Green was born about 1809. Berry married Jane Buford on 9 January 1830 in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States.[1]
In 1836, Berry Chambers paid 56 cents poll tax in Lawrence County, Tennessee.[2]
On 17 January 1839, Green B. Chambers entered into a Deed of Trust in Weakley County, Tennessee. He was indebted to J. W. Moran and David Ammer[?] for a note due the following day of $198.25, along with another debt of $25. William Landrum paid Chambers one dollar and took on the debt. If Chambers did not repay him by 1 June 1839, Landrum could sell Chambers possessions to raise the money. The possessions were:
In the 1850 census Berry (age 41) was in Pope, Arkansas, United States.[3]
Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Berry Chambers | M | 41 | Tennessee | |
Jane Chambers | F | 42 | South Carolina | |
Mary F Chambers | F | 18 | Tennessee | |
Ann Chambers | F | 16 | Tennessee | |
James M Chambers | M | 14 | Tennessee | |
Martha I Chambers | F | 11 | Tennessee | |
William H Chambers | M | 7 | Arkansas | |
Thomas I Chambers | M | 5 | Arkansas | |
Berry T Chambers | M | 2 | Arkansas |
On 25 February 1859, Bennett mortgaged property consisting of 21 head of stock hogs, three cows and yearling, and three head of horses (a bay mare, a sorrel colt two-years-old, and a bay filley one-year-old). William Scarlet had become the security for Bennet Chambers and Green Chambers for two notes executed to William Stout, Common School Commissioner of Pope County, one for $33.50 and the other for $28.75. If the two men could pay the notes, the deal was over. If they could not, Scarlet would get the livestock. [4]
In August 1860, the Chambers family lived in Dover Township, Pope County, Arkansas. They owned $350 in personal estate.[5]
Green died after August 1860. In 1870, his younger Margaret, John, James Henry, and William lived with Green's brother Bennett and his family.
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