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- Chiles Terrell and his wife Margaret lived in Albemarle Co. about 12 miles from Charlottesville on the east side of Southwest Mountain. They had only one child, James Hunter Terrell, b. 8 Sept. 1784, d. 1856.
- (Research):Samuel Overton Minor, b. 1795, d. 1838 in Missouri where he went after his wife's decease, some of their children having settled in that state. He married Lydia Laurie Lewis, b. 15 Feb. 1795, d.Aug. 1833 at Charlottesville where they were living at that time. "The Minor Family in Virginia," p. 27 gave Lydia L. Lewis as the daughter of Thomas Walker Lewis and his wife, Elizabeth Meriwether, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (Douglas) Meriwether.
Samuel O. and Lydia L. Minor had a son, James Hunter Minor, b. 1818, d. 1862 at "Music Hall" in Albemarle County, which was willed to him by James Hunter Terrell who was a half-brother to his grandmother Elizabeth (Meriwether) Lewis. Dr. James Hunter Minor m. 1848 Mary W. Morris who d. 1903.
Ann, called Nancy, Minor, b. 14 Dec. 1771, d. 1829, m. 9 July 1791, Thomas Meriwether, b. 24 April 1763, d. 21 Sept 1862. He was a son of Nicholas Meriwether and his wife, Margaret Douglas, daughter of Rev. William Douglas. They had several children
Rebecca, daughter of Richmond and Ann (Overton) Terrell, was the youngest child of her parents. Records of Louisa show that Becky Terrell on 10 June, 1779 came into court and chose Richard Terrell as her guardian. (O.B. 1774, p. 256.) Various records give the date of her birth as 1764. She is said to have been a beautiful young lady.
She was married to Nicholas Hunter Meriwether, b. 1765, who was a son of Nicholas Meriwether and his wife, Margaret Douglas. Margaret Douglas was the daughter of Rev. William Douglas and his wife, Miss Nicholas Hunter. In Rev. Douglas Church Register is recorded:
"My grandson, Nickie, was married 26 Feb. 1787, in ye 22nd year of his age to Miss Rebecca Tyrril in ye 23 year of her age." It has been said that sometime after the death of her husband that she moved to Missouri with some of her children where she died at an advanced age.
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