Jesse rendered at least two services for his country during the Revolutionary War, serving 84 months; he received 640 acres for his service, and was discharged as a private. He lived in Martin Co from at least 13 September 1775 since he witnessed the will of Robert Sherrod on that date. In 1779 Jesse was listed on the Martin Co tax roster. On 27 October 1784 he received three tracts of Martin Co land from the state of NC: 200 acres next to “Cherry's old corner,” 100 acres next to Benjamin Wheatley's (spelled Whitley's) land and “along a line supposed to be in Job Cherry's line,” and 100 acres next to “Cherry's old line,” Edward Byrd's land, and next to Whitley's land. In March 1793, sheriff John Bowers of Pitt Co sold a negro to “Jesse Cherry of Martin Co” for £81. In the sale it was mentioned that Jesse was an executor of Benjamin Whitley, so perhaps Jesse bought the slave with estate money in order to help maintain the Whitley farms. In the 1790 census, this Jesse and his wife were living in the area of many of the neighbors named in the above 1784 land purchase.

       Jesse was also a representative to the House Of Commons for Martin Co for five terms (1790, 1791, 1792, 1795, and 1801), and was a Martin Co court justice in 1792. We know this was the correct Jesse Cherry of Martin Co because he was referred to as Jesse Cherry Esq when, in 1810 his heirs received a land grant as the “brother and only heir of Daniel Cherry, dec'd, soldier in the last war.” The title Esquire was normally reserved for elder respected politicians.

       Jesse was dead by 28 July 1807 because Jesse Cherry (born in 1731, and son of Faithful Cherry) was the administrator of the estate of the late Thomas Fones, and sold some of the estate land to “Elizabeth Fones now the wife of Elisha Williams” of Martin Co, land next to the land patented by “Jesse Cherry decd.” And on 29 September 1808 “Darling Cherry, executor to the last will and testament of Jesse Cherry Esq. Decd and in consideration of the qantity of four hundred & fifty dollars in hand,” sold to Thomas Cofield a Negro man by the name of Joe; Darling signed and James Bennett witnessed (deed Book E, page 253). And on 22 September 1810 the Martin Co coroner, Harrell Cherry, son of Faithful Cherry (and uncle of the late Jesse Cherry Esquire), referred to “the executors of Jesse Cherry the plaintiff,” thus also saying that Jesse was dead. There were three Jesse Cherrys in the Martin Co census of 1810: Jesse Cherry the bricklayer, born in 1763 (son of Jonathan Cherry); Jesse Cherry, born about 1770 (the bachelor son of Jesse Cherry Esquire); and Jesse Cherry Junior, born in 1731 (son of Faithful Cherry). Bricklayer Jesse did not die until 1823. In 1790 Jesse Cherry, son of Jonathan, lived in Martin Co next to Joel Cherry, son of Faithful.

       After Jesse's death Elizabeth later married Edward Byrd on 7 February 1822 in Martin Co “at the residence of Lawrence Cherry, Esq. by the Rev. Joseph Biggs.” Edward, age 82 at the time, was the father of William Byrd who married Jesse's daughter Lovey Cherry. Elizabeth was age 71 at this second marriage. Jesse and Julia had two sons, and with Elizabeth he had at least twelve children, many of whom moved to Wilson, Hardin, Davidson, and Rutherford Counties TN. The sources of naming Jesse's children are shown after each child-

a.    Joshua Cherry, b 5 Feb 1761 (WD)

b.    James J Cherry, b c1765 (WD)

c.    Jesse Cherry Jr, b c1770 (69,RM)

d.    Mary Ann Cherry, b c1772 (69,90,L)

e.    Eli Cherry, b c1774 (69,90)

f.     Sarah Cherry, b c1776 (69,90)

g.    Isham Cherry, b c1778 (69,90)

h.    Wiley Cherry, b c1780 (69,90)

i.     Daniel Cherry, b 20 Oct 1782 (57,69,90)

j.     Lovey Cherry, b c1784 (51,69) (source 69 says “daughter, c1784”)

k.    John Darling Cherry, b 1787 (69,90,77)

m.   Talitha Cherry, b c1789 (source 69 says “daughter, b c1789”)

n.    Lawrence Cherry, b c1791 (57,69,90)

p.    David Cherry, b 1793 (RM)

q.    Nancy Cherry, b 1794 (77)

Arthur Gainer left a 13 September 1780 will in Martin Co naming his wife Elizabeth, daughters Elizabeth Cherry, Sarah Turner, Mary Jenkins, Nancy Avary, brother Joseph Gainer, and sons James Gainer and Arthur Gainer. William Byrd of Tyrrell Co left a will dated 8 November 1791 in which he named his mother Ann Slaughter, brother Edward Byrd, and mentioned Solomon Cherry, and others. This will was probated in Martin Co in December 1791. (51,57,66,69,90,91,WD,RM, DK,1aepzt)

       Jesse Cherry [unknown], born in NC in 1761, lived in Jasper Co GA from 1823 to his death in December 1841. The Southern Recorder newspaper reported, on 14 December 1841, that “At his residence in Jasper County, Mr. Jesse Cherry, an aged and respectable citizen of that county, [died] in his 80th year. He was a native of North Carolina, and had lived in Jasper County for the past eighteen years.” <– Sources?

       Jesse Cherry [C1a6b2c], son of Jonathan Cherry of Martin Co NC, was born close to 1760, perhaps in 1763, in Martin Co NC. He was no doubt named for his uncle. Jesse the nephew was a bricklayer, as was his father. In the 1787 state census of Martin Co there was only one Jesse Cherry in the county, the son of Faithful (and brother of Jonathan) who was living three doors from Faithful in Williamston (district 3), and who was known as Jesse Cherry Esquire on many records. But Jonathan Cherry (in district 7) in 1787 had two adult males in his household, two boys, and four females. Jesse, son of Jonathan, was probably the other adult male in Jonathan's home. The 1790 census showed two Jesse Cherry men: one had a large family and was living next to Joel, James, and Jonathan Cherry (in Jonathan's house there was only himself and his wife); the second Jesse was living close to Thomas Beach Senr and William Slade, and had only himself and his wife. Of these two, the one close to Jonathan and Joel was Jesse Esquire, and the one close to Thomas Beach Senr was the son of Jonathan.

       The 1800 Martin Co census shows Jesse as “Jesse Cherry - son of Jonathan,” and he was aged between 26 and 44. Therefore his birth date was between 1756 and 1763. And since he was a newly married adult in the 1790 census, he was likely born in the 1760s. Jesse, son of Jonathan, had two boys and two girls under the age of 10 in 1800. One of the boys was the Jesse Cherry Junior in the 1810 census.

       On 17 February 1784 “Jesse Cherry, bricklayer of Martin Co,” bought 50 acres for £6 from “James Biggs, cooper of Martin Co;” this was witnessed by Jeremiah Cherry and Joshua Cherry (made an “Χ”). James Biggs signed; James was the husband of Jemima Cherry . Jesse was probably the Jesse Cherry who was one of the executors of the 1811 will of Job Cherry in Martin Co. Jesse was named as the executor in the 10 August 1822 will of William Swanner, and Jesse's son Dawson was a witnesses.

       Jesse left a will in Martin Co dated 24 July 1823 and proven in September 1823; the executors were James Mayo (perhaps the husband of Jesse's sister Elizabeth?) and Dawson Cherry, and witnesses were Daniel Parrish & Richard Medford (see Jesse's sister Jenney for a Medford connection). In his will Jesse named his wife Elizabeth and five children; to daughter Martha one Negro girl, Harriet; to daughter Polly Medford a Negro boy named Sam; to daughter Sabrina a Negro girl named Charlotte and Negro Clarey after Mother's death; to son Dawson half of the land not given to wife Elizabeth, also to Dawson the half given to wife Elizabeth after she dies, and a Negro boy named Washington; to wife Elizabeth half of land including plantation, Negroes named Vilet, boy named Peter, and girl named Clarey; to son Howell 100 acres including the Bellflower tract and a Negro boy named Peter after mother dies. Jesse's father named the first three of Jesse's children in his father's will. Jesse apparently married Elizabeth Mayo in 1789 or 1790, and had no children by 1790-

1.    Frederick Cherry, b 1790s?

2.    Cynthia Cherry, b 1790s?

3.    William Cherry, b 1790s?

4.    Martha Cherry, b c1795

5.    Howell Cherry, b 20 Jun 1793

6.    Mary Cherry, b 1790s

7.    Dawson Cherry, b c1800

8.    Sabrina Cherry, b p1800

In the 1789 Martin Co will of James Biggs (husband of Jemima Cherry ), James named “Loving friend Jesse Cherry” as an executor. Jesse lived a few doors from James in 1787 at Williamston. James Biggs also had a sister Mourning Biggs who married Wright Cherry. James Biggs was the husband of Jemima Cherry [C1a6f1] (91,1apze)

       Jesse Cherry [C1a9c3a], son of John Cherry Jr and Sarah _____, was probably born in the mid-1760s to the 1770s in Tyrrell Co NC (born about 4 July 1749 in Halifax district of Martin Co, per 114). He married Elizabeth _____. (57,69,77,NS,DK,WD)

       Jesse Cherry Jr [C1a9c1c], son of Jesse Cherry and Elizabeth Gainer, was born about 1770 in Martin Co NC. On 12 November 1808 Jesse Cherry sold to Silas Bennett, both of Martin Co, a tract “with all the appurtenances excepting one quarter of an acre of land together with my father grave yard lying and being in the aforesaid county containing three hundred and twenty four acres” on the west side of Smithwick's Creek on Ward's line and by Biggs' and Cherry's dividing line. Robert Warren witnessed and Jesse Cherry signed. Because this deed mentioned “my father grave yard” in November 1808, the Jesse selling the land must have been a son of Jesse Cherry Esquire; Jesse Esquire died about 1807. In 1800 Jesse Jr was single, the head of his own household, living alone in Martin Co, age 26 to 44.

       In 1810 there were three Jesse Cherry men in Martin Co: the first Jesse was living next to Joel Cherry on page 445 of the census; this Jesse was a son of Jonathan. The second Jesse was called Jesse Cherry Jun. and was six doors from Abner Cherry (page 446); Jesse Jun. (not to be confused with the Jesse Jun. in the 1810 census -- see below) was age 16 to 26. The third Jesse Cherry was the subject of this biography. He was three doors from William Swanner (on page 449), and was the son of the late Jesse Cherry Esquire. This Jesse, although called “Jesse Cherry Jun.” in 1800 when his father was still living, was still single. He appears to have always been a bachelor; in 1800 he was born between 1756 and 1774, and in 1810 he was born between 1766 and 1784. Therefore, Jesse's birth date was about 1770. After 1810 he was not found, nor did he leave a will in Martin Co. (69,1aehpz)

       Jesse Cherry [unknown], possibly a son of Joel Cherry and Joel's first wife, was called Jesse Cherry Jun. in 1807 and 1810 in Martin Co NC. He was born between 1785 and 1794, probably in Martin Co. Jesse, called Jesse Cherry Junior, was of age to witness the land sale of 83½ acres from Thomas Fones to “Elizabeth Fones now the wife of Elisha Williams” on 28 July 1807. Jesse Cherry (not this Jesse) was the administrator of the Thomas Fones estate; it was the deceased Thomas Fones' land being sold, and was property next to Cherry land and patented by Jesse Cherry deceased (Jesse Esquire, who died soon before the date of this land sale). Since Jesse was often called a “Junior” after the death of Jesse Esquire (he also became an adult at about the time Jesse Esquire died), Jesse Junior wouldn't be a son of Jesse Cherry Esquire, but would instead be a “junior” to another older Jesse Cherry. In 1807 and 1810 the only older Jesse Cherry men in the area were the son of Faithful (born in 1731), and the son of Jesse Cherry Esquire (born in 1770). Neither of these two older men had a son named Jesse, so “Jesse Cherry Jun.” must have been a cousin or nephew to the older ones. It was common to use the “Junior” title if someone older of the same name lived nearby. And Jesse Junior lived close to Jesse Cherry, son of Faithful, in 1810. But this does not resolve the problem of who Jesse Junior's father was.

       In 1810 Jesse Jr and his family consisted of Jesse, another male in his young teen years, a woman of about the same age as Jesse, two young teenage girls, and a girl under the age of 10. Since Jesse was not of age to be a parent to the teenagers, they may have been his siblings. After 1810 Jesse was not found in the Martin Co area. Jesse appears to be closely related to Abner Cherry since he lived six doors from Abner in 1810 and was named with Abner to be an executor of Job Cherry's February 1811 will with Abner. From the 1790 and 1800 censuses, the eight Cherry men who had sons, one of whom who could be Jesse, were:

●     Harrell Cherry the county coroner had a boy under age 16 in 1790 and that boy was age 10 to 15 in 1800. Harrell Cherry left no will and was dead by 1810.

●     James Cherry had an older teenage boy in 1790, and died between 1797 and the summer of 1800. His will only named sons James and John.

●     Jesse Cherry Esquire, had many sons; one was over age 16 in 1790. Jesse Esquire was born in 1731, so was of an age to have a son named Jesse Cherry Junior. But there is no evidence that he did.

●     Jesse Cherry, son of Jonathan, was newly married about 1790, yet without children then. He did not name a son as Jesse in his will, but had two boys under age 10 in 1800. They wouldn't have been over age 16 in 1807 to witness a land sale, so Jesse, son of Jonathan, was probably not the father.

●     Joab Cherry, had three sons in his house in 1790. one was over age 15 and the other two were under age 16. Joab was not found in 1800 and left no will.

●     Job Cherry, had two teenage boys over age 15 in 1790, but he did not name Jesse Cherry as a son in his poorly written 1811 will. Job died in 1814, but was not found in 1810.

●     Joel Cherry, had three boys under age 16 in 1790. Joel's 1816 will indicated that he was married twice, and the last wife was the mother of his five youngest children. Jesse was not named as one of them. But Jesse “Jun.” could easily be a son from the first marriage. In 1810 Jesse lived in the same community where Joel lived.

●     Jonathan Cherry, had an older teenage boy and two under age 16 in 1790. He did not name a son Jesse Cherry in his will.

Of these eight men, one is the likely father of Jesse: Joel Cherry. (1pzaeh)

       Jesse Cherry [unknown], was in Edgecombe Co in 1820. He was born between 1795 and 1804. He was not on the 1815 Edgecombe Co tax roster, but in 1820 he was living in Edgecombe Co with a young woman (his wife?) of about the same age. They had no children then, and lived next to widower John Mayo and Frederick Hopkins. After 1820 Jesse was not found in the Edgecombe Co area. (5i)

       Jesse Cherry [C1a9c1g3], son of Isham Cherry and Silva Harrell, was born 27 April 1804 in Martin Co NC. He was a young man when his family moved to Hardin Co TN, and there he was elected County Register in the place of James Barnes who resigned. Isham Cherry and Eli Cherry, his father and brother, were bondsmen. Jesse and his brother Noel were indicted in Hardin Co on 5 October 1824 for assault and battery against Alexander Shaddock. In the 1830 census Jesse was the head of his household, but there was apparently another young family living with him. The second man was close to Jesse's age (probably Jesse's younger brother Harrell Cherry), the woman in the household was in her late teens (Harrell's wife? or Jesse's wife?), and there was a young boy under the age of five. Jesse married Nancy Lilly, daughter of Noah Lilly, and sister of Margaret Lilly who married Jesse's brother Noel. Nancy was born about 1810. Noah Lilly of Hardin Co gave to his daughter Nancy Cherry a Negro boy named George Westly on 10 July 1837 (Hardin Co deed book D, page 11). Noah's daughter Nancy must have been an older adult at the time because Noah also granted “unto my daughter Nancy Cherrys heirs to wit Columbus Franklin, Isham Perry, Margaret Elizabeth, Noel Jackson, Lilly and all other lawfull heirs she may have in the present wedlock ...” And Hardin Co deed book I, page 378, dated 20 January 1847, concerns the January 1842 petition of “Columbus F Cherry, Isham P Cherry, & Margaret Elizabeth Cherry” by their guardian Jesse Cherry. 100 acres in the 6th Civil District was sold to Eli Cherry. This was in reference to the tract of Isham Cherry, the grandfather of said petitioners.

       Jesse apparently had financial difficulties and was forced to sell a slave to pay off debts. He borrowed $700 from Elias W Porter of MS on 4 March 1839, with slave George, age 21, as collateral, in order to pay off what was owed to David Robinson (Hardin Co deed book D, page 317).

