Frank Terry

Joseph Royall Terry

Son of Nathaniel Terry
b. May 17, 1792 in Halifax, VA
m. Sarah D. Smith on April 17, 1816.
d. November 17, 1877 in Cumberland County, KY.

Sarah David Smith

daughter of David Smith & Obedience Fort
b. January 2, 1793 in NC
d. 1837 in Brazoria County, TX.

Benjamin Fort Smith (Uncle & Guardian)

Son of David Smith & Obedience Beauty Fort
b. January 2, 1796 in Logan County, KY.
Immigrated to Texas in 1833.
Served as a major under General Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans when only 19.
Fought in Capt. Karne's Company at San Jacinto.
d. July 10, 1841 in Montgomery (now Grimes) County, TX.

Benjamin Franklin Terry

b. February 18, 1821 in Russellville, KY.
m. Mary Bingham on October 12, 1841.
Served as a delegate to the Texas Secession convention in January 1861.
Served as a volunteer aide to Gen. Longstreet at the Battle of First Manassas in April 1861.
Appointed Colonel and commisioned to raise a regiment of Texas cavalry.
Elected first commander of Terry's Texas Rangers.
d. December 17, 1861 at Woodsonville, KY.

David Smith Terry

b. March 8, 1823 in Todd County, KY.
m. Cornelia Runnels in on November 26, 1852.
Served as a volunteer with Terry's Rangers.
Raised and commanded D. S. Terry's Texas Cavalry Regiment.
m. Sarah Althea Hill in January 1886.
d. August 14, 1889 in CA.

Aurelius Josiah Terry

b. ~ 1827 in Hinds County, MS.
d. February 1869.

Clinton Lucretius Terry

b. June 30, 1831 in Clinton, Hinds County, MS.
m. Adrianne Gautier on September 6, 1855.
Served as a volunteer with Terry's Rangers.
d. April 14, 1862 at Shiloh, TN.

3 brothers also died at birth.

 

Mary Pickens Bingham

Daughter of Francis Bingham.
b. June 25, 1821.
Family emigrated to TX from MS in 1823.
m. Benjamin F. Terry on October 12, 1841 in Brazoria County, TX.
d. February 19, 1876 in Sugarland, TX.

David Smith Terry - "Dave"

b. February 23, 1843 in Brazoria, TX.
d. November 23, 1904 in Austin, Travis County, TX

Sarah Terry

b. October 20, 1845 in Brazoria, TX.
d. August 21, 1846 in Brazoria, TX.

Mary Terry - "Mollie"

b. November 8, 1847 in Brazoria, TX.
d. May 17, 1925 in Dallas County, TX.

Benjamin Franklin Terry - "Frank"

b. June 18, 1850 in Brazoria, TX.
d. February 6, 1869 in Brazoria County, TX.

Sally Terry

b.July 19, 1853 in Brazoria, TX.
m. William T. Thatcher on November 11, 1877 in Fort Bend County, TX.
d. September 20, 1878 in Brazoria County, TX.

Jefferson Kyle Terry

b. December 26, 1855 in Brazoria, TX
m. Maggie A. Thomlinson on December 2, 1878 in Fort Bend County, TX.
d. January 21, 1890 in Galveston, TX. (murdered at his own trial for murder).

Cornelia Terry

b. November 21, 1857 in Brazoria, TX.
m. William T. Thatcher on February 28, 1881 in Fort Bend County, TX.
d. December 21, 1933 in Austin, Travis County, TX.

"Believed to be buried first at his Oakland Plantation in Fort Bend County, TX. Moved to
Glenwood Cemetery in Houston,TX in 1880."

COLONEL B. F. TERRY
FEBRUARY 18, 1821 - DECEMBER 17, 1861
NATIVE OF KENTUCKY CAMETO TEXAS 1831
MEMBER OF SECESSION CONVENTION. COMMANDED
REINFORCEMENTS OF STATE TROOPS SENT TO
RIO GRANDE FOR THE CAPTURE OF FEDERAL
ARMY PROPERTY AT FORT BROWN. WENT TO
VIRGINIA HOPING TO BE IN FIRST BATTLE
OF WAR. CITED FOR VALUABLE VOLUNTEER
SERVICE IN FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS
SCOUTING REPORTING AND SHOOTING DOWN
THE FLAG STAFF THUS LOWERING THE UNION
FLAG FLOATING OVER THE COURTHOUSE
RETURNED TO TEXAS WITH ORDERS TO RAISE
CAVALRY REGIMENT WHICH SOON ATTAINED
FAME AS TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS. KILLED
WOODSONVILLE, KENUCKY WHILE LEADING
UNITS FIRST CHARGE. HIS LOYAL RANGERS
CARRIED HIS NAME UNTIL WAR'S END. TERRY
COUNTY NAMED IN HIS HONOR.

BENJAMIN F. TERRY
COL - 8TH TEXAS CAV
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
FEB 18 1821 - DEC 17 1861

Galveston Weekly News, September 3, 1861 "Col. Terry's Regiment"
W. Nicholson Letter, dated September 28, 1861
B. F. Batchelor Letter, dated December 19, 1861
I. Fulkerson Letter, dated December 20, 1861
B. F. Batchelor Letter, dated January 2, 1862
B. F. Batchelor Letter, dated January 5, 1862
(offsite) In Memoriam of Col. Benj. F. Terry - 1862 Poem.
Battles & Leaders of the Civil War "The First Battle of Bull Run" by P.G.T. Beauregard
The Southern Bivouac, Nov. 1882: "Terry's Texas Rangers."
Confederate Veteran, May 1897, "Sketch of the Famous Eighth Texas Cavalry"
"Several Errors Corrected," Confederate Veteran, August 1898, p. 374
A Comprehensive History of Texas 'Terry's Texas Rangers" by Kate Scurry Terrell
Dallas Morning News September 09, 1901 "The Terry Brothers" by A. M. Shannon
Confederate Veteran, November 1907 "Terry's Texas Rangers: Monument to that Gallant Cavalry Regiment"
Terry's Texas Rangers, by L. B. Giles
Confederate Veteran, December 1911, "Muster Roll of Company F, Eighth Texas"
The Reminiscences of J. K. P. Blackburn - Terry's Texas Rangers
(offsite) Handbook of Texas Online - Terry, Benjamin Franklin
(offsite) Snider Family Genealogy Homepage: Benjamin F. Terry
(offsite) Irisgay Crivellari's The Crivellari & Related Families Gedcom
(offsite) Glenn Snider's Snider Family Genealogy Gedcom
(offsite) Anne Rupert's Royal Binghams in America Gedcom
(offsite) Terri Furmanski's De Spirito - Furmanski Tree Gedcom
(offsite) Ralph Terry's Judia and Ralph Terry - Family Genealogy Gedcom
(offsite) Patsy Jackson's Holt Saunders Family Gedcom

Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882.

Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research.

Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.

Glasgow Weekly Times November 22, 1877 "Major Joseph Terry"
(offsite) San Jacinto Museum's page for Benjamin Fort Smith
(offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Terry)
(offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (surname: Terry)
(offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Fort Bend County, TX)
(offsite) RootsWeb Message Board (Fort Bend County, TX)
(offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Fort Bend County, TX)