Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 11 November, Page 257, Hse/Fam #1521
  William Terry  39  M  Farmer  $1175 Real Estate  b SC [born abt 1811]
  Jula [Julia] A Terry  26 F  b NC [born abt 1824]
  William J Terry  7 M   b GA [born abt 1843]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 26 July, Militia District 1013, PO Hopler's Mills, page 92, Hse #652, Fam #623
  William Terry 49 M  Farmer 5000 5000  b SC
  Julia A Terry  37 F   b NC illiterate
  William J Terry 16 M  b GA
  
  1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 July, Spring Place, Militia District 1013, page 7, House/Family #47
  Terry, Joseph  26 M W Farm Laborer GA [b abt 1844]
  Terry, Martha 22 F W Keeping House GA
  Terry, John 3  M W GA
  Terry, Olive 1  F W GA
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 June, McDonald, District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #260, Fam #269
  Terry, William J  W M 36 Farming GA GA GA
  Terry, Martha O  W F 34 Wife Keeping House  GA GA GA
  Terry John  W F 13 Son  Works on Farm GA GA GA
  Terry Olive J  W F 10 Daughter  Keeping House  GA GA GA
  Terry July Ann  W F 8 Daughter  GA GA GA
  Terry George  W F 6 Son GA GA GA
  Terry, Ross  W M 4 Son GA GA GA
  Terry Thomas D  W M 2 Son GA GA GA [born abt 1878]
  
  In the 1900 Murray County, Georgia, census, Joe Terry and wife Martha, with son George, are living two houses down from brother Duncan Terry and family.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 4 June, McDonald District, Enumeration District 71, Page 5B, House #90, Family #92
  Terry, Joe  Head W M Apr 1844 56  Married 34 years  GA NC NC Farmer  Owns Farm
  Terry, Martha O  Wife W F Apr 1847 53  Married 34 years  GA GA GA
  Terry, George  Son W M Dec 1876  24  Single GA GA GA Farm Laborer
  -- page 6A --
  Terry, Thomas  Son W M Dec 1877  23  Single GA GA GA Farm Laborer
  Terry, Dock  Son W M Dec 1880  19  Single GA GA GA Farm Laborer
  Terry, Fannie Dau W F Jan 1883  17  Single GA GA GA
  Terry, Aurelia Dau W F Aug 1886  13  Single GA GA GA At School
  Terry, Agnes Dau W F Mar 1890  10  Single TX GA GA At School
  
  The birth of Agnes in Texas indicates that Joe and Martha moved to Texas for a while then moved back to Georgia.  This matches the record for Joe's brother Thomas Duncan Terry, who was married in 1880 McLennan County, Texas.  Thomas Duncan was enumerated that same year with his wife Mattie (Martha Wall) that year and their first child, Jennie (Julia Virgina) was born there in December 1880.  Joe and Martha would have moved to Texas after August 1886, and moved back to Georgia sometime after March 1890, when their daughter Agnes was born.  Their presence in Texas in 1890 is not recorded due to the loss of the 1890 census records in a fire.
  
  Thomas Duncan and Mattie moved back to Georgia before the birth of their second child Nannie in 1884.  They were enumerated in 1900 just two houses away from Joe and Martha, on the same page of this census, in the same area where they had all lived before their Texas experience.  Joseph Lewis Terry also moved to Texas by 1870, but stayed, living in Brazos County, then Milam County, where he died.
  
  I notice that in 1900 the birth states of Joe's parents here is reported as North Carolina, rather than Georgia as in the 1880 census.  Both census and family information for his father William indicates he was born in South Carolina, and his mother Julia Ann Roberts in North Carolina.
  
  I have found no entry for Joe and Martha Oneida for 1910.  In 1920, they are in Murray County.  Note that Martha is named as Ned.  This is the first historical record I have seen that gives us what is apparently her nickname.  I first encountered this in the 1930 census, which I found early on in my Terry research.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 20 January, McDonald District, Enumeration District 137, page 2B, near Hassler's Road, Hse/Fam #29
  Terry, Joe  Owns Head M W  76  GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1843]
  Terry, Ned  Wife  F W 73  GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1846]
  Terry, George Son M W 46 Single GA GA GA Farmer [b abt 1873]
  Terry, Dock Son M W 38 Single GA GA GA Laborer, Home Farm [b abt 1881]
  Beavers, Mrs Agnes  Dau F W 29 Widow GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1890]
  Beavers, Lillian  Grand Dau F W 5 Single GA GA GA No Occupation [b abt 1814]
  
  Note the change in birth state for Agnes.  Here the enumerator records Georgia as for her brothers, while the 1900 and 1930 censuses reprot her as born in Texas.  We are told in several Terry genealogies that Agnes married William Dave (David?) Beavers.  In the 1920 census, there are families in the area recorded as Beaver and Beavers.  Next door to Joe's family is a George Beavers, age 48, born in Georgia.  There are several more families named Beaver or Beavers on this page.  Some with each name are variously born in North Carolina and some in Georgia.
  
