BERRY Family

Hudson Berry was born in Virginia on September 10, 1752. He married Sarah Anthony who was born November 3, 1756, daughter of John and Ursley Anthony of Hanover County, Virginia. His father was James Anthony of the same county, who also moved to Caswell County, NC about 1777. Hudson Berry was a member of the militia of the state of North Carolina and was active in the Revolutionary War.
In 1788 Hudson and Sarah Anthony Berry moved from Caswell County, NC to Laurens County, SC with their four children, William, Nancy, Elizabeth and Micajah. Hudson Berry was a prosperous farmer and businessman. He operated a general store, grist mill, saw mill and cotton factory besides operating a large plantation of several thousand acres. At the time of his death of Jan. 13, 1840 he owned 67 slaves. He built his two and one-half story plantation home on a high rolling hill at Cedar Falls near the junction of the Big Creek and Reedy Rivers. Here he spent the remaining forty-five years of his life. Five more children were born into his family in South Carolina. They were David, Nathan, Mary, Sarah and Hudson, Jr.
Hudson Berry died in Greenville, SC on January 13, 1840 in his 88th year. His wife Sarah died two years later on April 26, 1842 at the age of 86. Both are buried at Fork Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family of Hudson and Sarah Berry was closely associated with the family of William and Elizabeth Halbert who moved from Caroline County, VA. to Greenville County, SC. in 1788. William Berry, son of Hudson and Sarah Berry, married Elizabeth Halbert and his brother David Berry married Lucinda Halbert.

BOOK: From these Hills - A History of Pontotoc County by Callie B. Young. pg.632
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From Lloyd E. Berry's "Hudson Berry and His Descendants", published 1956 by The Berry-Gaines-Harrison Reunion, Pelzer, South Carolina: Served in the North Carolina Militia during a portion of the Revolutionary War.
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Deed Book A, p. 133 - State of NC - No. 88 - to Bazell Davis, 200 A on both sides the middle fork of South fork of Country Line Cr. adj land claimed by Clifton Allen, vacant land, land of Leonard Brown, Hudson Berry. 3 Mar 1779 chc Thos Jones, Richd Carlan.

Deed Book A, p. 227 - State of NC - No. 61 - to Leonard Brown 616 A. on both sides Harts Hillsborough Road, the waters, of Country Line Cr adj William Brown, claim of Hudson Berry, Bazzell Davis, Claim of Luke Pendergast, William Rice crossing Cr. to claim of John Rice. 3 Mar 1779 chc. Wm. Brown, Jno. Brothers. Leonard paid 50 shillings per acre for his land.

Source: Caswell County, NC Deed Books 1777-1817, abstracts by Katharine Kee Kendall, 1989, Southern Historical Press

ID: I1059
Name: Hudson BERRY
Sex: M
Birth: 10 Sep 1752 in Hanover County, Virginia
Death: 13 Jan 1840 in Greenville, South Carolina 1
Fact 1: Buried at the Fork Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery
Fact 2: Soldier in North Carolina 2
Note: Soldier in North Carolina.

Marriage 1 Sarah ANTHONY b: 3 Nov 1756 in Hanover County, Virginia
Married: 17 Jun 1775
Children
Nancy BERRY b: 17 Aug 1777 in North Carolina
William BERRY b: 17 Aug 1780 in North Carolina
Elizabeth BERRY b: 14 Mar 1784 in North Carolina
Micajah BERRY b: 3 Aug 1786 in North Carolina
David BERRY b: 30 Aug 1789
Nathan Manly BERRY b: 3 Nov 1791
Mary BERRY b: 17 Apr 1794
Hudson BERRY b: 5 Jun 1796
Sarah BERRY b: 8 Mar 1801

Database: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Name: BERRY, Hudson
Birth Date: 1752
Birthplace: South Carolina*
Volume: 13
Page Number: 146
Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): Jul 17, 1929, 8776
*Birthplace listed as SC instead of VA.

Source Information:
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-.

Name: Hudson Berry
Birth Place: Hanover County, VA
Birth Date: 10 September 1752
Death Place: Greenville, SC
Death Date: 13 January 1840
Parents: William Berry , Rebecca Hudson

Source Information:
Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.

1791 - Lewis AKINS dies in Laurens Co., SC Will probated 7/16/1791:

In Will Book A1 40/41 - Laurens Dist., SC:
Will of Lewis Akins, 7/16/1791. Leg.: 2 daus Sally & Fanny Akins: sons John, Ezekiel, Archer & Frank Akins: son-in-law Benj Kevil; 2 grandsons William & Thomas Petty & their mother, my daughter Patty Petty.
Ex Son Ezekiel A & son-in-law-Benj Kevil:
Withness: Joab League, Thos Kevil, John Meader.
Appr of est of Lewis Akins, 12/31/1791, by Hudson Berry, Joseph Burchfield, John Brockman
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Hanover County is located in the east-central Piedmont and Coastal Plain areas of Virginia, between the Chickahominy and Pamunkey Rivers. It is approximately 70 miles south of Washington, D.C. and fifteen miles north of Richmond, VA. The County land area is 471 square miles and is bordered by the Counties of Caroline, King William, New Kent, Henrico, Goochland, Spotsylvania and Louisa. The County was settled by planters and plantation owners. It was officially formed on November 26, 1720.

a) Anne Arnold (wife of Ben Sr.) was which she gave to her daughter Anne in 1725. It states in the deed, "Mrs. Anne Arnold of King Wm." and "Anne Arnold Jr.". It was for 400 acres in Hanover Co.

b) William Jennings - son Robert Jennings was born 1726 Hanover Co. and who died in Prince Edward County.

NOTE: William Jennings daughter was named Mary Jennings. She married Thomas Arnold of the Oglethorpe Co., GA Arnold.

c) Hudson Berry (b. 1752 Hanover Co., VA. He moved to Greenville, SC and his descendants moved to Tippah Co., MS with Arnold in 1840's. Hudson Berry died in Greenville Co., SC in 1840).

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