By John V. Berry
Lott Berry is believed to be this writer’s great, great, great, great grandfather, and is listed as
follows: William Berry, Sr., Lott Berry, John Berry, William Martin Berry, Henderson Berry,
Gilmer Connelly Berry, John West Berry, to the writer.
Lott (Lot) Berry (1763 – 1832) is believed to have born circa 1763 in the Commonwealth of
Virginia and died in Burke County, North Carolina on March 30, 1831. Lot Berry married Millie
Thompson (Thomson, Thomason, Thomas) in 1784 and they had three sons (Archibald, John &
David Berry), and one daughter (Elminor (Elminer, Mina, Miner)) Berry. Over the course of his life
Lott Berry lived in two or three different locations: likely born in Virginia and living in
Caldwell/Burke/Rutherford counties in North Carolina during his life. Lott Berry appears to have
been born in Virginia. He later appears to have lived with his mother and father in what is likely the
Town of Icard, North Carolina, today.
He likely lived in an area near Drowning Creek in what is now the Town of Icard, NC and on the
Lovelady Ford, specifically on Wards’ Creek in Burke County, near the Caldwell County, NC
boundary line. One reference, for which no citation was found, indicated that Lott Berry lived in an
area known as “Tower District.” Lott Berry was a son of William Berry, Sr. (1738-1780) and
Elizabeth Montgomery.
Lott Berry is believed to have been born in the Commonwealth of Virginia in about 1763 to parents
William Berry (1738-1780) and Elizabeth Montgomery (c1745 - __). Lott’s older siblings would
likely have come from Maryland and his younger or perhaps some of his other numerous siblings
would have been born in Burke County, North Carolina. See The Descendants of Lott Berry,
Volume I, by Virginia Berry-Niemeyer, she provided information that another Berry descendant,
Bruce D. Moore, also establishes Archibald, David, and Miner as the children of Lott and "Millie"
Thomas and that Lott "came from Virginia." Based on Mr. Moore and Ms. Berry-Niemeyer’s data,
and that from Marguerite (Berry) Carswell and the mother of Ms. Berry-Niemeyer, the cited
descendancy chart for Lott and Millie (Thompson) Berry came about.
The above chart was provided by Virginia Berry-Niemeyer, a fellow Berry descendant of this line,
and very respected genealogist, to the Author who she referred to as her “third cousin, once
removed.” She obtained the chart from Marguerite Aljean (Berry) Carswell, her mother, from data
collected by her mother, Jean Arbunoth (Norvell) Berry, the wife of William Alvin Berry. In this
hand written chart, she provides proof that Archibald, David, John, and Mina are the children of Lott
Berry and Mille (Thompson) Berry.
While it appears that many of his older brothers and sisters likely were born in the State of Maryland
or in Pennsylvania, Lott Berry appears to have been born in the Virginia, according to records
provided by researcher to the writer in 2009. Virginia Berry-Niemeyer, The Family of Lott Berry and
Millie Thompson of North Carolina, Vol. I, at page 5. Lott Berry was born circa 1763, most likely in
a part of Virginia within reach of the Great Wagon Road, as the family traveled South to their
ultimate destination in Burke County, NC where the old road still travels up to the family’s old land
grant on Drowning Creek, which was kept in the family for many generations. Possibilities for more
specific areas of his birth include Fincastle County and Lunenburg County, both in Virginia.
Chronology of Lott Berry
1763 Lott Berry is born to William Berry, Sr. and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Berry in Virginia.
1784 Lott Berry marries Millie Thomson (Thompson, Thomas). Of note, Millie shares the same
last maiden name as Lott Berry’s brother, Enoch Berry, Barbary (Thomson) Berry.
1784 Archibald Berry (1784 – 1875), the first son of Lott and Millie Berry’s is born in Burke
County, North Carolina on April 14, 1784. Archibald Berry would eventually marry Martha
Connelly.
1789 Daughter Elminor (Mina/Miner) Berry (c1789-after 1850) is born to Lott and Millie
(Thompson) Berry.
