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Elizabeth Dickerson Terry[1]

Female 1760 - 1800  (39 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Dickerson Terry 
    Born 13 Jun 1760  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 Mar 1800  Edgefield, Abbeville, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1768  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Terry
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Patriot Nathaniel D. [Dickinson] Terry, Sr.,   b. 1724, Lunenburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1780, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Sarah Anne Royall,   b. 17 Mar 1726, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1805  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1748  Chesterfield Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F518495723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Sarah Ann Royall, wife of Nathaniel Terry
    Sarah Ann Royall, wife of Nathaniel Terry
    70089Sarah-Royall-Terry-A-Curren-FULL.jpg
    Nathaniel Terry Bio
    Nathaniel Terry Bio
    docNathanielTerry.jpg

    Histories
    YESTERDAY--GONE FOREVER  A Collection of Articles by Faye Royster Tuck  Halifax County, Virginia
    YESTERDAY--GONE FOREVER A Collection of Articles by Faye Royster Tuck Halifax County, Virginia
    Yesterday-GF001.pdf

  • Notes 
    • A local [Halifax Co.] chancery suit dated November 1805, named the children of Captain Nathaniel Terry, Sr. as Nancy, wife of Berryman Green, 2) William, late became a colonel, ancestor of Mary Newton. 3) Joseph, 4) Nathaniel, Jr. 5) Mary wife of James Thompson 6) Robert 7) Keeble and Sarah, his wife. 8) Elizabeth Dickerson, married John Martin, their children were: Elizabeth, William, Mary, John, Edmund, and Abraham.

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Will, http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/halifax/wills/earlywills-t-y.txt.
      HALIFAX CO., VA, WILLS, A History Of Halifax Co.
      Chapter X Wills - Names "T" - "Y" 1924
      --------
      Book Title: A History Of Halifax County, (Virginia) By Wirt Johnson Carrington
      CHAPTER X
      Wills.
      TERRY.
      1778, June 10 Will of Nathaniel Terry. Wife, Sarah. Estate to be equally divided between his children, except his son, William, for whom he has already provided by giving him 400 acres of land, a horse, cattle, sheep, household furniture, and a negro man named Charles.
      "I appoint my trusty and well beloved friends, Paul Carrington, William Terry and Nathaniel Cocke my executors.
      "Nat Terry."
      Witnesses: Evan Ragland, Isaac McCarty.
      _____________
      1806, December 22 Will of William Terry, Sr.
      "My wife, Susanna; daughter, Sarah Royal Wooding; daughter, Rachel Coleman Terry; sons, Thompson, William Royall, Nathaniel and Henry Dickerson Terry.
      "I do exclude my daughter, Elizabeth Green, or any person claiming under her from recovering any part of my estate, her husband, Peter Green, having wrongfully, unrichteously, unjustly, dishonorably and dishonestly recovered a negro man named Guilford of me, so that it is not meant or intended that my said daughter shall receive any part of my estate, directly or indirectly.
      "I do constitute my brethren, General John B. Scott, administrator; Nathaniel Terry and my son. William Terry, executors.

      "William Terry, Sr." Witnesses: Robert Read, Robert Haskins, Edward M. Thompson, William F. Baker.
      Recorded 1811.

    2. [S122] Genealogy. com, http://sherry.server-hosts.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I28876&tree=Roots.
      Elizabeth Dickenson Terry
      Female 1760 - 1800 (39 years)
      Name Elizabeth Dickenson Terry
      Born 13 Jun 1760 Halifax Co,
      Gender Female
      Died 28 Mar 1800 Edgefield, Abbeville, South Carolina
      Father Nathaniel Dickenson Terry, b. 11 Mar 1726, Pittsylvania, Virginia d. 26 Dec 1778, Halifax Co, Virginia (Age 52 years)
      Mother Sarah Ann Royall, b. 26 Feb 1731, Charles City, Virginia d. 21 Nov 1805 (Age 74 years)
      Married 10 Sep 1748 Chesterfield, Virginia