, he returned on horseback to join his Todd
County neighbors to fight for the Confederacy. Though he
received a gun-shot wound in the leg, he survived. Three
children had been born in Todd County; William Terry born
December 12, 1842 , married Sarah Frances Grant and upon her
death, her sister Theodocia; Mary Ann born May 17, 1844,
married Richard King who had come in the wagon train; James
Kennedy Allen, II, born November 4, 1848, married Elizabeth
Jane Prewitt; Sarah Katherine Allen born Tarrant County
married Gabrias Terry. The writer is a grand daughter of
James Kennedy Allen II. sg. Frances Marion Allen.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History. References: J.
Battle, Editor HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN AND TODD COUNTIES,
Kentucky. F. A. Bailey Publishing Co., Chicago, 1884; Mrs.
James P. Walker OLD PURITY CEMETERY manuscript. Family
manuscripts.
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Page, 207 - Colonel [George] Gill was married twice. By
his first wife, Margaret Strait, daughter of Christopher and
Mary Strait, he had five children:.....3. Sarah Duncan
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(1793-?) married a Terry.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
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Page 255 - George Washington Hopkins, son of Colonel
David and Mary Glen Hopkins, was born probably Chester
County, South Carolina in 1775, died there in 1805. He
married on Oct 22, 1795, his second cousin, Martha Bowker,
born 1777, died Feb. 1, 1820. She was the daughter of Major
Bird and Oranna Glenn Bowker. She was the grand daughter of
Nathan Glenn, brother of Mary Glenn Hopkins. After
Washington Hopkins death, his widow married Thomas Terry.
She is buried in Glenn Cemetery, Carlisle, South Carolina.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
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Page 256 - Newton Hopkins married his first cousin,
Patience Terry Glenn, born 1770, died 1828 on March 20,
1786. She was the daughter of Nathan and Lucy Coleman Glenn
of Virginia and Union County, South Carolina.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
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Page 299 - Emily Kate Lyle graduated from Winthrop and
was a secretary with General Motors in Atlanta. In 1951 she
was married to Richard Graham Terry who served in Merchant
Marine during W.W. II. Richard was District Manager of Ceco
Corp. at the time of his death. Kate does substitute
teaching in Jacksonville Florida, where she resides.
Kate and Dick have four children; twins, Grace Lyle
Terry married William Craig Tyre, Richard Graham Terry, Jr.
married Patricia Halpin; Kathryn Lee Terry married Brandon
Ross White and Nora Jean Terry.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
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Page 376 - Mary Wilkes married Ferdinand Dugraphanel
Scaife (born in Chester County about 1805) about 1825. Mr.
Scaife, after the death of his mother, who was a Terry from
Virginia, went to live with his older brother, Charner Terry
Scaife at what is now Wilksburg in Chester County, S.C. --
There is much more about this family.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
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Page 379 - Sealy is one of the oldest surnames in South
Carolina. They first settled near Beaufort on Edisto and
Euhaw Island between 1680 and 1690. The Sealys spread from
there when the back country near Chester opened up for
settlement.
John Sealy was born between 1710 and 1720 in the low
country of South Carolina of Irish immigrant parents. When
the Chester District area opened up, he secured many
original land grants. The earliest patent date was 1753. the
total number of acres granted to John Sealy was about 1,200.
These grants were on Sealy's Creek branch of the Sandy River
about six miles west of Chester township. The closest
neighbors were the Walkers, Terrys, Lees, Stokes, Mobleys
and Asa Darby.
John [Sealy] married Jean Jaggers. They produced two
sons (Peter and Samuel) and two daughters (Sarah and
Elizabeth). Peter married twice; his second wife being Sarah
Estes. Samuel's wife's name was Sarah also. Elizabeth
married Henry Hardin first and second married Robert Walker.
Sarah married John Terry.
John Sealy died in 1791 and his wife Jean died in 1796
both in Chester.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
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Page 379 -- Sarah Sealy [daughter of John Sealy] was
born in Chester on July 22, 1757. She married John Terry,
son of Stephen and Sarah Terry. One son was born to them,
Jeremiah Sealy Terry on Feb. 7, 1778. Sarah died May 20,
1778.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
O o o O o o O
Page 425 -- Daniel Wise 1800 - 1868, came to Chester
Co. in 1818. He married Rhoda Terry Stokes daughter of
Greenberry Stokes who came from Virginia. Their children
were: John Greenberry Wise who married Martha Chalk; Levi
Stokes Wise who married Margaret Tims; Sarah Ann Matilda
Wise married James Estes; Margaret Wise married Pink
Bridges; Emaline Wise; William Henry Wise married Nancy
(Haynie) Wilkes. Alexander Walker Wise married Martha Alice
Wilkes (1848-1918) on January 16, 1866.
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Source: The Chester County Heritage History.
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The above notes on South Carolina families were
submitted by Pat Goff, 1645 Highway Church Rd., Elgin, SC
29045.
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THOSE GERMAN TERRY'S YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT!
It is always good to find the last American link in a
line. It appears, from the following bits and pieces,
Phillip Terry of Beaufort, South Carolina was a descendant
of early German families. The other guess might be he came
with a number of German families to the colonies.
1766--MICHAEL THIRRY GRANTED LAND
Council Journal 32, Page 842-846. Meeting of 17th.
October 1766. The Petitions on the Bounty were presented and
read viz.
Listed among others was Michael Thirry 300 acres. [The
names are definitely among many of German descent.]
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Source: A Compilation of the Original lists of Protestant
Immigrants to South Carolina by Janie Revill. Published 1939
republished 1968. Page 60. Submitted by George W. Terry of
Richardson TX.
Council Journal 32, Page 842-846. Meeting of 17th.
October 1766.
