Henry Berry (abt. 1763 - abt. 1853)

Born about 1763 in Marion County, South Carolina

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Died about 1853 at about age 90 in Marion County, South Carolina

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Biography

Henry was born about 1763. Henry Berry ... He passed away about 1853.

Henry Berry b. circa 1760 - 1770

Married: Georgetown Dist, SC

Died: 1853, Marion Dist, SC

Father: Andrew Berry

Mother: ?

Spouse:  ? Hayes b. circa 1760 - 1774 d. 1820 - 1830 Marion Dist, SC

Children:

1. Dennis Berry b. 1789/90, Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) d. JUL 1876 in Marion Co, SC Spouse: Elizabeth Miles

2. Fama Berry b. 04 DEC 1791, Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) d. 06 FEB 1886 in Marion Co, SC Spouse: Nathan Tart

3. Elizabeth Berry b. 1795/06, Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) Spouse: Bryant Jones

4. Martha Berry b. 1796/07, Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) Spouses: John M Miles

5. Slaughter Berry b. 1801/02 Marion Dist, SC d. aft. 1854 in FL Spouse: Nancy Ann Miles

6. Mary Berry b. 1801/02, Marion Dist, SC d. aft. 1874 Marion Co, SC Spouses: William Rogers ^[1]

Census Records

1790 Census-

Henry Berry age 16+ (bef 1774) 1-2-3-0-0

1m 16+ (bef 1774).. Henry Berry (bef 1774)

2 males 0-15 (1774 - 1790) Son 1? Son 2?

3 females (bef 1790) Wife ? Daughter ? Daughter ? ^[2]

1800 Census -

Henry Berry age 26-44 (1755/74)

10010-04210-0-2; ^[3]

1820 Census -

Henry Berry age 45+ (bef 1775)

010001-10201-0, slaves = 4100-2300; ^[4]

1830 Census-

Henry Berry Sr. age 60-69 (1760/70)

000000001-0 slaves = 210000-101100 ^[5]

Excerpt

Susan Platt b. 2 May 1839 - d. 26 Jan 1912 married Nathan Berry son of Andrew Berry (a brother of "Cross Roads" Henry Berry) 2. Joseph Berry 13 Oct 1839 - 25 May 1916 (brother of Nathan) ^[6]

Excerpt

"A History of Marion County, South Carolina; From Its Earliest Times to the Present", 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar.

" Berry —Another settler at Sandy Bluff (Solomon's Landing), mentioned by Bishop Gregg, was a Berry. He does not say what his name was, or anything else about him. The writer takes it for granted that he is the progenitor of the extensive family by that name, in the county, and such supposition is not in conflict with the traditions of that family, but rather corroborate it. The writer a few years ago, and not long before her death, talked with old Mrs. Fama Tart, who died in her ninety-fourth year, and who, as she said', was the grand-daughter of the first Berry in this region of country, and she said his name was Andrew Berry—a small man in stature he settled at Sandy Bluff, on Pee Dee River. How long he remained or who he married, is not known ; but, according to Mrs. Tart's statement, he had and raised a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters. From the Berry family and its connections is derived much of our citizenship. The sons of old Andrew were six. Henry and Stephen were both known to the writer. Henry was a man of family, and had lands granted to him on Little Reedy Creek in 1786; he married a Miss Hays, and settled on said Reedy Creek; he raised two sons, Dennis and Slaughter, and four daughters. Dennis and Slaughter married sisters, two daughters of David Miles, an old citizen of upper Marion. Of the four daughters, Elizabeth married Bryant Jones; Fama married Nathan Tart; Martha, called Pattie, married John M. Miles; and Mary married William Rogers. The father, Henry Berry, was a capital man and intelligent for his day and time; he served as Justice of the Peace for some years, evidenced by his official signature to the probate of deeds for record seen by the writer he accumulated a good property for his time; he founded or built the Catfish Baptist Church, not where it now stands, but back from its present location on Little Reedy Creek. In his old age he divided out his property among his children, and then lived among them himself till his death, about 1853 or 1854; he was over ninety years of age at his death.

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Another family of Berrys may be noted, to wit: Samuel J. Berry's family. The first old Andrew, that settled with the Sandy Bluff colony about 1736 or 1737, it will be remembered, had six sons and four daughters, according to tradition, through old Mrs. Fama Tart, a grand-daughter of old Andrew. Mrs. Tart was a living walking genealogical dictionary, and a memory equally as wonderful. Of the six brothers, four lived to be grown and raised families, to wit: Henry, her father, Stephen, John and Andrew ; I think another was named Samuel; the sixth name not remembered."

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Hayes -

"- Henry was a man of family, and had lands granted to him on Little Reedy Creek in 1786; he married a Miss Hays, and settled on said Reedy Creek; he raised two sons, Dennis and Slaughter, and four daughters. Dennis and Slaughter married sisters, two daughters of David Miles, an old citizen of upper Marion. Of the four daughters, Elizabeth married Bryant Jones; Fama married Nathan Tart; Martha, called Pattie, married John M. Miles; and Mary married William Rogers. The father, Henry Berry, was a capital man and intelligent for his day and time; he served as Justice of the Peace for some years, evidenced by his official signature to the probate of deeds for record seen by the writer he accumulated a good property for his time; he founded or built the Catfish Baptist Church, not where it now stands, but back from its present location on Little Reedy Creek. In his old age he divided out his property among his children, and then lived among them himself till his death, about 1853 or 1854; he was over ninety years of age at his death."

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Sources

1. ↑ Martygrant.com
2. ↑ 1790 Census- Prince George Parish, Georgetown Dist., SC - pg 507
3. ↑ 1800 Census -Marion Dist., SC - pg 452-796
4. ↑ 1820 Census -Marion Dist., SC - pg 55B
5. ↑ 1830 Census- Marion Dist., SC - pg 7
6. ↑ Kinfolks V3.6 pg 2307
7. ↑ "A History of Marion County, South Carolina; From Its Earliest Times to the Present", 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 148-157

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