This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TERRY, WASHINGTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gBB.2ACE/1064 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any information on slaves owned by Nathaniel Terry or his family of Todd County, KY. Nathaniel Terry's will of 1837 lists the names of about 40 slaves. I would like to find the origins of these slaves. Five of these slaves: Henry, Dick, Fowler, Sampson, and Moses were later sold to George Augustine Washington (1815-1892) of Robertson County, TN. Washington owned a large tobacco plantation called Wessyngton in Robertson County, he also owned a small farm in Todd County, KY managed by about twenty slaves and an overseer. In 1860 Wessyngton held 274 slaves and was the largest tobacco plantation in America. After emancipation many of these slaves remained on the Wessyngton plantation. Dick Terry retained the Terry surname and his descendants are very numerous in Robertson County, TN. Any assistance regarding the origins of the Terry slaves will be greatly appreciated. I would also like any information on the origins of Nathaniel Terry and his family before they came to KY.