Joshua Berry lived his entire life in Orange County North Carolina.
Since 1850 and up until the present, Joshua and William Berry descendants are all the Berry families that
remain in Orange County North Carolina.
 
I found James Berry in Smith County Tennessee and from the names of his children and the fact that
he was from North Carolina I am almost positive he is the son of Joshua Berry. In the 1850 census of
Smith County Tennessee James listed a 10 year old son that was born in Tennessee. He had a daughter
who was 14 years old and was born in North Carolina. This means that he arrived in Tennessee around
1846 and James would have been 45 years old.

View the 1811 deed to Joshua Berry from his father Robert Berry Sr. James Berry and Charles Holeman a
neighbor of Robert Berry Sr. witnessed this deed.



Joshua Berry married Nancy Ellison/Allison on                             In the 1810 Orange County Census Joshua listed:
January 28 1792 bondsman Henry Terryl                                     2 males under 10 William Clarence 7 and Lewis 5
In the 1800 Orange County Census Joshua listed:                          2 males 10 to 15   James 10
3 males under 10    James 1                                                         1 male 16 t0 26
1 male 10 to 16                                                                           1 male 26 to 45 Joshua was not born earlier than 1765
1 male 26 to 45 Joshua                                                                2 females under 10 Dicey 10 Delilah 7?
2 females under 10                                                                      1 female 10 to 16
1 female 26 to 45 Nancy is known to be 25 to 26                           1 female 26 to 45 Nancy known to be 35 or 36
1 female 45 and up


In the 1820 Orange County Census Joshua listed:                           In the 1830 census Joshua listed:
1 male between 16 and 18      Lewis 15                                         1 male 60 to 70
2 males 18 to 26                    William Clarence 17                         1 female 15 to 20
1 male 26 to 45                                                                            1 female 20 to 30 daughter Nancy never married
1 male 45 and up     Joshua                                                           1 female 60 to 70   Nancy
2 females 10 to 16   Nancy 10 who never married and Charlotte 7    Eli Berry was 9 years old but not listed for some reason
2 females 16 to 26   Dicey and Delilah
1 female 45 and up  Nancy


Joshua was killed in a bar where he was working in 1838 by a customer Martin Armstrong who had been drinking
heavily.When Joshua refused to serve him another drink Armstrong picked him up and threw Joshua to the floor
breaking his neck Joshua died on October 8th 1838

Many of Joshua Berry's descendants still live in the Orange and surrounding Counties today.
 

A LIST OF JOSHUA AND NANCY'S CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN       page1        page2