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The oldest son of John Berry was John J. Berry and he was born in North Carolina according to census. He was b. 1788 NC, and d, 3 Jun 1857 Hancock County, GA. It is my belief that John J. left NC and went to Virginia at some point and married Mary W., as his first son, Albert M. Berry was born in VA in 1812 according to the census. John was back in NC in 1814 when his second son James Edward was born 20 Sept 1814. All his other children that I know about were born in Hancock county as follows:
Mary Catharine b 1819 d 4 Nov 1844 Hancock
Fitz William 1824 Oct 1873
Hancock
Austin W. 1828 Jul 1870
Hancock
Lucius F. 1832
Augustin T. Unk
Virginia Ann Unk
His first wife Mary W. died 13 Sept. 1837.
He married second, 29 May 1844 to Martha E. Scroggin, b. 1813 in Brunswick County, Virginia.
The only child of this marriage was a daughter, Alice L. b. 1848 in Hancock County, GA.
I have been unable to find graves for John Berry, John J. Berry, Mary W. Berry or Martha E. Scroggin Berry in Hancock
county. I am still looking.
John Berry was born 1759 in North Carolina according to the
census. He died in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia 10 July
1823. It is my belief that his first wife died in North
Carolina. I have found no name for her nor any mention of her
in my search of this family. Children of this union were as
follows:
John J. Berry b. 1788 NC d. 3 Jun 1857
Hancock County, GA
William Berry b. unk.
Elizabeth Berry m. Lewis Boon
Nancy Berry m. Nicholas Lanier
Margaret Berry m. Richard Collier
Charlotte Berry b. 1801 m. Moses Ingram d. 31, July 1837 in Randolph County, GA
John Berry m. (2) Malinda W. Turner, 15 Aug 1817 in Hancock County, GA., daughter of Phillip and Judith Ann Turner, the children of this union are as follows:
Joseph Berry b. bef. 1821 Hancock County, GA
Mary Ann Berry b. abt. 1819 Hancock County, GA d. 3 Mar
1845 Hancock County, GA m. Charles
Knowles 11 Dec 1834, Hancock
Henrietta W. Berry b. aft. 1821 Hancock. Never Married
John T. Berry b. 1823 the year his father died, possibly
after he died.
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The following is information on Albert M. Berry, the first son
of John J. Berry.
Albert M. Berry, first son of John J. Berry and Mary W. Berry
was born in Virginia about 1812 according to the census and
died in Hancock County, Georgia, April 1851.
On 30 December 1839 he was appointed by the Court as guardian
of the person & property of
Angelina B. Holland, orphan of Benjamin Holland deceased, she
being over the age of 12 years and in Court assenting thereto,
upon her executing bond with security in the sum of $24,000,
Whereupon the said Albert M. executed the bond required with
John J. Berry and Nathan C. Sayre his securities approved by
the Court, was duly qualified and received Letters of
Guardianship in the premises.
Marriages & Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers, Southern
Historical Press, Abstracted by Folks Huxford Page 404
Married: In Washington, D.C. at Godbys Hotel on the 20th.
Ult. Mr. A. M. Berry to Miss A. B. Holland, both of Sparta,
Ga. August 1, 1843
Children of this union.
Charlotte A. Berry b. 1847 Hancock County, GA
Albert H. Berry b. February 1850 Hancock County,
GA
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This is information on James Edward Berry, second son of John
J. Berry, my great grandfather.
James Edward Berry, the second son of John J. Berry and Mary M.
Berry. He came to Hancock County, Georgia from North Carolina
with his father according to the census. James Edward Berry
was born 20 Sept 1814 in North Carolina and died 13 March 1881
in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia. He married (1) Georgia Ann
Devereux, daughter of Samuel M. and Anna Devereux on 22Nov
1836. Children of this union are as follows:
Eugenia A. Berry b. 21 Jun 1838, Hancock County, GA She
married Joseph S. Sykes 17 Jan 1856, buried Sparta Cemetery, no marker.
Louisiana A. Berry b. 5 Feb 1840, Hancock County, GA She married Lafayette Fraley, 16 Jan 1858
S. Marion Berry b. 20 July 1841, Hancock County, GA She married James Clarence Simmons and
d. 25 Sept 1878 Hancock.
Yenoma Berry b. 31 Oct 1842, Hancock County, GA d. 19 Oct 1851, Hancock County, GA
James Edward Berry, Jr. b. 29 Mar 1846, Hancock County, GA
married Ella C. Louis 27, Aug 1868.
William McDowell Berry, b. 19 July 1849, Hancock County, GA d.
24 Aug 1918 Hancock He married Ella Pierson, b. 9 Sept 1855
d. 12 Jun 1887 Hancock County, GA
Baby Berry, b. 28 July 1855 Hancock County, GA d. Oct 1855
Georgia Ann Devereux Berry died 27 Jun 1861 Hancock County, GA
James Edward Berry m. (2) Ann Elizabeth Simmons Devereux ,2 Dec 1868, his sister in law, widow of William Wood Devereux.
Children of this union are as follows:
Irene Berry b. 15 Dec 1869, Sparta, Hancock County, GA d. 19 Aug 1958, Sparta. m. Edward Holland Berry.
Meredith Wingfield Berry, my grandfather, b. 26 Aug 1872,
Sparta, Hancock County, GA d. 29 Sept 1951 in Swainsboro,
Emanuel County, GA. m. Eva Thompson, Augusta, GA
Christine Berry, b. 6 Oct 1876, Sparta, Hancock County, GA d.
11 Apr 1964, Sparta. m. John Davidson Walker, Hancock County, GA.
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