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'Sallie' Sarah Colquhoun Green

Female 1834 - 1886  (52 years)


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  1. 1.  'Sallie' Sarah Colquhoun Green was born 1834, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green, MD and Anne Colquhoun); died 1886, Danville City, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green, MDDr. Nathaniel Terry Green, MD was born 10 Mar 1800, Halifax County, Virginia (son of Captain Berryman Green and Nancy Terry); died 29 Apr 1860, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Knox Colorado.com
    Dr. Nathaniel Terry GREEN was born on 10 March 1800 in Halifax, VA. He died on 29 April 1860 at the age of 60 in Danville, Pittsylvania, VA. VA deaths & burials index, 1853-1917, ancestry.com, film #33327; US Federal Mortality Scedule, 1850-1885, ancestry.com, census year 1860, month of death, April, does not list his cause of death
    The Alexandria (VA) Gazette, Monday, May 7, 1860, p2
    Virginia News
    "Dr. Nathaniel T. Green, president of the Farmer's Bank, at Danville, Va., died on Sunday week." He was buried on 30 April 1860 at Green Hill Cemetery in Danville, Pittsylvania, VA. data from Green Fam Mss:Emma Green Phillips, 1915, DAR Library, Washington, D. C. and from Halcott Townes Haden
    1830 census, living with mother-in-law, Martha Colquehoun, see her notes
    1840 census, Danville, Pittsylvania, VA, p139, Roll 573
    Nathanl T. Green, M: 2 u 5, 1 15-19, 1 20-29, 1 40-49; F: 2 5-9, 3 10-14, 1 15-19, 1 40-49, Slaves: 17
    1850 census, Danville, Pittsylvania, VA, p168A, M432_968
    106/106 Nathl T. Green, 50, M, VA (should be listed as a Physician-jek)
    Ann Green, 52, F, VA
    William S. Green, 30, M, VA
    Adelade C. C. Green, 34, F, VA
    Maria E. Green, 24, F, VA
    Mary F. Green, 22, F, VA
    Julia C. Green, 18, F, VA
    Sarah C. Green, 16, F, VA
    Berryman Green, 14, M, VA, attended school w/i year
    James C. Green, 13, M, VA, attended school w/i year
    Parents: Berryman GREEN and Nancy TERRY.

    Spouse: Anne COLQUEHOUN. Anne COLQUEHOUN and Dr. Nathaniel Terry GREEN were married on 17 December 1818 in Pittsylvania, VA. Children were: Dr. William Shakespeare GREEN, Martha Ann GREEN, Janet Colquehoun GREEN, Maria Elizabeth GREEN, Mary Frances GREEN, Adeline Terry GREEN, Julia Claramond GREEN, Sarah C. GREEN, Judge Berryman GREEN, Dr. James Colquehoun GREEN.
    *********
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Green&GSiman=1&GScid=50443&GRid=13161970&
    Greenhill Cemetery which bears his name is located on the site of his former estate. Nathaniel T. was the husband of Anne Colquehoun Green.



    Name:
    Comments: it should be noted that Berryman Green's (1754-1825) son Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green (1800-1860) also had several children (Moses, Caroline, Lethia and Ellen) with a black woman named Delphia (born around 1807). These children were all classified as "mulatto" beginning in the 1970 federal census. Moses Green (born 1826) was my 2nd great grandfather.

    Kevin Reevey

    Nathaniel married Anne Colquhoun 17 Dec 1818, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Anne (daughter of James Colquhoun and Martha Gatewood) was born 5 Jan 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 24 Mar 1854, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Anne ColquhounAnne Colquhoun was born 5 Jan 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of James Colquhoun and Martha Gatewood); died 24 Mar 1854, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Other Children of Anne Colquhoun and Nathaniel Terry Green include, Martha Ann Green, Janet Colquehoun Green, Adeline Terry Green, Julia Claramond Green, Sarah C.[Colquhoun] Green.

