"I think grandpo Terry married about 5 times. I dont no grandmothers name. First marriage in Pritax [?] sure it was Slone, then Hughes then SomeoneHagarsville." -- Excerpt of a letter from Gus Terry to his nephew Sam Terry, a son of Gus' brother Mason Terry Mason Terry, grandson of William Terry, and the great-grandson of Isom Terry. The Gus Terry who wrote the letter is also the son of William Terry." -- Barbara Nelson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 February 2016 Gus and Mason Terry were sons of William Terry, who was the son of Isom Terry, courtesy of Sam's niece, Barbara Nelson; date of the letter: "It was written in 1970 and finished in 1971. It seems to span several months." -- Barbara Nelson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 February 2016
"Thomas Terry left Martha Johnson. Both remarried. Thomas to a Mary, surname unknown. Martha, to Benjamin Combs." -- Anonymous comment on the profile of Thomas Terry on FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97GQ-NN2 Samuel was reported in the 1850 census with his father Tho as Terry and famliiy. It is not clear if his mother was this wife Mary or Thomas' first wife Martha (Patsy) Johnson. We have not dates of Thomas and Patsy's separation or Thomas nad Mary's marriage. One indication that Sam might be Patsy's son is that he was born in Kentucky, while the three younger sons here were born in Indiana. 1850 Federal Census, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 23 August, District 1, page 32-33, Hse/Fam #244 Thomas Terry 53 M Farmer $300 Real Estate b Virginia [b abt 1797] Mary Terry 40 F b Kentucky [b abt 1810] Samuel W Terry 21 F Laborer b Kentucky [b abt 1829] Leonard Terry 14 M b Indiana [b abt 1836] Isaac Terry 12 F b Indiana [b abt 1838] Elijah Terry 8 F b indiana [b abt 1842]
Excerpt from the Will of Benjamin M Terry Sr, probated 26 September 1771, Pittsylvania County, Virginia "I give to my daughter Sarah Terry, three negros namely; Malinda and Bailer together with their futer increase from this time but not to be possessed by them until after my wifes death." -- Transcribed by Julia Clark, http://genforum.genealogy.com/terry/messages/7273.html
1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 93, Hse #657, Fam #628 Joseph W Terry 21 M Georgia (b abt 1838) Hannah Terry 18 M Georgia (b abt 1841) Sarah T Terry 9mos b Georgia (b abt Sept 1859) 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 21 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 2 (scan p 544), Hse/Fam #13 Terry, Joseph W 31 M W Farm Laborer $100 Georgia [b abt 1839] Terry, Joanna 28 F W Keeping House Georgia [b abt 1842] Terry, Sarah T 11 F W At Home Georgia I have found no census record for Sarah for 1880. In 1900 and 1910 she is a widow in her widowed father's home, with two other siblings. 1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, 6 June, Township 8, District 74, page 5A, Hse #88, Fam #93 Terry, Joseph W Head W M Nov 1838 61 Widowed GA SC SC Farmer Rents Holt, Sarah T Dau W F Aug 1859 40 Widow 0 children/0 living GA GA SC Terry, Jane A Dau W F Mch 1884 14 [should be 16] Single AR GA SC Terry, Louis L Son W M Jan 1886 14 Single AR GA SC Terry, Lillie R Dau W F Jan 1892 8 Single AR GA GA Notice the changes in birth states of the mother's and the differences from one census to the other. This seems to be related to various enumerator errors. 1910 Federal Census, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, 13 May, Spiro Township, District 162, page 17B, Hse #304, Fam #313 Terry, Joe W Head M W 71 Widowed GA GA SC Farmer (Renting farm) Terry, Lillie Dau F W 18 Single AR GA AR Holt, Sarah Dau F W 51 Widow GA GA GA Terry, Lewis L Son M W 21 Single AR GA AR Farm Laborer 1920 Federal Census, LeFlore County, Oklahoma, 2 January, Panama Ward 1, District 118, page 2A, Hse/Fam #21 Terry, Joseph W Head Owns Free & Clear M W 88 Widower GA GA LA No Occup Holt, Sarah Dau F W 66 Widow GA GA GA Housekeeper
1850 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 10 August, page 863 (scan 432), Hse/Fam #304 William Terry 26 M No Occup $500 Real Estate b KY Anna Terry 22 F b KY Seatha Terry 2 F b KY - page 864 - Rebecca Terry 0 F b KY
1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 5 May, Doolittle, District 110, page 8B, Hse/Fam #16 Terry, Major Head M W 41 Married 11 Years GA GA GA Merchant, Gen Merchandise Owns Can Read and Write Terry, Georgia Wife F W 38 Married 11 Years 5 children/4 living GA GA GA Can Read and Write Terry, S L Son M W 9 GA GA GA 1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 15 April, McDonald (Militia District 1013), District 11, page 5A, Hse #76, Fam #81, Terry, Seth L Head M W 30 Married at age 24 GA GA GA Farmer; Terry, Eunice Wife F W 24 Married at age 20 GA GA GA; Terry, Harold H Son M W 1yr 9mos GA GA GA 1940 Federal Census, Murray County, North Carolina, 6 April, McDonald, District 195-12, Page 5B, 108 McDowell St, Hse #72, Owns $3000 Terry, S L Head M W 38 Single Grade 10 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1902] Terry, Eunice Wife F W 33 Married Grade 10 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 Housework [b abt 1907] Terry, Harold Son M W 12 Grade 5 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 School [b abt 1928] Terry, Virginia Dau F W 9 Single Grade 3 b Murray Co GA same place in 1935 School [b abt 1931] Seth Lewis Terry Birth Apr. 17, 1900 Murray County, Georgia, USA Death Apr. 12, 1944 Murray County, Georgia, USA Parents: Major Douglas Terry (1869 - 1927) Georgia Elmira Gregory Terry (1871 - 1939) Spouse Eunice Stroud Terry (1904 - 1982) Children: Mildred Dorothy Terry (1925 - 1925) Harold H. Terry (1928 - 1979) Hilda Jane Terry Phillips (1941 - 2014) Siblings: Augustus F Terry (1903 - 1960) Jennie Lucille Terry Jones (1905 - 1976) Major Douglas Terry (1908 - 1982) Georgia Evelyn Terry Moreland (1912 - 1975) Burial Faith Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia Maintained by Cindy, Originally Created by C EastSep 02, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #41479064, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41479064
