Terry-Vann Cemetery Census by Sondra Johnson — 2012

Terry-Vann Cemetery

Location and Description This a two-grave cemetery located north of Conway approximately one mile off Highway 65. It is located south of the former Terry's Bridge on the East Fork of the Cadron. A monument marking the grave of Milley Ann (Dickens) Terry is the only monument. The grave of Samuel T. Vann is unmarked. Both graves are within the grounds of an old home place. The small area is

GPS Coordinates: 35 5.916 92 31.765 Township 6 North, Range 13 West, Section 21

Political Township: East Fork

surrounded by an old hog-wire fence, suggesting that it once was used as a garden or holding pen for small animals. The surrounding area is now owned by the Tommy Lewis family and is now part of an area known locally as the "Cadron Flats" or "Cadron Bottoms." The cemetery is difficult to find and at times would be inaccessible except by all-terrain vehicles. History Milley Ann Dickens was born in 1832 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Her parents were Richard and Mary (May) Dickens. Her genealogy has been traced back to Richard Dickens, who was born in about 1490, in England. Richard Dickens had a son named Henry Dickens, who was born in 1512, in Great Creaton, Northamptonshire, England. He died in 1542. He had a son named John, born in 1530, in Hazelwood, England, and died in 1501. John married Hazel May and they had a son named William, who was born in 1553 and died in 1635. William married Ann Barker, who was born in 1585. They had a son named William, born in Staffordshire, England, in about 1585.

William Dickens married Mary Brooke and they had a son also named William, who was born in 1610 in London, England. This William married Mary Gee and they had two children: John, born in 1651, in Cheshire, England, and William, born in 1655. John married Ann Bartholomew and they had a son named William, born in 1689, in Sussexshire, England.

Milley Ann (Dickens) Terry

Terry-Vann Cemetery Census by Sondra Johnson — 2012

William Dickens, the son of William and Mary (Brooke) Dickens, married Temperance Bennett and they had three sons: Joseph, born in 1737, in Caroline County, Virginia; William, born in about 1743; and Benjamin Dickens. Joseph first married Elizabeth (maiden name known) and they had two sons, William, born about 1758, and Thomas, born October 8, 1761, in Northampton County, North Carolina. Joseph next married Hannah Lunsford and they had five children: John, Bennett, Jesse, Benjamin, and Temperance. The lineage of Milley Ann Dickens is through Thomas, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dickens. Joseph executed a last will and testament, as follows: "Will #666, Pg.397 Halifax Co., NC. Joseph Duken (Dickens) 11 October 1802, Nov Ct 1802. Son William Duken 5 shillings, Son Thomas Duken 10 silver dollars, Sons John Duken, Bennett Duken, and Jesse Duken all my land on the South side of March Swamp, reserving the house to my Son Benjamin Duken who built it. Daughter Temperance Barnes $50.00. Son Benjamin the land whereon I now live reserving to my wife Hannah Duken the dwelling house and land for her life to widowhood. Witnesses: George Zollencoffer, Benjamin Duken. Executors: My 3 Sons, Benjamin and Rodham Barnes (husband of Temperance)." Thomas, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dickens, married Mollie Stevens, the daughter of Uriah and Manessa Stevens, in about 1789, in Halifax County, North Carolina. He served as a private in Captain Bascot's Company, 10th Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line. They had ten children, nine sons and one daughter: Lunsford, Merritt, Thomas, Gideon, Lewis, Uriah, Richard, Nehemiah, Joseph, and Manassa Naomi. The last will and testament of Thomas Dickens reads, as follows: I Thomas Dickens of the county and state above named being of sound mind and perfect recollection but knowing the uncertainty of my earthly existence do acknowledge this to be my Last Will and Testament Item 1st That is say that I give unto my beloved daughter Manessa Fuqua thirty acres of my land where I now live taking my house and the west end of said tract and after paying off all of my just debts leave all the balance of my land all other property to be divided among all my children. I also leave my son Nehemiah Dickens to be Executor to this my Last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof, I, the said Thomas Dickens, do turn unto and set my hand and affix my seal this 18th day of February 1852. Signed and acted in presence of his A. M. Yarbrough, Justice: Thomas X Dickens, Green Womack [mark], State of North Carolina, Chatham County." Thomas applied for a military pension in Chatham County, North Carolina, 1832. "Revolutionary War Pension Application of Thomas Dickens #S41509. 13 February 1832. Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. ORIGINAL CLAIM Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the Act of 18 March 1828. State of North Carolina. Chatham County. On this the 13th day of February 1832 personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, Thomas Dickens resident of said County age 79, who being found duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration: In order to obtain the provisions made by the Act and complying with the 18 March 1828 and the 1st May 1820, that he Thomas Dickens states he enlisted on the ? day and ? month (not recollected) in the year 1782 in the State of N.C. in the Company Commanded by Capt. Bactes)?) in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Little in the Line of the State of North Carolina on the Continental Establishment that continued to ?? (can't recall), the said Corps until the close of the War when he was discharged from the service in the State of North Carolina. That he relinquishes all claim whatsoever to a pension except the present, and that his name is not on the roll of any other State except the State of North Carolina. He further states the following reasons for not making earlier applications for a pension: The reason for not having made application earlier are for want of information on how to make proper application and for want of some friends to do the business correctly which I was