1790 Lott Berry is listed as being part of the Burke County Militia Second Company in 1790.
Annals of Caldwell County, NC, at pg. 63. The Second Company, commanded by a Captain John
Connelly, included Lot Berry, and three of his brothers, Joseph, James and John Berry. The Second
District Militia Company was listed as operating out of “Eastern Burke County.” See Burke County
Public Library Summary of Dr. Emmett White’s Notes (Jan. 1985). As noted in the Annals of
Caldwell County, the “second company, John Connelly, captain, had 78 heads of families living
along the Catawba river and lower Lovelady Township.” Annals of Caldwell County, at page 2. It is
hard to say if this location is in Burke or Caldwell county as they exist today.
1790 Lott Berry is listed as a head of his family in Burke County, Morgan District, North Carolina
Census, having 1 male over the age of 16 (Lott Berry), 2 males under the age of 16.
1790 John Berry (1794 – 1871) is born to Lott and Millie Berry in Burke County, North Carolina.
In her genealogical proofs, Virginia Berry-Niemeyer provides two sources of proof for the father-son
relationship between Lott Berry and John Berry. The first is a handwritten chart by Tessie Alice
(Wagner) Berry, Virginia Berry-Niemeyer’s mother. The second source of proof are charts developed
from genealogical research conducted by Marguerite Aljean (Berry) Carswell. See Virginia Berry-
Niemeyer, the Descendants of Lott Berry, Vol. III, CH. 5, at 1
1794 Some resources also indicate that this John Berry was born in 1794. In any event, John Berry
married Barbara Fry (1795-1861) and then after her passing in 1861, married as his second wife,
Priscilla Bowman (1836-1911). One source refers to this John Berry as John Berry IV (the fourth),
but it is unknown quite what it meant by this reference.
1798 David Andrew Berry (1798 - 1870) is born in Burke County, North Carolina to Lott and
Millie (Thomspon) Berry.
1798 On June 11, 1798, Lot Berry had surveyed Land Grant #2384, entry #3281, for 50 acres on
Wards Creek on the South side of the Catawba River. This land joined Lott Berry’s own line for
existing property, as well as one Andrew Gwin's line. The chain carriers for the survey, were Andrew
Gwin and John England. A copy of this land survey follows.
For the land survey shown following the written transcription of the survey, which immediately
follows, shows that reading these Colonial-era type property documents can sometimes be a bit
difficult, so the following information is provided:
“State of North Carolina, Burke County. By virtue of a present dated August the 11th 1797 No. 3281
Survey for Lot Berry fifty acres of land lying on Wards Creek that fall in on the South Side of the
Catawba River joining him on line & Andrew Gwins (Goins) line beginning on a p___ his old corner
& runs North ___ to a Hick[o]ry then West to Eight Chains to a post oak in Sd. Gwin's line then goes
fifteen chains to a stake then West fifteen chains to a post oak to a stake then South fifteen chains
crossing (?) the creek to a maple then East twenty-five chains to a stake then north twenty chainsaw
to a stake in his old line then to the beginning survey. April the 11th 1798 The two chain carriers
were Andrew Gwin & John England and signed by William Davenport.”
1798 John Berry (1774 – 1798), Lott Berry’s younger brother, died some time prior to the July
1798 Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters session. Furthermore, during the July, 1798 Session
of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters (from the minutes): Ordered by court that Daniel
[H]udson have letters of administration on the Estate of John Berry, deceased, together with Lott
Berry & giving bond with Joseph Morgan & David Thomson, Security in the sum 2000 pounds. John
Berry, the brother of Lott Berry, with no spouse listed, is indicated as having died prior to the July
1798 Burke County Court session. Both Lott Berry and Daniel Hudson were appointed
executors/administrators of John Berry’s estate. See Burke County, NC, Court Minute Book. Lott
Berry is also listed as a purchaser of items from John Berry’s estate sale.
1798 In July 1798, Lott Berry is Juror #4 on a panel in the case of James Greenlee v. William
James.
1799 In 1799, Lott Berry and Daniel Hudson, John B. Murray tendered a promissory note for six
pounds currency to Lot Berry and Daniel Hudson, as Administrators of John Berry’s Estate. The
promissory note was found on the back page by the writer of a Revolutionary Pension Application
by John B. Murray’s wife, Rosanna Murray, in materials found at the National Archives.
