GEORGE TERRY was born
March 29, 1805 in South Carolina, and died
July 02, 1886,
@ 81 yrs, his obit is below. He
married MARGARET CRABTREE on August 9, 1827 in Hopkins County,
Kentucky. Margaret was born on March 07, 1807,
in Kentucky, and died
August 06, 1874. They are both buried in the
Terry Cemetery. Margaret
CRABTREE was the daughter of Isaiah
Crabtree and
Ruth Lindley.
In the 1830 Federal Census for
Kentucky, Hopkins County, George Terry and his wife Margaret are listed with one
female child under the age of five years (this would be Louisa Jane, born
10/17/1828.)
George Terry was a slave owner and from the 1850 and 1860
Slave Schedules in Hopkins we find the following slaves
listed. In the Terry cemetery, my mother remembers
there being several sandstone markers in the back behind the
Terry's. I'm sure these were their slaves. There
are no markers left today (2009).
1850 - 10 slaves
1 male, 30, b. 1820
1 female, 27, b. 1823
1 male, 21, b. 1831
1 female, 20, b. 1830
1 female, 12, b. 1838
1 male, 12, b. 1838
1 female, 8, b. 1842
1 male, 4, b. 1856
1 female, 3, b. 1857
1 male, 6/12, b. 1860
1840
George Terry is listed with five slaves
1860 - 17 slaves
1 male, 43, b. 1817 1 female, 20, b. 1820 1 female 30, b. 1830 1 male, 35, b. 1825 1 male, 23, b. 1837 1 female, 21, b. 1841 1 male, 16, b. 1844 1 male, 13, b. 1844 1 male, 12, b. 1848 1 male, 12, b. 1848 1 male, 12, b. 1848 1 male, 7, b. 1853 1 male, 5, b. 1855 1 female, 2, b. 1858 1 female, 2, b. 1858 1 female, 19, b. 1841 1 female, 9, b. 1851
George Terry a well known citizen of North Hopkins
county died last Friday aged 81 years.
The deceased began life in very poor circumstances but by hard work
perseverance and economy, he accumulated considerable prosperity. He
was strictly honest in his dealings, and you can find no man that
will tell you George Terry every wronged him out of a cent. He was a
member of the Christian Church a faith that he had lived up to for
many years. He was a man of quaint humor, a pleasant disposition and
loved company. He had been confined to his room for several years
but bore it all patiently and without murmuring. He left several
children and grandchildren to mourn their loss. To the bereaved
family the hearty condolence of all is tendered.
Hopkinsville New Era July 1886
According
to the 1880 Hopkins County, KY Census, George re-married after his
wife Margaret Crabtree died to Mary Crouch (his previous wife Margaret dying in 1874).
This
Mary was 45 yrs old and George was then 76. George's daughter,
Louvanda died in her early thirties, leaving three young children for he
and his wife Margaret to care for. After Margaret died George
needed someone to help him take care of these grandchildren, so I guess
he figured he'd go young! George and his second wife's marriage
certificate is on right in this paragraph as well as George and
Margaret's marriage bond on the left.
Also in this 1880 Census George is living next door to his son Burrell and
his 1st wife Mary Martin.
In
George's home with his new wife are he and his grandsons Walter and Peter Utley.
Louvanda's husband, Alexander Utley, was a Confederate, and wanted in the murder
of John Willis Woodruff's, his wife's grandfather!
The 1850 Census Federal Census for Kentucky, Hopkins
County
There are three Utley's buried in the Terry
Cemetery, Armindia, Boone and W. A., and these are Louvanda's children, the W. A. being Walter.
Boone Utley's tombstone left.
1880 Census:
George is in household #96, his son Burrell is in #95 and
James Terry, (another son of George's) born in 1856/57, is in household
#97, and James states he is single and
he was born in KY, his father in SC and his mother in KY.
In household #99 is a James Crabtree, 54 yrs of age, born in 1826; and in household #101 is a Benjamin Crabtree, 51 yrs of age
and born in 1829. These
CRABTREE'S
are the brothers to George's deceased wife, Margaret Crabtree, who was the
daughter of Isaiah Crabtree.
