Thomas Berry Sr. (1718 - aft. 1799)

Born 1718 in Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Son of James Berry I and Elizabeth (Davis) Berry

Descendants

Died after 18 Jun 1799 after age 81 in , Washington County, Virginia

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Biography

To see a .pdf of the "3-apostrophe" bio of Thomas Berry created on 28 January 2019, click here. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 28 January 2019)

Thomas Berry was born in 1718 in Ulster, Ireland], the older of two known children, both sons, of James and Elizabeth Davis Berry.^[1]

Alternative birth information: Several sources suggest that he was born in either Scotland or Pennsylvania. The best available source for his birth date and place is a newspaper article from the late 1800s with the data apparently supplied by a grandson of Thomas Berry."

Berry Family researcher Jim Berry has written, "From Augusta Parish Vestry Book: Thomas Berry (1718-1798) was born in either northern Ireland, Scotland or Pennsylvania. While the available sources appear to disagree on the place of his birth, they all agree on the date.

In 1739, when he was about twenty-one, he married Mary Buchanan. She bore him five known children, three sons and two daughters:

1. Barbara Berry
2. James Berry
3. Thomas Berry
4. Mary Berry
5. William Berry.

Alternate marriage information: 1741, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia^[2]

1. Thomas Berry
2. James Berry
3. Barabara Berry
4. Mary "Mollie" Berry
5. William Berry

He apparently arrived in the area sometime between 1742 and 1748. He can be traced with certainty through Augusta County records until 1770/1771, when he left the area to settle on Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia], where he lived until his death in 1798.

On 16 March 1757, when he was in his late thirties, he married Esther Ward. She bore him seven children, three sons and four daughters:

1. Esther Berry
2. Susannah Berry
3. George Berry
4. Rebekkah Berry
5. John Berry
6. Elizabeth Berry
7. Francis Berry.

Alternate marriage information: Bef 1753, 1756, Augusta County, Virginia: Husband: Thomas Berry married Esther Ward

Date: 1756, Augusta County, Virginia^[3]

Child: Elizabeth Berry

Child: George Berry

Child: Susan Berry

Child: Rebekkah Berry, Rebecca Berry.

Child: Francis Berry

Child: John Berry

Child: Esther Berry

On 18 June 1799, when he was about eighty-one, Thomas died of unknown causes in Washington County, Virginia].

DNA Confirmation

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Jim Berry and William Berry match on 67 out of 67 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Unk Berry. ^[4]

Marriage

Husband: James Berry

Wife: Elizabeth Mnu

Marriage:^[5]

Child: Thomas Berry

Child: George Berry

Thomas married twice:

Berry Family researcher Jim Berry has written, The . . . sources also note the existence of two wives, Mary Buchanan/Esther Rebecca Buchanan (1718- 1755) and either Esther McClure (1730 - 1822) or Esther Ward, although there is no primary source documentation for anyone other than Esther, and only her first name can be verified. In the case of his second wife, it is entirely possible that the names McClure and Ward represent a maiden name and a married name from an earlier marriage. Thomas married Mary/Esther Buchanan sometime around 1738 or 1741, and after her death, married Esther McClure/Ward on 16 March 1757. As noted above, the 1742 Augusta County militia lists do not contain any Berry family members, which probably defines a lower limit on the date that the Berry family members emigrated into the area. Since the first documentation of Thomas Berry's presence in Augusta County is from 12 April 1748 (where he is, apparently, already a land

In 1739, when he was in his early twenties, he married Mary Buchanan. She bore him five known children, two sons and three daughters:

1. Barbara Berry
2. James Berry
3. Thomas Berry
4. Mary Berry
5. William Berry

On 16 March 1757, when he was about forty, he married Esther Ward. She bore him seven known children, three sons and four daughters:

1. Esther Berry
2. Susannah Berry
3. George Berry
4. Rebekkah Berry
5. John Berry
6. Elizabeth Berry
7. Francis Berry.

Thomas also had the following child:

1. Rebecca Berry (She may be the same as Berry-2688).

The wives of Thomas Berry

According to Carol Vass, a direct descendant of Thomas Berry and Unknown Buchanan, who is a serious Berry researcher, Thomas had two known wives: [1st] a given name Unknown Buchanan; [2nd] Esther Ward

They had children as follows:
[1st] Thomas and Unknown Buchanan, marriage date unknown:

1. James Berry
2. Barbary Berry - wife of David Dryden
3. Thomas Berry -
4. Mollie Berry - wife of James Trimble
5. Wm. Berry - was killed at the Battle of Guilford Court House in 1781

[2nd] Thomas and Esther Ward, married 16 Mar 1757:

1. Betsy Berry - wife of James Harris
2. George Berry - married Betsy Lowry
3. Susanna Berry - wife of Samuel McChesney
4. John Berry - married Jane Temple
5. Rebecca Berry - wife of Caleb Litten
6. Esther Berry - wife of David McCord
7. Frances Berry - married Nancy Berry^[6]

For a .pdf of Thomas's descendants, click here.

Slave owner

It should also be noted that Thomas Berry was a slave owner, since he mentioned several of them by name in his will. Of particular interest, is the fact that he stipulates that a particular slave is to be set free upon his death. While it may not be true in this instance, in many cases throughout the south, it was the practice of many slave owners, upon their death, to set free slaves that they had grown up with and with whom they had been friends and companion s throughout life. It was also quite common to set free slaves who had been their mistresses, as well as the children these mistresses had borne from the master. In this case, a female slave named Tawney is to be set free upon his death, whereupon she is also to be awarded a milch cow. This is quite a gift for a person considered on . . .

Chronology

For a chronology of some of the events of Thomas's life, click here.

From Dale Berry

Thomas Berry [b] 1718, 6th Great-grandfather

Name: Thomas Berry (1718-1799), Birth: 1718, Death: 1799, Washington Co., Virginia

Father: James Berry (~1690->1756), Mother: Elizabeth Davis

[Family:] (Mary) (Rebecca) (Esther) Buchanan (1718-1755), Spouse #1. Birth: 1718, Death 1755, Marriage: about 1740; Children: James (~1740-1804), Thomas (~1741-1812), Barbara (~1746-<1811), Mary (~1750-), William (~1743-1781); Esther McClure Ward (1730-1811), Spouse #2. Birth: 1730, Pennsylvania, Birth: 8 Nov 1730, Augusta Co., Virginia. Death: 22 Dec 1811, Washington Co., Virginia, Death: 1822, Marriage before 16 Mar 1757; Children: Elizabeth (~1756-), George (1756->1829), Susannah (1757-1822), Rebecca (~1759-~1804), John (~1760-1830), Francis (1762-~1852),Esther (1770-1842)

Records of Rebecca (Buchanan) Berry in Augusta County, VA From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

Note: Rebecca (Buchanan) Berry was accused of killing her baby in Augusta County, and is listed in several court records (it appears that she may have been acquitted since she had another child with Thomas Berry in 1750):

Vol. 1 - APRIL 1, 1747. (191) Examination of Rebecca Buchanan for murder. She was so sick, trial deferred until May Court. (191) Mary Ann Campbell, Ruth Buchanan and Rebecca Buchanan (Note: this other Rebecca Buchanan was the mother of Rebecca), the other criminals, be committed for trial till May Court. (191) Rebecca Hays, Isabella Taylor, Sarah Paxton, Elizabeth Davis, Mary McClung, Agnes Gray, Esther Lyle, Agnis McClure, Catherine McNabb, Jane Hall, Prudence Campbell, Elizabeth McCroskie and Hannah Miller appeared and their husbands recognized that they appear at May Court to testify against Rebecca Buchanan, Jr., and Senr., Mary Ann Campbell and Ruth Buchanan. John Carmichael also recognized.

