Terry Family in Murray County Georgia 1870 Census

1870 Census: Militia District 972, Murray, GA

Name: Wysetty Terry

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815

Age in 1870: 55

Birthplace: South Carolina

Home in 1870: Militia District 1013, Murray, Georgia

Race: White

Gender: Female

Value of real estate: 2000

Post Office: Spring Place

Household Members:

Name/Age/Occupation

Wysetty Terry 55 Keeping House

Mary E Terry 19 No Occupation

Lewis A Terry 17 Farm Laborer

Duncan L Terry 15 Farm Laborer

Name: Joseph W Terry

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839

Age in 1870: 31

Birthplace: Georgia

Home in 1870: Militia District 1013, Murray, Georgia

Race: White

Gender: Male

Value of real estate: 0

Post Office: Spring Place

Household Members:

Name/Age

Joseph W Terry 31

Joanna Terry 28

Sarah T Terry 11

Oliver S Terry 9

Caroline Terry 6

Ella V Terry 4

Wm D Terry 2

Name: Joseph Terry

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844

Age in 1870: 26

Birthplace: Georgia

Home in 1870: Militia District 1013, Murray, Georgia

Race: White

Gender: Male

Value of real estate: 0

Post Office: Spring Place

Household Members:

Name/Age

Joseph Terry 26 Farm Laborer

Martha Terry 22 Keeping House

John Terry 3

Olive Terry 1

Name: Lewis S Terry

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846

Age in 1870: 24

Birthplace: Georgia

Home in 1870: Militia District 1013, Murray, Georgia

Race: White

Gender: Male

Value of real estate: 0

Post Office: Spring Place

Household Members:

Name/Age

Lewis S Terry 24

Emily J Terry 17

Douglas Terry 1

Name: William Terry

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810

Age in 1870: 60

Birthplace: South Carolina

Home in 1870: Militia District 1013, Murray, Georgia

Race: White

Gender: Male

Value of real estate: 6000

Post Office: Spring Place

Household Members:

Name/Age

William Terry 60

Julia A Terry 49

John R Terry 20

Clorinda Terry 15

Thomas Terry 13

Althia Terry 11

Jesse Terry 9

Robert E L Terry 5

Name: George C Terry

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810

Age in 1870: 60

Birthplace: South Carolina

Home in 1870: Militia District 972, Murray, Georgia

Race: White

Gender: Male

Value of real estate: 1000

Post Office: Spring Place

Household Members:

Name/Age

George C Terry 60

Louisa Terry 25

William L Terry 4

Name: George W Terry

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844

Age in 1870: 26

Birthplace: Georgia

Home in 1870: Militia District 972, Murray, Georgia

Race: White

Gender: Male

Value of real estate: 0

Post Office: Spring Place

Household Members:

Name/Age

George W Terry 26

Martha Terry 24

William D Terry 3

George Walter Terry

Doing a search for George Walter Terry lead me to a family tree on Ancestry.com. Unfortunately it was locked. I needed membership to view the information. Fortunately they offer a 14 day free trial. So I signed up. This may be the George Walter Terry in my family tree who is the son of Duncan and Wysetta. The owner of the family tree has made the connection. I'm not 100% certain. Here's the information:

George Walter Terry

Oct 14 1845 - Born in Georgia - fathers birthplace listed as North Carolina in all Arkansas census records*

Feb 26 1857 - Married Mary S. Andrews**

Nov 25th 1925 - Death in Oklona, AR

* In the 1860 census, the birthplace of our George Walter Terry's father, Duncan, is listed as South Carolina.

** I don't believe this date is correct as it would have him married at age 12 to his wife, who would have been 2 years old at the time. In addition he is listed with his family on the 1860 census. The information is not sourced.

