Troup Co. GA- Marriage of John Berryhill to Rebecca Hudson, 1830

Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org

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John Berryhill married Rebecca Hudson in Troup County, Georgia. Rebecca Hudson 
was the sister of Ellender Hudson, who married Eli Berryhill, son of Thomas S. 
Berryhill.

Following is their marriage license:


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Marriage License

GEORGIA		TO ANY MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, JUDGE, JUSTICE
TROUP COUNTY      OF THE INFERIOR COURT OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

	YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO JOIN JOHN BERRYHILL AND REBECCA 
HUDSON IN THE HOLY STATE OF MATRIMONY ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF 
THIS STATE AND FOR SO DOING THIS SHALL BE YOUR SUFFICENT LICENS. GIVEN UNDER MY 
HAND AND SEAL THIS 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1830.
					JOHN T. ADAMS	CCC (L.S.)

GEORGIA		I DO CERTIFY THAT JOHN BERRYHILL AND REBECCAH HUDSON WERE DULY 
JOINED IN MATRIMONY BY ME THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1830.
					ROBERT F. SESSIONS J.P.

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John Berryhill is on the 1832 Creek Nation East Census. John received one half 
section of land, next to Thomas S. Berryhill, in the Creek Nation Reserve in 
Chambers County, Alabama, in Old Horse Path Town.

John Berryhill's sale of his land is described thus:

East 1/2 section 10, Township 23, Range 27
Sold to William Doughtery, May 2, 1840 Creek Treaty 1832
Held in Fund for Jno Berryhill

After John Berryhill sold his Creek Nation Land Allotment he moved his family 
into Tallapoosa County, Alabama. John Berryhill worked as a mechanic and a 
carpenter. In 1860 John and his family were living in the town of Wynn Creek. 
John and Rebecca (Hudson) Berryhill both died sometime between 1860 and 1870, 
in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Several of their children were living
together on the 1870 and 1880 Census, in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

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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This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before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