| In
1820, John Berry is living in
Marion Co Mississippi
Census
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3
males under 10 |
3
males 10-16 |
1
male 45 and over |
1
female 45 and over |
According
to the names given by researchers of this family, I am unable
to determine how this could be our John, there appears to be no
daughters listed in his household. A John Berry is shown
indexed in the Cherokee Nations of Alabama, and in Dallas Co Alabama
for the year 1820, but I do not have the full records, so I am
unable to determine if there might be a possiblity of him being
our John and Edith.
Church
Records Of Covington Co Mississippi - copyright 1988 by
Jean Strickland And Patricia N. Edwards
Ebenezer
Church records show that Edith Berry was a
member of that church in as early as 1820, and as late as 1828
--Covington County was established from the counties of Lawrence
and Wayne January 05, 1819--
Anna
Everling contributes the following:
The family came to Simpson Co in 1828 and settled on Silver Creek.
Their home sat on the county line which divides Simpson
and Lawrence Co on Section 10, Township 9N, Range 19W, close to
Old Hebron
1830, I find John Berry Jr. is in Simpson Co Mississippi,
too young to be this John, I assume he will be John Jackson.
But I cannot find any listing for John and Edith.
If he is enumerated in the household of one of his children, he
is not head of household, and therefore will not be found by name
in a census record.
I
have been unable to locate other land records prior to 1840, other
than those above, for a John Berry. I have no tax records
to search, and without a census, it would be impossible to prove
that the two children born after 1820 even exist.
Shown below are the children listed by various researchers,
I do not know their resources for them.
The
Polk family was prevalent in the same areas of Mississippi,
the parents of Edith are shown to be Thomas Polk and Mary Wilson,
by Steven Riner
Contributed
by Bobby Gilliam and Ann McNair
Westville
News / May 03, 1900
"REMINISCENCES
OF SIMPSON COUNTY - Historical Events that Happened Years
Ago"
Written
by the late Hon T. L. Mendenhall in 1889.
Part
of the article reads as follows:
In 1820, John Berry, the grand and great
grandfather of the present generation of that name, moved
from Marion county and settled on Silver creek between where
A.G. and A.W. Berry now live. The line dividing
this county from Lawrence ran through his dwelling. He there
succeeded in completing the raising of a large family, all
of whom have since died except R.T. Berry,
now a resident of Lawrence county. One of his neighbors,
Isaac Myers, resided in the last named
county, owned land in this county, though he resided south
of the line where Wm. Brinson now lives.
Emigrating from Tennessee about 1818, he came down the Mississippi
river in a flat boat and landed at Natchez. He then had
a wife and one son, and brought with him all his worldly
effects; and he either brought with him, or procured at
Natchez, a horse and cart, his only means of transporting
his family, goods and chattels. Thus equipped and prepared,
he set out on what was then called the Natchez and St. Stephens
road, which was a very dim highway, having been traveled
but very little, and was principally followed by noticing
the blazes on the trees. The country being so sparsely settled
there were no hands to open roads or build bridges; consequently,
he had considerable difficulty in crossing some of the streams
but being a stout, robust and athletic man, with an iron
will and considerable experience in the use of tools, he
deviated from the blazed pathway, and like Noah's dove in
search of land whereon to set his foot where he would be
"monarch of all he surveyed," he settled on the
above described lands and set about building a house. When
he landed there his exchequer was reduced to one silver
dollar, which been seen by the writer since the Confederate
war, and it had a very ancient appearance, as it was worn
almost smooth and the dates and impressions were entirely
obliterated. The skill that Myers had exhibited
in the construction of his house of the rough hewn material,
attracted the attention of other emigrants who were less
qualified for that kind of work, and for a considerable
time after he had located his family, he was almost constantly
employed in assisting others in building, frequently several
miles from his home; this enabled him to purchase a few
head of cattle and hogs, from which he continued to raise
stock without any attention on his part except to mark and
brand, as they were looked after and kept from going wild
by his estimable and industrious wife; and in a few years
time he had quite a number of beef cattle to dispose of
which was an annual source of income; and when it had increased
sufficiently he commenced purchasing slaves, land, etc.
He resided on this place and continued to increase his property
until the winter of 1851. He then removed to Rankin county
and settled between Richland and Tumbalo creeks four miles
south of Brandon, where he died when somewhere above 80
years of age. Prior to his death, he had accumulated about
100 slaves, a large tract of land and a considerable quantity
of other property. His only son now resides in Covington
county. He had only two daughters one the mother of
B. F. Berry and others; the other, the mother of
A.J. Ragland and others.
Note: Mendenhall states "his only son", he surely
meant to say his only living son at the time he wrote the
article. ----- The mother of B.F. Berry was Elizabeth Myers.
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The
only resource I have for the names of these children are
from other researchers, who give no source for their findings.
My ambition is to go forward with the names. |
