Life History

Notes

• Elizabeth Ann Coulter is attested as the wife of James Daniel Terry, who was born in Virginia.  IN a matching marriage record in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, James' wife is named Betsy Colley.
  
  Betsy is a common nickname for Elizabeth, but Colley is so far undocumented.  It seems to be Elizabeth's first marriage.  They wre both born around 1815, and they married in 1833.  Young women in that era commonly married at age 16 or so.  Howver, one genealogy indicates her name Carter was a second middle name.  A short biography on her husband's Find a Grave memorial gives her full name and parents' names.  Note also Betsy's maiden nmae is speleld here as Collie, while on her marriage record it was spelled Colley.
  
  Elizabeth Ann Carter "Betsy" Collie
  Daughter of Phillip & Rhoda (Dodson) Collie
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #145451375, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=145451375&ref=acom
  
  A matching marriage record indicates Betsy married James (Daniel) Terry in Piottsylvania Vounty, Virginia.  They moved before 1850 to Giles County, Tennessee, then a little ways further to Limestone County, Alabama, where they died.
  
  Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
  James Terry
  Spouse Betsy Colley
  Marriage Date 3 Jul 1833
  Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  
  Another  marriage record transcription has come online now that reports the name of her father on her marriage record as Rhody Colley.  I find that interesting, since Rhody sounds like a common (nickname) from of her other's name Rhoda in the short bio info on FAG.  No image is provided to enable us to confirm or correct the transcription.  Fields in Ancestry.com transcriptoins are commonly mistranscribed, or attributed to the wrong field.
  
  Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
  James Terry
  Betsey Colley
  Marriage 03 Jul 1833 Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Marriage record page 105
  Father (Mother?) Rhody Colley
  (cf Mother Rhoda Colley/Collie)
  
  In 1850 and 1860, the census reports them resident in Giles County, Tennessee.  James was not ofund in the 1870 censs, but in 1880, he was reproted as a widower in Limestone County, Alabama.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 19 July, District 17, p 972 (scan 490), Hse/Fam #48
  James D Terry 37 M Blacksmith b Virginia [b abt 1813]
  Elizabeth Terry 37 F b Virginia [b abt 1813]
  Mary F Terry 16 F b Tenn [b abt 1834]
  Martha A Terry 15 F b Tenn [b abt 1835]
  Nancy J Terry 12 F b Tenn [b abt 1838]
  John W Terry 8 M b Tenn [b abt 1842]
  Elizabeth V Terry 4 M b Tenn [b abt 1846]
  Mary Terry 60 F b Virginia [b abt 1847]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 5 July, Northern Subdivision, P O Lynnville, p 93-94, Hse/Fam #649
  James D Terry 45 M Farmer $5500 Real Estate Value $12,300 Personal Estate b Virginia [b abt 1815]
  Elizabeth Terry 45 F b Virginia [b abt 1815]
  Mary F Terry 24 F b Tenn [b abt 1836]
  - p 94 -
  Martha A Terry 22 F b Tenn [b abt 1838]
  Nancy J Terry 20 F b Tenn [b abt 1840]
  John H Terry 23 M farm Laborer b Tenn [b abt 1837]
  Elizabeth V Terry 16 M b Tenn [b abt 1844]
  Sarah C Terry 14 F b Tenn [b abt 1846]
  Tennessee Terry 12 F b Tenn [b abt 1848]
  Polly Terry 68 F b Virginia [b abt 1792]

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
  • 19 July, District 17, p 972 (scan 490), Hse/Fam #48
• 3. Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
• 4. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
  • 5 July, Northern Subdivision, P O Lynnville, p 93-94, Hse/Fam #649
• 6. 1900 Federal Census, Wise County, Texas
  • 1 June, Voting Precinct 5, District 137, page 1A, Hse #4, Fam #5
• 7. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #16498345, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16498345