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Size | About 50 items |
Abstract | Joseph Green Terry, a cotton and cane farmer from Henry County, Ala., served as a Confederate soldier with the 27th Georgia Infantry Regiment. His wife, Sarah Terry, was in Henry County during the Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence, chiefly between Joseph Green Terry and his wife Sarah Terry, 1863-1865, while he was a Confederate soldier in the General Hospital, Savannah, Ga., Camp Jackson, Danville, Va., Augusta, Ga., and Camp Sweet Water Church, S.C. Also included is scattered correspondence, 1855-1896, between Terry and a brother who was a soldier in Fredericksburg in 1863, and between Sarah in Henry County, Ala., and relatives in Thomasville and Cain, Ga., Bratley, Ala., and Charleston, S.C., relating to family affairs. There are also two deeds dated 1850, grocery lists dated 1853 and 1896, a cotton bill dated 1858, and a general merchandise account for 1860. |
Creator | Terry (Family : Henry County, Ala.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: E. Ragan, October 1962
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2005
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Joseph Green Terry (d. 1868), a cotton and cane farmer from Henry County, Ala., served as a Confederate soldier with the 27th Georgia Infantry Regiment. His wife, Sarah Terry, was in Henry County during the Civil War.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of Joseph Green Terry, Confederate soldier with the 27th Georgia Infantry Regiment, cotton and cane farmer from Henry County, Ala., who died in 1868, and other members of the Terry family. Correspondence is chiefly between Terry and his wife Sarah Terry, 1863-1865, while he was a Confederate soldier in the General Hospital, Savannah, Ga., Camp Jackson, Danville, Va., Augusta, Ga., and Camp Sweet Water Church, S.C. Also included is scattered correspondence, 1855-1896, between Terry and a brother who was a soldier in Fredericksburg in 1863, and between Sarah in Henry County and relatives in Thomasville, Ga., Cain, Ga., Bratley, Ala., and Charleston, S.C., relating to family affairs. There are also two deeds dated 1850, grocery lists dated 1853 and 1896, a cotton bill dated 1858, and a general merchandise account for 1860.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
1850-1858 |
Folder 2 |
1860-1863 |
Folder 3 |
1864-1869, 1895-1896, and undated |
Reel M-1448/1 |
Microfilm |