Sarah (Grubbs) Berry (abt. 1761 - 1852)

Born about 1761 in Virginia

Wife of James H Berry — married 28 Mar 1783 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 1852 at about age 91 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Sarah Grubbs, daughter of William Grubbs and Suss was born about 1761 in Albemarle Virginia. She passed away in 1852.

She married James Berry on March 28, 1783, a year after his injury at the Battle of Little Mountain in Madison, Kentucky. ^{[1] [2]} On March 21 1782, James Berry was badly wounded in the thigh by Wyandot Indians in the Battle of Little Mountain, also known as Estill's Defeat, in which his captain, James Estill, was killed. Mr. Berry was carried off the battlefield on the back of Estill’s slave Monk Estill almost 25 miles (40 km) back to Estill Station. As a result of Monk's heroism, Wallace Estill, the brother of James Estill freed him. Monk was the first slave freed in Kentucky.

Known children of Sarah and James Berry all born in Madison County Kentucky who he names in his will written February 22, 1822 include:

1. William Berry (1784–1857)
2. Anna Berry (1787–1833)
3. Susannah Berry (1789–)
4. Elizabeth Berry (1800–1884)
5. James H Berry (1803–1879)
6. Nancy Berry

By 1850 Sarah Berry, 89 was widowed and living in the household of her son, James Berry, 47, daughter-in-law, Emily Berry, age 40 and their seven children in Madison, Kentucky, United States. ^[3]

Research Notes

Will Abstract of:
BERRY, JAMES-Of Madison Co., Ky. Written Feb. 22, 1822. Names daus.,Nancy Berry, Susannah Parrish, Elizabeth Berry, Anna Turner. Sons, William and James H. Berry. Wife, Sarah. Executors, Wm. Stone, Humphrey Jones and son, James H. Berry. Witnesses, James Stone, Caleb Stone, Anthony Phelps Probated, Monday, Apr. 1, 1822.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Provo, Utah. 2004
2. ↑ Conkright, Bessie Taul. "ESTILL'S DEFEAT OR THE BATTLE OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN MARCH 22, 1782." Register of Kentucky State Historical Society 22, no. 66 (1924): 311-22. Accessed October 6, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23369611.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M656-S4C : Tue Oct 03 12:12:54 UTC 2023), Entry for James Berry and Emily Berry, 1850.

• See also Sarah Grubbs https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M3B7-GH3