"Capt Thomas Berry, an officer in the Revolutionary War, was thefather o f James E Berry, who married the granddaughter of Col PatrickCrawford. S he was the daughter of James McChesney and SarahCrawford. Thomas Berry , son of James E, removed to Georgia. Hisdaughter, Miss Maria Berry, i s founder and principal of thecelebrated Berry School at Rome, Ga, one o f the most successfulindustrial schools known to the writer. She is i n direct line fromthe Berry family who incorporated the town of Berryv ille, VA, in1798."
5/18/1761 Frederick Co, VA. Poll taken at the election of Burgesses,v oting for Colonel Geo Washington and Colonel George Merccer includesth e name of Thomas Berry.