“I promise to pay unto Lot Berry and Daniel Hudson, Administrator of John Berry dec’d the just and
full sum of six pounds currency of North Carolina to be paid on or before the 30th day of April 1801
it being for value receiv’d of them this 19th date of October 1799 as witnessed by my hand and seal.
This was signed by John Murry (Murray) and also signed (apparently as witnesses) by one William
(Wm.) Fincannon and one William Crye.”
1800 In the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters minutes: 590: No. 11. Lott Berry is #4 in
jury impaneled in case of James Greenlee v. William James, Burke County Ct. of Pleas & Quarters,
590, No. 11. (1800).
1800 During the April, 1800 Session of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters, Lott Berry
is listed as an assistant overseer/hand to assist neighbor John England, Jr. in keeping a local road
under repair. Overseer. Ordered by court that John England, Jr, overseer of the road leading from the
forks at the Widow Englands to the Lovelady Ford on the Catauba (Catawba) have the following
hands to work under him on said road, to wit... Lott Berry...to keep the same in repair for one year.
Issd.
1800 In the July, 1800 Session of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters: Case No. 341 has
Lott Berry listed as the No. 12 juror in Joseph Dobson to use of David Crawford v. Thomas
McGimsey, Burke County Ct. of Pleas & Quarters, 341. (1800). The jury found for the Plaintiff and
assessed damages and costs.
1800 In the 1800 Burke County Census - Lott Berry 3 M under 10, 1 M 10-16, 1 M 26-45, 1 F
under 10, 1 F 26-4 (Family includes, David Andrew, John IV, ? M Archibald, Mina (Elminor), and
Millie).
1800 In the January 1800 session, from the Burke County Court Minutes, p. 118, ordered John
England be overseer of a road from fork at the widow Englands to the Loveland Ford on the
Catawba hands-Rob. Grasby, Lott Berry, Wm. B., Zack Ewing, Samuel Goldsmith, Wm. Sutherland,
Wm. Duckworth, Wm. Deal, Henry De----, Jon. Duckworth, John England, Joseph England,
Ephraim Ewing, John Tizard?
1802 The Burke Journal, February 1999: Morganton 1802. Will Tate's Tax Return of Captain
James Young's Company. Lott Berry is listed with 200 55 acres of land with 1 Pole.
1802 In the April 1802 court session of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters minutes,
Lott Berry is appointed the Overseer of the road from the Forks near the Widow England’s property
to the Lovelady Ford with the same hands as before, and that he keep the road in good repair for the
term of one year. There also is a reference to the order being issues from the room of William
Duckworth.
1802 In 1802, Lott Berry is listed in the Burke Journal (Feb. 1999), on Will Tate’s Tax Return of
Captain James Young’s Company as having 200 – 55 acres of land with 1 pole.
1803 During the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters, in their April Session 1803: “Jury of
view. Ordered that the following be a jury to view and mark a road leading from Morganton to the
Lovelady Ford on the Catauba the nearest and best way, to wit . . . Lott Berry . . . and make a report
to our next county court. Issd,” 1804 In May 1804, Joseph Berry sells his brother Lott Berry 200
acres of property, in an instrument dated 28 May 1804, proven by John McGalliard. Burke County
Deeds Registered, 1804 – 1813, at 8 (Referring to the April 1804 Sessions).
1810 Lott Berry is also listed in the 1810 U.S. Census as living in the Drexel/ Morganton section of
Burke County, NC. Burke County, Morgan District, North Carolina Census Lott Berry 2 M 10-16
(John, IV and David Andrew), 1 M 16-26 (Archibald or ? M), 1 M over 45, 1 F 16-26, 1 F over 45
1813 "Burke County Deeds Registered 1804-1813", pg 8, has Joseph Berry to Lott Berry 200 acres
dated 28 May 1804 proved by John McGalliard; April Sessions 1813
1815 Lott Berry, with 1 tract of land lying on the Catawba, is listed on Martin Kibler's - Burke
County, NC, 1815 Tax List. 1815
1820 Lott Berry is also listed in the 1820 Burke County, Morganton, NC Census. Burke County,
Morgan District, North Carolina Census Lott Berry 1 M 16-26, 1 M over 45, 1 F 26-45, 1 F over 45
(David Andrew, Lott, Mina, and Millie).
