Chapter 9#
Thomas Berry 1770 – Before 1812#
It is almost impossible to write about Thomas Berry without including younger brother, William Berry, at the same time. The two brothers were involved in so many of life’s endeavors together. The William and Elizabeth Smith Cate family is a central point in both of their lives. Thomas and William Berry married two of their three daughters. This is a case of two brothers who married two sisters. This was not at all uncommon in the early days of our nation. William Berry married Hannah Cate first and Thomas married Sarah Cate a year later: It gets a lot more complicated after that.
John and Marjory Cate are the parents of Elizabeth Cate Berry.
Benjamin Cate is Elizabeth Cate Berry’s uncle and John’s brother.
William Cate is the son of Benjamin Cate and a first cousin to Elizabeth Cate Berry.
William Cate married Elizabeth Messer Smith and they had 5 children.
The Cate Family#
Benjamin Cate
John Cate
Hannah Cate. 1770–1858.
Sarah Cate. Dec. 27th, 1781, to March 7th, 1875.
Charity Cate
William Berry married Hannah Cate on August 12th, 1799. She was his first cousin once removed. Thomas Berry married Hannah Cate’s sister, Sarah Cate, on August 11th, 1800. Both couples listed as head of household for the first and only time in the 1800 Orange County census. Each couple listed one son under 5 in their enumeration. Apparently these two boys died because neither has ever been found on any other documentation. There is the possibility that they each had a nephew staying with them. When the census taker came, you listed whoever was staying in your household. Children were often listed with the wrong family because of this practice.
Thomas Berry was the 7th child of Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry and I think he was born around 1770. William was the 9th child and born in 1774. William and Thomas were probably close after their marriages. Since the two brothers married two sisters, their children might have seemed more like brothers and sisters than cousins.
Hannah Cate’s parents were William and Elizabeth Smith Cate. There were five children in their family.
Children of William and Elizabeth Smith Cate:#
Benjamin Cate
Hannah Cate
John Cate
Sarah Cate
Charity Cate
In 1803 William Cate died leaving a very large estate.
Estate Sale of William Cate in the Summer of 1803#
Estate sale of William Cate 1803. Many Berrys purchased items.
Robert Sr., Elizabeth, Robert Jr., Joshua, Thomas, and William Berry bought items.
William Cate estate sale records
William’s wife, Elizabeth Cate, bought a deft plate, a coffee mill, a broad axe, a smoothing iron, a sugar pot, 2 piggins, 11 plates, and many other items not on this page.
Elizabeth Cate Berry bought a keller.
Jane Holeman bought 1 grinding wheel.
Robert Berry Jr. bought 1 fro.
Joshua Berry bought 1 cross & round share, 2 bridles, 1 barrel, and 1 table.
William Cate apparently was a very wealthy man considering the amount and quality of the items that were sold at his estate sale.
William Cate estate sale records continued
William’s wife, Elizabeth Cate, bought: 1 skimmer, 1 tub, 2 chains, 2 meat bags, 2 beds, 1 glass, 1 set of knives and forks, horse gear, 2 hoes, 2 axes, and 1 plough.
William Berry bought: 8 reap hooks, 1 auger, 2 piggins, 1 bed, 1 mattock, 1 plough, 1 drawing knife.
John Cate bought: 2 razors, 1 loom & tackle, 1 saw, 1 mowing knife, 1 cask, 1 lathe, 1 double tree.
Livestock#
Elizabeth Cate bought: 1 black horse, 1 black colt, 9 hogs, 2 pigs, and 3 head of cattle.
John Cate bought: 7 head of sheep.
William Berry bought: 1 black mare.
William Stagg (Uley Waggoner’s husband) bought: 1 cow and calf.
14 other hogs, 2 steers, and 3 heifers, 2 cows and 2 calves were also sold to other neighbors and friends.
William Cate estate sale records
Pair of cards from the William Cate estate sale
Thomas Berry bought 1 pair of cards in 1803. In 2005 John Allen Berry, who is a descendant of Thomas Berry, is holding a pair of cards that was passed down through the Thomas Berry family. These could very well be the same pair of cards Thomas Berry bought two hundred and two years ago.
John Cate bought 1 flax wheel, 2 iron wedges, 2 jugs, 4 crocks, 1 rifle.
