Life History

Notes

• There is a discrepancy between sources on the place of birth.  One reports Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina.  The second source reports only a county name, Randolph County.
  
  The latter report, by Jacque Watkins, is dated 5 Dec 2005, which may indicate that she had found information that corrected the earlier report by the Terry Family History website.  Newton, however, is the County Seat of Catawba County.  So if Newton is the correct town, then it appears Catawba is the correct county.  For details of the family, in censuses and other sources, see Notes for Joseph Lewis Terry.
  
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  0 Lewis Terry b 1770 SC b 1765 VA
  + Constance
  
  1 Joseph Lewis Terry b 12 Mar 1814 Pendleton SC d 23 Aug 1880 Milam Co TX + Dovinah Walker
  
  2 Duncan Lewis Terry b 29 Jun 1850 Murray Co GA d bef 1900
  + Tabitha Ann Brown
  
  3 Alfonso Brown (Jack) Terry b 17 May 1887 Mills Co TX d 08 Nov 1944 Coke Co TX
  + Leanora Bland
  
  4 Tempie Terry b 25 Jul 1934 Nolan Co TX d 20 May 2003 Natrona Co WY
  + Robert Cavness
  
  Contact: Jacque Watkins jjwatkins AT aol.com
  --  World Families DNA, http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/terry/pats
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  Few sources have information about Dovina. On her son William Walker Terry's death certificate, the name of his mother is reported as Tabitha.  This may be her middle or first name.  But two genealogies have her name as Dovina Virginia or Virginia Dovina Walker.  I have not seen any documentation of the name Virginia in records.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 14 November, Page 527 (scan p 264), Hse/Fam #1613
  Joseph Terry 36 M Farmer  SC (b abt 1814)
  Dovina Terry 27 F NC (b abt 1823)
  Amanda Terry 8 F GA (abt 1842)
  Susan Terry 6 F GA (b abt 1844)
  Mary Terry 5 F GA (b abt 1845)
  Thomas L Terry 3 M GA (b abt 1847)
  
  1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 6 July, Militia District 972, PO Rock Creek, Page 53, Hse #367, Fam #361
  Joseph Terry 46 M Farmer-Baptist Preacher  SC (b abt 1813)
  Dovina Terry 37 F NC (b abt 1822)
  Susan L Terry 17 F GA (b abt 1842)
  Mary E Terry 16 F GA (b abt 1844)
  Thomas L Terry 13 M GA (b abt 1846)
  Duncan Terry  8 M GA (b abt 1850)
  Francis [sic] Terry  7 M GA (b abt 1852, note name is spelled as a masculine name)
  Dovina Terry 4 M GA (b abt 1856)
  Martha Terry 2 M GA (b abt 1858)
  
  In the 1870 census Dovina is listed as Donna.  There is another family group in the household with the surname of Head, all born in Georgia.  The strange famliy name for all the entries after Donna (Dovinah) match their children in other censuses plus the two younger ones, William (Walker) and Lula, who is imissing from several lists and genealogies.  But the ages and birth places match Joseph and Dovey.
  
  I cannot explain this strange enumerator error of entering the surname Head for the natural chidlren of Dovina and Joe.  I am entering the last name of the children as Terry.  There is an additional child after WIlliam Walker Terry, born in 1860 after the census.  The youngest child in this household is Lula, age 4.
  
  Joseph here is identified as a Baptist Preacher, which matches other censuses.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 8 July, Militia District 872, PO Dalton, Page 86, Hse #279, Fam #275
  Terry, Joseph  56 M W Baptist Minister  b SC
  Terry, Donna 47 F W  Keeping House  b NC
  Terry, Manda 29 F W  At Home b Georgia
  Terry, Fannie 16 F W  At Home b Georgia
  Terry, Elizabeth 15 F W  At Home b Georgia
  Terry, Martha 12 F W  At Home b Georgia
  Terry, William 9 M W  At Home b Georgia
  Terry, Lula 4 F W  At Home b Georgia
  