       Jesse was appointed guardian (i.e., power of attorney) of his three children in order receive inheritance from Jesse's father Isham on 2 August 1841. Jesse was found in Titus Co in the 1846 tax roster in Titus Co TX, and Nancy was found there in the 1850 census. Jesse must have died in the latter 1840s in Titus Co. There was also a “J B Cherry” and an “S R Cherry” in the 1846 tax roster. The five children named in the court records were-* #b-#h

a.    Columbus Franklin Cherry, b 27 Apr 1827

b.    Isham Perry Cherry, b 1830 in Hardin Co TN. He was single, living with his widowed mother in Titus Co TX in 1850. (77,EP)

c.    Margaret Elizabeth Cherry, b 1832 in Hardin Co TN. She was single, living with her widowed mother in Titus Co TX in 1850. On 24 August 1853 Margaret E Cherry of Titus Co TX at Mt Pleasant, gave power of attorney to “Isham P Cherry (of same County)” and made reference to her “grandfather Isham Cherry of Hardin Coounty, Tennessee.” (77,EP)

d.    Noel Jackson Cherry, b 1836 in Hardin Co TN. He was single, living with his widowed mother in Titus Co TX in 1850. (EP)

e.    Lilly Cherry, b c1837, apparently died by 1850 since she/he was not part of his mother's household in 1850 (or perhaps this is Adaline Lilly Cherry?) (EP)

f.     Adaline Cherry, b 1838 in Hardin Co TN, lived in Titus Co TX in 1850. (EP)

g.    Hugh Cherry, b 1841 in Hardin Co TN, lived in Titus Co TX in 1850. (EP)

h.    Washington Cherry, b 1846 in Titus Co TX. (EP) (51,58,77,EP,79s,9yj)

       Jesse Cherry [C1a9c1b3d], son of John W Cherry and Elizabeth Boyer, was born in 1827 in Howard Co MO. He married Permelia Hines on 18 February 1847 in Linn Co. She was born in MO in 1828. By 1850 they had two children in Linn Co. In 1860 they were living in Newton Co MO where Jesse was a miner. By then they had six more children; in 1870 they were still in Newton Co, at Shoal Creek. Permelia died in the early 1860s and Jesse then married Lucinda H Golden in Newton Co on 22 December 1864. She was born in TN in 1840. They also had children. Jesse died in the 1870s, probably in Newton Co where he was living in 1870. His ten children were-*

1.    Anna M Cherry, b 1847 in Linn Co MO, married J M Craft 24 December 1865 in Newton Co, and moved to Washington Co AR. (90,54n)

2.    Frances Elizabeth Cherry, b Jul 1849 in Linn Co MO, was living in Newton Co MO in 1870 with the Wilson Vaughn (age 55) family. (90,54n,82r)

3.    James W Cherry, b 1851 in MO. He md Mary _____ on 19 June 1878 in Washington Co AR. She was born in 1852 in AR. They had a child-*

       a.    Elivara Cherry, b 1880, probably in Washington Co AR. (90,77,82r)

4.    Joel Spencer Cherry, b 28 Mar 1853 in MO. He md Elzira Rebecca Ann Elizabeth Norris. She was born 23 April 1858 in Dent Co MO, and died on 17 March 1933 at Caney, KN. Joel died on 13 September 1924 in Montgomery Co KN. He and Elzira had at least one child-*

       a.    Nellie Alma Cherry b 25 Jul 1902 at Copan, OK, died on 24 January 1929 in Montgomery Co KN. Nellie married Perry Edgar Freeman and they had children and grand children. (77) (77,90,82r)

5.    Mary A Cherry, b 1853 in MO. (90,82r)

6.    Margaret L Cherry, b 1854 in MO. (90,82r)

7.    Abram G Cherry, b 1857 in MO. (90,82r)

8.    John Cherry, b Mar 1860 in Newton Co MO. (90,82r)

9.    Jesse H Cherry, b 1866 in Newton Co MO. (90,82r)

10.  Martha “Sissie” Cherry, b 1868 in Newton Co MO. (90,82r) (90,54nm,82r)

       Jesse Cherry [C1a9c1b2e5], son of John Fielding Cherry and Samantha Manty, was born in Newton Co MO in the 1870s and died in infancy. (90)

       Jesse B Cherry [C1a9c1n2], son of Lawrence Cherry and Fannie Grey Thigpen, was born in 1820 in Martin Co NC (he was age 30 in 1850, living in Edgecombe Co). He married Milly Robinson on 10 April 1847 in Edgecombe Co; the bond was posted by Leaston S Cobb. Milly was born in NC in 1826, and in 1850 they were living with _____ Ward. By 1850 they had two children-*

a.    J Cherry (boy), b 1848 in Edgecombe Co NC. (5n)

b.    Ailsy Cherry, b Oct 1849 in Edgecombe Co NC. (5n) (57,82,5n)

       Jesse B Cherry [C1a9h2a], son of Kinchen Cherry and Mary Holliman, was born in 1820 in Edgecombe Co NC. He bought part of his late parents' property from sister Sally Cherry and from brother-in-law James Barrow on 9 August 1849. Jesse married Sishey Cummings in Edgecombe Co on 28 December 1845. Bond was posted by William Warren, and a witness was John Norfleet. There was a second marriage for Jesse in Edgecombe Co, to Maranda Webb, on 25 November 1852. The witness was the same: John Norfleet, the county clerk. Bond was posted by Jesse's brother-in-law James Barrow. Jesse's children were-*

1.    Isham Cherry b 27 Nov 1848/1851 NC, died in 1918 at Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co, NC. He was buried there. Isham married Lydia Jane Cummings before 1880. She was born 6 August 1851 in NC, and died on 28 December 1892. He also married Della Divinity about 1895 in NC. She was born 19 March 1853. Isham and Lydia Jane had four children-*

       a.    Sallie Ann Cherry, b 3 Nov 1880 at Mt Olive, Wayne Co NC, and died on 10 June 1964 at Suffolk, VA. She was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suffolk. Sallie married Reverend Archibald Perry Thompson on 8 February 1900 at Tarboro, Edgecombe Co. He was born 2 August 1878 at Windsor, Bertie Co NC, son of Alexander R Thompson and Elizabeth J Mizell. Archibald died on 2 May 1941 at Charlottesville, Albermarle Co VA and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA. They had four children-*

               1.    Aubrey Alexander Thompson, b 2 May 1902 at Tarboro, Edgecombe Co, NC, and died on 19 October 1969 at Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA. He married Blanche Elizabeth Benton on 24 April 1959 at Norfolk, VA. She was born 24 August 1909 at Sleepy Hole, Nansemond Co VA, and died on 8 December 1990 at Norfolk. Blanche was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Norfolk. They had two children-*

                      a.    Aubrey Alexander Thompson Jr, b 13 Oct 1931 at Norfolk, VA.

                      b.    Anne Lee Thompson, b 11 Aug 1934 at Norfolk, VA.

               2.    William Edward Thompson, b 30 Jul 1905 at Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co, NC, and died on 8 October 1961 at Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA. He was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Suffolk. William married Louise Jones on 30 November 1929 at Norfolk, Nansemond Co, VA. They had a son-*

                      a.    William Edward Thompson Jr, b 22 Dec 1930 at Norfolk, Nansemond Co, VA. He married Betty Louise Smith on 12 June 1954 at Holland, VA. She was born 15 September 1933 at Edenton, Chowan Co, NC, daughter of Lewis Carl Smith and Lucille Byrum. William and Betty had three children-*

                              1.    Martha Anne Thompson, b 9 Jun 1959 at Lynchburg, VA. She md Jeffery Lee Key on 14 February 1981 Long Beach, CA. He was born 7 January 1959 at Long Beach, son of Jimmie Lee Key and Maida Faye Gillespie. Martha and Jeff have two children-*

                                     a.    Joshua Lee Key, b 26 Jan 1983 at Anaheim, CA.

                                     b.    Rachel Leanne Key, b 7 Apr 1991 at Anaheim, CA.

                              2.    Andrew Perry Thompson, b 29 Sep 1960 at Lynchburg, VA. He md Robin Lynn Mast at San Diego, CA. They have a son-*

                                     a.    Kevin Andrew Thompson, b 4 Nov 1989

                              3.    Stephen Lewis Thompson, b 15 Mar 1962 at Richmond, VA.

               3.    Lydia Elizabeth Thompson, b 8 Jan 1908 at Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co, NC, and died in April 1988 at Suffolk, Nansemond Co VA. She md Mervin Carroll Bosman on 8 April 1939 at Suffolk. He was born 4 October 1910 at Westover, Somerset Co MD.

               4.    Mamie Gray Thompson, b 13 Nov 1909 at Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co NC, died on 15 May 1966 Suffolk, Nansemond Co VA.

       b.    Mary Jane “Mollie” Cherry, b 17 Mar 1882 in NC. She died on 11 May 1948 at Baltimore, MD and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Suffolk, VA. Mollie married Sidney Sanford Johnson on 16 January 1901 at Tarboro, Edgecombe Co NC. He was born 20 April 1877 in Nash Co NC and died on 10 February 1945 at Suffolk, Nansemond Co VA. Sidney was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Suffolk. They had five children-*

               1.    William Ivey Johnson, b 8 Apr 1902 Tarboro, Edgecombe Co NC, and died on 27 September 1988 at Ahoskie, NC. He was buried in Ahoskie. William md Erma Rush on 15 September 1922. She was born 2 November 1901 at Brookneal, VA, and died on 19 September 1981.

               2.    Thomas Palmer Johnson, b 5 Mar 1904 and died on 26 October 1974. Thomas md Charlotte Hall on 22 June 1927. She was born 25 October 1903.

               3.    Blonnie Kemp Johnson, b 6 Sep 1906, and died on 7 Feb 1982.

               4.    Sidney Sanford Johnson Jr, b 27 Feb 1911 at Tarboro, Edgecombe Co NC. He died on 25 May 1989 at Norfolk, VA and was buried in Norfolk. Sidney md Evelyn Palmer on 24 Dec 1936, but they divorced. Sidney later md Frances Robertson on 7 December 1946 at Sandston, Henrico Co VA. She was born 6 August 1922.

               5.    William Marshall Johnson, b 13 Nov 1913 at Tarboro, Edgecombe Co NC. He md Alice Kaestner in December 1942 at Baltimore, MD. She was born at Baltimore. William died on 5 December 1973 at Forest Hills, NY.

       c.    William Jesse Cherry, b 19 Oct 1883 in NC. He married Mollie Pollard. They may have been the couple of these names who lived at Tenafly, Bergen Co NJ. That William Cherry died in NJ in December 1963 and Mollie died at Tenafly in March 1974. She was born 2 January 1885, and in the 1940s or 1950s lived in NY. William Jesse and Mollie had a son-*

               1.    Richard Cherry, married Eunice _____. They had a daughter-*

                      a.    Molly Jean Cherry (83,Z)

       d.    Maggie Estelle Cherry, b 20 Jan 1885 in NC. She married _____ Lunceford. They had a child-*

               1.    Calvin Lunceford (82,83, 51,5ijk)

       Jesse Lemuel Cherry [C1a9k5f5], son of Lemuel Cherry and Pheny Perlinah Smith, was born 22 June 1850 on the family farm in the Red Banks Church community (where Cherry Oaks is today) in Pitt Co NC. He married Sophia Jane Buck at Chicod, Pitt Co on 22 December 1881. She was born 30 December 1858 at the family home in the Black Jack Area of Pitt Co, daughter of Noah Albritton Buck and Mary Jane Elks. Sophia died 17 February 1927 and Jesse on 7 August 1936. They had at least nine children, all born in Pitt Co-*

a.    Mary Virginia “Mamie” Cherry, b 16 Sep 1882, married Charles Richard “Tobe” Hardee on 10 December 1901 at Greenville, NC. He was born 7 February 1872, and died on 7 January 1946. Mamie died on 11 July 1964. They had thirteen children, with nine surviving to adulthood-*

       1.    Ada Harder, dead by 1982. (88)

       2.    Jimmy Harder, dead by 1982. (88)

       3.    Johnny Harder, dead by 1982. (88)

       4.    Clarence Harder, dead by 1982. (88)

       5.    Walter Harder (88)

       6.    Charlie Harder (88)

       7.    Larry Harder (88)

       8.    Linwood Hardee (88)

       9.    Mamie Lee Hardee, married _____ Williams. (L,88)

       10.  child Hardee, died as a child. (88)

       11.  child Hardee, died as a child. (88)

       12.  child Hardee, died as a child. (88)

       13.  child Hardee, died as a child. (88) (88,L)

b.    Nancy Cherry, b 29 Nov 1884 at Greenville, NC. (L)

c.    William Arthur Cherry, b 16 Oct 1886, married first to Mabel Clair Kittrell. She was born 10 May 1888, and died on 3 May 1914. They had two children. William then married Letha Estelle Phelps. She was born 5 June 1895 and died 26 July 1975. They had three children. William died 4 November 1954. His five children were-*

       1.    Jesse Belmont Cherry,, b 1906-1914 (77)

       2.    Annie Mae Cherry, b 1906-1914 (77)

       3.    Clara Jane Cherry, b p1914, married _____ Hardee. (77,88)

       4.    Ida Estelle Cherry, b p1914, married _____ Blalock. (77,88)

       5.    Rose Cherry, b p1914, married _____ Harris. (77) (88,L)

d.    Louis Walter Cherry, b 31 Jan 1889, married Lillian Elizabeth Talton. She was born on 11 May 1893 and died on 14 May 1973. Louis died 7 March 1972. They had two children-*

       1.    Louis Walter Cherry Jr, b 22 Feb 1921, died on 6 February 1945 in a German prison camp during World War II. (77,88)

       2.    Leroy Talton Cherry (77) (88,L)

e.    Hyman Leroy Cherry, b 19 Jul 1891, married Letha Harris. She was born 3 April 1891 and died on 25 October 1974. Hyman died on 24 September 1941. They had a daughter-*

       1.    Helen Thelma Cherry, married _____ Herrin. (77,88) (88,L)

f.     Martha Jane Cherry, b 4 Feb 1894, married George A Forrest on 9 December 1915. He was born 8 November 1888 and died on 16 October 1925. Martha was still alive in 1982. They had two daughters-*

       1.    Edith Cherry Forrest, married _____ Williams. (77)

       2.    Lillian Mae Forrest, married _____ Borden. (77) (88)

g.    child Cherry, died young. (88)

h.    child Cherry, died young. (88)

i.     child Cherry, died young. (88) (88,L)

       Jesse Viola Cherry [C1a9e9b9c], daughter of McGilbra Longstreet Cherry and Nancy Winniford Weathersbee, was born 26 January 1858 in Martin Co or in Pitt Co NC and died on 20 May 1862. (77.121)

       Jimmie F Cherry [C1a9f4d6a], daughter of James M Cherry and A L Rawls, was born 4 March 1877, probably in Weakley Co TN, and died on 8 July 1879. She is buried in Ralston Cemetery in Weakley Co with her father. (117,45nqr)

       Joab Cherry [unknown] of Martin Co NC (was perhaps a son of Job Cherry and Job's possible first wife?). Joab (perhaps he was Job Jr?) was born by the early 1750s because on 6 March 1773 Joab bought from John Kennedy, both of Tyrrell Co (later to become Martin Co), 50 acres, part of a 560 acres tract “on ye east side of Stancil's branch.” On 8 July 1777 Joab sold 50 acres to William Anderson, both of Martin Co, land “beginning at a red oak marked Thms I C running thence So to a corner tree a pine” etc. This was witnessed by Isaac Kennedy and Jesse Cooper. Joab Cherry signed. In December 1778 Joab witnessed a sale from Anderson to Thomas Ward. In January 1779 Joab witnessed a land sale from William Anderson to Isaac Kennedy. On 17 March 1779 “Joab Cherry of Martin Co” sold 100 acres to Lylliston Banks “beginning on the South side of Stancel's Branch at the mouth of the Spring Branch running up the Branch to a white oak Isaac Kennedy line” etc. This was witnessed by Jesse Cooper and Charles Hunter. “Joab” Cherry signed. And in 1779 Joab was on the county tax list.

       In the 1787 state census Joab was married and had six children, and no slaves; he lived near Joel Cherry. In 1790 he had seven children, no slaves, and was living near Harrell Cherry. Joab was not in the 1800 or 1810 census, so had apparently died in Martin Co in the 1790s. Isaac Kennedy was probably the husband of Mary Ann Cherry . (68,77,1zt)

       Job Cherry [C1a5e], son of Faithfull Cherry and Patience _____ of Norfolk Co VA, was born in Norfolk Co in the 1720s (he was named in his father's 1727 will), and received one _____ (barrel?) of about five gallons “to be delivered to him at the death of his mother.” Job moved to Tyrrell Co NC by 1755 since he was on the county tax list then, possibly with his new bride Abiah Ventures (his daughter Jemima was born about 1756 in NC). Job would have been about age 30 when they married, and about age 40 when Abiah's first known child was born. Therefore it would be reasonable to assume that Job may have had a wife before Abiah, and possibly one or two children with the first wife. Abiah was born about 1736. Two of Job's brothers also moved to Martin Co, or were there in the mid-18th Century: Faithful was one who actually settled in Tyrrell Co, as did Job (in what became Martin Co in 1774); brother Titus witnessed a land sale between a John Cherry and William Swanner on 15 September 1762 in Tyrrell Co.

       On 26 November 1764, for £7/10, Job sold 114 acres in Tyrrell Co, land adjacent to more of his farm land, to Southey Haislip (Book E, page 326). This land was also next to that of Charles Haislip and land owned by Mr Whitehurste. In February 1774 Job Cherry bought 150 acres from Matthew Yarall. This purchase was witnessed by _____ Cherry. In 1779 Job was on the Martin Co tax list. On 27 October 1784 Jesse Cherry, probably Job's nephew (Faithful's son), patented 200 acres from NC, land next to Job Cherry's land.

       In the NC state census of 1787, Job lived next door to Jesse Cherry and two doors from Faithful Cherry in district 3; four doors from Faithful was James Biggs who had married Job's daughter Jemima Cherry [C1a6f1]. In the state census Job is shown with a large family: one adult male (Job), five white males under 21, six white females, and five Blacks. Job also bought an 11 year old Negro boy named Phill from William Pully in October 1790 in Martin Co.

       Job Cherry was a private in the NC Continental Line under John Price, and 640 acres were granted to Job for his 84 months of service. On 17 January 1782 Job was paid £12/8/8 plus another £1/0 from the “State of NC Halifax District” for his military service; he also received £2/2 on 17 April 1784 for his military service of 1787.

       Job Cherry Sr and Joshua Cherry sold 150 acres to David Carraway on 14 November 1795. Joshua signed; Job made his “Χ” mark. Job and his wife were living in Martin Co in 1800 with one apparent daughter or granddaughter (age 16 to 25). He left a will in Martin Co dated 23 February 1811. It was proven in December 1814, so Job died in the latter part of 1814, at an age of about 90. The executors named in the will were his son Abner Cherry (son Jeremiah had already moved west to Columbia, TN, so could not be an executor), and Jesse Cherry (Job's great nephew); witnesses were Malachi Etheridge and Harrell Cherry (son of Job's brother Faithful Cherry). Job could not write, but in his rambling will he gave son Abner land, the plantation, and the house in Williamston “formerly belonging to Jonathan Cherry” (son of Faithful). He gave son Joshua a Negro named Dick, gave son “Jerry” a Negro named George, and gave cash to Joshua, Job Jr, and Abner. Jemima and her mother were not named, so were probably dead by 1811. See Jemima's biography; her husband also did not name her in his will. Job had at least nine children (see Joab Cherry), the first eight born in Tyrrell Co NC-

1.    Jemima Cherry, b c1756

2.    Joshua Cherry, b 15 Feb 1761

3.    Job Cherry Jr, b c1763

4.    Jeremiah Cherry, b 1 Apr 1766

5.    Ruth Cherry, b c1767

6.    Abner Cherry, b c1768

7.    Mary Cherry, b c1770

8.    Anna Cherry, b c1772

9.    Nancy Cherry, b c1774

For more Price information, see Job's son Jeremiah ; he married Mary Price. Also, William Swanner's 8 June 1777 will named his wife Sarah, sons Thomas, William, Henry, Matthias, and four unnamed daughters; the will went to probate in July that year. (69,91,JY,L, 28p,1pet)

       Job Cherry Jr [C1a6e3], son of Job Cherry and Abiah Ventures, was born about 1763 in Tyrrell Co NC. He owned land in Martin Co. There are deeds of a Job Cherry who could not sign his name, but instead made an Χ. Since Job Cherry Jr did sign, then any record of a Job Cherry signed with an “Χ” is Job Cherry Sr.