William’s wife, Elizabeth Cate, bought 1 chaff cutting box, 1 flax wheel, 2 crocks, and other items not on this page.
William Berry bought 1 jug, 1 cotton wheel.
Robert Berry senior bought 1 hammer, 3 cups and saucers.
Sale of William Cate's plantation in North Carolina
Thomas and William Berry Go to Tennessee#
For some reason Thomas and his younger brother, William, decided to go to Tennessee to claim land for them to homestead. This may have been precipitated by other young men in the neighborhood planning an expedition for this purpose. My feeling is that the two brothers did not go alone.
Thomas started preparing to leave North Carolina by selling 200 acres of land he owned in Orange County to John Miller on October 4th, 1806. It looks like William and Hannah and their two young sons, William Clarence and Robert C Berry, were living in the Patrick Rutherford house that his father, Robert Berry OC, owned.
After Thomas Berry sold his property he, Sarah, and their two children, David II, and Eleanor, moved in with William and Hannah. They may all have been living together since both couples married. The land Thomas sold might have been unimproved wilderness. It is a known fact that William Berry was still in Orange County in October, 1807, because Hannah Cate Berry gave birth to Thomas Person Berry on June 1st, 1808. William and Hannah Cate were named as Thomas Person Berry’s parents on his marriage license when he married his second wife, Lucy Brown, in 1874.
According to folklore believed by descendants of Thomas and his wife, Sarah Cate Berry Pigg, Thomas Berry was killed by Indians in Tennessee while seeking land. This seems to be verified in Robert Berry’s 1812 will. Thomas Berry was listed as deceased in that document. William was to receive an inheritance of one Pound, which means he was still alive in 1812.
What happened to William and Hannah Cate Berry’s marriage remains clouded and may never be completely resolved. There is no official record proving that William Berry ever returned home. News of Thomas’ death may have been relayed to his father by one of the other young men from the community that went to Tennessee with Thomas and William. William may have sent word to his wife, Hannah Cate Berry, that he was not planning to come back home.
Hannah Cate Berry and Sister, Sarah Cate Berry, 1810 Census#
1810 Enumeration of Hannah Cate Berry
In the 1810 Orange County, North Carolina, census, Hannah Cate Berry listed as head of household. Sarah Cate Berry and her two children were living with her sister Hannah and her three boys. In 1812, Hannah Cate Berry gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Berry, whose father is recorded as John Berry.
The fact that Hannah Cate Berry and Sarah Cate Berry were living together in 1810 was brought to my attention in 2005 by Nell Berry in Tennessee. Hannah listed two adult females under 45, one female under 10 and four males under 10. The two older females were Hannah Cate Berry and her sister, Sarah Cate Berry. The female under 10 years old was Eleanor Berry and the four males under 10 years of age were William Clarence Berry age 7, Robert C Berry age 5, Thomas Person Berry age 2, and David II Berry age 9. Robert Berry OC purchased the old Patrick Rutherford property that Hannah Berry was living in on March 2nd, 1787. (Deed Book 4 Page 518 Orange County NC) After receiving the news of her husband’s death, Sarah Cate Berry and her two children went to what became Wayne County, Tennessee, to live. Thomas apparently already owned land there and may even have built a cabin. It is obvious that Sarah Cate Berry and her two young children did not go to Tennessee by themselves.
Nell Berry once again is responsible for information leading to who may have escorted Sarah and her family to Tennessee. David Berry and his wife, Elizabeth Shipman, are listed with some of their children in the 1850 Wayne County, Tennessee, census on the previous page. In Nellie Berry’s book, “JAMES E. & ESSIE DAVIS BERRY Ancestors, Descendants & Kinfolks”, we learn that Elizabeth Shipman was born in 1809. Her parents were Jacob Shipman and Rebecca Pigg. You will notice that Elizabeth Shipman Berry named her first son Jacob and her youngest daughter Rebecca. We also learn that Elizabeth Shipman’s sister, Rachel Shipman, married Peter Martin in 1827. Peter Martin was granted land in Fayette County, Alabama, on September 20th, 1839.
Tennessee Marriage Record of Thomas Berry’s Widow#
Sarah Berry and John Pigg's wedding bond
Information has been found in the 1850 Lincoln County, Tennessee, census that would indicate William Berry married another woman named Mary and had children by her. Lincoln County is two counties east of Wayne County, Tennessee, where Sarah Berry Pigg lived, and both counties join the Alabama state line. William would certainly have remarried after leaving his wife and family in North Carolina. He was only 35 years old in 1810.
I first met Nell Berry in 2005 in Wayne County, Tennessee. Nell was married to Eugene A. Berry and has done an outstanding job of researching her husband’s family. While we were in Tennessee, Nell took us to visit Eleanor Reed’s cabin that she and her husband had renovated. They bought the cabin and took on the project of restoration with their own funds. This is a wonderful contribution to our Robert Berry family. Nell has written a couple of books and the latest one is “James E. & Essie Davis BERRY Ancestors, Descendants & Kinfolks.”
Eleanor Berry Reed House near Cypress Inn, Tennessee#
Restored cabin of Eleanor Reed near Cypress Inn, Tennessee
The lady in the yard on the right is Nellie Berry. She and her husband restored the John and Eleanor Berry Reed house. Nellie is the current owner of this wonderful little cabin. The man standing on the porch beside my wife is John Allen Berry, a direct descendant of Thomas and Sarah Cate Berry from Orange County, North Carolina. The lady with the small poodle in her arm is Allen’s wife. John Allen Berry’s 4th great-grandfather, David Berry II, and my 3rd great-grandfather, Thomas Person Berry, were double first cousins.
Eleanor Berry married John Reed about 1824 and they made their home in this cabin. Eleanor Berry Reed raised her four children in this house before and after her husband died or was killed.
When Sarah Cate Berry and John Pigg first arrived at Cypress Inn, they were probably living in Hickman County. Wayne County was founded from Hickman County and Indian lands in 1817.
This cabin was secured from the inside and outside by a string latch. The door is hinged to open to the outside of the cabin. This is how a latch of this type works. There is a wooden bar about 2.5 feet long and about the size of a 2 by 4 mounted on a pivot in the center of the inside of the door. There is a bracket made of wood on the opposite side of the door frame from where the hinges are mounted. When the bar drops into the bracket the door cannot be opened. There is a string attached to the middle of the bar that is long enough to pass through a hole in the door which is about a foot above the bar and then hangs down on the inside or the outside of the door. The bar can be raised out of the bracket on the inside of the door by pulling the string that is hanging outside the door. The door can then be opened and closed at will. If you are threatened by intruders or at night while you’re sleeping, you simply pull the string inside and lower the bar into the bracket and there is no way to open the door from the outside. When you leave the house, you place the string through the hole in the door and let the bar fall down into the bracket. This would keep animals out of the house and prevent wind from blowing the door open but provided no protection from any intruders while you are away from home, however. This is a very simple and clever mechanism. When I visited the cabin for the first time, I had never seen this method of locking a door before.
John Allen Berry and I had been communicating by Internet and email. He volunteered to take a Y DNA test and the results confirmed our archival research. In 2005, Jean and I made a trip to visit John and his wife Peggy. John recommended that I take the Natchez Trace, which is a very old, historic and scenic Indian trail that led from Nashville, Tennessee, all the way to Natchez, Mississippi. This route is now a national park and has some of the most isolated and beautiful scenery. The Park Service keeps the very wide areas along the two lane highway immaculate. It’s not unusual to see large groups of wild turkeys or deer feeding and grazing these areas. The area where Sarah Cate Berry Pigg lived was only a very short distance from Natchez Trace, near the Alabama State Line.
Inside of Eleanor Berry Reed’s Cabin#
Inside of Eleanor Berry Reed's cabin
Inside of Eleanor Berry Reed's cabin
Nell Berry and John Allen Berry have contributed so much to my personal knowledge of the Thomas and Sarah Cate Berry family. On my first visit in 2005, Nell Berry and I spent about three or four hours sharing our information at John Allen Berry’s home. Jean and I spent the night with John Allen and his wife, Peggy Berry. Their hospitality was certainly appreciated and John and I shared a lot of information the next day before we left to go to Cullman, Alabama.
After leaving John’s house we proceeded to Cullman, Alabama, to our very first Berry/Nix Reunion. John Allen Berry drove down to Cullman, Alabama, to meet all of the David J. Berry cousins who were attending this reunion. Jo Patterson was the hostess and there were a lot of computers, pictures, and stories shared at this time. This was also a very enjoyable and informative event.
Children of Thomas and Sarah Cate Berry:#
Eleanor Berry born 1801 Orange County, NC
David Berry born 1802 Orange County, NC
David’s wife, Elizabeth Shipman, was born in 1809 in Tennessee.
1850 Wayne County, Tennessee, Census#
From the 1850 10th District Wayne County, Tennessee, Census:
1039|1042 David Berry age 48 m born in NC. Elizabeth age 41 f born in Tenn.
Jacob age 20 m born in Tenn.
John age 17 m born in Tenn.
Henry age 17 m born in Tenn.
Mary age 15 f born in Tenn.
Isaac age 11 m born in Tenn.
James age 9 m born in Tenn.
Elizabeth age 6 f born in Tenn.
Rebecca age 1 f born in Tenn.
1038|1045 Sarah Pigg age 70 f born in NC.
1033|1047 Henry Pigg age 34 m born in Tenn.
1034|1048 “Elender Reed” age 48 f born NC
Washington age 25 m born Tenn.
William age 29 m born Tenn.
Mary age 18 f born Tenn.
1035|1049 John W. Reed age 22 m born Tenn.
Sarah age 17 f born Tenn.
Eleanor Berry Reed’s husband, John Reed, was either gone or dead before 1840.
Eleanor listed as head of household in the 1840 Census.
The dwelling numbers are 1042–1049. As you can see by the dwelling numbers, David Berry, Eleanor Reed, and their children lived very close to each other in 1850. Even if their homes were not close, there were few neighbors living between them.
Sarah Cate Berry’s Journey to Tennessee#
I have no way to determine exactly how Sarah Cate Berry and her two teenage children managed to travel from North Carolina to Tennessee. It was certainly not possible for a woman with two children to make such a trip alone at that time in our history.
Very likely there were several young men from Orange County, North Carolina, who went to Tennessee with William and Thomas Berry. Sarah Cate Berry and her two children most likely went to Tennessee with whoever came back to North Carolina to pick up their own families and to report Thomas Berry’s death. There were probably several young men who did this, so it’s unlikely we will ever know who accompanied Sarah Cate Berry to her new home in Tennessee. Since David II Berry’s wife, Elizabeth Shipman, was born in Tennessee, he and his mother did not meet the Shipmans or the Piggs in North Carolina. Rachel and Elizabeth Shipman’s parents were Jacob and Rebecca Pigg Shipman.
Since William Berry was living with a new wife, the probability of him returning to North Carolina was very slim.
It was only possible for a widow to survive in an established community with the help of their close neighbors and other family members. The property that Sarah Cate Berry Pigg settled was just off Natchez Trace and was used by highwaymen, Indians, fur traders and other pioneers. I am sure dangerous situations arose from time to time, but Sarah and her family lived up to the challenges.
The Shipmans originally came from North Carolina and Virginia. It should also be noted that the Martin family were in Princess Anne County, Virginia, as early as 1704 and that William Martin paid for permission to bring two slaves into North Carolina. It is my contention that the Martin family and the Berry family had known each other for many years. Peter Martin’s marriage to Rachel Shipman is the closest Martin family relationship that I have located to our Berry family. It is obvious that several of the Martin family remained in Wayne County, Tennessee. There are several marriages between the Martins and the Berrys in Wayne County in later years. Peter Martin, who went to Fayette County, Alabama, was probably the same Peter Martin who married Elizabeth Shipman’s sister, Rachel.
The Shipman Connection#
Jacob Shipman wrote his will in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and died on November 9, 1794. He was married to Sarah and he had one daughter who was apparently married named Elizabeth Burleson. His sons were John Shipman, Edward Shipman, Abraham Shipman, Daniel Shipman, Isaac Shipman, Jacob Shipman, Simon Shipman, James Shipman and Matthew Shipman. Jacob Shipman had a brother named Edward Shipman.
His son Jacob Shipman probably married Rebecca Pigg and removed to Tennessee. They would be the parents of Elizabeth Shipman and Rachel Shipman. The 1850 Wayne County, Tennessee, census reveals that Elizabeth Shipman was born in Tennessee. David II Berry met and married Elizabeth Shipman around 1826.
The fact that Sarah Cate Berry married John Pigg in Tennessee and Jacob Shipman was supposedly married to Rebecca Pigg is significant. David II and Elizabeth Shipman Berry’s first son was named Jacob Berry and they had a daughter named Rebecca Berry.
Robert Berry in Orange County left a slave to the heirs of Thomas Berry, deceased. The slave’s name was Mariah but I have no record of David Berry II or Eleanor Berry Reed owning or selling Mariah. I suppose it is possible that Mariah went with the family to Tennessee.
I suppose it is possible that Sarah Cate Berry might have sold Mariah to Henry Berry or some other member of the Berry family before leaving North Carolina.
It is probable that Thomas and William Berry had constructed a cabin on Thomas Berry’s new land. There is folklore in the Thomas Berry family that he was killed by Indians. Thomas Berry may have been hunting alone when he was killed and that may explain why William Berry survived. Robert Berry OC had been informed of Thomas Berry’s death and of William Berry’s survival when he wrote his will in 1812.
The Thomas Berry Family in Tennessee#
The valley where Thomas Berry’s family established themselves was lush, beautiful, and apparently very productive. The descendants of Thomas Berry prospered throughout the years and very few of them have ever left. As you can see from the pictures on the following pages, the family built very sturdy and comfortable homes. These Berry cousins were hard-working members of the community and a very close knit family over these many years.
Left to right: Robert Benson, Ode Berry, Ernest John Berry, Thelma Berry (baby), Emma Lee Stults Berry, Obie Berry, Jim Dave Berry, Cove Berry. The picture above is the home of Jim Dave Berry and family.
This is what Jim Dave Berry's home looks like today.
Eleanor Berry Reed’s cabin was one of the highlights of the 2008 Reunion. All of the cousins who came to this event visited this cabin. This was my second visit and it was just as interesting to me as the first one. I consider Nell Berry to be one of the outstanding genealogists in our Berry family.
2008 Tennessee Berry Reunion#
2008 Tennessee Berry Reunion
2008 Tennessee Berry Reunion
Berry Reunion pavilion near Cypress Inn, Tennessee
John Allen Berry and his brothers and sisters built this pavilion in preparation for hosting a Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry national reunion. The cabin that you see was already on the site and is used annually to accommodate the local Thomas and Sarah Cate Berry Reunion each year in July. The family gathers here with their campers, tents, and some sleep in the cabin. They cook their meals outside, they visit, and spend a week together. This is a wonderful way for a reunion to be held. After the reunion I hosted in 2007 in Orange County, John Allen thought it was appropriate that we gather again in 2008. I could not have agreed with him more. We came from North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, California and Alabama. John Allen and his siblings hosted a meeting at a local community church building on the night before we gathered at this site for a pig picking and the most delicious food you ever ate in your life. We came, we visited, and we had a wonderful time getting to know each other and our Tennessee cousins.
2008 Berry Reunion
Arrangements had been made with a hotel in Florence, Alabama, for the out of state cousins to stay. Carolyn Paulson, her husband Bob, Jean and I made reservations a couple days early. We did this in order to make a trip down to Berry, Alabama, which was named for Thompson P. Berry who was Robert Berry Junior’s youngest son. Carolyn Paulson descends from the same Robert Berry Junior line. We spent an entire day visiting Berry, Alabama, and the courthouse in Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama. Bob and Carolyn went back the next day and did an additional day of research. Needless to say, all of us had a wonderful time visiting where our distant cousins had settled in 1824.
2008 Berry Reunion gathering
2008 Berry Reunion gathering
As our present day distant cousins began arriving at the hotel, we set up our computers and our photographs displaying information about our particular lines of Berrys. There was a session that was hosted by our Tennessee cousins on the night before the last day of the reunion. As you can tell by the pictures, the food was delicious and the companionship very enjoyable.
Congratulations to our Tennessee cousins who hosted this event. This was a great Reunion!
The William Cate Homestead Sale#
After Elizabeth Smith Cate died in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1825, Hannah Cate Berry and her brother John Cate negotiated a sale of the William Cate homestead to Thomas Wilson. The document needed the signatures of William and Elizabeth Smith Cate’s five children. After Hannah Cate Berry and John Cate signed the document in North Carolina, John Cate and Stephen Smith went to Tennessee to get John’s sister, Sarah Cate Berry Pigg’s, signature. I have no idea where Benjamin Cate or his sister, Charity Cate, were living at the time. William Cate left the property for his wife to use until her death and then it would go to the five children.
Stephen Smith was a witness on a deed from Sarah Cate Berry Pigg to her brother, John Cate, in Maury County, Tennessee, in 1828 but I do not have a copy of this deed. I do not know what relation Stephen Smith is to the Cate children but Stephen was probably a cousin.
Thomas and Sarah’s two children were David, born in 1802, and Eleanor, born in 1801.
Y DNA Confirmation#
We now have four Y DNA participants from the William and Hannah Cate Berry line. This made it possible for us to identify the two missing males in Hannah Cate’s 1810 census.
We have 3 Y DNA participants in Thomas Berry’s line. Using our archival data and the Y DNA data submitted by our extended families has made it possible to find answers to many previously unanswered questions about the relationships within our family.
Thomas Berry’s Y-DNA Proof — Three Participants#
John Allen Berry
Robert and Mary Williamson Berry, Princess Anne County, Virginia → Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry, Orange County, North Carolina → Thomas and Sarah Cate Berry, Orange County, North Carolina → David II and Elizabeth Shipman Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Isaac and Amanda Josephine Blackwood Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → James David and Melissa Harlow Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Ode and Emma Lee Stutts Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Ernest John Berry and Roxie Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → John Allen Berry
Jeffrey Byron Berry
Robert and Mary Williamson Berry, Princess Anne County, Virginia → Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry, Orange County, North Carolina → Thomas and Sarah Cate Berry, Orange County, North Carolina → David II and Elizabeth Shipman Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Isaac and Amanda Josephine Blackwood Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → James David and Melissa Harlow Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Ode and Emma Lee Stutts Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Charles David and Odean Wilson Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Jeffrey Byron Berry
Thomas Keith Berry
Robert and Mary Williamson Berry, Princess Anne County, Virginia → Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry, Orange County, North Carolina → Thomas and Sarah Cate Berry, Orange County, North Carolina → David II and Elizabeth Shipman Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → Isaac and Amanda Josephine Blackwood Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee → John Blackwood and Maude Sinclair Davis Berry, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee → James Thomas and Ellie Margaret Gaither Berry, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee → Thomas Keith Berry
Sarah Cate Berry Pigg’s Grave Markers#
Sarah Cate Berry Pigg's grave markers
The headstone behind the new headstone was originally placed at Sarah Cate Berry Pigg’s grave by the Berry children or the Pigg children or both families. I’m sure that it stood there for many years but somehow it was knocked over and covered with soil in an open wheat or cornfield. Many years later the owner was plowing in this field. Mr. Holt had plowed up Sarah Cate Berry Pigg’s original headstone. When he stopped to investigate, he discovered that it was an old headstone. Mr. Holt was either a neighbor or relative or both and notified the family of what he had found in his field. I would guess that none of the family had any idea where Sarah was buried until this headstone was discovered. The family purchased the new headstone and placed it in front of the old one. Sarah Cate Berry Pigg is my third great grandmother, Hannah Cate Berry’s sister.
Jackson Cemetery near Cypress Inn, Tennessee
David Berry, his son Isaac Berry, his grandson Jim Dave Berry, his great-grandson Ode Berry, and his great-great-grandson Ernest John Berry are all buried in the Jackson Cemetery near Cypress Inn, Tennessee.
David II and Elizabeth Shipman Berry's headstone (left) and Jim Dave Berry's headstone (right)
John Allen Berry’s Family Line#
- Robert Berry, Princess Anne County, Virginia
- Robert Berry, Orange County, North Carolina
- Thomas Berry, Orange County, North Carolina
- David II Berry, born in North Carolina & died in Tennessee
- Isaac Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee
- James David Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee
- Ode Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee
- Ernest John Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee, married Roxie Berry
- John Allen Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee
- Byron Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee
Ernest John Berry married Roxie Berry in 1936 and their 9 children hosted the 2008 National Robert Berry Reunion in Cypress Inn, Tennessee.
NOTE: Roxie Berry was a Berry before she married Ernest John Berry but Roxie Berry’s family is not related to her husband’s family. This has been verified by Y DNA.