Individual Details

"William R. Terry moved to Texas about 1860 and was a Justice of the Peace at Owlet Green, Texas and was the first postmaster of Edom, Texas. There were children from his second marriage." (Frances Wynn, 1977 from data of a genealogist, Mrs. Gandrud, in Alabama.)

1850 census: Autauga County, Alabama, Wetumpkin Beat.

1860 census: Rusk County, Texas.

1880 census: Van Zandt County, Texas, born in NC, both parents both in NC.

Other information from an article in Van Zandt County, Texas history book (1984).

(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: William Terry's middle name was probably "Robards," but could have been "Raiford.")

Birth	February 12, 1808	Richmond County, North Carolina
Marriage	November 20, 1832	Autauga County, Alabama - Sarah Ann Dawson
Marriage	January 15, 1861	Autauga County, Alabama - Martha J. L. Webb
Death	March 6, 1892	Colfax, Van Zandt County, Texas
Burial	March 7, 1892	Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Van Zandt County, Texas

Spouse	Sarah Ann Dawson (1809 - 1855)
Child	Rebecca J. Terry (1834 - 1866)
Child	Samuel Dudley Terry (1838 - 1911)
Child	William Hicks Terry (1840 - )
Child	Sarah Ann Terry (1843 - 1874)
Child	Rev. Edward Eugene Terry (1844 - 1928)
Child	Oscar Terry (1845 - )
Child	Albert Pickett Terry (1846 - 1923)
Child	Charles "Charlie" Hardaway Terry (1849 - 1928)

Spouse

Martha J. L. Webb (1809 - 1870)

Father	Rev. Eli Terry (1772 - 1836)
Mother	Mary Ann "Polly" Pickett (1779 - 1860)
Sibling	Eli Albert Terry (1801 - 1832)
Sibling	James Pickett Terry (1802 - 1833)
Sibling	Sarah Terry (1804 - 1836)
Sibling	Walter Leak Terry (1810 - 1836)
Sibling	Tod Robinson Terry (1811 - 1847)
Sibling	Eli Terry Jr. (1812 - 1832)
Sibling	Mary Collingsworth Terry (1814 - 1862)
Sibling	John Kimbrough Terry (1815 - 1897)
Sibling	Ann Terry (1816 - 1851)
Sibling	Appia C. Terry (1818 - 1860)
Sibling	Infant Terry ( - )
Sibling	Infant Terry ( - )
Sibling	Infant Terry ( - )