Parents

Son of William Barney TERRY & Julia Ann ROBERTS.

Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 11 November, Page 257,Hse/Fam #1521
  William Terry  39  M  Farmer  $1175 Real Estate SC [born abt 1811]
  Jula [Julia] A Terry  26 F  NC [born abt 1824]
  John R Terry  10 months  M  GA [born abt 1850]
  
  I have been unable to find John R Terry in the 1860 census.  He doesnot appear with his parents and siblings.  But he is there in the 1870census, and is enumerated in the 1880 census with his wife andchildren.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 July, Militia District1013, Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
  Terry, William 60 M W Farmer  $6000 Real Estate $60 Personal b SCCannot write
  Terry, Julia A  49 F W Keeping House  NC Cannot read or write
  Terry, John R  20 M W Farm Laborer $125 Personal Estate b Georgia Canread and write
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 June, McDonald,District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #260, Fam #269
  Terry, John R  W M 32  Farming GA GA NC
  Terry, Catherine  W F 30 Wife Keeping House  GA GA GA
  Terry, Barney  W M 9 Son GA GA GA
  Terry, Rollen  W M 7 Son GA GA GA
  Terry, Lilly  W F 5 Daughter GA GA GA
  Terry, Joseph C  W F 2 Son GA GA GA
  
  In 1900, we find that John has moved to Marlow, Chickasaw Nation,Indian Territory, where other Terrys moved that same year after thecensus.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 22 June,Marlow Town, District 164, page 10B, Hse #106, Fam #108
  Terry, John R  Head W M  Sept 1849 50 Married 27 years GA TN VA FarmerCan read and write Owns
  Terry, Susan C  Wife W F Mar 1853  47 Married 27 years GA VA TN Canread and write
  Terry, William B  Son W M July 1872  27 Single GA GA GA Can read andwrite
  Terry, Diane  Dau  W F Sept 1881  18 Single GA GA GA Can read andwrite
  Terry, Jesse T  Son W M Jan 1884 16 Single GA GA GA Can read and write
  Terry, Nellie Dau  W F Mar 1890  10 Single GA GA GA Can read and write
  
  This census provides us some additional information.  We have hereSusan's first name and the month-year of birth for all family members. We learn here than the Son Barney's first name is William, whichmeans he was named for his grandfather, John's father.  Diane, Jesse Tand Nellie show up here as new children since the 1880 census.  Birthdates here differ for some from the dates suggested by the twofollowing genealogies.  I will follow the dates given in this 1900census, unless I find more definitive sources with differentinformation.
  
  Note that they have been married the same number of years as the ageof William B.  There could be a year's difference in these roundnumbers, since we do not have the month of their marriage.  But ifWilliam Barney is already 27, that means he is about to have anotherbirthday, since the census date is about a month before his birthday.But this would not be the first time age reports have been rounded upin a census.  Then again, it is possible that they were not yetmarried when William B was born, or barely got married before hisbirth.  Who knows.
  
  By 1910, Susan Catherine has passed away, and John has moved to NewMexico.  We find him living alone, ona farm he owns, in Mountain AirPrecinct of Torrance County.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Torrance County, New Mexico, 7 May, Mountain Air,District 272, page 11A, Hse #266, Fam #273
  Terry, John R Head M W 60 Widowed GA VA NC Farmer Can read and writeOwns Farm
  
  Jody Sexton, in her Short Family Tree on Ancestry.com, provides thenames of all of John and Catherine's children and some furtherdetails.
  
  John R Terry, Birth 9 Sep 1849 Murray, Georgia, Death Unknown
  Father William Terry (-), Mother (-)
  Spouse Susan Catherine Stewart (1854-), Married 1871
  Children
  Henry Grady (-)
  Barney (1871-)
  Rowland (1873-)
  John Roland (1874-1957)
  Libby (1875-)  [apparetnly she read the Lilly as Libby, but theletters are Ls]
  Joseph Clinton (1878-)
  Diana (1883-)
  Jesse T (1884-)
  Nellie (1890-)
  --  Jody Sexton,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53637/person/-1569431402?pg=32827
  
  If Henry Grady was the first child, as listed here, then his birthdate would have been about a year before Barney's, making the marriageabout 1869-70.  That would make Susan Catherine quite young even forthat era.  Henry does not show up in the 1880 census, so he must havedied young or at birth.
  
  I would think Rowland and John Roland are the same person.  Jody doesnot report the sources for these names.  Roland and Rowland areobviously two spellings for the same name.  These would appear torepresent the person listed in the 1880 census as Rollen, withapproximate birth in the year 1873, matching her birth for Rowland.Though Rollen is normally pronounced as Rahlen, this could be theenumerator's spelling for the name they gave him as Rolan(d).
  
  I am concerned about the last name reported here for John's wife.Jody names her Susan Catherine Stewart.  The Terry Family informationfrom Troy Phillis gives her name as Susan Catherine Newport.  Shewould only have been about 15-16 when she married John, if the date ofher birth was 1854.  And the date of 1871 is uncertain for themarriage, since that is the year also given for the birth of theirfirst child Henry Grady!  Perhaps Stewart was a married name from asecond marriage?
  
  The Childers Family Tree presents information on Susan Catherineidentical to that of Jody's.  But they add some additional informationor variations, though this genealogy lacks the first child.  Sincethis child does not show up in the census, perhaps he was stillborn.
  
  John R Terry, Birth Sep 1849 Murray, Georgia, Death, Father WilliamTerry (1811-1890), Mother Julia Ann Roberts (1814-)
  Spouse Susan Catherine Stewart (1853-), Married 1871
  Children
  William Barney (1872-)
  John Roland (1873-)
  Libby (1875-)
  Joseph Clinton (1878-)
  Diana (1883-)
  Jesse T (1884-)
  Nellie (1890-)
  --  Childers,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2914171/person/-1166726698?pg=32827
  
  I found these two trees only near the end of August 2009.  Tocomplicate matters even more, I then found that Eric Williamsonreports in his genealogy that Susan Catherine Newport married a JohnCowley Terry, who is from a different family (and assuredly differentparents) from our John R Terry.  He reports the marriage of Catherineand John Cowley Terry took place in 1870, which matches our family andchildren's dates.  But he reports she had no children, dying before1874, when John Cowley remarried.  The family bears no furtherresemblance to ours.
  --  Eric Williamson,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8281581/person/-970536531
  
  Could it be, then, that Troy Phillis confused this Susan CatherineNewport with the correct Susan Catherine Stewart?  Information fromsources is spotty.

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 11 November, Page 222, Hse/Fam #1521 (The 1850 census was begun on 1
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 22 June, Marlow Town, District 164, page 10B, Hse #106, Fam #108
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Torrance County, New Mexico
  • 7 May, Mountain Air, District 272, page 11A, Hse #266, Fam #273
• 4. Terry Family -- 115
  • Name: Name:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~troy/ghtout/gp115.htm#head1;;
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Richard Bates,
• 6. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 July, Militia District 1013, Spring Place, page 7, Hse/Fam #49
• 7. Ancestry Trees
  • Jody Sexton,
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 23 June, McDonald, District 155, page 29A (scan 482A), Hse #260, Fam
• 9. Terry Family -- 105
  • Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/ghtout/gp105.htm;