Display Patriot - P-113982 - Alexander Moffett BERRYHILL
Alexander Moffett BERRYHILL
SAR Patriot #:
P-113982
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
Born October 8, 1764 Augusta County, Virginia, a son of John Berryhill (1728-1817) and Rachel Moffat Berryhill (1727-1812). He served as a Private on roll of Sumter's Brig (Capt N. M. Martin) S. C. found in statehouse, Columbia, S. C. 1898. He served with this Brig in the battle of Guilford C. H. and received a saber or sword wound across his forehead, the scar from which he carried to his grave. He married Rachel Thompson (1766-1838) in 1786; children: John b. 1773, James, William b. 1790, Alexander, Margaret, Samuel b. 1799, Archibald, Rachel Matthew and Franklin b. 1811. He died October 8, 1823, Va. and was buried at Pioneer Graveyard, Bellbrook. Sugar Creek, Green County, OH. References: Robinson's Hist of Greene Co and Mrs. S. O. Hale Xenia, OH. Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY, 1998. SAR Ancestor # P-113982. Has a new tombstone with wife Rachel.
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NSDAR has this patriot in the data correction file for service belonging to another man wit hthe same name. FAMPCS
The addition of the Birth Location, the Death Day, Month and Location, the Qualifying Service, State of Service and Service Description, the Spouse and Children, the DAR Ancestor Number and the CemLot comes from research performed by the Hocking Valley Chapter of the OHSSAR - Apr 2024