Son of William Stephen Terry and Frances "Fanny" Gaddy or Unity Bankston - not sure which is right but one of them is correct..
Husband of the following wives:
1. Anna Indiana Rogers, 1843-1881, who he married in abt. 1855 in Scott County, Arkansas
2. Betty Barloe
3. Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch
Children with Anna Indiana Rogers
Polly Ann Terry 1857 –
Margaret Terry 1859 - 1967
Children with Betty Barloe:
Mary Elizabeth Terry 1868 –
Tierny Ann Terry 1869 –
Children with Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch:
James Terry 1875 –
David Newton Terry 4/10/1879 – 5/1/1959
(m.Addie Artela King 10/7/1876 - 11/14/1904)
(m. Carrie B. Bacum/Baucom/Bacom 2/24/1887 - 11/14/1918)
(m. Bessie Ann Alto Wall Terry 6/23/1897 - 12/1967)
Lillie Martha Matilda Terry 7/1879 – 6/9/1914
(m. William McDonald Campbell 4/16/1872 - 2/27/1948)
John William Terry 4/9/1885 – 1/30/1957
(m. Priscilla Isabell Terry 1/28/1885 - 1/20/1966)
Sarah was the only daughter of Mathew and Mary Holley Wilson. She married David Robert Welch on 9/8/1858. During the Civil War, David enlisted as a private in Company F, Dawson's Regiment, 19th Arkansas Infantry, and was believed to have died while a prisoner of the North in 1864 or 1865. This left Sarah with two small sons to care for, James age 4 and William Wilson who was close to age one at the time. In 1867 Sarah, out of necessity, accompanied her widowed mother and relatives north to the Dutch Creek Settlement in Scott County, Arkansas, and had not remarried as of 1870. The census for that year showed she and her two sons were living with her mother, Mary Holley Wilson and her two brothers, Isaac and Jehu. Convinced that her husband was dead, she married George Washington Terry, whose first and second wives, Anna Indiana Rogers and Betty Barloe, had died leaving him with four girls to raise as well. By 1885, according to census records, they had four more children. Then suddenly, their lives were abruptly changed. One day, an old tin peddler pulled up in front of the house. He wore an old slouch hat and a long beard. Sarah and her children as well as the neighbors crowded around the peddler's wagon to inspect his wares. Sarah remarked to one of her neighbors that the peddler looked like her late husband, Dave Welch. Her neighbor assured surely he was not Dave and he said nothing. However, he was in fact, her "deceased" husband. It seems that Dave, upon his release from a Union prison in Washington, D.C., was without money. He labored to acquire sufficient funds for several years to buy a wagon and team, then to outfit it with wares for his new peddling business. Once accomplished, he slowly began to work his way across the country to Sevier County, Arkansas and home. When he arrived he found his property sold and after some searching, eventually found the family trail north to Dutch Creek. When he came upon his wife and family and saw that she had remarried, he realized the hopelessness of the situation and chose not to reveal his identity. It is unknown as to why he never wrote to her or sent any other type of message to let his family know he was still alive and trying to get home. Dave eventually moved on leaving Sarah and his family behind and ventured into Indian Territory (Oklahoma) where in June, 1873 he married Louvenia James, an Indian woman with a head right and considerable wealth. Together, with what Dave had earned as a peddler, they were able to contact his sons, James and William Welch, and both went to live with him. Dave gave each of the boys $1000.00 and set them up in a business. In later years, Sarah, George and the rest of their family moved to Indian Territory so she could be closer to her sons. She and George ran a store at Bates, Oklahoma for several years. After George died in 1906, Sarah lived with her son John and his wife Priscilla in Heavener, Oklahoma. The exact date of her death is not known. Her grave is located near the entrance into Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas.
∼George Washington Terry was born January 1, 1835, most likely in Saline County, Arkansas. His father, Stephen S. Terry, was found in 1836 on a tax list in Saline County, Arkansas. His mother was named Unity and it is believed she was a Bankston, but there is no proof for this supppostion that I'm aware of.