Terry-Vann Cemetery Census by Sondra Johnson

Terry-Vann Cemetery Census by Sondra Johnson — 2012

unable to do myself. In accordance of the Act of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States of the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any least thing whether through charity to relinquish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress. Which was submitted an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not had any pension in trust for me, any property in securities, contracts, debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in this schedule here into submitted and by me subscribed and that since the 18th of March 1818 no change have been made regarding my property. His mark (Thomas Dickens). The above duly sworn for in open court on the 13 day of February 1832. Theo Ragbane, Court Clerk. SCHEDULE OF THOMAS DICKENS PROPERTY readied and signed both the 13th day of February 1832 in open court for Chatham Co. N.C. one hundred ninety acres land $100.00 one mare and colt $ 23.00 one logger and V Ghersin Brite $20.00 two sows and two shoats $6.00 total $149.00 The certification of this applies in farming and my old age and infirmities which make me unable to provide and no one else.... (unreadable). The remainder of my family is Samuel, my wife name is Molly, she recently gave up. Mollie has been confined by her back and stiffness is disabled and has been unable to walk ...(unreadable) appearance will ....(unreadable) walk....(unreadable). My son Samuel is unable to do ...(unreadable) and is able to do as much...(unreadable) having she is ...(unreadable) tires of age ... (unreadable). 27th day of present month February. Thomas Dickens (his mark). The foregoing schedule was sworn to in open court the 27th day of February 1832. Theo Ragbane, Court Clerk." Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Chatham County, North Carolina. (484) Thomas Dickens, age 82, is shown as a Revolutionary War Pensioner. Page 178. Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Chatham County, North Carolina.(485) Location: Lower Regiment. Page 448. From Marion T. Dickens family letter "Our Dickens Heritage": "THOMAS DICKENS, under whose Revolutionary War service a number of us have been granted Membership in Son of the American Revolution and some of our Nieces have been granted Membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, was the second son of the above Revolutionary Patriot, Joseph Dickens. His birth occurred on 8 October 1761, Northampton County, North Carolina. His marriage to Mollie Stevens is recorded in Anderson's "Three-hundred Marriages in North Carolina, Halifax County". There he lived and had two sons before the 1790 census enumerator reached them. He and his family of seven moved to Chatham County, North Carolina, before 1880, and there his will was made 18 February 1850 and there he died on 23 May 1852. From his will, pension and other records, we are to reconstruct the following list of his children: Lunsford b.1789 Halifax Co., N.C. Merritt 1790 " Thomas 1791 " Gideon 1795 " Lewis 1797 " Uriah 1802 Chatham Co., N.C. Richard 1805 " Nehemiah 1806 " Joseph 1808 " Manassa 1812 " (Nioma) m. Fuquay. Also based on Thomas Dickens' service the following are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution: Mrs Sue Tarter Turner, Little Rock No. 496 238 Mrs Georgia Dickens Brinley, Morgan, Pa 497 557"(486) Richard Dickens, the son of Thomas and Mollie (Stevens) Dickens, was born in about 1805, in Chatham County, North Carolina. He first married Clare (maiden name unknown), and they had one son, Thomas, who was born in March of 1852, in White County, Arkansas. He then married Mary Jane May, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Green) May. She was born in 1802 in North Carolina. They had nine children: Lavinia Jane (b. 1827), Mary Green (b. 1830), Milley