According to The Kentucky Land Grants, George bought one hundred acres on
11/2/1840 in Hopkins County, KY on the Buffaloe Creek Watercourse and in
1860 he bought another 41 acres in the same area. In 1867 he bought
another 200 acres on the Clear Creek Watercourse, as did his sons Burrell and Sherd (200 acres each on Clear creek). Another Terry also
bought land at the same time in the same place, but I can't place him yet
as the initials given are G. T. M. Terry.
My name is David Crabtree. I have traced
my Crabtree line back to Hopkins County KY. My ancestor who
moved to Oregon, via Missouri, was Washington Crabtree.
Washington Crabtree was born in Washington County, TN in
1808. He moved to Hopkins County when he was young. He
married Susannah Crabtree in 1831 and then in about 1836
moved to Missouri. When he moved he sold his land to
George Terry (Oct. 10, 1836). Seven months
later Isaiah Crabtree sold land to George Terry (this is all
according to research data I received from a relative). I
suspect that Washington Crabtree is related, but I have not
yet determined the connection.
Washington Crabtree's father is James
Crabtree. He was born in SC. He was married to Isbell
Carr, daughter of John Carr, who was also from SC. John
Carr's wife was the daughter of Zachariah Isbell, who was
also from SC. Isbell, Carr, and James Crabtree all moved to
Washington County, TN before James moved on to Hopkins
County.
The Crabtree lines migration seems to
correspond, to a certain extent, with the Terry migration.
My information about the land transactions comes from
Francis Crabtree of Hemet CA who sent a letter to my father
some years ago. The part about the land transactions reads
as follows:
"Washington Crabtree moved to Kentucky as
his marriage record is recorded there. On 23 November 1832
he purchased land from Frederick Nixon for $250.00 and his
name is found on the land tax roll 1832, 1833, 1835.
At this point other Crabtree's enter into
the picture in the following way. On 10 October 1836
Washington C. sells land to George Terry and this land
sale was witnessed by one Zimri Crabtree. Also Isaiah
Crabtree sold land to the same George Terry on 28 April
1837. Although these land sales took place about 7 months
apart they were both witnessed by Zimri Crabtree on 1 May
1837."
Soon after this land sale Washington Crabtree moved to Polk
County Missouri. A few years later Zimri followed. In 1851
Washington Crabtree moved to Oregon and Zimri came to
the same part of Oregon a year or two later. So it is
highly likely that they are closely related, but I have no
proof.
David
Children of GEORGE TERRY and MARGARET CRABTREE are:
i
Louisa Jane Terry b. 10/17/1828, died June,
1902, m. 10/19/1848 Hop. Co. - Bur. Terry Cemetery. She married Thomas
G. Davis, son of John Davis & Sarah E. Metcalf b. 09/16/1827 d.
04/1903.
They are listed in the 1850 Hopkins Census as Thomas G. Davis, 23,
Farmer, $2000.00, born in Kentucky, Louisa J., 22, born in Kentucky, and
their daughter, Margaret, named for Louisa Jane's mother, Margaret
Crabtree, 10 months old, born in Kentucky.
I find this family in the 1860 Hopkins County Census in Household 754.
Thomas G. Davis, 32 yrs old, Louisa J., 31 yrs, Sarah M. 10 yrs, Mary
A., 8 yrs, Lew B. 4 yrs, James W., 3 yrs, George W., under one year.
ii
Burrell Terry,
born in Nov 1831;
Burrell first married Mary A. Martin on 01/07/1869 in Hopkins Co. She and
Burrell are listed in the 1870 Hopkins County Census with no
children. The Dates: Burrel Terry - Born 3 November 1831, died 22 April
1923. Mary A. - Born 28 January 1843, died 18 May, 1894. Burrel and Mary's son, George W. Terry was born on 12/6/1870 and died on
12/14/1870 and is buried in the Terry Cemetery. The M.
M. H. (female) Terry buried in the Terry cemetery daughter of B. and M.
A. Terry is Burrell's and Mary's.
She lived for a year.
From Christian County
Newspaper Abstracts:
May 25, 1894, Friday, DEATH
of Mrs. Burrell Terry hung herself Friday evening. She lived on the
Buttermilk Road near the Hopkins County Line. She was about 50 yrs
old and in bad health. (Author's note: my cousin Betty Bise
heard that she was having a hard time going through menopause, poor thing).
