"Eli Terry was born about 1772 in Anson County, North Carolina. He moved with his family to Richmond County, North Carolina about 1790. He married Mary Ann "Polly" Pickett who was related to him through the Raiford line, 17 December 1799 in Richmond County, North Carolina. In 1818 he moved from here to Autauga County, Alabama, with his brother-in-law, Tod Robinson and his cousin, William Raiford Pickett and their families. Due to the War of 1812, a large number of soldiers had seen these lands and returned to settle here after the war. Alabama was made a state in 1819. Eli Terry owned land, slaves, was state solicitor, and a local preacher in the Methodist Church...He was instrumental in dividing the Methodist Church in Alabama in the late 1820s. He died in 1836 and is buried near Autaugaville. His wife, Polly, died sometime after 1860 in Rusk County, Texas, having migrated there about 1859 with several of her children and their families. Known children of Eli and Polly Terry are: 1) James Pickett Terry, 2) Eli Terry, 3) Sarah Terry, 4) William Robards Terry, 5) Tod Robinson Terry, 6) John Kinbrough Terry, 7) Walter Leak Terry, 8) Eli Albert Terry, 9) Mary C. Terry, 10) Ann Terry, 11) Appia C. Terry, and three unnamed infants." [1]
[1] http://www.terry-family-historian.com/TFHJUN1983.htm, Terry Family Historian 2(1983), 57.