Pike Co. GA - Marriage of Benjamin Posey to Eliza Berryhill, plus land
record in Chambers county AL

Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org

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MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

State of Georgia **** Pike County

This Certifies that BENJAMIN POSEY and ELIZA BERRYHILL
were united in the

HOLY BONDS OF MATRIMONY

by Wm. V. White, Justice Inferior Court

on the 30th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1824


Benjamin and Eliza (Berryhill) Posey didn't go to the Western Creek Lands in 
1827 with Benjamin's mother and his brothers and sister, but moved into the 
Creek Nation, near Eliza's parents. Benjamin and Eliza, with six children, are 
on the 1832 Creek Census East. Benjamin received a half section of land in 
Chambers County, Alabama, in the Creek Nation Reserve. Benjamin purchased two 
other parcels of land from an Indian in this reserve. Following is the 
transactions of Benjamin's land:

SOUTH WEST 1/4 of North East 1/4,
Section 8 Township 23, Range 27
Sold to Benjamin Posey, March 2, 1835. Certificate #1304

SOUTH EAST 1/4 of North West 1/4
Section 8 Township 23, Range 27
Benjamin Posey, January 2, 1835, Certificate #795
Assigned to William J. Grady

The following is Benjamin Posey's original Land Allotment in the Creek Reserve 
in Chambers County, Alabama:

West 1/2 Section 9, Township 23, Range 27
Farr H. Trammell and Mary Trammell
July 29, 1839, Creek Treaty 1832
Held in Fund for Benjamin Posey

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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This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before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