William Henry Terry (1828-1878) born near Snow Camp, Chatham Co., was the only son of John W. Terry and Sarah Crutchfield. He married Jemima Norwood and lived in North Carolina all of his life. They were the parents of 11 children. He fought and was wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg and died later in 1878 at his home near Snow Camp. Descendants lived primarily in North Carolina, Virginia and Illinois.

Lewis Tysor, son of a Portuguese soldier serving in France, who married a French girl, was born in 1755 in France. He immigrated to Halifax County, North Carolina in 1776, served in the Revolutionary War, and died in 1832 in Chatham County, North Carolina.

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James Terry was granted land in St. John's Parish, King William County, Virginia, in 1701. He later migrated to Halifax County, Virginia, then Orange County, North Carolina. He died between 1775, when he wrote his will, and 1779, when his will was proved. His descendant, William Henry Terry (1828-1878), a Confederate soldier, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, the son of John W. Terry (1796-1884). He and his wife, Jemima Norwood, had eleven children, 1849-1870. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Illinois, New York and elsewhere.

The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens. For the genealogist there is the important and wholly fortuitous list of tithables of Pittsylvania County for the year 1767, which enumerates the names of nearly 1,000 landowners and property holders, amounting in sum to a rough census of the county in its infancy. Additional lists include the names, some with inclusive dates of service, of sheriffs, justices of the peace, members of the House of Delegates, 1776-1928, members of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1928, clerks of the court, and judges.

Marriages of Orange County contains abstracts of all the marriage bonds issued in Orange County from 1779 until 1868, when marriage bonds--as prerequisites for marriage--were discontinued. These marriage records were abstracted from a microfilm copy of the original marriage bonds on file at the State Archives in Raleigh and refer altogether to some 20,000 persons, including bondsmen. The data is arranged throughout in alphabetical order by the surname of the groom, and each entry includes the name of the bride, the date of the bond, the name of the bondsman, and, from 1851, the date of the actual marriage.