1822 Lott Berry, along with son David Berry, was chain carrier for a land grant surveyed for
Archibald Berry 20 August 1822.
1830 Burke County, Morgan District, North Carolina Census Lott Berry listed in the N.C. Census
Index as #148.
1831 On March 30, 1831, Lott Berry passed away in Burke County, NC.
1831 Deed Book 34, pg 146, Lincoln County Court House, Lincolnton, NC has a deed for the sale
of 1/5 of 133 acres of land owned by William Berry, deceased, and willed to his brother and heir,
Lott Berry. This land lay on Dutchman's Creek. Proven and recorded at April Sessions 1831. Prior to
his death in 1831, Lott Berry sold his 1/5 inheritance from either his brother, William Berry, Jr. in
March of 1831. See Lincoln County, NC Deed Book 34, page 146 (Mar. 1831).
1832 Burke County Surviving will and Probate Abstracts 1777-1910: #50 Lot Berry, presented for
probate April 1832. The Burke County Record of Inventories of Sales of Estates, 1832-1838, lists
two sales involving Lott Berry. The first sale, in 1832, Lott Berry, pg 112-114, sale 4 March 1832,
court date of 23 July 1832, lists purchasers as: Archibald Berry, David Berry, et al. Lott Berry, with
no spouse listed, is indicated to have died before the Jan. 1820 Session. Robert H. Erwin (Archibald's
son-in-law) and Archibald Berry are Executors or Administrators. This is believed, however, to be a
mistake.
1832 Burke County Surviving will and Probate Abstracts 1777-1910: Number 50, Lot Berry,
presented for probate April 1832. In the Journal of Burke County Genealogical Society, May 1997
Issue, page 24, are abstractions from the Deaths recorded in Minutes of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, Burke County, NC, 1791-1834.
1834 Lott (Lot) Berry is listed as deceased in a document dated 26 July 1834, Robert H. Ervin,
Administrator of Estate Sale of articles dated 23 July 1832, which lists approximately 100 buyers of
sale items, for a total sale of $249.00. Among the purchasers of items at the Lott Berry Estate Sale,
were Samuel Williams, son David Berry, Richard Williams, son Archibald Berry and daughter
Eliminer Berry. The Lot Berry Estate Sale was also apparently dated 21 July 1834 and the
purchasers were also named as Archibald Berry, Elminor Berry, etc. Burke County Record of
Inventories of Sales of Estates, Lott Berry, pg 156-157, court 21 July 1834. Purchasers: Archibald
Berry, Elminor Berry, et al.
1850 Elminor Berry age 61 Joseph Baker, Jr. 31, Elizabeth Baker 27, Elisha Baker 9, Moulton
Baker 7, Emily Baker 4, Elizabeth Baker 2.
1866 Book of Deed Abstracts, North Carolina Room, Burke County Public Library, pg 50 30 April
1866 Archibald Berry deeds land to John Wesley Berry adjoining “Lot Berry Tract”
1868 Book of Deed Abstracts, North Carolina Room, Burke County Public Library, pg 375-376 7
December 1868 Archibald Berry deeds land to John Wesley Berry--land known as “Lot Berry Tract.”
1869 In deeds registered 12 Mar. 1869, Numbers 375 and 376, Lott Berry’s son Archibald Berry
grants, to his son, John Wesley Berry, property known as "Lot Berry Tract," on the South Side of the
Catawba River on Josiah Bradshaw's line, constituting approximately 150 acres. 50 acres of the
original tract were sold to John Kincaid (to the mouth of Ward's Creek). Abstracts from Burke
County Public Library, Morganton, Deed Book A.
1898 Book of Deed Abstracts, North Carolina Room, Burke County Public Library, 1 Jan. 1898
John Wesley Berry, Sr. deeds to John Wesley Berry, Jr. land known as Lot Berry tract. John Wesley
Berry, Sr. deeds to Phifer Erwin Berry land on line with Lot Berry Tract, now known as David Berry
Place.