The following persons also presented to his Excellency
petitions setting forth that they were severally protestants
and had come into this Province from Germany on the Bounty
and encouragement given to foreign protestants who shall
come from Europe to reside in this Province by the Act of
the General Assembly of this Province passed the 25th, July
1761. Among those listed:
Anna Maria Thirry age 32
John Peter Thirry age 12
John Michael Thirry age 8
John Phillip Thirry age 4
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Source: A Compilation of the Original lists of Protestant
Immigrants to South Carolina by Janie Revill. Published 1939
republished 1968. Page 64. Submitted by George W. Terry of
Richardson TX.
1769--MICHAEL THERRY LAND ON REEDY FORK IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Michael Therry 300 acres on Reedy Fork SC 1769.
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Source: Colonial Land Plats in South Carolina. Records found
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Archives, Columbia, South Carolina. Research done by John W.
Lawrence C.G.R.S. Note: Reedy Fork is uncertain, there were
several. It appears to be in Fairfield County and see later
note concerning Phillip Terry, editor.
1790--1790 CENSUS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
*males 16 and upward-males under 16-females
Phillip TERRY [Beaufort Dist] Beaufort 1-0-0 1 slave
1793--PHILLIP TERRY TO JOHN WILLINGHAM
Phillip TERRY, son and heir of Michael THERRY,
deceased, which said Phillip lives in the state aforesaid in
Beaufort District, shoemaker, sells heir at law of said
Michael to John Willingham of Fairfield District, planter,
for 60 pounds sterling, a tract of 300 acres of land located
on Reedy Fork a branch of Wateree Creek, granted [bounty] to
Michael THERRY on 15 Feb 1770.
Deed dated 8 Oct 1793
/s/ Phillip (P) TERRY
Witnessed by David Gibson, Robert Still[?].
Proved 9 Oct 1793
Recorded 10 Feb 1793.
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Source: Fairfield Co. Deed. Book I, p. 072. South Carolina
State Archives, Columbia, South Carolina. Research done by
John W. Lawrence C.G.R.S.
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PRESERVING NEWSPAPERS
Dennis Korinek
Old newspaper clippings and articles have a tendency to
fade, yellow, and sometimes fall apart in your hands. Here
is how you can preserve them. Dissolve a milk of magnesia
tablet in a quart of club soda overnight. Pour into a pan
large enough to accommodate a flattened newspaper. Soak the
newspaper one hour, remove and pat dry. Estimated life; 200
years. Chemically, the magnesium oxide combines with the
carbon dioxide in the soda to form magnesium carbonate which
neutralizes acids in the paper that cause deterioration.
(By Richard Smith, assistant. Prof, University of
Washington.)
--- ConfMail v3.1
* Origin: OPTOMETRY_ONLINE - UMSL School of Optometry
(1:100/514)
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DESCENDANT OF PARSHALL TERRY
Larry McGee
3406 Silverside Rd. Wilmington DE 19810.
My Great Grandfather McGee settled in Oklahoma. They
moved away to Arizona in 1898. My Grandfather McGee married
the Granddaughter of Marilla Terry in Southern Utah. I think
the family first went to Oklahoma before it was opened to
regular settlement. Did they call that the Oklahoma Land
rush? Anyway most of the records say place of birth 'Indian
Territory'. At that point James Robinson McGee (my Great
Grandfather) and his family entertained the Mormon
Missionaries as they traveled by foot through Oklahoma. They
joined in about 1897 and then moved west the next year by
wagon. Don't know much about side branches of theirs but I
guess McGee was a big name in Oklahoma for awhile. (Kerr-
McGee??)
I am a research CHEMIST at the DuPont Experimental
Station in Wilmington Delaware. We have lived in Delaware
since 1981. I received my PhD degree in Synthetic Organic
Chemistry from CALTECH working with Professor Dave Evans. I
received my undergraduate degree from the University of Utah
working with Dr. W. W. Epstein. From 1972 to 1974 I
interrupted my college education to serve a mission for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) in
Hamburg and Berlin Germany. At that time I became fluent in
German. One attempt to retain this language ability is the
DEUTSCH Echomail conference.
With my wife Paula, we have three kids, born in 1978,
1980 and 1987. In my spare time between working and
sysoping, I am a Webelos Scout leader.
Thanks for your interest in our system. I'll be glad to
answer any questions that I can or refer you to a better
source if I can't. I look forward to hearing from you.
--- Sirius 0.50
* Origin: Chemist's ComPort 302-479-0302 Trailblazer to 9600
bps
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DESCENDANT OF LUCY TERRY -- EPAPRODITUS HIGHTOWER
Sonia Hetherington
Mike, I found a Talitha Terry who married William
Kimzey Hightower in Greenville Co, SC. Do you have this
info? Did you get my message about probate of Lucy Terry
Hightower's estate? I found a will at Hendersonville, NC
for her husband Epaproditus Hightower. I didn't find
anything on her. The J. J. G. Hightower mentioned in the
estate papers was their son. His name is John Joseph Gregory
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Hightower.
---
* Origin: The Southern Crossroads [9600 HST] 214-418-9679
(Opus 1:124/115)
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WORN TOMBSTONES
Dennis Korinek
Here's a suggestion for taking a good picture of a
tombstone without harming the marker or the environment.
Buy a bundle of charcoal sticks and a box of ordinary
chalk; the kind used to write on a blackboard. Neither cost
much. Charcoal sticks can be bought at an art store, chalk
at a dime store.
Use an old tea strainer with a plastic bag taped to it
and grate the chalk through the strainer, into the bag,
without any mess; or simply mash the chalk into powder form.
Trace the printer on the tombstone with the charcoal
stick. Pat powdered chalk onto the tombstone and then start
tracing lightly over the printing again with the charcoal
stick. You are now ready to take your picture.
It is not necessary to remove the charcoal or the
chalk; the next rain will wash it away with no harm to the
stone or the environment.
