Elijah Terry, I

At one time this memorial was on here 2011 but was deleted for some reason. I added the cemetery and the memorial.

Elijah Tery was among the first settlers in Scott County, Tnessee , But then known as Campbell County Tennessee

Elijah was hunting with 2 friends and died at Parch Corn Creek in Campbell County, Tn (now Scott County) what is called the Big South Fork now. At the top of Big South Fork River and the temperature was to bad for them to bury him. And in the spring his friends went back and buried him. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

U.S. and International Marriage Recordsu002C 1560-1900 Name Sarah Baker Gender Female Birth Year 1814 Spouse Name Elijah Terry Spouse Birth Year 1791 Marriage State of TN Number Pages 1 Household Members  Sarah Baker  Elijah Terry  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The 1850 census of Scott County lists the Elijah Terry family as follows: Elijah, age 59; Sary, age 39 Calvin, age 16; Helen, age 15 Naomy, age 14; Emily, age 13

Elijah, Jr. age 13; Easter, age 7 Serepta, age 6

The history of Uncle John Terry states that Elijah had three sons, Elijah, Jr., Marion, and Calvin. Calvin was an early Baptist preacher in Scott County, and his family lived near O'Possum Rock School on the Big South Fork River. According to the history of Uncle John, "Elijah Terry took up land that included part of the town of Oneida known as Stumptown, and his residence was near the present John Carson, Jr., residence." According to the records of Clay Smith, Elijah first lived about the present John Lee West house and then moved to about where the Burchfield School is located. Clay Smith also states that his land covered all the part of Oneida west of Highway 27 to the Burchfield School.

Clay Smith states that the early settlers called the community "Pine Creek". He said that Josiah Terry staked out three hundred acres of land that started near Tunnell Hill, extended northward through the town of Oneida to a point beyond the present Oneida Housing Project. He said the south line ran near where the Scott County Hospital is now located. The north line covered much of all of north Oneida up to and including the Jeffers Cemetery. This line extended to the top of Dick Smith Hill and back to the starting line near where Jim Carson lives in south Oneida. The northeast line ran with the Chitwood lands near the present Scott County Funeral Home to the Jeffers Cemetery. Uncle John described Josiah's land as a large tract of land that extended northwardly from a point near the residence of James Carson through the town of Oneida to a point on the top of a hill southwest of the Shepherd residence eastwardly so as to include the lands of J. M. Terry, A. C. Terry, Claude Terry, Letcher Stanfill, N. E. Stanley, Joe Chambers, John Carson, Jr., and James Terry. Josiah built his house near the present North Star Drive-In on Highway 27 North on the four lane. 

John Burris Terry (1760 - 1842)

 Esther Brown Terry (1765 - 1848)

Spouse:

 Sarah Baker Terry (1814 - 1880)

 Jane Terry

Siblings:

 Josiah Terry (1780 - 1868)*

 William Terry (1785 - 1869)*

 Elijah Terry (1791 - 1870)

 Elijah Terry (1791 - 1870)*

 Elias Terry (1807 - 1894)*

 Miles Terry (1809 - 1880)** Reference: [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154266511/elijah-terry Find A Grave Memorial] - [https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Feb 27 2020, 20:11:57 UTC''

* Residence: Campbell, Tennessee, United States - 1830

• Residence: Campbell, Tennessee, United States - 1840
• Residence: Scott, Tennessee, United States - 1850
• Residence: 8th District, Scott, Tennessee, United States - 1860
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 3 2021, 19:30:24 UTC