Display Patriot - P-113880 - James BERRY

James BERRY

SAR Patriot #: P-113880

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State of Service: DE      Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: 14 Oct 1759 Deer Creek / / MD
Death: 17 Mar 1847 / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private in Capt Skillington's Company, Haslet's DE Regiment


Additional References:

Applied for pension in April, 1845


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Burial:
Wesleyan (aka Cummingsville) Cemetery (C-0371706)
Location:
Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
44017
Grave Plot #:
Sect. G, Lot 3, Gr. 5
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.159342 / -84.546505
Find A Grave Memorial #:
112223935
Marker Type:
Memorial Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
18 Oct 2015

Comments:
  • photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • Buried at Wesleyan Cemetery, Colerain Avenue & Hoffner Street. Family stone, but none for James, Sec. G lot 3


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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

BERRY, JAMES (Hamilton County) [39.1593382 -84.5456954]


James Berry was born October 14, 1759 at Deer Creek in Maryland and lived in Smyrna, Delaware, when he enlisted as Private for Delaware under Captain Skillington. After the war James lived in Chestertown, Maryland, then Cecil County, then Baltimore, Maryland. He migrated to Hamilton County, Ohio in 1820. James applied for a pension in April 1845. He died on March 17, 1847, and was buried at Wesleyan Cemetery, at Colerain Avenue and Hoffner Street. There is a family headstone, but no individual marker for James in section “G” lot 3. James also has name on a 20” X 30” Granite memorial stone next to the GAR monument at Wesleyan Cemetery. James’ name is on a Memorial Monument for the Revolutionary War Patriots at Wesleyan Cemetery, 4100 Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223-2684. [References: Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Company: Buffalo, New York. 1998].

SAR Ancestor # P-113880.

 


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Additional Information:
  • No DAR Ancestor record found Apr 2024
  • After war lived in Chestertown, Maryland, then Cecil Co, then Baltimore, MD. Came to Hamilton Co, OH in 1820.


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