1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 6 July, Militia District 972, PO Rock Creek, Page 53, Hse #367, Fam #361 Joseph Terry 46 M Farmer-Baptist Preacher SC (b abt 1813) Dovina Terry 37 F NC (b abt 1822) Susan L Terry 17 F GA (b abt 1842) 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 15 June, McDonald District, District 155, page 16, Hse #138, Fam #144 Gregory, Tapley W M 40 Head Farming TN TN NC Gregory, Sousan W F 38 Wife Keeping House GA GA GA Gregory, Sarah E W F 13 Dau Single Keeping House GA GA GA Gregory, Mary D W F 11 Dau Single Keeping House Cannot write GA GA GA Gregory, John T W M 9 Son GA GA GA Gregory, William D W M 7 Son GA GA GA Gregory, Jathan R W M 5 Son Single GA GA GA Gregory, Henry H W M Son 2 Single GA GA GA Gregory, Tapley T W M 2mos born Apr Son Single GA GA GA Tapley and Susan moved to Texas about 1896. Tapley died there in 1897. Susan applied for veterans widow's benefits. Her address on the application is given as Callahan County, where the appplication was filed. The application declares that Tapley died in McClennan County (Waco area, where many Terrys had moved). According to details in her application, they moved to McLennan County about 1896 and to Callahan County in the panhandle, about 1894. U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 Pension File Number 30087 Tapley Gregory Application Place Callahan Spouse Mrs Susan Gregory Marriage 22 Mar 1866 Murry [Murray County], Georgia Death 1 Sep 1897 McLennan, Texas Applicant Resident in Texas 18 years [arrived ca 1896] Lived in Callahan County (P O Baird) 10 years [moved about 1904] Application Type Widow 1900 Federal Census, San Patricio County, Texas, 6 June, Precinct 4, District 73, page 4B, Hse/Fam #70 Gregory, Joseph T Head W M Feb 1871 37 Single GA TN GA Farmer Rents Terry, Susan L Mother W F Nov 1842 58 Married 34 yrs 9 children/9 living GA NC GA Terry, Ben Brother W M Apr 1881 19 Single GA TN GA Farm Laborer Terry, Georgie E Sister W F June 1885 14 Single GA TN GA At School U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Ft Worth, Texas, City Directory, 1907, p 270 Gregory Susan L (wid Tapley W), home 1407 West Terrell Ave Gregory Thomas B, painter r 2421 Azle Ave, Rosen Heights 2 Ft W ph 1432 Gregory Washburn S, bkpr Southwestern Planing Mill Co rms 205 Peach Gregory William, veterinary surgeon 4 ws Sylvania Ave, 1st r n of 1st ave, riverside 4 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Certificate #58709 Susan L. Gregory Death 7 Dec 1916 Tarrant County Susan L Terry Gregory [name on gravestone: Susan L Gregory] Birth Nov 17, 1842 Murray County, Georgia Death Dec 7, 1918 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas d/o Joseph Terry and Dovie Walker Children William Daly Gregory (1873 - 1925) Burial Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, Section 3E Created by JCF Jul 30, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #55657660, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55657660
----------------------- I am the great-granddaughter of Mary Jane Terry Jett 1877-1897. Her family goes back to parents Miles and Luraney Johnson Terry, grandparents Isaac and Barbara Gabbard Terry, and then great-grandparents Thomas Miles Terry 1797-1852 who was married to Martha Jane or Patsy Johnson in Breathitt County. This Thomas Miles was child of Miles B. or Devil Jet and Hannah Horton. Siblings were Rachel, Annie, Leonard, and Susanna Elizabeth. It is the story that this Thomas Miles left Patsy and children and took off and remarried and had a different family up in Floyd County. I was just trying to be sure I had right person. I was also wondering about the name Devil Jett as I am a Jett but not sure why or what Devil Jett means. No insult but my Grandmother said we were not that old bad Curt Jett's bunch and I know she meant the feuding and killing Curtis Jett. I do not think he was related (well, not any more closely than us) to Devil Jet. -- Gwendolyn Andrews, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 January 2019 ----------------------- West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 Susanna Estep Death 31 Aug 1855 on Elk River, Kanawha, West Virginia Age 60 years Birth 1795 On Elk River Married, Spouse Samuel Estep Father Miles Terry Mother Hannah Occupation Housewife
It appears Tempie was named after a great aunt, Temperance Evalena Terry Story. We may safely conclude from her common nickname that her name was also Temperance. I have not discovered her middle name. Also cousin and family researcher Jacque Watkins reports that Tempie had no middle name. "Tempie NMN" -- Facebook Comments, 19 September 2014 -------------- 0 Lewis Terry b 1770 SC b 1765 VA + Constance 1 Joseph Lewis Terry b 12 Mar 1814 Pendleton SC d 23 Aug 1880 Milam Co TX + Dovinah Walker 2 Duncan Lewis Terry b 29 Jun 1850 Murray Co GA d bef 1900 + Tabitha Ann Brown 3 Alfonso Brown (Jack) Terry b 17 May 1887 Mills Co TX d 08 Nov 1944 Coke Co TX + Leanora Bland 4 Tempie Terry b 25 Jul 1934 Nolan Co TX d 20 May 2003 Natrona Co WY + Robert Cavness Contact: Jacque Watkins jjwatkins AT aol.com -- World Families DNA, http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/terry/pats --------------
