Jabez Terry Family

Jabez Terry Family
South Carolina

Jabez Terry*
b. Jan 29, 1797 Greenville Co., South Carolina
d. May 18, 1853 Greenville Co., S. C.
buried: Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fountain Inn, SC

m. Elizabeth F. Ashmore*
(she may have been previously married to Isaac Hix)
b. 22 November 1801 Greenville, South Carolina
d. 14 Dec 1887 Greenville Co., SC
buried: Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fountain Inn, SC her father: Walter Ashmore
her father: ? Ashmore her mother: Martha Durant

his father:Thomas Terry(b. 1750 England - d. S. C.)
his mother: m. Rebecca "Ann" McDowell

Children with Elizabeth Ashmore
Nancy Ann McDowell Terry	b. 10 Oct 1827 Greenville Co., SC	d. 27 April 1908 Fannin Co., TX	m. William Thadeus Parish (b. 15 Mar 1828 Greenville, S. C. d. 30 Aug 1862 VA)
Mary Jane Terry	b. 1831 Greenville Co., SC	d.	m. Willis W. Butler 1849
James Thomas Terry	b. 13 Mar 1832 Greenville Co., SC	d. 7 Mar 1863 Greenville Co., S. C. *	m.
Caroline August Terry	b. 11 Nov 1834 Greenville Co., SC	d. 3 Apr 1891 S. C. *	m.
Lucinda Terrance Terry	b. 1837 Greenville Co.,SC	d. 27 May 1917 buried Springwood Cem. Greenville, S. C.	m. Rev. James A. Wood (b. 8 Aug 1832 d. 10 Jan 1912 Greenville Co. SC ) buried Springwood Cem. Greenville, S. C.
Samantha Rebecca Terry	b. Jan 10, 1839 Greenville Co., SC	d. 13 Feb. 1918 Greenville Co., SC buried Springwood Cem. Greenville, S. C.	m.

* all were buried in the Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fountain Inn, SC

Born in 1797, Jabez Terry was probably born in South Carolina.

1853 - Deceased. Abstract of the the Last will and Testament of Jabez Terry.

My wife Elizabeth D. Terry. Children: Anne McDowell Terry, Mary Jane Terry, James Thomas Terry, Carolina Augustus Terry, Lucinda Terrance Terry, Samantha Rebecca Terry, Executor to my brother Gaston Terry.
dated 21 Mar 1853
/s/ Jabez Terry
Witnessed by Robert Thomson, W. L. Baker, John N. Wasson.
Proved 27 Sep 1853
[Greenville County Probate Rec. Apt 14, Pkg 187 (1853)]

Will of Jabez Terry
South Carolina Greenville District } In the name of God Amen I Jabez Terry of the State and district aforesaid, being weak & sick of bodily health, but of sound and disposing mind and memory call to mind the frailty and uncertainty of human life and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs and directing how the Estate with which it has pleased God to bless me shall be disposed of after my decease whih I have strength and capacity so today do make and publish this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and making null and void all other last wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, and first I commend immortal being to him who gave it and my body to be buried decently by my Executors herein after named And as to my worldly Estate and all the property real and personal or mixed of which I shall be seized and possessions or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise, bequeath and dispose thereof in the manner following to wit Imprimis My will is that all my jsut debts and funeral charges shall by my Executors herein after named by paid out of my Estate as soon after my decease as shall be them found convenient Item First I give devise and bequeath to my beloved Wife Elizabeth D. Terry all my Estate both real and personal which I now posses to have and to hold all and singular the said Estate to her own use and behalf during her natural life and at her death I order the aforesaid Estate that is whatever is remaining in her hands at her decease to be sold at public sale and the proceeds of said sale to be equally divided between my six children to wit: Ann McDowell Terry, Mary Jane Terry, James Thomas Terry, Caroline Augustus Terry, Lucinda Terrance Terry and Samantha Rebecca Terry Item Second & lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my Brother Gaston Terry to be the Executor of this my last will and Testament In testimony whereof I the Jabez Terry have to this my last will and testament ____ on this one sheet of paper whereupon I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal this Thirty first day of March in the year of out Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Jabez Terry (seal)
Signed subscribed declared by the sand Jabez Terry to be his last Will and Testament in presence of who at his request and his presence have subscribed our names Witness hereto: Robert Thomson, W. L. Baker, John N. Wasson.
[Greenvelle SC Will Book , p. 16]

1860 - US Census , Fairview Divn.,Greenville Co., S. C. Roll: 1220 Page: 363
            By this date obviously Jabez Terry is dead. We find in this census his widow and his children. All can read and write.

            Elizabeth Terry        58 f        housekeeper $1500/ $1000            South Carolina
            Mary J.                    27 f        domestic                                            South Carolina
            James T.                 25 m     farmer                                                South Carolina
            E. Caroline               25 f        domestic                                            South Carolina
            Lucinda                    22 f        domestic                                            South Carolina
            M. Rebecca            20 f        "        "                                                South Carolina
1860- US Census, South Carolina, Greenville, Fairview, p 329.

William Parish           31   M      farmer                           760     200     South Carolina
Ann M                       31   f       Domestic                                            South Carolina
Sarah A              6   f                                                                    South Carolina
John R.                         2 m                                          South Carolina

Source:

Ancestry.com - One World Tree.
Corrigan, Hugh. Diary of Charles M. Terry 1856 - 1860 and Journal of James S. Terry 1852-1856.pub. 2000. 3809 Shenandoah St., Dallas, TX 75205
Terry, Robt. editor. Terry Family Historian, March 1983, records of Greenville and Laurens County, South Carolina
US census records.

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