Morgan Co. GA - Marriage of John Dallas Berryhill * Mary Rutledge, 1809 Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org *********************************************************************** * USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** John Dallas "Dally" Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, about 1789. He was the fifth child born to John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. John grew up in the Creek Nation but, as a youngster, he probably spent a lot of time in the State of Georgia. John Dallas Berryhill married Mary Rutledge in Morgan County, Georgia. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- Morgan County These are to authorize and permit you to join together in the holy State of Matrimony according to the rites and ceremonies of your church: JOHN BERRYHILL and MARY RUTLEDGE and for so doing this shall be your sufficiant warrant--- Given under my hand this 3rd day of January 1809 To an ordained minister of the Gospiel Judge Justice of this Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace to celebrate-- Th. Nesbit, Clk P. Tem * * * * * I do hereby certify that JOHN BERRYHILL & MARY RUTLEDGE were joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony by me on this 11th day of January 1809. Edw'd Brantley, J.P. Recorded this 25th day of January 1809 J W Nesbit for J L Fannin[?] ----*** <*> ***---- After their marriage, John Dallas and his wife, Mary, settled in the Creek Nation until the McIntosh Party of Creeks moved to the West. John Dallas and Mary had eight children born in the Old Creek Nation. In 1827, John Dallas Berryhill, and his wife and children, emigrated to the Western Creek Lands with the McIntosh Party. I believe John helped with this emigration and took his family with the first party who arrived in the Western Creek Lands in February 1828. John Dallas Berryhill settled his wife and children, with John's parents and brothers and sisters, in the fork between the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers near the Creek Agency. John returned to the Creek Nation in Georgia with Colonel Brearley, and the others who were helping with the emigration, for the second Party of McIntosh Creeks, which arrived in the Western Lands in November 1828. --- The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before her death in 1996. Her daughter Barbara gave me permission to put her research online. David Morgan