Actually, I'm thinking that it was Madison County, Virginia! Is this not correct? -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hdanw@aol.com Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:14 PM To: TEbel2888@aol.com; GERMANNA_COLONIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GERMANNA] Correction - Year of Formation of Madison Co., KY You wrote in part to the Germanna Colonies rootsweb: Descendants of John Berry 1 John Berry 1706 - 1779 b: 1706 d: 1779 in Madison Co., Ky .. +Jemima Weatherall 1709 - b: Abt. 1709 ........ 2 John Berry 1735 - 1797 b: 1735 in Of Culpeper Co., Va. d: Abt. 1797 in Madison Co., Va./Ky My response: There should be a slight correction about the place of death of John. Berry of Madison Co., KY. He is said to have died in 1779 or so. Madison County, Kentucky. was not formed until 1787 from Lincoln Co., KY. I have two books of abstracts of the early court records of Madison Co., KY, and the names of Berry families who show up in the indexes [indices?] of these two book by Jackie Couture do not include one John Berry.. In the index for Court Order Book A (1787-1791) there is listed one James Berry/Barry but not a John Berry. In the index for Court Order Book B (1791-1801) these Berry persons are listed: Elizabeth James - many references Thomas Will William Several counties were formed from Madison Co., Kentucky, including Garrard Co. If you are researching in Kentucky [one former governor complained it had too many counties] you might like to put this URL in your bookmarks. Be sure to click the year which is below the map which appears at the top of the screen. _http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ky_cf.html_ (http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ky_cf.html) Here is a similar website for maps of Virginia -- the formation of these counties _http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.html_ (http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.html) The reason I am telling you this is that I find that the brickwalls which we genealogists encounter are because we are looking in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ah, me!!! Me, too, especially with common surnames!! E.W.Wallace c **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi0 0000003) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This should serve multiple recent questions... ITEM 3, I constitute and appoint my loving son, Malchiah and Aaron and my trusty friend, George Witherall, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament, in witness whereof I have put my seal the 14th day May 1777. Signed, sealed, declared and Published in the presence of Elizabeth Towles John Berry, L.S. Ann Witherall Mary Witherall John Witherall At Court held for Culpeper County the 19th of May 1779. -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Johnson Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:28 AM To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Correction - Year of Formation of Madison Co., KY Actually, I'm thinking that it was Madison County, Virginia! Is this not correct? -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hdanw@aol.com Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:14 PM To: TEbel2888@aol.com; GERMANNA_COLONIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GERMANNA] Correction - Year of Formation of Madison Co., KY You wrote in part to the Germanna Colonies rootsweb: Descendants of John Berry 1 John Berry 1706 - 1779 b: 1706 d: 1779 in Madison Co., Ky .. +Jemima Weatherall 1709 - b: Abt. 1709 ........ 2 John Berry 1735 - 1797 b: 1735 in Of Culpeper Co., Va. d: Abt. 1797 in Madison Co., Va./Ky My response: There should be a slight correction about the place of death of John. Berry of Madison Co., KY. He is said to have died in 1779 or so. Madison County, Kentucky. was not formed until 1787 from Lincoln Co., KY. I have two books of abstracts of the early court records of Madison Co., KY, and the names of Berry families who show up in the indexes [indices?] of these two book by Jackie Couture do not include one John Berry.. In the index for Court Order Book A (1787-1791) there is listed one James Berry/Barry but not a John Berry. In the index for Court Order Book B (1791-1801) these Berry persons are listed: Elizabeth James - many references Thomas Will William Several counties were formed from Madison Co., Kentucky, including Garrard Co. If you are researching in Kentucky [one former governor complained it had too many counties] you might like to put this URL in your bookmarks. Be sure to click the year which is below the map which appears at the top of the screen. _http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ky_cf.html_ (http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ky_cf.html) Here is a similar website for maps of Virginia -- the formation of these counties _http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.html_ (http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.html) The reason I am telling you this is that I find that the brickwalls which we genealogists encounter are because we are looking in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ah, me!!! Me, too, especially with common surnames!! E.W.Wallace c **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi0 0000003) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message