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The Terry family is very thoroughly researched. Many thanks to the Terry family researchers. Thanks to clues in John Johnson's letters, were were able to determine - and then confirm - that his wife was a Terry. My direct line is in blue.

EARLY GENERATIONS (1500-1700)

 

  1. RICHARD TERRY was born abt 1500 and married Margret (unknown)
  2. STEPHEN TERRY (abt 1529-1607) Stephen was born in Stockton, Wiltshie, England. He married Alice Cannar in 1555
  3. JOHN TERRY was abt 1555 in Stockton, Wiltshire, England and died there 10 May 1625. He married Mary White in 1591
  4. JOHN TERRY was born abt 1592 in Dorchester, Dorset, ENgland and died in 1637. He married Naomi (unknown)
  5. STEPHEN TERRY was born abt 1612 in England.
  6. THOMAS TERRY was born about 1665 in England and died in Virginia in 1736. He married Sarah (unknown).
  7. STEPHEN TERRY was born about 1700 in Virginia and died 19 Dec 1769 in Craven S. Carolina. He married Sarah Davis.
  8. ROWLAND TERRY was born about 1738 in Hanover Co., VA and died sometime before Feb 1824 in Granville Co., NC. He married Henrietta (unknown).

GENERATION NO. 9 (1770-1828)

JAMES TERRY/ MARY GOOCH

James Terry was born about 1770, Granville Co., NC and died about 1828 in Putnam Co., TN. He married Mary Gooch (1775-1832, daughter of Gideon Gooch and Miriam Green) on 3 June 1792. They had twelve children:

