It is believed that this man is the son of William Terry and Rachel Terry of Botetourt Co., Va. In 1771 they assigned 100 acres to him on Black Run identifying him as "son."
" 826 Book 4 page 203, Feb court- William Terry will;
His wife, Patience Terry will enjoy all property until her death, then To Isaac Terry, son of Miles Terry, $100 in property to be paid after his wife's death.
[Note: The Miles Terry with son Isaac would be the brother of this William, Miles married Hannah Horton).
The land where he lives will go to nieces, Patience and Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of Washington Cooper from whom he bought the land.
[Washington Cooper was a brother of his wife Patience Cooper. Her lineage and connection as wife of Wm Terry is attested to in her father's will]
All negroes at wife's deth be set at liberty which they are to have, two choice horses and gears and waggon and 2 plows and furniture sufficient to ceep house, one acre apiece and two best wheels.& provisions sufficient to take them to a free state and ten dollars apiece for all that is groon. To be taken out of my wife's estate at her deth. At my deth, the plantation where Frank lives to be sold to highest bidder and the money to my wife.
[Who "Frank" is remains unclear; however the treatment of the "negroes" is out of the ordinary and goes a long way to supporting a connection to the Jasper Terry and Mary Hart Terry who came from strong Quaker stock in Pennsylvania; a strong theory suggests William Terry Sr. was a cousin or other relative of that group]
30 Dec. 1824.
From Montgomery County, Va. Will Books / will proven Feb 1826 indicating his death date range.
His wife, Patience Cooper, also left a will according to information in the work Over the Mountain Men by Worrell (pg.54). The will probated Feb 1847, Floyd Co., Virginia (which had area carved from old, previous Montgomery Co., just as that county had been carved from Botetourt and Botetourt from Augusta and Augusta from the massive lump Orange Co., Va that covered a vast portion of mid and western Va.). In her will, is named Isaac Terry, Elizabeth, Mary and James Cole, James Craig, and Patience (wife of Lewis Day). These constitute the same Isaac Terry, Elizabeth and Patience Cooper of William's earlier will.
This is very helpful, thank you. To clarify, Patience (Cooper) Terry also had a niece named Patience Cooper?
ReplyDeleteYes, she was daughter of Washington Cooper, brother to Patience. The father of Patience Cooper Terry left a will that named his offspring and often their spouses so that helped clarify relationships a bit.
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