Lieutenant Simon Terrell

Lt. Simon Terrell, Son of Timothy Terrell and Mary Martin Terrell, from the Terrell Family History

Terrell Genealogy, compiled by Emma Dicken [The Naylor Company: San Antonio, published by Terrell Society of America], page 247-248.

Simon Terrell III, Timothy II, William and Susannah I

Simon, son of Timothy and Mary [Martin] Terrell, b. 27 Mar. 1755 in Orange County, N.C., d. 1840 in Franklin County, Georgia.

He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from Chatham, N.C. and in 1836 was granted a pension for his services as a Dragoon in N.C. Troops. He is listed in N.C. Revolutionary Army Accounts, Book C. p. 103 under Accounts Allowed by the State, paid Simon Terrell two pounds eight shillings, and listed again Vol. XI, p. 50, folio 2. [pension identifies him as a lieutenant.]

Simon Terrell married about 1775 or 1776 in Chatham County, N.C. Sarah Thompson, daughter of William and Hannah [Bell] Thompson, who moved to N.C. from Sussex County, Virginia about 1730.

Simon's brother, Daniel Terrell, married Sarah's sister, Hannah Thompson. they were both mentioned in the will of Mrs. Hannah Thompson dated 1784-1788, as her daughters, Sarah Tyrrell and Hannah Tyrrell.

Timothy Terrell in his will left to his son, Simon, 300 acres of land lying at the wash and where I now live, being part of the two surveys. Simon was also given "the remainder of a tract of land that my son Solomon lives on." In Chatham, N.C. Simon Terrell and wife Sarah in Feb. 1779 deeded Joseph John Alston, of Halifax County, N.C. 350 acres of land "being all that tract of land whereon the said Simon Terrell now lives and which was devised to him by the last will and testament of Timothy Terrell, his father." [D.B.B. p. 225.] The deed books show that Simon bought land in that county in 1780.

He was in Chatham, N.C. when the census of 1790 was taken, but was in Franklin County by 1795 when he and his wife, Sarah, gave a deed. [Early Records of Georgia, Vol. I, p. 291.]

On 30 Jan. 1808 Simon Terrell of Franklin County, Ga., sold a tract of land in then Morgan County, but formerly in Baldwin, which had been granted to him in 1806. In that deed his wife, Sarah, was not mentioned according the the record we have and that suggests that Sarah may not have been living at that time. the children of Simon and Sarah [Thompson] Terrell were:

1. Timothy Terrell 1777-1860, m. Mary Davis.

2. Elizabeth Terrell m. John [Catlett] Martin.*

3. Thompson Terrell m. Miss Baker, we think Elizabeth Baker who was living in Franklin County in 1820 when he drew land in a lottery of that date.

4. William Terrell b 1784 m. Sarah Kendricks.

5. Amelia Terrell m. Thomas Hollingsworth.

6. Hannah Terrell m. James Allen.

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Timothy Terrell, son of Simon and Sarah Terrell, was b. in 1777 in Chatham, N.C., d. 1860 in Banks County, Ga. which had been cut from Franklin County in 1858.

On 15 March 1792 Simon Terrell deeded land in Chatham Co., N.C. to his son Timothy Terrell.

Records in the office of Secretary of State show that Timothy Terrell obtained various land grants, dating from 1801 to 1821 in Franklin County, Ga.