  1. WILLIAM TERRY (25 Sept 1792-20 Sept 1875) married Jane Ramsey (18 Jan 1802-26 Dec 1871) on 5 Jan 1822. They had ten children:
    1. Miriam Terry
    2. Mary Terry (17 Jan 1824-9 April 1906)
    3. Sarah Ann Terry (26 Feb 1826-13 Dec 1892)
    4. Joab Hill Terry (3 Dec 1827-23 July 1863)
    5. Isabelle Terry (15 Sept 1829-23 Dec 1905)
    6. Emily Jane Terry (1 June 1831-18 Nov 1849
    7. David Ramsey Terry (12 Nov 1833-25 July 1839)
    8. Martha E. Terry (23 April 1836-3 Aug 1839)
    9. James Terry (10 Oct 1840-24 Aug 1845)
    10. Prudence T. Terry (Aug 1846-?)
  2. JOSEPH TERRY (29 Mar 1794-20 Aug 1871) married Elizabeth Terry (14 July 1801-?, daughter of William Terry and Nancy Gooch) on 19 June 1818. They had six children:
    1. Nancy Terry (30 Dec 1819-1841)
    2. ELizabeth Terry (29 Nov 1828-?)
    3. Louise Frances Terry (9 Nov 1831-25 March 1892)
    4. Mary Ann Terry (12 May 1833-18 May 1915)
    5. James Anderson Terry (11 Feb 1840-?)
    6. William Carr Terry (20 Aug 1842-17 Sept 1915)
  3. MARY TERRY (25 March 1796-1860). Mary never married.
  4. FRANCIS "FRANK" TERRY (8 Jan 1798-2 March 1879) married Elizabeth Rash and a second time to Margaret West. Children of Frank and Elizabeth were:
    1. Claborn Terry (2 Feb 1819-30 Dec 1890)
    2. Joseph Terry (2 May 1821-1895)
    3. William Terry (1823-Nov 1849)
    4. Calvin Terry (7 Jan 1826-27 Feb 1886)
    5. Mary Terry (2 Feb 1828-25 Nov 1891)
    6. Charity Terry (1830-?)
    7. Margaret Terry (abt 1832-?)
    8. Vincent Terry (1833-5 Aug 1862)
  5. Children of Frank Terry and Margaret West were:
    1. Sarah Terry (1844-1849)
    2. John Terry ( abt 1846-?)
    3. Curtis A. "Tobe" Terry (April 1848-?)
    4. Lucy B. Terry
    5. Simpson Terry (11 Feb 1853-15 Jan 1915)
  6. SARAH "SALLY" TERRY (10 July 1800-6 Feb 1861) married Carr Terry (9 April 1791-28 Aug 1870) about 1818. They had eight children:
    1. James Washington Terry (13 July 1820-18 Mar 1891)
    2. Malinda Terry (24 Feb 1822-17 Feb 1887)
    3. Judith Terry
    4. Mary "Polly" Terry
    5. Nancy Terry (26 Feb 1829-12 Jan 1875)
    6. Rowland Terry (6 Dec 1832-10 April 1899)
    7. William Jasper Terry (20 Oct 1834-26 Nov 1914)
    8. Sarah Jane Terry
  7. CURTIS TERRY(1803-1883) married Elizabeth Kuykendall.
  8. HENRIETTA TERRY(1805-?) married James Matthew Kuykendall (1803-?, son of Jesse Kuykendall and Jennie Hall). They had six children:
    1. Rebecca Kuykendall (13 Jan 1828-19 May 1905)
    2. Lucinda "Lucy" Kuykendall (1833-?)
    3. Allen Kuykendall (15 Nov 1835-19 Jan 1869)
    4. Newton Cannon Kuykendall (26 Mar 1837-30 April 1911)
    5. Jane Kuykendall (1841-?)
    6. Prudence Mariah Kuykendall (28 Aug 1843-1 Nov 1929)
  9. NANCY JANE TERRY (19 June 1808-Feb 1876) married John Martin Dowell (7 April 1803-Feb 1858, son of John Dowell and Sarah Hickman) about 1827 and they had fourteen children:
    1. Winchester Pearson Dowell (1 April 1825-19 Dec 1902)
    2. Sarah Catherine Dowell (1829-1906)
    3. John Hickman Dowell (6 May 1831-27 Jan 1920)
    4. James Terry Dowell (20 Sept 1832-6 Nov 1911)
    5. Joseph Lafayette Dowell (16 Aug 1834-29 May 1907)
    6. Peter Kuykendall Dowell (9 May 1836-30 Jan 1880)
    7. Mary W. Dowell (7 Oct 1839-5 Dec 1883)
    8. George Rufus Dowell (1842-1894)
    9. Mattison M. Dowell (1 Sept 1843-?)
    10. Elijah W. Dowell (16 Feb 1846-6 Nov 1930)
    11. Henrietta Frances Dowell (10 Oct 1847-27 Feb 1921)
    12. William Carr Dowell (1848-1878)
    13. Sophia Elizabeth Dowell (10 June 1849-31 Jan 1911)
    14. Campbell F. Dowell (11 Dec 1852-9 Feb 1938)
  10. PRUDENCE TERRY (25 Sept 1810-31 Jan 1869) married Peter Kuykendall (13 Feb 1806-13 Feb 1879, son of Jesse Kuykendall and Jennie Hall). They had twelve children:
    1. James Jefferson Kuykendall (25 Sept 1827-29 Sept 1873)
    2. Noah Hampton Kuykendall
    3. Jesse Hickman Kuykendall
    4. Mary Jane Kuykendall (1834-1891)
    5. Elijah Robinson Kuykendall (14 Dec 1836-27 Noc 1920)
    6. Nancy Matilda Kuykendall (1838-?)
    7. Sarah Malinda Kuykendall (1840-?)
    8. Lucinda Elizabeth Kuykendall (1842-?)
    9. Henrietta Caroline Kuykendall (1844-?)
    10. Peter Erasmus Kuykendall (3 Aug 1846-21 Sept 1897)
    11. Matthew Curtis Kuykendall (1849-?)
    12. William Kendrick Kuykendall (31 Jan 1853-4 July 1917)
  11. JAMES G. TERRY (1812-?) married Martha Welch. They had nine children:
    1. John H. Terry
    2. Mary E. Terry (14 Oct 1833-?)
    3. James Peyton Terry (1836-1888)
    4. Lucinda Terry
    5. Sarah Ann Terry (11 March 1840-10 July 1901)
    6. Louisa Frances Terry
    7. William Terry
    8. Rebecca M. Terry
  12. LUCINDA TERRY (1819-1843) married Gideon Anderson. They had three children and Gideon deserted Lucinda in 1842, apparently heading west. Lucinda died shortly after the birth of her son.
    1. Mary Ann Anderson (22 Dec 1838-?)
    2. Sarah Hickman Anderson (2 Sept 1840-22 Jan 1926)
    3. George Washington Anderson (10 Oct 1842-10 Noc 1913)