George was found in 1850 on the Saline County, AR census with his brother James living with their uncle George Terry. Their parents evidently having died about 1838/ca 1839 respectively.
George is next found in Scott County, Arkansas in the 1860 census with his wife Arena and daughters Polly and Margaret. The census has been transcribed as Anna for his wife, but it looks like Arina to me. I have more proof from a record I copied at the Scott County Courthouse I will refer to.
It should also be noted that in 1860 George and Arena are living next door to Ezra & Pernina Jones and one of the daughters in Ezra's houshold was Emeranda.
George served in the Civil War (which explains the time lapse in the births of their children):
Pension #11198 George W. Terry
Widow: Sarah E. Terry
Co. I, 2nd Regiment Arkansas M (Militia?)
Served 1861-65
Veteran applied for pension 28 Aug 1901
Widow applied for pension 14 Aug 1907
Veteran died 11 Feb 1907
In 1870 George and Arena are still living in Scott County with daughters: Polly, Margaret, Mary and Terrcie. They also have living in their household Emeranda Jones and a two year old named William T. Jones.
I found a document at the Scott County, Arkansas Courthouse wherein George was named as executor for the estate of Ezra Jones. This document was being refiled after the courthouse burned down in 1882. Ezra's descendants are named as follows: Starlin T. Jones, Nancy Hunt, Arena Terry, Emeranda Jones, Henry Jones and two Choate grandsons (of an unnamed daughter).
I believe Arena died sometime between 1873-1874, when George married the widow Sarah Elizabeth Ann Wilson Welch about 1874 based on the birth year of their first child in 1874 or 1875. Sarah & George had six children.
I do not believe he married Anna Indiana Terry or Betty Barloe. I believe the person who published this information was incorrect. Nor do I think either lady can be proven by any record to have been a wife of George Washington Terry.
George died either Feb 11, 1906 (date on his marker) or Feb 11, 1907 (date on the Widow's Pension filed by Sarah). He is buried at Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas. In the Widow's Pension that I have a copy of it states he lived at Bates, Scott County, Arkansas at the time of his death.
Husband of the following wives:
1. Anna Indiana Rogers, 1843-1881, who he married in abt. 1855 in Scott County, Arkansas
2. Betty Barloe
3. Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch
Children with Anna Indiana Rogers
Polly Ann Terry 1857 –
Margaret Terry 1859 - 1967
Children with Betty Barloe:
Mary Elizabeth Terry 1868 –
Tierny Ann Terry 1869 –
Children with Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch:
James Terry 1875 –
David Newton Terry 4/10/1879 – 5/1/1959
(m.Addie Artela King 10/7/1876 - 11/14/1904)
(m. Carrie B. Bacum/Baucom/Bacom 2/24/1887 - 11/14/1918)
(m. Bessie Ann Alto Wall Terry 6/23/1897 - 12/1967)
Lillie Martha Matilda Terry 7/1879 – 6/9/1914
(m. William McDonald Campbell 4/16/1872 - 2/27/1948)
John William Terry 4/9/1885 – 1/30/1957
(m. Priscilla Isabell Terry 1/28/1885 - 1/20/1966)
Sarah was the only daughter of Mathew and Mary Holley Wilson. She married David Robert Welch on 9/8/1858. During the Civil War, David enlisted as a private in Company F, Dawson's Regiment, 19th Arkansas Infantry, and was believed to have died while a prisoner of the North in 1864 or 1865. This left Sarah with two small sons to care for, James age 4 and William Wilson who was close to age one at the time. In 1867 Sarah, out of necessity, accompanied her widowed mother and relatives north to the Dutch Creek Settlement in Scott County, Arkansas, and had not remarried as of 1870. The census for that year showed she and her two sons were living with her mother, Mary Holley Wilson and her two brothers, Isaac and Jehu. Convinced that her husband was dead, she married George Washington Terry, whose first and second wives, Anna Indiana Rogers and Betty Barloe, had died leaving him with four girls to raise as well. By 1885, according to census records, they had four more children. Then suddenly, their lives were abruptly changed. One day, an old tin peddler pulled up in front of the house. He wore an old slouch hat and a long beard. Sarah and her children as well as the neighbors crowded around the peddler's wagon to inspect his wares. Sarah remarked to one of her