William Barney TERRY5,3,6,7,4,8,9

21st Jul 18105 - 18906

Life History

about 1810	Born in South Carolina.5 (less likely)
21st Jul 1810	Born in Pendleton District, South Carolina.1,2,3,4 (most likely)
Feb 1838	Birth of daughter Dianna Catherine TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.10,11,12,4,13,14
26th Jul 1838	Married Julia Ann ROBERTS in Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia.6,8,9
1842	Birth of son George W TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.6,13,15,4
15th Apr 1844	Birth of son William Joseph TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.13,16,17,6
11th Jan 1846	Birth of son Cyrus Lewis TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.18,19,20,6,21,22,23
9th Sep 1849	Birth of son John R TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.24,25,6,26,13,27,28
between 1850 and 1860	Resident in Murray County, Georgia.4
15th Aug 1851	Birth of daughter Mary Constance TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.29,30,16
6th Jul 1855	Birth of daughter Martha Clorinda TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.31,13,5,32,6
7th Jun 1857	Birth of son Thomas Duncan TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.33,34,9,35,6,36,16,2,37,5
10th Jun 1859	Birth of daughter Althea TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.13,38,39,5,40,3,41,42,6
after Jul 1860	Birth of son Arthur TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.6,43
1861	Birth of son Jesse B TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.13,6,3
Nov 1865	Birth of son Robert E Lee TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.13,3,5
1870	Residence2 in Militia District 1013, Murray, Georgia.5
before Jul 1870	Death of son Arthur TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.5
after 1880	Death of Julia Ann ROBERTS in Murray County, Georgia.3
1880	Residence3 in McDonald, Murray, Georgia.3
1890	Died in Murray County, Georgia.6

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/terry/) was originally correlated with Jenkins Family information.

I then personally reviewed and transcribed the census entries. I found several spelling errors in the transcriptions on the Terry Family website. Other sources have been critically evaluated as discovered. New sources have been added and analyzed from our own family archives.
-- Orville Boyd Jenkins

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Terry Genealogy & History

Terry has the distinction of having over a hundred spelling variations, including Tarry, Theuret, Theike, Thiele, Thierry, Thoreau, Tieck, Tietze, Tilke, Tillich, and Torry. Derived from the middle English given-name "Thierri," which was derived from Old Norman given-name "Theodoric," Terry means powerful.

Alternatively, in Old French, "thierri" is a potter. The Terry/Thierry form is generally English; Terry family history traces back to a feudal manor in Kent, where the Thierry family was granted lands by the Earl of Pembroke in the 1130s or 1140s. Simultaneously in Ireland, Terri branches settled in Cork and Torrie/Torry branches in Waterford. American Terry family history dates from 1630 in New England.
-- Archives, https://www.archives.com/genealogy/family-history-terry.html
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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 appear to have exchanged information or used the same family sources, report the name of this person as William Joseph Terry, Sr. Our family received the name as 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. Other than Bates reference and similar ones on some other undocumented genealogies, I have seen no record documenting the name William Joseph for my great great grandfather Terry.

The marriage date from Jennie Terry led to the Georgia marriage record. The Georgia marriage record has Julia Roberts' name as Julian Robins.

Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
William Terry
Marriage 26 Jul 1838 Murray, Georgia
Spouse Julian Robins

It may be that William Joseph is actually the given name, and 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 from 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 if this error is not an error, 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 and George'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 Real Estate $5000 Personal b 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 Althia 1870, 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 her after she married.

In 1860 I find it interesting that living two doors down from William and Julia is a woman also named Dialtha. This is Dialtha Peck, wife of W W Peck, both born in Tennessee.

I find it curious also 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 Can read 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. Thomas Lewis Terry Bible, courtesy of Jacque Watkins, email September 2008
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 30B, Hse #263, Fam #272
4. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 11 November, Page 222, Hse/Fam #1521
5. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 23 July, Spring Place, Militia District 1013, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
6. Terry Family
7. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mills, page 92, House #652, Family #623
8. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
9. Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins
10. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 30 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 101, Hse #717, Fam #681
11. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 25 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 9 (scan p 548), Hse/Fam #61
12. 1900 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
- 24 June, Dalton District outside Dalton Town, District 105, Page 18, House #326, Family #347
13. Ancestry Trees
- Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I05502
14. The Chattanoogan, "Hamilton County Confederates" 16 August 2005
15. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mill, page 92, Hse #652, Fam #623
16. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
17. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
18. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I00324
19. 1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 20 April, McDonald Militia District, District 110, page 2A, Hse/Fam #27
20. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 26 July, Militia District 1013, page 92, House #652, Family #623
21. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 23 July, Spring Place, Militia District 1013, page 7, House/Family #47
22. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 23 June, McDonald, District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #259, Fam # 268
23. 1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 21 January, McDonald Militia District, District 137, page 2A, Hse/Fam #25
24. 1910 Federal Census, Torrance County, New Mexico
- 7 May, Mountain Air, District 272, page 11A, Hse #266, Fam #273
25. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 22 June, Marlow Town, District 164, page 10B, Hse #106, Fam #108
26. Ancestry Trees
- Jody Sexton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53637/person/-1569431402?pg=32827
27. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 23 July, Militia District 1013, Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
28. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 11 November, Page 222, Hse/Fam #1521 (The 1850 census was begun on 1 June 1850)
29. 1900 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee
- 8 June, Chattanooga, District 68, page 13B, 1021 East 11th St, Hse #288, Fam #326
30. 1880 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
- 9 June, Fincher (Militia District 1035), District 197, page 13A, Hse #109, Fam #110
31. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176&ftm=1
32. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #55631463, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55631463
33. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 18 April, Richland, District 22, page 10A, Hse #181, Fam #182
34. 1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas
- No date, (June 1880), District 117, page 16, Family #159
35. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 8 June, McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Fam #89
36. Marlow Cemetery List, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma
- Location: http://stephenscogen.org/~okstephe/MarlowCem2.txt;
37. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 20 January, Richland Township, District 262, page 6A, Farm #75
38. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
39. 1910 Federal Census, Knox County, Tennessee
- [no date], Knoxville Ward 11, District 100, page 30B, 1033 Alexander St, Hse #565, Fam #590
40. 1920 Federal Census, Knox County, Tennessee
- 9 January, Knoxville Ward 11, District 99, page 10B, 1037 Alexander St, Hse #202, Fam #234
41. 1900 Federal Census, knox County, Tennessee
- 30 June, Knoxville Ward 11, District 72, page 39A, Hse #745, Fam #779
42. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- Memorial #76895603, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76895603
43. Ancestry Trees