Person:Francis Berry (1)
Francis Berry
b.1754 Washington, Virginia, United States
d.1816 Knox, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1753
  1. Francis Berry1754 - 1816
  2. Elizabeth BerryAbt 1756 -
  3. Rachel BerryBef 1757 -
  4. Thomas Berry1761 - 1835
  5. Mary BerryAbt 1763 -
  6. Esther BerryAbt 1766 -
  7. John BerryEst 1768 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Francis Berry1754 - 1816
  • W.  Sarah Sharp1754 - 1834
m. 1775
  1. John Wesley Berry1776 - 1860
  2. Isabelle Berry1778 - 1858
  3. Lewis Berry1781 - 1812
  4. Benjamin Berry1785 -
  5. Elizabeth Berry1786 - 1865
  6. Sarah Sharp Berry1788 - 1874
  7. Ann Berry1790 - 1834
  8. Francis L. Berry1791 - 1880
  9. Lucinda Berry1794 -
  10. Dale LaFayette Berry1796 - 1844
  11. Louise Berry1798 - 1862
  12. Mary Berry1800 -
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Facts and Events
Name Francis Berry
Gender Male
Birth[2][1] 1754 Washington, Virginia, United States
Marriage 1775 Fincastle, Virginia, USAto Sarah Sharp
Death? 1816 Knox, Kentucky, United States


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Land Acquisition

At a Court Cont'd & held at Bryants Station on Elkhorn Creek for adjusting Titles to unpatented Lands by the Commissioners of Kentucky District this 15th day of Jan'y 1780. Present Wm Fleming Stephen Trigg & Edmund Lyne-Gent'n

Francis Berry--(Cert issd for 400 fees &c pd D. D. to Jas Dunkin) Francis Berry by John Haggen this day claimed a preemption of 400 Acres of Land at the State price in the district of Kentucky lying on the Middle fork of Cuppers (Coopers) run about 1 Miles up the s'd Fork by making an Actual settlem't in March 1779 Satisfactory proof being made to the Court they are of Opinion that the s'd Berry has a right to a preempt. of 400 Acres of Land to include the above location & that a cert. issue accordingly.

References
  1. ↑ History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri. (Saint Louis: National Historic Company, 1886)
    p. 1031.

    His wife was formerly Caroline L. Dryden, a native of Washington county, Va., and daughter of William and Sarah Dryden. The latter’s parents were Francis and Sarah Berry, Virginians by birth.

  2. ↑ Butler, Kentucky, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky, ED 105, roll T9_406, page 291.2000, image 0105.
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    Martin's Station



    BERRY, FRANCIS (c.1750-1816) Died in 1816 in Knox County, Kentucky. He married Sarah Sharp, about 1775 in Virginia. Francis and Sarah had one son, John Wesley, who was left with Sarah's brother when they left for Kentucky in 1779. Taken prisoner and marched to Detroit.

    http://www.frontierfolk.net/ramsha_research/captivesite.html

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