Lott Berry is believed to be this writer’s great, great, great, great grandfather, and is listed as
follows: William Berry, Sr., Lott Berry, John Berry, William Martin Berry, Henderson Berry,
Gilmer Connelly Berry, John West Berry, to the writer.
Lott (Lot) Berry (1763 – 1832) is believed to have born circa 1763 in the Commonwealth of
Virginia and died in Burke County, North Carolina on March 30, 1831. Lot Berry married Millie
Thompson (Thomson, Thomason, Thomas) in 1784 and they had three sons (Archibald, John &
David Berry), and one daughter (Elminor (Elminer, Mina, Miner)) Berry. Over the course of his life
Lott Berry lived in two or three different locations: likely born in Virginia and living in
Caldwell/Burke/Rutherford counties in North Carolina during his life. Lott Berry appears to have
been born in Virginia. He later appears to have lived with his mother and father in what is likely the
Town of Icard, North Carolina, today.
He likely lived in an area near Drowning Creek in what is now the Town of Icard, NC and on the
Lovelady Ford, specifically on Wards’ Creek in Burke County, near the Caldwell County, NC
boundary line. One reference, for which no citation was found, indicated that Lott Berry lived in an
area known as “Tower District.” Lott Berry was a son of William Berry, Sr. (1738-1780) and
Elizabeth Montgomery.
Lott Berry is believed to have been born in the Commonwealth of Virginia in about 1763 to parents
William Berry (1738-1780) and Elizabeth Montgomery (c1745 - __). Lott’s older siblings would
likely have come from Maryland and his younger or perhaps some of his other numerous siblings
would have been born in Burke County, North Carolina. See The Descendants of Lott Berry,
Volume I, by Virginia Berry-Niemeyer, she provided information that another Berry descendant,
Bruce D. Moore, also establishes Archibald, David, and Miner as the children of Lott and "Millie"
Thomas and that Lott "came from Virginia." Based on Mr. Moore and Ms. Berry-Niemeyer’s data,
and that from Marguerite (Berry) Carswell and the mother of Ms. Berry-Niemeyer, the cited
descendancy chart for Lott and Millie (Thompson) Berry came about.
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| Descendancy Chart |
The above chart was provided by Virginia Berry-Niemeyer, a fellow Berry descendant of this line,
and very respected genealogist, to the Author who she referred to as her “third cousin, once
removed.” She obtained the chart from Marguerite Aljean (Berry) Carswell, her mother, from data
collected by her mother, Jean Arbunoth (Norvell) Berry, the wife of William Alvin Berry. In this
hand written chart, she provides proof that Archibald, David, John, and Mina are the children of Lott
Berry and Mille (Thompson) Berry.
While it appears that many of his older brothers and sisters likely were born in the State of Maryland
or in Pennsylvania, Lott Berry appears to have been born in the Virginia, according to records
provided by researcher to the writer in 2009. Virginia Berry-Niemeyer, The Family of Lott Berry and
Millie Thompson of North Carolina, Vol. I, at page 5. Lott Berry was born circa 1763, most likely in
a part of Virginia within reach of the Great Wagon Road, as the family traveled South to their
ultimate destination in Burke County, NC where the old road still travels up to the family’s old land
grant on Drowning Creek, which was kept in the family for many generations. Possibilities for more
specific areas of his birth include Fincastle County and Lunenburg County, both in Virginia.
Chronology of Lott Berry
1763 Lott Berry is born to William Berry, Sr. and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Berry in Virginia.
1784 Lott Berry marries Millie Thomson (Thompson, Thomas). Of note, Millie shares the same
last maiden name as Lott Berry’s brother, Enoch Berry, Barbary (Thomson) Berry.
1784 Archibald Berry (1784 – 1875), the first son of Lott and Millie Berry’s is born in Burke
County, North Carolina on April 14, 1784. Archibald Berry would eventually marry Martha
Connelly.
1789 Daughter Elminor (Mina/Miner) Berry (c1789-after 1850) is born to Lott and Millie
(Thompson) Berry.
