Life History

Notes

• After starting with information from my Terry family sources and my personal knowledge, I discovered Terry family information on the Terry Family Website related to my lineage.  Information from this source (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/ghtout/gp105.htm) was originally correlated with Jenkins Family information.  I then personallyreviewed and transcribed the census entries.  I found several spelling errors in the transcriptions on the Terry Family website.
  
  Richard Bates has very good detail on this Terry family line and related families.  He and a couple of others in the Bates line, who appearto have exchanged information or used the same family sources, reportthe name of this person as William Joseph Terry, Sr.  I have the nameas William Barney Terry.  The name was reported by William's granddaughter, my grandmother, Julia Virginia (Jennie) Terry, in a comprehensive and fairly detailed list of names and information on her family.  She did not know family names earlier than William Barney.
  
  It may be that William Joseph is actually the given name, but Barney was a nickname.  If so, Jennie apparently did not know that.  However,it seems unlikely he would be named Joseph, since he had a brother named Joseph Lewis (Louis) Terry.  Further, Barney is documented in the family line, since William and Constance's son John R Terry named one of his sons Barney.  He also named another son Joseph. C.
  
  Jennie had no birth or death dates for her Terry grandparents.  We get approximate birth dates form the ages recorded in the censuses.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 11 November, Page 257, Hse/Fam #1521
  William Terry  39  M  Farmer  $1175 Real Estate SC [born abt 1811]
  Jula [Julia] A Terry  26 F  NC [born abt 1824]
  Dianna Terry 10  F  GA [born abt 1840]
  Geoge [George] W Terry 8  M  GA [born abt 1842]
  William J Terry  7 M    GA [born abt 1843]
  Sirus [Cyrus] L Terry   5 M      GA [born abt 1845]
  John R Terry  --  M     GA [born abt 1850]
  
  From the 1850 census, we can see that William was born about 1811.  In September 2008, I get further details just discovered by another descendant and researcher on the Terrys.  Jacque Watkins shared with me information from Thomas Lewis Terry's family Bible.  This records an exact birth date for William, which is exactly the same as that of his brother George C Terry.  Thus they were twins, which had not been indicated in any family sources.  I had George's birthday already, and find that Thomas Lewis recorded same date of 21 July 1810 as William andGeorge's birth date.  He also reports they were born in South Carolina.  This confirms earlier family information that the Lewis' were in Pendleton District, South Carolina, which I had as William Barney's birth place, before the Terrys moved to 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 5000 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 Althia1870, 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]
  
  John R, just born at the time of the 1850 census, is missing from this census.  He should be 10 years old in 1860.  In early analysis I concluded he must have died between the 1850 and 1860 census.  I did have him on the 1870 census, but his entry was not transcribed so it went unreported on this page.  However, I later found him with his parents in the 1870 census and with his wife and family in the 1880 census.  I do not know why he does not appear in the census of 1860.
  
  The last child's name was transcribed on the Terry Family Genealogy website as Deatha.  The name is actually spelled Dialtha in the 1860 census. This appears to be the full form of the name entered in 1870 as Althia.  In 1880, when at age 21 she is the oldest child still in the home, her name is entered as Altha.  I do not have information for herafter she married.
  
  In 1860 I find it interesting that living two doors down from Williamand Julia is a woman also named Dialtha.  This is Dialtha Peck, wife of W W Peck, both born in Tennessee.
  
  I find it curious that Mary Constance is the only child whose middle initial was not recorded.  She is named Constance after her grandmother, wife of Lewis Terry.
  
  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 Canread 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)
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 24 June, McDonald (1013th District), Enumeration District 155, page 30B, Hse #263, Fam #272
  Terry, William W M 69 Farming SC SC SC
  Terry, July Ann  W F 58  Wife Keeping House  NC NC NC
  Terry, Altha  W F 21 Daughter Keeping House  GA SC NC
  Terry, Jesse B  W M 19 Son Works on Farm GA SC NC
  Terry, Robert L  W M 15 Son Works on Farm GA SC NC
  Gudger, William  W M 23 Son Hireling Laborer GA NC GA
  
  This census gives us Julia's middle name in full for the first time.Though spelled July here we know her name was Julia.  But this entry may indicate that she went by Julie, spelled July here.

Sources

• 1. Terry Family -- 105
  • Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/ghtout/gp105.htm;
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 29 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 9A, No Hse/Fam Number
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 24 June, McDonald (1013th District), Enumeration District 155, page 30
• 4. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 11 November, Page 222, Hse/Fam #1521
• 5. Thomas Lewis Terry Bible, courtesy of Jacque Watkins, email September2008
• 6. Terry Family -- Descendants
  • Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/terry/lewisterrydescendanttree.html;
• 7. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 July, Spring Place, Militia District 1013, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
• 8. Terry Family -- Lewis Terry Will
  • Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/terry/lewis_will.htm;
• 9. Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins, personal interview by Lou Ila Jenkins, about 1955
• 10. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mills, page 92, House #652
• 11. Ancestry Trees
  • Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbba
• 12. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 30 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 101, Hse #717,
• 13. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 25 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 9 (scan p 548),
• 14. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mill, page 92, Hse #652, F
• 15. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 June, McDonald, District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #259, Fam
• 16. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I
• 17. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 July, Spring Place, Militia District 1013, page 7, House/Family #47
• 18. 1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 20 April, McDonald Militia District, District 110, page 2A, Hse/Fam #2
• 19. 1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 21 January, McDonald Militia District, District 137, page 2A, Hse/Fam
• 20. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 26 July, Militia District 1013, page 92, House #652, Family #623
• 21. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 11 November, Page 222, Hse/Fam #1521 (The 1850 census was begun on 1 J
• 22. Terry Family -- 115
  • Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~troy/ghtout/gp115.htm#head1;
• 23. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 July, Militia District 1013, Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
• 24. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 22 June, Marlow Town, District 164, page 10B, Hse #106, Fam #108
• 25. Ancestry Trees
  • Jody Sexton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53637/person/-1569431402?p
• 26. 1910 Federal Census, Torrance County, New Mexico
  • 7 May, Mountain Air, District 272, page 11A, Hse #266, Fam #273
• 27. 1880 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 9 June, Fincher (Militia District 1035), District 197, page 13A, Hse #
• 28. 1900 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  • 8 June, Chattanooga, District 68, page 13B, 1021 East 11th St, Hse #28
• 29. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176
• 30. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 8 June, McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Fam #89
• 31. Marlow (Oklahoma) Cemetery List
  • Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okstephe/MarlowCem2.txt;
• 32. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 18 April, Richland, District 22, page 10A, Hse #181, Fam #182
• 33. 1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas
  • No date, June 1880, District 117, page 16, Family #159