  In the 1880 census Joseph and Dovina are listed in Milam County, along with their daughter Martha Missouri.  They are in the same household as Joseph's son Thomas Louis.  Even though they are listed with the same family number, in terms of relationships, they are reported as a separate family.  Thomas is the Head of the household, but instead of being listed as father, Joseph is listed with no relationship given.  Dovina is listed as Wife, based on her relationship to Joseph, not her son the head of the household.  Likewise, Martha M is listed as daughter, her relationship to Joseph, rather than as sister of Thomas, the head of the household.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas, 24 June, District 103, page 46, Hse/Family #233
  Terry, Joseph W M 65     Farmer SC VA VA (b abt 1815)
  Terry, Dovina  W F 55 Wife Kpg Hse NC VA VA  (b abt 1825)
  Terry, Martha M W F 22 daughter AL SC GA
  
  Her gravestone spells her name as Dovinah.  This is the only place I ahve seen that spelling.  I notice, however, that her daughter's name is spelled in the way we see it in family and other records, Dovina.  I expect it was just misspelled on the gravestone.  Also in many names in that era we find a stylistic variation of names ending in a or ah.
  
  Dovinah Terry
  Birth Aug. 7, 1822
  Death Jan. 20, 1899
  Spouse Joseph Terry (1814 - 1880)
  Daughter Dovina Elizabeth Terry Gay (1855 - 1931)
  Burial Eddy Cemetery, Falls County, Texas
  Created by couchpotato May 15, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #19386819, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19386819
  
  Eddy, Texas, is in McClennan County, near the border with Falls County.  Eddy Cemetery is outside the city in Falls County, to the south of the town of Eddy along Interstate 35.

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 6 July, Militia District 972, PO Rock Creek, Page 53, Hse #367, Fam #361
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 8 July, Militia District 872, PO Dalton, Page 86, Hse #279, Fam #275
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas
  • 24 June, District 103, District 103, page 46, Hse/Family #233
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #19386819, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19386819
• 5. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 14 November, Page 527 (scan p 264), Hse/Fam #1613
• 6. Terry Family
• 7. RootsWeb Trees
• 8. Terry Family WFN Forum
  • Name: Name: http://www.wfnforum.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=5cf5bcd5cf3a0c67dc30e6ab2d3f4fc4&topic=3041.msg6297;;
  • Jacque Watkins, 5 Dec 2005
• 9. Terry Family Historian -- discussion
  • Location: http://www.terry-family-historian.com/guestlog.htm;
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • Clark-Gibbens, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8221108/person/-968730004?ssrc=&ml_rpos=8&ftm=1
• 11. Terry Family Historian -- discussion
  • Location: http://www.terry-family-historian.com/guestlog.htm;
  • Jaques Watkins, 1 May 2006
• 12. Arizona Death Certificate
• 13. Terry Family DNA Project -- Patriarchs
  • Name: Name: http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/t/terry/pats.html;;
• 14. Ancestry Trees
• 15. RootsWeb Forum
• 16. 1900 Federal Census, San Patricio County, Texas
  • 6 June, Precinct 4, District 73, page 4B, Hse/Fam #70
• 17. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 15 June, McDonald District, District 155, page 16, Hse #138, Fam #144
• 18. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #55657660, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55657660
• 19. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 21 July, District 1013, PO Spring Place, page 3 (scan 545), Hse/Fam #19
• 20. 1870 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas
  • 16 June, PO Bryan, page 2, Hse/Fam #14
• 21. Ancestry Trees
  • Johnny L Williams, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bigwills&id=I43141
• 22. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 23. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 24. Obituary of Mary Ellen Terry Connally, 1932
• 25. 1880 Federal Census, McLennan County, Texas
  • 15 June, Page 33A (scan p) 166A, District 111, Hse/Fam #201
• 26. 1870 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas
  • 16 June, PO Bryan, page 2, Hse/Fam #15
• 27. 1900 Federal Census, Tom Green County, Texas
  • 14 June, San Angelo, District 156, page 14B, Hse #268, Fam #276
• 28. 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia
• 29. Arizona Death Certificates, 1870 - 1963
• 30. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #64727203, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64727203
• 31. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 32. 1880 Federal Census, Coryell County, Texas
  • 17 June, District 26, page 85, Hse #309, Fam #310
• 33. 1900 Federal Census, Haskell County, Texas
  • 11 June, Justice Precinct 2, District 90, page 3A, Hse #41, Fam #42
• 34. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #6230732, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62307327
• 35. The Wells Gazette
  • http://wellsgazette.com/familygen/pafg02.htm#7
• 36. 1900 Federal Census, Tom Green County, Texas
  • 1 June, San Angelo, District 160, page 1A, Hse/Fam #8