--- ConfMail v3.1
* Origin: OPTOMETRY_ONLINE - UMSL School of Optometry
(1:100/514)
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FAMILY REUNIONS
I am planning a family reunion for descendants of Mary
Lattha Terry born 1852, New Haven, Connecticut died 1886,
Wayne Co. IA. She was descended from Samuel Terry "the
Immigrant" (b. 1632) from Barnet, London, England. I would
like to extend the invitation to any descendant of his that
wants to make the journey to Thousand Springs, Idaho during
the week of August 6-14, 1988.
Interested persons should write to me or call for more
details and to get on my mailing list. Thousand Springs is
in a valley along the Snake river that was a stoping place
on the Oregon Trail. There are several campgrounds with full
hook-ups at hot springs and spas. Some of the other
activities planned are: the best trout fishing in the world,
a one day float trip down the Salmon River and many picnics.
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We already expect persons from Oregon, Washington,
California, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Tennessee,
Minnesota, Colorado and Iowa. I am hoping to add many more
to the list, the more the merrier. Bob Cox, 1071 S.E.
Fairview, Olympia WA 98501. Telephone 206-357-9504.
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POSEY COUNTY INDIANA CEMETERIES
SMITH TOWNSHIP, LIBERTY CEMETERY
TEARY, AGNES 1844 - 1929
BLACK TOWNSHIP, BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY
TERRY, WILLIAM A. 1873 - 1956
NORA 1883 - 1970
TERRY, SGT. CARROLL E. 1920 - 1944
3RD ARMOURED DIV. KILLED IN ACTION
TERRY, NOBLE G. 1910 - 1966
FRANCIS 1915 -
JIMMIE ROY 1941 - 1943
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OZARK COUNTY MISSOURI CENSUS HOUSE #281.
FORD, MARGARET 62 NC NC NC
TERRY, WILLIAM 23 AR AR AR
Note: The above were contributed by Mrs. Hazel Ballard, 314
W. First, Mountain Home AR 72653.
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brought up-to-date for over 500 periodicals specializing in
one name) plus names and addresses of 49 major newspaper
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Fort Worth, TX 76111
All prices postpaid. Texans, please remember to add 5% sales
tax to above items.
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I have over 400 hundred TERRY researchers and a listing of
surnames they are researching. If you want a listing of
others researching your surnames send $1.00 and a long SASE
AND YOUR SURNAMES to Robert "Mike" Terry, Editor Terry
Family Historian, Box 1661, Sapulpa OK 74067.
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Moran, Editor -- 10451 Classique Ave., Baton Rouge LA 70815.
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PATTERSON POST
The Patterson/Paterson/Patteson/Pattison family
research exchange letter is available to all researchers of
the surname.
PATTERSON POST is now two years old. It is issued
quarterly. Subscriptions (and back issues) are $11.00 per
year.
Queries are solicited -- they are free -- and there is
no limit as to the number of Patterson surname queries a
researcher can submit. PATTERSON POST - 71 E. 100 No. Moab
UT 84532.
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Editor's note: The price may be more now. Sounds like a good
tool -- has anyone seen this one?
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If you would like to exchange messages and/or files
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RESEARCH STATUS REPORT
JESSEE TERRY OF ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by
Gene Fricks
26 Windmill Drive
Clementon NJ 08021-5821
Since the last report appeared in the September 1986
TFH, additional information has been turned up. While none
of it reveals our subject's antecedents, it does correct
some erroneous data, resolves a few speculations, and gives
us more information regarding some descendants.
Hannah Price MCNAIR, Jessee's wife, was a descendant of
David MCNAIR II, who settled in Augusta County, Virginia
(near Staunton) about 1738. [1] David and an unnamed wife
had one recorded son, Daniel, who married Hannah -- in 1741
and died in 1791 in Augusta County, Virginia.
Daniel and Hannah MCNAIR had four recorded children,
the youngest of whom, David, married Elizabeth ALLEN on 8
November 1786. [2] More particular to our search is son
James, who was baptized 29 April 1749 [3] and married
Martha Price as mentioned in the previous report.
James and friends Gilbert Christian and John Anderson
explored into what became Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1769.
James lived near these friends in Sullivan County, Tennessee
before 1794. His service during the Revolution in the North
Carolina militia has been documented. [4] Investigation
into the Price connection is continuing.
The previous report mentioned that Jessee TERRY does
not appear in the 1802, 1805, nor 1808 Roane County,
Tennessee tax lists. Likewise, search of the 1807 Knox
County, Tennessee tax list fails to reveal his name,
although Micagh TERRY with 460 acres in Capt. Childs'
company and John TERRY with 130 acres in Capt. Scott's
company are founded [5] Similarly, he is not found in the
1812 Knox County tax list, although his father-in-law, James
MCNAIR, appears in Capt. Jackson's company with 500 acres.
[6]
Jessee and Hannah MCNAIR TERRY's eldest daughter,
Martha, married Hezikiah LOVE Jr. as previously reported.
Hezikiah Jr. was born 15 April 1796 in Roane County.
Hezikiah Sr. was born 10 October 1751/52, Chester County,
South Carolina and died 11 July 1833 in Roane County. [7]
Hezikiah Sr. married firstly Elizabeth Cato / Cartamount /
Cartmount in 1783 and secondly Nancy Duren in 1789 (born
about 1768 South Carolina; died 1841-50, Benton County,
Alabama). No children by Elizabeth are known. The children
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previously reported were all by Nancy.
1A LOVE, Elizabeth (probably named for paternal aunt
Elizabeth LOVE) born 29 March 1822, Roan County,
Tennessee; married 12 December 1839, Daniel R.
Duggen.
1B LOVE, Mary born 28 December 1823, Roane County.
1C LOVE, Robert born 14 January 1826, Roane County.
1D LOVE, Josiah T. born 8 October 1828, Roan County.
1E LOVE, Hezikiah (III) born 2 March 1831, Roane
County.
1F LOVE, William born 18 March 1833, Roane County.