neighbors that the peddler looked like her late husband, Dave Welch. Her neighbor assured surely he was not Dave and he said nothing. However, he was in fact, her "deceased" husband. It seems that Dave, upon his release from a Union prison in Washington, D.C., was without money. He labored to acquire sufficient funds for several years to buy a wagon and team, then to outfit it with wares for his new peddling business. Once accomplished, he slowly began to work his way across the country to Sevier County, Arkansas and home. When he arrived he found his property sold and after some searching, eventually found the family trail north to Dutch Creek. When he came upon his wife and family and saw that she had remarried, he realized the hopelessness of the situation and chose not to reveal his identity. It is unknown as to why he never wrote to her or sent any other type of message to let his family know he was still alive and trying to get home. Dave eventually moved on leaving Sarah and his family behind and ventured into Indian Territory (Oklahoma) where in June, 1873 he married Louvenia James, an Indian woman with a head right and considerable wealth. Together, with what Dave had earned as a peddler, they were able to contact his sons, James and William Welch, and both went to live with him. Dave gave each of the boys $1000.00 and set them up in a business. In later years, Sarah, George and the rest of their family moved to Indian Territory so she could be closer to her sons. She and George ran a store at Bates, Oklahoma for several years. After George died in 1906, Sarah lived with her son John and his wife Priscilla in Heavener, Oklahoma. The exact date of her death is not known. Her grave is located near the entrance into Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas.
∼George Washington Terry was born January 1, 1835, most likely in Saline County, Arkansas. His father, Stephen S. Terry, was found in 1836 on a tax list in Saline County, Arkansas. His mother was named Unity and it is believed she was a Bankston, but there is no proof for this supppostion that I'm aware of.
George was found in 1850 on the Saline County, AR census with his brother James living with their uncle George Terry. Their parents evidently having died about 1838/ca 1839 respectively.
George is next found in Scott County, Arkansas in the 1860 census with his wife Arena and daughters Polly and Margaret. The census has been transcribed as Anna for his wife, but it looks like Arina to me. I have more proof from a record I copied at the Scott County Courthouse I will refer to.
It should also be noted that in 1860 George and Arena are living next door to Ezra & Pernina Jones and one of the daughters in Ezra's houshold was Emeranda.
George served in the Civil War (which explains the time lapse in the births of their children):
Pension #11198 George W. Terry
Widow: Sarah E. Terry
Co. I, 2nd Regiment Arkansas M (Militia?)
Served 1861-65
Veteran applied for pension 28 Aug 1901
Widow applied for pension 14 Aug 1907
Veteran died 11 Feb 1907
In 1870 George and Arena are still living in Scott County with daughters: Polly, Margaret, Mary and Terrcie. They also have living in their household Emeranda Jones and a two year old named William T. Jones.
I found a document at the Scott County, Arkansas Courthouse wherein George was named as executor for the estate of Ezra Jones. This document was being refiled after the courthouse burned down in 1882. Ezra's descendants are named as follows: Starlin T. Jones, Nancy Hunt, Arena Terry, Emeranda Jones, Henry Jones and two Choate grandsons (of an unnamed daughter).
I believe Arena died sometime between 1873-1874, when George married the widow Sarah Elizabeth Ann Wilson Welch about 1874 based on the birth year of their first child in 1874 or 1875. Sarah & George had six children.
I do not believe he married Anna Indiana Terry or Betty Barloe. I believe the person who published this information was incorrect. Nor do I think either lady can be proven by any record to have been a wife of George Washington Terry.
George died either Feb 11, 1906 (date on his marker) or Feb 11, 1907 (date on the Widow's Pension filed by Sarah). He is buried at Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas. In the Widow's Pension that I have a copy of it states he lived at Bates, Scott County, Arkansas at the time of his death.