Vol. 1 - MAY 20, 1747. (192) Trial of Rebecca Buchanan, Jr., on suspicion of murder, and Rebecca Buchanan, Sr., Mary Ann Campbell, Ruth Buchanan, alias Carmickell, on suspicion of being accessories. All acquitted except Rebecca, Jr., who was committed for trial at Williamsburg. (193) Thos. Paxton, James McClung, Isaac Taylor, Gilbert Campbell, Wm. Hall and Andrew McNabb recognized that their wives, as above, appear as witnesses: William Lusk in behalf of Agnis Grey; Saml. Davis in behalf of his mother, Eleanor Davis; Moses McClure in behalf of his mother, Agness McClure; Andrew Hays in behalf of his mother, Rebecca Hays; Silas Hart in behalf of Esther Lyle. Acknowledged themselves as above. Wm. Henry also acknowledged as above.

From the Berry Family website

Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia, by Jim Jackson, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer.^[7]

"A.2. Thomas Berry {A.2.}

"Thomas Berry {A.2.} (1718 - 1798) was born in 1718, probably in Northern Ireland, and emigrated to the American colonies at an unknown date, probably with his father, brother and possibly other Berry family members. Indirect evidence suggests that this extended Berry family first lived in the Scotch-Irish settlements of southeastern Pennsylvania, which probably means that they entered the American colonies through Philadelphia. He married his first wife, whose last name was Buchanan, most likely while living in Pennsylvania and they soon began a family. Sometime after 1742, though, following the mass exodus of Scotch-Irish settlers, the Berry families moved southward to rich mountain basin just behind the frontal uplifts of the Appalachian Mountain chain. His father, the elder James Berry, also moved to the area, as did his brother, George Berry, and many of his Berry cousins.

"Thomas Berry and his young family settled in the northern part of the Borden Grant in Augusta County, eventually acquiring over 700 acres of land. He had five children with his first wife, and after her death, which occurred sometime between 1744 and the early 1750s, he married Esther Ward, probably about 1753 or 1754. Six children were born from this union. Eventually, he began selling portions of his land, and by 1770 he had picked up stakes again, and moved to Washington County in southwestern Virginia along the banks of the South Fork of the Holston River. He remained on this property until his death in the summer of 1799. Presumably he was buried in a local Presbyterian Cemetery. The date of his second wife’s death is not known."

Will

Will: written

Date: 16 Dec 1798

Place: Washington Co., Virginia

Note:

"In the name of god amen, the sixteenth of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight. I, Thomas Berry, of the County of Washington and State of Virginia, being weak in body but sound in mind and knowing that all flesh must yield to death when it shall please god to call, I do hereby make constitute and ordain and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following revolking and anuling by these present all and every testement or testaments will or wills heretofore by me made and declare either by word or writing and this to be taken only for my last will and testament and none other and now for the settling my temperate estate and such goods and chattals and debts as it pleased god for above my deserts to bestow on me. I do order, give and dispose the same in manner and form following, And first I do will that all my just debts be paid within convenient time after my decease by my executors hereafter named and seconded, I do give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Esther the third part of all the moveable Estate except the negros as I have left her the third part of the price of my land already. I do leave to my son George a negro named Adam and all my wearing apparel and George is to give to my daughter Rebeckah fifty dollars. I do also leave to my daughter Esther a negro girl named Phili to her and her heirs and if the girl has any children they are to go to Esther and her heirs, also my negro woman named Tawney I do allow her to be free and I leave her a milch cow. I also leave to my son John, four dollars. I also leave the rest of my estate to my children hereafter named, son James, son Thomas, my daughter in law Mary Berry, wife to son William deceased, my daughter Mary, my daughter Barbara, daughter Rebeckah, my daughter Elizabeth, my daughter Susannah, my son Francis to be equally divided among them. I also leave to my grandson Thomas Dryden my best saddle. I also will that David Dryden and Samuel McChesney and David Lowry shall be my Executors given under my hand and seal this sixteenth of December 1798.

"Witnesses present

Jonathan Dryden

William Palmer

Thomas Berry LS (?)"^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Will: probated

Date: 20 Aug 1799

Place: Washington Co., Virginia

Note: "At a court held for Washington County by the 20th day of August 1799. The last will and Testament of Thomas Berry deceased was exhibited into court and proved by the oaths of Jonathan Dryden and William Palmer the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of David Dryden, David Lowry and Samuel McChesney the Executors thereon named who took the oath of Executors presented by law and together with David Craig, David McCord and James Maxwell their securities entered into and acknowledged their bonds in the sum of four thousand dollars with conditions as the law directs. A certificate for the probate of the said will is therefore granted them in due form excud.

"Teste Andrew Russell"^[14][15]

Death and burial

On 18 June 1799, when he was in his early eighties, Thomas died of unknown causes in Washington County, Virginia.

Alternative death date: Bet 19 Jun 1799 and 20 Aug 1799, Washington County, Virginia^{[16][17][18][19]}

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Jim Berry and Tommie Berry and (Berry-6912) William Berry match on 67 out of 67 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Unk Berry.

From Findagrave.com

Thomas Berry

Birth: 1718 Ireland; Death: 1798 (aged 79–80) Washington County, Virginia, USA; Burial: Body lost or destroyed. Memorial #: 185422805.

Bio: Gave Five Sons & Furnished Provisions for the American RevolutionThomas Berry (1718 - 1798) was born in either northern Ireland, Scotland or Pennsylvania. While the available sources appear to disagree on the place of his birth, they all agree on the date. The same sources also note the existence of two wives, Mary Buchanan/Esther Rebecca Buchanan (1718 - 1755) and either Esther McClure (1730 - 1822) or Esther Ward, although there is no primary source documentation for any one other than Esther, and only her first name can be verified. In the case of his second wife, it is entirely possible that the names McClure and Ward represent a maiden name and a married name from an earlier marriage. Thomas married Mary/Esther Buchanan sometime around 1738 or 1741, and after her death, married Esther McClure/Ward on 16 March 1757. As noted above, the 1742 Augusta County militia lists do not contain any Berry family members, which probably defines a lower limit on the date that the Berry family members migrated into the area. Since the first documentation of Thomas Berry's presence in Augusta County is from 12 April 1748 (where he is, apparently, already a land owner), he apparently arrived in the area sometime between 1742 and 1748. He can be traced with certainty through Augusta County records until 1770/1771, when he left the area to settle on Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia, where he lived until his death in 1798.

