====== Terrill Family ====== John Terrill Jr. was born in Fauquier County, VA in [[1799|1799]] to John Terrill and Rebecca Cornelius, one of eleven children. His family came to Kentucky when he was about five years old. John Sr. was a board member of the Petersburg Steam Mill Company in [[1818|1818]], which would later become the [[ kentucky_s_largest_distillery_was_in_petersburg|Petersburg Distillery]]. Several of John Sr. and Rebecca's children were born in Boone County. The family moved to the area in the early part of the 1800's. Some of the children stayed in Boone County, while others moved west, mostly settling in Howard County, MO.

* [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=terrill&te=&lm=LHDC|Browse materials]] of the Terrill family * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24971/0|Terrill Cemetery Register]]// * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32484/0|The Haunted Ferry]]// by David Piatt ===== Related Topics ===== * [[families|Boone County families]] * [[Terrill House]] * [[historic_homes|Historic homes]] * [[civil_war|Civil War in Boone County]] * [[petersburg|Petersburg]]