Son of William Stephen Terry and Frances "Fanny" Gaddy or Unity Bankston - not sure which is right but one of them is correct..
Husband of the following wives:
1. Anna Indiana Rogers, 1843-1881, who he married in abt. 1855 in Scott County, Arkansas
2. Betty Barloe
3. Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch
Children with Anna Indiana Rogers
Polly Ann Terry 1857 –
Margaret Terry 1859 - 1967
Children with Betty Barloe:
Mary Elizabeth Terry 1868 –
Tierny Ann Terry 1869 –
Children with Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch:
James Terry 1875 –
David Newton Terry 4/10/1879 – 5/1/1959
(m.Addie Artela King 10/7/1876 - 11/14/1904)
(m. Carrie B. Bacum/Baucom/Bacom 2/24/1887 - 11/14/1918)
(m. Bessie Ann Alto Wall Terry 6/23/1897 - 12/1967)
Lillie Martha Matilda Terry 7/1879 – 6/9/1914
(m. William McDonald Campbell 4/16/1872 - 2/27/1948)
John William Terry 4/9/1885 – 1/30/1957
(m. Priscilla Isabell Terry 1/28/1885 - 1/20/1966)
Sarah was the only daughter of Mathew and Mary Holley Wilson. She married David Robert Welch on 9/8/1858. During the Civil War, David enlisted as a private in Company F, Dawson's Regiment, 19th Arkansas Infantry, and was believed to have died while a prisoner of the North in 1864 or 1865. This left Sarah with two small sons to care for, James age 4 and William Wilson who was close to age one at the time. In 1867 Sarah, out of necessity, accompanied her widowed mother and relatives north to the Dutch Creek Settlement in Scott County, Arkansas, and had not remarried as of 1870. The census for that year showed she and her two sons were living with her mother, Mary Holley Wilson and her two brothers, Isaac and Jehu. Convinced that her husband was dead, she married George Washington Terry, whose first and second wives, Anna Indiana Rogers and Betty Barloe, had died leaving him with four girls to raise as well. By 1885, according to census records, they had four more children. Then suddenly, their lives were abruptly changed. One day, an old tin peddler pulled up in front of the house. He wore an old slouch hat and a long beard. Sarah and her children as well as the neighbors crowded around the peddler's wagon to inspect his wares. Sarah remarked to one of her neighbors that the peddler looked like her late husband, Dave Welch. Her neighbor assured surely he was not Dave and he said nothing. However, he was in fact, her "deceased" husband. It seems that Dave, upon his release from a Union prison in Washington, D.C., was without money. He labored to acquire sufficient funds for several years to buy a wagon and team, then to outfit it with wares for his new peddling business. Once accomplished, he slowly began to work his way across the country to Sevier County, Arkansas and home. When he arrived he found his property sold and after some searching, eventually found the family trail north to Dutch Creek. When he came upon his wife and family and saw that she had remarried, he realized the hopelessness of the situation and chose not to reveal his identity. It is unknown as to why he never wrote to her or sent any other type of message to let his family know he was still alive and trying to get home. Dave eventually moved on leaving Sarah and his family behind and ventured into Indian Territory (Oklahoma) where in June, 1873 he married Louvenia James, an Indian woman with a head right and considerable wealth. Together, with what Dave had earned as a peddler, they were able to contact his sons, James and William Welch, and both went to live with him. Dave gave each of the boys $1000.00 and set them up in a business. In later years, Sarah, George and the rest of their family moved to Indian Territory so she could be closer to her sons. She and George ran a store at Bates, Oklahoma for several years. After George died in 1906, Sarah lived with her son John and his wife Priscilla in Heavener, Oklahoma. The exact date of her death is not known. Her grave is located near the entrance into Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas.
∼George Washington Terry was born January 1, 1835, most likely in Saline County, Arkansas. His father, Stephen S. Terry, was found in 1836 on a tax list in Saline County, Arkansas. His mother was named Unity and it is believed she was a Bankston, but there is no proof for this supppostion that I'm aware of.