  The Georgia Death Index records the death of a William Terry that appears to be our William Joseph:
  Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
  Certificate 33914-J
  William Terry, Jr, Death 21 Jun 1928, Murray County
  
  An interesting thing about this record is that his name is recorded as William Terry, Jr.  One Terry genealogy with good detail and apparent credibility does record the name of this person as William Joseph Terry, Jr, and his father, of course, as William Joseph Terry, Sr.  However, the older William Terry's granddaughter, my grandmother Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins, records his name as William Barney Terry.  She mentions nothing of an alternate name, or of Barney being a nickname.  So my genealogy records the father of William Joseph Terry as William Barney Terry.
  
  In censuses the father of William Joseph Terry is always referred to only as William Terry, whereas the son is normally listed as William J.  His son may have been referred to as William Jr, as in the Georgia Death record, simply because they both went by William Terry, without reference to any middle name.
  
  Georgia Death Certificate
  William Terry, Jr
  [Residence Chatsworth, Georgia ref wife's address below]
  Farmer, Married
  Age 84, Born Georgia [no birth date given, that field is empty]
  Death 21 Jun 1928 Military District 1013, Murray County
  Cause of death Senility
  Lived in this location his whole life
  Wife's name Oneta [Oneida] B Terry
  Father William Terry, born Tennessee
  Mother Julia Roberts, born Georgia
  Informant Mrs W J Terry, Chatsworth, Georgia
  Buirial Cool Springs 22 June 1928 by Kemener Bros, Dalton, Georgia
  Certificate #33914 filed 10 January 1929
  
  His grave has the date of burial for the date of death.
  
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  William Joseph Terry
  Birth Apr. 15, 1844 Murray County, Georgia
  Death Jun. 22, 1928 Murray County, Georgia
  [this is the date of burial according to the death certificate, which reports that death occurred 21 June 1928 and burial was 22 June 1928]
  
  PRIVATE CSA
  Company A 39th Georgia Infantry
  Civil War Confederate
  
  Spouse Martha O Terry (1847 - 1932)
  
  Children:
  John Crenshaw Terry (1867 - 1909)
  George Terry (1874 - 1932)
  Ross Terry (1876 - 1937)
  William Thomas Terry (1878 - 1978)
  Dock A Terry (1880 - 1974)
  Frances Jane Terry Edmonson (1883 - 1961)
  Mary Aurelia T. Winkler (1884 - 1926)
  
  Burial Cool Springs Baptist Church, Murray County, Georgia
  
  Created by Don & Pam Childers Jul 18, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #28365038, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28365038
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Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Kaye Nicholson, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kaye/rice.htm
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
• 4. Ancestry Trees
  • Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I05502
• 5. Terry Family
• 6. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 July, Spring Place, Militia District 1013, page 7, House/Family #47
• 7. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 11 November, Page 222, Hse/Fam #1521
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 June, McDonald, District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #260, Fam #269
• 9. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 4 June, McDonald District, Enumeration District 71, Page 5B, House #90, Family #92
• 10. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
  • Certificate 33914-J
• 11. Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1940
• 12. Gravestones of Georgia
• 13. 1900 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 2 June, Tilton, District 101, page 2B, Hse/Fam #33
• 14. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 9 June, Doolittle, McDonald, Enumeration District 71, Sheet 6B, Hse #101, Fam #104
• 15. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 2 May, District 239, page 18A, (scan p 251), Wall Township, Marlow City, Ward 4,  Family #347
• 16. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 4 June, McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, House #90, Family #92
• 17. 1920 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 20 January, McDonald District, Enumeration District 137, page 2B, near Hassler's Road, Hse/Fam #29
• 18. 1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 20 April, McDonald, Enumeration District 110, Sheet 2A, Hse/Fam #22
• 19. 1930 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 14 April, McDonald (Militia District 1013), District 11, page 4B, Hse #67, Fam #71
• 20. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #75570551, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75570551
• 21. Ancestry Trees
  • Richard Bates, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rbbates1302004&id=I05550
• 22. Social Security Death Index