John Berry

  General Notes:

James Berry Jr sold Red Bird Creek land in 1816. In the deed, he specifically guaranteed the title to any challenge by John Berry. James appears to have gotten the land from Thomas Berry Sr., of Muddy Creek, Madison County, KY. It is assumed that James was a son of Thomas. It is also assumed that John (potential title challenger) was a son of Thomas. We just need to prove all that. [ceb]

What would give John Berry the apparent standing to challenge the deed of 1816? Was it because he was also a son of Thomas Berry Sr., and because there was no documentation transferring title from Thomas Sr to James?

Is John Berry, mentioned in the deed, the same John Berry that transferred a Virginia warrant for 400 acres to Robert Barnett? If so, John may have been an older brother of James. John of this warrant could be John Berry (m. Hannah) died Lincoln County, KY., in 1792. He could be John Berry (user id 8864) that married Elizabeth Harris. Since the warrant does not specify where John lived, he could be any John Berry in any state.

Is James Jr = James W. Berry (user id 8607)? James W Berry's wife was Margaret and he was father of William G. Berry (user id 8609) and several other children. ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Land: Virginia Treasury Warrant #4528 (back), 1 Apr 1780, , , Virginia, USA. ³
John Berry assigned the warrant to Robert Barnett. Based on the warrant, Robert surveyed some 248 acres on Sliver Creek in Madison Co., KY.
http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/vaandokpatents/DisplayPrintableImage.aspx?DocDb=OLD%20KENTUCKY%20WARRANTS&DocTitle=OK%202354.0&Title=OK%202354.0&Description=BARNETT%2c+ROBERT&Page=2&ScaleFactor=2&CompressionFactor=60

• Land: Virginia Treasury Warrant #4528 (front), 1 Apr 1780, , , Virginia, USA. ³
John Berry purchased Virginia Treasury Warrant #4528 for 400 acres land at a cost of 160 pounds 1780 money.
http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/vaandokpatents/DisplayPrintableImage.aspx?DocDb=OLD KENTUCKY WARRANTS&DocTitle=OK 2354.0&Title=OK 2354.0&Description=BARNETT%2c+ROBERT&Page=1&ScaleFactor=2&CompressionFactor=60

• Tax Record, May 1799, , Madison, Kentucky, USA. ⁴
John Berry: line 19
1 wm > 21
1 wm > 16*
4 horses
0 acres land**
Also on this page:
Garrett Berry: line 18
1 white male over 21
1 white male over 16
3 horses
William Berry: line 7
1wm > 21
1wm > 16
1 horse
Thomas Berry: line 22
1 wm > 21
1 wm > 16
2 horses
Thomas Berry Jr: line 23
1 wm > 21
1 wm > 16
5 horses
* all entries on this page contained 1 wm > 21, and 1 wm > 16. This may reflect a double count for a single individual. There is no tax book for 1798
** no land was reported for anyone on the report.

• Tax Record, 25 Jun 1800, Muddy Creek, Madison, Kentucky, USA. ⁵
Thomas Berry: line 20, June 25, 1800
100 Madison, Muddy Creek, Robt Moore, same, same, 1, 0, 0, 0, 4
400 Madison, South Fork Kentucky, Thos Berry, same, same
John Berry: also on this page, line 19, June 25, 1800
127 Madison, ????????, 1, 0, 0, 0, 5
60 Madison, ???????? [could this be the 60 acres that Garrett paid taxes on in earlier yerars?]

Garrett Berry: on the next page of the tax record

• Tax Record, 7 Sep 1801, , Madison, Kentucky, USA. ⁶
John Berry: June 5, page 3, line 20
170 acres, Madison, Muddy Cr., Higngrubbs, same, -,
wm > 21 = 1
horses = 4

Also on this page:
Thomas Berry: page 3, June 5, line 21
no land,
wm > 21 = 1
total blacks = 1
horses = 1

on the next page of the record, page 4:
Thomas Berry: line 2 & 3
1 white male > 21
4 horses
100 acres Muddy Cr: entered, surveyed, and patented by Robt Moore
400 acres Kentucky River: entered, surveyed, and patented by Tho Berry
this is likely the same as the Station Camp acres in other reports
Also on this page:
Garrett Berry: line 8
1 white male > 21
4 horses
0 acres reported for Garrett

John Berry Jr: line 4
1 white male > 21
1 horse

• Tax Record: John Berry -- JR, 7 Sep 1801, , Madison, Kentucky, USA. ⁶
John Berry Jr: line 4
1 white male > 21
1 horse

Thomas Berry: line 2 & 3
1 white male > 21
4 horses
100 acres Muddy Cr: entered, surveyed, and patented by Robt Moore
400 acres Kentucky River: entered, surveyed, and patented by Tho Berry
this is likely the same as the Station Camp acres in other reports
Also on this page:
Garrett Berry: line 8
1 white male > 21
4 horses
0 acres reported for Garrett

• Tax Record, 7 Jun 1802, Muddy Creek, Madison, Kentucky, USA. ⁷
Berry John: page 2, June 7, line 10
170 acres, Madison, Muddy Cr., -, -, -, 1,0,,0,0,3

Also on this page:
Berry Thomas: page 2, June 7, line 8 & 9
100 acres, Madison, Muddy Cr., Robt Moore, same, same, 1, 1, 0,0,4
400 acres, S fork Kentucky, Tho Berry, same, same

• Tax Record, 5 Jun 1803, , Madison, Kentucky, USA. ⁸
1803, book 1, page 2, June 5, line 20
Berry John
160 acres Madison, Muddy Cr, HignGrubbs, -, -, 1,0,0,0,4

also on the same pag: June 5, line 23 & 24
Berry Thomas:
100 acres, Madison, Muddy Cr, Robt Moore, same, same, 1,0,0,0,1
400 acres, Madison, Kentucky River, Tho Berry, same, -

• Tax Record, 24 Mar 1804, , Madison, Kentucky, USA. ⁹
John Berry: line 6
1 white male > 21
4 horses
150 acres Muddy Cr:

Also on this page:
Thomas Berry: line 1 & 2
1 white male > 21
2 horses
100 acres Muddy Cr: entered, surveyed, patented by Robt Moore
400 acres Kentucky R: entered, surveyed, patented by Thomas Berry

Garrett Berry: line 7
1 white male > 21
1 white male > 16
4 horses
0 acres reported for Garrett

• Tax Record, 4 Jul 1808, Muddy Creek, Madison, Kentucky, USA. ¹⁰
1808, Book 2, page 2
Berry John: line 9, July 4
no land,
1 wm > 21
6 horses
Berry Thomas: line 10-11 July 4
120 acres, Madison, Muddy Cr, 1 wm > 21, 2 horses
400 acres, Clay, Red Bird, T. Berry, same, -

• Deed: sale of 811 acres, 22 Oct 1816, , Clay, Kentucky, USA. ¹¹
The following transcription and attached image provided by William A. Barry and is available with additional related documents at: http://billbarry.org/genealogy/811acres.html

Deed Book A 179 Clay County, Kentucky

James Berry
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