    Children:
    1. Dr. William Shakespeare Green was born 21 Aug 1820, Danville Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 18 Apr 1866, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    2. Martha Ann Green was born 25 Feb 1822; died 2 Dec 1853; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
    3. Maria Elizabeth Green was born 17 Feb 1826, Halifax County, Virginia; died 16 Jan 1906, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    4. Mary Frances Green was born 7 Nov 1827, Halifax Co., Virginia; died 5 Sep 1852, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    5. Adeline Terry Green was born 17 Sep 1829; died 20 Jul 1848; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
    6. Julia Claramond Green was born 25 Jan 1832, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 21 Dec 1891, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
    7. 1. 'Sallie' Sarah Colquhoun Green was born 1834, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1886, Danville City, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    8. Judge Berryman Calhoun Green was born 30 Mar 1836, Danville, Virginia; died 18 Jun 1905, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    9. James Colquhoun Green, MD was born 25 Jan 1838, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1 Apr 1884, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Captain Berryman GreenCaptain Berryman Green was born 26 Jan 1754, Amelia County, Virginia (son of Thomas Green and Lucy Davis); died 13 Sep 1825, Halifax County, Virginia; was buried 14 Sep 1825, Terry Family Cemetery Halifax County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    History of Halifax County
    By W. J. Carrington

    Page 184-185
    GREEN
    Berryman Green was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1754 [Amelia-mfe]. This family dates back to an illustrious line of "Buckton," Northamptonshire, England.
    He enlisted in the Revolutionary war as a private, in 1776, and served through the war as quartermaster on General Washington's staff. He was unfit for active service, being lame. He married Nancy Terry, daughter of Nathaniel Terry, Gent., Burgess of Halifax County. He died in this county, [Halifax] September 13, 1825. Nancy, his wife, died February 20, 1837. They were buried at the old 'Thompson Place', near 'Banister Lodge.' Their children were, viz.: Elizabeth Dickerson Green, who married her cousin, Col. Joe Coleman Terry., Berryman Green, Jr. marrried Ariana Vaughan, Mary Green (died), Sarah Green (died) Thomas Jefferson Green, married Frances Keeling Burton, Nathaniel Terry Green, married Annie Colquehoun.

    From Col. Berryman Green descended some of Halifax County's most honorable and substantial citizens. This data given is from the family Bible.

    EXERPTS CONTINUE (See Documents)

    Berryman Green was born 31 January 1753 or 1754 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Thomas Green (ca. 1725-ca. 1799) and Lucy Davis Green (ca. 1735-1785). Green's family moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, and in 1769, he was apprenticed to the court clerk of Charlotte County, Virginia. In 1776, Green enlisted in Henry Lee's (1756-1818) command, then received an appointment as quartermaster for General George Washington?s (1732-1799) staff. In 1781, Green was appointed an assistant deputy quartermaster for the state of Virginia. After the war, Green lived in Westmoreland County, then moved to Halifax County, Virginia in 1787 where he became a planter. Green represented Halifax County in the House of Delegates in 1796. Green married first Anne Pritchard (d. 1787) in Pennsylvania in 1799, and they had five children. He married second Nancy Terry (1758 or 1763-1836) of Halifax County 6 January 1789), and they had six children. Green died in Halifax County 14 September 1825, and was buried in the Terry family cemetery there.