1790 Lott Berry is listed as being part of the Burke County Militia Second Company in 1790.
Annals of Caldwell County, NC, at pg. 63. The Second Company, commanded by a Captain John
Connelly, included Lot Berry, and three of his brothers, Joseph, James and John Berry. The Second
District Militia Company was listed as operating out of “Eastern Burke County.” See Burke County
Public Library Summary of Dr. Emmett White’s Notes (Jan. 1985). As noted in the Annals of
Caldwell County, the “second company, John Connelly, captain, had 78 heads of families living
along the Catawba river and lower Lovelady Township.” Annals of Caldwell County, at page 2. It is
hard to say if this location is in Burke or Caldwell county as they exist today.
1790 Lott Berry is listed as a head of his family in Burke County, Morgan District, North Carolina
Census, having 1 male over the age of 16 (Lott Berry), 2 males under the age of 16.
1790 John Berry (1794 – 1871) is born to Lott and Millie Berry in Burke County, North Carolina.
In her genealogical proofs, Virginia Berry-Niemeyer provides two sources of proof for the father-son
relationship between Lott Berry and John Berry. The first is a handwritten chart by Tessie Alice
(Wagner) Berry, Virginia Berry-Niemeyer’s mother. The second source of proof are charts developed
from genealogical research conducted by Marguerite Aljean (Berry) Carswell. See Virginia Berry-
Niemeyer, the Descendants of Lott Berry, Vol. III, CH. 5, at 1
1794 Some resources also indicate that this John Berry was born in 1794. In any event, John Berry
married Barbara Fry (1795-1861) and then after her passing in 1861, married as his second wife,
Priscilla Bowman (1836-1911). One source refers to this John Berry as John Berry IV (the fourth),
but it is unknown quite what it meant by this reference.
1798 David Andrew Berry (1798 - 1870) is born in Burke County, North Carolina to Lott and
Millie (Thomspon) Berry.
1798 On June 11, 1798, Lot Berry had surveyed Land Grant #2384, entry #3281, for 50 acres on
Wards Creek on the South side of the Catawba River. This land joined Lott Berry’s own line for
existing property, as well as one Andrew Gwin's line. The chain carriers for the survey, were Andrew
Gwin and John England. A copy of this land survey follows.
For the land survey shown following the written transcription of the survey, which immediately
follows, shows that reading these Colonial-era type property documents can sometimes be a bit
difficult, so the following information is provided:
“State of North Carolina, Burke County. By virtue of a present dated August the 11th 1797 No. 3281
Survey for Lot Berry fifty acres of land lying on Wards Creek that fall in on the South Side of the
Catawba River joining him on line & Andrew Gwins (Goins) line beginning on a p___ his old corner
& runs North ___ to a Hick[o]ry then West to Eight Chains to a post oak in Sd. Gwin's line then goes
fifteen chains to a stake then West fifteen chains to a post oak to a stake then South fifteen chains
crossing (?) the creek to a maple then East twenty-five chains to a stake then north twenty chainsaw
to a stake in his old line then to the beginning survey. April the 11th 1798 The two chain carriers
were Andrew Gwin & John England and signed by William Davenport.”
1798 John Berry (1774 – 1798), Lott Berry’s younger brother, died some time prior to the July
1798 Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters session. Furthermore, during the July, 1798 Session
of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters (from the minutes): Ordered by court that Daniel
[H]udson have letters of administration on the Estate of John Berry, deceased, together with Lott
Berry & giving bond with Joseph Morgan & David Thomson, Security in the sum 2000 pounds. John
Berry, the brother of Lott Berry, with no spouse listed, is indicated as having died prior to the July
1798 Burke County Court session. Both Lott Berry and Daniel Hudson were appointed
executors/administrators of John Berry’s estate. See Burke County, NC, Court Minute Book. Lott
Berry is also listed as a purchaser of items from John Berry’s estate sale.
1798 In July 1798, Lott Berry is Juror #4 on a panel in the case of James Greenlee v. William
James.
1799 In 1799, Lott Berry and Daniel Hudson, John B. Murray tendered a promissory note for six
pounds currency to Lot Berry and Daniel Hudson, as Administrators of John Berry’s Estate. The
promissory note was found on the back page by the writer of a Revolutionary Pension Application
by John B. Murray’s wife, Rosanna Murray, in materials found at the National Archives.
