Individual Details
Joseph Royall Terry
(May 17, 1792 - November 17, 1877)
"On April 17, 1816, his (David Smith) daughter, Sarah D., was married to Joseph R. Terry. (Kentucky Register, Vol. 25, page 166. Marriage Bond, Joseph R. Terry and Sarah D. Smith, daughter of David. John W. N. A. Smith bondsman. April 12, 1816. (In the written permission, in the Christian County records, Hopkinsville, David Smith gave for the issuance of the marriage license, he stated that Joseph R. Terry was of Halifax County, Virginia.) )" (THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID SMITH, by May Wilson McBee, 1958, page 58.)
Joseph R. Terry was a veteran of the War of 1812.
Additional dates and children (Nathaniel E. and Martha Ann Terry) of Joseph R. Terry from ALL ABOUT TERRY by Paul Terry Thompson.
"Major Joseph Terry, one of the oldest citizens of Cumberland, died at his home in that county last week at the advanced age of eighty-six years and six months. He had some of the best blue blood of Virginia in his veins, and was the father of two very distinguished men. One of them was a lawyer of prominence and Judge of the Supreme Court of California, and one of the principles in the celebrated Broderick-Terry duel, in which United States Senator Broderick lost his life. The other was the well known Col. Terry of the Texas Rangers during the last unpleasantness between the North and South, a noble and gallant soldier." (Glasgow, Kentucky Weekly Times, November 22, 1877.)
Joseph R. Terry was a veteran of the War of 1812.
Additional dates and children (Nathaniel E. and Martha Ann Terry) of Joseph R. Terry from ALL ABOUT TERRY by Paul Terry Thompson.
"Major Joseph Terry, one of the oldest citizens of Cumberland, died at his home in that county last week at the advanced age of eighty-six years and six months. He had some of the best blue blood of Virginia in his veins, and was the father of two very distinguished men. One of them was a lawyer of prominence and Judge of the Supreme Court of California, and one of the principles in the celebrated Broderick-Terry duel, in which United States Senator Broderick lost his life. The other was the well known Col. Terry of the Texas Rangers during the last unpleasantness between the North and South, a noble and gallant soldier." (Glasgow, Kentucky Weekly Times, November 22, 1877.)
Events
| Birth | May 17, 1792 | Halifax County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | April 17, 1816 | Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky - Sarah David Smith | |||
| Marriage | July 1, 1850 | Cumberland County, Kentucky - Bethenia Phelps | |||
| Death | November 17, 1877 | Cumberland County, Kentucky | |||
| Burial | Phelps Cemetery, Cumberland County, Kentucky |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah David Smith (1793 - 1837) |
| Child | Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821 - 1861) |
| Child | David Smith Terry (1823 - 1889) |
| Child | Nathaniel E. Terry (1826 - 1826) |
| Child | Terry ( - ) |
| Child | Terry ( - ) |
| Child | Aurelius Josiah Terry (1827 - 1869) |
| Child | Clinton Lucretius Terry (1830 - 1862) |
| Child | Martha Ann Terry (1834 - 1897) |
| Spouse | Bethenia Phelps ( - ) |
| Father | Capt. Nathaniel Terry (1746 - 1837) |
| Mother | Ann Thompson (1767 - 1855) |
| Sibling | William Thompson Terry (1786 - 1837) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Terry (1788 - ) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel G. Dickerson Terry (1794 - 1861) |
| Sibling | James H. Terry (1795 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Robert J. Terry (1800 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Lucy H. C. Terry (1806 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann Martha Terry (1808 - ) |