Benton County Berrys

   - being the descendants of Samuel Berry/Nancy Crow.

The earliest known ancestor of this line is Samuel Berry whose estimated birth is circa 1775.   Samuel Berry married Nancy Crow 19 November 1795 in Washington County, Virginia.   This couple is believed to have moved to the area that became Carter County, Tennessee before 1800.   Samuel Berry was in Roane County, Tennessee as shown on the 1830 census and died there by October 1834.   Presumed children were: Robert Berry; James Berry; Samuel Berry; Thomas Berry; George Berry; William Lawson Berry; Elizabeth (Berry) Briggs; Henry Berry; Riece Berry and two more unidentified children.   Descendants of this line are found in Tennessee, Illinois, Arkansas, Texas, and Missouri.
   (Authored by Carol Vass & K. Waterhouse)

August 22, 2004

Proximity of this line, color coded Yellow, to other Berry lines may be seen by referring to these distance tables:
12 Marker Participant Distance Table.
25 Marker Participant Distance Table.
37 Marker Participant Distance Table.
Combined Marker Participant Distance Table.