Notes for Louisa UNKNOWN


I have not been able to find Louisa before she appears in 1870 as the
25-year-old wife of 60-year-old George C Terry, in Murray County, Georgia. 
She and George are still together with their one son William L, in 1880.  See
notes for George C Terry.

By 1900, Louisa and her son William have followed other Terrys to Texas.  I
find them in Erath County, west of Fort Worth.  This is farther west than
others, who are in McLellan County (Waco area) and Milam County, close to San
Antonio, by 1880.  There is a Thomas L (Louis) Terry, in San Angelo (Tom Green
County), even farther west, near Abilene.  This Thomas L Terry is the son of
Joseph and Dovina Terry.  Thomas and his family were in Milam County, along
with other Terrys, in 1880.

The 1900 census in Dublin City, Erath County, Texas, tells us that Louisa's
husband, George C Terry, died before 1900.  We know from family sources that
he died in January 1888.  She is living with their son William L and his wife
Cora Alexander.  They have been in Texas at least two years, the period of
time that Cora and William have been married.  Cora was born in Texas, and
WIlliam and Cora married in 1898.

1900 Federal Census, Erath County, Texas, 11 June, Dublin City, District 69,
page 17A, Hse #328, Fam #343
Terry, William  Head W M May 1866  34  Married 2 years  GA NC SC School
Teacher
Terry, Cora  Wife W F Feb 1877 23  Married 2 years  TX AL GA
Terry, Louisa  Mother W F May 1844 56  Widow  SC SC SC

I note that this census changes a report in the 1880 census that William's
father was born in Virginia, which is also reported in some other census
reports.  However, the report of North Carolina is also an error, according to
family sources and previous censuses.  Most censuses report Lewis Terry was
born in South Carolina, as was Louisa.

The 1910 census in Ryan City, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, tells us that
Louisa's husband, George W Terry, died before 1910.  She is living with their
son William L and his wife Cora and their 3 children.  William has established
his own business, though the census does not tell us what kind of store he
owns.  There are several entries on this page saying "Own Shop" or "Own
Store."

1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, 23 April, Ryan City,
Blackburn Township, District 148, page 8A, Hse#150, Fam #158,
Terry, W L  Head M W 43 Married 12 years GA SC SC Salesman, His Own Store
Terry, Cora B  Wife F W 31 Married 12 years TX AL GA
Terry, Nina Belle  Daughter F W 9 TX GA TX
Terry, Mary Bird  Daughter F W 5 TX GA TX
Terry, Willis Clay  Son M W 4 OK GA TX
Terry, Louisa  Mother F W 65 Widow SC SC SC

The ages of the children help us determine when they moved from Texas to
Oklahoma.  The oldest girl Nina Belle was born about 1901 in Texas.  The
second girl Mary Bird was born about 1905, also in Texas.  But the third
child, Willis Clay, born in about 1906, was born in Oklahoma.  So they moved
form Texas within about one year, from 1905-1906.

This census corrects the errors in the birth place of William's father,
reporting South Carolina as his state of birth.

Sometime before the 1910 census, William moved his family, including his
mother Louisa to Jefferson County, Oklahoma.  The 1910 census in Ryan City,
Jefferson County, Oklahoma, tells us that Louisa's husband, George W Terry,
died before 1910.  is living with their son William L and his wife Cora and
their 3 children.  William has established his own business, though the census
tells us only "Own Store."

1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, 23 April, Ryan City,
Blackburn Township, District 148, page 8A, Hse#150, Fam #158
Terry, W L  Head M W 43 Married 12 years GA SC SC Salesman, His Own Store
Terry, Cora B  Wife F W 31 Married 12 years TX AL GA
Terry, Nina Belle  Daughter F W 9 TX GA TX
Terry, Mary Bird  Daughter F W 5 TX GA TX
Terry, Willis Clay  Son M W 4 OK GA TX
Terry, Louisa  Mother F W 65 Widow SC SC
SC
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Notes for Mary UNKNOWN


At least one genealogy source reports Daniel John's wife as Polly.  Polly is a
common nickname for Mary, so this probably indicates her initial M reported by
most other sources represents the given name Mary.  A couple have Mary Polly,
combining the full name and the nickname.

