Jeptha Terrell was the brother of John Lewis Terrell who was one of the first citizens of Dresden. Jeptha and his wife, Nancy Allen, died before the Terrell and Allen families left North Carolina for Weakley County. The Allen girls in addition to Nancy Allen Terrell were Susannah Jeter (Robert); Mary; Rachel White; Winifred Jenkins; and an Elizabeth Allen was married to Peleg Rogers, whose daughter Silvany married George Brasfield and came to Weakley County, too. Descendants of Jeptha Terrell Generation No. 1 1. JEPTHA1 TERRELL (JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) was born in Granville Co., N. C., and died 1814 in Wake Co., N. C.. He married NANCY ALLEN September 09, 1807 in Granville Co., N.C., daughter of SAMUEL ALLEN and MARY MCALLISTER. She was born 1775, and died Aft. 1823 in North Carolina. Children of JEPTHA TERRELL and NANCY ALLEN are: 2. i. RITTY MARIA2 TERRELL, b. Abt. 1810, North Carolina; d. 1848, Weakley Co., Tn.. 3. ii. EMILY TERRELL, b. North Carolina; d. 1832, Weakley Co. Tn. iii. LUIZA HARRIETT TERRELL, m. THOMAS JONES. iv. POLLY TERRELL, b. North Carolina; m. JACKSON. Generation No. 2 2. RITTY MARIA2 TERRELL (JEPTHA1, JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) was born Abt. 1810 in North Carolina, and died 1848 in Weakley Co., Tn.. She married JOHN ALMUS GARDNER October 22, 1829 in Weakley Co., Tn., son of JOHN GARDNER and PATIENCE WHITEHEAD. He was born 1809 in Robertson Co., Tn., and died 1892 in Gainesville, Texas. Children of RITTY TERRELL and JOHN GARDNER are: 4. i. ADA BYRON3 GARDNER, b. 1835, Weakley Co., Tn.; d. 1911, Weakley Co., Tn.. 5. ii. LAURA ADELAIDE GARDNER, b. 1838, Weakley Co., TN.; d. 1914, Weakley Co., Tn.. 6. iii. ALGERNON COLEGATE GARDNER, b. 1841, Dresden, Tn.; d. December 29, 1920, Weakley Co., Tn.. 7. iv. LOU M. GARDNER, b. 1842. v. JOSEPH ORLANDO GARDNER, b. 1846; d. 1864, Battle of Guntown, Mississippi. 3. EMILY2 TERRELL (JEPTHA1, JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) was born in North Carolina, and died 1832 in Weakley Co. Tn. She married JEPTHA GARDNER, son of JOHN GARDNER and PATIENCE WHITEHEAD. He was born 1801 in Robertson Co., Tn., and died 1865 in Weakley Co., Tn.. Child of EMILY TERRELL and JEPTHA GARDNER is: 8. i. JOHN ALMUS3 GARDNER. Generation No. 3 4. ADA BYRON3 GARDNER (RITTY MARIA2 TERRELL, JEPTHA1, JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) was born 1835 in Weakley Co., Tn., and died 1911 in Weakley Co., Tn.. She married WILLIAM PINCKNEY CALDWELL 1854. He was born 1832 in Christmasville, Carroll Co., Tn., and died June 1903 in Weakley Co., Tn.. Children of ADA GARDNER and WILLIAM CALDWELL are: i. LUTHER W.4 CALDWELL, b. 1855. ii. JOHN A. CALDWELL, b. 1857; m. CARRIE BUSHART. iii. FREDERICK J. CALDWELL, b. 1863. iv. ROSEA CALDWELL, b. 1865. v. ENLOE V. CALDWELL, b. 1866. vi. W.D. CALDWELL, b. 1867. 