1G LOVE, John C. born 30 may 1835, Roane County. Died
1876, Kingston, Tennessee. Operated mercantile
business in Kingston with sister Mary.
1H LOVE, Jesse Richard born 13 November 1837, Roane
County, married 7 March 1867, Martha Louisa
Hotchkiss.
1I LOVE, Hannah Price born 13 November 1837, Roane
County.
1J LOVE, Wiley born 19 July 1840, Roane County;
married 1878 Sarah Webster.
Gilbert Christian, Jessee's son-in-law and Mary TERRY's
husband, may have been the son of Robert Christian, the
militia captain from Sullivan County.
His mother is presently thought to be Mary Adair,
daughter of John Adair, first commissioner of Knoxville [8],
although additional work is required to firmly establish
this relationship. John Adair was born 1732 in County
Antrim, Ireland. With his wife, Ellen Crawford Adair, and
children, he came to America about 1771, settling in
Baltimore. In 1772 they removed to Pennsylvania and in 1773
to what became Sullivan County, Tennessee. In 1779, North
Carolina Governor Caswell appointed Adair entry-taker of
Sullivan County, to collect fees from the settlers for the
lands granted. Participation of the over-mountain men in the
battle of Kings Mountain in 1780 was made financially
possible when Adair turned over about $13,000 in public
funds to John Sevier to purchase military equipment. North
Carolina granted Adair 400 acres in recognition of his
services [9]. on 16 June 1792. Governor Blount of the
Southwest Territory appointed Adair a justice of the peace
for Knox County. He became a member of the first board of
trustees of Blount College (later the University of
Tennessee) in 1794 and a member of the Tennessee
constitutional convention in 1796. Adair became an elder of
the First Presbyterian Church upon its organization. He died
24 February 1827 in Knox County and is buried with his wife
on a knoll on their old homestead, now part of Lynnhurst
cemetery.
Robert Christian was born about 1765 and died 1840-1850
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in Roane County. He was the son of Gilbert and Margaret
Anderson Christian. Gilbert (born about 1735 Augusta County,
Virginia) moved from the Staunton, Virginia area to settle
near Ingle's Ferry on the New River, at a place called
Dunkard's bottom about 1774. [10]. Gilbert was granted 250
acres in Sullivan County on 23 October 1782. [11] A well-
known Indian fighter and active in governmental affairs,
Gilbert died of fever in Knoxville in November 1793 while
returning from Hightower's campaign against the Indians.
[12]
Gilbert was the son of Robert (died 1794, Augusta
County, Virginia) and Isabella Tiffin Christian. Robert
served as a militia recruiting officer in 1732. [13]
The progenitor of this line was Gilbert Christian (born
about 1678, British Isles: died after 1756, Augusta County,
Virginia). Chalkey indicates that he married Elizabeth (or
Margaret?) Richardson about 1702/03 in Ireland. [14] He
settled on Christian's Creek, near Staunton, in 1732. [15]
Earnest TERRY provided some information and thoughts on
the previous progress report that are much appreciated.
Jessee TERRY's on, William Price TERRY, was born in 1816,
not 1809. His first and only wife, Elizabeth Gilbert, was
born in 1821 and they were married 26 November 1840. William
died about 1865, not 1899. The 1850 and 1860 censuses
provide the birth years. The 1870 Knox County, Tennessee
census lists Elizabeth and children. The last and youngest
child Lucy, was born in 1863.
Earnest points out that the Winston Garth TERRY (WGT)
bible record is seriously flawed and cannot, apparently, be
trusted in all respects. The William Price TERRY referred to
lived 1790 - 1860 in Morgan County, Alabama, married Mary
Louise Turner; he had a brother Wyley (died 1850, Morgan
County) who married Malinda T. Bush on 1 November 1838. This
Wyley had two sons William and Wyley. Earnest gives the
birthplace of William Price (1790) and his brother as
Virginia. While in Morgan County, they lived close to Henry
TERRY; Earnest believes they were Henry's sons. Henry
appears as a branch of one of Earnest's lines of research.
Winston Garth TERRY and his brother Henry Bynum TERRY
were sons of William Price TERRY (1790).
Earnest hypothesized that Josiah TERRY, husband of
Sarah F. Austin, is another son of Jessee TERRY. Josiah was
born about 1800, lived in Talladega County, Alabama in 1827,
and would have been of age to sign his sister Mary's
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marriage bond. He posits the following children for Jessee
and dates:
Josiah born 1800
Martha born 1801
Mary born 1805
John C. born 1808
William Price born 1816
Sarah born 1817
Myra born 1820
Jesse born 1822
Louisa born 1829
James born ????
Note the gaps in dates and the fact that Louisa was
born when her mother was about 48 years old -- not
impossible, but unusual. The previous report omitted the
children of John and Louisa TERRY Ferguson as given in the
1860 Blount County Census: twin sons Josiah and Wiley, born
1855.
The journal of Richard Green Waterhouse provides [15a]
details of a journey in December 1808. On Tuesday, 13
December, amidst snow, Waterhouse mentions passing the
Standing Stone and "thence to Jesse TERRY's." A map held in
the Library of Congress (F 16474) titled "Central Upper
Cumberland Section of Tennessee in Pioneer Times 1783-1830"
drawn by Alvin B. Wirt and accessioned on 25 March 1954,
shows the Standing Stone on the Cumberland Pike about 12
miles northwest of Flat Rock in Roane County. This Jessee
TERRY would have been located about 3-5 miles west of
Standing Stone in the next county. This may provide a clue
as to where Jessee TERRY was located prior to his first
appearance eon the Roane County tax list of 1814.
Jessee, Jessee's son, acquired the 325 acre homestead
probably by inheritance. Jesse`s death date of 1893, given
by his son William Isaac TERRY, is apparently in error as
shown by the 1887 Roane County tax list. In the 1888 list,
the property is listed under "Jessee TERRY heirs." Since the
list was compiled in June, this homes in somewhat on a date.