“I promise to pay unto Lot Berry and Daniel Hudson, Administrator of John Berry dec’d the just and
full sum of six pounds currency of North Carolina to be paid on or before the 30th day of April 1801
it being for value receiv’d of them this 19th date of October 1799 as witnessed by my hand and seal.
This was signed by John Murry (Murray) and also signed (apparently as witnesses) by one William
(Wm.) Fincannon and one William Crye.”
1800 In the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters minutes: 590: No. 11. Lott Berry is #4 in
jury impaneled in case of James Greenlee v. William James, Burke County Ct. of Pleas & Quarters,
590, No. 11. (1800).
1800 During the April, 1800 Session of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters, Lott Berry
is listed as an assistant overseer/hand to assist neighbor John England, Jr. in keeping a local road
under repair. Overseer. Ordered by court that John England, Jr, overseer of the road leading from the
forks at the Widow Englands to the Lovelady Ford on the Catauba (Catawba) have the following
hands to work under him on said road, to wit... Lott Berry...to keep the same in repair for one year.
Issd.
1800 In the July, 1800 Session of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters: Case No. 341 has
Lott Berry listed as the No. 12 juror in Joseph Dobson to use of David Crawford v. Thomas
McGimsey, Burke County Ct. of Pleas & Quarters, 341. (1800). The jury found for the Plaintiff and
assessed damages and costs.
1800 In the 1800 Burke County Census - Lott Berry 3 M under 10, 1 M 10-16, 1 M 26-45, 1 F
under 10, 1 F 26-4 (Family includes, David Andrew, John IV, ? M Archibald, Mina (Elminor), and
Millie).
1800 In the January 1800 session, from the Burke County Court Minutes, p. 118, ordered John
England be overseer of a road from fork at the widow Englands to the Loveland Ford on the
Catawba hands-Rob. Grasby, Lott Berry, Wm. B., Zack Ewing, Samuel Goldsmith, Wm. Sutherland,
Wm. Duckworth, Wm. Deal, Henry De----, Jon. Duckworth, John England, Joseph England,
Ephraim Ewing, John Tizard?
1802 The Burke Journal, February 1999: Morganton 1802. Will Tate's Tax Return of Captain
James Young's Company. Lott Berry is listed with 200 55 acres of land with 1 Pole.
1802 In the April 1802 court session of the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters minutes,
Lott Berry is appointed the Overseer of the road from the Forks near the Widow England’s property
to the Lovelady Ford with the same hands as before, and that he keep the road in good repair for the
term of one year. There also is a reference to the order being issues from the room of William
Duckworth.
1802 In 1802, Lott Berry is listed in the Burke Journal (Feb. 1999), on Will Tate’s Tax Return of
Captain James Young’s Company as having 200 – 55 acres of land with 1 pole.
1803 During the Burke County Court of Pleas and Quarters, in their April Session 1803: “Jury of
view. Ordered that the following be a jury to view and mark a road leading from Morganton to the
Lovelady Ford on the Catauba the nearest and best way, to wit . . . Lott Berry . . . and make a report
to our next county court. Issd,” 1804 In May 1804, Joseph Berry sells his brother Lott Berry 200
acres of property, in an instrument dated 28 May 1804, proven by John McGalliard. Burke County
Deeds Registered, 1804 – 1813, at 8 (Referring to the April 1804 Sessions).
1810 Lott Berry is also listed in the 1810 U.S. Census as living in the Drexel/ Morganton section of
Burke County, NC. Burke County, Morgan District, North Carolina Census Lott Berry 2 M 10-16
(John, IV and David Andrew), 1 M 16-26 (Archibald or ? M), 1 M over 45, 1 F 16-26, 1 F over 45
1813 "Burke County Deeds Registered 1804-1813", pg 8, has Joseph Berry to Lott Berry 200 acres
dated 28 May 1804 proved by John McGalliard; April Sessions 1813
1815 Lott Berry, with 1 tract of land lying on the Catawba, is listed on Martin Kibler's - Burke
County, NC, 1815 Tax List. 1815
1820 Lott Berry is also listed in the 1820 Burke County, Morganton, NC Census. Burke County,
Morgan District, North Carolina Census Lott Berry 1 M 16-26, 1 M over 45, 1 F 26-45, 1 F over 45
(David Andrew, Lott, Mina, and Millie).