    Berryman Green was apprenticed to become a Court Clerk. In 1801, he signed the Will of Jonathan Colquit, A.C.H.C [Acting Clerk of Halifax County].
    WILL OF JONATHAN COLQUITT
    In The Name of God Amen. I Jonathan Colquitt of Halifax County do make, ordain and declare this to be my last will and Testament, and manner and form following(Viz) imprimis. I lend unto my Daughter Nancy Bostick and Sarah Bain, the tract of land whereon I now live containing one hundred acres more or less (purchase of Robert Akin) during their Natural lives, to be equally divided by two Disinterested men chosen by each party and if they dont agree one other person to be chosen by the referees and their decision to final, and at the death of my daughters Nancy, & Sarah. It is my will and desire that the aforesaid tract of land be equally divided between the heirs of my daughters Nancy Bostick & Sarah Bain to them and their heirs for ever. Item I give to my grandson Frederick Bain one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item I give unto my Grand daughter Christian Colquitt (daughter) of Ransom Colquitt one feather bed to her and her heirs forever. Item I give unto my son Ransom Colquitt Fanny, Eve and her increase, Negroes which he has had in possesson for some time, also one cow and calf to him and his heirs forever. Item It is my will and desire that my Exetors sell the remaince of my Estate to the best advantage (to Wit),a negro man James, my stock also all my house hold and kitchen furniture and after my just debts are paid the overplus if any tobe equally divided. Between the heirs of Ransom Colquitt, Nancy Bostick and the heirs of Sarah Bain to them and their heirs forever. And lastly I do nominate Constitute & appoint my friends Charles Bruce, Hartwell Carter & Achilles Colquitt Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have Hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred.
    Jonathan Colquitt L. S.
    Witness his David x Farmer, William Farmer, Thomas Ballow mark: At a court held for Halifax County the 27th day of July 1801, The within written Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Colquitt deceased was exhibited in court & proved by the affirmation of two of the witnesses thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded.
    Teste John Wimbish C G?C.
    At a court held for Halifax County the 25th day of January 1802, on the motion of Charles Bruce one of the Executors named in the foregoing will of Jonathan Colquitt decd who made oath according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining probate of the said will in due form, he giving security whereupon he together with James Bruce his security entered into acknowledged their bond in the finally of five thousand dollars. Conditioned as the law directs.
    Teste John Wimbish C.H.C.
    Truly recorded
    Teste Berryman Green A.C.H.C.
    Halifax County, Virginia, Wills, Book 6, p. 297.

    Berryman married Nancy Terry 6 Jan 1789, Halifax County, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Patriot Nathaniel D. [Dickinson] Terry, Sr. and Sarah Anne Royall) was born 12 Feb 1758, Halifax County, Virginia; died 25 Mar 1836, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy Terry was born 12 Feb 1758, Halifax County, Virginia (daughter of Patriot Nathaniel D. [Dickinson] Terry, Sr. and Sarah Anne Royall); died 25 Mar 1836, Halifax County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Remember, when Nancy Terry married Berryman Green, he had at least 4 children; having been married to Ann Pritchard until her death. Nancy Terry was 31 years old when she and Berryman were married. Anthony Green and 3 sisters came with Berryman. Anthony Green was 3 years old. I wonder why Thomas Green and Peter Davis took such an interest in Berryman, and not so much recorded, as Anthony.

    Notes:

    Married:
    http://knoxcolorado.com
    Nancy TERRY and Berryman GREEN were married on 6 January 1789 in, Halifax, VA. Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Volume 1, Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of PA, 1895, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 8:

    Marriage Record of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 1761-1803, usgwarchives.net/pa
    1778, May 25, Pritchard, Ann, and Berryman Green

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Dickerson 'Betsy ' Green was born Mar 1790, Halifax County, Virginia; died 18 Dec 1873, Halifax County, Virginia; was buried 20 Dec 1873, Sycamore Hill, Halifax County, Virginia.
    2. Berryman Green, Jr. was born Abt 1790, Halifax County, Virginia; died 12 Dec 1841, Halifax Co., Virginia [now Pittsylvania].
    3. Thomas Jefferson Green, Esquire was born 28 Dec 1796, Halifax Co., Virginia; died 19 Jul 1871, Halifax County, Virginia; was buried , Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery Halifax County, Virginia.
    4. 2. Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green, MD was born 10 Mar 1800, Halifax County, Virginia; died 29 Apr 1860, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

  3. 6.  James Colquhoun was born Est 1760; died Yes, date unknown.

    James married Martha Gatewood. Martha was born Est 1775; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Martha Gatewood was born Est 1775; died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 3. Anne Colquhoun was born 5 Jan 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 24 Mar 1854, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Green was born Abt 1730, Tidewater, Colonial Virginia (son of John Green and Elizabeth Goode); died 1799, Halifax County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Thomas Green of Prince Edward County
    Another Thomas Green was in Prince Edward County in 1761 when he bought land from his father-in-law, Peter Davis. Lucy Davis, daughter of Peter Davis married Thomas Green and was the Mother of Berryman.

