Miles TERRY
- Born: 1762, Botetourt, VA
- Marriage: Hannah HORTON on 30 Jan 1782 in Botetourt, VA
Other names for Miles were Devel Jett, Devil Jet, Miles "Devil Jet" TERRY and Miles B TERRY.
Noted events in his life were:
• Court: likely match, 1786, Botetourt County, VA. May 14, 1786 [sic]
Miles Terry fined 20 pounds for breach of the peace.
Miles Terry imprisoned for 8 days and placed under bond for good behavior for 12 months and 1 day for insulting Samuel Eason, Gent., in the execution of his office as Magistrate.
March 15, 1786
Miles Terry acquitted of the 8 days' imprisonment ordered yesterday
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The order made yesterday to find Miles Terry 20 pounds is set aside.
October 10, 1786
Ordered that seire facias issue against Miles Terry and his security on his recognizance for a breach of the peace.
[Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, p408, p409, p416]
• Court: payment, 1808, Floyd County, KY. 29 Nov 1808
Miles (son?) received a payment recorded in Floyd Co. KY Court Order Book.
• Alt. Death, After 1780, Botetourt County, VA.
• Alt. Death, ca. 1808, Bedford County, VA. http://www.mindfreedom.net/gen/t-s-p/p346.htm
• Alt. Death, After 1810, Elliott County, KY.
• Alt. Death, 1853, Botetourt County, VA.
• Court: Cherokee Claims, after death. Wilson McGraw
Claim No. 44207
Miles Terry, Annie Terry Estep's father's father was Miles Terry Sr., who was called Devil Jet and belonged to Chief John Ross Tribe of Cherokee Indians.
Ruby McGraw Vencill
Claim no. 44159
"My great grandparents was Cornelius Estep and Annie (Terry) Estep's father's father was Miles Terry Sr., who was called Devil Jet and belonged to Chief John Ross Tribe of Cherokee Indians."
Most of our ancestor's claim forms stated that "Devil Jet" belonged to Principle Chief, John Ross of the Eastern Branch of the Cherokee. Ross was born October 3, 1790 and died in 1866. From 1819 to 1826, Ross served as president of the National Council of the Cherokee and assumed his position as Principle Chief of the Eastern Cherokee in 1828. His Cherokee name was GU'WISGUWI'and in boyhood was known as TSAN'USDI, "LITTLE JOHN".
http://genforum.genealogy.com/terry/messages/6268.html
Miles married Hannah HORTON, daughter of William HORTON and Rachel MARTIN, on 30 Jan 1782 in Botetourt, VA. (Hannah HORTON was born in 1765 in Botetourt, VA and died after 1794.)
Marriage Notes:
Marriages of Botetourt Co., Virginia#1126446 Book 2 Pg. 18
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