Johnson Terry
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Johnson L. Terry (1842 - 1895)

Cpl. Johnson L. Terry
Born in Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married after 1860 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 52 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

US Black Heritage Project
Johnson Terry is a part of US Black heritage.

Johnson L. Terry was born into slavery in 1841[1] in Virginia. He was the child of freed Virginia slave Jenny Terry. He served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.

Freed

Johnson was freed by slave owner St. Leger Landon Carter of King George County, Virginia:

Secondly, I liberate also & set free the following named Slaves to wit: Jenny Terry and her children, Andrew, Moses, Johnson, Charles, Helen, Lee and Barbara, and my dining room servant Patsy Tebbs and her children, Indy, Kitty, William, Rachel, Amanda, and Patsy, together with the future increase of Patsy Tebbs, and lastly Harriett, a mulatto girl, sister to Henry Clarke.

Occupations

  • 1860-1863[2][1], 1880: Barber

Residences

  • 1880: 216 North Tenth Street, Reading, Pennsylvania with his wife, children, brother Moses, nephew Andrew, Mary Montgomery and Edwin Roberts
  • 1863: Reading, Pennsylvania (military enlistment)[1]
  • 1860: Reading, Pennsylvania with the Terry and Clark families[2]

Military Service

During the Civil War, he served as a Corporal in Company H of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second[3] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 22 years old, married and working as a barber when he enlisted on 19 December 1863 from Reading, Pennsylvania. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.[1]

His brother Charles served as a First Sergeant in the 6th United States Colored Troops (USCT.)

The highest rank attainable to Black soldiers at this time was Sergeant Major.

Census Race

  • 1860[2], 1880: Mulatto

Death

He passed away in 1895 and is buried at Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania.[4][5]

Descendent Surnames

Nelson

His daughter Ida married Henry C. Nelson.

Research Notes

In the 1880 census, Mary Montgomery is listed as a sister; maybe Amanda's sister and actually a sister-in-law?

Also in the 1880 census, Edwin Roberts is listed as a son. Perhaps a stepson from a previous marriage, or Amanda's son from a previous marriage?

Projects

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Emilio, McKay Roster
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 1860 federal census
  3. and the first with federal recognition; the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment was against the wishes of the Secretary of War and filled only six companies, but did see action a full year before the 54th
  4. "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNZZ-JYN2 : 13 July 2020), Johnson Terry, 1895.
  5. Find a Grave memorial




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