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) Globe, Gila County, Arizona, City Directory, 1923, p 73 James M Story (Tempie) blacksmith OD Co h 196 Glance A memorial on Find a Grave provides the basic life statistics for Tempie Terry Story. The memorial has misspelled Tempie's name as Temple, though it is correctly spelled on the gravestone photo included in the memorial. Our thanks to Cece (no other name given) for the memorials of the members of this Terry family. Cece has put up over 14,000 memorials for individuals on Find a Grave. Temperance Evalena "Tempie" Terry Story Birth 1895 [grave has 1891] Texas, USA Death 1971 [grave has 1970] Arizona, USA Mother Tabitha A Brown Terry (1854 - 1935) Spouse James Milton Story (1886 - 1948) Son Chester Lee Story (1912 - 1960) Burial Globe Cemetery, Globe, Gila County, Arizona, USA Created by Cece Mar 13, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #34755, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34755863 The SSDI has more complete, and different, dates of birth and death from those on Tempie's grave. Social Security Death Index Tempie Story Born 22 Apr 1891 Died May 1970 Last Residence Globe, Gila, Arizona 85501 SSN 526-12-5298 issued Arizona (Before 1951) A few genealogies provide from family sources the full name and some other details. These confirm the dates of birth and death as those in the government records. Her first name, as we would expect from the nickname Tempie, was Temperance. Temperance Evalena (Tempie) Terry Birth April 22, 1891 in Burnet County, Texas Death May 31, 1970 in Globe, Gila County, Arizona Spouse James Milton Story 1886 - 1947 Marriage 1 Aug 1909 Runnels County, Texas Son Chester L. Story 1912 - 1960 Parents Duncan Lewis Terry b 1850, Tabitha Ann Brown 1857 - 1935 -- Terry Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5744732/person/-1403187585?ftm=1
1850 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 10 August, My District, page 863, Hse/Fam #302 Leonard Terry 56 M Farmer $300 Real Estate value b Virginia Mary Terry 54 F b Kentucky Thomas Terry 18 M b Kentucky [b abt 1832] 1860 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 29 July, page 62, PO Prestonburg, Hse/Fam #45 Thomas Terry 26 M Farmer $275 Real Estate $200 Personal born KY [b abt 1834] Elizabeth Terry 25 F Seamstress born KY [b abt 1835] 1880 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 16 June, Dry Creek, District 35, page 3, Hse/Fam #12 Terry, Thomas W M 40 Head Farmer Cannot read or write KY KY KY Terry, Elizabeth W F 38 Wife Keeping House Cannot read or write KY KY KY Mullins, Wilson W M 37 Single Farm Laborer TN TN TN Terry, Miles W M 9 Nephew Single Farm Laborer Cannot read or write KY KY KY Jones, Clarinda W F 50 Sister-in-Law Married At Home Cannot read or write KY KY KY Note that the marital status of Thomas' sister-in-law Clarinda Jones is Married, but there is no husband reported in the household. I have not been able to identify the nephew Miles Terry. Thomas' age varies considerably here.
Family information handed down in one of the Terry lines gives us some info on the family of Lewis Terry. Jacque Watkins reports on information she received from Terry descendants in a cousin line of my grandmother Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins. "... Don Johnston, and whenever I talked with him, he was matter of fact that his information was a true account from his wife's family. He stated that: Lewis Terry's parents: Thomas Terry (1732-1818) and Nancy Dalton (daughter of Robert Dalton and Mary Key). Thomas Terry was the son of Joseph Terry and Judith Crawford (daughter of David Crawford and Ann Anderson). Also, marriage date for Lewis and Constance 1809 in Greenville, South Carolina." -- Jacque Watkins, email correspondence to Orville Boyd Jenkins, September 2008 Despite Don's certainty about this information, I can find no record of a marriage of Ann Anderson to Captain David Crawford, and details are well documented of his marriage to Elizabeth Smith in 1695. Records report Elizabeth Smith was born in 1665 and died in 1767, which is not very likely. (She would have been 102.) Since David is reported to have married Ann Anderson in 1727, I suspect that there has been a transcription error, with 1767 being substituted for 1727, matching the year David married Ann. (All I have seen are compilation transcriptions, not the original record books.) Even so, Ann was not the mother, but the stepmother, of Judith Crawford. The documented dates and relationships indicate the Judith's mother was Elizabeth Smith. Ann was not even born until 1708, while Judith was born in 1705! Even sources reporting Ann as Judith's mother have these dates! It makes you wonder! Some other family genealogies provide some details about Thomas Terry, father of Lewis (Louis) Terry. Thomas Terry Birth 1732 in Virginia Death 1818 in Bedford, Virginia Wife Nancy L Dalton Birth 1755 -- Ramsey, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12187310/person/-317324358?ftm=1 Thomas Terry Birth 1732 in Virginia Death 1818 in Bedford, Virginia Parents: Joseph Terry 1714-1785 Judith Crawford 1705-1784 Marriage 25 Nov 1785 Pittsylvania, Virginia, to Nancy Dalton b 1755 Son Louis Terry 1770-1851 -- Hale Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12691510/person/-193621525?ssrc=&ftm=1 The death date of Thoams Terry is also in quesiton. A historical compilation reports his death in 1804. What looks like his will was proved in 1804. The difference in county indicates that there were two Thomas Terrys confused here, one in Hanvoer and one in Fluvanna and Louisa Counties. County names changed in that era, so that needs ot be checked. "OUR Thomas Terry born 1732 Hanover Co. Died 8 Oct 1804 Louisa Co.Revolutionary #S 7700, soldier of the Continental Line. Served under John Peyton's 3rd Va. Regiment. DAR Patriot Index page 671 lists Thomas and wife Ann. Thomas's will was of Fluvanna County but Proved in Louisa Co in 1804." -- Terry Family History, http://personspast.blogspot.com/
Thomas was 2 years old when first enumerated with his parents in Hopler's Mill, Georgia. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mills, page 92, Hse #652, Fam #623 William Terry 49 M Farmer $5000 Real Estate $5000 Personal b SC Julia A Terry 37 F NC illiterate George W Terry 17 M Farm Laborer GA William J Terry 16 M GA Syrius [Cyrus] L Terry 14 M GA Mary Terry 8 F GA Martha C Terry 4 F GA ** Thomas D Terry 2 M GA ** Dialtha R Terry 1 F GA [matches Althia 1870, Altha 1880] Martha Corder [Carder] 15 F GA [Martha is a daughter of William's sister Nancy, whose husband had died. Nancy is living with their brother George, and Nancy's son John is living with Joseph (William Joseph), Nancy and William's brother] Their location is reported as Spring Place in 1870. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 July, Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #49 Terry, William 60 M W Farmer $6000 Real Estate $60 Personal b SC Cannot write Terry, Julia A 49 F W Keeping House NC Cannot read or write Terry, John R 20 M W Farm Laborer $125 Personal Estate b Georgia Can read and write Terry, Clorinda [Clarinda?] 