Champness Terry

Notes:

Died:
1775 14 Sep Age: 35
probated: 96th Dist., SC
SC Records of Wills, Vol. 17, Book B, p. 373.

"In 1738 the Council of Colonial Virginia passed an Act whereby those people who would settle the land in the southern boundary of Virginia along the Roanoke River would be free from taxes for the next 10 years. The Council felt that the settling of that part of VA would add strength and security to the Colony of VA in general. If we follow the land patent records, we find that James TERRY, Daniel TERRY, Thomas TERRY, Joseph TERRY, Henry TERRY, and their children took advantage of this opportunity, leaving the Pamunkey Neck area of VA and moved southward."

From Hening's Statutes, vOL 5, P. 57.

Champness married Sarah C. 'Sally' Terry 1765. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Terry, Sr. and Elizabeth Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson) was born Abt 1746, Caroline Co., Virginia; died Aft 6 Oct 1786, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Named in her Father's Will


Champness is the brother-in-law of Nathaniel Terry, father of his wife Sarah Terry and also a cousin.

Notes:

State of Virginia
Pittsylvania County, To-wit:
I, E. E. Friend, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Mrs. S. H. F. Jones whose name is signed to the foregoing writing bearing date 8th day of November 1939, personally appeared before me in my county, Office and State aforesaid and made oath that the foregoing statements are true to the best of her knowledge and belief. Given under my hand this 8th Nov. 1939.
E. E. Friend
Clerk Pittsylvania Circuit Court
Chatham, VA

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Last name of next three unknown
Geo.--
James--
Joseph--

Joseph married Judith Crawford. Judith (daughter of David Crawford, Jr. and Elizabeth Smith) was born 9 Jul 1705, Hanover Co., Virginia; died Abt 1785, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Champness Terry above is a 67/64 match with T-24 Benjamin Terry d 1771 Pittsylvania Co VA.

Benjamin Terry, b c 1701 m Elizabeth [probably Dickerson] d 1771 Pittsylvania Co. VA - David K. Terry [dkt4ster AT hotmail.com] T-24
Benjamin Terry had documented sons in his Will of 1771 as follows: Nathaniel, Benjamin, Peter, Joseph and Robert Terry.

Benjamin Terry is one of the oldest "documented" Terry ancestors in the group from Virginia and he perfectly matches the modal values for Haplogroup I - Lineage I indicating he is the closest match to the MRCA (Most recent common ancestor) for the whole group. Benjamin?s oldest son Nathaniel Terry (1725-1778) married Sarah Royall. Nathaniel Terry was a member of the House of Burgesses and of the House of Delegates. He died, Halifax County, Virginia. This older Benjamin Terry had a daughter Sarah Terry who married Champness Terry, the son of Joseph Terry died about Dec 1785 Pittsylvania County, Virginia and his wife Judith Crawford. This Champness Terry died between 1775 and 1779 in South Carolina. Champness and Sarah had a son also named Champness (1772-1820) who died in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.

Benjamin Terry U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name Benjamin Terry
Birth Date 1700
Birth Place New Kent, Virginia
Death Date 26 Jul 1771
Death Place Pittsylvania, Virginia
SAR Membership 90362
Role Ancestor
Application Date 19 Aug 1963

Benjamin married Elizabeth Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson Abt 1723, Caroline Co., Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson and Elizabeth Garland) was born Abt 1704, New Kent Co., Virginia Colony; died Bef 17 Sep 1771, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://knoxcolorado.com
The following article, written by Margie Brown, a 6th great-granddaughter of Benjamin Terry, Sr. and a renowned Terry researcher appeared in the Terry Family Historian.
ISSUE:
1. William b. 1749 d. 1810 md 1771 Susannah Thompson daughter of Wm & Rachel (Coleman) he was a Virginia legislator and an officer in the Rev. War. He died suddenly in Richmond 1810, obit in ARGUS, Susannah died 1845 was a pensioner, (submitted the family Bible). Among their children was DICKERSON b. 25 Dec 1789 d. test. Halifax 1844, left no issue. There were 9 children in all.
2. Joseph b. 1753 d. 1817 md 1783 Sarah Coleman (Williams [Hill] a widow of James Hill, and the daughter of John & Diane (Coleman) Williams, 6 children, two being Diane Royall and James Anthony Terry. These were names as the parents of Benjamin in the family lore of Halifax in this century. James A. and wife Nancy are found in Carroll co TN. Diane md a cousin Robert, son of her Uncle Benjamin of Pittsylvania. One son, 2 daughters.
3. Nathaniel D. b. 1755 d. 1837 md 1784 Ann Thompson daughter of Wm & Rachel (Coleman). He and she both have pensions, plus a glorious lawsuit over the slaves in the 1855-1860 time period. The naming pattern is very strong in this family. One son Nathaniel DICKERSON Terry. He was called Dick by family. [source 2 Biles and 1854 letter from KY and Court suit]. 8 other children
4. Robert b. 1779 died before 1850 census md 1793 Nancy Hopkins Smith, had son Nathaniel DICKERSON. This family to Henderson co KY [Source dozens of family letters 1809-1817].
5. Royall b. 1765 d. 1780 unmarried.
6. Nancy b. 1758 d. 1836 md as his 2nd 1789 Berryman Green. Daughter Elizabeth DICKERSON Green, 6 children. She md a son of her Uncle Joseph above. It is from this family that most of the incorrect family lore was started in the 1920's and 30's. [Source Bible and Court suit.]
7. Mary b. 1767 d. 1848 md 1786 James Thompson. A daughter Elizabeth DICKERSON Thompson, and a granddaughter by same name. [Bible record and Court suit.]
8. Elizabeth DICKERSON b. 1760 d. bef 1806 md 1779 as his 2nd John Martin [Bible and Marriage bond0 9 ch. Son named Wm. DICKERSON Martin.
9. Sarah b. 1763 d. 1854 md 1787 Keeple Terry. No issue [Court papers, Bedford co TN]
All of the COLEMAN girls above were sisters, antoher sister Susannah Coleman md. Armistead Watlington. Thompson, Watlingtons and Colemans are out of Gloucester Co. VA.
The records are wonderful and I can track most all the Terrys out of Halifax and Pittsylvania, but if you don't go to the Court House, you never see it. And, as I said in the beginning...there is no documented IRBY name in this Terry family, to my knowledge, if anyone know of one, I would certainly like to see it.
(After this article was written, we learned of a 1939 visit to Pittsylvania co by Charles Edward Terry, great-grandson of Robert Terry and Nancy Hopkins Smith. He wrote of seeing the original will, in very bad shape at the time and there was nothing mentioned in it about what Elizabeth Terry, wife of Benjamin Sr.'s maiden name was, but he and some Virginia cousins "thought" they knew what it was. Also, at one time in the not so distant past, well past the middle of the 20th century, Pittsylvania county VA had a large number of original wills in their "loose" papers at the Courthouse in Chatham, VA. They have all disappeared, apparently taken by people who thought of them as "theirs!" jek)
Parents: Nathaniel DICKERSON.

