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• 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 14 November, page 236 (264), Hse/Fam #621
  Duncan Terry 34 M Farmer $1200 real estate SC
  Wyzetta Terry 33 F  SC
  Joseph Terry 12 M  GA
  
  1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 93, Hse #657, Fam #628
  Joseph W Terry 21 M Georgia (b abt 1838)
  Hannah Terry 18 M Georgia (b abt 1841)
  Sarah T Terry 9mos b Georgia (b abt Sept 1859)
  
  In the 1870 census, Joseph's wife is reported as Joanna, in contrast to Hannah in 1860.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 21 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 2 (scan p 544), Hse/Fam #13
  Terry, Joseph W 31 M W Farm Laborer $100 Georgia [b abt 1839]
  Terry, Joanna 28 F W Keeping House Georgia [b abt 1842]
  Terry, Sarah T 11 F W At Home Georgia
  Terry, Oliver S 9 M W At Home Georgia
  Terry, Caroline  6 M W At Home Georgia
  Terry, Ella V  4 F W Georgia
  Terry, Wm D  2 M W Georgia
  
  I have not found this family in 1880.  From the 1900 census we can tell that Joseph's wife died before 1900, but no more precisely.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, 6 June, Township 8, District 74, page 5A, Hse #88, Fam #93
  Terry, Joseph W Head W M  Nov 1838 61 Widowed GA SC SC Farmer Rents
  Holt, Sarah T Dau W F Aug 1859 40 Widow 0 children/0 living GA GA SC
  Terry, Jane A Dau W F Mch 1884 14 [should be 16] Single AR GA SC
  Terry, Louis L Son W M Jan 1886 14 Single AR GA SC
  Terry, Lillie R Dau W F Jan 1892 8 Single AR GA GA
  
  We always scan these records for consistency to get more clues as to family events.  Notice that the birth state of Lillie's mother is different here from the other chidlren Sarah and Louis.  Her father's birth state is Georgia like Sarah, Jane and Louis.  But their mother (last state given) was born in South Carolina, while Lillie's mother is reported born in Georgia.  Georgia matches the reported birth state in 1860 and 1870 of Hannah/Joanna.  And she was the wife in both these.
  
  So it looks like the mother of Sarah should have also been GA.  This is probably be an enumerator error.  Since Joseph was a widower, the information may not have been clear.  Notice that in the 1910 census, Lillie's and Louis' mother's birth state is reported as Arkansas, instead of Georgia, while Sarah's mother is now reported as born in Georgia, adding even more confusion.
  
  Jane appears only in this census.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, 13 May, Spiro Township, District 162, page 17B, Hse #304, Fam #313
  Terry, Joe W Head M W 71 Widowed GA GA SC Farmer (Renting farm)
  Terry, Lillie Dau F W 18 Single AR GA AR
  Holt, Sarah  Dau F W 51 Widow GA GA GA
  Terry, Lewis L Son M W 21 Single AR GA AR Farm Laborer
  
  This census was the one that enabled me to tie information on Louis Lafayette Terry to this family.  For several months I had some bits of information on him from a couple of sources, but had not yet found out who his parents were.  I had Joe and Hannah and the other children in the genealogy, but this was the first time I had seen Louis L with any family.  He was born about 1889, from his age given here as 21.  I have hunted in vain for a listing for Louis Lafayette in the 1900 census.
  
  Several genealogies identify this Joseph W Terry with Joseph Walker Terry, who is buried in Escambia County, Alabama.  This Joseph Terry and the Terrys in that county appear to be a different Terry line or a separate branch of our Terry line.  Our Joseph W Terry moved to Arkansas and his last two children were born there, the last in 1892.
  
  He was in eastern Oklahoma for the 1910 census, after his wife Hanna/Johanna died.  It does not seem likely or even possible that he moved at the end of his life back east to Alabama.  I cannot identify any of the Terrys in Escambia County, Alabama, with members of our Terry lineage that I know of.
  
  The wife in the grave information is also different, being Martha Jane McGowin, and not Hanna Johanna, whose last name I have not discovered.  The genealogies that link our Joseph W to Joseph Walker Terry in Alabama have Hanna Joanna as Joseph's wife, even though they link to Joseph Walker and joint grave with Martha Jane McGowin.
  
  Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
  Joseph W Terry
  Residence Brewton, Escambia, Alabama
  Birth abt 1838 Georgia
  Death 23 Mar 1923 Brewton, Escambia, Alabama
  Burial 23 Mar 1923 Alco Union Cemetery
  Death Age 85
  Retired Farmer, Married White Male
  Spouse M Gowin
  
  This seems pretty conclusive, when we find him enumerated as a widower still in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, in 1920.  This is the first census in which Joseph's mother is reported as born in Louisiana;  it has been South Carolina.  Sarah Holt, his widowed daughter, matches Sarah in the census reported his chidlren, and she is reproted under the same married name as a widow in 1900.
  
  1920 Federal Census, LeFlore County, Oklahoma, 2 January, Panama Ward 1, District 118, page 2A, Hse/Fam #21
  Terry, Joseph W Head Owns Free & Clear M W 88 Widower GA GA LA No Occup
  Holt, Sarah Dau F W 66 Widow GA GA GA Housekeeper
  
  Gravestone of Joseph William Terry, Fairview Cemetery, Panama, LeFlore County, Oklahoma
  Joseph William Terry
  Died Age 82, Jan 6, 1920
  Husband of Mary Eden
  Photo courtesy of Janet S G, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=33079775&PIpi=32279598
  
  This appears to be the correct grave for our Joe W Terry.  But the report of his wife's name as Mary Eden is unacounted for in the informat on at hand.  No wife appears with him in the censuses above after 1900, and he appears with only his daughter Sarah Holt.  Perhaps there has been a misidentification here of the grave of Joe, though the overt dates and location fit otherwise.  Note that the soruce of the photo is different from the source of the memorial on Find a Grave.
  
  Joe W. Terry
  Birth 1838 Georgia
  Death 1920 Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  Civil War Veteran-Confederate Army
  Burial Fairview Cemetery, Panama, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  Created by MillieBelle
  Record added Jan 20, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #3079775, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Terry&GSiman=1&GScid=98381&GRid=33079775&

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 6 June, Township 8, District 74, page 5A, Hse #88, Fam #93
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 14 November, page 236 (264), Hse/Fam #621
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  • 13 May, Spiro Township, District 162, page 17B, Hse #304, Fam #313
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hoplers Mills, page 93, Hse #657, Fam #628
• 5. 1920 Federal Census, LeFlore County, Oklahoma
  • 2 January, Panama Ward 1, District 118, page 2A, Hse/Fam #21
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. Gravestone of Joseph William Terry, Fairview Cemetery, Panama, LeFlore County, Oklahoma
• 8. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 21 July, Militia District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 2 (scan p 544), Hse/Fam #13
• 9. Terry Family
• 10. Murray County Marriage Records 1841-1848
• 11. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 12. 1910 Federal Census, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  • 13 May, Spiro Township, District 162, page 17B, Hse #304, Fam #313.