Terrell Speed (1797 - abt. 1862)

Born 10 Mar 1797 in Oconee Co, Abbeville District, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Douglass (Raymond) Speed — married 22 Feb 1829 in Elbert, Georgia

Died about 1862 at about age 64 in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Terrell Speed was born on 10 Mar 1797; he was the son of Robert Wages Speed and Elizabeth Martin.^[1]

On 27 Feb 1829 in Elbert County, Georgia,^[2] Terrell Speed married Sarah D. Raymond.

In 1837,^[3] Sarah D. Raymond, wife of Terrell Speed, gave birth to a daughter, Ellen M. Speed.

In 1850,^[4] Terrell Speed (age 52, born South Carolina) was living in Morgan County, Georgia as head of household with Sarah D. Speed (age 54, born Connecticut), and Hannah L. Raymond (age 52, born Connecticut), and their Speed children, born in Georgia (age, sex): i) Elizabeth (19, F), ii) Ellen M. (17, F), iii) Oliver R. (15, M). Terrell's occupation was a farmer.

In 1860,^[5] Terrell Speed (age 61, born South Carolina) was living in Morgan County, Georgia as head of household with Sarah D. Speed (age 65, born Connecticut), and their Speed children, born in Georgia (age, sex): i) Elizabeth H. (21, F), ii) Ellen M. (26, F), iii) Oliver R. (24, M); also in the household was H. L. Raymond (age 59, F, born Connecticut). Terrell's occupation was a farmer; he owned real estate valued at $5200, and personal estate valued at $28,900.

Terrell Speed signed his last will and testament on 5 Jun 1862 in Morgan County, Georgia.^[6] The will was probated in the Morgan County Ordinary Court on 5 May 1863.

Terrell Speed died in 1862, and he was buried in the Madison Historic Cemeteries, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia.^[1]

Research Notes

Marries Sarah Douglass Raymond (1794-1868, b. Connecticut) on 22 Feb 1829 in Elbert, Georgia. Children include Elizabeth H b. 1831, Ellen Mary 1833-1864, Oliver Raymond 1835-1864, ...

• There is a Terrell Speed age 64 in the 1870 Census Rabun, GA with wife Jerusha Palfrey, different children. This must be a different Terrell Speed. Believe he is the one mentioned in the Hamby Bible who dies in 1877.
• Terrell Speed (transcribed as Sewell Huard) 1840 Census in Rabun, Georgia

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124197891/terrell-speed : accessed 14 January 2022), memorial page for Terrell Speed (10 Mar 1797–1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 124197891, citing Madison Historic Cemeteries, Madison, Morgan County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Joe Stoner (contributor 47793749) .
2. ↑ "Georgia, Elbert County Records, 1790-2002," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR63-LDS?cc=2071974&wc=M77X-R29%3A355761801%2C355817201 : 29 November 2018), Vital records > Marriages box M1 1826-1829 > image 537 of 562; Elbert County Probate Court, Elberton.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KT-HB7 : 22 July 2021), Terrell Speed in entry for Ellen M. Speed, 1902.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6FF7-NL7?cc=1401638&wc=95RJ-GPN%3A1031315501%2C1031491301%2C1031491302 : 9 April 2016), Georgia > Morgan > Morgan county > image 23 of 87; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBF-SS4B?cc=1473181&wc=7QMS-C4R%3A1589423245%2C1589423286%2C1589424180 : 24 March 2017), Georgia > Morgan > Town District > image 8 of 24; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992", database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/005756795_00534); accessed 14 Jan 2022, citing Record of Wills and Marriages, 1808-1899; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Morgan County); Probate Place: Morgan, Georgia

• 1850 US Census - Morgan, Georgia
• 1860 US Census - Morgan, Georgia
• Georgia Marriages to 1850

See also

• FamilySearch profile for Terrell Speed
• History and gen. Of the Jewets in America. By Fred. Clarke Jewett. New York, 1908. (2v.):3356, vol. 165, pg 18
• Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, pg 877

Acknowledgements

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