15 F W GA Cannot write Terry, Thomas 13 M W GA Cannot write Terry, Althia 11 F W GA Cannot read or write Terry, Jesse 9 M W GA Can read and write Terry, Robert E L 5 M W GA Can read and write (? Perhaps the enumerator failed to mark this) There was some uncertainty for a long time concerning the birth of Thomas Duncan and Mattie's first child, Jennie (Julia Virginia). Many censuses reported her birth in Texas, while children reported that she was born in Georgia. There was also an early genealogy report of her birth in McLennan County, Texas (Waco area), but this was disputed by other family tradition information. Several censuses of her children also reported her birth in Texas, but some reported Georgia as Jennie's birth place. I began to think that young Thomas might have gone to Texas with some of his cousins, who were recorded in McLennan County and Milam County in 1880 and later. I had been unable to locate Thomas and Mattie in any census for 1880 that might determine their location. Finally in August 2007, I was able to find a listing in McLennan County. This supports the birth of Jennie there. Then we know from later information that they were definitely back in Murray County, Georgia, near other family in the home area through 1900 census. Thomas Duncan Terry and Mattie Wall married in McLennan County, Texas, 1 January 1880. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 Mattie W Wall Spouse T D Terry Marriage 1 Jan 1880 McLennan County, Texas I have not yet found a birth certificate for Jennie showing definitely her birthplace was McLennan County, Texas. Most later records report her birth state as Texas. 1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas, No date, June 1880, District 117, page 16, Hse/Fam #159 Terry, T D W M 23 Farmer b Georgia, no birth place given for parents [b abt 1857] Terry, M M [M W?] [No relationship stated, Wife] W F 20 NC NC NC Next door is a Wall household. These would be kinfolks of Mattie Wall Terry, but I cannot figure out exactly how they are kin. We think Mattie's father was born about 1840, while she was born in 1861. So this cannot be her brother. Perhaps it is an uncle, a younger brother of her father. 1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas, No date, June 1880, District 117, page 16, Hse/Fam #160 Wall, E P W M 30 Farmer NC NC NC [b abt 1850] Wall, A E W F 5 Wife AR AR -- Wall, M P W F 5 Dau TX -- -- Wall, S W W F 4 Son TX -- -- Wall, M E W F 2 Dau TX -- -- T D Terry and family were in Georgia in June 1900. They appear in the 1900 census in McDonald District, Murray County, Georgia. This census confirms Thomas D's middle name as Duncan. This name is otherwise attested, but in most sources he is listed as Thomas D Terry. The last child's name looks like Orda in the handwriting of the enumerator. The birth states reported for the children indicates that Tom and Mattie moved from McLennan County, Texas, where Jennie was born, before 1884, when Nannie was born. I have no other details concerning their presence or the move from Texas back to Tom's home area in Georgia. 1900 Census, Murray County, Georgia, 8 June, McDonald District, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Family #89 Terry, Thomas D Head M W Jun 1857 42 m-20-yrs GA SC NC Farmer Terry, Mattie Wife F W Nov 1861 38 m-20-yrs 10 children/6 living NC NC NC Terry, Jennie Dau F W Dec 1880 19 Single TX GA NC Terry, Nannie Dau F W Mar 1884 16 Single GA GA NC At School Terry, Arthur Son M W Aug 1889 10 Single GA GA NC At School Terry, Jeffie Dau F W Apr 1892 8 Single GA GA NC At School Terry, Clarice Dau F W Apr 1895 5 Single GA GA NC Terry, Orda (Oeda?) [Ouida] Dau F W July 1899 11mo Single GA GA NC Mattie's obituary from the Marlow newspaper reported that the Duncan family moved from Murray County, Georgia, to Marlow on 1 January 1900. Yet we see that the whole family was enumerated at their Murray County, Georgia, residence. So someone was at that residence in June 1900. We know they were there later in 1900 or early 1901, since their eldest daughter Julia Virginia (Jennie) married in Marlow in March 1901. The specific date of the move to Marlow is puzzling, since they obviously could not have moved in one day, probably even if they had taken the train. Does the date refer to the date they left Georgia? Or the date they arrived in Marlow? At any rate it was not before the June 1900 census in Murray County, Georgia. Mattie's obituary reports that they moved to a farm seven miles west of Marlow in January 1903. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, lists Thomas D Terry, with wife Mattie W, thought to be Martha Wiley Wall, mother of Julia Virgina Terry Jenkins, first daughter of Thomas Duncan Terry. 1910 Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 27 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 9A, No Hse/ Fam # on page Terry, Thomas D Head M W 52 marriage 1 Married 29?-yrs GA SC NC Farmer Terry, Mattie W Wife F W 50? marriage 2? Married 29?-yrs 7 children/7 living NC NC NC Terry, Nannie Dau F W 22 s GA GA NC Farm Labor Terry, Arthur Son M W 20 s GA GA NC Farm Labor Terry, Jeffie Dau F W 17 s GA GA NC Farm Labor Terry, Claris Dau F W 15 s GA GA NC Farm Labor Terry, Oeda Dau F W 10 s GA GA NC Farm Labor Terry, Rama Son M W 5 s GA GA NC Julia had been married to Joseph Asa Jenkins about 9 years at the time of this census, and shows up as wife of Joseph Asa. The Terry family were in Marlow about 1900, since the oldest daughter Julia Virginia married Joseph Asa Jenkins in March 1901. We have seen that they were in Georgia until after the 1900 census, so they must have arrived in Oklahoma near the end of the year. Joseph Asa Jenkins' first wife Hester (Hattie) died in Marlow, in September 1900, after the 1900 census in Chickasaw Nation. Yet the census reports that even the last child of Thomas Duncan born after that time was born in Georgia. This does not track. It is not clear why or how Julia Virginia would be in