Descendant Gary Cruce confirmed that her name was Mary, but reports no maiden
name.  He also provides a list of the children of Daniel and Mary.  He
includes several not in older lists for this family.  There is also one in the
common lists that he does not have, William Bryant Green, born about 1815 in
Georgia, according to other sources.

"The (M) stands for Mary.  I have my great grandmother's supplemental
application.  Her name was Fannie Bryant Bruce.  Her father was Hardy Bryant. 
Hardy's mom was Fannie Green, daughter of Daniel Green & Mary Green.  There
was the name Mashack in the old Green Bible, said William Bryant, brother of
Hardy Bryant.  They were rejected on their Cherokee blood, but I know they
were Cherokee.  Fannie Green was born in 1808, had a brother Isaac 1801, John
1804, Thomas 1806, Fannie 1808, Daniel 1810, Elizabeth 1812, Andrew Jackson
1815, Toliver 1817, Enoch 1820, Isona 1823."
--  Gary Cruce, message on profile for Mary Green, wife of Daniel John Green,
on OurFamily genealogy, 10 July 2015,
http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php?pid=60396

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A couple of genealogies report her full name as Mary Pittman, but provide no
documentation.  At least one even links to the memorial on Find a Grave for
one Mary Moore Pittman (1781-1857), who could not possibly be Daniel Green's
wife.  She was Mary Moore who married John Green Pittman (1782 - 1873),  Mary
Moore Pittman died in 1857 in Madison County, Georgia.  She and John are
buried in the same cemetery.  There was no time for her to marry Daniel John
Green during this long marriage to John Green Pittman!  A little bit of common
sense ought to go into this work!

There is a North Carolina marriage record for a Polly Pittman to a John Green
in 1819.  The time could work, but the place was Craven County, North
Caroilna.  This is on the east coastal area of North Carolina, while our
Greens lived in South Carolnia in areas near the west central border with
North Carolina.

North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
John Green
Spouse Polly Pittman
Bond Date 5 Oct 1819
Bond #000026603
Craven County
Bondsman James Green
Witness J G Stanly, Clerk of Court
Record #01 139
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Our Mary Green died some time after 1850, when she appeared in the census with
Daniel Green in Hall County, Georgia.
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Notes for Mary UNKNOWN


The identity of the various Meshack Greens are confused in various sources,
with trees trying to patch together members of unrelated but similarly named
families of Greens.  Mary and her husband Meshack are in Baltimore at least as
late as 1805, when Meshack transferred his third of the land from his father
Isaac.  Mary consented to the transfer to Abednego Green in June 1905.

But a Meshack Green, usually identified with Meshack of Baltimore, son of
Isaac, and brother of Shadrack and Abednego Green, is reported to have married
a woman named Susannah in 1794 in South Carolina.  This Susannah is otherwise
unidentified, except that she was born in South Carolina, and moved with
Meshack to Tennessee.  So insufficient facts and details are available to sort
out Susannah and Mary and their husband(s) Meshack.
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Notes for Mellette UNKNOWN


Mellete figures in the le Strange legend as part of an epic French prose tale,
the "Romance of Fouke le fitz Warine."  This was written by an unknown author
in traditional troubadour style of the 13th century, (1200s).  It follows the
ever-popular story of a wrongly-declared outlaw and his romantic life and his
faithful sweetheart, a favorite theme of American westerns of the 20th
century.

These stories draw on real or legendary character and tell the story in the
lifestyle and culture of their present day.

Most sources have no wife for Guy.  The name of Mellette may have been
"borrowed" in Le Strange family legend/tradition, sue to the association with
Brittany, the original home of the Strange (Extraneus) line transplanted to
Norfolk a few years before the conquest of Britain by William the Conqueror (a
Norman, with some associations with Brittany).

Mellette was the damsel whose hand Guy won in a tournament in the time of
William the Conqueror.  It is likely that this name was projected back when
the story was told with Guy Le Strange in focus, as this was the style of
medieval tales.  Stories of old characters were told in "modern" focus and
format, using their medieval Norman or Frankish feudal culture as the context
for the stories.