    6 May 1760 Thomas Green received 400 acres on a branch of Terrible Creek. The acreage was described a surplus land between the Dudgeon and Fontaine farms below the Old Court House. Thomas Green owned Punch Spring at this time.

    PUNCH SPRING
    EARLY COURTHOUSE
    http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/CourthouseHistoryCook.htm

    It was first decided to establish a courthouse in the perfect center of Halifax County, but a survey showed this to be impossible, as the point was a small island in the middle of Banister River. It was then decided to hold the first meeting at "Hampton Wade's house," in the year 1752. The first officers of the county were Nathaniel Terry, sheriff; George Currie, clerk; Thomas Nash, surveyor; Clement Read, King's attorney; John Light, Joseph Faris and Abet Lee, constables; and Nicholas Hayle, Robert Jones and James Irwin, justices.

    Court was held in various locations, but of interest is the period 1753-1754, when sessions were held at Punch Spring. It appears that in the rear of the house only a few feet away was a large clear spring of exceptionally cold water. With this convenience, there is said to have been no end to the fine liquor brought to this courthouse. In fact, so much was brought that a pen was built around the spring for the storage of the beverage. Mint grew wild in Virginia and this, with the fine liquor and cool water, fits in with many of the traditions of the Old Dominion. But for inaccessible roads it is probable that the courthouse would have remained at this "charm spot" indefinitely.

    As to the exact location of Punch Spring we quote from the Rev. R. W. Neathery: "when I was a boy the older people of the neighborhood told me that it was located at a point on the Coles Ferry Road, just beyond where the Roberts's home is, north of Winn's Creek. If I mistake not, it is just a few hundred yards. from where the Norfolk and Western Railroad crosses the Cole's Ferry Road, on the side of Crystal Hill, not four hundred yards from the Negro church. At the time of my childhood, it was called 'Hell's Half Acre.' That makes us say 'whew', but that is true. Perhaps it was because prisoners thought it so.

    "This was just a few rods from Punch Spring, the source of Winn's Creek, which is now the home of Allie Epps. It is the old Hurt place and when I was a boy, Hurt Roberts, son of T. L. Roberts, and I, used to go to see Mrs. Hurt, the mother of C. E., H. H. and John Hurt and Mrs. Moorefield. Hurt Roberts, being named for Henry Hurt, was a special object of Mrs. Hurt's interest, and we used to go there to play. Mrs. Hurt used to put her butter, milk, and other eatables in a little stone house for safekeeping. Whenever we visited there, she would go to that little house, covered with shingles, and get something for us to eat. It was called Punch Spring then, but the little house is now torn down. But the house in which the court was held, stands now." Feb. 9, 1939

    Taken from HALIFACTS, written in 1941 by Dr. B. B. Barbour



    HalifaxCo VA Plea Book No 2, Part 2, 17 mar 1759

    (51) p. 358 William Drew is appointed Surveyor of the new road leading from John Tucks to Sparrow?s foard on Terrible Cr, and it is ordered that he, with the male laboring tithables following, to wit, those belonging to Thomas Green, Gent, Almon Gwin and his, Jeremiah Stevens, John Eckhols, Joseph Shaw, John Sparrow, and John Ashlock, do forthwith lay open, clear and keep the sd road in repair

    Thomas Green living in Halifax Co. 17 Mar 1759

    HalifaxCo VA Plea Book No 2 Part 2 17 mar 1759
    (51) p. 358 William Drew is appointed Surveyor of the new road leading from John Tucks to Sparrow?s foard on Terrible Cr, and it is ordered that he, with the male laboring tithables following, to wit, those belonging to Thomas Green, Gent, Almon Gwin and his, Jeremiah Stevens, John Eckhols, Joseph Shaw, John Sparrow, and John Ashlock, do forthwith lay open, clear and keep the sd road in repair

    1758 - Thomas Green and Peter Irby took by order of worshipful court the just and full sum of 16 pounds of good and lawful money of Virginia for building a good and well fixed bridge, at least ten feet broad, and in good repair for the term of seven years.
    Signed, sealed and released in the presence of Robert Wooding and Abraham Maury.
    To build and maintain for seven years.
    1758, March Court - Ordered that Thomas Green build a bridge over Difficult creek at a place called Madins Ford.