Oklahoma about 4 years before the last child was born in Georgia. It appears the last child (Rama, born in June 1904, from family records) was born in Oklahoma, rather than Georgia as the census reports. Rama is the only child who does not appear in the 1900 census in Murray County, Georgia. Later records on Rama confirm that his birth place was what became Oklahoma, though it was Chickasaw Nation when he was born there. (The State of Oklahoma came into being in November 1907.) In the 1920 census, Rama is correctly reported as born in Oklahoma. TD and Mattie are still on the farm in Richland Township, near Marlow, and Rama is still at home with them, at 15 years old. The enumerator spells the family name as Tery. Thomas' mother is reported as born in South Carolina, instead of North Carolina. There is a woman whose name appears to be Louies (for Louise -- it is hard to make out all names in the poor, scrawling hand of the enumerator). She is described as a daughter. She is 23 years old, and was born in Georgia. At age 23, she would have been born sometime in 1896. This person does not match any child in any previous census or any family information. This is where Clarice should be in the birth order. It looks like the enumerator has named her Louise and misspelled that. Listed after Louise is a man named Burt, age 32, described as a son-in-law, presumably the husband of Louise. There is a child, also, Tery S, age 2 years and 1 month. One interesting fact is that this census lists all these last three as also surnamed Terry (Tery). This Burt is Bert Lewis, Clarice's husband. Burt's parents are said to be born in Alabama. Tery S (Terry) Lewis is their son, Terry Stanton Lewis. The addled enumerator also reported the boy Terry as a girl. 1920 Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 20 January, Richland Township, District 262, page 6A, Farm #75 Tery, Thomas D Head M W 63 GA SC SC Farmer Tery, Mattie Wife F W 62 NC NC NC Tery, Rama Son M W 15 OK US US Tery [Lewis], Louies [Clarice] Daughter F W 23 GA US US Tery [Lewis], Burt Son-in-Law M W 32 TX AL AL Tery [Lewis], Tery S Granddaughter [Grandson] F [M] W 2yrs 1mo OK US US In 1930, Tom and Mattie are still living in Richland Township, without any children. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 18 April, Richland, District 22, page 10A, Hse #181, Fam #182 Terry, Tom D Head M W 73 GA SC NC Retired; Terry, Mattie W Wife F W 70 NC NC NC Jennie also reports that her father Thomas Duncan Terry died at 6:00 PM on 23 July 1935. Additional Children Three other children are reported in notes on this family, written by my mother Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins in about 1954 or 1955. These were stored with other family papers until rediscovered in May 2007. Lou has the memory of writing down these notes from Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins on an extended visit in her home in Chickasha, Oklahoma. But but no source is stated in the actual pages. One of the three children recorded in the list of Jennie's brothers and sisters in these notes is a daughter named Carrie Lee Terry, born 13 December 1885. Carrie does not appear in the family's record in the 1900 or later censuses. If this is truly a child of Thomas Duncan and Mattie Terry, it would appear that this child died before the 1900 census. Her burial information was reported a few years later in a Find-a-Grave memorial. I have found her in no public documents. Two other brothers are also reported in these notes. They were born after Jennie, and likewise do not show up on any of the censuses. They are Thomas Everett Terry, born on 27 August 1882, and William Earnest Terry, born 3 November 1887. I have not found them in any historical documents. Perhaps they died before the 1900 census, or Thomas Everett could have married early, or been living with other relatives. William Earnest would have been less than 3 years old in 1900, so he is harder to account for. The graves of both are found in Eton Cemetery in the home area of the family before their parents moved with the family to Indian Territory. However, this question is complicated by the 1910 census report on the Terry family. This census reports that Mattie has borne 7 children, and all 7 are alive. These are the seven accounted for in the censuses. Jennie was the oldest, and is the only one away and married in her own household in the 1910 census. So who are these other three children that appears in the list of the children of Thomas Duncan and Mattie in these notes on the family? Other details fit what is already known about the family, but fill in many more details and add information on Thomas Duncan and Mattie's parents. Thus these are valid notes from Jennie or some other Terry-Wall source, written down by Lou Jenkins. They were found with other family information, notes, records and newspaper articles on the families of Lou Ila Gregory and her husband Orville Lee Jenkins. The 1900 census records that Duncan and Mattie had been married 20 years. This means it was later than June 4 1879, and before June 1880, in order to say they had already been married 20 years at the June 1900 census. Based on the birth of the first child Jennie (Julia Virginia), I had determined they were married no later than 8 April 1880. In May 2007, I learned an exact marriage date from the notes discovered by my mother. Thomas and Mattie were married 1 January 1880. The last few years of his life Thomas Duncan suffered from a dementia that got steadily worse. The symptoms are described by his wife in numerous letters to her daughter Jennie (Julia Virginia Jenkins), found in the memorabilia of her son Orville Lee Jenkins (father of this writer). It sounds like what is now called Alzheimer's. Thomas' wife Martha describes over and over in these letters what a trial her husband's behavior was to her. She, of course, could not understand what was happening. She complains that she tries hard to make him "be good" when they go to visit someone, or when they have company. He had good days and bad days, but the bad days became steadily more and worse