Deceased
Berry Plain Berry
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Henry Berry
(1798-1867)

 

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Parents:
1. Lawrence Washington Berry & Catherine Brooke Hodges

Spouses/Children:
Sarah Helena Van Swearingen

Henry Berry 1

  • Born: 1798, Berry Plain, King George, Virginia, USA
  • Marriage: Sarah Helena Van Swearingen on 4 Jul 1822 in , King George, Virginia, USA
  • Died: 16 Dec 1867, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA at age 69
  • Buried: Dec 1867, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1830, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia, USA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=eci778&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1830usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=henry&gsfn_x=1&gsln=berry&gsln_x=NN&msrpn__ftp=va&MSAV=0&uidh=14g&pcat=CEN_1830&fh=1&h=842721&recoff=5%206&ml_rpos=2

Name: Henry Berry
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Jefferson, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9
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Source Citation

1830; Census Place: Jefferson, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 191; Page: 147; Family History Library Film: 0029670
Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.



• Slavery: speech to House of Delegates of Virginia, 20 Jan 1832, , , Virginia, USA. 1 Henry Berry, viewing slavery as a cancer on society, was a proponent of exporting slaves from VA. His speech is available on-line. One source is at:
http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=mayantislavery;idno=12851308;view=image;seq=1


• Census, 1840, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia, USA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=eci779&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1840usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=henry&gsfn_x=1&gsln=berry&gsln_x=NN&msrpn__ftp=va&MSAV=0&uidh=14g&pcat=CEN_1840&fh=2&h=3507309&recoff=6%207&ml_rpos=3

Name: Henry Berry
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 2
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Persons Employed in Learned Professional Engineers: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total Slaves: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 13
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Source Citation

Year: 1840; Census Place: Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia; Roll: 563; Page: 257; Image: 1164; Family History Library Film: 0029687
Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.



• Census, 1850, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia, USA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=15183108

Name: Henry Berry
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1798
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 244
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Berry 52
Sarah H Berry 49
Matilda W Berry 24
Henry Berry 22
Laurence Berry 19
Rosalio T Berry 17
Robert J T Berry 13
Source Citation

Year: 1850; Census Place: Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia; Roll: M432_953; Page: 309A; Image: 247
Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Census, 1860, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia, USA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=34192873

Name: Henry Berry
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1799
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia
Post Office: Shepherdstown
Family Number: 546
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Daniel Entler 74
Margaret Entler 69
Virginia Entler 40
Frances Entler 33
Henry C Entler 31
Daniel M Entler 25
Anetta W Entler 22
Sallie H Shearman 29
Downer Shearman 6
Mary Shearman 4
Charles Shearman 2
Mary Williams 15
Henry Berry 61
Sallie H Berry 60
Johm M Sitzel 28
John Briscoe 46
Lewis Lucas 52
Landon D Heskitt 40
Joanna Heskitt 38
Virginia G Heskitt 10
William E Heskitt 8
Landon Heskitt 5
Clara M Heskitt 7 Months
Samuel Hipkins 14
Source Citation

Year: 1860; Census Place: Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia; Roll: M653_1355; Page: 932; Image: 282; Family History Library Film: 805355
Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

• Death: burial, 16 Dec 1867, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA. 2 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=berry&GSiman=1&GScid=78288&GRid=7378157&
Henry Berry
Birth: unknown
King George County
Virginia, USA
Death: Dec. 16, 1867
Shepherdstown
Jefferson County
West Virginia, USA

age 75 yrs
Born at Berry Plain, King George Co. VA

Burial:
Elmwood Cemetery
Shepherdstown
Jefferson County
West Virginia, USA
Created by: Dennis Coil
Record added: Apr 23, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7378157



• Biography, Oct 1919, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. 3 The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. VIII, Oct 1919, No. 3, page 47-48, Washington, D.C.
https://books.google.com/books?id=BgjTAAAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA33&ots=_lulDZFNIT&dq=national%20genealogical%20Society%20vol%20viii%201919%20no%203&pg=RA1-PA49#v=onepage&q=national%20genealogical%20Society%20vol%20viii%201919%20no%203&f=false


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Henry married Sarah Helena Van Swearingen on 4 Jul 1822 in , King George, Virginia, USA. (Sarah Helena Van Swearingen was born about 1801 3.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage, 4 Jul 1822, , King George, Virginia, USA. http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/familygroup.php?familyID=F35027&tree=Tree1
Henry Berry
Born Bef 1802 Berry Plain, King George County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Died
Buried
Married 4 Jul 1822 King George County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Father Lawrence Berry | F16008 Group Sheet
Mother Catherine Brooke Hodges | F16008 Group Sheet

Mother | Female
Sarah Helena Van Swearingen

Born Bef 1806 Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Died
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Sources


1 Diana (Barnett) McGinness, e-mail of September 27, 2016. Surety: 4.

2 Find A Grave, "Find A Grave," database and images, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : accessed 28 Sep 2016); Henry Berry -- Find A Grave Memorial# 7378157; http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=berry&GSiman=1&GScid=78288&GRid=7378157&. Repository: Find A Grave. Surety: 4.

3 "The National Genealogical Society Quarterly" (MS, Washington, D.C.), p. page 47-48; digital images, Google Books, "The Nationa Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. VIII, Oct 1919, No. 3," Google Books
 (https://books.google.com/books?id=BgjTAAAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA33&ots=_lulDZFNIT&dq=national%20genealogical%20Society%20vol%20viii%201919%20no%203&pg=RA1-PA34#v=onepage&q=national%20genealogical%20Society%20vol%20viii%201919%20no%203&f=false : accessed 3 Oct 2016). Surety: 4.


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