The Le Strange Website, focusing on the history and lineage of the Hunstanton
Le Strange family, does not report any ancestors before Roland.  That is, they
do not include the legendary forbears we are discussing here.  They mention
nothing about the legend of Guy or his father Hoel (Howell).  Other
genealogies and some histories refer to Guy, who was a real person, attempting
to separate him from the romance of legend that developed around him in the
stories of his grandson descendant.

Guy is said in legend to be from Metz.  A 12th century romance portrays him as
the son of the Duke of Brittany, like his father also, associated in seemingly
unhistorical fancy with Hoel V of Brittany.

Guy's wife Mellette may be a true figure, so I have made her his wife. 
Sources, however, report his parents as Hoel (Howell) and Hawsie or Hawise. 
The bulk of the following presentation of the legend comes from the Le Strange
Family Genealogy on the Hart Family Web Site, whose Corbet-Le Strange
genealogy I have used as one basis for the family lines of this period.

The character Mellette first appears in a story set in the story of Guy and
Fulk, in the 11th century A.D.  That Mellette features as the outlaw's
grandmother.  In her youth, Mellette was united with her husband Guy of Metz,
who otherwise was known in France from whence he came, as Guarine or Warine de
Metz.  This may be Guy Le strange or a melange of characters for the medieval
romance story purposes.

The chapter conveys how the Le Strange family was founded, prior to the
Warines (Warrens, Guarines), when Mellette, a beautiful damsel has a jousting
tournament arranged for by her wealthy uncle, William Peverel. This was held
in the time of William the Conqueror, in 1083 at his Castle Peveril (Peverel)
in the Peak of Derbyshire England, and this is where she was expected to find
a suitable husband, to which she replied:

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"Sire, no knight is there in all the world that I would take for the sake of
riches and the honour of this land but if ever I take such a one he shall be
handsome and courteous and accomplished and the most valiant of his order in
all Christendom. Of riches I make no account, for truly can I say that he is
rich who has that which his heart desires."
--  from: Mellette, "The Romance of Fouk le fitz Warine"
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Ultimately, Guy, with his life spared, victoriously claimed his wife,
Mellette, who had already expressed her interest in him by sending over her
glove. (All these aspects of the story reflect the culture and practice of the
later high Norman period, as commented earlier, from the 1200s and later, not
the 1000s and 1100s of the LeStrange family in focus).  The story continues...
"..... Guy remained in England, and conquered, by the force of his sword, many
beautiful lands, and so was named Guy le Strange ...."
For more information see the "http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/index.htm"
--  Our Folk -- Hart family Web Site

A few sources name Guy's wife Mary.  No source I have seen has a maiden name
for Guy's wife.  No historical documentation is available.
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Notes for Mildred Viola UNKNOWN


Mildred Viola Campbell
Birth 13 Feb 1901 in Kaufman, Kaufman, Texas
Death 18 Sep 1990 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas
Parents:
Thomas Ephraim Campbell 1860 - 1939
Melinda Jane Linnie Faires 1858 - 1933
Marriage to Thomas Avery Gracy 1898 - 1944
30 Aug 1917  Marietta, Love, Oklahoma
--  Mente Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/39964521/person/19432714675

Social Security Death Index
Mildred V. Gracy
Born 13 Feb 1901
Died 18 Sep 1990
SSN 453-24-5498 issued Texas (Before 1951)

Mildred V. Gracy
Birth Feb. 13, 1901
Death Sep. 18, 1990
Burial Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
Maintained by Lisa, Originally Created by HuntCoTx (inactive) Feb 22, 2009
--  Find A Grave Memorial #34088577, 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Gracy&GSiman=1&GScid=2815&GRid=34088577&CRid=2815&
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Notes for Mother UNKNOWN


Most sources lack the name of David McSwain's father.  His mother's name is
likewise unknown.  A few sources have a birth date for David's father.  The
Ballance family genealogy is one of those that reports a date of birth for
David's father: (Unknown First Name) McSwain Birth 1675 in Isle of Skye,
Scotland Death in Isle of Skye, Scotland;  (Wife Unknown) Son David McSwain
1700 - 1770 --  BALLANCE Family,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11896024/person/-35150885
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