Individual Details
William Terry
(Abt, 1715 - Bet 1778 and 1782)
"William Terry's Will - In the name of God Amen. I William Terry of Anson County being very sick and weak in mind but in perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God Calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men (one?) to die do make & ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body. I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the Discretion of Executors nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection. I shall receive the same again by the might power of God and as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this Life. I give devise and of the same in the following manner and form. Item: I give to my Daughter Martha Pickett one negro named Tom and Twenty pounds prock. Item: I give unto my son James Terry all my Lands by him freely to be possessed and Enjoyed also one negro man named Bob. Item: I give to my Daughter Mourning Coleman one negro boy named Shaper. Item: I give to my Daughter Margarett Smith one negro Girl named Jude. Item: I give to Elizabeth (Hellams?) one cow and calf one feather bed and furniture then after my lawfull Debts is paid. I Lend all the rest of my Estate unto my wife Mary Terry During her natural Life and after her Decease sixty pounds to be Raised out of the Estate and Equally Dived between my three Daughters Martha, Mourning and Margarett and the Rest to be Equally Divided amongst the four children above mentioned To wit Martha, James, Mourning and Margarett. Lastly I appoint my son James Terry and my wife Mary Terry Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly Disallow revoke and Disannul all and Every other former Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 6th day of September one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. Wm Terry - Signed Sealed in presents of John Coleman - Wm Roberts." (Anson County, North Carolina, Will Book 1, page 37.)
"William Terry, son of James and Margaret Terry, of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, came to Anson County in the fall of 1750, having bought a tract of land on the west bank of the Pee Dee River. He had married, about 1745, Mary, the eldest daughter of Matthew and Mourning Raiford. Although their wives seem to have been sisters, there is no evidence that the two William Terrys were, in any way, related. Most of the Terrys of Richmond County are descendants from the William and Anne (Nancy), and in his SKETCHES published in the Post Dispatch, July-October 1927, Capt. Everett wrote of this branch of the Terrys, and of the Pickett, Mask, and Wall families, into which the Raifords also married. William Terry was an early Justice of Anson County (1755-56) and a Captain in the Militia (1758-61), commanding a company of rangers in the Cherokee Campaign of 1760. He made his will September 6, 1775 and died between April 21, 1778 and May 14, 1782." ("Rockingham Post-Dispatch," Richmond County, North Carolina, 30 November 1949, from which information about William Terry, his family and descendants is taken.)
"William Terry, because of his connections, was a member of the Court House Ring. He was also a Justice of the Peace. His brother-in-law, William Pickett, whose second wife was Mourning Raiford Robards, William's wife's sister, was sheriff of Anson County, North Carolina and William Terry's son, James, was his deputy and one of the Justices." (Frances Wynn notes, 1976.)
Various sources show William Terry to have been born in Northampton County, King William County, King and Queen County, Virginia, or Edgecombe County, North Carolina. His will is dated 1775. (Information from McBee, DAR, Blythe, and Wynn records and Robinson Bible.)
"He was known as William Terry of Savannah Creek." (RAIFORD FAMILY by W. R. Raiford, 1989, page 135)
"William Terry, son of James and Margaret Terry, of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, came to Anson County in the fall of 1750, having bought a tract of land on the west bank of the Pee Dee River. He had married, about 1745, Mary, the eldest daughter of Matthew and Mourning Raiford. Although their wives seem to have been sisters, there is no evidence that the two William Terrys were, in any way, related. Most of the Terrys of Richmond County are descendants from the William and Anne (Nancy), and in his SKETCHES published in the Post Dispatch, July-October 1927, Capt. Everett wrote of this branch of the Terrys, and of the Pickett, Mask, and Wall families, into which the Raifords also married. William Terry was an early Justice of Anson County (1755-56) and a Captain in the Militia (1758-61), commanding a company of rangers in the Cherokee Campaign of 1760. He made his will September 6, 1775 and died between April 21, 1778 and May 14, 1782." ("Rockingham Post-Dispatch," Richmond County, North Carolina, 30 November 1949, from which information about William Terry, his family and descendants is taken.)
"William Terry, because of his connections, was a member of the Court House Ring. He was also a Justice of the Peace. His brother-in-law, William Pickett, whose second wife was Mourning Raiford Robards, William's wife's sister, was sheriff of Anson County, North Carolina and William Terry's son, James, was his deputy and one of the Justices." (Frances Wynn notes, 1976.)
Various sources show William Terry to have been born in Northampton County, King William County, King and Queen County, Virginia, or Edgecombe County, North Carolina. His will is dated 1775. (Information from McBee, DAR, Blythe, and Wynn records and Robinson Bible.)
"He was known as William Terry of Savannah Creek." (RAIFORD FAMILY by W. R. Raiford, 1989, page 135)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1715 | Northampton County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1745 | Edgecombe County, North Carolina - Mary Raiford | |||
| Death | Bet 1778 and 1782 | Anson County, North Carolina |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Raiford (1725 - 1783) |
| Child | James Terry (1746 - 1816) |
| Child | Martha Terry (1748 - 1808) |
| Child | Mourning Terry (1753 - 1820) |
| Child | Margaret Terry (1755 - 1790) |
| Father | Captain James Terry Jr. (1680 - 1746) |
| Mother | Margaret Raiford (1690 - 1749) |