George was found in 1850 on the Saline County, AR census with his brother James living with their uncle George Terry. Their parents evidently having died about 1838/ca 1839 respectively.
George is next found in Scott County, Arkansas in the 1860 census with his wife Arena and daughters Polly and Margaret. The census has been transcribed as Anna for his wife, but it looks like Arina to me. I have more proof from a record I copied at the Scott County Courthouse I will refer to.
It should also be noted that in 1860 George and Arena are living next door to Ezra & Pernina Jones and one of the daughters in Ezra's houshold was Emeranda.
George served in the Civil War (which explains the time lapse in the births of their children):
Pension #11198 George W. Terry
Widow: Sarah E. Terry
Co. I, 2nd Regiment Arkansas M (Militia?)
Served 1861-65
Veteran applied for pension 28 Aug 1901
Widow applied for pension 14 Aug 1907
Veteran died 11 Feb 1907
In 1870 George and Arena are still living in Scott County with daughters: Polly, Margaret, Mary and Terrcie. They also have living in their household Emeranda Jones and a two year old named William T. Jones.
I found a document at the Scott County, Arkansas Courthouse wherein George was named as executor for the estate of Ezra Jones. This document was being refiled after the courthouse burned down in 1882. Ezra's descendants are named as follows: Starlin T. Jones, Nancy Hunt, Arena Terry, Emeranda Jones, Henry Jones and two Choate grandsons (of an unnamed daughter).
I believe Arena died sometime between 1873-1874, when George married the widow Sarah Elizabeth Ann Wilson Welch about 1874 based on the birth year of their first child in 1874 or 1875. Sarah & George had six children.
I do not believe he married Anna Indiana Terry or Betty Barloe. I believe the person who published this information was incorrect. Nor do I think either lady can be proven by any record to have been a wife of George Washington Terry.
George died either Feb 11, 1906 (date on his marker) or Feb 11, 1907 (date on the Widow's Pension filed by Sarah). He is buried at Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas. In the Widow's Pension that I have a copy of it states he lived at Bates, Scott County, Arkansas at the time of his death.
Husband of the following wives:
1. Anna Indiana Rogers, 1843-1881, who he married in abt. 1855 in Scott County, Arkansas
2. Betty Barloe
3. Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch
Children with Anna Indiana Rogers
Polly Ann Terry 1857 –
Margaret Terry 1859 - 1967
Children with Betty Barloe:
Mary Elizabeth Terry 1868 –
Tierny Ann Terry 1869 –
Children with Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Welch:
James Terry 1875 –
David Newton Terry 4/10/1879 – 5/1/1959
(m.Addie Artela King 10/7/1876 - 11/14/1904)
(m. Carrie B. Bacum/Baucom/Bacom 2/24/1887 - 11/14/1918)
(m. Bessie Ann Alto Wall Terry 6/23/1897 - 12/1967)
Lillie Martha Matilda Terry 7/1879 – 6/9/1914
(m. William McDonald Campbell 4/16/1872 - 2/27/1948)
John William Terry 4/9/1885 – 1/30/1957
(m. Priscilla Isabell Terry 1/28/1885 - 1/20/1966)
Sarah was the only daughter of Mathew and Mary Holley Wilson. She married David Robert Welch on 9/8/1858. During the Civil War, David enlisted as a private in Company F, Dawson's Regiment, 19th Arkansas Infantry, and was believed to have died while a prisoner of the North in 1864 or 1865. This left Sarah with two small sons to care for, James age 4 and William Wilson who was close to age one at the time. In 1867 Sarah, out of necessity, accompanied her widowed mother and relatives north to the Dutch Creek Settlement in Scott County, Arkansas, and had not remarried as of 1870. The census for that year showed she and her two sons were living with her mother, Mary Holley Wilson and her two brothers, Isaac and Jehu. Convinced that her husband was dead, she married George Washington Terry, whose first and second wives, Anna Indiana Rogers and Betty Barloe, had died leaving him with four girls to raise as well. By 1885, according to census records, they had four more children. Then suddenly, their lives were abruptly changed. One day, an old tin peddler pulled up in front of the house. He wore an old slouch hat and a long beard. Sarah and her children as well as the neighbors crowded around the peddler's wagon to inspect his wares. Sarah remarked to one of her neighbors that the peddler looked