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
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 ---------------------- 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 ---------------------- Our Mary Green died some time after 1850, when she appeared in the census with Daniel Green in Hall County, Georgia.
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.
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: ------------------------------------ "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" ------------------------------------ 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.
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&
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