JESSE LEE BERRY, SON OF ROBERT AND ELIZABETH EVERETT BERRY
OCTOBER 15, 2007
JESSEE LEE BERRY was born on December 2, 1852 in
Roswell,
Cobb County Georgia. Jesse Lee married Nancy Ann Henry who was born
December 30 1857 
in Ellenwood, Clayton Co., Georgia. They were married December 16 1874
in Clayton County Georgia. Nancy was the daughter of Edward Zachary
"Zack" Henry and Mary Ann Mitchell. Zack's Father was Jesse G. Henry
and Nancy Hammock. Mary Ann's father was Thomas Mitchell, son of
Hinchey Mitchell and Elizabeth Ruff (daughter of William Ruff and
Rebecca). In the picture of Jesse Lee on the left there seems to be a
faded date of July 1875 written on the picture. He would have been 22
Yrs 7 Months old.
In the picture on the right you see five of Jesse Lee and
Nancy Berry's six children.
Jesse Lee's children from left to right:
Sarah Florence,
William Oscar,
Albert Edgar (Dane's grandfather),
Addie Lena,
Cora Mae.
Billy's grandfather was the only child not in this picture.
The picture of Jesse Lee standing beside His prize winning cotton bale
was taken at the Alabama State fair.
Jessie Lee sold his 1/10 share of his inherited 
property from his father Robert Berry to his brother Bazil Berry:
State of Georgia, Milton County: This indenture made this
sixteenth of February in the year of 1892 between Jesse L. Berry of
Ettawah County of the State of Alabama
of the first part and Bazil M. Berry of the county of Milton of the
second part
(some not legible.) Bazil paid Jesse $12 for his 1/10 share an heir of
Robert Berry of a 40 acre track in land lot 188, 1st dist, second
section Cobb County, originally Cherokee
This was land that Robert Berry bought from Ellis Wright in 1855.
Recorded October 25, 1916.
Jessie Lee's 1/10 share of fourty acres would have been 4 acres. Basil
paid him $3.00 per acre.
Jesse Lee Berry owned other land in Alabama See Description Below:
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section
1 NSW HUNTSVILLE No 11S 6E 24
2 SWNW HUNTSVILLE No 11S 6E 24
BERRY, JESSE L
Land Office: HUNTSVILLE Sequence #:
Document Number: 3371 Total Acres: 119.34
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 11988 Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: March 1, 1885
Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
Jesse Lee Berry
Death: 10 APR 1924 in Columbus,Muscogee,Georgia,U.S.a.
Burial: APR 1924 Oakhill Cem,Griffin,Spaulding,Georgia
Bible page from Joyce Rape Harrison :Jessy L Berry born December 2, 1851
VIEW JESSE LEE BERRY'S DEATH CERTIFICATE
