Life History

Other facts

Notes

• We can tell from the 1850 census that George's first wife MaryMansfield died some time before 1850.  Stanley family sources and theEdmund West Family Data Collection report that Mary Ann died in 1846in Georgia.  (See more information in the Notes for Mary AnnMansfield.)  George is single in 1850, in a  shared household with hisfather, Lewis Terry, with two children, Nancy age 13 and Mary Ann age8.
  
  1850 Census, Murray County, Georgia, 13 August, page 32, House/Family#1590
  George Terry 39 M  Farmer SC  [born abt 1811]
  Nancy Terry  13 F  SC  [born abt 1837]
  Mary A Terry   8 F  GA  Idiot  [born abt 1842]
  
  These ages and birth states of the daughters tell us that George movedto Georgia between 1837 and 1842.  His first wife Mary Ann Mansfieldalso died after 1842, since she is not reported in the 1850 census.Stanley-Mansfield genealogies tell us that she died in 1846 inGeorgia.
  
  In the household of George's sister, next door to George, is his olderdaughter Jane Elizabeth, listed as Elizabeth Terry.
  
  1850 Census, Murray County, Georgia, 13 August, page 32, House/Family#1591
  Thomas Carder  45 M Farmer SC  [born abt 1805]
  Nancy [Terry] Carder 37 F SC  [born abt 1813]
  Elizabeth Terry 14 F SC  [born abt 1826]
  
  It appears that George did not remarry for at least 14 years.  Againin the 1860 census, no wife is recorded in his household.  In 1860 hissister Nancy, whose husband has died, is also living with them.  In1860 his daughter Mary Ann is still at home, and is designated in both1850 and 1860 as an Idiot.
  
  1860 Census, Murray County, Georgia, 30 June, Militia District 972, PORock Creek, p 42, House #286, Family #282
  George C Terry 49 M  Farmer 5000 2500 SC [widow]  [born abt 1811]
  Mary A Terry  18 F  GA  Idiot  [born abt 1842]
  Nancy Carder 47 F  $400 SC  [born abt 1813]
  Kimsy Carder 19 M Farm Laborer GA  [born abt 1841]
  William H Carder 12 M GA  [born abt 1848]
  
  Nancy's son Berry (Berryman) (age 25 born Georgia) and his wifeMalissa (age 24 born South Carolina) are living one house down, withthe family of M J and Sarah West between them.
  
  George was married in the 1840 census, but the censuses before 1850 donot give the exact ages of any persons or any names but the head ofhousehold.  So there is one female of age to be his wife, but we haveno name.  There are two female children under 5 and 1 female between 5and 10 years old.  This means there is one more daughter we have notaccounted for.  I have the names of three children, as indicated bythe information from the censuses of 1850 and 1860 above.  Other Terrygenealogies also lack this info.
  
  According to one Terry Family source, he has a second marriage toElizabeth Moreland.  This source gave no date is known for this secondmarriage.  It would be after 1860, since he has no wife in the 1860census.  It appears that George's second wife Elizabeth Moreland diedbefore the 1870 census.
  
  In 1870, George appears in the Murray County census, near other Terryfamily members, but with no wife.  There is a young woman named LouisaTerry, age 25, with him.  This appears to be his wife though thiscensus did not designate family relationships.  We also see a childthat appears to be Louisa's child 4-year-old William L.  This censusdoes not report on marital status of individuals, so we are not toldif Louisa is a widow.  It did not seem likely that she was a thirdwife of George, but the household members reported make it look thatway.  I have thus reported Louisa as a third wife.  This relationshipis confirmed in the 1880 census.  See below.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 19 July, Militia District972, PO Spring Place, page 8, Hse/Fam #52
  Terry, George C  60 M W Farmer Real Estate 1000  Personal Estate 700SC
  Terry, Louisa 25 F W  Keeping House SC
  Terry, William L 4 M W  GA
  
  I thought it more reasonable that Louisa is a widow of one of theyoung Terry men, who has moved in with George to keep house for him.It did not seem to be another daughter.  The age of 25,  making herborn approximately 1845, does not match his known daughters JaneElizabeth born 1836, Nancy born 1837 or Mary Ann born 1842.   Iexpected this was a niece whose husband was killed in the Civil War.
  