till his death in 1935. Meanwhile Mattie passed away in 1932. I have not found out how Thomas was taken care of after Mattie died. Thomas' gravestone has only the year of birth and death. This information was updated along with links to other family members when I submitted this information in February 2015. Thomas Duncan Terry Birth Jun 7, 1857 Murray County, Georgia, USA Death Jul 23, 1935 Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA Son of William Barney Terry and Julia Ann Roberts Terry Spouse Martha Wiley Wall Terry (1859 - 1932) Children: Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins (1880 - 1966) Thomas Everett Terry (1882 - 1888) Carrie Lee Terry (1885 - 1888) William Ernest Terry (1887 - 1888) Arthur Wiley Terry (1889 - 1968) Jeffie M Wagnon (1892 - 1967) Clarice M Terry Lewis (1895 - 1982) Ouida M Terry Hill (1899 - 1986) Rama Wall Terry (1904 - 1965) Burial Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma Created by Jean Jan 22, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial #24104584, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24104584
Thomas Everett Terry, along with two others in this family, is reported in notes on the family discovered by Lou Ila Jenkins in her own handwriting, but forgotten, stored away with other family papers discovered in May 2007. From the dates of birth and death, they appear to have been written in 1954 or 1955. The 1910 census for the family of Thomas and Mattie Terry, however, reports that Mattie had 7 children and that all 7 have survived. This does not allow for the 3 extra names that show up in the list of children in the complete and systematic family information recorded in those notes by Lou. The source of the information is not identified on the pages of notes. Lou does not remember exactly when or from whom the information was obtained, but places it likely at the time of an extended visit with Jennie and Joe Jenkins, her parents-in-law. These three children appear in the sequence of their birth dates in the list with the other known children recorded in the census. The other two "new" children are Carrie Lee, born 13 December 1885, and William Earnest Terry, born 3 November 1887. These names were found on graves in the cemetery of Eton, Murray, where the Terry family was living before they moved to Indian Territory. Thomas and his two siblings Carrie and William died a few days apart in August 1888, apparently in the Yellow Fever epidemic plaguing the southeastern USA since the great Epidemic of 1876 in Georgia. It was still raging in other cities in surrounding states in 1888. Thanks to C East, who posted the memorial on Find a Grave which reported the grave of Thomas, and someone named on FAG only as James for the graves of Carrie and Ernest. Gravestone of Thomas Everett Terry Eton Cemetery, Eton, Murray County, Georgia Thomas E Son of T D & M W Terry DIED Aug 13, 1888 Aged 6 Yrs 11 Mos & 16 Days Oddly, for some reason the memorial for Thomas on Find a Grave had his name as Thomas L Terry, even though the photo of the grave posted (by another person) on the memorial clearly reads Thomas E, matching the full name from his sister Jennie, Thomas Everett. The name Everett continues in the family as Jennie named one of her children James Everett Jenkins. In proposing updates to the memorial I received a transfer to become tender of this memorial for thomas on Find a Grave. The updated memorial appears below. --------------------- Thomas Everrett Terry Birth Aug 27, 1882 Murray County, Georgia Death Aug 18, 1888 Murray County, Georgia "Son of T D & M W Terry" "Aged 6 Yrs 11 Mos & 16 Days" Died of Yellow Fever Thanks to James for the photo of the stone. His grave has the name as Thomas E. The full name was Thomas Everett. This middle name continues in the family line. His older sister Julia Virginia (Jennie) named one of her sons Everett Jenkins. Parents: Thomas Duncan Terry (1857 - 1935) Martha Wiley Wall Terry (1859 - 1932) Siblings: Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins (1880 - 1966) Carrie Lee Terry (1886 - 1888) William Ernest Terry (1887 - 1888) Arthur Wiley Terry (1889 - 1968) Jeffie M Wagnon (1892 - 1967) Clarice M Terry Lewis (1895 - 1982) Ouida M Terry Hill (1899 - 1986) Rama W Terry ([1904] - 1965) Maintained by Orville Jenkins from 20 January 2015, Originally Created by C. East Jan 07, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #32728269, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32728269 ---------------------
Thomas Lewis Terry Birth Apr 1, 1882 Milam County, Texas, USA Death Nov 9, 1957 Globe, Gila County, Arizona, USA Mother Tabitha A Brown Terry (1854 - 1935) Burial Globe Cemetery, Globe, Gila County, Arizona, USA Created by Cece Mar 13, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #34756303, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34756303
Thomas L Terry is one of the many Terry men with the middle initial L. I had surmised that this was Lewis (Louis) or possibly Lafayette. I later found a note on a Terry Family discussion in the Terry Family Historian list that did indeed report his full name as Thomas Lewis Terry. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 6 July, Militia District 972, PO Rock Creek, Page 53, Hse #367, Fam #361 Joseph Terry 46 M Farmer-Baptist Preacher SC (b abt 1813) Dovina Terry 37 F NC (b abt 1822) Thomas L Terry 13 M GA (b abt 1846) Thomas and his father Joseph were registered in the 1864 census for reorganizing the Georgia Militia. They were living in Terrell County at that time. 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, Terrell County, Georgia, p 598 Joseph Terry, Age 51, Preacher, born South Carolina (abt 1813) Thomas L Terry, Age 17 yrs 4 mos, Farmer born Georgia (abt 1847) Thomas moved to Texas before the 1870 census. In the 1870 census, Thomas was reported as a single man Farming, in a household apparently with his farmer, a J Roach, in Brazos County, Texas. Thomas is living next door to his sister Mary Ellen Terry Connally and her second husband Jones Connally. Just a couple of houses further past the Joneses is Mary Ann Thomas and her children. Thomas later married Mary Ann's daughter Mary Elizabeth Thomas. 