 During John Sr.'s lifetime, however, he had also bequeathed some of his slave property to his other children, as can be seen by legal deeds in the Alabama State Archives.At his own request, Terrell was buried in a sitting posture within a walnut coffin that was made somewhat like unto a chair replete with a box-like covering, and which coffin was let down into a grave dug deep within one of three Indian mounds located at Military Ford, on the south side.He was buried while draped in a panther vest (given to him by an Indian chieftain), along with a blanket that was spread over his shoulders, as well as other accessories (e.g.