       Job Jr sold 100 acres to William Carraway on 6 October 1800 and signed the deed of sale (Book C, page 701). By 1787 Job Jr was married to a woman who was born about the same time as he; they lived in Williamston, and had eight children by 1800-

a.    boy Cherry, b 1772-1775

b.    girl Cherry, b by 1787

c.    boy Cherry, b 1775-1787

d.    boy Cherry, b 1775-1784

e.    girl Cherry, b by 1787

f.     girl Cherry, b by 1787

g.    girl Cherry, b 1790

h.    girl Cherry, b 1790s (68,L,1aez)

       Job Cherry [unknown] (son of Job Cherry ?), of Caldwell Co KY, left a will there in 1848: Book B, page 98. He also had a daughter Ann Cherry because in 1819 he cave consent, as her father, for her to marry. Since he gave consent, she must have been under age 18. Job (as Jobe Cherry) was on the Trigg Co in 1810 tax roster, living in the Eddy Creek area; he was at least age 21 then. Per the 1830 Caldwell Co census, Job was born in the 1760s, and his wife in the 1750s. His daughter was-*

a.    Ann Cherry, b 1802-1806 (1830 census says born 1790s), married Johnson W Dunn in Caldwell Co KY on 5 August 1819. Johnson was born in the 1790s, or in the 1770s (there were unidentified adults in the Johnson Dunn home in 1830). He and Ann lived the remainder of their lives in Caldwell Co; in 1830 they lived close to her father. Johnson died in the 1840s, and Ann after the summer of 1850. They had five children by 1830-*

       1.    girl Dunn, b 1821-1825 (47j)

       2.    girl Dunn, b 1821-1825 (47j)

       3.    boy Dunn, b 1826-1830 (47j)

       4.    boy Dunn, b 1826-1830 (47j)

       5.    girl Dunn, b 1826-1830 (47j) (130,68,109,47j)

       Job S Cherry [C1a6e6a], son of Abner Cherry, was born 12 December 1798 in Martin Co NC. He moved to GA in 1829, and died at Macon, Bibb Co on 11 July 1836. He was a Mason. Job married Mary _____. She was born 12 July 1800, and died on 5 January 1875 at Macon. Both were buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Macon. Job's gravestone (lot #21) has a Masonic emblem, and says “Born 11 Dec 1798 in Martin Co., NC, removed to GA in 1829, departed this life 11 Jul 1836.” Mary was buried next to Job. They had a son-*

1.    Job H Cherry, b 24 Jun 1829 in GA. His name was also spelled Joab. He md Lucinda P M_____. She was born in GA in 1835, and died in 1889. Job was a grocer. He died on 18 October 1878. They had at least four children-*

       A.   Lucius Cherry, died young and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Macon, GA. His stone says “Lucius, son of J.H. & L.M. Cherry, age 3 months.” (77)

       B.   Amanda P Cherry, b 1856 in Bibb Co GA. (77)

       C.   Edward B Cherry, b 1861 in Bibb Co GA. (77)

       D.   Wilber Cherry, b 1866 in Bibb Co GA. (77) (77,1aep)

       Joe Nelson Cherry [C1a6e4h2b4], son of Pleasant Nelson Cherry and Susan Lillian Sands, was born in 1906, probably in Maury Co TN. (EC)

       Joel Cherry [C1a3b1], son of Spring Cherry and Lucy ____, was born by about the 1740s (he was married in 1768) in Norfolk Co VA. Joel received the 105 acre plantation his father inherited from his father John Cherry in 1754, plus cooper's tools. Joel married Nancy Allen in 1768 in Norfolk Co, but by 1785 he was not listed in Norfolk Co on the Federal census. He may be the Joel Cherry, or his descendants, who moved to the northeastern part of TX. They also may have moved to SC by 1800. (77,28pam)

       Joel Cherry, parents unknown, was born 21 October 1768 in Norfolk Co VA. He married Nancy Allen in Norfolk Co VA on 23 December 1802. She was born 5 July 1783, probably in VA, and was a daughter of Captain John Allen and Myrick Middleton Wilson. Joel and Nancy apparently moved to SC soon after their marriage. He died on 10 January 1848 at Lancaster, SC, and Nancy died on 24 June 1859 at Lancaster. There were eight children who survived them. Their twelve children were-

1.    John M Cherry, b 23 Nov 1803

2.    Wiley Cherry, b 7 May 1805

3.    Mary Cherry, b 3 Mar 1807

4.    Priscilla Cherry, b 3 May 1809

5.    Joel Thomas Cherry, b 12 Jan 1811

6.    Elizabeth Middleton Cherry, b 28 Nov 1813

7.    Francis Asbury Cherry, b 28 Sep 1815

8.    James Allen Cherry, b 1 Mar 1817

9.    Joshua Cherry, b 10 Jan 1819

10.  Hilliard Judge Cherry, b 15 Nov 1820

11.  Harriet Cherry, b 1820s

12.  Jane Margaret Cherry, b 18 Jul 1823 (77)

       Joel Cherry [unknown] was living in Mecklenburg Co NC in 1840. He was apparently married and had five older children living with him. Joel was born in 1769 and his wife in 1786. He and his boys were not found in Mecklenburg Co in 1850. Joel died on 10 June 1848, age 79; his wife Nancy died on 24 June 1859, age 75. They were buried in New Six Mile Churchyard in Mecklenburg Co. The children were-

1.    girl Cherry, b 1810s

2.    girl Cherry, b 1821-1825

3.    boy Cherry, b 1821-1825

4.    boy Cherry, b 1826-1830

5.    girl Cherry, b 1826-1830

See the prior Joel Cherry; they may be the same. (RM, 36k)

       Joel Cherry [C1a6b4], son of Faithful Cherry and Susannah _____, was born by the mid-1750s in Tyrrell Co NC. He was a cooper in Martin Co, and was named in his father's February 1787 will. Joel bought 100 acres from John Kennedy on 4 July 1777 (thus he was probably at least age 21 then), land next to Isaac Kennedy's property. On 6 February 1783 Joel bought 100 acres from his father, land on Wildcat Swamp next to Benjamin Whitley's line. This was witnessed by Stephen Anderson and Harrell Cherry. In the 17 October 1783 will of Isaac Cherry, “dearly beloved brother Joel Cherry” was given Isaac's plantation. On 20 January 1784 “Jesse Cherry, bricklayer of Martin Co” sold 50 acres to “Joel Cherry, a cooper of Martin Co” for £7. The land was on the east side of Wild Cat Swamp, and next to Thomas Whitley's line. This purchase was witnessed by Harrell Cherry and Rhodie Cherry, who left her Χ mark. Jesse Cherry signed. On 29 September 1810 Jonathan Cherry granted “my worthy friend Joel Cherry” power of attorney. This was witnessed by Malachi Chappell and Obadiah Bullock.

       In 1787 Joel was living next to Joab Cherry in Williamston, and in 1790 was living next to his nephews James Cherry and Jonathan Cherry (sons of James Cherry), and next to older brother Jesse Cherry. Harrell Cherry and Job Cherry lived nearby. Joel was a member of the House of Commons from 1804 to 1805, in 1809, from 1812 to 1813, and in 1816.

       Joel may have been married to Lydia ____ for on 25 November 1806 Joel and Lydia Cherry witnessed the sale of land from Isaac Kennedy to Levi Harrell. Joel's wife in 1800 was born after 1755, so could be the mother of the two girls born before 1787. His wife in 1810 was at least 45 years old, thus placing her birth date (if she was the same wife) between 1755 and 1765, or about 1760. He was called “Joel Cherry Esq” on 2 January 1816 when he bought a Negro named Linden from Isham Cherry for $300. Joel left a 13 November 1816 Martin Co will, proven in September 1817, in which he said his present wife Susanna was not his first wife, and the five youngest children were those of his wife Susanna. Susanna was Susanna Smithwick (Martin Co deed book D, page 120), daughter of Edward Von Smithwick. This connection was found in a land deed dated 13 Mar 1804 Martin Co. Susannah and Joel Cherry both signed the deed to sell 150 acres to Luke Smithwick, land originally given to Susannah by her father.

       Joel's first children were two girls born by the summer of 1787. His family is hard to piece together since some of the children died young, and his will did not name all of them. Between 1790 and 1800 Joel acquired two slaves, and by 1810 had eight. From the census records in Martin Co of 1787, 1790, 1800, and 1810 we can build his family, carrying the information of each prior census to the next; Martin Co's 1820 census no longer exists. Using information generated by census and probate records of Martin Co, and the 1830 census, Joel may have had thirteen children-* #a-#i, #k-#n

a.    girl (Lydia?) Cherry, b a1785, was living at home in 1800 and in 1810. (68,1aeh)

b.    Nancy Cherry, b 1785-1787

c.    boy Cherry, b 1787-1790, was not in his parents' home in 1800 nor in 1810. (1ae)

d.    boy Cherry, b 1787-1790, was not in his parents' home in 1800 nor in 1810. (1ae)

e.    boy Cherry, b 1787-1790, was not in his parents' home in 1800 nor in 1810. (1ae)

f.     girl Cherry, b 1787-1790, was at home in 1800, but was gone by 1810. (1aeh)

g.    Isaac Cherry, b c1791

h.    boy Cherry, b 1790-1800, was still in his parents' home in 1810. (1eh)

i.     girl Cherry, b 1800 after 1800 census, was home in 1810 (Alfred's twin?). This girl may have been Emma Cherry. Emma was named as a daughter of Joel Cherry in the 28 December 1812 will of Marian Etheridge in Martin Co. Emma's brother Alfred was also mentioned. The will was proved by Sarah Hunter, Nancy A Cherry, Ruth Cherry, and Lydia Cherry. Their connection to Emma or Alfred was not shown in the will. (91,1eh)

j.     Alfred S Cherry, b 1801

k.    girl Cherry, b 1801-1810, was home in 1810. (1eh)

m.   girl Cherry ?, b 1811-1815, was living with her brother Alfred in 1830. She was probably one of the five younger children of Joel and his last wife, Susanna. (1jp)

n.    girl Cherry ?, b 1811-1815, was living with her brother Alfred in 1830. She was probably one of the five younger children of Joel and his last wife, Susanna. (1jp) (68,77,91,RM,1aehpz)

       Joel Cherry [unknown] was on the 1830 federal census for Hardin Co TN with his wife and five children. Joel was born in the 1790s, and his wife in the 1800s. He bought land from W G Huddleston in Hardin Co on 17 January 1837 (Deed book C, page 224). They had five children-

1.    girl Cherry, b 1816-1820

2.    boy Cherry, b 1826-1830

3.    girl Cherry, b 1826-1830

4.    boy Cherry, b 1826-1830

5.    girl Cherry, b 1826-1830 (9jz)

       Joel Lilley Cherry [C1a9c1b3c], son of John W Cherry and Elizabeth Boyer, was born 19 December 1824 in Howard Co MO, and grew up in Linn Co. He married Mary Ann Hines in 1842 in Linn Co. She was born 15 December 1823 in Howard Co. In the fall of 1859 they moved from Linn Co to Cooke Co TX and were found there on the Federal census. Soon afterwards, they moved to Washington Co AR, and in 1861 he joined the Confederate Army. For years after the war they were found in Washington Co. Mary Ann died there on 28 January 1889 and was buried in Rose Cemetery at Prairie Grove.

       Joel moved to the Indian Territory (OK) after his wife's death and was living with his son John T near Butner, north of Wewoka. Joel was murdered by highway robbers in February 1901 (the killers were caught and/or killed). He was buried in the Holdenville, OK Cemetery where his granddaughter Mattie Cherry was buried. Joel and Mary had two children by 1850, and nine in all-*

1.    James Abraham Cherry, b 22 Feb 1842 in Linn Co MO. (90,54n)

2.    Ann Elizabeth Cherry, b 23 May 1845 in Linn Co MO. (90,54n)

3.    Susan R Cherry, b 28 Aug 1847

4.    child Cherry, born about 1849, died young.

5.    Isaac Sidwell Cherry, b 16 Aug 1852

6.    Louis Henry Cherry, b 15 Jul 1854

7.    John Thomas Cherry, b 19 Feb 1856

8.    Mary Frances Cherry, b 16 Jun 1859

9.    Sarah J Cherry, b 18 Nov 1861 (90,101,54n)

       Joel Morris Cherry [C1a9c1b2c5c], son of Isaac Sidwell Cherry and Martha Jane Cox, was born 8 December 1874 in Washington Co AR. He married Jennie Doyle on 15 January 1902 at his sister Sophia's home in Weoka. His sister Mattie was also married there the same day, in a double wedding. Joel died on 21 July 1940 at Okema, OK and was buried at Okema. He and Jennie had five children-*

1.    Blanche Cherry, b 25 Oct 1902, md Louis Fulsom. He was born 26 July 1896, and died in August 1974 in Osage Co OK. Blanche died in Osage Co on 21 July 1988. They had six children-*

       a.    Norma Fulsom

       b.    Paul Fulsom

       c.    Clara Fulsom

       d.    Faye Fulsom

       e.    Joe Fulsom

       f.     Lois Fulsom (77) (77,Z)

2.    Bob Cherry

3.    Lonnie Cherry

4.    Jimmie Cherry

5.    Inez Cherry, md _____ DeLapp (90,101)

       John Cherry Jr [C1a], son of immigrant John Cherry and Elizabeth Faithful, was born about 1641 in Norfolk Co VA. He married Rebecca Maund about 1662. She was born about 1647. Records of Norfolk Co show an assignment from Andrew Etheridge and wife Ann to John Cherry on 6 May 1699. There is a deed dated 1 March 1665, recorded 25 February 1666, from Richard and Joan Yates of “Elizabeth River in ye county of Lower Norfolk” to John Cherry, taylor, also of Elizabeth River. The deed conveyed 350 acres on Deep Creek “being in ye southern branch of Elizabeth River” for 1,000 pounds of tobacco. This land was originally patented to Richard Yates on 6 March 1664. John also bought other land, in addition to that inherited as an elder son. He had about 595 acres at the time of his death, even though 105 acres of it was patented over a year after he died.

       John obviously lived along Deep Creek in Lower Norfolk Co, and was a taylor and a farmer. He lived near John Slough, Thomas Slow (Slough), Thomas Richardson, and George Ballentine. John Cherry Sr and William Maund witnessed the will of W H Whelten in Lower Norfolk Co on 13 September 1690. By this time John's father had been dead twenty years (per JY), and John himself had a son named John. Hence he was called John Sr in 1690. John made his will in Norfolk Co on 12 January 1698 (or 1699), and it was recorded on 18 July 1699 in Norfolk Co. The will is partially destroyed and water damaged, but about half is legible. In it John mentioned his wife Rebecca, daughter Rebecca, and sons John and William. It also names Faithful and Samuel Cherry, but does not state the relationship. The will, found in Norfolk Co Deed Book 6, page 131, mentions land on Deep Creek and a plantation bought from Isaack Seaborne. The executrix was his wife Rebecca and witnesses were William Maund and “Rebeckah Cherry Jr” (his daughter). And in 1704 “widow Churry” collected quit rents of £600 in Norfolk Co. John had at least five children, but other evidence indicates he perhaps had nine children-

1.    Sarah Cherry, b c1666

2.    John Cherry III, b 1671

3.    Rebecca Cherry, b c1672

4.    Thomas Cherry, b 1675

5.    Faithful Cherry, b c1678

6.    William Cherry, b c1680

7.    Samuel Maund Cherry, b 1682

8.    Lemuel Cherry, b c1685

9.    Solomon Cherry, b c1690 (57,69,L,WD,LJ, 28zp)

       John Cherry III [C1a2], son of John Cherry Jr and Rebecca Maund, was born in 1671 in Lower Norfolk Co VA. He married Sarah Spring in Norfolk Co. She was born about 1705 in Norfolk Co. In 1704 he was listed in the Virginia Quit Rents with 150 acres. On the 10 June 1731 Tithable of Norfolk Co he was exempt because he had just turned 60. On 12 or 13 February 1747 John bought 100 acres on Biggs Creek from John Biggs and wife Sarah ____. John Cherry left his will in Norfolk Co dated 30 April 1754 which was probated in March 1755. John's will was witnessed by Joseph Biggs, Hillary Cherry, and John Ferebee. John Cherry could not sign his name, but made an “Χ” instead. In it he named his wife, children, and four grandchildren: Jonathan Cherry, Ufan Cherry, Ann Cherry, and Joel Cherry. His will did not mention possible son Samuel, nor say who the parents of these grandchildren were. John's children were-

a.    John Cherry IV, b c1700

b.    Spring Cherry, b c1705

c.    Bethia Cherry, b c1708

d.    Elizabeth Cherry, b c1711

e.    Affia Cherry, b c1714

f.     Aaron Cherry, b c1717

g.    Samuel Cherry, b a1720

John Cherry's will gave to some of his children “Twenty Shillings” and not “One Pound.” This would be the equivalent of someone today saying “100 cents” instead of “one dollar.”

See Samuel Cherry, Jesse Cherry, Titus Cherry, Sarah Cherry, and Jeremiah Cherry for early {Biggs} connections. (69,77,WD,NW)

       John Cherry [C1a7b], son of William Cherry and Elizabeth _____ of Norfolk Co VA, was probably born about 1705 in Norfolk Co. John was the head of his own household in 1730 in Norfolk Co, listed as “John Chearey son of William Chearey.” He inherited his father's plantation in 1737. William Cherry's will, dated 22 November 1736 in Lower Norfolk Co VA, (Book 1, page 17, probated 20 May 1737), named son John. And in 1755 he may have been in Tyrrell Co NC. A John Cherry was on the tax list then. (57,77,WD,28p)

       John Cherry IV [C1a3a], son of John Cherry III and Sarah Spring, was born about 1705 in Norfolk Co VA. He received 20 shillings from his father's 30 April 1754 will. Nothing was found concerning John as an adult in Norfolk Co. He died intestate, probably before 1754. John's father John III, in his 30 April 1754 will, mentioned a grandson named Jonathan Cherry, and granddaughters named Upham and Ann Cherry, and another grandson named Joel Cherry. Children of John IV were-*

1.    Jonathan Cherry, was probably born in Norfolk Co VA in the 1730s or 1740s.

2.    Uphan Cherry (girl), was probably born in Norfolk Co VA in the 1730s or 1740s.

3.    Ann Cherry, was probably born in Norfolk Co VA in the 1730s or 1740s.

4.    Bethia Cherry, was probably born in Norfolk Co VA in the 1730s or 1740s. She was named after her paternal aunt.

5.    Abigail Cherry, was probably born in Norfolk Co VA in the 1730s or 1740s. (WD,28p)

       John Cherry [C1g4], son of Joseph Cherry of Norfolk Co VA, was born in 1717 in Norfolk Co. (WD)

       John Cherry [C1a9c], son of Lemuel Cherry and Mary Courtney, was born about 1723 in Norfolk Co VA. He was given the “manner plantation” in his father's July 1754 will, along with a “lot of Coppers tools” (cooper's tools?) and a Negro man Jeam. John was named as an executor of his father's will, along with William Willis. On 25 March 1771 John purchased land left to his brother William Cherry in 1760. John later sold this land to Joseph Holliday for £27 (the transaction was recorded in Pitt Co). He was also probably the John Cherry who sold 140 acres on 6 February 1773 to Colin Clark in Beaufort Co, land on the north side of the Pamlico River. This deed was also signed by John's daughter Elizabeth Cherry . John was probably the John Cherry on the Tyrrell Co (now Martin Co) tax list of 1755. John married Mary Jordan, daughter of Jesse Jordan of Pitt Co. On 15 September 1762 William Swanner sold four acres to John Cherry, both of Tyrrell Co, for £50 Virginia currency. This land was bounded by Swanner's line, a swamp, and Troops Branch. Witnesses were Joseph Biggs and Titus Cherry . £50 for only four acres was quite expensive, so this land must have included buildings, or perhaps a house. Tyrrell Co deed book 3, page 21, records the sale of “640 acres lying in the county of Tyrell on the west side of Nuk Creek which was formerly called Bertie Co” from John Spear to John Cherry, for £40 Virginia currency; this transaction was recorded on 27 November 1753. And Book 4, page 379 recorded the sale of “120 acres lying in the county of Tyrell on the north side of Buck Swamp branch” from Southey Hayslip to John Cherry on 1 May 1763 for £14/8. Book 4, page 490, recorded 200 acres being sold to John from Thomas Beach on 28 October 1765. Much of this land was later sold to Thomas Eastwood (husband of Ruth Cherry ) and to Joseph Biggs (husband of Margaret Eastwood, Ruth Cherry's daughter), leaving John with abou 641 acres (one square mile). Therefore, John spent his last years in Tyrrell Co.

       John Cherry left a will in Tyrrell Co, dated 11 March 1766 (Book 1, page 40), where it was probated in October that year. John could not write, and made his mark. He left his “plantation where I now live” to his son Daniel; son John received the plantation on Buck Branch. Witnesses were John Bennet, William Ward, and Ruth Eastward. The will named his wife Mary to be the executor, and named five children-*

1.    Jesse Cherry, b 4 Jul 1740

2.    Daniel Cherry, b c1741

3.    John Cherry Jr, b c1743

4.    Elizabeth Cherry, b c1745

5.    Martha Cherry, b c1747 (57,69,77,90,DK,WD,28p,4p,3t,1zs)

       John Cherry Jr [C1a9c3], son of John Cherry and Mary Jordan of Tyrrell Co NC, was born around 1743, probably in Tyrrell Co. He served 84 months in Revolutionary Army, from 1776 to 1783, and died prior to 1790. His term of service in the Revolution places his birth date at least by 1760. For this service he was paid £105/18/10. John married Sarah _____ and lived in Beaufort Co NC. He was listed on the Beaufort Co tax roster of 1786 as John Cherry Jr, but must have died soon afterwards since his son Jesse, as “heir to John Cherry,” assigned 640 acres on the south side of Red River in Davidson Co TN to Andrew Breakey on 3 May 1787. This was Grant 291. On 6 November 1766 in Beaufort Co John was allowed claim of £80 for a slave named Luke who was executed. On 20 July 1781 John purchased from Hugh Parker of Wilmington, NC, the boat “Snake” for 20 guineas. John had a son-

a.    Jesse Cherry, b 1760s-1770s

A Guinea was a non-existent British monetary unit, equal to 21 shillings (one pound is 20 shillings). Its usage would be equivalent to the U.S. pricing system of charging a few pennies less than a whole dollar, such as $9.98. (57,69,77,114, DK,WD,4t)

       John Cherry [C1a9k1], son of Samuel M Cherry and Mary Moore, was born in the early 1760s in Pitt Co NC (although the 1800 census of Pitt Co shows him to be age 45 or older.) He was not named in his father's will, although the rest of his brothers and sisters were. John married Nancy Manning around 1785, and they lived in Pitt Co for the rest of their lives. She was about the same age as John. He was a farmer, and represented Pitt Co in the House of Commons. In 1790 he was the only John Cherry in the county, was married, and a young boy and two other females were in his household, and no slaves. In 1800 he was still the only John Cherry, and the young boy was no longer with him, but he still had his two daughters, and owned four slaves. In 1810 there was a second John Cherry as the head of his home in Pitt Co (John Cherry, son of Lemuel Cherry and Nancy Ann Moring, a close cousin to the elder John, the politician). In 1810 John the politician was living next door to William Cherry (brother of the other John), had three sons in their late teens/early twenties, two daughters under the age of 10, a wife younger than John, and owned two slaves. The other John Cherry had almost the same family profile in 1810, except that two of the three sons were in the next younger age bracket. The second John Cherry was near the end of the listing for the county. It appears that the census taker had listed the younger cousin twice (or had listed a third John Cherry ), and omitted John the politician in 1810. In 1810 and in 1820 the John who lived closer to Roderick Cherry was the younger cousin John. The 1820 census, though, does list politician John's wife Nancy. She was over age 45 or older, and had one young boy aged between 10 and 15 in her home (he could have been a grandson). The 1820 census of Pitt Co showed only one John Cherry in the county, age 26 to 44; this must have been the younger cousin.

       A deed from Allen Moore (Book B, page 355) in February 1822 to “Nancy M Cherry widow of John Cherry” places John's death by February 1822. Since he was not found in the county in 1820, his death was probably before then, but after 9 August 1814 when he received land from his father (Book T, page 338). John died in Pitt Co. His wife Nancy was not found after 1820, so may have died in the decade after then, or lived with an adult child. John and Nancy had at least three children-

a.    Margaret Cherry, b c1782

b.    Sarah Cherry, b c1784

c.    John Cherry, b 1780s

d.    probably other children. (57,77,L,WD,7aehiz)

       John Cherry [C1a3f1a], son of Theophilus Cherry of Norfolk Co VA, was named in his father's April 1804 will. There were three John Cherrys in Lower Norfolk Co VA in 1785, and since John's father had eight children, but only four or five of them were at home in 1785, John was likely living in his own home then. (28pa)

       John Cherry [C1a9f2], son of Charles Cherry and Winifred Mercer, was born about 1768 in Beaufort Co NC. He married Mary _____ about 1789 or 1790 since the 1790 census showed no children, just John and one female. John received from his father's 1805 will the land where John was then living, land next to Samuel Boutwell and _____ Williams. John lived next to his brothers William, Jeremiah, and Mercer in Beaufort Co in 1810. He left his will in Beaufort Co dated 26 July 1836 (Book C, page 98); it was probated in March 1839, so he probably died early that year in Beaufort Co. Mary was not found as the head of her own home in 1840 in Beaufort Co, and in 1820 there was no female in John's household who would have been old enough to be the mother of his children. Therefore Mary probably died between 1815 and 1820. In 1820 in his household were two young men (Jared and Lemuel?), a young woman (Winifred?), and a young girl under the age of 10 (a granddaughter?). John named six children in his will-

a.    Anna Cherry, b 1791

b.    Mary Cherry, b 1794

c.    Winifred Cherry, b 1795

d.    John Cherry, b 1799

e.    Jared Y Cherry, b 1795-1804

f.     Lemuel Cherry, b a1805 (87,WD,4apein)

       John Cherry [C1a6c3b], son of James Cherry and Sarah _____, was born about 1770 in Tyrrell Co NC. He was living with his parents in 1790 in Martin Co, and was not yet married. He was not found in Martin Co in 1800 nor in 1810. (1aehp)

       John Cherry [C1a7d4b], son of Lemuel Cherry and Sarah McPherson, was born about 1785 in Norfolk Co VA. He said he was born in TN in the 1850 Jackson Co TN census; this must be incorrect since his father does not appear to have moved to TN until the end of the 18th Century. John, with his brothers Wilson and Cary, was in the Battle of New Orleans on 7 & 8 January 1815. They served in Captain Henry West's Company, 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Militia (Infantry). John was living in Jackson Co in 1820. He married Nancy Odle and died in 1860 in Jackson Co. Nancy was born in 1800, daughter of Daniel Odle. Since there is a fifteen year age difference between them, and there is a large gap in the birth years of some of his children, and since John had no wife in his household in 1820, Nancy may be a second (or third?) wife. He was on the Jackson Co TN tax list in 1803. He apparently had many children, or else some of the children in the pre-1850 census records were step-children or were grandchildren-

1.    John Cherry, b 1804

2.    Pleasant Cherry, b 1806

3.    Cary Cherry, b 1812

4.    girl Cherry, born 1811-1820, was not found after the 1820 census.

5.    boy Cherry (Lemuel S?, b 1816), born 1811-1820

6.    boy Cherry, born 1811-1820

7.    Susannah Cherry, b 1822

8.    boy Cherry, born 1821-1825

9.    boy Cherry, born 1821-1825

10.  girl Cherry, born 1826-1830, died by 1840.

11.  Caleb Cherry, b 1827

12.  Elizabeth Cherry,, b 1844

Living with John and Nancy in 1850 was Susanna Burnt, age 28, and Susanna's son Richard, age 3 months. Perhaps Susanna was a daughter. In 1860 in John's household in Jackson Co were Charlotta Cherry, age 49, Alexander Cherry, age 9, and Janice Baker, age 16. (77,PA,26ijknqr)

       John Cherry [C1a9j3], son of Lemuel Cherry and Nancy Ann Moring, was born in the 1780s in Pitt Co NC. He took his cousin John Cherry's seat in the House of Commons after cousin John died (1810 to 1822). John was one of two John Cherrys in Pitt Co in 1810 (the other was his older cousin, the politician son of Samuel Cherry). There was only one John Cherry in Pitt Co in 1820. He was born between 1776 and 1794, and was living between two Bell families, and had a wife of about the same age, and two boys born between 1805 and 1810. Because of the age of the boys, John must have been born in the late 1780s. His children in 1810 were-*

a.    girl Cherry, b 1805-1810, were not found in their parents' home in 1820. (7hi)

b.    girl Cherry, b 1805-1810, were not found in their parents' home in 1820. (7hi)

c.    boy Cherry, b 1805-1810 (7hi)

d.    boy Cherry, b 1805-1810 (7hi) (57,7aehi)

       John Cherry [C1a9k1c], son of John Cherry and Nancy Manning, was born late in the 1780s in Pitt Co NC. He was probably dead by 1800 since he was not living with his parents in 1800. (57,77, 7ae)

       John Cherry [C1a6e2g], son of Joshua Cherry and Martha R Keene, was born 1 December 1796 in Bertie Co NC. He grew up in Davidson and Rutherford Counties TN. (L)

       John Cherry [C1a9f2d], son of John Cherry and Mary _____, was born in 1799 in Beaufort Co NC. He was called John Sr after his father's death, but John Jr before. He married Priscilla _____ ("Prucy" in 1850) before 1833. John and another male of the same age were in his own home in Beaufort Co in 1820; neither was married at the time. The other male was likely a brother; if so, all brothers are then accounted for in the 1820 census. John and Priscilla were living two doors from his sister Winifred in 1850 in the Tranter's Creek community of Beaufort Co with many of his Cherry relatives, and next to his sister Anna. Prucy was born in 1803 in NC. John left his will in Beaufort Co dated 21 July 1868; it was probated on 29 January 1870. The executor was Jeremiah R Cherry. Prucy was still living in Washington Township in Beaufort Co in 1870 (called “Prusia” then). John had two children, named in his will-*

1.    George W Cherry, b 1834 in Beaufort Co NC. He was still in the county in 1870, age 36, and was a farmer in 1850. (87,4n)

2.    Hester A Cherry, b 1843, in Beaufort Co NC, married _____ Ball by 1868; she probably had children. (4in)

There was an Olivia Cherry, age 16, living with John and Prucy in 1850. (87,4in)

       John Cherry [C1a3f1f1], son of Maxey Cherry and Lydia Deal, was born between 1793 and 1804 in Norfolk Co VA. (28pam)

       John Cherry [C1a3f6d], son of Robert Cherry and Mary Worsley, was born about 1794 in Edgecombe Co NC. (77,5h)

       John Cherry [C1a6e6d], son of Abner Cherry, was probably born about 1800 in Martin Co NC. He may have been the John V Cherry of Randolph Co GA (the portion which became Stewart Co GA in late 1830) who was appointed to be in charge of a team to lay out a road from Lumpkin to Columbus on 26 September 1830. Others in charge William Dixon and James W Dunaway. (77,118,1aep)

       John Cherry [unknown], was living in Gibson Co TN in 1840. He was born in the 1800s and was married to a woman born in the 1810s. From the ages of their two children in 1840, it would appear that John married about 1834. By 1840 their children were-*

1.    boy Cherry, b 1831-1835

2.    girl Cherry, b 1836-1840 (13k)

       John Cherry [unknown] of Pitt Co NC, was born about 1805 in Pitt Co NC. He married Mary Ann Albritton about 1829. She was born about 1808 in NC, daughter of Luke Albritton who had served in the NC Legislature. John died about 1841 or 1842, and Mary Ann married Rippon Wedigan Ward on 23 February 1842 in Pitt Co. She and John Cherry had three sons and a daughter when she was widowed. This Cherry-Ward family was living in Pitt Co in 1850, eight doors from the William Cherry- Talitha Parker family in Parker's District. Rippon Ward raised his Cherry step-children, and died soon before 5 May 1883 when an article was printed in The Daily Reflector about him. John was probably the John Cherry who lived about five miles southeast of Greenville and sold land there in 1828 on which a poor-house was built. The John Cherry in Pitt Co in the 1830 census appears to be this John; the John Cherry in 1830 and his wfe agree with the ages of John and Mary Ann. In 1830 there was a grandmother or aunt in the house (age in the 60s in 1830), and two older teenage boys (too old to be children), plus a younger boy, born between 1821 and 1825. If the young boy was 5 years old, or had overstated his age to the census taker (was commonly done), then this young boy could be the firstborn of John and Mary. John from the 1830 census had 23 slaves then. The children of John and Mary Ann were-*

1.    boy Cherry [2946 ?? ], b 1821-1825 (probably 1826). See brother James B Cherry for possible name: Tillman R Cherry, born in 1826 in NC. He md Ms S A _____. She was born in NC in 1829. They lived close to James B Cherry in 1880 and had seven children by then-*

       E.    T A (boy) Cherry, b 1855 (7s)

       F.    S E (girl) Cherry, b 1857 (7s)

       G.   J G (boy) Cherry, b 1858 (7s)

       H.   M S (girl) Cherry, b 1863 (7s)

       I.     R D (boy) Cherry, b 1866 (7s)

       J.     H K (girl) Cherry, b 1868 (7s)

       K.   L H B (girl) Cherry, b 1872 (7s)

Living with Tillmand and his wife in 1880 were a niece (L F Cherry, age 21) and two nephews (T B Cherry, age 19, and W L Cherry, age 16). (7js)

2.    Penelope Eliza Cherry, b c1830

3.    John (J? See biography of younger brother James) Cherry, b 1833

4.    William A Cherry, b 1838, was a member of the Legislature and Register of Deeds before his death before 1883; in 1860 he was “Gentleman” W A Cherry living next door to the George A Dancy family in the town of Greenville. William had recently married M A _____. She was born in NC in 1843. (88,7nq)

5.    James Burton Cherry, b 17 Jan 1840 in Pitt Co NC, was educated at Pitt Academy. In 1860 he was “Gentleman” James B Cherry living with the George A Dancy family in the town of Greenville. James married twice: first to Pattie Ann Sherrod in 1862 in Pitt Co, a granddaughter of John Simpson, and married second to Ada M Pierce, daughter of B C Pierce, about 1876. He had two girls from the first marriage, and a boy from the second. James was clerk of the Co Court and Master in Equity of Pitt Co during the Civil War. For many years was the county Treasurer, beginning in 1874, and ending in 1890. In 1898 he again allowed himself to run for the treasurer's position; holding it a total of twenty-two years. In 1864 he was elected clerk of the Superior Court and held it for four years. All this time he maintained his mercantile business at Greenville. At first he was in business with his brother J J, but bought him out. A few years later, in 1868, James took Tillman R Cherry (an older brother?) as a partner. James died on 13 March 1905. Ada was born in NC in 1856. His children were-*

       a.    Ann Amanda “Mangie” Cherry, b 28 Mar 1863 in Pitt Co NC, md Fernando Godfrey James on 8 January 1882 in Pitt Co. He was born 23 February 1857 at Hertford, Perquimans Co, son of John G James and Mary R Langley, and was a lawyer. He was also the Greenville mayor from 1882 to 1892. He was afterwards elected for three terms to the State Senate. Mangie and Fernando had six children-*

               1.    James B James, was a lawyer since 1908.

               2.    Charles James, was a teller in the Greenville National Bank.

               3.-6.       children (104,L) (104,L,7s)

       b.    Mary E Cherry, b 1865 in Pitt Co, probably died young, after 1880. (104,L,7s)

       c.    James B Cherry Jr, b 1877 in Pitt Co NC. (104,L,7s) (88,104,L,7nq)