1870 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 16 June, PO Bryan, page 2, Hse/Fam #15 Terry, T 23 M W Farmer [No Real Estate value] $100 Personal Estate b Georgia. Thomas' parents moved to Texas later. His father sold land in Georgia in 1878, in preparation for moving to Texas. In 1880 Thomas and his parents are together again with other family members nearby in Milam County, Texas, near San Antonio, which is in Bexar County. It is likely several families of the Terrys moved together or in close succession. There are several family units in Milam County, Bexar County, and farther north in McLennan County in the 1880 census. He is living 3 houses away from Mary Elizabeth's family and they are recorded on the same page of the 1870 census. Thomas married a Texas-born woman after he got there. But we learn from other sources that her parents were from Germany. See details in Notes for Mary Elizabeth Thomas. In the 1880 census Thomas L Terry is 33 years old and is married to Mary E, age 26. They have no children yet. This census does not report how long a couple have been married. Living with them is Thomas' younger brother William Walker Terry, listed as William W, age 19. Their first cousin Thomas Duncan Terry, son of William and Julia Terry, is in McLennan County, and he also married a local girl, Martha (Mattie) Wiley Wall, whose family had migrated from North Carolina, where Mattie was born. Their first child Julia Virginia (Jennie) was born there in December 1880. This family later moved back to the Terry home county of Murray in Georgia, but about 1900 moved to Oklahoma, where Jennie married a Texas man who had moved to Indian Territory, Joseph Asa Jenkins. They became my grandparents. Our family has all these Terry cousins strung from central and western Texas to northern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. 1880 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas, 24 June, District 103, District 103, page 46, Hse/Family #233 Terry, Thomas L W M 33 Merchant GA SC SC (b abt 1847) Terry, Mary E W F 26 Wife Kpg Hse TX -- -- (b abt 1854) Terry, William W W M 19 Brother Clerk in Store GA SC SC Living with them in the same house are Thomas and Wiliam's parents Joseph and Dovina, and their daughter Martha Missouri, age 22, still unmarried and at home. The are not reported in relationship to Thomas L, even though this is all one household and numbered as all one family. 1880 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas, 24 June, District 103, District 103, page 46, Hse/Family #233 Terry, Joseph W M 65 Farmer SC VA VA (b abt 1815) Terry, Dovina W F 55 Wife Kpg Hse NC VA VA (b abt 1825) Terry, Martha M W F 22 daughter AL SC GA Before the 1900 census, Thomas had moved farther west, to San Angelo, where he lived the rest of his life. 1900 Federal Census, Tom Green County, Texas, 14 June, San Angelo, District 156, page 14B, Hse #268, Fam #276 Terry, Thomas L W M Sept 1846 53 Head Married 26 years Clerk in Store GA SC SC Terry, Mary E Wife W F Feb 1855 44 Married 26 years TX Germany Germany Terry, Thomas L Nephew W M Apr 1883 56 TX TX TX Kelly, J O Servant W M June 1873 26 TX AR GA Day Laborer Note their 26-year-old servant, J O Kelly, living in their household. Besides being listed in the relationship of Servant, his occupation is shown as Day Laborer. This census tells us that Mary E's parents came from Germany. Their birth place was unreported in the 1880 census. There are many German families in Central and northern Texas. There were still whole German towns, with schools taught in German during my lifetime. Only in the late 1900s has this changed appreciably. The Oktoberfest is now an even bigger state celebration in Texas than it was when I was younger. Even the Irish and Scottish families celebrate Oktoberfest. At this point I still did not know Mary E's middle or maiden name. In September 2008, a cousin in the Terry line contacted me with the information that she was a great great niece of Mary Elizabeth and Thomas. She wrote: "I think that your Mary Elizabeth was my ggreat aunt. Her last name was Thomas. I found a death certificate for Mary Elizabeth Terry d on May 14, 1920 in San Angelo buried in Fairmont cemetery." The maiden then appears to be Thomas. This is a bit puzzling, since I was unaware of Thomas as a German surname. I finally found this Thomas family in the 1870 census in Brazos County, Texas, about 2 doors down from T Terry, who matches our details for Thomas Lewis/Louis Terry. See more details about this Thomas family in Notes for Nicholas Thomas and for his daughter Mary Elizabeth Thomas, wife of Thomas Louis Terry. The 1900 census also now tells us when Thomas and Mary married. They have been married 26 years according to this report. This would mean they married about 1874. However, their marriage is recorded with an exact birth date of 08 January 1871, Brazos County, Texas at Mr. Thomas' home by Elder Ball. I first got this information from Jacque Watkins in September 2008. Note that the third person in the household would appear to be their son, Thomas L Terry, Jr. He is even listed as Terry, Thomas L Jr. And yet he is listed as a nephew, not a son. The birth states of his parents would also indicate a different father. I have not been able to figure out who among Thomas' brothers might have had a son also named Thomas L. This is quite likely, however, since there is a distinct pattern in this Terry line of brothers naming their sons after brothers. But in that case, the enumerator erred in listing him as "Jr." If this is really Thomas L, Jr, this would have to mean he is the son of this Thomas L Terry. If this is really a nephew of Thomas L, this would have to mean that this Thomas L also had a brother named Thomas L, which we know is not the case. The birth of the younger Thomas L's father in Texas, though, still presents a puzzle, since none of this Terry family had been there long enough to have been born in Texas before 1880. The younger Thomas is 17, born in May 1883, according to