Jesse's burial site remains undiscovered. The property was
sold for taxes in 1901 with a Josiah TERRY acting for the
family. [16] More data has been assembled regarding
Jesse's children.
8B. TERRY, William Isaac born 28 January 1874 near
Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee. He moved to Knoxville
where he married Minnie Anne Courtney on 23 December 1896,
Isaac Miller, M.G. [17]. He, his mother and sisters, and his
wife joined the Greystone Presbyterian Church 28 August
1898; later, on 6 March 1910, William, Minnie, and Ellen
Fritts TERRY joined the Ft. Sanders Presbyterian Church.
[18] William married a second time but without children
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after Minnie's death on 2 December 1939. He died 11 February
1949; both he and Minnie are buried at New Gray Cemetery,
Knoxville, Tennessee.
8C. TERRY, Rosa Ellen married Leonidas ("Lee") Clark
at Greystone Presbyterian Church 26 October 1899 (new date).
[19]
8D. TERRY, Albert J. has two birth dates given: 18
November 1878 [20] or 20 December 1879 [21]. Interestingly,
the source for both was his wife. He joined the US War
Department as a laborer on 18 April 1900 at Chattanooga,
Tennessee, advancing to steam engineer on 14 December 1911.
On 20 February 1920, he became a hydraulic foreman at the
War Department's Wilson Dam, Florence, Alabama where he
remained until November 1929. [22]. He married Ellen O.
"Birdie" Young in 1903, who was born in 1882, Alabama, and
died in 1915. [23] In the 1910 census, he was living at 421
Cherry Street, Florence. [24] Apparently Albert was
assigned to the Muscle Shoals Works, for his children's
birthplaces are given as Alabama. At some point between 1915
and 1920, Albert married Jessie Pearl, who was born about
1890. At the time of his death on 19 February 1930, the
family lived at 437 N. Cherry Street. Albert J. TERRY is
buried at Florence Cemetery.
The search for Jessee TERRY, his antecedents, and
descendants has been wide ranging with a number of
interesting byways. While we have not accomplished the
objective yet, we have shed some light on collateral lines
that will be of value to other TERRY searchers. Another
progress report is promised and information would be
appreciated from any source.
REFERENCES:
1. MCNAIR, James B., MCNAIR, McNear and McNeir
Genealogies, 1920, pp. 107, 299-302, 305; 1955
supplement pp. 397-399.
2. Vogt & Kethley, Augusta Co. (VA) Marriages 1748-1850,
1986. p. 147.
3. Baptismal Records of the Rev. John Craig, D.D., Augusta
County Virginia 1740-1749.
4. MCNAIR, op. cit., pp. 397-425. North Carolina
Revolutionary Army Accounts, I-11-4, I-61-4.
5. ECHOES, East Tennessee Historical Society, June 1977,
p. 922 et. seq.
6. Tennessee Ancestors, ETHS. Vol. 2, 1986.
103
7. Waltman, Les B., "The Loves of South Carolina,
Tennessee and Alabama, "Northwest Alabama Gen. Soc.
Bull., July 1976.
8. Rothrock, Mary U., ed., The French Broad-Holstein
Country, Univ. Tennessee Press., Knoxville, 1946, pp.
363-364.
9. Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed Book 1, p. 49, grant
95.
10. O'Donnell, J. H., "The Virginia Expedition Against the
Overhill Cherokee 1776," ETHS Publications, No. 39,
1967, p. 20.
11. Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed Book 1, p. 51, grant
25.
12. "The Gilbert Christian Line," Christian Family
Chronicles, January 1983, p. 749.
13. Peyton, J. L., History of Augusta County, p. 313.
14. Chalkey, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish
Settlements in Virginia,., 1912 -- use with caution.
15. Peyton, op. cit.
15a ALLEN, Penelope, Leaves from the Family Tree, pp. 284-
285.
16. Roane County Tax Book C-3, p. 208. TERRY heirs to
Caroline Olsen.
17. Knox County, Tennessee Marriages 1792-1900, Graystone
Presbyterian Church Records.
18. John Miser to Shirley R. TERRY, Graystone Presbyterian
Church records.
19. Ibid.
20. Death certificate, Alabama Registrar of Vital
Statistics 20 February 1930.
21. US civil Service Commission Records, file CSF 379 216,
dated 28 October 1958. Includes affidavit from wife
dated 13 March 1930.
22. Death certificate. Employment record says termination
19 February 1930.
23. Garrett, J. K., et. al. Some Lauderdale County, Alabama
Cemetery Records, 1970.
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24. 1910 Lauderdale County, Alabama Census vol. 66, sheet
11, 233-246.
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Q U E R I E S Q U E R I E S Q U E R I E S
010987 TERRY WISDOM FARIA
I received a death certificate, CA for a Ernest A.
Terry, born Feb 8, 1879, Kentucky, died Dec 10, 1953
Sacramento, CA. father is Elizah Terry - Missouri; mother
Margaret Wisdom - Missouri. Spouse is Rosa. If anyone would
like a copy of this death certificate, I would be glad to
send one. Still looking for my Ernest Terry. Norine M.
Faria, 2093 Willester Ave., San Jose CA 95124.
020987 ROBINSON GERRARD HANKINS BARTLETT GIBBON WIGGINTON
BROWN
Researching William P. Terry whose father was Thomas R.
Terry and Catherine Robinson. Mr. H. B. Gerrard Jr., 3307 N.
28th Place, Phoenix AZ 85016.