1822 Lott Berry, along with son David Berry, was chain carrier for a land grant surveyed for
Archibald Berry 20 August 1822.
1830 Burke County, Morgan District, North Carolina Census Lott Berry listed in the N.C. Census
Index as #148.
1831 On March 30, 1831, Lott Berry passed away in Burke County, NC.
1831 Deed Book 34, pg 146, Lincoln County Court House, Lincolnton, NC has a deed for the sale
of 1/5 of 133 acres of land owned by William Berry, deceased, and willed to his brother and heir,
Lott Berry. This land lay on Dutchman's Creek. Proven and recorded at April Sessions 1831. Prior to
his death in 1831, Lott Berry sold his 1/5 inheritance from either his brother, William Berry, Jr. in
March of 1831. See Lincoln County, NC Deed Book 34, page 146 (Mar. 1831).
1832 Burke County Surviving will and Probate Abstracts 1777-1910: #50 Lot Berry, presented for
probate April 1832. The Burke County Record of Inventories of Sales of Estates, 1832-1838, lists
two sales involving Lott Berry. The first sale, in 1832, Lott Berry, pg 112-114, sale 4 March 1832,
court date of 23 July 1832, lists purchasers as: Archibald Berry, David Berry, et al. Lott Berry, with
no spouse listed, is indicated to have died before the Jan. 1820 Session. Robert H. Erwin (Archibald's
son-in-law) and Archibald Berry are Executors or Administrators. This is believed, however, to be a
mistake.
1832 Burke County Surviving will and Probate Abstracts 1777-1910: Number 50, Lot Berry,
presented for probate April 1832. In the Journal of Burke County Genealogical Society, May 1997
Issue, page 24, are abstractions from the Deaths recorded in Minutes of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, Burke County, NC, 1791-1834.
1834 Lott (Lot) Berry is listed as deceased in a document dated 26 July 1834, Robert H. Ervin,
Administrator of Estate Sale of articles dated 23 July 1832, which lists approximately 100 buyers of
sale items, for a total sale of $249.00. Among the purchasers of items at the Lott Berry Estate Sale,
were Samuel Williams, son David Berry, Richard Williams, son Archibald Berry and daughter
Eliminer Berry. The Lot Berry Estate Sale was also apparently dated 21 July 1834 and the
purchasers were also named as Archibald Berry, Elminor Berry, etc. Burke County Record of
Inventories of Sales of Estates, Lott Berry, pg 156-157, court 21 July 1834. Purchasers: Archibald
Berry, Elminor Berry, et al.
1850 Elminor Berry age 61 Joseph Baker, Jr. 31, Elizabeth Baker 27, Elisha Baker 9, Moulton
Baker 7, Emily Baker 4, Elizabeth Baker 2.
1866 Book of Deed Abstracts, North Carolina Room, Burke County Public Library, pg 50 30 April
1866 Archibald Berry deeds land to John Wesley Berry adjoining “Lot Berry Tract”
1868 Book of Deed Abstracts, North Carolina Room, Burke County Public Library, pg 375-376 7
December 1868 Archibald Berry deeds land to John Wesley Berry--land known as “Lot Berry Tract.”
1869 In deeds registered 12 Mar. 1869, Numbers 375 and 376, Lott Berry’s son Archibald Berry
grants, to his son, John Wesley Berry, property known as "Lot Berry Tract," on the South Side of the
Catawba River on Josiah Bradshaw's line, constituting approximately 150 acres. 50 acres of the
original tract were sold to John Kincaid (to the mouth of Ward's Creek). Abstracts from Burke
County Public Library, Morganton, Deed Book A.
1898 Book of Deed Abstracts, North Carolina Room, Burke County Public Library, 1 Jan. 1898
John Wesley Berry, Sr. deeds to John Wesley Berry, Jr. land known as Lot Berry tract. John Wesley
Berry, Sr. deeds to Phifer Erwin Berry land on line with Lot Berry Tract, now known as David Berry
Place.