Family Group

Mary S. Andrews 1855 – 1930

Francis Terry 1878 –

Minda Terry 1879 –

Drucilla Terry 1880 –

Lucy Terry 1881 –

Lura Mae Terry 1883 –

John Thomas Terry 1887 –

Unia Terry 1887 –

Saphronia Terry 1887 –

James Walter Terry 1889 –1907

Jesse Terry 1894 –

Oma E. Terry 1898 –

Residences:

Age: 15

Georgia Militia District 1013, Murray, Georgia

Source: 1860 United States Federal Census

Age: 35

Valley, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States

Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

Age: 55 Residence

Bismarck, Hot Spring, Arkansas

Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

Age: 65

Bismarck, Hot Spring, Arkansas

Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

Age: 75

Valley, Hot Spring, Arkansas

Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

Source: S. M. Head Family ancestry.com

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/904323/person/-2029902061

Owner: yak23flora

From 1900 census

George W Terrey 50

Mary S Terrey 43

Arminda Terrey 18

Luen M Terrey 17

Lucy E Terrey 15

John T Terrey 12

James W Terrey 9

Una T Terrey 8

Jessee J Terrey 6

Naoma E Terrey 1

from 1910 census

Name Age

George W Terry 61

Mary Terry 52

Lulah May Terry 27

Tenie Terry 17

Jessie Terry 15

Naoma Terry 11

Connel A Shuffield 1 5/12

1920 census

George W Terry 70

Mary S Terry 62

Lulamay Terry 37

Lewis Terry Family in 1820 Census

1820 CENSUS - PENDLETON DIST:

                           Males                Females

                        10 16 18 26 45  +    10 16 26 45  +

Pg.  Name               un 10 16 16 26 45    un 10 16 26 45    Slaves

202  Lewis Terry        2  2  0  0  1  0     1  0  1  0  1

source: http://www.terry-family-historian.com/TFHJUN1986.htm

Murray County Heritage - Excerpts

The book "Murray County Heritage," compiled by The Murray County Heritage Committee documents the founding and early years of Murray County Georgia.

The first elections in 1834 were hotly contested. In fact the Governor was petitioned to call another election, and among those signing the petition was Duncan Terry.

The book also includes the Muster Roll of the Murray County Rangers of 1838. "In January, 1838 a group of Murray citizens petitioned Governor George R. Gilmer to address the subject of their exposure to Indian hostilities. J.W.P. Buckanan and William McGaughy apparently led the effort. The men wanted a competent military force, composed of residents of the county and therefore best calculated to protect it, feeling that the time had arrived when it was indispensible to the safety of the people and property of the section. The mounted soldiers would be accepted as part of the U.S. forces protecting the frontier, but would be stationed in Murray. Some 80 men signed the petition and soon the Rangers were formed.

Among those listed on the muster roll were:
Terry, Wm.
Terry, G.C.
Terry, Duncan
Carder, Thomas

The book also describes the founding of the Holly Creek Baptist Church on July 21, 1848. Among those attending were Joseph Terry, Dovina Terry, Constantine Terry, Wysette Terry, and Julia Ann Terry. It was commented that Joseph Terry may have been an early pastor for the church. Census records record Duncan as being a former baptist minister, and it may have been here that he preached.

"Holly Creek has had several houses of worship. The first structure was located some 300 yards back of the present building and was also used as a school according to the deed from Duncan Terry to the church dated December 11, 1855. "

"George C. Terry once had a store and business on the Old Federal Road north of Holly Creek/Fort Mountain. He applied for a liquor license in the late 1830's."


"This well-known house was built by Joe Terry
and his sons in the 1890's"

The Terry's were an important family in Murray County Georgia, and they are mentioned often as the book progresses through the years and generations.

Also of note are the spellings of Terry women that I hadn't seen before. Wysetta, Wyzetta, or Wygetta, was spelled here Wysette. A search on Google resulted in a copy of this book, or parts of it, online here: http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/book_01.html

Lewis Terry in Habersham County Georgia 1830 Census

The 1830 Georgia Census only recorded the names of heads of household, and number of other members in several different categories. The name Lewis Terry appears in this census on page 28, line 4, dated June 1, with the following information:
Males between the ages of 15 and 20 years -4
Males between the ages of 50 & 60 - 1 (Lewis, if born in 1770, would have been 60)
Females between the ages of 50 & 60 - 1 (If Constance was born in 1765 she would be approximately 65, and appear in the next age group)

Total members of the household stood at 6, with no slaves recorded.

This would fit with the information I have with my family. The oldest male son, George C. Terry would have been 20 years old at this time, with the others being 19, 16 and 14 years old.

Nancy (Terry) Carder was married to Thomas Carder two years previously. In fact we see Thomas Carder on Page 27, living with a female between 15 & 20, and a child under 5yrs.

