John Cherry (1804 - 1860)

Born 18 Nov 1804 in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Graham (Knox) Cherry — married 1828 in Chester, South Carolina, United States

Died 10 Apr 1860 at age 55 in Chester, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

John was born in 1804 in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, son of John Cherry and Anne Jamieson.^[1]

He married in 1830 Mary Graham Knox and they had the following known children:

1. James Harvey Cherry b. 1832 SC
2. W.D. Cherry b. 1834 SC
3. Caroline Elizabeth Cherry b. 1836 SC
4. Mary Jane Cherry b. 1839 SC
5. M.A. Cherry b. 1846 SC
6. George Robert Cherry b. 1848 SC d. 1886
7. Walter Cherry b. 1851 SC

His father's will, inventoried 18 February 1832, gave him 'the Bishops old place' of about 315 acres:^[1]

"I give & bequeath unto my son John Cherry all that plantation or tract of land whereon he now lives containing about 315 acres more or less known by the name of Bishops old place"

In addition, he bought, of the estate, the following enslaved persons:^[1]

• Negro Boy Jonathan $450, sold to John Cherry for $460
• Negro Boy Prince $250, sold to John Cherry for $330. [This Prince may have been on loan to John Cherry Jr from his father and had to be returned to the estate for valuation and then sold.]

He appeared on the 1840 U.S. Federal Population Schedule in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States showing:^[2]

2 males 5-10 years

1 male 16-18 years

1 male 30-40 years

2 females less than 5 years

1 female 20-30 years

His household also contained three enslaved persons.

one male aged 24 to 35

one male aged 36 to 54

one female aged 10 to 23

He appeared on the 1850 U.S. Federal Population Schedule in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States^[3]

John Cherry, M, W, aged 45, b. South Carolina

M.G. Cherry, F, W, aged 39 b. South Carolina

J.H. Cherry, M, W, aged 18 b. South Carolina

W.D. Cherry, M, W, aged 16 b. South Carolina

C.E.. Cherry, F, W, aged 14 b. South Carolina

M.J. Cherry, F, W, aged 11 b. South Carolina

M.A. Cherry, F, W, aged 4, b. South Carolina

G.R. Cherry, M, W, aged 2, b. South Carolina

He died 10 Apr 1860 in Chester County, South Carolina and was buried at Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, Chester County, South Carolina, USA^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Father's Probate: "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980"
   Chester > Probate Files, File No. 13-17; Package No. 214-286
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 14 April 2022)
   John Cherry Sr
2. ↑ Census Bureau. United States Population Census, 1840, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: XHY1-FLH : 4 October 2021), John Cherry, Chester, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 301 NARA microfilm publication M704-510 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), House Number 408.
3. ↑ Census Bureau. United States Population Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: M8Q6-T3R : 23 December 2020), John Cherry, Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication M432_851 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), House Number 408.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138137752/john-cherry : accessed 17 April 2022), memorial page for John Cherry (18 Nov 1804–10 Apr 1860), Find A Grave: Memorial #138137752, citing Union ARP Church Cemetery, Richburg, Chester County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by agagee (contributor 47880557) .

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