"I think he must have been more than thirty years old when he married Ann Dabney, [11] of Hanover County, by whom he had
Mary, who died young,
Joel who died some years since,
Polly who died in 1782, nearly grown,
Robert Harris who in about 1781 was shot by Joel with an old rusty musket which no one knew was loaded. They were shooting at each other for fun, till it finally fired, and held Robert by the clothes to the desk by which he was standing. Father and Mother were both absent at the time;
Edward Garland who died at Tantown, Va., in 1797,
John Dabney, [12]
Samuel Davis,
Elizabeth Axford,
George Washington, [13]
Ann Dabney and
William Higgins. [14]
... Henry Terrell had removed from Hanover to Bedford County, Va., some years before the Revolutionary War, where all his first children were born, except Ann and William who were born at Lower Sawratown on Dan River, Rockingham County, N.C. [16]"
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11.This Ann Dabney was the daughter of Cornelius Dabney, whose father's Last Will was dated 26 Oct. 1764, and recorded 7 Feb. 1765.
12. Our author of these Memoirs.
13.He also moved away from South Carolina, and later came to settle in Marion County, Alabama.
14. William Higgins was the youngest brother of Jno. D. Terrell, Sr., and was also the father of John Davis Terrell, the young man unto whom these Memoirs were written. They settled in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
15.Again, our author reverts back to the narrative of his story, speaking about his father, Harry Terrell.
16. It should be noted that William Higgins Terrell who is here mentioned was born May 24, 1784.
