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Descendants of unknown Terry By Catherine Reuther Table of Contents Descendants of unknown Terry 1 Source Citations 257 Name Index 288 Produced by: Catherine Reuther : 4 Jan 2019 Descendants of unknown Terry 1-unknown Terry1 died about 1812. General Notes: Mr. Terry was lost while crossing from Sullivan Island to Charleston, S.C., after selling cattle to the government during the War of 1812. It is believed he was murdered by robbers. [Lena Terry's notebook] There is nothing to-date to support this story. There is some indication that the father of Stephen N Terry died before 1796. [CAR] In the listing for Lucius Lamar Terry, M.D., the History of Alabama and Her People, 1927, states that the founder of the family was Joseph Terry, who settled in Virginia during colonial times. unknown married widow Davis. They had two children: Stephen N. and Jeriah. 2-Stephen N. Terry2 was born between 1756 and 1774 in South Carolina and died in 1807 in Fairfield District, South Carolina.3 General Notes: Stephen's sons reported their father's birthplace as South Carolina. [1880 census] Stephen may have served during the Revolutionary War. [2] In the 1800 Census, Stephen Terry is living in Fairfield County, South Carolina. In the house are one male, age 26 to 44 (Stephen), 2 females under 10 (daughters Sarah & Elizabeth) and 2 females age 16 to 25 (wife Mary Sutton, actually 32 in 1800, and possibly Mary's sister Sarah Sutton, age 15 in 1800). Stephen owned 7 slaves. The appraisal for Stephen's estate included carpenter's tools, household furniture, hogs, cattle, geese, ducks, cotton bales, cured bacon, barrels, leather, and four bushels of rye. [1] [1] Fairfield Co. Probate Court Records, File 32. Package 508 - Terry Family Historian newsletter pub Sept 1984 [2] Mary Terry 158 A. on Wateree River in Fairfield Co. SC 6 May 1810, Land Grants after the Revolution in Index III (Terry Family Historian Vol I No 1 June 1982) Stephen married Mary Sutton between 1795 and 1796 in South Carolina?. Mary was born on 20 Jul 1768 in South Carolina,4 died on 20 Jul 1863 in Georgia, probably Harris County5 at age 95, and was buried in Terry Family Cemetary, Harris County, Georgia. They had five children: Sarah Cookson, Elizabeth Caroline, Stephen Davis, John Sutton, and Frederick J. Heath. Marriage Notes: Stephen and Mary were married by March 1796 when Stephen sold land in Fairfield District, South Carolina, and Mary signed the deed releasing her dower rights. [1] [1] Fairfield Co. Deed. Book M., Page 063 - Terry Family Historian Vol III No 3 September 1984 General Notes: Implied in the suit of John Rogers vs Nathaniel Thompson, Mary's mother's last name was Clary. In 1806 John Rogers, on behalf of Mary, husband Stephen Terry, and Mary's sister Sarah Sutton, sued for the return of slaves taken by Ann, widow of Mary and Sarah's uncle John Clary, and her new husband Nathaniel Thompson to North Carolina. John Clary left the negroes to his nieces should his only son (age 4 or 5 at the time he died in 1789) not reach adulthood. [see CAR transcriptions] Produced by: Catherine Reuther : 4 Jan 2019 1 Descendants of unknown Terry When her husband Stephen Terry died in early 1807, he left Mary with five young children. The oldest, daughter Sarah, was about 10, and the youngest was about 8 months old. In the 1810 Census, Mary is living in Fairfield county, South Carolina. Living in the house are 3 males under 10 (Stephen, John & Frederick), 1 male 16 to 25 (unknown), 1 female under 10 (Elizabeth), 1 female 10 to 15 (Sarah), and 1 female 26 to 44 (Mary). Mary owns 8 slaves. In 1820, Mary is living and farming in Fairfield county, South Carolina. Living in the house are 2 males between 10 & 16 (John & Frederick), 1 male 16 to 18 (Stephen), 1 male 16 to 26 (Stephen listed a 2nd time), 1 male 26 to 45 (unknown), 1 female 16 to 26 (Elizabeth), and 1 female over 45 (Mary). Mary owns 11 slaves. In the 1830 Census, Mary is living in Fairfield county, South Carolina. Living in the house are 3 males between 20 & 30 (sons Stephen, John, & Fred), 1 female under 5 (granddaughter Mary), 2 females between 20 & 30 (daughter Elizabeth and Stephen's wife Sarah Patterson), and 1 female between 50 & 60 (Mary herself). Mary owns 19 slaves. Between 1828 & 1830, Mary and her children, the heirs of Stephen Terry, began selling off the land from his estate, probably in preparation to move to Georgia. [see transcription of land sales from Terry Family Historian newletter] Mary moved from South Carolina to Georgia about 1832 with her adult children, Elizabeth, Stephen, John, and