Family Members: Parents: James Berry(1690-1756), Elizabeth Davis Berry(1690-Unknown); Spouses: Mary Buchanan Berry(1718-1755), Esther Ward Berry(1730-1811); Siblings: George Berry(1720-1804); Children: James Berry(1739-1804), William Berry(1743-1781), Thomas Berry(1750-1812) George Berry (1756-1829), Susannah Berry McChesney(1757-1822), John Berry (1760-1816), Jonathan Berry (1760-1830), Francis Berry (1762-1852).^[20]

Citations

1. ↑ Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ URL: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~langolier/Augusta_Washington/ps03/ps03_352.html Accessed 8 May 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
2. ↑ Beth Stemple, "Jane (Jennat) Givens m. John Berry 1790," April 26, 2000. Berry Family GenForum 3459 URL: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/berry/3459/. Accessed 6 Jan 2019.
3. ↑ Source: #S156 Page: msg 3459.
4. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langolier/BerryDNA/Family_yAncestry/augusta_wash_yancestry.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langolier/BerryDNA/dna_ancestry.html. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langolier/
5. ↑ Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Accessed 20 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.  Index URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/WC_IDX/IDX001.htm. Accessed 8 Dec 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
6. ↑ See Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, and Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia, Rootsweb, an ancestry.com community. Last Revised: 2/22/2009. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/.
7. ↑ Jim Jackson, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Accessed 8 May 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin
8. ↑ Source: #S149 Page: 1256ff ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wi lls/b6000002.txt 20060528pph
9. ↑ URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/berry/messages/7394.html
10. ↑ URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eberry/newupload/ pages/WC01/WC01_007.htm.
11. ↑ Berry, James L. <jim@langolier.net>, Berry Family of Augusta/Wahington URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/WC_TOC.HTML#CNTC. Accessed on 11 Jan 2019 by Patricia Prickett Hickin. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/WC03/WC0 3_151.HTML.
12. ↑ Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Accessed 20 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.  Index URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/WC_IDX/IDX001.htm. Accessed 8 Dec 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
13. ↑ Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Accessed 20 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.  Index URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/WC_IDX/IDX001.htm. Accessed 8 Dec 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
14. ↑ Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Accessed 20 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.  Index URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/WC_IDX/IDX001.htm. Accessed 8 Dec 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
15. ↑ Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Accessed 20 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.  Index URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/WC_IDX/IDX001.htm. Accessed 8 Dec 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
16. ↑ URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/berry/messages/7394.html
17. ↑ URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eberry/newupload/ pages/WC01/WC01_007.htm.
18. ↑ Berry, James L. <jim@langolier.net>, Berry Family of Augusta/Wahington URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/WC_TOC.HTML#CNTC. Accessed on 11 Jan 2019 by Patricia Prickett Hickin. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/WC03/WC0 3_151.HTML.
19. ↑ Jackson, Jim, Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, Donna Fischer. Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Accessed 20 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.  Index URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/WC_IDX/IDX001.htm. Accessed 8 Dec 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
20. ↑ William D Berry (48784186), “Thomas Berry,” Findagrave.com. Record added 23 Nov 2017. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185422805. Accessed 01 May 2019.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 31 October 2010 through the import of Pioneer Stock.GED.

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"Re: Thomas Berry b1718IR>us1740's m a BUCHANAN and a WARD," Berry Family GenForum #235

James and Sarah moved to Lincoln Co., Ky. She died there before 1790. 9 Jun 2014-7 May 2016 "Re: Thomas BERRY b1718 IR>us1740's m a BUCHANAN and a WARD By genealogy.com user April 19, 1998 at 03:30:36 In reply to: Re: Thomas BERRY b1718 IR>us1740's m a BUCHANAN and a WARD 4/19/98 Thomas Berry's second wife was Esther McClure Ward b. 1756 @PA d.1822 married 1756 Issues: George 28 June 1756 VA Susanna 2 Oct 1757 VA Mary "Molly" VA Francis (son) 1762 Elizabeth John Rebecca Esther Thomas Berry's will stated that their were 12 children. Marie" Call Number: http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi?berry::235.html

• Beth Stemple, "Jane (Jennat) Givens m. John Berry 1790," April 26, 2000. Berry Family GenForum 3459 URL: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/berry/3459/. Accessed 6 Jan 2019.

Jane (Jennat) Givens m. John Berry 1790 Stemple, Beth Campbell Stemple <saltybeth@earthlink.net> Publication: Berry Family Genforum April 26, 2000 at 10:07:54 27 Oct 2012-7 May 2016 "Jane (Jennat) Givens m. John Berry 1790 By Beth Stemple April 26, 2000 at 10:07:54 Looking to find if John Berry and Jane Givens had children, and is this the same John Berry who married Isabella Best just a few years after he married Jane Givens?Did Jane then remarry too? 1.THOMAS1 BERRY was born 1718 in Ireland, and died December 16, 1798 in Abbington, Washington County, Virginia.He married (1) ESTHER REBECCA BUCHANAN Abt. 1741.He married (2) ESTHER MCCLURE WARD 1756 in Augusta County, Virginia. Child of THOMAS BERRY and ESTHER WARD is: ii. JOHN2 BERRY, b. December 27, 1764, Ireland or Virginia; d. November 09, 1816; m. (1) JENNAT (JENNY) GIVEN, December 09, 1790, Augusta County, Virginia; m. (2) ISABELLA BEST, April 1794, Augusta County, Virginia. Notes for JOHN BERRY: Rockbridge County, Virginia 1766.James Cloyd overseer of road from lower end of John Bowyers plantation on James, by Cedar bridge, to Mathews road. Workers: John Berry, Matthew Hair, John Hall, William Hall, John Hones, John Logan, James McClure, James Skidmore, George Skillern, Christopher Vineyard, Conrad Wall, George Wilson. There is some kind of deed in Washington County concerning Thomas & Esther Ward Berry and John and Jenet Berry.The Aronheim cards state that this John is the s/o Thomas & Esther.1991 DAR Patriot Index:John: b 12/27/1764 VA d 11/9/1816 VA Pvt VA m. Janet (Jane) Given. [is this a different John Berry?] VIRGINIA PENSION ROLL OF 1835 John Berry Shenandoah County Private 9TH Virginia Regiment .00 annual allowance 4.00 amount received November 28, 1804 pension started .00 annual allowance 4.66 amount received APRIL 24, 1816 pension started died October 2, 1826 More About JOHN BERRY: Military: Revolutionary War, private, Virginia Militia Notes for JENNAT (JENNY) GIVEN: Was Jennat married to a Temple before John Berry? Marriage Notes for JOHN BERRY and JENNAT GIVEN: AUGUSTA COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSE 1790--November 25, John Berry and Jennat Given, daughter of Wm. Given (consent); surety, Saml. McClintick; witnesses, J. Beal, Robert Given. Marriage Notes for JOHN BERRY and ISABELLA BEST: AUGUSTA COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSE 1794--April 15, John Berry and James Best, surety. John Berry and Isabella Best. Affidavit of Jno. Berry that Isabella is over 21." Call Number: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/berry/3459/

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• [Carol Vass to Patricia Hickin], Email attachment. 12 Sep 2012 ""Thomas Berry Sr’s children"," 9/9/2012.