Terry-Vann Cemetery Census by Sondra Johnson — 2012

Ann (b. 1832), Eva Adeline (b. 1836), Angeline (b. 1837), Richard Paschal (b. 1839), Harriet (b. 1841), Louisa (b. 1843), and Sarah (b. 1847). Lavinia married Joel Alexander Lane. Mary Green married William S. Spears. Milley Ann married William S. Terry. Eva Adeline married Bales Griggs. Angeline died at an early age. Richard Paschal married Annetta Donnell. Nothing is known about Harriet, Louisa, or Sarah. The children of William and Milley Ann (Dickens) Terry were: Mary Jane, Stephen, Harriet, Susan, Eliza, Frances, and Ella Terry. In 1873, William owned a large part of the section of land that the Terry-Vann Cemetery is located in. The Terry Bridge was named after him. Samuel T. Vann was born on October 27, 1827. He married Eva Adeline Dickens (sister of Milley Ann), on August 6, 1865, in Conway County, Arkansas. He served in the Confederate Army and was a member of Greenbrier Lodge No. 290, and a master Mason He died of a self-afflicted gunshot wound when he attempted to cross the Cadron Creek carrying two shotguns in a row boat. A companion was rowing the boat. A Masonic service was conducted for him on January 1, 1888, and he was buried in Terry-Vann Cemetery alongside his sister-in-law, Milley Ann (Dickens) Terry. Samuel's ancestors have been traced back to Edward Vann, who was born in about 1719 in Bertie County, North Carolina. He married Mary Barnes in about 1735, in Chowan County, North Carolina. Mary was born in 1718. They had four children: John Joseph, Edward, Jenny, and James Clement Vann. John Joseph was nicknamed "the Chickamaugan." He was born in 1735 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. The following account of John Joseph Vann was included in the ancestral files of John Clinard (2009): "Joseph Vann was with Dragging Canoe and his Chickamauga Warriors at Knoxville, and were defeated, having to move their tribes lower into Indian Territory at what is now Chickamauga. September 27, 1793: Daniel Smith letter to Henry Knox. Again, the Indian command system lost the Chickamauga their last chance to carry their colors to the Clinch River. The command of the Army was shared by Doublehead and Watts. Doublehead was one who dallied along the way to plunder every frontier cabin, although a surprise move against Knoxville was the object. Then Doublehead and Joseph Vann, also a Chickamauga commander, lost valuable hours in the early morning in a dispute over whether to take prisoners. (American States Papers - Indian Affairs)." John Joseph married Mary Polly Wa-wli Otterlifter, who was born in 1746, in Spring Place, Georgia. According to the Clinard research, Mary was a "half-breed of the Blind Savannah Clan. John Joseph and Mary had two children: Joseph David, born in 1763, in Spring Place, Georgia, and Alcie Mary Anne, born in 1768. John Joseph died on May 6, 1815, in Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia. Joseph David Vann, the son of John Joseph and Mary, was born in 1764 in Georgia. He married Lamilla "Milly" Rowe, who was born in 1765 in Burke, Georgia. They had four children: Paul David, Sanders, Permelia, and Martha. Joseph David died on December 23, 1838, in Georgia. Paul David Vann was born in 1794 in North Carolina. He married Sarah (maiden name unknown) and they had ten children: Sanders Washington, William Kinney, Mary Sue, John David, Samuel T., Augustus M, Andrew Jackson, Martha Adeline, Benjamin, and Missouri Vann. Samuel T. Vann married Eva Adeline Dickens on August 6, 1865, in Conway County, Arkansas.

Terry-Vann Cemetery Census by Sondra Johnson — 2012

They had four children: Laura, born February 27, 1867; Benjamin T., born April 9, 1870, Effie, born 1873, and Marcus, born December 24, 1879. Several of the descendants of these families are still living in Faulkner County today. Census Data Terry-Vann Cemetery was discovered during the 1987 census conducted by the Faulkner County Historical Society. A request for information concerning the cemetery was published in the Log Cabin Democrat:

The grave of Millie [Milley] Ann Terry, b. 1832 - d. 1873, age 42, with several graves identified only by native stone markers are located south of the Cadron Creek at a point near the location of the Old Terry's Bridge (now gone). The Historical Society is interested in any information relative to the history of this early cemetery. Could Millie Ann Terry's family have some connection relative to the naming and location of the Terry's Bridge? Contact the Chamber of Commerce (327-7788) or Hattie Ann Kelso, 4 Broadmoor, Conway, 327-0686.

On November 11, 2007, a census of the Terry-Vann Cemetery was conducted by Sondra Johnson, Susan Cia, B. J. Abrams, and Gene White. The monument of Millie Ann Terry was off its base, but intact and legible. Although unmarked with any identifying marker or fieldstone, the grave of Samuel T. Vann could be discerned by the sunken depression in the ground next to the grave of Milley Ann. A government-issued Confederate marker will be placed on his grave by the Sons of Confederate Veterans sometime in 2012.

Terry-Vann Cemetery Census by Sondra Johnson — 2012

Original Drawing of Map to Terry-Vann Cemetery

The directions to the cemetery as defined in the 1987 FCHS census were, as follows: From Conway, go north on U.S. 65; less than one mile past the junction with Acklin Gap Road and just before the East Cadron bottoms, turn right (east) on Slaughterhouse Road; go a little over one mile (past Brannon Creek) to a turn in the road; the cemetery is approximately 100 yards north of the road.