Rippon Wedigan Ward was born 26 May 1805, son of Luke Ward (born 15 January 1771, died 3 March 1839) and Lavina Mayo (daughter of Peter Mayo). With her marriage to Ward, Mary Ann had four more children: Mary Melissa & Louisa died in September 1851; Edward T died 18 July 1859 at the age of 8; and Fernando Ward, born 7 September 1844, was the only child who reached adulthood. He enlisted at the age of 17 with the 17th North Carolina Infantry where he served with distinction. Fernando Ward married Julia G Robertson in 1866; she died soon afterwards. He then married Julia Penelope Moore on 21 January 1869. She was a daughter of Wedigan Mathias Moore II and Eliza Powell. Fernando and Julia had eight children: Mary Eliza, Lavina, Jennie, Ada Cherry, Edward Fernando, Corinne, Rippon, and Louise. (88,104,L)

       John Cherry [C1a7d4b1], son of John Cherry and Nancy Odle of Jackson Co TN, was born in 1804 in Jackson Co. He married Telitha Denton by 1831. She was born in 1806 in TN, daughter of Isaac Denton and Rebecca Etheridge. John died by 1841, probably in Jackson Co where Telitha was living in 1850. She was not found in 1860, nor was John found in Jackson Co in 1840. They had four children-

a.    girl Cherry, married _____ Miller by 1850 and had two children-

       1.    George Miller, b 1850s?

       2.    Paris Miller, b 1850s? (77)

b.    George Washington Cherry, b 9 Oct 1831

c.    Rebecca M Cherry, b 1834

d.    Artemcia Paralee Cherry, b 1841 (77,26n)

       John Cherry [C1a9e9b4], son of Henry Ormond Cherry and Clementine Edwards, was probably born around 1823 in Pitt Co NC. (77,7k)

       John Cherry [unknown], of Gibson Co TN, was born in TN in 1829. He married Jane Roberts in Gibson Co on 8 January 1850 and they lived in Gibson Co. She was born in TN in 1831. They were not found in TN in 1860. (121,13mn)

       John Cherry, of Titus Co TX, was born in TN in 1834. He was a clerk at Mt Pleasant, Titus Co in 1860, and was married to Elizabeth _____. Elizabeth was born in 1835. They had two sons-*

1.    Henry C Cherry, b 1857 in Titus Co TX. (62q)

2.    William E Cherry, b 1859 in Titus Co TX. (62q)

Living in Titus Co in 1860 were sons of Noel Cherry, and a Nancy P Cherry, born in 1811 in KY, and two teenage children Mary Cherry and James T Cherry. Living three doors from Nancy was the Spencer Thigpen family; Spencer and his wife E M _____ had moved from (Edgecombe Co?) NC to TX in the mid 1840s. (62q)

       John “J J” Cherry, son of John Cherry and Mary Ann Albritton of Pitt Co NC, was born in 1833 in Pitt Co. He was Clerk and Master in Equity in Pitt Co, and in the 1880s was the agent of the Tar River Transportation Company. (88,L,7n)

       John Cherry [unknown], married Flora Batts in Edgecombe Co NC on 06 January 1866. (121)

       John Cherry [C1a6e2h8e], was a son of Henry F Cherry and Emma Eliza Parker. John never married and died at age 17. (77)

       John Cherry [C1a7d4c1f1a], is a son of Lawrence Huston Cherry and Nora A Spear. (77)

       John Alexander “Alex” Cherry [C1a6c1g], son of Jesse Cherry Jr and Mary Riddick, must have been born by the early 1760s (1763?) in Tyrrell Co NC since he served in the Revolutionary War from 1 January 1777 to 1 May 1778. He was a private, and died soon before 20 March 1792. “Nearest friend” Jesse Cherry was named as the administrator of Alexander's estate on that date in Martin Co, and collected £34/10/9 on 19 July 1792 for Alexander's military service. Jesse also received the military pay for Daniel Cherry on July 19. (57,G)

       John Arthur Cherry [C1a9e9b6i], son of James Ormond Cherry and Sophy Jane Britton, was born in 1878 at Oakland, Colorado Co TX. He died on 24 December 1953 at Houston, and was buried there. John married Jessie Moore. (77)

       John B Cherry [C1a9c1e5c], son of Albert Gleaves Cherry and Eliza W Bradley, was born in 1839 in Henry Co TN (1880 census says born in KY). He was deaf, according to his father's 29 January 1856 will. John first married Ms M J _____ about 1875. In 1880 they were living a few doors from his brother Albert in Calloway Co. She was born in KY in 1849, and by 1880 they had two children. John later married Dora Curd. Dora was born in 1851, and died in 1911 at Palestine, Henry Co. John died in May 1914 at Paris, Henry Co, and was buried there. He had at least six children, four with Dora

-*

1.    Bradley Cherry, b 1876 in Calloway Co KY. (77,72s)

2.    D Blanche Cherry, b 1879 in Calloway Co KY, died in 1966. She md _____ McClain. (77,72s)

3.    Wilson Cherry, b 1892, died in 1958. He md Jennie Eakes. She was born in 1886 and died in 1965. They had eight children-*

       a.    Herman Cherry, b 24 Jul 1905, died in February 1975. He was living at Paris, Henry Co TN when he died. Herman md Maurine Woods and had a daughter-*

               1.    Gwendolyn Cherry, md Glen Fuinck. (77) (77,Z)

       b.    Carrie Lucille Cherry, b 1908, died in 1992. She md Otis Grover Moore. He was born in 1904. They had two children-*

               1.    Rebecca Gean Moore, b 1933, died in 1935.

               2.    Barbara Ann Moore, b 1935 (77)

       c.    Jennie May Cherry, b 1909, md Carl Hall. (77)

       d.    Pauline Cherry, b 1913, died in 1976. She md Leroy Phillips and they had a daughter-*

               1.    Betty Joe Phillips, b 1936 (77)

       e.    Fayette Cherry, b 7 May 1915, died in July 1983 at Paris, TN. He md Catherine Bomar. (77,Z)

       f.     James Cherry, b 30 Jul 1918, died in January 1970. He md Virginia Prince. (77,Z)

       g.    Thomas Cherry, b 1921 (77)

       h.    Charles Elmo Cherry, b 1924, died in 1990. He md Sarah Robinson. (77)

4.    Mattie Cherry, died in 1954. She md Frank Travis. (77)

5.    child Cherry (77)

6.    child Cherry (77) (77,21nq,72s)

       John Burl “Burlie” Cherry [C1a4f5i3], son of John Peoples Cherry and Susan Catherine Hughes, was born 15 March 1884, and died on 7 June 1887. He was buried in Morris Chapel Cemetery in Hardin Co TN, and was the only person with a Cherry family name in that cemetery. On his stone is the caption “son of j p & s c cherry.” (92,77)

       John C Brackenridge Cherry [C1a7d4c9c], son of Cary Stewart Cherry and Marinda Hestand, was born 25 May 1866 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He married Maryntha Woods on 2 April 1893, and married second to Olchie Elton and had two more children. Maryntha was born 24 May 1878 and died on 21 August 1927. Brackenridge died on 11 March 1961. They lived at Moss and had thirteen children-*

1.    Zona Cherry, b 27 Mar 1894 at Moss, Clay Co TN. She md James Rich. Zona was living in Barren Co KY when she died on 7 June 1993. (77,Z)

2.    Oscar Cherry, b 19 Jan 1896 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He md Eunice Moss and died in TN on 24 July 1976. He lived at Woodburn, Warren Co KY when he died. (77,Z)

3.    Virgil G Cherry, b 27 May 1898 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He md Myrtle Marshall. She was born 18 December 1898 and died at Moss in September 1980. Virgil died at Moss in August 1979. (77,Z)

4.    Nora Cherry, b 27 Oct 1900 at Moss, Clay Co TN. She md Virgil Moore and died at Moss on 26 September 1936. Virgil was born 22 January 1900, and died in February 1979 at Celina. He lived at Moss when he died. (77,Z)

5.    Otis Earl Cherry, b 7 Jun 1903 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He md Wealthya Ragan on 18 November 1928, and died on 21 March 1971. (77)

6.    Yate Napoleon Cherry, b 9 Sep 1906 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He md Iva Cary, and died on 2 May 1964. (77)

7.    Omas Cherry, b 2 Dec 1908 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He md Marie Rich and md Winnie Plumlee. Omas died on 9 July 1965. (77)

8.    Lona Cherry, b 19 Mar 1910 at Moss, Clay Co TN. She md Bedford Boone. (77)

9.    Pauline Lona Cherry, b 7 Oct 1912 at Moss, Clay Co TN. She md Truman Netherroh. (77)

10.  Clay Cherry, b 25 Feb 1915 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He md Alberta _____, and died on 14 January 1971. (77)

11.  Dennis Cherry, b 21 Sep 1920 at Moss, Clay Co TN. He md Nannie Lee. (77)

12.  Dayton Cherry (77)

13.  Donald Cherry (77) (77,103,L)

       John Charles Cherry, son of John Cherry (born 1927), son of Woody Cherry (born 10 August 1900, lived in OK, and lived at Clovis, CA when he died in July 1978), son of Allan Cherry (born 1864, died 1944) and Anne Downing. Allan may be son of David Cherry, who may have been son of Dave Cherry who died in TN. (77,Z)

       John D Cherry [C1a6c1b1c7e], son of Willis Sylvester Cherry and Virginia N Little, was born June 1882 at Washington, Beaufort Co NC. He married May _____. (77)

       John Darling Cherry [C1a9c1k], son of Jesse Cherry and Elizabeth Gainer, was born in 1787 in Martin Co NC. He was best known by his middle name, and was a soldier in the War of 1812 from Martin Co, Company 5, and the 5th Brigade of Company 1. Darling married Elizabeth Wynns on 1 March 1812 in Martin Co. She was born 7 March 1792 in Martin Co, daughter of Watkins William Wynns and Ann Ward. Elizabeth died in the 1840s and Darling died in the 1870s in Martin Co where he lived in alone 1870, next door to his son Rufus. He was a resident of NC on 4 May 1819 when his signature was provided by Daniel Cherry as witness to a title bond from Willie Cherry to James Cherry in Wilson Co TN. Darling was a member of the House of Commons from Martin Co from 1817 to 1820. In 1830 through 1870 Darling was still living in Martin Co (he had no will prior to 1868). They had eight children-* 2, 4, 6-7

1.    Adeline A Cherry, b 1813

2.    Wiley P Cherry, b 7 Feb 1818

3.    Mary Ann Cherry, b 1819 in Martin Co. (77)

4.    Romulus S Cherry, b c1821

5.    Noah H Cherry, b 23 Apr 1823

6.    Adrian Cherry, b 1825 in Martin Co NC

7.    Rufus King Cherry, b 2 Feb 1832 in Martin Co NC. He married Martha Wilson in 1849. She was born in 1830 in NC. They had seven children-

       a.    Elizabeth Cherry, b 1850. She married Tom Lanier. (77,1q)

       b.    Alice Cherry, b 1852. She md Frank Raynor. (77,1q)

       c.    James Cherry, b 1855 (77,1q)

       d.    Nancy Cherry, b 1857. She md Whit Moore. (77,1q)

       e.    Oda Cherry, b 1860 after the summer census. (77,1q)

       f.     John Darling Cherry II, b 1868 (77)

       g.    Marshall Cecil Cherry, b 1868children-

       a.    Elizabeth Cherry, b 1850. She married Tom Lanier. (77,1q)

       b.    Alice Cherry, b 1852. She md Frank Raynor. (77,1q)

       c.    James Cherry, b 1855 (77,1q)

       d.    Nancy Cherry, b 1857. She md Whit Moore. (77,1q)

       e.    Oda Cherry, b 1860 after the summer census. (77,1q)

       f.     John Darling Cherry II, b 1868 (77)

       g.    Marshall Cecil Cherry, b 1868 (77)

8.    Mary Elizabeth Cherry, b c1834

Watkins W Wynn was born 30 September 1742 and died on 20 March 1812. He married first to Mary _____, by whom he had two sons: Daniel and John. Watkins married Ann Ward on 10 August 1769, and they had twelve children. Daughter Elizabeth who married Darling Cherry was the youngest. (69,77,79, 105,RM,WD,L,1ejnq)

       John Darling Cherry II [C1a9c1k7f], son of Rufus King Cherry and Martha Wilson, was born in 1868, and died in 1924. He married Addie Viola Bell, who was born in 1870. They had three children, then John married Suitie Hardy. Suitie was born in 1881 and died in 1905. John and Suitie had a son before John married for a third time, to Elector Whitfield. She was born in 1884 and died in 1949. From this third marriage there were five children, making nine in all-*

1.    Annie Blanche Cherry, b 1894, died in 1965. She married John Weldon Hardy. He was born in 1887 and died in 1969. They had seven children-*

       a.    Clarence Lester Hardy, b 1911, died in 1992. He married Susie Talitha Wynn. She was born in 1912. They had two children-*

               1.    Frederick Alton Hardy, b 1934

               2.    Jerry Clarence Hardy, b 1940 (77)

       b.    Pattie Elizabeth Hardy, b 1914, married John Henry Matkins Jr. He was born in 1909. They had two children-*

               1.    John Alan Matkins, b 1941

               2.    Linda Faye Matkins, b 1946 (77)

       c.    Evelyn Hardy, b 1916, died in 1935 (77)

       d.    Dennis Earl Hardy, b 1918, died in 1985. He married Frances Whitehurst. She was born in 1918. They had two children-*

               1.    Shirley Anne Hardy, b 1937

               2.    Dennis Eqarl Hardy Jr (77)

       e.    John Williams Hardy, b 1921, married Elizabeth Wynn. She was born in 1921. They had two children-*

               1.    Kenneth Evan Hardy, b 1951

               2.    Phyllis Ann Hardy, b 1954 (77)

       f.     Charlie Elton Hardy, b 1923. He married Garnetta McCaskey Swinson. They had a daughter, and Charlie then married Frances Virginia Johnson. She was born in 1929 and died in 1983. They had two children. Charlie married a third time to Sybl Fillingame Whitford, who was born in 1934. Charlie's three children were-*

               1.    Mary Angelea Hardy, b 1946, and died the same year.

               2.    Laura Jill Hardy, b 1952. She married twice. Her first husband was Larry Fitzgerald, and the second was William A Gravely II. Will was born in 1950. Laura has two children-*

                      a.    Frances Hardy Gravely, b 1985

                      b.    William Ashford Gravely III, b 1987 (77)

               3.    Charlie Elton Hardy, b 1953. He married Barbara Feldkircher. She was born in 1953. They have two children-*

                      a.    Eva Elizabeth Hardy, b 1986

                      b.    Mary Claire Hardy, b 1989 (77)

       g.    Muriel Ann Hardy, b 1927. She married Guy Franklin Alford. He was born in 1921. They have two children-*

               1.    Guy Franklin Alford Jr, b 1946

               2.    Evelyn Muriel Alford, b 1952 (77)

2.    Mark Cherry, b 1889 (77)

3.    Eva Cherry, b 1891 (77)

4.    Tiny Cherry, b 1900, married Jennis Campbell (77)

5.    Hettie Cherry, b 1907 (77)

6.    John Henry Cherry, b 1912 (77)

7.    Rufus Cherry, b 1913 (77)

8.    Elizabeth Cherry, b 1908, married Leslie Glazebrook and had seven children-*

       a.    William Glazebrook

       b.    John Glazebrook

       c.    Mary Glazebrook

       d.    Virginia Glazebrook

       e.    Patricia Glazebrook

       f.     Joseph Glazebrook

       g.    Leslie Glazebrook (77)

9.    James Alfred Cherry, b 1915 (77)

       John E Cherry [C1a9c1n7], son of Lawrence Cherry and Fannie Grey Thigpen, was born 31 July 1830 at Williamston, Martin Co NC. He married Henrietta A Howell on 1 December 1863 in Edgecombe Co. She was born on 26 January 1833, daughter of Brittain Howell and Dicey _____. John died on 26 February 1886 and Henrietta on 11 May 1875. They are buried in the Cherry family cemetery near Williamston, off highway 125. They had children-*

a.    Briscoe D Cherry, b 9 Oct 1868, died 14 July 1869. He is buried in the Cherry family cemetery near Williamston, off highway 125, with his parents. (59)

b.    other children (57,1j)

       John F Cherry [C1a7d4c2d2], son of Boyd Cherry and Crayton Short, was born in July 1889. (77)

       John Fielding Cherry [C1a9c1b3e], son of John W Cherry and Elizabeth Boyer, was born 25 March 1829 in Howard Co MO (1850 Linn Co census said his age was 18, and 1870 Newton Co census said he was age 38). He married in 1851 Mary Ann Cates, widow of Washington Hatfield (was not in Linn Co marriage records). John and Mary Ann had three children before she died in April 1859. He joined the Union Army in 1862. According to his enlistment papers, he was 5 foot 8 inches tall, had blue eyes, and dark brown hair. While serving in Company C, Missouri Cavalry, he was blinded in his right eye.

       On 7 April 1870 John married Samantha Manty in Newton Co; her prior marriage was to a Mr Humphrey. She was born about 1840 in AL (1870 Newton Co census says she was age 22, born in MO). In 1870 they lived at Lost Creek in Newton Co. John died on 15 January 1913 in Newton Co and Samantha died on 23 April 1933. She and John had four children, making seven children in all-

1.    Mary Elizabeth Cherry, b c1852

2.    James Henry Cherry, b 7 Dec 1855

3.    William Cherry, b 1857

4.    Daniel Dewitt Cherry, b 13 Feb 1871

5.    Jessie Cherry, b 1870s

6.    Walter Dennis Cherry [I3441], b 13 Apr 1878

7.    Bernice M Cherry, b 1870s-1880s (90,54n,82r)

       John Franklin Cherry [C1a9e9b9e], son of McGilbra Longstreet Cherry and Nancy Winniford Weathersbee, was born 31 March 1861 in Pitt Co NC and died on 25 September 1867. (77,121)

       John Franklin Cherry [C1a7d4b1b7], son of George Washington Cherry and Tabitha Ann Young, was born 10 September 1880 at El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co MO. He married Maggie Harris and moved to southern CA. (77)

       John H Cherry [C1a6e2h4a], son of Joshua W Cherry and Sarah Anderson of Panola Co TX, was probably born about 1847 in Panola Co TX. He married Samantha Carter on 18 October 1872 in Panola Co. (77)

       John Henry Cherry [C1a9c1g2e2c], son of Temple Johnson Cherry and Mary Clementine Newton, was born 28 March 1892 at Winsboro, Wood Co TX. He married Georgia Melissa Turner on 9 June 1911 at Mt Vernon, Franklin Co. She was born 21 November 1894 at Winfield, Titus Co, and died on 22 March 1974 at Odessa in Ector Co. John died on 5 December 1974 in Colorado City, Mitchell Co. He was buried at Odessa. They had nine children-*

1.    May Cherry, b 1912

2.    Jim Henry Cherry, b 13 Oct 1913

3.    Lou Cherry, b 1914

4.    John Henry Cherry Jr, b 25 Aug 1919 at Fullbright, Lamar Co TX. John married Flossie Christie Smith on 29 May 1943 at Colorado City in Mitchell Co. She was born 31 October 1923 at Valient, OK. He died on 13 December 1991 at Denison in Grayson Co. They had five children-*

       a.    Fannie M Cherry [I8418], b 4 Feb 1944

       b.    Henry Cherry, b 1945

       c.    Steve Henry Cherry, b 23 Apr 1946 at Colorado City, Mitchell Co TX. He married Janet D Smith on 27 August 1970 at Houston. She was born 15 December 1954 at DeKalb. They have two children-*

               1.    Sharon D Cherry, b 25 May 1971

               2.    Steve Henry Cherry Jr, b 9 Apr 1974 (77)

       d.    Buddie Hollis Cherry, b 1949

       e.    Elizabeth A Cherry, b 25 Nov 1952 (77) (77,Z)

5.    Nicey Ann Cherry, b 1921

6.    Isham Cherry, b 20 Oct 1922

7.    Atlie Cherry (girl), b 2 Apr 1924

8.    Melvin Lee Cherry, b 20 Jan 1927 at Winfield, TX. He married Ouida Mae Chappell on 7 September 1946 at Colorado City in Mitchell Co. They lived at Odessa. She was born 24 July 1930 at Sweetwater, and died on 23 December 1989 at Odessa.

9.    I V Cherry (girl), b 9 Jul 1929 (77)

       John Henry Cherry, married wife number two Debra June Jones on 25 June 1994 at Houston, TX. She is a daughter of Clifford Elsworth Jones. (JC)

       John Holland Cherry [C1a6e2h1d], son of Ezekiel K Cherry and Martha Keene Cherry, was born 28 August 1846 in Sumter Co AL. He married Ann Early Annella Johnson on 14 September 1865 at Carthage, Panola Co TX. She was born about 1849 in TX. And John married Helen Theo Johnson on 17 May 1880 in Harrison Co TX. She was born in November 1858 in Panola Co. John had sixteen children-*

1.    Ernest E Cherry, b Jul 1867 in DeSoto Parish LA. In 1910 Reagan Owen, age 4, was listed in Ernest's household as a nephew. Ernest md Fanny _____ about 1890 and they had two children-*

       a.    Eula E Cherry, b Nov 1890 in Navarro Co TX.

       b.    Claude W Cherry, b 17 Sep 1898 in Navarro Co TX, and died in June 1985 in TX. (77,Z)

2.    Wilbur B Cherry, b Nov 1869 in DeSoto Parish LA. (77)

3.    Francis S Cherry, b Dec 1874 in Navarro Co TX. He md Zella Carroll about 1890. They had two children-*

       a.    Blair Cherry, b c1902 in Navarro Co TX.

       b.    Alton B Cherry, b 27 Sep 1903 in Navarro Co TX, died in June 1963. (77,Z)

4.    Katie Cherry, b c1878 in DeSoto Parish LA. (77)

5.    Homer H Cherry, b Jul 1882 in Navarro Co TX. He md Frankie C _____ about 1906 in Navarro Co. She was born about 1888 in Navarro Co. They had a girl-*

       a.    Mary A Cherry, b c1909 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

6.    Helen T Cherry, b Jul 1882 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

7.    Mary C Cherry, b Aug 1884 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

8.    Roger I Cherry, b 2 Apr 1887 in Navarro Co TX, and died in November 1966 in TX. (77,Z)

9.    Maggie Scroggs Cherry, b Sep 1888 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

10.  Callie S Cherry, b Sep 1888 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

11.  William L Cherry, b Nov 1890 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

12.  James H Cherry, b Jun 1892 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

13.  John H Cherry, b Mar 1894 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

14.  Robert J Cherry, b Nov 1895 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

15.  Lilly Cherry, b Nov 1897 in Navarro Co TX. (77)

16.  Morris D Cherry, b Apr 1900 in Navarro Co TX. (77) (77,78,LJ,22pnq)

       John L Cherry [C1a3f6e6c], son of Erastus Cherry and Mary Della Savage, was born in 1863 in Edgecombe Co NC. (77,5r)

       John Lafette Cherry [C1a6b2a2e1f], son of William Norman Cherry and Martha Melinda Head, was born 26 September 1860 at Big Rock, Stewart Co TN, and died by 1870. (77,37r)

       John Lawrence Cherry [C1a6b2a2e1j], son of William Norman Cherry and Martha Melinda Head, was born 3 July 1870 at Big Rock, Stewart Co TN. He married Emma Dora Wall but they had no children. (77)

       John M Cherry (son of Joel Cherry and Nancy Allen?, who was born 23 November 1803 in SC or in VA?). He lived in Murfreesboro, TN. He was a minister. He took as his wife Sarah Hooper. She was born on 1 December 1796, died on 25 June 1870, and was buried in the Old City Cemetery in Murfreesboro. John and Sarah had at least two children-*

1.    S M Cherry, a minister. There was a Silas M Cherry who md M D Simmons in Montgomery Co TN on 17 December 1846. (80)

2.    W D Cherry, a minister, lived at Santa Fe, Maury Co. He had a son-*

       a.    Dr John E Cherry, died 14 March 1893 of consumption at Dixon's Station, TN. (53,61) (61)

       John M Cherry, eldest son of Joel Cherry and Nancy Allen, was born 23 November 1803 in SC (Kershaw district?) or in VA. He married Elizabeth Elliot on 11 March 1824. Bible records show that they then moved to West TN and “were lost sight of.” John and his first wife and family moved to Henderson Co in the early 1830s. Elizabeth Elliot was born 19 February 1803, probably in NC, and died in 1838 in Henderson Co TN; she is buried in Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, TN. After Elizabeth died, John married Elizabeth Wingate. His second wife was born 18 April 1819 in SC and died on 7 November 1899; John died on 11 December 1852 and is buried in Sardis Cemetery next to his first wife. John M Cherry and Elizabeth Wingate lived near what was then called Wild Goose, TN, which later became Enville. Elizabeth Wingate is buried at Grove Springs Cemetery in Enville. John died when his children were young and Elizabeth was left alone to rear them. He had five children with each wife-

1.    James L Cherry, b 1825

2.    Joseph W Cherry, b 1830

3.    Thomas Cherry, b 1833

4.    Marcus Lafayette Cherry, b 5 Aug 1834

5.    Francis Marion Cherry, b 24 Jun 1836

6.    Nancy Cherry, b 1839

7.    Jane Cherry, b 1841

8.    Mary Ann Cherry, b 20 Mar 1845

9.    John Peoples Cherry, b 17 Dec 1848

10.  William Jasper Cherry, b 20 Feb 1852

Elizabeth Wingate came from NC (1850 & 1860 census says SC) with her brother, Peoples Wingate and her sister Linda Wingate. (77,5aep,24nq)

       John Mack Cherry [C1a7d4c2c3], son of Andrew Cherry and Louisa J Newman, was born 27 September 1887. He married Mandy Baley Jones and had eleven children-

a.    Lou Ann Cherry, b 1910s?

b.    Maullene Cherry, b 1910s?

c.    Bransford L Cherry, b 4 Jan 1918

d.    Celistia Cherry, b 1910s?

e.    Elsie Cherry, b 1920s?

f.     Rentford Mack Cherry, b 26 Aug 1925

g.    John Mack Cherry, b 1920s?

h.    Bernice Cherry, b 1920s?

i.     Willard R Cherry, b 1920s?

j.     Genevie Cherry, b 1930s?

k.    Beulah Cherry, b 1930s? (77)

       John Mack Cherry [C1a7d4c2d6], son of Boyd Cherry and Crayton Short, was born in July 1899. (77)

       John Mack Cherry [C1a7d4c2c3g], son of John Mack Cherry and Mandy Baley Jones, was probably born in the 1920s. (77)

       John Marion Cherry [C1a3f6e5a], son of Francis Marion Cherry and Susan Long, was born 17 May 1867, and died on 23 March 1952. John is buried at Henderson City, Chester Co, TN. He married Lucy Tarpley, daughter of John Tarpley and Fanny Witt. John and Lucy had four children-*

1.    John F Cherry, b 3 Sep 1902. John married Pauline Scott on 12 May 1933, and lived at Henderson, Chester Co TN. He died on 13 September 1971. They had a daughter-*

       a.    Marjorie Lucile Cherry, b 28 Apr 1934, married twice: to Julius Hobbs; and to Donald Coleman Ross. (77) (77,Z)

2.    Bernice Cherry, b 31 Dec 1905, died on 18 July 1927. (77)

3.    Fannie Sue Cherry, b 17 Jan 1909, married Harry Alexander on 25 December 1925. He was born on 17 October 1905 and died on 7 March 1978. Fannie lived at Henderson, Chester Co TN when she died on 22 November 1987. (77,Z)

4.    William Benjamin Cherry, b 22 Oct 1917, married Florine Massey at Corinth,, MS. She was born 3 September 1917. They had two children-*

       a.    William Orby Cherry, b 31 Oct 1936, married Debbie _____. (77)

       b.    Mickey Francis Cherry, b 28 Feb 1948, married Sherry Roberts. They have a son-*

               1.    Shayne Cherry (77)

       John Martin Cherry [C1a6e4h2b5], son of Pleasant Nelson Cherry and Susan Lillian Sands, was born in 1908, probably in Maury Co TN. (EC)

       John McAdoo Cherry [C1a7d4c2], son of Cary W Cherry and Isabelle McAdoo, was born in 1820 in Jackson Co TN. He married Louisa _____ about 1852, probably in Jackson Co where he was living in 1850 through 1870. Louisa was born in 1835, but died between November 1862 and 1870. In 1870 John and his four children were living a few doors from his brother Wilson C Cherry. They lived in the Union Hill Community of Clay Co. John died by June 1875. He and Louisa had four children-

a.    Camel Campbell Cherry, b 1853

b.    Tilford Cherry, b 1855

c.    Andrew Cherry, b 26 Nov 1858

d.    Boyd Cherry, b 11 Nov 1861 (125,77,26knqr)

       John Peoples Cherry, son of John M Cherry and Elizabeth Wingate, was born 17 December 1848 in Henderson Co TN. He married Susan Catherine Hughes in Hardin Co on 16 January 1878 or a few days after (this was the marriage license date). Susan was born 12 April 1858 in Hardin Co (dau? of Burl Hughes? and Polly Van Odom?), and died on 24 July 1934 (1940, per TP) at Hendersion; John died on 27 September 1931. Since they were married in Hardin Co and their son Burl was buried there in 1885, John and his family must have spent the first few years in or near Hardin Co. They had five children-*

a.    Rosetta Cherry, b 27 Jun 1878 (1879, per TP), died on 22 January 1964; she is buried in East Laurel Cemetery in Madison Co TN. She married James Iverson Nolen. He was born on 18 January 1871 and died on 6 November 1957; James is buried with Rosetta. They had six children-*

       1.    Carrie Nolen, b 1 Jul 1905, died on 3 January 1919.

       2.    Tommie Nell Nolen, b 5 Feb 1907, died on 12 September 1990.

       3.    James Paul Nolen, b 25 May 1909, died on 17 September 1984.

       4.    John Roy Nolen, b 5 Apr 1914, died in April 1980.

       5.    Robert Neal Nolen, b 28 Mar 1917, married Wilma O'Neal Upton on 13 June 1948. She was born 27 June 1913. (77)

       6.    L C Nolen (male), b 21 Dec 1919, died on 29 March 1981. (77)

b.    Mary Louaddie Cherry, b 3 Sep 1881, married Robert Lipe on 1 November 1903. He was born on 24 June 1884. Addie lived in Butler Co OH when she died in August 1973. (77,Z)

c.    John Burl Cherry, b 15 Mar 1884, died on 7 June 1885 of measles. He was buried at Morris Chapel in Hardin Co TN (as “Burlie Cherry”). (77,92)

d.    Bessie Inez Cherry, b 26 Jan 1891, married Gilbert Wylie Reid on 27 April 1913. Gilbert was born 14 December 1885. Bessie lived in Lowndes Co MS when she died on 28 October 1983. (77,Z)

e.    James Leonard Cherry, b 21 Jun 1895 in Cherter Co TN. He lived at Henderson, and died on 11 September 1982. He married Mae Haltom on 22 September 1921. She was born on 13 May 1889. (77,Z) (77,TP,9m,24n)

       John Richard T Cherry [C1a9f4g8], son of Gerrard Yarrell Cherry and Mary Ann Katheryn Edwards, was born in 1844 in Todd Co KY. He was a lad of about 11 when his family moved to Red River Co TX. (77,66n)

       John Robert Cherry [C1a3f6e10e], son of William Jasper Cherry and R Matilda Carroll, was born 4 May 1886 in TN, and died on 1 July 1974 in TN. He married Vida Presley on 5 May 1912, and married Bertie McBride on 27 April 1957. (77)

       John Thomas Cherry [C1a9c1b2c7], son of Joel Lilley Cherry and Mary Ann Hines, was born 19 February 1856 in Linn Co MO. He probably married by 1879 and his wife died by 1880. He was living with his parents in 1880, with an apparent daughter (shown in the census as a granddaughter to John's parents). John did marry Leckie Hartley on 13 October 1881 in Washington Co AR, and died on 14 January 1916 at Wetumka, OK. His daughters were-*

a.    Susan Ida Cherry, b 23 Jul 1880, died 22 July 1881 in Washington Co AR and was buried in Rose Cemetery.

b.    Lillie Cherry, b 15 Apr 1882, married Haywood Lasiter and had a daughter-*

       1.    Ruby Lassiter

c.    Mary Elizabeth “Mayme” Cherry, b 4 Jan 1885, died 20 July 1961 at Wetumka, OK. She was buried in Wetumka Cemetery. Mary married O B Hayden on 18 December 1901 at Wewoka, Indian Territory OK. He was born 26 December 1876 at Callao, Macon Co MO, and died on 15 July 1958 at Holdenville, OK. O B was also buried in Wetumka Cemetery. They had eight children-*

       1.    Cloyce Hayden, b 1903, died about 1904 and was buried at Holdenville.

       2.    Clyde Cherry Hayden, b 7 Sep 1905 at Holdenville, OK, died on 27 May 1966 at Corpus Christi, TX. He was buried at Rockport, Aransas Co TX. Clyde married Ruth Nolen on 28 November 1929 at Holdenville. She was born 23 March 1908 at Wetumka, OK.

       3.    Hazel Lorraine Hayden, b 2 Nov 1908 at Wetumka, OK. She married Monroe Lambeth on 9 May 1925 at Henrietta, OK. He was born 18 August 1900 at Austin, TX, and died on 11 November 1976 at Okemah, OK. Hazel died on 19 May 1967 at Oklahoma City and was buried at Wetumka.

