Hudson Berry and Sarah Anthony
Husband Hudson Berry
Born: 10 Sep 1752 - , , Virginia Christened: Died: 30 Jan 1840 - Anderson, South Carolina Buried: - Fork Shoals Baptist Church , Anderson, South Carolina
Father: William Berry ( -1783) Mother: Rebecca Elizabeth Hudson ( - )
Marriage: 27 Jun 1775 - Caswell , North Carolina
Wife Sarah Anthony
Born: 3 Nov 1756 - , , Virginia Christened: Died: 26 Apr 1842 - , Anderson, South Carolina Buried: - Fork Shoals Baptist Church , Anderson, South Carolina
Father: John Anthony (1734-1786) Mother: Usley Jones (Abt 1742- )
Children
1 F Nancy Berry
Born: 17 Aug 1777 - , , North Carolina Christened: Died: 1811 - Greenville, South Carolina Buried:
2 M William Berry
Born: 17 Aug 1780 - , North Carolina Christened: Died: 14 Jun 1857-14 Jun 1858 - , Tippah, Mississippi Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Halbert (1788-1861) Marr: 30 May 1805 - Anderson, South Carolina
3 F Elizabeth Berry
Born: 18 Mar 1784 - South Carolina Christened: Died: 18 Apr 1839 - Anderson, South Carolina Buried: - Fork Shoals Baptist Church , Anderson, South Carolina
4 M Micajah Berry
Born: 3 Aug 1786 - , , South Carolina Christened: Died: 8 Jan 1859 - Greenville , South Carolina Buried:
5 M David Berry
Born: 30 Aug 1789 - Anderson, South Carolina Christened: Died: 29 Aug 1843 - , Pontotoc, Mississippi Buried:Spouse: Lucinda Halbert (1793-1872) Marr: 10 Apr 1810 - Anderson, South Carolina
6 M Nathan Maney Berry
Born: 3 Nov 1791 - , , South Carolina Christened: Died: Apr 1896 - Greenville , South Carolina Buried:
7 F Mary Berry
Born: 17 Apr 1794 - , Laurens , South Carolina Christened: Died: 30 Apr 1872 Buried:
8 M Hudson Berry
Born: 5 Jun 1796 - Greenville , South Carolina Christened: Died: Buried:
9 F Sarah Berry
Born: 8 Mar 1801 - , , South Carolina Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband -
HUDSON BERRY was administrator of the estate of a WILLIAM BERRY in a document dated 16 June 1783 in Caswell Co NC, and his surety was provided by John ANTHONY and himself. A book about HUDSON BERRY says that surety was provided by John ANTHONY and REBECCA BERRY, but I have the original document - REBECCA BERRY's name is not mentioned on it.
Hudson, the second son, was born September 10, 1752, and died January 13, 1840, at the age of eighty-seven. He moved from Virginia and settled in Greenville County, South Carolina, where he met and married (6/27/1775) Sarah Anthony, who was born 11-3-1756 and died 4-26-1842 at the age of eighty-six (both are buried near Greenville, S.C., in Fork Shoals Baptist Church Yard). To this union were born a large family, four daughters and five sons
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume III
Number 3, Summer, 1975
Marriage and Obituary Notices from the Greenville Mountaineer (Continued from Vol. 3, p.115.)
SCMAR, Vol. III, Summer 1975, No. 3, p.144
Departed this life at his residence in this District, on the 13th ult., Hudson Berry, Esq, in the 89th year of his age. He had been a useful member of the Baptist Church for more than sixty years. He died leaving his aged widow and their numerous children, grand and great-grandchildren, to mourn their irretrievable loss (ibid.).
Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of South Carolina as taken from Greenville Newspapers, 1826-1863
Greenville Mountaineer
page 70 Marriages & Deaths, Greenville Newspapers, 1826-1863, p.70
Departed this life at his residence in this District, on the 13th ult., Hudson Berry, Esq., in the 89th year of his age. He had been a useful member of the Baptist Church for more than sixty years. He died leaving his aged widow and their numerous children, grand and great-grandchildren, to mourn their irretrievable loss (ibid
Hudson, Sarah, and their young children lived on the 400 acre farm which was part of the 610 acre grant of Rebecca Berry. She had sold this part to Hudson in 1787; and he, in turn, sold it on January 28, 1790, when he was "of Lawrence County, South Carolina." In 1779 and 1780, Hudson applied for 500 acres on Jordan's Creek in Orange County, North Carolina; this grant was made to him in 1784 and was sold by him in 1793.
Hudson Berry demonstrated that he was a man of consider able business ability, and he was highly regarded by his neighbors for this. In 1781, he was appointed constable of Gloucester District and served with his father-in-law, John Anthony, who was tax assessor and collector. Both rendered distinctive service as public officials.
BOOK: From these Hills - A History of Pontotoc County by Callie B. Young. pg.632
THE BERRY-PITTS HOME
This historic two-story frame dwelling is located a few miles east of Ecru on the Ecru-Cherry Creek road. It was built by Nathan Manley Berry who came to Pontotoc County from Greenville County, SC in 1844 with his parents William and Elizabeth Halbert Berry. William Berry was the son of Hudson and Sarah Anthony Berry. The parents of Hudson Berry were John and Rebecca Berry who moved from Virginia to Caswell County, NC.
Hudson Berry was born in Virginia on September 10, 1752. He married Sarah Anthony 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 Laruens 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 o f86. 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.
In 1840, shortly after the death of his father, David Berry and his wife Lucinda sold their plantation home in Anderson county, SC and together with their three married and ten single children moved to Pontotoc County settling in the Cherry Creek community. In 1844 his brother William Berry followed him, bringing his wife Elizabeth, six married and five single children. Other family connections followed shortly thereafter. In 1845 Joel Bruton Gambrell and his wife Jane, a granddaughter of Hudson Berry, came to Pontotoc County settling north of Cherry Creek in the Pleasant Ridge community. The Gambrells intermarried with many Cherry Creek families.
Another Anderson County, SC family moving to Cherry Creek about this time was that of James W. Leavell and his wife Emily. Four of their sons married great granddaughters of Hudson Berry. Sallie Gambrell married Dr. F.G. Leavell, Corra Alice Berry, oldest daughter of Nathan Manley Berry, married George W. Leavell. Her younger sister Lizzie Berry married Fountaine S. Leavell and Mattie Lou Berry, a daughter of Joel Halbert Berry married Dr. R. M. Leavell.
Fork Shoals Baptist Church is on McKelvey Road, Greenville Co. South on Hwy 25., Greenville, SC. Greenville County, SC Cemetery Survey. Complied by Greenville Chapter of SC Genealogcial Society, Volume Two. 1979
Hudson Berry d. Jan 13, 1840 Aged: 88 YRS
Sarah Berry d. Apr 26, 1842 Aged: 86 YRS
General Notes: Wife -
Fork Shoals Baptist Church is on McKelvey Road, Greenville Co. South on Hwy 25., Greenville, SC. Greenville County, SC Cemetery Survey. Complied by Greenville Chapter of SC Genealogcial Society, Volume Two. 1979
Hudson Berry d. Jan 13, 1840 Aged: 88 YRS
Sarah Berry d. Apr 26, 1842 Aged: 86 YRS
Notes: Marriage
1781 listed in Marriage Bonds 1778-1868?
Hudson Berry married Sarah Anthony, Jonathan's sister, in Greenville, SC and had appeared as Bondsman at the marriage of Rebecca and Jonathan. Geneva
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