Life History

Notes

• Leonard Terry's marriage record is recorded in Floyd County, Kentucky, with no date and no bride's name.  Two other records lower down on this page have a marriage date in April and May 1819.  So Leonard's marriage was before April in 1819.
  
  "Leonard was engaged to Peggy Hamilton before Polly.  No marriage ever took place.  However, a consent to marry form was filed 4 Jun 1816 in Floyd County Kentucky."
  --  Amanda, Item on genealogy, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4951371/person/-1516842806/story/8581d000-1fb4-4498-8d05-28e3e78a9be0?src=search
  
  Some genealogies report their marriage date in 1818 but provide no documentation.
  
  Marriage Information
  Date 14 Dec. 1818
  Location Floyd Co, Kentucky
  to Leonard Terry
  --  From the Terry Family History by Darryl Terry, August 2000, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16550696/person/18761482476/fact/143041623372
  
  "Leonard Terry  This is to certify that the within couple [sic] is joined together according to law by me"
  [no date, no bride's name - 4 other records on this record book page have only the husband's name, with the exact same or very similar wording and only the groom's name.  Only 2 have the date and Bride's name]
  --  Floyd County, Kentucky, Marriage Records, page 101
  
  1850 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 10 August, My District, page 863, Hse/Fam #302
  Leonard Terry 56 M Farmer $300 Real Estate value b Virginia
  Mary Terry 54 F b Kentucky
  Isom Terry 20 M Laborer b Kentucky
  Thomas Terry 18 M b Kentucky
  Nancy Terry 14 F b Kentucky
  Isaac Terry 12 M b Kentucky
  Nathaniel Terry 7 M b Kentucky
  
  There is no record of Leonard in the 1860 census.  His wife Polly is enumerated in their son Isom's house.  Since Leonard and Polly (Mary) had their own household in 1850, in Kentucky, it looks like Leonard died before the 1860 census.  And during that time, they moved to Arkansas.  It is likely Leonard died in Kentucky before Isom moved his famliy.
  
  There is a probate index entry that appears to be for Leonard.  The name is spelled Lenard, and it is dated 1866.  The entry indicates it is the Estate of Lenard Terry but gives no details of death or contents of the will.
  
  "I was very surprised to find an 1860 will and 1866 probate record.  It almost looks like his wife, Polly, moved to Arkansas with Isom and Leonard stayed in Kentucky.  That will is on file in the courthouse, but not listed in any of the indexes on the internet."
  --  Barbara Nelson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 February 2016
  
  Barbara found Leonard's will in research onsite at the Floyd County Kentucky Courthouse.
  
  Floyd County Kentucky Court Records
  Last Will and Bequest of Lenard Terry
  Recorded 17 April 1860
  Admitted to Probate 1866 [no specific date perceivable]
  
  Legacy NFS Government record
  Leonard Terry
  Birth 1794 Virginia
  Death Prestonsburg, Floyd, Kentucky
  --  Researsch of by Jan Owen, via FamilySearch

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky
  • 10 August, My District, page 863, Hse/Fam #302
• 3. Legacy NFS Government record
• 4. Floyd County Kentucky Court Records
• 5. Email Sources
• 6. Floyd County, Kentucky Marriage Records, page 101
• 7. Geneanet Messaging
• 8. 1850 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky
  • 10 August, page 863 (scan 432), Hse/Fam #304
• 9. Military Gravestone of Isom Terry, Ft Douglas Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas
• 10. 1880 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas
  • 5 June, Pilot Rock Township, District 88, page 6A (scan 260A), Hse #44, Fam #52
• 11. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 12. 1880 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky
  • 16 June, Dry Creek, District 35, page 3, Hse/Fam #12
• 13. 1860 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky
  • 29 July, page 62, PO Prestonburg, Hse/Fam #45
• 14. 1860 Federal Census, Madison County, Arkansas
  • 3 July, PO St Paul, Hilburn township, page 50, Hse/Fam #326