 

GENERATION NO. 10 (1803-1883)

CURTIS TERRY/ ELIZABETH KUYKENDALL

Curtis Terry was born about 1803 in Granville Co., NC and died in 1883, Jackson Co., TN. He married Sarah Buford and about 1822 married Elizabeth Kuykendall (abt 1805, daughter of Jesse Kukendall and Jennie Hall). I believe all of Curtis Terry's children were by his sceond wife, Elizabeth. There were nine of them:

 

  1. ELIJAH WASHINGTON TERRY (7 April 1823-5 Aug 1901) married Sarah Anderson about 1844 and then married Angeline Abigail Campbell Denton Burton, a widow. Elijah and Sarah Anderson has seven children:
    1. Elizabeth Catherine Terry (27 Sept 1847-29 March 1877) married Burton Johnson
    2. Curtis Anderson Terry (1849-1852)
    3. Julie Ann Terry (3 Nov 1850-7 Jan 1940) married John Cook in Nov 1873
    4. James Waymore terry (2 Dec 1852-29 Nov 1932) married Almirinda Smith in 1871
    5. William Lafayette Terry (11 Sept 1854-1 Oct 1949) married Sarah Pointer in 1884
    6. Elretta Terry (4 Jan 1857-22 May 1940) married William Lynn
    7. Jesse Vincent Terry (8 Dec 1859-25 Sept 1898) married Adelia Ann Burgess in 1886
  2. Elijah and Angeline Burton had an additional six children:
    1. Infant Terry
    2. Sarah Emily Terry (31 Aug 1862-24 Feb 1931) married Thomas Burgess
    3. Lucinda Idera Terry (2 June 1866-13 April 1929) married Richard Laken Mitchell
    4. Adrian Madison Terry (11 Dec 1867-21 Aug 1942) married Sarah Pryor Bohannon
    5. Susan Celina Terry (Aug 21869-?)
    6. Robert Young Terry (1872-1947)
  3. VINCENT M. TERRY (1824-1869) married Sarah Catherine Dowell (1829-1906, daughter of John Dowell and Nancy Terry) They wee cousins and had sixteen children:
    1. James Burton Terry (15 March 184-12 Jan 1932) married Martha Ann Buford 25 March 1869 and Nancy Emma Holman 24 Aug 1892
    2. John Curtis Terry (25 March 1848-3Jan 1923) married Arabelle Gaw 17 Dec 1868
    3. Calvin WInchester Terry (Feb 1849-22 Feb 1933) married Charlotte Caroline Gentry
    4. Winfred Terry
  4. LAVINA JANE TERRY (22 Apil 1826-31 Oct 1890) married Winchester Pearson Dowell (1 April 1825-19 Dec 1902, son of John Martin Dowell and Nancy Terry). They were cousins and had eight children:
    1. Curtis Hickman Dowell (26 Nov 1847-4 Oct 1911) married Polly Edwards Buford 10 Oct 1871
    2. James Jesse Brasel Dowell (22 Sept 1849-?)
    3. Elijah Asbury Dowell (17 Aug 1851-?)
    4. Columbus Lafayette Dowell (1 Oct 1855-?) married Suzy Kuykendall
    5. Melvin Draper Dowell (30 July 1857-?)
    6. Sarah Elizabeth Dowell (4 March 1859-1 Oct 1884)
    7. Claiborn Winchester Dowell (9 March 1863-18 July 1944) married Elizabeth Holman 14 Feb 1897
    8. Peter Kuykendall Dowell (29 Sept 1866-18 July 1944) married his cousin Julie Ann Frances Terry
  5. JAMES BRASWELL TERRY (7 Nov 1831-1903) married Frances Amanda Pearson (abt 1851, daughter of Joeseph Pearson). "Brazz" is mentioned in John Johnson's letter home to Tennessee; in fact when John and Louisa left Tennessee for Texas, they went to live with Brazz. Brazz had joined the Confederate Army but but switched allegiance to the Union Army. As a result. his family and friends turned their backs on him when he returned after the war. So Brazz headed to Missouri to be with his brother Jesse but discovered that Jesse had been killed during the war. Brazz headed for Texas and settled in Basin Springs, Grayson County, Texas. John W. Johnson, married to Brazz' sister, Louisa, followed with his family in 1873. John's letters attest to this fact. James and Frances had nine children:
