Martha Wiley WALL2,4,5,4,8,7

also known as Mattie TERRY

18594 - 30th May 19326,3,4

Life History

1859	Born in no place stated.4
21st Nov 1861	Born in North Carolina.1,2,3
1st Jan 1880	Married Thomas Duncan TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.3 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 date from notes discovered by my mother Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins. Thomas and Mattie were married 1 January 1880.
8th Dec 1880	Birth of daughter Julia Virginia TERRY in near Lorena, McLennan County, Texas.9,10,11,12,3
27th Aug 1882	Birth of son Thomas Everett TERRY.3
12th Mar 1884	Birth of daughter Nannie Jane TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.1,13,3
13th Dec 1885	Birth of daughter Carrie Lee TERRY.3
3rd Nov 1887	Birth of son William Earnest TERRY.3
6th Aug 1889	Birth of son Arthur Wiley TERRY in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia.8,14,13,3,4,15,15
27th Apr 1892	Birth of daughter Jeffie Mae TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.2,16,8,17
16th Apr 1895	Birth of daughter Clarice Mabel TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.8,18,19,3,4
17th Jul 1899	Birth of daughter Ouida Mayfield TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.20,13,3
1900	Resident in McDonald, Murray, Georgia.5
10th Jun 1904	Birth of son Rama Wall TERRY in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.8,3
1930	Resident in Richland, Stephens, Oklahoma.7
after 30th May 1932	Buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.4
30th May 1932	Died in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.6,3,4

Notes

The name Wall appears in some sources as Walls.

Mattie is thought to have married Thomas Duncan in Georgia. They arerecorded in the 1900 census in McDonald, Murray County, Georgia. Julia Virginia (called Jennie in the 1900 census) married Joseph Asa Jenkins In Marlow, Chickasaw Nation, in March 1901.

All the children recorded in the 1910 census in Oklahoma are reportedto have been born in Georgia. The Terry Family History information with Thomas Duncan Terry's name and family tree did not have his wife orchildren. Other details match closely with the information in Jenkins family history for the father of Julia Virginia Terry, concerning her mother Mattie Wall and the place of birth of Julia Virginia birthplace as Georgia.

His father's name on the Terry family History website was William. Julia Virginia reported that her grandfather Terry's name was William Barney Terry. Her reported name of her grandmother as Julia Ann Roberts also matches the Terry Family History. The Terry Family website, while presenting very much historical and family information, had many gaps. One was that they report no wife for Thomas D (and also lack his middle name, having only the initial).

The information provided by Jenkins-Terry information and the notes from Jennie on four generations of her family, leave no doubt that thisis the same family lineage, and fills in the whole piece missing fromthe Terry Family History on the branch of Mattie and Thomas Duncan's descendants. The extensive family information recorded by Lou Ila Jenkins in the 1950s also provided the name of Mattie's parents and some of her brothers, which confirmed and extended some tentative information already put together in the 1970s by Harold Christian in the Jenkins Family History.

There is one discrepancy I see in the census data and certain dates.The census reports all the children born in Georgia. This would meanthey moved to Marlow, Indian Territory, after the birth of Rama in 1905. But the marriage date of Julia Virginia is March 1901. See more discussion on this in the Notes for Thomas Duncan and Julia Virginia Terry.

Likely cause:
The census official erred in reporting Georgia as the birth of Rama, based on the fact that all the other children were born in Georgia. This would be a minor error in census reporting compared to many I commonly find in previous censuses.

We have no independent information on when Thomas Terry moved his family to Indian Territory.

The gravestone of Mattie W Terry gives a different year of birth thanthat reported by the family members and other sources. The grave hasonly the year 1859, two years earlier than the exact date given by her daughter Jennie (Julia Virginia) and by Betty Gregston in her family's genealogy. The 1900 census agrees with the family in the month and year it reports.

Sources

1. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 29 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 9A, No Hse/Fam #
2. RootsWeb ID: I1941 -- Martha W Wall
- Name: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dubgreg&id=I1941;
3. Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins, personal interview by Lou Ila Jenkins, about 1955
4. Marlow (Oklahoma) Cemetery List
- Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okstephe/MarlowCem2.txt;
5. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 4 June 1900, McDonald, Murray, Georgia, District 71, page 5B, Hse #87
6. Research by Orville Boyd Jenkins, correlated with Jenkins Family Information
7. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 18 April, Richland, District 22, page 10A, Hse #181, Fam #182
8. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 29 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 9A, No Hse/Fam Number
9. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
10. Gravestone of Joseph Asa and Julia Virginia Jenkins, Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma
11. Various Jenkins Family Sources
12. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 2 May, District 239, page 18A, (scan p 251), Wall Township, Marlow Cit
13. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 8 June, McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Fam #89
14. Jenkins Family information
15. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
16. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 8 June, McDonald District, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Family #89
17. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 23 January, District 247, page 20B, Duncan Ward 2, Hse #250, Fam # 265
18. SSDI Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6
- Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 25 Jan 2007, Intern
19. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 8 June, McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, Hse #86, Fam #89
20. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 29 April, Richland Township, Stephens County, District 243, Page 9A, N