• Vass, Carol <CarolVass@comcast.net>, "Re: Berry Questions/Washington Co., VA/," Berry Family Genforum #7394 August 25, 2002. URL: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/berry/7394/. Accessed 6 Dec 2019.

22 28 May 2006-7 May 2016 "Re: Berry Questions/Washington Co., VA/ By carol vass August 25, 2002 at 02:24:22 In reply to: Berry Questions/Washington Co., VA/ James Pederson 8/24/02 Dear James: I do research on the Washington Co, VA BERRYs, and specifically am a descendant of Thomas Berry [Sr] through his daughter Barbara Berry/David Dryden Jr.According to the information that the small group that I work with, we can document the following: James Berry [b. ~1690 IR; d. ~1756 Augusta Co, VA] m. Elizabeth Unknown [her surname is often said to have been DAVIS, but there is no documentation to prove it.]James Berry died intestate, butwe can prove with other documentation that one of his two known sons was: Thomas Berry Sr [b. 1718 IR; d. aft 18 June 1799 & by 20 Aug 1799 in WA Co, VA]His wife at the time of his death was Esther WARD.There is no documentation for this 2nd marriage, nor is there documentation for his 1st marriage to Unknown BUCHANAN, although it is generally accepted that he had two marriages.[You can find his 1st wife's name cited as Mary, Rebecca, Esther, or Esther Rebecca.I have not seen a primary or secondary source document which identifies her first name at all.Given the wide number of names attributed to her, we usually cite her name as Unknown.] According to a secondary source, the bible of Esther Berry McCord, Thomas Berry Sr's youngest daughter, Thomas' children by his first marriage to Unknown BUCHANAN were: James Berry Barbary Berry Thomas Berry Mollie Berry William Berry The same source lists the children of Thomas Berry [Sr] and Esther Ward as: Betsy Berry George Berry Susanna Berry John Berry Rebecca Berry Esther Berry Francis Berry Search this GenForum for my posting with subject line: "Berry/Crow,Berry/Doak-Berry/McCord bible" http://www.genforum.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Crow::berry::5702.htmlhttp://www.genforum.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Crow::berry::5702.html which isa very long discussion of where a version of where the Esther Berry McCord secondary source can be found and the alterations to it by later researchers.I would be happy to answer any questions after you have read through and absorbed this Berry GenForum posting. I have also posted a transcription of the Thomas Berry [Sr] Will on WA Co, VA USGenWeb archives at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000002.txt Now, as to the Washington Co, VA Will you cite for 'a' John A. Berry probated 14 Dec 1822.This is a puzzle to me.Do you actually have a copy of this Will??I have a copy of the Will of Ann Berry, also dated 14 Dec 1822, but it is the Will of Ann, not John.Ann's Will was probated 19 March 1823.In this Will, Ann mentions her daughter Jane (Berry) Ustick and her daughter Sarah Fuller.I have also posted this Will to the same Archives at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000007.txt It is our understanding that the Anne Berry who died in 1823 was the Ann Depee who married 'a' James Berry on 11 June 1784 in Rockbridge Co, VA.[You can find a scanned image of their marriage bond on Rockbridge Co, VA US GenWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/rockbridge/images/1784/1784-014.jpghttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/rockbridge/images/1784/1784-014.jpg] We tie the Ann Berry who died in 1823 in WA Co, VA to the 1784 James Berry through the following 1804 marriage bond for their daughter, Jane Berry to John Ustick: 6 June 1804 Rockbridge County, Virginia, Marriage Register #1, 1778-1865 Know all men by these presents that we John G. Ustick & Cornelius Dorman are held and firmly bound to John Page Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia or his successors in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment well & truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors & jointly and severaally firmly by these presents:Witness our Hands and Seals this 6th day of June 1804.The condition of the above obligation is such that wereas a marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound John G. Ustick & Jean Berry daughter of James Berry of Rockbridge & he has certified his consent thereto & the s.d Dorman Guardian of s.d Ustick havg declared his consent thereto If therefore therefore there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the same then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force. TesteA.w ReidJohn G. UstickL.S. Cornelius Dorman This day John G. Ustick made oath before me James McDowell justice of the peace for the County of Rockbridge that he was born brought up in the City of Philadelphia that he left that place the 1st of June 1803 that at that time his father was Dead & that he has never chosen a guardian & none has been assigned to him to his knowledge there or elsewhere Given under my hand this 6th June 1804 Sworn to as Subscribed this 5th of June 1804 before me. James McDowellJohn G. Ustick Lexington, June 6th, 1804 Dear Sir:Will thank you to grant John G. Ustick a Lysence of Marriage with my daughter Jane Berry. James Berry WitnessGeoge[illegible] To Andrew Reid Ruben Grigsby made oath before me that he ---?--- acknowledge James Berry sign the above. June 6th 1804 A.W Reid, R. Grigsby [This marriage bond is not on the Rockbridge archive site which ends about 1800.I have a photocopy of this record taken from Rockbridge Court Records.] So, again, do you have a copy of a 14 Dec 1822 Will for 'a' John A. Berry with a wife Ann and a daughter Jane Ustick??Could you possibly have this as a source citation which may be incorrect. Another of Thomas Berry Sr's children was Thomas Berry [Jr].His Will was probated in June of 1812 and I have also posted a transcription of it to the WA Co, VA archives at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000003.txt In this Will, Thomas Berry [Jr] names his wife, Prudence and seven sons.Among the seven sons is David Berry.The 1st wife, and probable mother of all of these children, was named Mary.Her surname is unproven, but speculated to have been Edmondson. I can prove that she was still alive in 1802, but can't prove her surname with even a secondary source.In 1807, Thomas Berry [Jr] married a widow, Prudence (Rowlett) Dickenson on 14 Sept 1807 in WA Co, VA. [Source:"Marriages of WA Co, VA 1785-1850 " by D. E. Brown, 1992, WA Co. Historical Society]Thomas Berry [Jr] 1812 Will transcription is posted at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000003.txt David Berry married Sarah 'Sally' Keys on 5 March 1801. [Source:"Marriages of WA Co, VA 1785-1850 " by D. E. Brown, 1992, WA Co. Historical Society] David's 1832 Will is posted at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000008.txt My BERRY research group has a website where we are documenting aBERRY family first found in Augusta Co, VA in mid 1740s.Thomas Berry [Sr] was a member of this large extended family and one of several branches which moved from Augusta/Rockbridge to Washington county in early 1770s.So far, we have completed work on what we call the first two generations.All report sections on those first two generations have not been posted to our website, but the sections on James Berry [~1690-~1756] [1st Generation] and Thomas Berry [1718-1799] [2nd Generation] are posted, along with several others.You can see the posted sections at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~berry/report.htmlhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~berry/report.html The rest of the 2nd Generation is completed and will be posted as soon as all HTML links are completed. I would be very interested in hearing back from you.Which of Thomas Berry [Sr]'s children are you descended from?I have much information that I'd happily share with you and look forward to what information you possess on this family. Carol Vass, Kent, WA PS:John Berry, the son of Thomas Berry [Sr] did marry Jane Temple, however this couple did not remain in Washington Co, VA.I can track them to Mississippi Territory in 1804 and 1810 and then I can't fine them.If this is the couple you are descended from, I would be so excited !!" Note: Caol Vass says Elizabeth's (wife of original James Berry) suname is said to be Davis but there is no [extant] documentation to prove it. pph 20060528 URL:

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• Vass, Carol <CarolVass@comcast.net>. "Thomas Berry/Elizabeth Walker - Correcting the Record," Berry Family Genforum 7473, September 22, 2002. URL: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/berry/7473/. Accessed 6 Jan 2019.

28 May 2006-7 May 2016 "Thomas Berry/Elizabeth Walker - Correcting the Record by Carol Vass, September 22, 2002. Thomas Berry/Elizabeth Walker - Correcting the Record In his book, "Lineage of Miss Martha Berry" by William F. Boogher (privately published, on deposit in the archives of Berry College, Rome, Georgia) identifies the great-grandparents of Martha Berry as Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Walker.Importantly, there is NO question that Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Walker [here, BERRY/WALKER] were the ancestors of Miss Martha McChesney Berry, founder of Berry College.However, Mr. Boogher further identifies 'this' Thomas Berry asason of the Thomas Berry, Senior, who had died in Washington Co, VA in 1799.BERRY/WALKER was most certainly a descendant of Thomas Berry, Sr, but was a grandson, rather than a son.An examination of primary source records in Augusta, Rockbridge and Washington County, Virginia can be used to show numerous errors in Mr. Boogher's research and has allowed me to reach the conclusion that Mr. Boogher skipped a generation in this particular BERRY branch. This posting is a shortened version of a very long research project to identify the 'logical' son of Thomas Berry Senior.All documents referred to are in my possession or transcribed on the internet and the longer version of this research is available upon request. First, I will deal with the man who can be reasonably established to have been the son of Thomas Berry, Sr., the 'logical' Thomas Berry, Jr.Thomas Berry Sr., died in Washington Co, VA between 18 June 1799 and 20 August 1799.[Transcription of his Will is posted to VAGenWEB, Washington County Archives at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000002.txt] Among his twelve children are sons, James Berry and Thomas Berry.It has been necessary to sort through one reference in Augusta Co, VA and multiple references to 'any' Thomas Berryin Washington Co, VA to identify the 'logical' Thomas Berry, Jr.,son of Thomas Berry Sr.It has also been necessary to examine three different Washington Co, VA survey records for men identified in records as Thomas Berry "Junior." In an Augusta Co, VA 1763 deed [Deed Book 11, Page 242] Thomas Berry Sr. and wife Esther sell some of their land to "his son, James Berry".One of the witnesses is "Thomas Berry Jun.r." [Transcription of this Deed is posted to VAGenWeb, Augusta County Archives at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/deeds/d-ber02.txt] Depending upon what age a male would have to be to legally sign as a Witness, this Thomas Berry Junior was either born 'by 1742' if 21, or as late as 1747 if 16 was the legal age.In addition to establishing the minimum age for the 'logical' Thomas Berry Jr, this is an important document since it shows 'a' Thomas Berry Junior on the same document at the same time with his presumed father and brother in Augusta Co, VA in 1763. Thomas Berry, Sr. moved from Augusta Co, VA to Washington Co, VA in 1770, as shown by settlement date on his own Washington Co, Va survey [Washington County Surveys, Page 284]. [See abstracted surveys posted on Washington County, VAGenWeb url is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/Scroll down and click on: The Washington CountySurveyors Record 1781-1797, Transcribed by Rhonda Robertson & the Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaverhttp://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/washsurv.htmhttp://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/washsurv.htm I also have complete copies of any survey mentioned in this report in my possession.] Three of Thomas Sr's older children:James Berry, Barbara (Berry) Dryden, William Berry [d. 1781] can be demonstrated to have moved to Washington Co, VA at roughly the same time and to have established their own residences, while Thomas Sr's many other children established their own residences as they married after this 1770 migration.The 10 August 1781, Washington County, VA Survey, [page 180] shows "Surveyed for Thomas Berry Jun.r .....Three hundred and Seventy four acres of land in Washington County..........by a settlement made in the year 1769 on the fifteen Mile creek the place where the sd. Berry now lives"The fact that Thomas Berry Jr. was also in Washington Co, VA as early as 1769 logically ties him directly to the Thomas Berry Sr. family again. Thomas Berry Jr., who had a survey for 374 acres on Fifteen Mile Creek, can be shown in Washington Co, VA court documents and tax records from 1769 through 1799 often cited as "Thomas Berry Jr" to distinguish him from Thomas Sr.The most significant document to distinguish this Thomas Berry Jr. from BERRY/WALKER is a 1799, Washington Co, VA Deed. [It's important to reiterate that Thomas Berry Sr's Will was produced in court for probate on 20 August 1799.]On the same exact date, Thomas Berry, [now shown as Senior] and his wife, Mary, sell 20 acres of their Fifteen Mile Creek tract to James Wilson.[Washington Co, VA Deed Book 2, page 208, court photocopy in my possession].It is NOT a coincidence, that Thomas Berry Junior becomes Thomas Berry Senior on the same day his father's Will is filed for probate.The 20 acres sold to James Wilson can be demonstrated to come out of Thomas Berry Jr's original 374 survey by following the 'metes & bounds' of the original documents.Thomas Berry Jr's wife name in this 1799 Deed is "Mary" and she can be found on primary source documents until at least 1804.She died in that year, or certainly before 14 Sept 1807, when Thomas Berry married Prudence Dickenson. ["Marriages of Washington Co, Virginia 1785-1850" compiled by D. E. Brown, WA Co, Historical Society, 1993]My conclusion is that the son of Thomas Berry Senior, the'logical' Thomas Berry Junior, was the man who died in Washington County, Virginia, between 25 April and 21 May 1812, with a widow named Prudence.[Transcription of this Will posted to VAGenWeb, Washington County Archives at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000003.txt] Two additional Washington County, Virginia Survey records are recorded in the name of"Thomas Berry Junior".The first one is on Page 171 of Washington County Surveys and is dated 20 August 1781.This survey is for 400 acres of land on a 'branch of the Middle Fork of Holstein River' with lines in common to James Berry & Robert Houston.The second survey for "Thomas Berry Junior" is on page 179 of Washington County Surveys and is also on "Middle Fork of Holstein and on the South end of his Settlement".In other words, these two properties abut each other and belong to the same man.Significantly, the first survey identifies Thomas Berry Junior as the "Legatee of William Berry, dec'd. [Transcription of William Berry's Will posted on VAGenWeb, Washington County Archives at:ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/wills/b6000005.txt] This William Berry was ALSO a son of Thomas Berry, Senior.Thomas Berry, Jr, "Legatee of William Berry" can be demonstrated to remain in Washington Co, VA at least through 1820 and to have been married to a woman named Jane.