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William Harrison Berry (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1813-04-18 d. 1864-09-11

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Ewing Carter Berry in Wayne County on February 21, 1837. Father of Mary Berry, George E. Barry, George E. Berry, Susan Berry, Viana Berry, Kate Berry, Emily J. Berry, Laura Berry, John C. Berry, James Berry, and Braxton Carter Berry. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, District No. 2, p. 568.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 248.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 474B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #25700.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #000591550, p. 5.

"William H. Berry (1813-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #140873580, accessed August 22, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140873580.

Citation

Berry, William Harrison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206925 (November 12, 2026).

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