    Birth:
    HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA DOCUMENTS SHOW A THOMAS GREEN PURCHASING LAND IN VARINA PARISH 26 FEB 1729; ABRAHAM GREEN, ARTHUR MOSELEY, AND WILLIAM SCOTT WITNESS THIS DEED; FIELD JEFFERSON AND JOHN PLEASANTS WITNESSED LIVERY & SEIZIN. URSULA, WIFE OF WALTER, RELINQUISHED HER DOWER RIGHT.
    [this Thomas Green is at least 21 years older than Thomas Green who married Lucy Davis]

    Name:
    Shown on the Prince Edward Co., DB One Page 145b. Apr 25, 1761 from Peter Davis of P, to Thomas Green of P...... (See Documents) A William Green Witnessed this document along with Edward Hambleton, John Mason, Joshua Blanton. WHO IS THIS WILLIAM GREEN? Perhaps this William Green is the Father of this Thomas..........probably a relative of some sort.

    Thomas married Lucy Davis. Lucy (daughter of Peter Davis and Catherine Priest) was born Abt 1733, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Lucy Davis was born Abt 1733, Prince Edward Co., Virginia (daughter of Peter Davis and Catherine Priest); died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 4. Captain Berryman Green was born 26 Jan 1754, Amelia County, Virginia; died 13 Sep 1825, Halifax County, Virginia; was buried 14 Sep 1825, Terry Family Cemetery Halifax County, Virginia.
    2. Major Thomas Green, Jr. was born Abt 1756, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Colony; died 31 May 1827, Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
    3. Peter to Kentucky Green was born 21 Feb 1768, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Bef 8 Jun 1822, Henderson, Kentucky.
    4. Lucy Davis Green was born Abt 1769, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Aft 1837, Halifax County, Virginia.
    5. Elizabeth Green was born 1774, Virginia; died Aft 1830, Oglethorpe, Georgia .

  3. 10.  Patriot Nathaniel D. [Dickinson] Terry, Sr. was born 1724, Lunenburg, Virginia (son of Benjamin Terry, Sr. and Elizabeth Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson); died 21 Apr 1780, Halifax County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Other Terrys mentioned in the Halifax Antrim Parrish Vestry Records are James Terry, Champness Terry, Zachariah Terry, Joseph Terry, and Moses Terry.

    According to records, Nathaniel Terry Sr. had a slave named Greggory who was charged in 1777 with beating a certain Hector McNeil, a merchant from Scotland, to the point that McNeil's life was in great danger. The gentlemen justices agreed that Greggory should 'receive thirty lashes on his bare back". It was ordered that Greggory be taken by the sheriff to the common whipping post.

    Records stated that Nathaniel Terry Sr. appeared before the grand jury for taking a stray horse and riding him "contrary to the law."

    Nathaniel Terry Sr. and his son, William Terry appeared in Halifax court, March 1777 on a complaint of James McCraw. McCraw stated that he 'is apprehensive that said Nathaniel and William Terry will beat, woulnd, maim or kill him." The court dismissed the charges after questioning a witness. The Revolutionary War had just begun at this time. The author's conclusion is that this incident had something to do with England and the way the planters felt about England. Feelings against the Tories of the British parliament ran high in Halifax County at that time.

    Halifax Co, VA Plea Book No. 4 (85) September Court 1763
    Nathaniel Terry, for the King and for himself, Plt, vs Thomas Tuck, Deft, In Debt. Judgment is granted to the Plt against the Deft for his costs, according to an agreement made between the sd parties.