Frederick. Also with them was Stephen's wife Sarah Ferrell Patterson, and their children Mary and Margaret. After 1850 they were later joined by daughter Sarah Cookson Terry Johnston, who either moved to Georgia, or was visiting at the time of her death in 1858. In the 1840 Census, Mary Terry is living in the Milner's District of Harris County, Georgia. She is the head of the family listed on the Census. Living in the house are 2 men age 30 to 40 (sons John and Fred), 1 female between 10 & 15 (granddaughter Mary who's father Stephen is next door), 1 female 30-40 (daughter Elizabeth) and one female 60-70 (Mary herself). They are farming and own 39 slaves. In the 1850 Census, Mary is 83 years old (born about 1767) and living in Harris County, Georgia with her children Fredrick Terry (age 42), Elizabeth C. Terry (age 50), and John S. Terry (age 44). Mary lists her birthplace as South Carolina. In the 1860 Census, Mary is 86 [should be abt 92] and living with her son Fred Terry (F J H Terry on the census), and an F M Terry, age 17, probably her grandson, Fred M Terry. Living next door is her son Stephen Terry, his wife Sarah, Mary's son John, and Stephen's son James. Several Sutton's were found on a transcription of the Old Shiloh Independant Missionary Baptist Church Cemetary on rootsweb.com. This could indicate that relatives of Mary Sutton Terry may have emmigrated from South Carolina about the time the Terry's emmigrated. They are: John B. Sutton Died Nov 17 1856 in the 30th year of his age, J P Sutton June 14 1845 - July Produced by: Catherine Reuther : 4 Jan 2019 2 Descendants of unknown Terry 9 1909, and Mary Sutton April 15 1836 - Feb 27 1919. 3-Sarah Cookson Terry was born about 1797 in South Carolina,6 died on 28 Aug 1858 in Georgia6 about age 61, and was buried in Terry Family Cemetary, Harris County, Georgia. General Notes: In the 1850, Sarah C Johnston is living in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. She is 53 years old and was born in South Carolina. The value of her real estate is $4000. The census taker did not list an occupation for her, or her children. Living with her are her children William, 21, Malissa, 15, Caroline, 12, Margaret, 11, and Frederick, 8. All the children were born in Alabama. Sarah owns 12 slaves. Four are aged 25 and 33, three are between age 9 and 7, and five are under age 3. [1] The Johnstons must have been living close to or in the town of Tuscaloosa in 1850, as they are surrounded on the census by farmers as well as the president of the university, students, professors, and lawyers. Tuscaloosa was not only the home of the state university, but had been the capital of Alabama from 1826 until 1847, when it was moved to Montgomery. Sarah died in 1858 and was buried in the Terry Family Cemetery in Harris County, Georgia, where her mother and siblings are also buried. Sarah may have been visiting her family when she died. She is one of the earliest burials in the cemetery. [1] 1850 Census, Dist 1, Tuscaloosa Co, AL, p. 186 - population schedule; slave schedule; population sched dated 14 Jan 1850 Noted events in her life were: • Alt. Birth: 21 Nov 1797, South Carolina.7 Sarah married David Johnston,8 son of Robert Johnston, before 1816 in probably Fairfield District, South Carolina. David was born in Aug 1784 in Ireland,7 died on 6 Nov 18509 at age 66, and was buried in Old Cemetery, Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.10 They had 13 children: Robert Terry, Stephen Burr, Samuel, Sarah Sutton, John David, Mary Eliza, William Cunningham, Harriet Catherine, Henry Williams, Melissa P, Caroline, Margaret, and Frederick C. Noted events in their marriage were: • Alt. Marriage: 26 Apr 1815, Wateree Creek, Fairfield District, South Carolina.7 General Notes: David Johnston, a native of Scotland, came to the US with his father Robert Johnston in 1790, and settled near Versailles, Kentucky, then moved to Fairfield District, South Carolina, where he married. [2] Father Robert Johnston was engaged in carrying country products down the rivers in flatboats to New Orleans. Once in New Orleans, disposing of the cargo and boat, and walking home. He was lost on one of those trips in 1800. [3] Per Lena Terry's notebook, David and Sarah lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. According to information on son Robert Johnston, they moved to Tuscaloosa about 1818. Produced by: Catherine Reuther : 4 Jan 2019 3 Descendants of unknown Terry It appears that David owned land in Tuscaloosa along the Warrior River that today is where Bryce Hospital (for the mentally ill) is located.