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Sarah Povall Baxter[1]

Female 1690 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Sarah Povall Baxter 
    • Is she Sarah Povall or Sarah Povall Baxter a married widow
    Born 1690 
    • Probably Henrico Co.
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I5868  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2015 

    Family Joseph William Royall,   b. Est 1688, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1733  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married Abt 1720 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Anne Royall,   b. 17 Mar 1726, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1805  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F2244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://virginiasdescendants.com/sarah-royall/.
      Sarah Royall
      Posted on April 25, 2012

      SARAH4 ROYAL (WILLIAM3 ROYALL, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH1)1 was born February 26, 1730/31 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1806 in Halifax County, Virginia. She married COLONEL NATHANIEL TERRY, SR2 Abt. 1748 in Chesterfield County, Virginia2. He was born Abt. 1728 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died April 21, 1780 in Halifax County, Virginia3.

      More About SARAH ROYAL:
      Court record: Charles City County, Virginia4

      More About COLONEL NATHANIEL TERRY, SR:
      Burial: 1780, ?Thompson Place,? Halifax County, Virginia5
      Court record: Halifax County, Virginia6
      Public Office: Presiding Justice, Sheriff and Burgess (1758-1775) for Halifax County, Virginia; Member of the Convention of 1775 and 17767

      Children of SARAH ROYAL and NATHANIEL TERRY are:
      i. JOSEPH ROYAL5 TERRY, d. Abt. 1817, Halifax County, Virginia; m. SARAH COLEMAN WILLIAMS, November 02, 1783, Halifax County, Virginia8; b. 1760, Halifax County, Virginia.

      ii. ANNE TERRY, b. Halifax County, Virginia; d. February 20, 1837, Halifax County, Virginia9; m. COLONEL BERRYMAN GREEN, SR10, June 06, 1789, Halifax County, Virginia11; b. 1754, Westmoreland County, Virginia12; d. September 13, 1825, Halifax County, Virginia13.

      More About ANNE TERRY:
      Burial: 1837, ?Thompson Place,? Halifax County, Virginia14

      More About COLONEL BERRYMAN GREEN, SR:
      Burial: 1825, ?Thompson Place,? Halifax County, Virginia15
      Military service: Served in the Revolutionary War16,17
      Residence: Westmoreland and Halifax Counties, Virginia18

      iii. SARAH TERRY, d. Unknown; m. KEEBLE TERRY, November 05, 1787, Halifax County, Virginia19.

      iv. MARY TERRY, b. Abt. 1768, Halifax County, Virginia; d. Halifax County, Virginia; m. JAMES THOMPSON, April 26, 1786, Halifax County, Virginia19; b. Abt. 176420.

      v. WILLIAM TERRY, SR, b. Abt. 1749; d. Abt. 1810, Richmond, Virginia; m. SUSANNAH R THOMPSON, December 08, 1771, Halifax County, Virginia; b. 1754, Halifax County, Virginia; d. September 1845, Halifax County, Virginia.

      vi. CAPTAIN NATHANIEL TERRY, JR, b. Abt. 1755, Halifax County, Virginia; d. February 08, 1837, Todd County, Kentucky; m. ANN THOMPSON, December 07, 1784, Halifax County, Virginia; b. 1767, Halifax County, Virginia; d. December 1855, Logan County, Kentucky.

      vii. JAMES TERRY21.

      More About JAMES TERRY:
      Burial: Unknown, Old St John?s Church Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia22
      Public Office: Burgess for Halifax County, Virginia23

      Endnotes

      1. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 279.
      2. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 280.
      3. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 127.
      4. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 279, ?Order Book, page 453, Sarah, orphan of William Royall, deceased, appeared in open court, 1747, and chose her mother, Sarah Royall, as guardian.?
      5. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248.
      6. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 26, ?Nathaniel Terry, Gent. Builds a bridge, at his own expense, across Banister River.?
      7. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 127.
      8. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
      9. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185.
      10. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 125.
      11. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
      12. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 184.
      13. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185.
      14. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185, 248, ?His daughter, Nancy, married Colonel Berryman Green, and, according to the statement of Mr Davis Webb, a direct descendant, they are all buried in the old ?Thompson graveyard.? (No stones to verify it.).?
      15. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185.
      16. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 125.
      17. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 127, ?Berryman Green enlisted in the War of Revolution, when he was scarcely twenty-one years of age, and although lame from youth, in Theodorick Bland?s Regiment of Cavalry in Virginia on Continental establishment, being promoted, first, to quartermaster and then to paymaster. Afterwards he was appointed Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General for the United States in Virginia, and continued in service until April, 1779. (See records in State Library at Richmond, Va.).?
      18. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 125.
      19. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
      20. 1850 Federal Census of Halifax County Virginia, HH #543.
      21. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248.
      22. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248, ?His son, James Terry, also a burgess, died suddenly while on duty in Richmond and is buried beside the church in old St John?s churchyard.?
      23. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248.