Parents

Son of William Barney TERRY & Julia Ann ROBERTS.

Life History

Notes

• There was some uncertainty for a long time concerning the birth of Thomas Duncan and Mattie's first child, Jennie (Julia Virginia).  Many censuses shoed her birth in Texas, while children reported that she wasborn in Georgia.  Most censuses for Jennie, however, reported her birth place as Texas.  There was a 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 someof his cousins, who I did find in McLennan County and Milam County in1880 and late.  I had been unable to locate Thomas and Mattie in any census for 1880 that might determine their location.  Finally in August2007, I was able to find a listing in McLennan County.  This supportsthe birth of Jennie there.  Then we know form later information that they were definitely back in Murray County, Georgia, near other family.
  
  I have not yet found a birth certificate for Jennie showing definitely her birthplace was McLennan County, Texas.
  
  1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas, No date, June 1880, District 117, page 16, Family #159, Terry, T D  W M 23 Farmer Georgia, no birth place given for parents
  Terry, M M [M W?]  W F 20 NC NC NC.
  
  T D Terry and family were still in Georgia in June 1900.  They appearin 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.
  
  This census also gives month and year of birth.
  
  1900 Census, Murray County, Georgia, 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  NC  NC NC
  Terry, Jennie         Dau   F W  Dec 1880  19      s           TX GA NC
  Terry, Nannie       Dau   F W  Mar 1884  16      s           GA GA NCAt School
  Terry, Arthur        Son  M W  Aug 1889  10      s           GA GA NCAt School
  Terry, Jeffie         Dau   F W  Apr 1892    8      s           GA GANC At School
  Terry, Clarice       Dau   F W  Apr 1895    5      s           GA GA NC
  Terry, Orda (Oeda?) [Ouida] Dau F W  July 1899 11mo s  GA GA NC
  
  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   m-1 29?-yrs         GA SC NC  Farmer
  Terry, Mattie W    Wife  F W 50? m-2? 29?-yrs 7/7 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 daughterJulia Virginia married Joseph Asa Jenkins in March 1901.  We have seen that they were in Georgia until after the 1900 census, so they musthave arrived in Oklahoma near the end of the year.  Joseph Asa Jenkins' first wife Hester (Hattie) died in Marlow, in September 1900, afterthe 1900 census in Chickasaw Nation.
  
  Yet the census reports that even the last child of Thomas Duncan bornafter that time was born in Georgia.  This does not track.  It is notclear why or how Julia Virginia would be in Oklahoma about 4 years before the last child was born in Georgia.
  
  It appears the 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.
  
  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 enumeratorspells 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 Louise (had to make out allnames 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.
  
  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, TeryS, age 2 years and 1 month.  One interesting fact is that this censuslists all these last three as also surnamed Terry (Tery).  I have notbeen to identify this Burt as a child of any of the other Terry families I have information on.  But Burt's parents are said to be born in Alabama.  The child Tery S is born in Oklahoma, but parents in the US.  It is not clear just who these three people are in the Terry household.
  
  Rama's and Louise'sparents are also both said to be born in the US.  Many people on this page have only US as the birthplace.
  
  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, Louise Daughter F W 23 GA US US
  Tery, Burt  Son-in-Law M  W  32 TX AL AL
  Tery, Tery S Granddaughter F 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 bymy 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 1900census.  I have not found any public record on Carrie Lee Terry.
  
  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 isharder to account for.  Perhaps he also died before 1900.
  
  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 thechildren of Thoams 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-Wallsource, 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.

Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 18 April, Richland, District 22, page 10A, Hse #181, Fam #182
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas
  • No date, June 1880, District 117, page 16, Family #159
• 3. Terry Family -- Descendants
  • Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/terry/lewisterrydescendanttree.html;
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Fam #89
• 5. Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins, personal interview by Lou Ila Jenkins, about 1955
• 6. Marlow (Oklahoma) Cemetery List
  • Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okstephe/MarlowCem2.txt;
• 7. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 July, Spring Place, Militia District 1013, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
• 8. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 26 July, Militia District 1013, page 92, House #652, Family #623
• 9. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, Hse #86, Fam #89
• 10. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 27 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page #9a, No Hse/Fam Number
• 11. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 20 January, Richland Township, District 262, page 6A, Farm #75
• 12. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
• 13. Terry Family -- 105
  • Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/ghtout/gp105.htm;
• 14. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 29 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 9A, No Hse/Fam #
• 15. Gravestone of Joseph Asa and Julia Virginia Jenkins, Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• 16. Various Jenkins Family Sources
• 17. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 2 May, District 239, page 18A, (scan p 251), Wall Township, Marlow Cit
• 18. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 19. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 29 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 9A, No Hse/Fam Number
• 20. Jenkins Family information
• 21. RootsWeb ID: I1941 -- Martha W Wall
  • Name: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dubgreg&id=I1941;
• 22. SSDI Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6
  • Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 25 Jan 2007, Intern
• 23. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 29 April, Richland Township, Stephens County, District 243, Page 9A, N
• 24. Research by Orville Boyd Jenkins, correlated with Jenkins Family Information