Madisonville Hustler, Fri., May 25, 1894
Mrs. Burrell TERRY, living in Christian county, just
across the line from Hopkins county, last Saturday hung herself to a
rafter of the dwelling house. She is supposed to have been laboring
under a fit of insanity.
Burrell is listed in
the 1900 Hopkins County Census
with his second wife, Malissa V. J. Trotter whom he
married in Christian County on August 12, 1898 (she was 21 and he
was around 67), the Judge was J. W. Martin, MG, the Witnesses were
L. D. Martin and
James Terry. Burrell and his second wife Malissa had a son named Lee who died in 1921, two years
before his father Burrell died, Lee was in his early twenties when he
died from Typhoid. Burrell is not buried at the Terry
Cemetery, he is at Riverside and the pictures of his, his wife, Malissa
and son Lee's stones are pictured below.
Also note:
Burrell Terry is a
witness to
Isaiah Crabtree's will in 1859 in Hopkins County, KY. Burrell's mother was
Margaret Crabtree and Isaiah Crabtree was Margaret's father and
Burrell's grandfather. The will lists Isaiah's children as
B. W. Crabtree, James Crabtree, and Brother as John W. Crabtree, Executed
by B. W. & James Crabtree, Witness Burrel Terry and Neil Campbell.
Malise Terry 1877-1947
Lee
Terry, son of Burrel and Malissa
Burrel Terry's Stone
Burrel's Stone
Burrell's footstone
Burell Terry b. Nov 3, 1831 d. April 22, 1923
Lee
Terry b. July 29, 1899 died July 12, 1921
Panoramic of the area where he is buried
Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery
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Luvanda Terry, born 1834,
married Alexander Utley in Hopkins County, KY on February 17, 1857, when she was
17 yrs old. Louvanda died in 1867 when she was about 33 yrs old and left three children
that are found in her father's house (George Terry) after she died.
Both Louranda/Louvanda and her husband Alexander Utley died of yellow fever.
For more on the story of Alexander Utley and Louvanda, and Alexander's murder of
her grandfather here.
There are three Utley's buried in the Terry
Cemetery, Armindia, Boone and Walter A., and they are her children who she and her husband left behind. Her father and mother raised them, (George and Margaret Terry) but
then Margaret died, and George remarried to a much younger woman,
probably so he could have help with the kids. I've seen Louranda's name spelled a couple of
different ways. Pictured here is Pete Utley and his wife Mary with their
three girls, one of which is probably Myrtle who told me the story about Luvanda
dying from yellow fever.
Peter Utley's mother was Luvanda Terry and Alexander Utley. Both of them died
with yellow fever, leaving three small children to be raised by their
grandparents, aunts and uncles.
Addie Utley Terry
Dtr of Pete Utley and Louvanda Terry
Addie Utley
married George Walton Terry, son of James and Virginia, the George Terry
Housekeeper.
Peter
Utley, son of Louvanda Terry and Alexander Utley. He is buried at the Cranor Cemetery.
iv
Sarah (Sally) Terry, she was born February 8, 1837 and died September
11, 1856. (19 yrs) - She is Buried in the TERRY Cemetery. Typhoid fever
was common in the area as well as cholera and I'm guessing that might
have been the cause.
v
Sherd B. Terry, born 1840 (according to 1860/80
Hopkins county census) married Mary Emily Devore, born 12 March 1843 in
Ohio. The Thomas R. Terry buried in the Terry cemetery is Sherd and
Mary's son who died at one yr old.
Sherd is listed in the 1880 Christian county census as follows:
Terry, S. B., 40
Mary C., 1845 ~ 35
Effie, 1867 ~ 13
Jeffie L., 1869 ~ 11
Lue E., 1872 ~ 8
Benjamin Davis, 1875 ~ 5
Jennie, 1877 ~ 3 ~ 1
Ida M., 1879
A cousin in KY recently
gave me a copy of a family picture, below left.
Sherd is in the middle with the beard, in the picture on
the left
Sherd Terry and family
Benjamin Devore Terry
Sherd Terry & Family
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Mary GardeniaTerry, born 1842-3,
married Robert L. Baker; September 6, 1868.