[See Washington Co, VA Deed Book A, p 379, 27 Mar 1802, Thomas Berry Jr/Jane, his wife and transcription posted at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/washington/deeds/b6000010.txt]It is easy to see that 'this' other Thomas Berry Jr., "Legatee to William Berry" was not the man who married Elizabeth Walker. I have made the effort to find the documents cited by William F. Boogher [here, WFB] for Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Walker.My analysis ofthe Military Record and other documents, cited by WFB, for the Thomas Berry who did marry Elizabeth Walker follows and demonstrates that WFB failed to take into account multiple men named Thomas Berry and mistakenly attributed numerous recordsfor several different Thomas Berrys living in Washington Co, VA at the same time as BERRY/WALKER. WFB on Berry/Walker:[excerpted from "The Lineage of Miss Martha Berry"] [ my annotations in brackets]and(WFB's source footnote citations in parentheses): "Thomas Berry No. 2, [here WFB means the Thomas who married Elizabeth Walker] b. in Augusta County, son of Thomas and Esther, his wife, [here WFB means Thomas Berry Sr and his 2nd wife, Esther Ward] later a resident of Washington County.In the early part of the year 1776 enlisted as a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army, Virginia line, in a Company formed from the Walker Creek Valley, in the formation of which he was elected corporal and later Sergeant; in 1777 commissioned Ensign (WFB's cites:Summer's "History of S.W. Virginia", p. 854)and served as such to the end of the war.September 4, 1776, he was wounded in the breast by a shot from a Cherokee Indian in actual service, from which he continued ill until June, 1777 (WFB cites:Washington County Order Book 1)May 30, 1783, his claim as Ensign for provisions and services in connection with the march of the militia with the British prisoners under command of Major Hamilton to Kentucky and for supplying provisions as Commissary to the Cherokee Indians interpreter was allowed (WFB cites:Washington County Order Book 1) , thus showing he was a trusted officer.August 20, 1782, Thomas Berry No. 2 [meaning BERRY/WALKER], proved his right to 400 acres of land, having actually settled in what was then Washington County in 1771 (WFB cites Book 1 of Surveys for Washington Co, p. 171) .He married, Feb. 15, 1788, Elizabeth Walker, b. 1766, dau of William and Mary Stuart Walker (WFB cites:License Record for Rockbridge Co and Lib. 1, Folio 429 of wills for Rockbridge Co)Thomas Berry settled with his family in Rutherford Co, TN prior to 1809, as on the 12 of September of this year he and Elizabeth his wife, joined in a deed conveying their lands in Washington Co, VA, as of Rutherford Co, TN (WFB cites:Washington Co, VA, Land Records)He later removed to Knox Co and still later to Blount County, Tennessee, where he died after 1809."His will without date or date of probate is recorded in Maryville, Tennessee,"so reported by the Clerk."(WFB cites:Letter from Clerk of the Court) My Analysis: 1]WFB states that Berry/Walker "enlisted as a private in Rev. Army, VA Line in a Company formed from the Walker Creek Valley".It is unclear whether he is referring to Augusta/Rockbridge or Washington counties, Virginia.There is a 'Walkers Creek'near Walker Mountain and Brushy Mountain in present day Smyth Co., VA,however no documentation has been uncovered which describes a specific unit from 'Walker Creek'.All of the BERRY families we are researching can be well documented as living in the geographic area of present day Washington County, VA, none of them are remotely close to present day Smyth Co, VA.There is 'a' Walker Creek in present day Rockbridge County and Elizabeth Walker's family probably did live in that geographic area.It might be possible that WFB was 'reaching' for a site closer to Rockbridge to account for the 1788 marriage of Thomas Berry/Elizabeth Walker in Rockbridge County. WFB cites Summer's "History...", pg 854 ["History of South West Virginia 1746-1786" by Lewis Preston Summers, Genealogical Publishing Company Incorporated, Baltimore, 1971] as his source for the fact that BERRY/WALKER enlisted from Walker Creek AND also that he was an Ensign.Summers History (pgs 853 - 855)includes listings of WA Co, VA Militia Officers 1777-1780 and does list 'a' Thomas Berry as an Ensign.This Militia list does NOT identify a particular battle or campaign, but the dates are bracketed to between 1777-1780.This entire Militia list needs to be analyzed since I believe it NOT to be involved with Col. Christian's 1776 Cherokee campaign, [see my [# 2] below] but rather a militia unit that probably participated, at least in some part, in King's Mountain.I know of no documentation to prove which Thomas Berry was the "Ensign".Further analysis of 'multiple' Thomas Berry's involved in military units in Washington County will be required to ascertain what military service BERRY/WALKER was involved with.It does seem likely that he did see some military service since descendants have successfully entered the DAR in his name, but exactly what the nature of that service was is unknown at this time. 2]WFB then states that Berry/Walker was "Sept. 4, 1776 wounded in the breast by a shot from a Cherokee Indian in actual service, from which he continued ill until June, 1777." citing Washington County Order Book 1 for this reference. [The following Order Book reference can be found in Vol. 1, page 966 of "Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769 - 1800", Preston Lewis Summers, Genealogical Publishing Company Incorporated, Baltimore, 1970]: "At a court continued and held for Washington County August 27, 1777 Ordered that a certificate be given to Thomas Berry representing his receiving a wound in his Breast Sept. 4th 1776 by a shot from the Indians when in the service of his country and continued ill to the first of June 1777. " Going back to Summers "History.....", page 245:"Several white men were slightly wounded by the Indians and by accident, upon this expedition, among the number being Samuel Douglas, Thomas Berry and George Berry Jr."It is unclear from this Summers narrative what the exact date of these woundings were, but they occurred during Col. William Christian Cherokee Campaign which commenced in August 1776 and lasted for three months, not long enough to be included in the 1777-1780 militia listing shown above in my [1] above.Another source,"Genealogies of Virginia Families", John F. Dorman, Vol. 1, Gen. Pub., Baltimore, 1981,Pages 810-814 ,does list the following menas privates, among many others, on the Col. Christian 1776 campaign: "Thomas Berry, wounded Stephen Douglas, wounded George Berry, wounded"[also son of Thomas Berry Sr.] It seems fairly clear that the wound was received during Col. Christian's Cherokee Campaign rather than the 1777-1780 Militia Listing