    20 July 1768 Charlotte Co., Virginia (DB2/245.p.054) Deed Abstract identifies Nathaniel Terry as maker of a deed in Lunenburg to James Taylor, witnessed by Will Barksdale and James Cole

    "At a Meeting of the Justices appointed for Halifax County at Hampton Wade's House, the XIXth, day of May, in the XXVth. Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George II, and in the year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two, a Commission of Peace was produced from the Honorable Robert Dinwiddie, His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, bearing date at Williamsburg, Virginia, the twenty-eighth day of April in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two, and direct to William Byrd,* William Wynne, Peter Fontaine, Jr., James Terry, William Irby, Nathaniel Terry, Robert Wade, Hampton Wade, Andrew Wade, and Sherwood Walton, Gentlemen: - "At this meeting the usual oaths were administered. Nathaniel Terry was sworn sheriff; George Currie was made clerk of the court; Thomas Nash, surveyor; Clement Read (of Lunenburg, and later of Charlotte county), King's attorney. John Light, Joseph Faris and Abel Lee were appointed constables. Nicholas Hayle, Robert Jones and James Irwin were recommended as justices.

    *Son of William Byrd of Westover, who ran the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina in 1727.

    Alice Allen and Hannah Parsons, Spinsters, Came into Court, and respectively acknowledged themselves guilty of having had each a Bastard child, whereas they make their fines by payments of each of them 50 shillings or five hundred pounds of tobacco (Persuant to the Act of the Assembly, in that case made and provided) and thereupon came Nathaniel Terry, Gent., who together with Members of the Court now sitting, became Securities for payment of the fines at the laying of the next Levy for the Parish of Antrim.

    Halifax County, which extends to the North Carolina border, was a tobacco growing region, as it still is today. It is in the middle of Soutside Virginia, in the Piedmont
    Pleateau of rolling hills leading to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and today it appears that this land, in the southwest corner of the county, is in the area that forms something of a
    triangle between secondary state Highways #691 and #659 (the River Road), very near the present community of Paces and possibly nine or so miles southwest of the county seat, also called Halifax. On a larger scale this area is south of U. S. #360 and north of U. S. #58. The tiny town of Turbeville, once called Bloomsburg, is about four miles southeast from where Tobys Creek flows into the Dan River. Danville, in adjacent Pittsylvania County is about 25 miles southwest from this point.

    Name:
    Captain Nathaniel Terry was a member of the House of Burgess in Williamsburg in 1755, 1765, and 1771 and 1775. He was a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1776. Terry married Sarah Royall. Nathaniel Terry had a water grist mill on the falls of Sandy Creek in 1754. In 1756, Nathaniel was granted an ordinary license and in 1757 an orphan named Elenor Ozbrook was placed in his care. In 1757 and 1759 Nathaniel had a ferry on the Dan River. In 1771 he was appointed as a surveyor from Banister's Bridge to Martin's Path Road.

    Nathaniel married Sarah Anne Royall 10 Sep 1748, Chesterfield Co., Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Joseph William Royall and Sarah Povall Baxter) was born 17 Mar 1726, Chesterfield County, Virginia; died 1805. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Anne Royall was born 17 Mar 1726, Chesterfield County, Virginia (daughter of Joseph William Royall and Sarah Povall Baxter); died 1805.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Other children of Nathaniel Terry, Sr. are named in Chancery Suite dated Nov 1805. Joseph, Nathaniel Jr., Mary, wife of James Thompson, Robert and Keeble and Sarah, his wife.

    Children:
    1. 5. Nancy Terry was born 12 Feb 1758, Halifax County, Virginia; died 25 Mar 1836, Halifax County, Virginia.
    2. Elizabeth Dickerson Terry was born 13 Jun 1760, Halifax County, Virginia; died 28 Mar 1800, Edgefield, Abbeville, South Carolina.
    3. Col. William Royall Terry was born 27 Nov 1749, Chesterfield County, Virginia; died 21 Dec 1810, Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia.
    4. Joseph Terry was born 9 Sep 1753, Halifax County, Virginia; died 22 Sep 1817, Halifax County, Virginia.
    5. Mary 'Polly' Terry was born 20 Sep 1767, Halifax County, Virginia; died 8 Aug 1848, Halifax County, Virginia.
    6. Nathaniel to Kentucky Terry, Jr. was born 3 Dec 1755, Virginia Colony; died 8 Feb 1837, Todd Co., Kentucky.
    7. Robert Terry was born 12 Jan 1770, Halifax County, Virginia; died 15 Nov 1826, Henderson Co., Kentucky.