Mary and her husband Robert are listed in the 1880 Hopkins County Census
in household 223 as follows: Robert S. 42 yrs (born 1838), wife Mary
(Terry), 38 yrs (born 1842); Son, William F. 10 yrs (born 1870); daughter Idia (spelling is strange, 6 yrs (born 1874); and two elderly ladies, one
named Wiley who is 77 yrs old (born 1803) simply listed as female and the
other, Nancey,
(this is how it is spelled)
73 yrs old (1807) and listed as mother, so I'm assuming this is
Robert Baker's mother.
In the 1900 Hopkins Co., Census, St. Charles,
I can't find Mary and Robert, I think Robert is dead by 1900.
However, I found her in the 1910 Christian county, KY, 1-Wd
Hopkinsville, District 2 census living with her daughter Ida ~ Ida is
married to John Metcalfe, and they have a son, Lee, and daughter,
Roberta (probably named after Robert, Ida's father, Robert Baker).
Ida is listed as being born in 1874 (36 yrs old) and her mother is
listed as being 67 yrs old (b. 1843) and 'mother'. She notes in
this census that her mother, Margaret Crabtree was born in
Virginia, In the 1920 Census, Ida is still living with her husband, John
Metcalfe and they have a son named Douglas, Roberta, dtr, and John Jr.
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Thomas
G. Terry - born
July 28, 1843 - Thomas is listed in the 1860 Hopkins County census with
his parents. He and his older sister, Louvanda, went to visit
her husband Alexander Utley stationed in MO, who was ill with yellow
fever, he died there, they
buried him, they came back to Hopkinsville.
Thomas married Ella Bourland and they had two children. He and Ella are buried in the Grapevine Cemetery. According to the 1880 Hopkins Co. KY Census Thomas and Ella had Virgil, born 1875 and Alva, b. 1888, both males.
Alva died young, I'm not sure when, will have to look it up, but when Thomas
died, I believe it was stated that the widow and son Virgil. There must
have been a riff between the family and Thomas as he separated himself from the
family it appears entirely. It was more than likely because of the Civil
War and the family's ownership of slaves. He is one of two who is not
buried at the Terry Cemetery.
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WILLIAM YORK TERRY (our line), born April
30, 1850 and died June 4, 1900; more below.
vi
James W. L. Terry - born in 1854 according to
both the 1860 and 1880 Hopkins county
Census, but his tombstone says 1851. He is buried in the
TERRY Cemetery.
In the 1880 Hopkins County Census, James is
living two doors from his father George. He is single. James
marries later in life and it says he married Lulu Griffen, and I wonder if
she is the sister to Malinda Griffen who marries Richard Ratliff ~
Malinda Ratliff is buried at the Terry Cemetery and I've often wondered
why she is there and if her husband, Richard Ratliff is there next to
her without a stone. James and Lulu had Walter
Terry who married his first cousin, Addie Utley, daughter of James'
sister, Louvanda. Addie and Walter are buried at the Cranor Cemetery
(I believe that is the name).
A cousin recently shared this interesting story about James, and the picture of he and his wife on left:
James Terry, her Grandfather, had her father George Walton Terry, out of wedlock with a housekeeper that worked for the George Terry family. She said she thought the housekeeper's name was Virginia (called her Ginny). James Terry took little George away from Ginny, and Virginia left town and eventually Married a Beck, and had two other children I think.
Then later on James Terry, Married Lou (Griffen. and she said the Kids called her Aunt Lou, because they knew she was not George's Mother. Anyway, after James died, Virginia came back to town, visited with George her son, and got to know him, and introduced him to his half brothers, they became close over the years. George Walton Terry married Minnie Bowling the first time, she died in child birth, then he married (Peter Utley's Daughter) Addie Utley Davis, (her first Husband was Jasper Davis a mail carrier that was accidently shot by his own gun while on the job. Back then they delivered the mail on horseback. ) Addie would have been George Walton Terry's second cousin I think. George and Addie had several girls, My connection is Imogene, who married I. J. Dyer. They had one son, Ronald Jay Dyer, whom I am married to. (Deb)
James is listed in the 1930 Census: Year: 1930; Census Place: Crofton, Christian, Kentucky Real Estate valued at $900 77 yrs old (born in 1853) Wife, Lula, 60 yrs old (born 1870)
James lists in this census that his father was born in West Virginia
and his mother was born in Kentucky, his father said he was born in South
Carolina, but I've always suspected that George Terry was born in West
Virginia before going to South Carolina.