showing 'a' Thomas Berry as 'Ensign.Could the 'wounded' Thomas Berry of 1776 be a completely different man from the 'Ensign' Thomas Berry of 1777-80?At this moment, that question cannot be answered.NOTE:Neither the 'wounded' Thomas or the 'ensign' Thomas are presumed to have been Thomas Berry Sr. who would have been 59 in 1777. Additionally, and more importantly, BERRY/WALKER's estimated age in 1776 must be taken into account. WFB doesn't cite a specific, or even an estimated, date for Berry/Walker's birth, however 1750 is the date cited by most other researchers, while a few others estimate 1763/66.As shown above, it can be documented that Thomas Berry Sr. executed an Augusta Co, VA 1763 deed [Augusta Co, VA, Deed Book 11, Page 242] where the father, Thomas Sr., sold a tract of land to"son James Berry" and another son, Thomas Berry Jr was a 'witness' to this transaction.It is presumed that a 'witness' would have to be at least 16, meaning that Thomas Jr was born in 1747.If a 'witness' had to be 21, then Thomas Jr was born 1742.James Berry, oldest son of Thomas Berry Sr, is estimated to have married Elizabeth McCutchen circa 1762/1763 based on the date of this land transaction.If BERRY/WALKER was the son of Berry/McCutchen, as evidence is tending to show, then an estimated birth year of 1763 is an appropriate estimated birth year for Berry/Walker and generally precludes him from participating in any 1776 military activity as a 13 year old, and certainly NOT as a corporal or Sergeant as WFB asserts, nor as an Ensign in 1777. 3]WFB next cites the following Washington County Order Book entry for BERRY/WALKER as additional proof of his Rev. War service: "At a court held for Washington County May 20, 1783 Thomas Berry Eight diets and the service of two horses for the use of the British prisoners and fourteen pounds of Bacon and one bushel of meal for the same use, twenty Eight Rations for the use of the Greenbriar militia on their March to Kentucky under the command of Major Hamilton, five diets furnished William Springster the Cherokee interpreter and ninety seven pounds Ten shillings paper Money of a Balance due for furnishing the Cherokee prisoners provisions." There is nothing to distinguish this 1783 Thomas Berry 'provisioner' from the following Washington County candidates: Thomas Berry Sr, [1718-1799], lived on 400 acres on Wolf Creek Thomas Berry Jr, [d. 1812] who lived on 15 Mile Creek Thomas Berry Jr, "Legatee" of William Berry Thomas Berry, who m. Mary Hope 1788 [was most likely son of Thomas Berry, d. 1812] It is really impossible to eliminate any of these four Thomas Berry's as candidates for the man who is given credit for providing 'provisions' to military forces.It is most often seen in DAR listings that the Thomas Berry Senior who was b. 1718 in Ireland and died 1799 in Washington Co, VA, married to [1] Unknown Buchanan and [2] Esther Ward is the man cited as having provided provisions.The DAR applications are, in and of themselves, not solid proof. While Thomas Berry, Jr, Legatee, can not be eliminated from this consideration, his mother, Mary Berry is listed as Head of Household in 1784 in Capt. John Lowry's District, with no 16 year old 'titheable' males listed for her.It seems highly unlikely that Thomas Berry Jr, "Legatee" would have provisioned these troops. At present, it is known that Thomas Berry/Mary Hope did not have an 'original' survey in his name in Washington Co.[There are only five surveys for any Thomas Berry in WA Co:Thomas Berry Sr; Thomas Berry Jr on 15 Mile Creek;two surveys for Thomas Berry, Jr, Legatee of William Berry; and a 1795-1798 transaction where 'a' Thomas Berry purchased 50 acres from Jonathan Weir.]A search through Washington County Deed Books 1 - 4 has not turned up any Thomas Berry/Mary Hope deeds, but my hunch is that he did not establish a home in Washington Co, and moved to Williamson Co, TN at a presently unknown date, but around his 1788 marriage to Mary Hope.Berry/Hope can't be ruled out as 'provisioner', but it is doubtful. Thomas Berry, Jr, [d. 1812] lived on Fifteen Mile Creek, could also have provided the provisions and nothing in this May 1783 court order rules him out as a candidate, whether he was the 'wounded' Thomas of 1776 or the 'Ensign' Thomas of 1777. At this point, there is no evidence to establish BERRY/WALKER as having a separate residence in order to have provided the 'provisions' whether they were provided in 1783 or a few years earlier. [1783 is the date of the Claim and most likely represents an earlier action, quite possibly 1776.]As in the case of Berry/Hope, it is more logical to presume the 'provisioner' Thomas Berry was a man with an established home/farm.Both Thomas Berry, Sr, who established residence in 1770, and Thomas Berry Jr [d. 1812], who established his Washington County residence in 1769, are more likely candidates for this record. 4]WFB goes on to say that BERRY/WALKER"proved his right to 400 acres of land, having actually settled in what was then Washington County in 1771" and specifically cites Washington County Survey Records, page 171. The actual transcription for this survey is Washington County Survey Book 1 [Page 171] Surveyed for Thomas Berry Junr. four hundred acres of land in Washington County by virtue of a Certificate from the Commissioners for the district of Washington and Montgomery Counties and agreeable to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia passed in May 1779 lying on a branch of the Middle Fork of Holstein river. Beginning on a white oak and Poplar on the top of a ridge a corner to James Berry & Robert Houston with Houston's line S. 56 1/2 W. 306 poles to a black oak and chestnut; N. 60 W. 148 poles to a white oak and hic[k]ory a corner to Sa[m]. Houston's land; N. 5E. 68 poles to two white oaks by the knobs; N. 59 E. 140 poles to two white oaks near a creek; N. 52 E. 214 poles to a large white oak a corner to James Berry's land; S. 34 E. 88 poles to two white oaks on the So. east side of the creek on James Berry's line; S. 171/2 E. 110 poles to the Beginning with James Berry & Robt. Houson 12th Apl. 1782 David Carson, D.S. Robt. Preston, S.W.C. We the Commissioners for the district of Washington and Montgomery counties do certify that Thomas Berry legatee to William Berry dec'd, is entitled to four hundred acres of land in Washington County lying on the waters of the Middle Fork of Holstein on the south side to include his improvement he having proved to the court that he was entitled to the same by actual settlement in 1771.As witness our hands this 30th day of August 1781Teste: James Reid, C.C.C.Jas. Cabell, Harry Innes, R. Cabell, Commrs. It is without question that WFB has identified the wrong record here since this survey clearly identifies Thomas Berry Jr. as the "Legatee of William Berry, deceased". 5]WFB next cites Rockbridge Co, VA records for the marriage of Thomas Berry to Elizabeth Walker.These records are indisputable.What IS in question is WHICH Thomas Berry married Elizabeth Walker.It was NOT the Thomas Berry Jr. who lived in Washington Co, VA between 1769 and 1812 since he can be documented married to women named Mary and Prudence. It was NOT the Thomas Berry Jr who was the "Legatee of William Berry" who can be documented as married to a woman named Jane in 1802. Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Walker's marriage bond was filed in Rockbridge Co, VA on 11 February 1788.The marriage bond was co-signed by William Walker and he is identified as her father in the document. WFB identifies Elizabeth's parents as William Walker and "Mary Stuart Walker".WFB cites no evidence that the mother's surname was STUART.William Walker's 1815 Rockbridge Co, VA Will [Rockbridge Co, VA, Will Book 4] bequeaths a share of his estate "to my daughter Betsy Berry".JoAnn Wear Spore, co-author of "From Here And There To The White House: Weir/Wear Families" identifies Mary WEIR, daughter of Hugh WEIR [d. 1779 Rockbridge Co, VA, Will Book A] as the wife of William Walker, and, therefore, mother ofElizabeth Walker. [Hugh Weir's Will says, "give to my Daughters ..... Mary Walker..."]The preponderance of deeds and other close associations for BERRY/WALKER with multiple descendants of Hugh Weir, indicates that William Walker/Mary Weir were the parents of Elizabeth Walker. Furthermore, a search of Rockbridge Co, VA scanned Marriage Bond images** shows that 'a' William Walker did marry 'a' Mary Stuart , however, this bond was recorded on 22 July 1783 -- only five years before Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Walker married on 11 Feb 1788.Clearly, WFB cited the wrong record again. ---- See Rockbridge County, VAGenWeb for scanned images of both the William Walker/Mary Stuart and Thomas Berry/Elizabeth Walker marriage bonds. Rockbridge VAGenWeb at:http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/rock.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/rock.htm click on:Announcements Angela Ruley and Marilyn Headley are proud to announce the completion ofTHE ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS (1778-1801)Archives SiteFor more information! [direct url is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/rockscan.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~varockbr/rockscan.htm ] Follow the links, particularly the usage agreement, and find the 'index'.Thomas Berry/Elizabeth Walker bond can be accessed under "B" or "W".William Walker/Mary Stuart bond can be accessed under "W" or "S". -- 6] Finally, WFB says: "Thomas Berry settled with his family in Rutherford Co, TN prior to 1809,as on the 12 of September of this year he and Elizabeth his wife, joined in a deed conveying their lands in Washington Co, VA, as of Rutherford Co, TN"and further "He later removed to Knox Co and still later to Blount County, Tennessee, where he died after 1809.'His will without date or date of probate is recorded in Maryville, Tennessee,so reported by the Clerk." A photocopy of the actual Blount Co, TN Will of Thomas Berry shows a date of5 September 1805 in the body of the document.The back of the document has the following notation:"Last Will of Thomas Berry dec.d" and "Thos Berrys WILL Sept 13, 1805".While this writing is on the back , between the folds, and does not actually represent a court record, it seems logical to presume that Thomas Berry died between 5 Sept 1805 and 13 Sept 1805.Additionally, an 'abstracted' record from Blount Co, TN indicates that Thomas Berry 'was deceased by November 1805 when his Will was filed' and the abstraction goes on to mention guardians appointed for the minor children. [Source: "Tennessee Tidbits 1778-1914", Vol.1, compiled by Marjorie Hood Fischer.]This Will needs to be obtained from court records, but there is no longer any doubt about the death date of 1805 for the Thomas Berry who married Elizabeth Walker.BERRY/WALKER could not have been the Thomas and Elizabeth in 1809 Rutherford Co, TN as cited by WFB. Furthermore, a search of Washington County Deed Books for the 1809 deed which WFB alludes to can be reasonably demonstrated to have been executed in 1808 instead.[Washington Co, VirginiaDeed Book3, Page 74,75] by yet another Thomas Berry, son of John Berry/Jane Campbell who was married to Elizabeth Martin McFerrin on 18 April 1799.Thomas Berry/Elizabeth Martin McFerrin can be documented as having moved to Rutherford Co, TN circa 1804.As discussed above,clearly BERRY/WALKER was deceased before this 1808 Rutherford Co, TN, Thomas Berry.WFB then goes on to make an unsourced statement that BERRY/WALKER resided in Knox, Rutherford prior to their move to Blount Co, TN.He fails to take into account all of the records for BERRY/WALKER in Blount Co, TN commencing as early as 1798 through 1805.WFB was again incorrect in citing other Tennessee counties as residences for BERRY/WALKER, since his Will was filed in Blount Co, TN by November 1805.I have anumber of photocopied deeds between 1798 and 1805 for BERRY/WALKER in both Washington Co, VA and Blount Co, TN, as well as his 1805 Will.Further research will undoubtedly uncover more records for this couple. A search is also underway in both Montgomery, Robertson and Blount Co's, TN for documentation for either Thomas Berry [BERRY/WALKER] or his "heirs" which more directly links him to any of the property disbursals connected to the Estate ofJames Berry, deceased.James Berry was the oldest son of Thomas Berry Senior and was married to [1] Elizabeth McCutchen [d. 1790], by whom he had 10 children and [2] Martha Wilson, [d. by 1803].James Berry died, intestate, on 17 Feb 1804 in Montgomery Co, TN.Previously, it has been thought that James Berry and Elizabeth McCutchen only had four children.New secondary source information, combined with primary source documents dividing the estate of James Berry in Montgomery Co, TN, establishes that James Berry/Elizabeth McCutchen had ten children, including a son, Thomas Berry.More research needs to be done to delineate BERRY/WALKER's military service, but the foregoing analysis conclusively shows that WFB, by failing to take into account multiple Thomas Berry's in Washington Co, VA,incorrectly identified the Thomas Berry who did marry Elizabeth Walker as the son of Thomas Berry Senior [1718-1799].Instead, he was a grandson of this man, through his most likely parents, James Berry and Elizabeth McCutchen. Carol Vass" Note: Caol Vass says Elizabeth's (wife of original James Berry) suname is said to be Davis but there is no [extant] documentation to prove it. pph 20060528 Call Number: http://genforum.genealogy.com/berry/messages/7473.html.

• The 1782 Washington County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List Washington Co., VA, Jeffrey C. Weaver, Arlington, Virginia, transcriber. Transcribed June 1998. New River Notes Since 1998 - Historical and Genealogical Resources for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia http://www.newrivernotes.com//va/wash1782.htm 28 Jul 2006.

Note: Please note that this tax list was damaged prior to being microfilmed, and is in places difficult to read, and at least part of Captain Barnet's Precinct is missing. [transcriber's note] Call Number: http://www.newrivernotes.com//va/wash1782.htm

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