       4.    Maxine Elliot Hayden, b 8 Dec 1910 at Wetumka, OK. She married William Hamil on 16 September 1926 at Henrietta, OK. He was born 8 July 1902 at Colorado City, TX, and died in October 1966. (77,Z)

       5.    Grace Rovella Hayden, b 8 Nov 1916 at Wetumka, OK. She married Wayne Jones Chowins on 19 February 1932 at Wetumka. He was born 19 February 1910 at Wetumka, and lived there when he died on 13 October 1989. (77,Z)

       6.    Jack Pershing Hayden, b Sep 1919 at Wetumka, OK, died on 16 January 1921. He was buried in Wetumka.

       7.    Howard Gene Hayden, b 17 Nov 1923 at Wetumka, OK. He married Loretta Ritter on 2 September 1950 at Oklahoma City. She was born 23 January 1931 at Hobart. Howard died at Oklahoma City in February 1981. (77,Z)

       8.    Wanda Lee Hayden, b 9 May 1928 at Wetumka, OK. She married Jack Dempsey on 23 December 1949 at Van Buren, AR. He was born 29 April 1924 at Magazine, AR.

d.    Maude Cherry, b 12 Aug 1888. She married Fred Lasiter and they had two children-*

       1.    “Bud” Lassiter

       2.    Alta Lassiter (77,90,101)

       John V Cherry [unknown], brother of Jacob Cherry of Kershaw Co SC, was born about 1800 in NC. He married Louisa C Daniels about 1826. She died within ten years, and John married Nancy Precious Seats about 1837. She was born 13 March 1811 in KY, and died on 8 January 1882 in Morris Co TX. There were three Cherry men on the Titus Co TX Tax Roster of 1846: J B Cherry; Jesse Cherry, and S R Cherry. Probably John V was the “J B” Cherry of the tax list. John died on 27 May 1847 in Titus Co TX and was buried in Concord Cemetery at Coffee Springs, Morris Co TX, as was Nancy. John and Louisa had a son, and with Nancy he had five more children-*

1.    William Lewis Cherry, b 5 Aug 1827 in GA, died on 22 April 1878 at Biardstown, Lamar Co TX. He was buried in Friendship Cemetery in Lamar Co. William married Elizabeth Cordell before 1849 in TX. She was born in 1829 in TN, died in TX, and was buried in TX. They had children. William then married Martha Catherine Johnson in Lamar Co on 1 February 1865. She was born about 1838 and died at Clardy in Lamar Co; Martha was buried at Paris, Lamar Co. They had children. Will's last wife was Martha M Stanley, whom he married in Titus Co on 29 September 1872. She died on 8 April 1905. They had children. Some Lamar Co marriages were: Thomas R Cherry to Mrs Delinda Brackeen on 12 December 1844; J B McIwin to E Cherry on 25 December 1849; John S Shepert to Rebecca Cherry on 14 April 1842. (JC)

2.    Rebecca Cherry (JC)

3.    John P Cherry, b 1840 in TX. (JC)

4.    Mary A Cherry, b c1842 in TX. (JC,62q)

5.    James T Cherry, b 27 Jun 1843 in Titus Co TX. He md Esther Frances Scott on 11 January 1865 in TX. She was born in 1844 in AL, daughter of David M Scott and Mary M _____. Esther died in 1882; in 1883 James married Mary Elnora Glass, daughter of M A Glass. He had children with both wives. (JC,62q)

6.    Nancy Cherry, b 1846 in TX. (JC) (JC,121,62q)

       John W Cherry [unknown], of Gibson Co TN in 1840, was born in 1793; his wife Mary _____ was born in 1799. They were the only two in his houusehold in 1840, and were not found in Gibson Co in 1850. In 1860 they were living in Weakley Co, and were the only ones in their household. (13kn,45q)

       John W Cherry [C1a9c1b3], son of James J Cherry, was born between 1795 and 1800 in either Martin Co NC or in Davidson Co TN. He married Elizabeth Boyer in Rutherford Co TN on 29 January 1818; bond was posted by Thomas Bragg, future husband of John's sister Catherine (Catherine and Thomas were married on 12 February 1818). Elizabeth was born 19 July 1798 in Stokes Co NC, daughter of Henry Boyer (born about 1769) and Margery (Marjory?) Mullikin (born 4 March 1777). In 1820 they were not listed in their own home, but instead John's father James Cherry had an extra young woman age 16 to 25 in his household who was not listed in the 1810 census. This may have been Elizabeth Boyer, living with her new husband John in his father's home. Elizabeth gave her age as 53 in the 1850 census of Linn Co MO, and was born in NC. By 1823 John and Elizabeth had settled in Howard Co MO, and in 1832 had moved to Linn Co. Some of the Bragg families of Rutherford Co TN had also settled in Howard Co. In 1830 there were John Cherry and Lewis Lilly, Henry Bragg, & Joseph Bragg families in the county. In 1840 there were William Cherry and the two prior Bragg families. The 1840 census of Linn Co also had a John Cherry family. John died at home in Linn Co on 29 November 1848 and was buried there in Magnolia Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Elizabeth died at her home in Linn Co in April 1860. Elizabeth Cherry, widow of John W Cherry, appeared before the Justice of the Peace of Linn Co MO and filed a claim for a land Grant as the widow of a war veteran. Her sister, Katherine Goodman, was one of the witnesses. John was a Tennessee Volunteer in the War of 1812. He entered on 27 September 1814 and was discharged on the following April 27. He served in Captain James Pace's Tennessee Volunteers, and was a soldier under General Jackson.

       Census records show that John had 10 sons; nine were named in Elizabeth's request for a veteran land grant. The boys were all born in Howard or Linn Counties MO-*

a.    James Cherry, b 1820 (90,101,102,54n)

b.    Henry S Cherry, b 1822 (90,101,102)

c.    Joel Lilley Cherry, b 19 Dec 1824 in Howard Co MO. He died on 8 February 1901 at Wewoka, Indian Territory OK. (77,90,101,102,54n)

d.    Jesse Cherry, b 1827 in Howard Co MO. (77,90,101,102,54n)

e.    John Fielding Cherry, b 25 Mar 1829 in Howard Co MO. (90,77,101,102,54n)

f.     William Cherry, b 1831-1835. He may be William Jasper Cherry, born in 1832. (77,90,101,102)

g.    George A Cherry, b 1833 in Howard Co MO. (77,90,101,102,54n)

h.    Spencer Clifton Cherry, b 1835 in Howard Co MO. He had a child-*

       1.    Spencer Cherry, b Jan 1860 (77) (77,90,101,102,54n)

i.     Daniel P Cherry, b 1836 (90,101,102)

j.     Hugh Martin Cherry, b 1840 in Linn Co MO. (77,90,101,102, 39i,54nm) (90,101,102,39im,54n)

       John W Cherry [unknown], was born in 1824 in TN. He md Pauline E Peck on 30 November 1843 in Macoupin Co IL. She was born about 1827 in KY. In 1850 they were living in Hancock Co IL and had three children-*

1.    Martha E Cherry, b 1844 in IL. (61n)

2.    Emily A Cherry, b 1847 in IL. (61n)

3.    Elvira Cherry, b 1848 in IL. (61n)

Living with John and Pauline in 1850 was 14 year old John Cook. (L,57k,61n)

       John W Cherry [C1a3f6e4a], son of Marcus Lafayette Cherry and Louisa Caroline Stanfield, was born in 1859 at Centre Point, Henderson Co TN, and died in April 1900. He is buried in Nelsons Cemetery at Boyd, TX. (77,24q)

       John Wilson Cherry [C1a7d4c1a2], son of James Boyd Cherry and America Minor, was born 11 February 1872 in Jackson Co TN. He married Allie B Carver. (77)

       John Wilson Cherry [C1a3f6e4b3], son of Scerenus Cecil Cherry and Beedie Ann Austin, was born 25 March 1888 at Enville, Chester Co TN. He died on 9 December 1963. John married Coma Edna Tedford and they had seven children-*

a.    Roy Cherry, married Frances Johns.

b.    Haggard Cherry, married Carolyn Haynes.

c.    Ray Cherry, b 1920, married Hazel Frye.

d.    Tillman Cherry, married Theda McPherson, and married Margie Gardner.

e.    Carrie Neal Cherry

f.     Knox Glenn Cherry, married Patsy Johns.

g.    Nancy Cherry, married Kay D Wyatt. (77)

       Jonas Cherry [C1a5b], son of Thomas Cherry and Sarah Willson, was born about 1708 in Norfolk Co VA. He was listed as a son of Thomas on the tithable listing from Sugg's Mills to Deep Creek in June 1730. Jonas was not named in his father's 1748 will. Therefore he may have already received his inheritance, or died between June 1730 and April 1748. He did not appear on the 1785, nor the 1810 census of Norfolk Co. (77,EC,RM,L,90,1z,28pz)

       Jonathan Cherry [C1a6b2], son of Faithful Cherry Jr, was born about 1734, either in Norfolk Co VA or in Tyrrell Co NC. He was named in his father's 9 February 1787 will as a son. On 7 January 1775 Jonathan Cherry bought 200 acres in Martin Co from Needham Bryan, land which already contained houses and other buildings. And on 6 March 1775 Thomas Beach of Martin Co sold to “Jonathan Cherry of the Province of NC & Co of Martin brick layer” 100 acres next to Beaver Dam swamp. Witnesses were Jesse Cooper and Jesse Cherry. Thomas Beach made his “Χ.” In 1779 Jonathan Cherry was on the Martin Co tax list. On 26 September 1779 Jonathan received 30 acres from NC “beginning at a pine on the N. side of the Beaver Dam Swamp,” and bordering Yarrell's property and Jonathan's existing property. On 20 September 1782 Jonathan bought 100 acres on the east side of Beaver Dam Branch from Arthur Wheatly of Martin Co, witnessed by Jesse Cherry (probably Jonathan's son or brother) and Sedwick Haslip.

       Jonathan Cherry left a Martin Co will dated 26 July 1815 in which he named sons and daughters, but no wife; son Jesse and brother Joel were the executors. The will did not name son Jonathan Jr. It was proven in December 1818. In his will Jonathan named his granddaughter “Sinthy Luster” and grandsons Frederick Cherry and William Cherry. Jonathan signed his will. His children were-

a.    Jonathan Cherry Jr, b 1754

b.    Samuel Cherry, b 1760s-1780s

c.    Jesse Cherry, b c1760

d.    Elizabeth Cherry, b 1760s-1780s

e.    Jenney Cherry, b 1760s-1780s

f.     Catey Cherry, b 1760s-1780s

g.    Sarah Cherry, b 1760s-1780s

h.    Ann Cherry, b 1760s-1780s (68,77,1apzt)

       Jonathan Cherry Jr [C1a6b2a], son of Jonathan Cherry “bricklayer of Martin Co” NC, was born in 1754, probably in Martin Co. Jonathan Cherry gave his “worthy friend” Joel Cherry (Jonathan Jr's uncle) his power of attorney on 29 September 1810 in Martin Co; We know this was Jonathan Jr because he could not sign his name, while his father could. And on 20 January 1811 Jonathan sold 133 acres at “bever dam swamp yarnells old corner” to Jonathan Ward. The transaction was signed by Joel Cherry for Jonathan. This land was next to Jesse Cherry's and Jonathan Cherry's property. Earlier, on 28 September 1810 Jonathan sold 50 acres in Martin Co to Edward Byrd, land on the north side of Beaver Dam Swamp; this was witnessed by Jesse Cherry (deed book F, page 21). Jonathan did make an attempt at signing, which looks like a child's attempt at making the letter W. An “Elder Jonathan Cherry” was the pastor of the Baptist church at Little Conetoe in Edgecombe Co in 1803. Perhaps the pastor was this Jonathan. Jonathan Cherry Jr moved to Bedford Co TN sometime after 1810. He had two sons, and probably others-

1.    Joseph Cherry, b c1776

2.    William W Cherry, b 1777 (77,1z,5x)

       Jonathan Cherry [C1e7c], son of Samuel Cherry of Norfolk Co VA, was born by 1795. (69,77,NW)

       Joseph Cherry [C1g], son of immigrant John Cherry, was born about 1668 in Lower Norfolk Co VA; he was over the age of 60 in a tithable list in Norfolk Co VA on 10 June 1730. Joseph was in the June tithable list each year from 1730 through 1734. And on 22 March 1735 he witnessed the will of William Cherry. Joseph died sometime after then. He was a constable in the 1730s, His wife is not known, but some of his children were-

1.    Joseph Cherry Jr, b c1705

2.    Matthew Cherry, b a1710

3.    Martin Cherry, b a1715 (69,90)

4.    John Cherry, b 1717 (WD,69,77,90)

       Joseph Cherry Jr [C1h1], son of Joseph Cherry of Norfolk Co VA, was born about 1705 in Norfolk Co. He probably married Elizabeth _____ and had children-*

a.    Thomas Cherry, b a1735

b.    Matthew Cherry, b c1743 Norfolk Co. (WD)

       Joseph Cherry “of Norfolk County,” left a Norfolk Co will dated 23 May 1790; the will was probated on 17 September 1792. In the will (Book 3, page 88), witnessed by Wm Plummer, Saml “Χ” Cherry, and William Ballance, it named “friend Thos Cherry and my granson Jas Cherry as executors.” Witness Thomas Cherry was likely Joseph's youngest brother, as it was common then in documents to call a brother or close relative as a “friend.” In 1785 there was only one Joseph Cherry and one Brian Cherry shown on the Federal census, and they lived two doors apart. Joseph named his wife Sarah, two children, and three grandchildren-

1.    Bryan Cherry

2.    Sarah Cherry

3.    boy Cherry, probably dead when his father's will was written in May 1790, had three children by then-

       a.    James Cherry, was named as a co-executor in his grandfather Joseph Cherry's May 1790 will. Therefore James was likely born by 1769. There is a marriage record in Norfolk Co between a James Cherry and Sarah Everage (Etheridge?), dated 11 January 1789. Surety was provided by Samuel McPherson. James made oath that Sarah was of lawful age. Therefore she was likely born about 1771 if she looked that young. In 1785 all eight McPherson families in the county lived in the section of the county between “the Northwest River to the Carolina line,” where a Lemuel Cherry lived. There were also Etheridge families in the neighborhood. Lemuel could be James' father. In 1785 there were four people in Lemuel's household; perhaps Lemuel's wife was dead in 1785, then Lemuel died by May 1790 when Joseph's will was written. James was not listed in the 1810 Norfolk Co census. (28pma)

       b.    Thomas Cherry

       c.    Judith Cherry (28p)

       Joseph Cherry [C1a6b2a1], son of Jonathan Cherry Jr of Martin Co NC, was born about 1776 in Martin Co. We know he was a son of Jonathan Jr because on 1 May 1802 Jonathan gave property to Joseph “for love to son Joseph.” (77)

       Joseph Cherry [unknown], born 17 December 1818, was bound over to Walter Hood, his guardian, in January 1824 in Hardin Co TN, and again on 20 June 1825 “until age 21.” (125,51,76)

       Joseph Cherry [C1a9c1g2b], perhaps a son of Noel Cherry and Margaret Lilley, was born 17 December 1818. Since Noel, Franklin, and Joseph were not named as minor children in the court records just after Noel Sr died, Joseph, Noel Jr, & Franklin must have been the older ones. (Or perhaps they were NOT children of Noel?) (77)

       Joseph Cherry [C1a3f6e1i], son of William Robert Cherry and Frances Elizabeth Savage, was born 14 February 1867 in Edgecombe Co NC. He married Georgiana Savage, and died on 16 October 1935. He was buried in the family graveyard near the town of Speed. They had three children-*

1.    Lucy Gorham Cherry, married Lucius Long Davenport. She also married Dr Earl E Pittman. Lucy had three children-*

       a.    Lucius Long Davenport Jr

       b.    Gladys Elizabeth Pittman

       c.    Edith Pittman (77)

2.    William Robert Cherry, married Addie Williams. (77)

3.    Gladys Cherry, married her second cousin Robert Pender Cherry, He was a son of Thomas Harmon Cherry and Catherine Mason Pender. They had two daughters-

       a.    Bobbie B Cherry

       b.    Gladys Elaine Cherry (77) (77,84,5r)

       Joseph Alfred Cherry [C1a6e4e2], son of Jeremiah Cherry Jr and Mary Rebecca Cooper, was born about 1822 in Columbia, TN, and died young. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery north of town. (53)

       Joseph Blount Cherry [C1a7f3c4], son of Solomon Cherry and Mary Cherry of Bertie Co NC and a brother of William Walton Cherry, was born about 1816 in Bertie Co (he was age 34 in the 1850 Bertie Co census, and 44 in 1860). Joseph was a planter, lawyer, and public official. He served in the NC House of Commons in 1848, 1850, and 1852, and in the state senate from 1856 to 1860. When the Civil War began, Joseph fought in the Confederacy even though he did not advocate separating the Union; his loyalties lay more with NC than with the Union. Joseph married Sarah Outlaw after 1840; the wife in the 1840 census was not yet age 20 (i.e., born between 1821 and 1825), but Sarah Outlaw was born in 1818 (she was age 22 in the 1850 census, and age 42 in 1860) in NC. Joseph and Sarah lived at his plantation “The Oaks,” which he bought from the widow of his brother William in 1850. Joseph was still living in the Windsor area of Bertie Co in 1860 and in 1870. In 1850 his half-sister Temperence Swain, Celia Walton (age 58), and two youngsters, possibly children of his brother William, were living with him. Temperence, and Celia Walton, were still living with Joseph in 1860. Joseph had five children, all born in Bertie Co-*

a.    George Outlaw Cherry, b 1840 after the summer in Bertie Co NC (he was not yet born when the 1840 census was taken). He was a Confederate veteran and was secretary to Governor Zebulon B Vance. He was not shown in his father's household in 1850 (was he living with grandparents?). George settled in Houston, TX after the Civil War. He married many times. In 1860 he was listed in the household of Joseph and Sarah, but was the last named child, not the first. Therefore he was probably from a first marriage of his father. (77,93, 6knq)

b.    Joseph O Cherry, b 1841 (6nq)

c.    Emily O Cherry, b 1845 (6nq)

d.    Jane/Mary E Cherry, b 1847 (6nq)

e.    William W Cherry, b 1849 (6nq)

f.     Solomon Cherry, b 1851, married Elizabeth Webb Gray and they had a son-*

       1.    Solomon Cherry, b (21 May 1910 per Z) in Bertie Co NC, married Emma Mae Britt from Green Co NC. (Solomon lived at Windsor when he died in February 1975, per Z.) They are the parents of-*

               a.    Solomon Gilmer Cherry, b 26 Dec 1932 in Bertie Co NC. (77,6q) (77)

Because of the order the census taker had listed the children in the household in the 1850 census, it appears that Sarah was a second wife. There was a Celia Walton, age 58, living with Joseph and Sarah in 1850, and was listed between the five year old child and the three year old child. Temperance Swain, age 17, Joseph's half sister, was also living with Joseph and Sarah in 1850, and was listed following Cecelia Walton and before 3 year old Mary E Cherry. In 1860 Temperance was still living with Joseph and Sarah. (93,6iknq)

       Joseph Carlton Cherry [C1a7f4e2a7], son of Joseph William Cherry and Pennaritta Jean Pritchard, was probably born in the 1880s in Bertie Co NC (he was not shown in his parents' home in the 1880 census). He married Janie Britt. They had two children-*

a.    Joseph Carlton Cherry Jr, married Sally Peele.

b.    Louise Cherry, died in 1990 at Ahoski, NC. (77,6s)

       Joseph Franklin Cherry [C1a9e9b12], son of Henry Ormond Cherry and Clementine Edwards, was born in 1841 in Pitt Co NC. He married Hattie C _____. She was born in 1847 in MS. They had a child, and then Joseph married Jennie E _____. She was born about 1852 in TX. This second marriage produced eight children, to make nine in all-*

a.    Thomas O Cherry, b Oct 1879

b.    Samuel E Cherry, b Dec 1872 in TX.

c.    Maud L Cherry, b Aug 1886 in TX.

d.    Robert F Cherry, b 22 Apr 1891 in TX, died on 25 February 1962 in Red River Co.

e.    Mary E Cherry, b Nov 1891 in TX. <– Chk date; Seven months after Robert?

f.     George M Cherry, b Jul 1892 in TX.

g.    Julia A Cherry, b Nov 1893 in TX.

h.    Helen Cherry, b Jul 1895 in TX.

i.     Jennie M Cherry, b Jan 1897 in TX. (77,7n)

       Joseph Franklin Cherry [C1a9e9b7a4], son of Henry Walter Cherry and Susan Isabelle Upton, was born 26 March 1886. He married Josephine Matilda Haynor, and died on 9 September 1917. Joseph was buried at Roanoke Rapids, NC. (77)

