Life History
9th Sep 1849 |
|
between 1850 and 1880 |
Resident in McDonald, Murray, Georgia.8,6,7 |
19th Oct 1871 |
Married Susan Catherine STEWART in Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia.2,3,9 |
22nd Jul 1872 |
Birth of son William Barney TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.2,8,11 |
1873 |
Birth of son John Rowland TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.8 |
1875 |
Birth of daughter Lilly TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.8 |
1878 |
Birth of son Joseph Clinton TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.8 |
Sep 1881 |
Birth of daughter Diane TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.2 |
Jan 1884 |
Birth of son Jesse T TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.2 |
2nd Nov 1887 |
Birth of son C Grady TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.12 |
23rd Jun 1889 |
Death of son C Grady TERRY in Eton, Murray, Georgia.12 |
Mar 1890 |
Birth of daughter Nellie TERRY in Murray County, Georgia.2 |
between 1900 and 1910 |
Death of Susan Catherine STEWART in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.2 |
Jun 1900 |
Residence2 in Marlow, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.2 |
10th Nov 1907 |
Occupation Baptist Minister; John performed the marriage of his niece Nannie Jane Terry in Marlow, Chickasaw Nation, which became Stephens County, Oklahoma on 16 Nov 1907. John was reported as the Minister of the Baptist Church in Marlow. in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma |
10th Nov 1907 |
Resident John performed the marriage of his niece Nannie Jane Terry to John Fincher, in the Terry Home on the farm near Marlow. John was reported as the Minister of the Baptist Church in Marlow. in Marlow, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory |
after 1910 |
Died in New Mexico.1 |
May 1910 |
Residence3 in Mountain Air, Torrance, New Mexico.1 |
7th May 1910 |
Resident A matching record is found for John R Terry, age 60, born in Georgia, matchign our John R Terry. He was reported as a widow. in Torrance County, New Mexico, |
Notes
- 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]
John R Terry 10 months M GA [born abt 1850]
I have been unable to find John R Terry in the 1860 census. He does not appear with his parents and siblings. But he is there in the 1870 census, and is enumerated in the 1880 census with his wife and children.
1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 July, Militia District 1013, 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
Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
John Terry
Marriage 19 Oct 1871 Murray, Georgia
Spouse Catharine Stewart
1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 June, McDonald, District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #260, Fam #269
Terry, John R W M 32 Farming GA GA NC
Terry, Catherine W F 30 Wife Keeping House GA GA GA
Terry, Barney W M 9 Son GA GA GA
Terry, Rollen W M 7 Son GA GA GA
Terry, Lilly W F 5 Daughter GA GA GA
Terry, Joseph C W F 2 Son GA GA GA
In 1900, we find that John has moved to Marlow, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, where other members of this Terry family moved that same year after the census.
1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 22 June, Marlow Town, District 164, page 10B, Hse #106, Fam #108
Terry, John R Head W M Sept 1849 50 Married 27 years GA TN VA Farmer Can read and write Owns
Terry, Susan C Wife W F Mar 1853 47 Married 27 years GA VA TN Can read and write
Terry, William B Son W M July 1872 27 Single GA GA GA Can read and write
Terry, Diane Dau W F Sept 1881 18 Single GA GA GA Can read and write
Terry, Jesse T Son W M Jan 1884 16 Single GA GA GA Can read and write
Terry, Nellie Dau W F Mar 1890 10 Single GA GA GA Can read and write
This census provides us some additional information. We have here Susan's first name and the month-year of birth for all family members. We learn here than the Son Barney's first name is William, which means he was named for his grandfather, John's father. Diane, Jesse T and Nellie show up here as new children since the 1880 census. Birth dates here differ for some from the dates suggested by the two following genealogies. I will follow the dates given in this 1900 census, unless I find more definitive sources with different information.
Note that they have been married the same number of years as the age of William B. There could be a year's difference in these round numbers, since we do not have the month of their marriage. But if William Barney is already 27, that means he is about to have another birthday, since the census date is about a month before his birthday. But this would not be the first time age reports have been rounded up in a census. We have learned to take census ages with a grain of salt in these frontier areas. Ages varied widely (wildly at times).
John was a Baptist preacher. In February 2018 I found information indicating that John R Terry was stil lin Marlow, Oklahoma in 1925. On his niece's marriage record in 1925, he is the officiating minister, identified as the Minister of the Baptist Church in Marlow.
Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Nannie Terry, born in Georgia, resident of Marlow, Indian Territory
Age 21, Birth Date abt 1886
John Fincher, born in Texas, resident of Marlow, Indian Territory
Age 22, Birth Date abt 1885
Application for license filed and license issued in Lawton, Comanche County, Okla Territory 8 November 1907
Ceremony performed 10 Nov 1907 at Bride's Residence, Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory, by John R Terry (uncle of the bride), Minister of the Baptist Church, Marlow, Indian Territory
Witnesses W E Wall (uncle of the bride) and J A Jenkins (brother-in-law of the bride)
By 1910, Susan Catherine has passed away, and John has moved to New Mexico. We find him living alone, ona farm he owns, in Mountain Air Precinct of Torrance County.
1910 Federal Census, Torrance County, New Mexico, 7 May, Mountain Air, District 272, page 11A, Hse #266, Fam #273
Terry, John R Head M W 60 Widowed GA VA NC Farmer Can read and write Owns Farm
Jody Sexton, in her Short Family Tree on Ancestry.com, provides the names of all of John and Catherine's children and some further details.
John R Terry, Birth 9 Sep 1849 Murray, Georgia, Death Unknown
Father William Terry (-), Mother (-)
Spouse Susan Catherine Stewart (1854-), Married 1871
Children
Henry Grady (-)
Barney (1871-)
Rowland (1873-)
John Roland (1874-1957)
Libby (1875-) [apparently she read the Lilly as Libby, but the letters are Ls]
Joseph Clinton (1878-)
Diana (1883-)
Jesse T (1884-)
Nellie (1890-)
-- Jody Sexton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53637/person/-1569431402?pg=32827
If Henry Grady was the first child, as listed here, then his birth date would have been about a year before Barney's, making the marriage about 1869-70. That would make Susan Catherine quite young even for that era. Henry does not show up in the 1880 census, so he must have died young or at birth.
I would think Rowland and John Roland are the same person. Jody does not report the sources for these names. Roland and Rowland are obviously two spellings for the same name. These would appear to represent the person listed in the 1880 census as Rollen, with approximate birth in the year 1873, matching her birth for Rowland. Though Rollen is normally pronounced as Rahlen, this could be the enumerator's spelling for the name they gave him as Rolan(d).
I am concerned about the last name reported here for John's wife. Jody names her Susan Catherine Stewart. The Terry Family information from Troy Phillis gives her name as Susan Catherine Newport. She would only have been about 15-16 when she married John, if the date of her birth was 1854. And the date of 1871 is uncertain for the marriage, since that is the year also given for the birth of their first child Henry Grady! Perhaps Stewart was a married name from a second marriage?
The Childers Family Tree presents information on Susan Catherine identical to that of Jody's. But they add some additional information or variations, though this genealogy lacks the first child. Since this child does not show up in the census, perhaps he was stillborn.
John R Terry
Birth Sep 1849 Murray, Georgia
Death, Father William Terry (1811-1890)
Mother Julia Ann Roberts (1814-)
Spouse Susan Catherine Stewart (1853-), Married 1871
Children:
William Barney (1872-)
John Roland (1873-)
Libby (1875-)
Joseph Clinton (1878-)
Diana (1883-)
Jesse T (1884-)
Nellie (1890-)
-- Childers, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2914171/person/-1166726698?pg=32827
I found these two trees near the end of August 2009. To complicate matters even more, I then found that Eric Williamson reports in his genealogy that Susan Catherine Newport married a John Cowley Terry, who is from a different family (and assuredly different parents) from our John R Terry. He reports the marriage of Catherine and John Cowley Terry took place in 1870, which matches our family and children's dates. But he reports she had no children, dying before 1874, when John Cowley remarried. The family bears no further resemblance to ours.
-- Eric Williamson, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8281581/person/-970536531
Could it be, then, that Troy Phillis confused this Susan Catherine Newport with the correct Susan Catherine Stewart? Information from sources is spotty
Sources
- 1. 1910 Federal Census, Torrance County, New Mexico
- 7 May, Mountain Air, District 272, page 11A, Hse #266, Fam #273
- 2. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 22 June, Marlow Town, District 164, page 10B, Hse #106, Fam #108
- 3. Terry Family
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- Jody Sexton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53637/person/-1569431402?pg=32827
- 5. Ancestry Trees
- Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I05502
- 6. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 23 July, Militia District 1013, Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
- 7. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 11 November, Page 222, Hse/Fam #1521 (The 1850 census was begun on 1 June 1850)
- 8. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
- 23 June, McDonald, District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #260, Fam #269
- 9. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
- 10. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
- 11. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
- 12. Find a Grave Memorial Registry