030987 FOSTER PESTOTNIK
Researching Ansel Terry b. 10 Aug 1797 in KY. Ansel
Terry and wife Elizabeth Foster Terry came to Daviess Co. MO
ca. 1850. Seeking info on parents. Tracing lineage of Anna
Martin Terry b. 1 Jan 1869 Chillocathe MO m. John Grant
Terry 4 Jul 1886 d. 19 Nov 1963. Her parents were John
Martin and Elvira McDogel/McDougall Martin. She had four
sisters one named Sarah, others unknown. Need info on John
Martin and Elvira. Sharol Pestotnik, 8573 W. 84th Circle,
Arvada CO 80005.
040987 TERRY NAVE WILSON
Interested in John F. Terry b. 1832/33 Marion Co. AR m
(1) Sarah Nave b. 1836/37; m (2) her sister Mary? Nave b.
1850's. Irene D. Wilson, 7460 Fulton St., San Diego CA
92111.
050987 MARTEN REED HARRIS
Researching for a client, Joseph Terry b. 7 Jan 1843/45
TX d. 13 Oct 1902, Red River Co. TX m. (2) Martha J. Marten
b. 2 Jul 1855 d. 13 May 1938. Father was John Terry b. 1818
IN d. by 1900 Benton Co. AR m. Lucinda King Reed b. AR
Territory 30 Apr 1823. Sherry Harris, 10853 Danuba Ave.,
Granada Hills CA 91344.
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060987 BURNETT HARRIS HALL ELGIN HOUCHING COWAN FOLEY
Benjamin Terry d. 1816 Patrick Co. VA and Mary
_________ were born probably in early 1770's and married
about 1796. 1807 family moved to Patrick Co. VA. Children
(marriages in Patrick Co. VA]: Levinah Terry m. 1816 Elijah
Harris; Nancy Terry m. Moses Burnett; Samuel Terry m. 1824
Jane Hall; John Clardy Terry b. ca. 1802; Sally Terry m.
1822 Jonathan W. Elgin; Mary Terry m. 1825 James Houching
and Benjamin Terry m. 1825 Sarah Foley. Nancy Cowan, 8333
N.W. 33rd, Bethany OK 73008.
070987 HULSEY OWEN GRAHAM HOLLAND CHERRY WILSON WILLIAMS RAE
MCWATERS LEE
Terry Line of
Juyne T. Lee
Rt. 2, Box 517 Killen AL 35645
1 TERRY, Juyne Elizabeth b. Morgan Co. AL 30 Sep 1940 m.
Morgan Co. AL 21 Dec 1961 Robert Gaines Lee, Jr. b.
Hamilton Co. TN 12 Apr 1939.
2. TERRY, A. D. b. Lawrence Co. AL 10 Aug 1920 m. Morgan
Co. AL 7 Jan 1940;
3. WILSON, Alice Jean b. Columbus, OH 9 Aug 1920.
4. TERRY, Alex S. b. Lawrence Co. AL 18 Feb 1886* d.
Decatur AL 11 Apr 1961; m. Lawrence Co. AL 2 Jan 1910;
5. OWEN, Docia/Doshie b. Lawrence Co. AL 8 Mar 1894 d.
Morgan Co. AL d. 29 Sep 1965.
#8. TERRY, Stephen C. b. Lawrence Co. AL Aug 1849 m. (1)
Lawrence Co. AL 22 Sep 1875; (m. 2nd Mrs. Rep Mayes 1
Nov 1910);
9. HULSEY, Louisa b. AL Oct 1855 d. pre 1910
$16. TERRY, John Tobe b. ca. 1823 d. before 1857 m.
17. TURNER, Elizabeth Jeanette b. pre 1827 d. before 1873.
32. TERRY, *** b. ca. 1791 d. before 1830 m. before 1814;
33. ________, Martha b. TN 1795 d. before 1860 Census.
* Tombstone says 1888 but listed on 1900 census as 14 yrs.
# Date on 1900 Lawrence Co. AL census is 1844, however, 1
yr. on 1850 census.
$ Not verified, information received from United Terry Club.
*** No name given, other children listed as John F. Terry,
Stephen Terry, Betsy Terry, Joseph Terry, Edward "Ned"
Terry, Mary "Aunt Pope" Terry, Squire C. Terry.
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Note: Is father of John Tobe Terry the "Star Terry"? "Star"
was in extensive article of Decatur Daily July 4, 1976 at
Decatur AL.
John F. Terry land is where the United Terry club is located
in Lawrence Co. AL.
Squire C. and John Tobe Terry owned land together and both
died intestate. Many pages on settlement listing
children....dated 1873.
080987 TERRY CRABTREE RATLIFF SMITH WEST WILLIAM CRICK
GILLIAM COTTON WOODRUFF
George Terry b. 29 Mar 1805 d. KY 02 Jul 1886 m. Hopkins Co.
KY 09 Aug 1827 Margaret Crabtree b. 7 Mar 1807 d. KY 16 Aug
1894.
Bessie Terry b. KY m. Charlie West
York Terry b. 30 Apr 1850 d. 7 Jun 1900 m. Frances
Woodruff b. 1854 d. 1934.
George W. Terry b. KY m. Florence William
Lennie Victoria Terry b. 7 nov 1873 d. 24 Feb 1936 m. 1
Jan 1896 Peter Lynn Ratliff.
Kate Terry b. KY m. Dick Crick.
Livie Terry b. KY m. Jessie Gilliam.
William Terry b. ky m. Artie Cotton.
Planning a trip to Kentucky for further Terry-Ratliff
research. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Barbara
Smith, 324 Stryker, South Lyon, MI 48178.
090987 MARTIN KNIGHTON JOHNSON WESTMORELAND POWELL IRBY PAUL
RILEY
Need info on Martins, especially John William Martin
supposedly b. Edgefield Co. SC. He left Randolph Co. GA ca.
1823 about age 17; married in 1846 Mariam E. Knighton b.
1832. Have complete line from John W. Martin to the
youngest.
Researching Martin Johnson of SC - a John Walton
Johnson b. 1812 near Charleston.
