>>Big controversy STILL over OUR John Berry's parents>> Heres some of this controversy, for the sake of discussion- My Notes-usual disclaimer-2002 John Berry info & Betsy Smeathers Berry: [My Opinion on the Berry Plain part] John Berry b C1786 prob Berry Plain King Geo Co Va d 1866 Williamson Co Bur Gann Farm near Georgetown Tx. Betsy b abt 1781-82 d bef July 1819 bec John Berry m2)Gracie Treat July 1819. Betsy/John had 3 sons: John Bate, Andrew Jackson, Joseph Berry. Appears John Berry's family [if hes a Berry Plain]lived on Berry Plain by the Rappahannock Rvr. His ggg grandfather most likely lived there around early 1700's, called the Berry Plain Plantation. John prob migrated to Ky from there. [Grass/Smeathers/Hynes/Duvall intermarried families] Daniel Grass, the lone survivor of his family, who had been killed in Kentucky, was taken into the home of Dr. William R. Hynes, of Bardstown, Kentucky. He married Jane Smeathers from the settlement of Yellow Banks and tradition tells us that he came here in the interest of Dr. Hynes. This seems to be true because of the various land transactions. On May 9, 1807, Daniel Grass made the first land entry on the territory where Rockport now stands. **Sometime later he built a log house south of Rockport and moved his family and became the first permanent settler. He changed the name to Mt. Duvall, in honor of Col. William Duvall, a Kentucky friend. ** [DUVALL M INTO HYNES, THE FOSTER FAMILY THAT REARED DANIEL GRASS] On March 11, 1808, **William Berry bought land on the river below Grass and lived on his houseboat with is family until a cabin in the woods could be constructed. [SOME THINK THIS BERRY IS RELATED TO OUR JOHN BERRY M BETSY SMEATHERS] Daniel Grass later became the first County Agent and Berry became a Judge of the Northwest Territory.*** Fr "Life and Times of Wm Smeathers" by Thomas McCreery-written abt 1840 Pub 1866 Owensboro Monitor Newspaper Ky: "The name of **John Berry still perpetuated Ohio Co Ky by "Berry's Pond", which lies between Yelvington Ky and Ohio Rvr. John Berry lived bet slough and the river on place RECENTLY sold by Mr. Sharp of Spencer Co In. John Berry emigrated to Texas abt 18yrs after Wm Smeathers went there. John Berry was ALIVE AND WELL 1840 residing bet Brassos Rvr Tx and "String Prairies." [where Wm Smeathers lived] John Berry Hist Marker Georgetown Tx has his Buhrstone on marker. Fr John Berry & His Children by Judge Andrew Jackson 'Jack' Pope- "In Nelson Co Ky **Wm Berry surveyed roads with his bro Enoch Berry. He served in Co militia and did Jury duty. 3 of the Berry children m in Nelson Co with their father serving as bondsman. Dau Eliz 'Betsy' m Tho Spencer 1794; [kin to Clarissa SPENCER ??] dau Mary Ann 'Polly' [widow/o Cantwell] m her cousin Berry Cantwell 1802; son Enoch 1804 m Christine Dick. Wm furnished 50# sterling/serving as bondsman for marr of James Allen to Elizabeth Boswell 1797. Allen being a nephew of Berry." Sources: #1 paragraph-Cavaliers & Pioneers, Nell Marion Nugent p 196 #2-"" -ibid p 341 #3-"" -Essex CPIMTU BPPL 1695-99 p 21 [1694] [This Wm and Enoch Berry supposed bro's to our John Berry-father is Enoch Berry and wife might be a Mary Dial per Pam Brown pabrown@prodigy.net and Jean Larsen normagen@aol.com Fr: debbie.langton@ntlworld.com -"Wm Berry -some think is John Berry's father-9 May 1777 Fauquier Co Va m Clarissa ("Clara") FEAGEN b abt 1750 Prince William Co Va d Dec 1819 Spencer Co In bur Spencer Co In -Jack Pope writes abt it in his book so this is where everyone is picking up data Mr John BERRY of Tx b 1786. From dates inscribed on his headstone BERRY Cem Williamson Co Tx we know that fact. Many years later his 3rd widow Hannah rec Louisville Ky as his place of birth. She made this declaration in her application for bounty land that was owing to veterans, or their widows, of War of 1812. Louisville in Jefferson Co on Ohio Rv is great distance fr Lincoln Co. After fruitless research in Jefferson Co records Mrs. WALKER concluded that the actual place of birth was probably West Louisville Ky near Owens Daviess Co then part of Ohio Co. [Mrs. Walker is Mary Artess fr John Berry/Gracie Treat line-thru dau Elizabeth] She was 90y in 1994 in Lovington New Mexico." _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail