From TEXASKEN@prodigy.net Sun Jul 26 16:55:02 1998
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 23:32:20 -0500
From: KEN B BERRYHILL
To: "David W. Morgan"
Subject: Re: http://books.dreambook.com/barberfamily/book.html
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David, I had seen a copy of your book several years ago owned by a relative
of yours that is living here in San Antonio, TX. I have also met relatives
of yours living in Hobbs, NM, and Yazoo City, Miss. I have copies of
pictures of some of the Poseys
and I also have a copy of Samuel Newton Berryhill. Dr. Snow was the one
who got me started looking for my family tree.
This is what I have found. Alexander (1661) had a son named John (married
to Martha Bigness). They lived first in Ireland, then Penn, then into the
Carolinas. At that time the Carolinas were not divided into North & South.
They had several children, two of the boys were named Joseph & Samuel.
Joseph & Samuel married into the Creek nation, both girls were named
Hannah. Joseph & Hannah had lived & died in NC. Their children were:
Andrew, Samuel, John (yours), Alexander (mine), Joseph, & Robert. This was
based on a letter that Samuel Newton Berryhill wrote in his book of poems
stating that they were brothers.
Samuel Newton's father was Samuel who married Margaret Portman. Samuel's
father was John. According to the AGI of Ga., a birth of a Samuel to a John
& Martha was born on 11 Feb 1798. That is the exact date of Samuel
Newton's father birth.
That is how we got the name of Martha Elizabeth.
Yes, Thelma is still alive. She is living in Riverside, Ca. at last
contact.
Your Cousin in San Antonio is Barbara Russell Jones, a dau of Charles Vann
Russell & Patricia Nile Brombaugh, Charles is the son of Larkin Lee Russell
& Alva Lena Coker. Alva is the dau of Marquis Lafayette Coker & Martha
Susan Barber.
My family lines is listed on page 216 of the Berryhill Red book. Do you
have a copy of this?
Most of my facts were gathered by a researcher in the early 50's named Will
Price.
Also a Mrs. Irma Winchester, Col Earl Berryhill and various other
researchers. DAR facts also helped on several of the Berryhills. The facts
are so many that it is hard to state which is the deciding one that brought
us to where we are today. Dr. Snow did quite a bit of researching when he
and Mrs Grimes put together the reprint of the Book of Poems by Samuel
Newton. His son is the Head Dr of Anthropology at the University of Okla.
Hope this helps out some but if you need more will try to get the exact
facts for you.
Later? TEXASKEN
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> From: David W. Morgan
> To: TEXASKEN@prodigy.net
> Cc: dmorgan@efn.org
> Subject: http://books.dreambook.com/barberfamily/book.html
> Date: Thursday, July 23, 1998 11:39 PM
>
> Ken, thank you for signing my guestbook.
>
> I sure would appreciate it if you could send me your family lines.
> I am trying to sort things out here and see what's provable. Or
> what has already been proven.
>
> I am pretty well convinced by Thelma Cornfeld's research (Is she still
> alive?) that James Durozeaux, however it was spelled was the father of
> John Berryhill's wife.
>
> Where did the name Martha Elizabeth come from? Is it just family
> tradition handed down? That is okay too.
>
> I am not convinced that Alexander Berryhill and Lady Cartwritght had two
> sons named John. John that married Derrisaw is perhaps a grandson?
>
> I am hoping to get the photocpy of the Posey family bible that is in
> chapter 17 of my book. Maybe it will have some evidence that Nancy
> Berryhill's husband was Bennett Posey Jr. I have my doubts, though.
>
> Do you have a direct ancestors on the Final Roll of Creek, Dawes
Commission?
>
> David