like her late husband, Dave Welch. Her neighbor assured surely he was not Dave and he said nothing. However, he was in fact, her "deceased" husband. It seems that Dave, upon his release from a Union prison in Washington, D.C., was without money. He labored to acquire sufficient funds for several years to buy a wagon and team, then to outfit it with wares for his new peddling business. Once accomplished, he slowly began to work his way across the country to Sevier County, Arkansas and home. When he arrived he found his property sold and after some searching, eventually found the family trail north to Dutch Creek. When he came upon his wife and family and saw that she had remarried, he realized the hopelessness of the situation and chose not to reveal his identity. It is unknown as to why he never wrote to her or sent any other type of message to let his family know he was still alive and trying to get home. Dave eventually moved on leaving Sarah and his family behind and ventured into Indian Territory (Oklahoma) where in June, 1873 he married Louvenia James, an Indian woman with a head right and considerable wealth. Together, with what Dave had earned as a peddler, they were able to contact his sons, James and William Welch, and both went to live with him. Dave gave each of the boys $1000.00 and set them up in a business. In later years, Sarah, George and the rest of their family moved to Indian Territory so she could be closer to her sons. She and George ran a store at Bates, Oklahoma for several years. After George died in 1906, Sarah lived with her son John and his wife Priscilla in Heavener, Oklahoma. The exact date of her death is not known. Her grave is located near the entrance into Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas.
∼George Washington Terry was born January 1, 1835, most likely in Saline County, Arkansas. His father, Stephen S. Terry, was found in 1836 on a tax list in Saline County, Arkansas. His mother was named Unity and it is believed she was a Bankston, but there is no proof for this supppostion that I'm aware of.
George was found in 1850 on the Saline County, AR census with his brother James living with their uncle George Terry. Their parents evidently having died about 1838/ca 1839 respectively.
George is next found in Scott County, Arkansas in the 1860 census with his wife Arena and daughters Polly and Margaret. The census has been transcribed as Anna for his wife, but it looks like Arina to me. I have more proof from a record I copied at the Scott County Courthouse I will refer to.
It should also be noted that in 1860 George and Arena are living next door to Ezra & Pernina Jones and one of the daughters in Ezra's houshold was Emeranda.
George served in the Civil War (which explains the time lapse in the births of their children):
Pension #11198 George W. Terry
Widow: Sarah E. Terry
Co. I, 2nd Regiment Arkansas M (Militia?)
Served 1861-65
Veteran applied for pension 28 Aug 1901
Widow applied for pension 14 Aug 1907
Veteran died 11 Feb 1907
In 1870 George and Arena are still living in Scott County with daughters: Polly, Margaret, Mary and Terrcie. They also have living in their household Emeranda Jones and a two year old named William T. Jones.
I found a document at the Scott County, Arkansas Courthouse wherein George was named as executor for the estate of Ezra Jones. This document was being refiled after the courthouse burned down in 1882. Ezra's descendants are named as follows: Starlin T. Jones, Nancy Hunt, Arena Terry, Emeranda Jones, Henry Jones and two Choate grandsons (of an unnamed daughter).
I believe Arena died sometime between 1873-1874, when George married the widow Sarah Elizabeth Ann Wilson Welch about 1874 based on the birth year of their first child in 1874 or 1875. Sarah & George had six children.
I do not believe he married Anna Indiana Terry or Betty Barloe. I believe the person who published this information was incorrect. Nor do I think either lady can be proven by any record to have been a wife of George Washington Terry.
George died either Feb 11, 1906 (date on his marker) or Feb 11, 1907 (date on the Widow's Pension filed by Sarah). He is buried at Weeks Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas. In the Widow's Pension that I have a copy of it states he lived at Bates, Scott County, Arkansas at the time of his death.
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