    1. Joseph Curtis Terry (6 Aug 1852-27 March 1940) married Janie Looney 1 Jan 1880 in Grayson Co., TX
    2. Campbell Stanton Terry (14 May 1857-?) married Delaney Barefoot, a cherokee
    3. Hugh Terry
    4. Lawson Claiborne Terry (17 Oct 1859-20 July 1914) married Mary Alice Harris 24 Oct 1882, Grayson Co., TX
    5. Louise Frances Terry (20 Feb 1861-28 Dec 1938) maried William Thomas Caudle 24 Oct 1882 in a double ceremony with her borther Lawson
    6. Noah M. Terry (8 Nov 1867-?)
    7. James E. Terry (26 Dec 1869-?)
    8. Tempy Lavina Terry (15 Jan 1871-?)
    9. Elisha S. Terry (2 Dec1874-?)
  6. JESSE KUYKENDALL TERRY (28 April 1834-28 July 1864) married Mary Ann Webb and 5 July 1859 married Mary Ann Stevenson. Jesse died after the civil war in Missouri. Jesse and Mary Webb had one daughter:
    1. Eliza Jane Terry (21 Feb 1857-1944)
  7. Jesse and Mary Stevenson had two children:
    1. Elizabeth F. Terry (1861-1897)
    2. Milton Curtis Terry (5 March 1864-11 March 1937)
  8. LOUISA C. TERRY (abt 1837-1874) married John W. Johnson
  9. JOHN CLAIBORNE TERRY (1837-?) married Rebecca Jane Green Garrison, widow of John Garrison who died in the Civil War. In addition to her two sons by Garrison, John and Rebecca had seven children:
    1. Pearly Terry died as an infant
    2. Mary Terry (22 Sept 1866-6 April 1895) married William Crowe
    3. Curtis Kibrel Terry (14 Feb 1867-24 Dec 1924) married Mahala Guyton
    4. Henry Lafayette Terry (2 Dec 1869-1 Oct 1950) married Nannie Margaret Donner
    5. Garland Morrison Terry (10 Aug 1871-12 Sept 1958) married Della Porter and Sarah Guyton
    6. A.M. Terry died as an infant
    7. Ida M. Terry (15 Sept 1877-13 April 1963) married George Washington Brown
  10. MARY ELIZABETH TERRY (1842-1863) married George Washington Johnson, nephew of John W. Johnson (abt 1837-?, son of John Johnson and Mary Polly Cooper). They had at least three children:
    1. Jesse Claiborne Johnson (1860-1937)
    2. Logan Augusta Johnson (1862-1931)
    3. Lavina Adelaid Johnson (1863-1884)
  11. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE TERRY (1845-1905) was married twice, his first wife in unknown. His second wife was Lucinda Fisk. William had seven children:
    1. Angelina Terry
    2. Katie Terry
    3. Robert Lee Terry
    4. Sarah Elizabeth Terry
    5. Gertrude Terry
    6. John Whitley Terry
    7. Eva Terry

GENERATION NO. 11 (1837-1874)

LOUISA C. TERRY/ JOHN W. JOHNSON

Louisa was born about 1837 and died in Grayson County, Texas in 1874. They had six children:

  1. FATIMA ELIZABETH JOHNSON (2 Sept 1855-29 July 1943)
  2. MARY J. JOHNSON (1857-?1874)
  3. NANCY ANGELINA JOHNSON (19 Dec 1859-20 Sept 1943)
  4. JESSE LAFAYETTE JOHNSON (7 Jan 1863-13 June 1916)
  5. SARAH O. "OLLIE" JOHNSON (1866-6 July 1882)
  6. JOHN T. JOHNSON (23 April 1869-1 Feb 1959)
  7. CYNTHIA LEVINA CORDELIA JOHNSON (18 Oct 1872-6 Aug 1891)

For more about the Johnson family, see JOHNSON ROOTS and JOHN'S LETTERS TO DANIEL.

 



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