JAMES LAWRENCE TERRY 6, (JAMES S. TERRY 5, MILDRED BAGBY 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born March 19, 1817 in Christian County, Kentucky and died After 1888 in Washington, Iowa. He married SARAH JANE MOUNTS on July 4, 1839. She was born After 1817 and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES LAWRENCE TERRY: The following research is accredited to Mike Terry in an article published in the "1984 Terry Family Historian". It was submitted by Hope Davis for publication to Sherri Schäefer Bagby in January, 2000.

OUR FAMILY RECORD:

RECORD OF JAMES LAWRENCE TERRY — SON OF JAMES TERRY — SON OF STEPHEN TERRY

Introduction — Explanatory

The fact that your mother and I came to this country, Iowa, forty years ago, leaving all our relatives behind us, and have to this day been separated from them, so that our children could learn nothing of their family history by association with them, makes it necessary for me to give them such information as I have on that subject, and just here I will state that I feel myself very inadequate to the task I have assumed.

The Terry Family originally emigrated from England about the year 1635, and settled in the colony of Virginia; and from thence scattered into the various colonies then being settled.

My grandmother on my father's side gave me about all the information I have about her husbands people. She said there were seven brothers of them that came from England together and that all of the name that she had known traced their ancestry back to them.

The family were quite numerous in Virginia, and she used to speak with pride and say, that she never heard of one of the name that was hung, or in the penitentiary, or of being a thief. They were loyal to the flag of their country, and fought gallantly in the Revolution and War of 1812.

My Grandfather Terry's name was Stephen. He was born in Louisa County, Virginia, about the year of 1758, and enlisted as a soldier in the Revolution when about seventeen years old. Was shot through the body at the battle of Brandywine, August 11th, 1777, when about eighteen years old. He lived however until he was about sixty years old. He died August 1820. I can just remember seeing him. He acquired considerable property, and was considered a well-to-do farmer. He was a very fine looking old gentleman. He moved from Virginia to Kentucky in 1809, or 10, and settled in Todd County, about three miles northwest from Nashville. Here he lived until his death.

He married a lady by the name of MILDRED BAGBY, about the year of 1781 or 82.

Of her family I know but little, only that she told me that all of her brothers but one were in the Revolutionary War. Her youngest brother, JOHN BAGBY moved to Barren County, Kentucky. I was at his house at various times during the years 1836 and 37, first in 1831. He was a fine looking old man. Had a large farm and a good many slaves. The family were originally from England, and settled in the colony of Virginia, but at what period I do not know.

My father's mother gave birth to twelve children; three dying in infancy.

The male members of the family were William M., James (my father), Stephen and Nathaniel. My uncle William raised a very large family, all now dead except three, as I have heard very lately from one of his sons, now a District Judge in the County he was raised in. He has one brother, Stephen, living in Ft. Worth, Texas, and one a retired merchant in or near Louisville, Kentucky.

Children of JAMES TERRY and SARAH MOUNTS are:

1. JAMES HENRY TERRY, b. June 22, 1840; d. May 16, 1863.
2. ELLEN JANE TERRY, b. May 17, 1842; d. January 28, 1863.
3. MARY CATHARINE TERRY, b. December 23, 1843; d. 1844.
4. MARCUS CICERO TERRY, b. May 12, 1845; d. Unknown.
5. MARGARET JOSEPHINE TERRY, b. November 17, 1847; d. Unknown.
6. LAURA LAVINA TERRY, b. July 21, 1851; d. 1854.
7. WILLIAM McCONNELL TERRY, b. March 11, 1853.
8. SARAH EMMA TERRY, b. December 23, 1855; d. 1867.

 

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE TERRY 6, (JAMES S. TERRY 5, MILDRED BAGBY 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born January 29, 1818 in Christian County, Kentucky and died Unknown. He married (1) JANE NELSON December 24, 1840. She was born After 1817 and died Unknown. He married (2) NANCY STILL on August 2, 1853. She was born After 1818 and died Unknown.

Children of NAPOLEON TERRY and JANE NELSON are:

1. MARY CATHERINE TERRY, b. November 02, 1856; d. Unknown.
2. ELIZABETH ELLEN TERRY, b. December 22, 1858; d. Unknown.
3. JAMES HENRY TERRY, b. May 20, 1861; d. Unknown.

 

JOHN TERRY 6, (WILLIAM MORRIS TERRY 5, MILDRED BAGBY 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born September 19, 1809 in Goochland County, Virginia and died After 1856. He married MARY JANE MOSS September 11, 1832. She was born About 1809 and died After 1857.

Children of JOHN TERRY and MARY MOSS are:

1. JAMES WILLIAM TERRY, b. August 6, 1836; d. Unknown.
2. EUGENE M. TERRY, b. August 13, 1838; d. Unknown.
3. J. MOSS TERRY, b. March 11, 1843; d. Unknown.
4. ELLA C. TERRY, b. May 8, 1845; d. Unknown.
5. JOHN TERRY, b. December 23, 1847; d. Unknown.
6. MARY E. TERRY, b. September 11, 1849; d. Unknown.
7. HELEN C. TERRY, b. January 8, 1854; d. Unknown.
8. GOBRIAS TERRY, b. January 24, 1855; d. Unknown.
9. FLORENCE TERRY, b. March 3, 1857; d. Unknown.

 

GOBRIAS TERRY 6, (WILLIAM MORRIS TERRY 5, MILDRED BAGBY 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born December 23, 1822 and died About 1905 in Todd County, Kentucky. He married LOUISA S. NELSON About 1854. She was born July 1, 1834 in Tennessee and died November 9, 1893 in Todd County, Kentucky.

Note: Another source lists George Nelson Terry as a son in this family.

Children of GOBRIAS TERRY and LOUISA NELSON are:

1. LULA E. TERRY, b. February 15, 1857; d. Novembeer 13, 1924, Todd County, Kentucky; m. EDWARD WEATHERS, the son of EDWARD WORTHINGTON WEATHERS and SUSAN MARY FERGUSON. He was b. October 28, 1852, Washington County, Kentucky; d. November 22, 1949, Todd County, Kentucky.
2. WILLIAM MORRIS TERRY, b. May 11, 1860, Todd County, Kentucky; d. March 05, 1907, Todd County, Kentucky.

 

ALEXANDER TERRY BYARS, SR. 6, (MARTHA ANN TERRY 5, MILDRED BAGBY 4, JOHN 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born May 5, 1816 in Todd County, Kentucky and died December 14, 1890 in Todd County, Kentucky. He married SALLY EDRINGTON on September 6, 1854. She was born October 1, 1820 and died October 14, 1904 in Todd County, Kentucky.

Notes for ALEXANDER TERRY BYARS, SR.:
Data from application for membership to D.A.R. (Sammie Farrier Marshall, descendant of John Bagby, Sr.) dated 10/6/1988.

Child of ALEXANDER BYARS and SALLY EDRINGTON is:

1. ALEXANDER TERRY BYARS, JR., b. About 1861; d. Unknown.

 

 

 

 

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