Westmoreland -- Mary Elizabeth probably b. in AL. The
Westmorelands moved to AL in early 1800's.
Powell, Irby, Paul, Riley. One family moved close to
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Americus GA in early 1800's. Had daughter Lucindy Ann Riley
m. John Henry Ivey. Ivey's have them back to Madison Ivey.
Nothing on him. W. F. "Frank' Martin 736 West Lake Wales
Rd., South Lake Wales FL 33853. Editor's note: Mr. Martin is
a descendant of Benjamin and Elizabeth Irby Terry. Early
descendants are found in Edgefield/Abbeville SC.
100987 TERRY FRENCH LAMB
Terry Line of
Minnie French Lamb
4414 62nd St., Lubbock TX 79414.
1 FRENCH, Minnie Melvina b. Hood Co. TX 10 Oct 1934; m.
26 Jun 1979 Joseph Thompson Lamb b. Fayettville, AR
1 Aug 1936.
2 FRENCH, Mathey "Mac" Ezell b. Bosque Co. TX Aug 1910,
m. 4 Nov 1933;
3 LOWE, Pearl Augustine b. Erath Co. TX 22 Aug 1915.
4 FRENCH, John Seaborn b. Denton Co. TX 4 May 1861 d.
Bosque Co. TX 21 Nov 1919; m. 1889;
5 TERRY, Minnie Sota b. MN 1876 d. Terrell, Kaufman Co.
TX 1 Oct 1934.
10 TERRY, Benjamin Terry b. VA 1816 r. Denton TX 1880.
11 _______, Sarah b. KY 1835.
110987 LIVINGSTON WRAY HODGES FAULKNER
TFH Member, Sherry Livingston's new address is Rt. 1,
Box 192, Gentryville IN 47537.
120987 HALEY HOBBS LOVE PETTUS EDMUNSON ROE WRIGHT SOUTH
Correction to June 1987 query. I am **NOT** researching
Smith, Nicks, Harrison, Goodwin, Cheatham, Philyou, Barnes.
I *AM* researching: Haley, Hobbs, Love, Pettus, Edmundson,
Roe, Wright and South. Mrs. J. C. Hobbs, 409 Memorial Dr.,
Abingdon IL 61410. Editor's note: I try to put surnames
mentioned in query headings so persons may at a glance know
what might be in a query. Sometimes, it is comments on
surnames not necessarily related to person submitting
information. I do not always indicate this is not their
line. Please refer to June 1987 issue of TFH for surnames
members are researching.
130987 BEACH TERRY STOKES
The editor has recently contacted another descendant of
Stephen Terry d. 1769 SC, Mrs. Jane Hildebrand, 40321
Devonshire #1, Hemet CA 92344. She is related to Solomon
Beach who m. Sarah Terry the daughter of John W. Terry and
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Priscilla Stokes of Chester SC. She has the Beach line to
NJ.
140987 LOWE NEWMAN MINTER
Need information on the following:
George W. Terry b. ca. 1821 m. Margaret Minter b. ca. 1826.
George Washington Terry b. Sumner Co. TN 7 Sep 1846 d. TX 9
Jun 1902 m. Martha Selena Lowe b. TN 16 Feb 1849 TN d. TX 20
Feb 1928. Mrs. Terry A. Newman, 1506 19th Ave. No., Texas
City TX 77590.
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I N D E X E S T E R R Y F A M I L Y H I S T O R I A N
VOL. I, NO. 1 JUNE 1982
Editor's Notes -- Book Reviews -- Terry Coat of Arms --
Index from Virginia Gazette -- Georgia Records -- South
Carolina Records -- Lamar County Texas Records -- Hill
County Texas Records -- North Carolina Marriages -- Robert
W. Terry Notes -- Line of Eugene Bovis -- Queries.
VOL. I, NO. 2 SEPTEMBER 1982
Editor's Notes -- Membership List -- Books in my library --
Terrys in the Revolutionary War -- Alabama Marriages and
Family Notes -- Pittsylvania Co. Virginia Marriages, Wills
and Family Notes -- Letter from Earnest Terry -- Ballad of
the Covered Bridge -- Mississippi Marriages and Family Notes
-- Terrytown Tennessee -- Letter from Robert W. Terry --
Union County Arkansas Marriages and Records -- Queries.
VOL. I, NO. 3 DECEMBER 1982
Christmas Notes -- Book Review -- New Members -- Arkansas
Notes by Mrs. William A. Payne -- Franklin County Arkansas
Marriages -- Logan County Arkansas Marriages -- Pulaski
County Arkansas Marriages -- Saline County Arkansas
Marriages -- Sebastian County Arkansas Marriages -- Notes on
Michigan Pioneers by Carol E. Dickinson -- Louisiana
Marriages (Ascension, Avoyelles, Bossier, Caddo, Catahoula,
Concordia, De Soto, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin,
Iberville, Lafourche, La Salle, Livingston, Madison,
Morehouse, Quachita, Red River, St. Bernard, St. Helena, St.
James, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany,
Tangiapahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Washington, Webster,
and West Feliciana Parishes.) Tennessee Marriages (Blount,
Davidson, Henry, Knox, Monroe, Montgomery, Shelby, Smith,
Sumner, Washington, Williamson, and Wilson Counties) --
Jackson County Tennessee Notes by Jay Terry -- Covering the
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Terry-Tory by Robert W. Terry -- Kentucky Marriages (Barren,
Bourbon, Breckinridge, Caldwell, Casey, Christian, Fulton,
Hardin, Hickman, Hopkins, Todd, Knott, Lawrence, Letcher,
Lincoln, Logan, Madison, Montgomery, Mulenberg, Nicholas,
Pike, Pulaski, Warren, Wayne and Woodford Counties) --
Missouri Marriages (Franklin, Green, Marion, Polk, St.