Descendants of Lewis Terry - Generation No. 1

Back in February of 2002 I had a brief correspondence with Kaye Nichols, a genealogical researcher in Georgia. Her email failed shortly afterward, and I have never been able to get back in touch with her. She mailed me (via snail mail) a great genealogical report entitled "Descendants of Lewis Terry. " Being new to research and less diligent than I should have been, I entered the main points into my Family Tree Maker program and filed the hard copy. Then I exported a digital version from my FTM program and saved it to my hard drive.

As is usually the case, I was busy and wasn't able to get back to my research hobby for a number of weeks or even months. By that time I had forgotten about the hard copy, and assumed that Kaye emailed me the digital version.

To make a long story short, I just found the hard copy. Nine pages of great information. I won't have time to transcribe the whole thing for the website at one time, but will be blogging is bit by bit, and sending a copy via snail mail to my cousins.

So without further ado:

Descendants of Lewis Terry

Generation No. 1

1. Lewis¹ Terry was born 1770 in Habersham County*, South Carolina. He married Constance. She was born 1765 in Virginia.

Children of Lewis and Constance are:
+ 2 i. George C.² Terry, born July 07, 1810 in South Carolina; died January 01, 1888 in Murray County, GA.
+ 3 ii. William "Bill" Terry, born 1811 in Pendleton, South Carolina; died 1890 in Murray County, GA.
4 iii. Nancy Terry, born 1813 in South Carolina. She married Thomas Carder.
+ 5 iv. Joseph L. Terry, born March 12, 1814 in Pendleton, South Carolina; died August 23, 1880 in Darwar County, Texas.
+ 6 v. Duncan Terry, born December 25, 1816 in South Carolina; died 1862

* Various census records have Lewis Terry's birthplace in South Carolina. However the only Habersham County I have been able to locate is in Georgia, and was not created until 1818. The current location of Habersham County and the area once known as Pendleton District, South Carolina are less then 100 miles from each other. More research needed here.

Another item of note, that has been pointed out by other researchers, is that Constance would have been 51 years old at the time of Duncan's birth. It would be nice to have another source of information to confirm 1) the date of birth of Constance and 2) that Constance is actually Duncan's mother. Unfortunately the document I have doesn't list sources.

Louis Lafayette Terry Family

Here's some information sent to me on the family of Louis Lafayette Terry in OK.

Louis (Born 1888) and Ellen Terry had nine children, only three of which are living. They resided in Poteau, OK until their deaths. Louis died @1968, Ellen died @ 1974.

Raymond - accidently shot and killed at approx. 14 yrs. - I believe he was their first child.

Ward - may be a nickname, died in infancy

Carl - deceased @ 1990 in CA, was married to Thelma (now deceased) and they had three children.

Gene - deceased in Mena, AR (this could have been in the 80's), he was married to Ruth and they had three children: Raymond, Clifford and Connie. Gene served in the Army during WWII and was wounded in France. In later years he drove a truck and had a little ranch in Mena, AR.

She remembers hearing about "Long Luke" Terry. My mother remembers her uncle Louis A. Terry being referred to as "Big Luke" with Louis L. Terry as "Little Luke."

Terrys Cherokee?

I received an email from a researcher of the Harkins family who had found a connection to the Terry Family. She gave me the following information

In the 1850 census in Murray Co, GA, next door to Lewis Terry is the Harkins family. Nancy Terry, believed to be the daughter of George Terry, married Asbury Harkins. Asbury's brother, Tilman married Jane Elizabeth Terry. She was on the other side of the houses, in the
Carder household.



The family story is that Elizabeth and Nancy are sisters. When looking into application for Cherokee roll citizenship, both children of Nancy and Elizabeth list the same two people, one specifically listed as a grandmother. This makes them at least first cousins.

In a letter of information from Sarah Chastain, Tilman's sister, she states that Nancy D Pierce (Nancy Dovina Harkins Pierce, daughter of Tilman) is the 'daughter of Jane Harkins (nee Terry) whose great grandmother Nancy C Keith and who was the descendant of John Keith who
were Cherokee Indian by blood.' and continues 'said Nancy D Pierce's grandparent was Polly Smith, who was also Cherokee Indian by blood.'



On Nancy's application she states she is related to John Keith and 'Polly Smith, my grandmother.'



From information on your site I do not see Polly Smith or any Keiths. These Cherokee relatives must be on the Terry side as Sarah Harkins Chastain stated has no interest in the application. Perhaps their mother?