Nicholas T. Berry

Birth Date

1825-04-28

Death Date

1882-04-20

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Marion County, Kentucky, court clerk. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Josephine Boucher Berry in 1855. Father of Samuel B. Berry. Married to Nancy H. Phillips Berry in Marion County, Kentucky on March 16, 1858. Attended Mount Merino College in Breckinridge County. Studied law under R. H. Rowntree. Member of the Roman Catholic Church. Clerk in Marion County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Circuit court clerk in Marion County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 399A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 667.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 2, p. 104.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 2, p. 499A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Marion County Marriages.
"Nicholas T. Berry (1825-1882)," Find A Grave, Memorial #41525608, accessed June 1, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41525608/nicholas-t-berry.
W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 4th ed. (Louisville: F. A. Batty, 1887), 789-90.

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