Notes:

Is Benjamin Terry the son of James & Mary Diane Royall

THE HISTORY of PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA
CHAPTER V A PART OF HALIFAX COUNTY, 1752-1767
page 5859 The domain that later was to be Pittsylvania now lay within the bounds of the great new county of Halifax, and the courthouse, after several changes, was located in the eastern part of the county. As generally happens, the place of holding court drew settlers and tradesmen, and in 1759 100 acres belonging to James Roberts, the younger, and adjoining the courthouse were laid off into a town and named Peytons-burg. The trustees appointed for the town were James Roberts, Theop-helus Lacy, Robert Wade, Jr., and Nathaniel Terry. With the establishment of the courthouse and a duly constituted town in this (Pittsylvania) section, the inhabitants ceased to be so isolated and remote from the world of affairs. For the monthly court drew lawyers and men of property from other sections, bringing a touch of the outside world; while the ubiquitous trader was present at any gathering of people. The military organization of the county was effected at the courthouse, with its attendant musters to the music of fife and drum. All this added interest and color to the life of the inhabitants. [p.58] The justices of the peace appointed for the new county were William Byrd, William Wynne, Peter Fontaine, Jr., William Irby, James Terry, Nathaniel Terry, Robert Hampton, Andrew Wade, and Sherwood Walton. In the following year Thomas Dillard Thomas Calloway, Samuel Harris,Benjamin Clement,Peter Wilson and Robert Pusey were recommended to the Governor as fit and able persons to be added to the Commission of Peace, all of whom lived in that part of the county that later became Pittsylvania. Of these first gentlemen justices of [p.59] Halifax, William Byrd and Peter Fontaine, Jr., were of Charles City County; William Irby, William Wynne, and Sherwood Walton were of southside Virginia; Nathaniel and James Terry and Benjamin Clement from King William County; Samuel Harris from Hanover County; Robert Hampton, Andrew Wade, Robert Pusey, Peter Wilson and Thomas Calloway were probably from Pennsylvania.

Birth:
Colonial Virginia, James Terry is found on the 1704 Quit Rolls of King William Co.

Name:
James Terry was an early settler and patented large bodies of land in this section. In 1757 he moved to Orange County, North Carolina. In 1764 (Halifax Deed Book) he sold to Nathaniel Terry, Hugh Innes, Robert Woodang, Thomas Dillard, Sr., Thomas Dillard, Jr., Ed. Booker, John Bates, James Dillard, Archibald Gordon, George Watkins, John Donelson, Thomas Tunstall, vestryman of Antrim Parish, for £350, 794 acres on Sandy Creek, where the said Terry formerly lived, for a Glebe for Antrim Parish.

James married Mary Diane Royall. Mary (daughter of Captain Joseph Royall and Mary Eppes/Epps) was born Est 1675, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Other Children of David and Elizabeth Smith Crawford
David Jr. (Capt.) Crawford
1662 ? 1762
Lucy Crawford
1695 ?
Martin Crawford
1695 ?
Rhode Crawford
1695 ?
David Crawford
1697 ? 1766
Elizabeth Crawford
1700 ? 1759
John Crawford
1701 ? 1759
Mary Crawford
1703 ? 1775
Judith Crawford
1705 ? 1782
michael crawford
1707 ? 1776
Moses Crawford
1707 ? 1776
Sarah Crawford
1708 ? 1763
John Crawford 1715

David married Elizabeth Smith. Elizabeth was born 1665, Virginia Colony; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Issue:
David Crawfordb. Abt 1697
Elizabeth Crawford b. abt 1699
John Crawford b Abt 1701
Mary Crawford b. Mar 1703
Judith Crawford b. Abt 1705 Joseph Terry
Michael Crawford b. 1707 m. Elizabeth Terrell

Notes:

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Died:
Will Date:

Nathaniel married Elizabeth Garland. Elizabeth was born Est 1685, New Kent Co., Virginia; died 1740, New Kent Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Children of NATHANIEL DICKENSON and ELISABETH GARLAND are:

6. i. GRIFFITH6 DICKENSON, b.1713, VA; d. December 12, 1785.
ii. WILLIAM DICKENSON.
iii. NATHANIEL DICKENSON JR.
iv. ELIZABETH DICKENSON.
v. MARY DICKENSON.
vi. JOHN DICKENSON SR.
vii. JAMES DICKENSON.