  The 1880 census tell us more, due to additional information thatcensus gathered.  It turns out that Louisa is reported there as wifeof George, even with their great age discrepancy, and William L is hisson.  It could still be that Louisa was first married to a youngerman, then when widowed married George.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 3 June, Doolittle(Militia District 972), District 154, page 7, Hse #61, Fam #66
  Terry, George C  M W 69  Farmer SC VA VA
  Terry, Louisa C  F W 35  Wife Keeping House SC
  Terry, William L  M W 14   Son  GA
  
  If this child is the natural child of George, this means that he andLouisa were married sometime around 1865.  I have wondered if this isthe woman reported as Elizabeth Moreland in some sources, under thename of Louisa.  I have not found Moreland families around the Terrysin censuses to evaluate families.  I have not yet been further able toidentify Louisa.  So with what I know now, I will add her as a thirdwife.
  
  A new factor added in this census is the report of George's parents asborn in Virginia.  From other family information we know that hisfather Lewis was born in South Carolina, but his mother was born inVirginia.  This is one fact that might make this appear as a differentGeorge C Terry.  However, the age matches and in 1870 he was livingnext door to George W Terry, age 26, his nephew, son of George'sbrother Duncan Terry.
  
  In 1900, Louisa is reported in Texas, living with her son William Land his wife Cora, who have no children.  They have been in Texas atleast two years, because William and Cora and William have beenmarried 2 years.  Cora was born in Texas.  They are enumerated inErath County, west of Fort Worth.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Erath County, Texas, 11 June, Dublin City,District 69, page 17A, Hse #328, Fam #343
  Terry, William  Head W M May 1866  34  Married 2 years  GA NC SCSchool Teacher
  Terry, Cora  Wife W F Feb 1877 23  Married 2 years  TX AL GA
  Terry, Louisa  Mother W F May 1844 56  Widow  SC SC SC
  
  George married Elizabeth Moreland after the 1860 census.  His firstwife died in 1846.  In 1860 he has only his 18-year-old daughter MaryA in his home, plus his sister Nancy Carder, whose husband Thomas hasdied.
  
  1860 Census, Murray County, Georgia, 30 June, PO Rock Creek, p 42,House #286, Family #282
  George C Terry 49 M  Farmer 5000 2500 SC
  Mary ATerry  18 F  GA
  Nancy Carder  47 F  SC

Sources

• 1. Thomas Lewis Terry Bible, courtesy of Jacque Watkins, email September2008
• 2. Terry Family -- 95
  • Name: Name:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troy/ghtout/gp95.htm;;
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 19 July, Militia District 972, PO Spring Place, page 8, Hse/Fam #52
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 3 June, Doolittle (Militia District 972), District 154, page 7, Hse
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 30 June, Militia District 972, PO Rock Creek, page 42, Hse #286, Fam
• 6. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 13 November, page 532, Hse/Fam #1590
• 7. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 13 November, page 33 (scan p 264), Hse/Fam #1591
• 8. 1885 Kansas State Census, Montgomery County
  • 1 March, Parker Township, page 6
• 9. Evelyn Ford, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, August 2007
• 10. 1860 Federal Census, Towns County, Georgia
  • 15 July, PO Mountain Scene, page 24 (scan p 138), Hse/Fam #166
• 11. 1880 Federal Census, Platte County, Missouri
  • 1 June, Carroll Township, District 92, page 5, Hse #44, Fam #47
• 12. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • page 262,  House #1590, Family #1590
• 13. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 13 November, page 32 (scan p 263), Hse/Fam #1590
• 14. Ancestry Trees
  • James K Stanley,
• 15. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 16. 1850 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 13 November, page 32 (scan p 263), Hse/Fam #1591
• 17. 1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 19 July, Militia District 972, PO Spring Place, page 8, Hse/Fam # 52
• 18. 1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 30 June, Militia District 972, PO Rock Creek, p 42, House #286, Family
• 19. Ancestry Trees
  • Jacque Watkins,
• 20. 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma
  • 23 April, Ryan City, Blackburn Township, District 148, page 8A,
• 21. 1930 Federal Census, Tarrant County, Texas
  • 17 April, Enumeration District 79, Fort Worth, Ward 21W, page 40A,
• 22. 1900 Federal Census, Erath County, Texas
  • 11 June, Dublin City, District 69, page 17A, Hse #328, Fam #343