Drury Senter b. 25 Sep 1788 Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., North Carolina d. 10 Jan 1853 Grayson Co., Virginia: Our Family History

1788 - 1853 (64 years)

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Name	Drury Senter
Birth	25 Sep 1788	Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., North Carolina
Gender	Male
Death	10 Jan 1853	Grayson Co., Virginia
Person ID	I10109	Gregory Gen
Last Modified	12 Aug 2023

Father	Henry Senter, b. 1760, Granville Co., North Carolina d. 27 Feb 1832, Green Co., Tennessee (Age 72 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Rebecca Avent, b. 1764, Ashe Co., North Carolina d. 1853, Carroll Co., Tennessee (Age 89 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	Between 1781 and 1785 [1]
Family ID	F713	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Jane McClure, b. Between 1791 and 1792, Washington Co., Virginia d. 9 Dec 1853, Virginia (Age ~ 62 years)

Marriage 6 Jun 1809 Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia [2]

Children

	1. Rev. Nathaniel McClure Senter, b. 10 Mar 1810, Ashe Co., North Carolina d. 1876 (Age 65 years) [Father: natural]
	2. Rebecca Senter, b. 1812 [Father: natural]
	3. Aaron Senter, b. 1813 d. 1893 (Age 80 years) [Father: natural]
	4. Stephen Henry Senter, b. 16 Feb 1814, St. Clair's Bottom, Washington Co., Virginia d. 20 Mar 1893, Elkhorn City, Pike Co., Kentucky (Age 79 years) [Father: natural]
	5. John McClure Senter, b. 25 Oct 1815, Ashe Co., North Carolina d. 1881 (Age 65 years) [Father: natural]
	6. Calvin Halbert Senter, b. 2 Sep 1832, Crumpler, Ashe Co., North Carolina d. 20 Jan 1911, Grayson Co., Virginia (Age 78 years) [Father: natural]
	7. Caroline Senter, b. 1824, Ashe Co., North Carolina d. 1870 (Age 46 years) [Father: natural]
	8. James Harvey Senter, b. 31 Dec 1820 [Father: natural]
	9. Evaline Senter, b. 1822 [Father: natural]
	10. Rev. Levi Bishop Senter, b. 17 Jan 1827 d. 1898 (Age 70 years) [Father: natural]
	11. Drury Senter, Jr., b. 1830 [Father: natural]
	12. Mary Senter, b. 1834 [Father: natural]
	13. William N. Senter, b. 17 Nov 1818, Washington Co., Virginia d. 21 May 1886 (Age 67 years) [Father: natural]

Family ID F3788 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Aug 2023

Notes

[Phil Senter]

From official records of the Baptist Church:

Drury was born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina on the 25th day of September, 1788. His parents removed with him to Washington County, Virginia about 1792* and there he married on June 6th 1809. In the year 1814 he became a member of the Primitive Baptist Church at St. Clair's Bottom, Virginia and answered the Call of the Lord. In December, 1815 he was licensed to preach in the same church… He laboured as a public minister until 1823 when he was chosen by the Washington Association as their messenger to Sister Association in North Carolina. In the year 1823 he removed to North Carolina and settled in the county of Ashe where he laboured as a public minister in the Mountain and adjoining Association, and his labours were greatly blessed. About the year 1840 he removed to the county of Grayson where he lived until the time of his death on the 10th day of January, 1853. He died of that sly and deceitful destroyer Dispepsa, which flatters but to kill.

[Betty Carson]

Concerning the obituary of Drury Senter and the "moving to VA 1792". I have the obituary "copied from Minutes of Washington District Baptist Association for the year 1855 by E.J. Sutherland, Clintwood Virginia". He does not say the year he copied it but it is done on an old typewriter. I also have a Genealogy done by Rodney D. Senter about 1972. On page 3 it says "from official records of the Baptist Church: ......His parents removed with him to Washington County, VA (about 1792)........
This appears to be where the 1792 move to VA came from. I don't believe it to be correct as Henry is still on the 1800 census in Cumberland Co.

From Ashe County History, by Fletcher

The Senter Baptist Association was formed at a convention held at Senter Church in Ashe County, named for the renowned Elder Druwry (sp. Var.) Senter, and his equally famous son, Elder Nathaniel Senter. The convention met on October 21st, 1853, and when it had finished its labours there was a new Association - The Senter, named for the two preachers. The Association was made up of four churches from the Three Forks Association (Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, North Fork, and Horse Creek) and five from the mountain Association (Big Helton, Silas Creek, South Fork, Senter and Cranberry). To the Credit of the Senter Association is the first recorded action toward bettering educational facilities in Ashe County. (They had planned to erect a school, but the Civil War forced abandonment of the idea.)

Sources
[S90] Regina Senter.
"You have their marriage date as 1781, I have it as 1783"

[S27] Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915, (Name: Family Tree Maker CD # 4;).