Francis) -- Notes on Family of Gladys Morris Tate -- Queries
-- Things for Sale --
VOL. II, NO. 1 MARCH 1983
Editor's Notes -- Covering the Terry-Tory by Robert W. Terry
-- Terry Families of Suffolk County Long Island -- Terry
Families of Kentucky by Mrs. James J. Bushnell -- Terry
Marriages and Deaths in Laurens and Greenville Districts
South Carolina -- Terry Deeds from Greenville South Carolina
abstracted by John W. Lawrence -- Partial listing of Terry's
buried in Pisgah Cemetery, South Carolina -- Terry Deeds in
Laurens County South Carolina -- Terry Notes from Montgomery
and Botetourt Counties Virginia by Frances Terry Ingmire --
This and That: Terry Miscellaneous from Members -- Queries
-- Things for Sale.
VOL. II, NO. 2 JUNE 1983
Editor's Notes -- Covering the Terry-Tory by Robert W. Terry
-- William Terry of Savannah Creek and William Terry of
Hitchcock's Creek -- Notes of North Carolina Families by
Mrs. James J. Bushnell -- The Terry Family of Comanche
County Texas by Ralph Terry -- A Short History of the Terry
Family by Ralph Terry -- Terry Families of Richmond County
North Carolina by Michael Pafford -- Richmond County North
Carolina Cemeteries -- Richmond County North Carolina
Censuses (1790,1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850 --
Marriages of Richmond County North Carolina -- Crawford-
Terry Bible -- Canadian/New York Terry Families -- Terry
Family of Selby Bryant Stratton -- Terry Lines of Members --
Queries -- This and That: Terry Miscellaneous.
VOL. II, NO. 3 SEPTEMBER 1983
Editor's Notes -- Covering the Terry-Tory by Robert W. Terry
-- Edgefield County South Carolina Notes by Jay Terry -- The
Courtship of Emma (Graham) Terry by Betty Martin -- The
Family of Ansel Terry by Mrs. Arta Blonshine -- Daviess
County Missouri Terry Notes by Juanita Dowell --
Miscellaneous Terry Missouri Records -- This and That: Terry
Miscellaneous -- Membership List of Terry Family Historian
-- Queries -- Title Index to Existing Terry Family
Historian Issues.
VOL. II, NO. 4 DECEMBER 1983
Editor's Notes -- Covering the Terry-Tory by Robert W. Terry
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-- Terry's in the 1870 Milam Co. TX Census by Eva Huff --
Terry's in the 1880 Milam Co. TX Census by Eva Huff --
Terry's in the 1900 Milam Co. TX Census by Faye Mcclure
Miller -- Milam Co. TX Death Records (Terry surnames) --
Texas Confederate Pension Applications (Terry surnames) --
Little River Cemetery, Milam Co. TX -- Biography of Ahab D.
Terry 1861-1892 -- Will of Thomas Terry 1607-1672 -- Will of
Richard Terry 1618-1675 -- Terry's buried in Mattituck
Parish, L.I., New York -- Will of Joshua Terry 1764-1827 --
Will of Nathaniel Terry 1767- 1819 -- Notes on the Family of
James "Gideon" Terry 1799- 1889 -- Bible Record of Irma Nell
-- Line of Irma Nell Barnes -- Some Observations Concerning
The Bible Record of Benjamin T. Terry of Sunflower County,
Mississippi by the Editor -- Obituary of Major Stephen Terry
1788-1866 -- Notes on the Family of Benjamin Terry by
Florence M. Bowe -- Terry's in the 1850 Georgia Census
transcribed by Earnest Terry -- Recollections of the Civil
War by Mary S. Terry of Roanoke VA -- This and That: Terry
Miscellaneous -- Will of Joseph Terry of Brandon MS -- Terry
Associations and Family Periodicals -- Terry's listed in the
Burton Historical Collection from Ethiel B. Johnson -- Will
of William Terry of Clarendon County SC -- Queries -- Items
for Sale.
O o o O o o O
'ELIZABETH ROSS' HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON
A hearing was held June 24 in Washington, D.C.,
relative to a complaint filed by the U.S. Postal Service
against American Genealogies, Inc. (and a number of
associated companies and individuals), a company that has
used the signature of "Elizabeth Ross" on materials
soliciting orders for its family research-oriented books.
Three witnesses appeared at the hearing, each of whom
had purchased a book from "Elizabeth Ross" in the
expectation that the book would provide information about
his personal family history.
In a separate but related action, the Chief Judge of
the U.S. District Court for the middle District of
Pennsylvania issued a preliminary injunction directing the
Postal Service to hold all mail addressed to P.O. Box 5300,
Scranton PA 18505, which contains orders for books, during
the pendency of the administrative proceeding. The
preliminary injunction requires the company to accept all
books returned by customers for refund.
The proceedings confirmed that "Elizabeth Ross" is a
fictitious person and that some of the people involved in
American Genealogies, Inc. were previously associated with
Beatrice Bayley, Inc. a company found to be in violation of
the same postal law in September 1986.
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Anyone having complaints relating to dealings with
American Genealogies, Inc. should contact Postal Inspector
Gary Claytor, c/o Regional Chief Postal Inspector, P.O. Box
3000, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-3609.
The National Genealogical Society has been closely
involved in the the complaint process and made this report
in the July-August NGS Newsletter.
Despite the hearing and the preliminary injunction,
readers of "Genealogy Week" have written and enclosed cards
for almost identical offers dated as recently as August 12;
but signed by "Mary Whitney" and sent from (a surname)
Across America Coordinator, 306 Easton Road, Ottsville, PA.
18942, the postal permit paid at Ottsville. Earlier, "Mary
Whitney" offers came from "Genealogy Room" at the same
address, and were mailed on a Presort First Class U.S.
Postage Paid Permit from Scranton, PA.
We have written to the Postal Inspector named above to
advise him of this latest offer. -- Editor.
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Source: Antique Week, Monday, August 31, 1987 - 23B.
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