this census. He is in the first generation of Terrys in this line to have been born in Texas. There are simply errors of one sort or another in this census (surprise, surprise!), which I will need more information to unravel. After writing the above analysis, I went back over some old discussion groups to review old names on which I earlier had information, to try to make connections to new information I had later complied. I found notes from Jacque Watkins, also researching this family line, referring to Thomas Lewis Terry, who matches the details of the person listed as "Thomas L Terry, Jr" in the 1900 census. She has that person's birth as April 1882, which is one year different from my reading of the birth date in the 1900 census. It appears in a list of names of this family, and place names in Texas and Arizona match. It seems from these notes that it would be safe to interpret the mixed census identification in 1900 to mean that Thomas Lewis Terry. I have not yet found this family in the 1910 or 1930 census. But in 1920 they are still in San Angelo. 1920 Federal Census, Tom Green County, Texas, 2 January, District 194, San Angelo, Precinct 1, page 1B, 512 Oakes Street, Hse #21, Family #22 Terry, Thomas L Head M W 73 GA SC GA Bookkeeper, Store [born abt 1847] Terry, Mary E Wife F W 63 TX Germany Germany [born abt 1857] Also with them are other family members I have not yet been able to identify: Ross, Carmi A Nephew M W 36 TX US US Fireman [born abt 1884] Ross, Tommie L Niece F W 20 TX GA TX None [born abt 1900] Ross, Lillian S Niece F W 3yrs 0mos TX GA TX None [born December 1916] Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 T L Terry Birth 3 Sep 1845 Georgia Male, White, Widowed, Retired Parents name and states of birth unknown Informant A B Terry, San Angelo, Texas Age at Death 83 yrs, 9 mos, 22 days Residence 512 No Oakes St, San Angelo, Tom Green Death 25 Jun 1929 at home, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas Cause of Death Apoplexy, Contributory Senility Burial 26 June 1929 Fairmount Cemetery, by Johnson's Funeral Home, san Angelo, Texas Certificate #32770 filed 31 August 1929
"I linked to your family history page in a websearch via MyHeritage. I was looking for general information about my great-grandmother's family and I see you have Devil Jett or Miles Terry listed and then his son Thomas Miles Terry 1787-1852. I also saw you or your page mentioned Floyd County [Kentucky]. I ... sort of think he was the man who started a new family and left my great-gm Martha Patsy Jane Terry. ... I do not know a great deal about Devil Jett other than I find his name mysterious. I am further descended through the Jett family and see no connection in the way back between the Terry and the Jett family of the area." -- Gwendolyn Andrews, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 January 2019 ----------------------- I am the great-granddaughter of Mary Jane Terry Jett 1877-1897. Her family goes back to parents Miles and Luraney Johnson Terry, grandparents Isaac and Barbara Gabbard Terry, and then great-grandparents Thomas Miles Terry 1797-1852 who was married to Martha Jane or Patsy Johnson in Breathitt County. This Thomas Miles was child of Miles B. or Devil Jet, and Hannah Horton. Siblings were Rachel, Annie, Leonard, and Susanna Elizabeth. It is the story that this Thomas Miles [Terry] left Patsy and children and took off and remarried and had a different family up in Floyd County. I was just trying to be sure I had right person. I was also wondering about the name Devil Jett as I am a Jett but not sure why or what Devil Jett means. No insult but my Grandmother said we were not that old bad Curt Jett's bunch and I know she meant the feuding and killing Curtis Jett. I do not think he was related (well, not any more closely than us) to Devil Jet. -- Gwendolyn Andrews, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 January 2019 ----------------------- "Thomas Terry left Martha Johnson. Both remarried. Thomas to a Mary, surname unknown. Martha, to Benjamin Combs." -- Anonymous comment on the profile of Thomas Terry on FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97GQ-NN2 An 1850 census record in Carter County, Kentucky appears to be for this same Thomas Terry with his second wife, reported here as Mary. The location matches with a death record for Thomas Terry in Carter County in 1852. 1850 Federal Census, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 23 August, District 1, page 32-33, Hse/Fam #244 Thomas Terry 53 M Farmer $300 Real Estate b Virginia [b abt 1797] Mary Terry 40 F b Kentucky [b abt 1810] Samuel W Terry 21 F Laborer b Kentucky [b abt 1829] Leonard Terry 14 M b Indiana [b abt 1836] Isaac Terry 12 F b Indiana [b abt 1838] Elijah Terry 8 F b indiana [b abt 1842] One of the sons of Thomas and Mary here is named Isaac, one of three born in Indiana. If this is the same Thomas Terry whose first wife was Martha (Patsy) Johnson, this is Thomas' second son named Isaac. He and Patsy had a son in 1820 whom they named Isaac. He is linked to Martha's FAG memorial. With the time gap, as well as location of birth, of the last three sons, it appears that Samuel is the son of Thomas' first wife, Martha Patsy Johnson, and the three Indiana-born sons are the sons of Mary. There are too many missing records and details to conclude at this point. Additionally, there are many individuals among the Terry, Johnson and Combs families, of near ages with the same given names. Along with this, these families share a broad set of preferred names that kept getting used over and over, further confusing parentage in records and family memories. And all three of these families intermarried in several generations. So missing details in records make it difficult to discern specific relationships and parentage in several cases. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965 Thomas Terry "a farmer and married man" Birth Date abt 1802 Death Age 50 Death Nov 1852 Carter County, Kentucky, USA Cause of Death flux Father Miles Terry (no mother named) Recorded 24 March 1853 Carter County Death Records, p 3