5. LAURA ADELAIDE3 GARDNER (RITTY MARIA2 TERRELL, JEPTHA1, JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) was born 1838 in Weakley Co., TN., and died 1914 in Weakley Co., Tn.. She married JAMES BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GARDNER 1864 in Tn., son of JOSHUA GARDNER and SARAH DONELSON. He was born 1828 in Tn., and died 1882 in Tn.. Children of LAURA GARDNER and JAMES GARDNER are: i. EFFIE CLINTON4 GARDNER, b. 1867, Weakley Co., Tn.; d. 1905, Weakley Co., Tn.; m. WINFOEL SCOTT HOWARD, 1886, Gardner, Tn.. ii. HENRY DEWITT GARDNER, b. 1868; d. 1933, Muskegeon, Michigan; m. ELIZABETH BUSHART, 1892, Gardner, Tn.; b. 1870; d. 1966, Muskegeon, Michigan. iii. JOHN JACK GARDNER, b. 1870. iv. JAMES WALTER GARDNER, b. 1872. v. SADIE MARIE GARDNER, b. 1873. vi. CLAUDE G. GARDNER, b. 1875, Weakley Co., Tn.; d. 1958, Weakley Co., Tn.; m. CORA ESTELLE NOWLIN, 1899, Martin, Tn.; b. 1877, Weakley Co., TN.; d. 1959, Weakley Co., Tn.. 6. ALGERNON COLEGATE3 GARDNER (RITTY MARIA2 TERRELL, JEPTHA1, JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) was born 1841 in Dresden, Tn., and died December 29, 1920 in Weakley Co., Tn.. He married JOSEPHINE JOHNSON October 01, 1866 in Weakley Co., Tn., daughter of JOSEPH JOHNSON and HARRIETT MCKEEN. She was born 1844 in Rutherford Co., Tn., and died March 21, 1908 in Weakley Co., Tn.. Children of ALGERNON GARDNER and JOSEPHINE JOHNSON are: i. ALGERNON4 GARDNER, b. 1876, Weakley Co. Tn; d. 1945, Weakley Co. Tn; m. EVIE JEFFRESS; d. 1970, Weakley Co. Tn. ii. JOHN A GARDNER, b. 1874, Weakley Co. Tn; d. 1959, Weakley Co. Tn; m. ALICE FALWELL. iii. MARY EMMA GARDNER, b. January 17, 1867, Gardner's Station, Weakley Co., Tn.; d. May 13, 1909, Weakley County, Tn.; m. SEWARD HENRY HALL, July 23, 1886, Weakley Co., Tn.; b. June 30, 1861, Weakley Co., Tn.; d. January 03, 1936, Weakley Co., TN.. iv. ADA BELL GARDNER, b. 1872. v. JOE GARDNER, b. 1877, Weakley Co. Tn; d. 1915, Weakley Co. Tn; m. CARRIE M. ELDER; b. 1880; d. 1946, Weakley Co. Tn. 7. LOU M.3 GARDNER (RITTY MARIA2 TERRELL, JEPTHA1, JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) was born 1842. She married MARCUS ZERAH HANKINS January 29, 1867. He was born 1837, and died 1918 in Weakley Co., Tn.. Children of LOU GARDNER and MARCUS HANKINS are: i. BERAH4 HANKINS, m. <UNNAMED>. ii. JOSEPH GARDNER HANKINS, b. 1870; d. 1947, Weakley Co. Tn; m. ANN BUSHART; b. 1872; d. 1896, Weakley Co. Tn. iii. ZADIE HANKINS. iv. ZERLE HANKINS. 8. JOHN ALMUS3 GARDNER (EMILY2 TERRELL, JEPTHA1, JEPTHAA, JOHNB, WILLIAMC, RICHMONDD, ROBERTE) He married MARTHA BONDURANT in 1850, daughter of HILLARY BONDURANT. Children of JOHN GARDNER and MARTHA BONDURANT are: i. INEZ4 GARDNER. ii. CHARLEY GARDNER. iii. EUNICE GARDNER, m. WARREN BAKER.