       Joseph N Cherry [unknown] was a grocer in Hardin Co TN in 1850, living with Thomas S Terry. Joseph was born in TN in 1830, and in 1850 appeared to be single. (9n)

       Joseph Polk Cherry [C1a6e4h2a], son of William Walker Cherry and Mariah W Polk, was born in 1859 in Maury Co, TN. He married Margaret Dodson, probably by 1880. Joseph died in 1926. (EC, 10qrs)

       Joseph W Cherry, son of John M Cherry and Elizabeth Elliot, was born in 1830 in NC, probably in Edgecombe Co. He was not living with his parents in 1850, but grew up in Henderson Co TN and married Lucean A _____. She was born in 1838 in TN. They were living in Henderson Co in 1860 a few doors from his widowed mother. In 1880 they were in Madison Co. They had seven children, all born in Henderson Co-*

a.    J J (boy) Cherry, b 1853

b.    M F (girl) Cherry, b 1854

c.    S T (girl) Cherry, b 1856

d.    Lucy E Cherry, b 1859

e.    Robert Cherry, b 1866

f.     Emma Cherry, b 1869

g.    Rufus H Cherry, b 1875 (77,24knq)

       Joseph William Cherry [C1a7f4e2a], son of William Joseph Cherry and Lenny M Bazemore, was born about 1836 in Bertie Co NC. He was a school teacher and a Justice of the Peace, and married Pennaritta Jean Pritchard on 6 December 1859 in NC. She was born about 1841 in Bertie Co, daughter of Allen Pritchard and Sara _____, and died in 1892. Joseph died in 1909. They had eight to ten children-

1.    William Allen Cherry, b 1860 (6s)

2.    Ervin Pritchard Cherry, b 23 Jan 1863 (6s)

3.    Lena Rivers Cherry, b 3 Jan 1866

4.    Sarah Jersey Cherry, b 25 Sep 1868

5.    Mary B Cherry, b 1870 (6s)

6.    Lucy Cherry, b 1871 (6s)

7.    Carrie Cherry, b c1870s

8.    James Henderson Cherry, b 21 Jul 1874

9.    Joseph Carlton Cherry, b c1870s

10.  Richard Cherry, b 1870s?

On 14 June 1857 Docton Pritchard married Lenny M Green in Bertie Co; witnesses were John W Pritchard and Joseph W Cherry. (77,105,6nq)

       Josephine Cherry [C1a6e4e10], daughter of Jeremiah Cherry Jr and Mary Rebecca Cooper, was born about 1840 in Columbia, TN. She married Blackburn M Gillespie in Maury Co on 1 July 1857. He was a coach maker, born in TN in 1833, and son of John G Gillespie and Ann _____. In 1860 Josephine and Blackburn lived close to her sister Sarah and her husband James S Martin. Blackburn died at the age of 78 in 1911 on Bear Creek Pike, of pneumonia. His wife was not mentioned in the obituary, so she may have died before him. They had at least two children-

a.    Anna G Gillespie, b 1858

b.    Nettie Gillespie, b 28 Jun 1860

John G Gillespie died on 5 August 1841 and his wife Ann died the day before; both are buried in Brown Cemetery in Maury Co. (53,72,10nqm)

       Josephine Cherry [C1a7d4e1d6], daughter of General Cherry and Mary E Dodd, was born between 1874 and 1885. (77)

       Josephine George Cherry [C1a3f2a1d], daughter of Lunsford Rhodes Cherry and Mary George of Edgecombe Co NC, was born 18 October 1838 in Edgecombe Co. She was a school teacher in 1860, living with her parents, and married Henry Wise Gorham in Edgecombe Co on 25 January 1866. Henry was born 3 January 1837 in Beaufort Co, and died on 27 February 1914 in Edgecombe Co. Josephine died 10 January 1909 in Edgecombe Co. They had nine children-*

1.    Annie Gorham, b 21 May 1867 in Edgecombe Co NC. She was a graduate of Littleton College and taught school until she married Sellers Mark Crisp at her parents' home near Battleboro on 27 May 1891. He was born in Pitt Co on 30 March 1865, probably a son of Silas Crisp and Sallie Eliza Edwards. They lived in Edgecombe Co for several years where five of their seven children were born. Around 1902 they moved to Falkland, NC, where Sellers died of a heart attack at home on 16 August 1926. Annie died 3 January 1935 at home. She and Sellers had seven children-*

       1.    Lillian Gorham Crisp, b 6 Sep 1882 at Crisp, Edgecombe Co NC, and was raised in Falkland. Lillian was a graduate of nccw (now unc) at Greensboro, and Peabody College at Nashville, TN. She was an educator. On 31 July 1923 at her parents' home at Falkland, Lillian married the Reverend Charles Andrew Lawrence, a Presbyterian minister from Farmville. Lillian died at Falkland on 5 September 1981; Charles died on 26 December 1951. They had two children-*

               a.    Lewis Sellers Lawrence

               b.    Evelyn Gorham Lawrence (88)

       2.    Sellers Mark Crisp

       3     Henry Gorham Crisp

       4.    Lucy Cherry Crisp

       5.    Louis Samuel Crisp

       6.    George Bennett Crisp

       7.    Richard Hodges Crisp (88) (82,88)

b.    Helen Gorham, b 25 Oct 1868, died in 1935. (82)

c.    Emma Lyon Gorham, b 24 July 1870, died 19 May 1939. (82)

d.    James Samuel Gorham, b 23 Jan 1872, died 2 December 1946. (82)

e.    Charles Henry Gorham, b 28 Dec 1873, died 30 August 1945. (82)

f.     Louis Rhodes Gorham, b 14 Dec 1875, died on 9 March 1933. (82)

g.    Mary Cherry Gorham, b 22 Apr 1877, died without issue on 15 March 1900. (82,84)

h.    Sarah Gorham, b 8 Feb 1879, died 6 October 1957. (82)

i.     Paul Gorham, b 20 Apr 1881, died without children on 4 January 1940. (82)

Henry Wise Gorham was living next door to Richrd Hodges Gorham in 1860 in Edgecombe Co, and was likely Richard's younger brother. Richard was the husband of Mary Elizabeth Cherry . (82,88, 5knq)

       Josephus R Cherry [C1a3f2a1e], son of Lunsford Rhodes Cherry and Mary George of Edgecombe Co NC, was born in 1841 in district 15 of Edgecombe Co. (5kn)

       Josh Cherry [C1a6e2h8c], son of Henry F Cherry and Emma Eliza Parker, married Dolly Todd and had five children-*

1.    Lida Cherry

2.    Wilbur Cherry

3.    Nannie Cherry

4.    Madie Cherry

5.    Ruby Cherry (78,LJ)

       Joshua Cherry [unknown], witnessed the 7 April 1760 will of John McCaskey in Tyrrell Co NC (the other witnesses were Francis Holley and Nathaniel Cooper). Joshua was likely at least 18 years old at the time, so must have been born by 1742, but possibly sooner. This is the earliest record of a Joshua Cherry in what was to become the Martin Co area of NC. The earliest Cherry settlers in the area were brothers Faithful and Job Cherry. Neither one named a son Joshua in their wills, but it is also known that both men did omitted some of their eldest children from their wills. Job was born in the early 1720s, probably about 1720 or 1721, and Faithful was born about 1710. Both could be Joshua's parent.

       Joshua probably died in the Kershaw Co area of SC by 1798. His daughter Mary, in a 28 January 1798 Martin Co NC court record (Book A, page 124) appointed her brother Joel Cherry of Kershaw, SC power of attorney to recover money to be owing her from her “father Joshua Cherry's estate in SC.” Mary couldn't handle the matter herself because she was in the process of moving from Martin Co (to SC?). She signed the record. Therefore, Joshua had at least two children-*

a.    Mary Cherry, an adult in 1798

b.    Joel Cherry, an adult in 1798, was living in Kershaw Co SC in 1798. (DK)

       Joshua Cherry [C1a6e2], son of Job Cherry and Abiah Ventures, was born 15 February 1761 in Tyrrell Co NC, in the part which became Martin Co. (Source 78 & WD says Joshua's parents were Jesse Cherry and Julia _____; source 69 & LJ says his parents were Job Cherry and Abiah Ventures; source 57 says his parents were Jesse Cherry and Mary Reddick. Because of the close ties in witnessing land purchases between Joshua and Job Cherry and Job Cherry Jr, Job Cherry and Abiah Ventures must be the parents.) For his Revolutionary War pension Joshua stated in Bedford Co TN on 6 August 1832 that he was born in Martin Co NC on 15 February 1761 (although Martin Co was not formed until 1774 from Halifax and Tyrrell Counties). He must have spent much of his youth in Martin Co.

       Joshua was living in or near Williamston, Martin Co in 1787, according to the state census. On 20 July 1778 Joshua enlisted in the new Revolutionary Army in Child's Company in Martin Co for nine months; he was living in Martin Co when he enlisted, and was discharged as a private. He later enlisted in Pitt Co in 1780 as a substitute for another soldier, James Cottenhead of Pitt Co.

       Joshua married Martha R Keene about 1784 in Bertie Co; Bertie Co is the county neighboring Martin Co to the north, across the Roanoke River. Martha was born in August 1765, probably in NC. If she was the same wife in Bedford Co TN in 1820, she was born before 1776. Her parents were George Keene and Elsie Holly.

       Joshua and his family were living in Martin Co in 1787. At that time he had two boys, a wife, and two other females (daughters?) in his house. In 1790 he and his family were the only Joshua Cherry in Bertie Co; there were no boys in the household in 1790, but there were still three females. This was the only Joshua Cherry family in the state in 1790. On 14 November 1795 Job Cherry Sr and Joshua Cherry, “both of Martin Co,” sold 150 acres to David Carraway1 Job signed with an Χ and Joshua signed. Joshua does not appear in Martin Co in the 1790 and 1800 census records, yet the 1795 land sale says he lived in the county. Therefore he must have lived just across the county line to the north.

       Joshua had moved to Davidson Co TN (in the portion which became Rutherford Co in 1803, and then Bedford Co in 1808) between the 1795 land sale and 1800; he was not on any 1800 census of NC. On 25 September 1808 Joshua Cherry of Sumner Co TN swore that “Prince Orrange Wright” died in the NC Line of Service and was a nine month soldier in the 3rd NC Regiment with Joshua, and swore that Wright was taken sick and was “carried to the Auspittle at New Windsor where he died.” In 1811 Joshua was listed on Sumner Co TN's tax list. His father's will of 1811 did not say where Joshua was living. And on 25 July 1814 “William Brown of the county of Caldwell State of KY” sold 350 acres in Caldwell Co to “Joshua Cherry of the state of Tennessee Sumner Co” for $1,000 (Caldwell Co Deed book B, page 67). This was land on the waters of the dry fork of Eddy Creek, and next to land of James Cage (see the will of John Butler for a possible connection to the Cage family). Joshua's Caldwell Co land purchase was witnessed by George Russell and Job Cherry. Witness Job Cherry must have been Joshua's brother Job Cherry Jr .

       On 9 April 1818 “Joshua Cherry of the State of Kentucky & County of Caldwell” sold his 350 acres in Caldwell Co for $2350 to John Wilson, and apparently moved to Bedford Co TN; William Mercer was a witness to this sale (Book B, page 510). On 6 August 1832 Joshua applied for a military pension in Bedford Co; he did not sign, but made his Χ mark instead. Joshua was aged 71 then. The pension was $60 per year. On 9 September 1838 he asked to have his pension transferred to Marengo Co AL, where he had gone to live with his son Jared in the summer of 1835. Joshua had first tried to get his pension transferred on 31 July 1835, but for unknown reasons, the transfer was never completed until 4 March 1838. In both changes of address for his pension, Joshua also did not sign, but made his Χ mark. Joshua died in 1841 in AL. By 1787 he appears to have had four children, and more after then-

a.    girl (Ann?) Cherry, b a1787

b.    Turner Cherry, b c1785

c.    Harry Cherry, b 1787

d.    Margaret Cherry, b 5 Apr 1788

e.    Ezekiel Cherry, b 6 Sep 1792

f.     Henry Cherry, b c1793

g.    John K Cherry, b c1795

h.    Jared William Cherry, b 26 May 1796

i.     Elizabeth Cherry, b 1797

j.     Martha Cherry, b c1799

k.    Mary Cherry, b c1800

m.   Catherine Cherry, b c1801

n.    Robert Cherry, b 1802-1804 (68,69,77,78, L,LJ,G, WD,3t,25t,47z)

       Joshua Cherry [C1a9j1], son of Lemuel Cherry and Nancy Ann Moring, was born between 1774 and 1790 in Pitt Co NC. He married Martha Rhea Thigpen, widow of Joshua Thigpen. Martha was born about 1770, daughter of Lemuel Thigpen and Delphia Mayo. Joshua died in 1799. (57,77)

       Joshua W Cherry [C1a6e2h4], son of Jarrard William Cherry and Sally Holland, was born in 1823 in AL, probably in Sumter Co. Jarrard William Cherry, his guardian, was discharged from the guardianship duties in March 1846 because “Joshua Cherry, late a minor,” assumed the responsibility for himself. Joshua was not living in Sumter Co in 1850, so may have already moved to TX. He was dead when his father's will was written on 27 October 1868. Joshua married Sarah Anderson on 31 December 1846 in Panola Co TX. She was born about 1827 in AL. They had children who lived in TX in 1860 and in 1871. They were-*

a.    John H Cherry, b c1848 in TX (77,22n,76q)

b.    Charles R Cherry, b c1850 in TX (77,22n,76q)

c.    Ezekiel Cherry, b 1852 in TX (76q)

d.    Laura Cherry, b 1855 in TX (76q)

e.    Mary Cherry, b 1858 in AL (76q)

f.     Lila Cherry, b 1859 in TX (76q)

g.    Samuel Anderson Cherry (77)

Living in Panola Co TX in 1860 was Samuel Cherry, born in AL in 1825 (family 812) and Allen L Cherry, born in TN in 1827 (family 756); Joshua was family 775. Samuel was single, living in a hotel, and Allen had a wife and children. (77,22n,76qm)

       Julia Cherry [C1a9k5g], daughter of William Cherry and Laney _____ (Smith?) of Pitt Co NC, was born in 1823 in Pitt Co. She married Thomas Williams about 1841 (or by 1840, since she was not living with one of her brothers or mother then). Thomas was born in NC in 1821, and was probably a son of Samuel Williams and his wife Dicey, age 71 and 67, who lived three doors from Thomas in 1850. In 1850 Thomas and Julia were living in Pitt Co in Haddock's District and by then had four children. Julia died in the latter 1850s, probably in Pitt Co. Their seven children were-*

1.    Shadrack Williams, b 1842 (7nq)

2.    Susan Williams, b 1845 (7nq)

3.    Dicey Williams, b 1846 (7nq)

4.    James W Williams, b 1848 (7nq)

5.    J T (boy) Williams, b 1850 after June in Pitt Co NC, near Coxville. (7nq)

6.    Nancy Williams, b 1852 near Coxville, Pitt Co NC. (7q)

7.    H J (boy) Williamd, b 1855 near Coxville, Pitt Co NC. (7q)

In 1850 a Sarah Williams, age 33, was living with Julia and Thomas. (57,L,7jkn)

       Julia Cherry [C1a6c1b1c1], daughter of Willis Cherry and Emily L Perry, was born in 1836 in Beaufort Co NC. A Ms Julia Ann Cherry married Allen Flemming in Beaufort Co on 30 December 1875. (77,L,4kn)

       Julia Cherry [unknown], married Joseph Graham in Hardin Co TN on 6 February 1879. (9m)

       Julia Cherry [C1a6c1b1c7b], daughter of Willis Sylvester Cherry and Virginia N Little, was born about 1875 at Washington, Beaufort Co NC. She died before 1900 at Washington. (77,L)

       Julia A Cherry [C1a9c1e5a], daughter of Albert Gleaves Cherry and Eliza W Bradley, was born in 1837 in Henry Co TN. She married John Rison of Paris, Wilson Co, about 1858 in Henry Co. He was born about 1828. They lived in Henry Co and had a son-*

1.    John R Rison Jr, b 1859 in Henry Co. (77, 21knq)

       Julia America Crayton Cherry [C1a7d4e5a], daughter of Alexander Jackson Cherry and Elizabeth Moore, was born 25 November 1859 in Jackson Co TN. She married her cousin Harrison Wayne Cherry in Jackson Co on 21 April 1873. Her line is continued under his name.

       Julia B Cherry [C1a3f6e1g], daughter of William Robert Cherry and Frances Elizabeth Savage, was born 13 November 1860 in Edgecombe Co NC. She died on 14 February 1879 and was buried in the family graveyard near the town of Speed. (84,5r)

       Julian Cherry [C1a7d4e3], daughter of Wilson Cherry and Catherine Hodge, was born in 1827 in Jackson Co TN. (77,26kn)

       Juliet Cherry [C1a9c1g1a1b], daughter of Edgar Cherry and Mary Dinwiddie Irwin, was born in August 1870 at Savannah, TN. She attended school in Nashville when she was a teen, and married William Webb Crawford of Birmingham, AL, at Nashville on 23 June 1891. They lived in Birmingham for at least the next few years where Webb was a prominent businessman. He died on 16 January 1934, and Juliet died on 16 November 1944. They were buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. They had two sons by 1895-*

1.    William Webb Crawford Jr, b 19 Mar 1892 at Birmingham, AL. He lived in Birmingham all his life, and married Lee Forney. They had no children. Webb Jr died on 2 October 1971, and Lee died on 29 June 1976. They are buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. (51,52)

2.    Edgar Cherry Crawford, b 5 Feb 1895 at Birmingham, AL. He lived in Birmingham all his life, and married Lois N _____. He died on 24 January 1948, and she on 15 January 1983; both are buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. They had no children. (51,52) (51,52,9r)

       Julius A Cherry [C1a9f3f], son of Jeremiah Cherry and Mary _____, was born in 1826 in Beaufort Co NC. He was to receive “a liberal education” out of his father's estate. Julius left his will in Beaufort Co (undated), which was in probate in June 1864. At the time he wrote it, his mother was still living. Julius named his brother Jeremiah R Cherry (to receive $700), and sister Hannah N Shaw who was married to Julius' “friend Matthew Shaw.” Julius died on 2 October 1862. (87,4n)