John M Miles & Martha Berry

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 595 David Miles Marion Co., SC 1846
Will dated 6 Dec 1843 pr 22 Jun 1846
S-in-L Dennis Berry and dau Elizabeth his wife
Sons John, Charles, David, Francis and George Washington Miles.
Dau Mahaly, Caroline and Eveline Miles.
S-in-L Slaughter Berry and dau Nancy his wife -
William B. Colcott and dau Mary his wife
the late Moses Mace and dau Drucilla Mace his widow
John Jackson and dau Eliza his wife.
Wife Mary Miles.;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1361/1367
John M. Miles 52 Farmer $6000 Marion
Martha 53
David 22 "
Elizabeth 20
Martha 17
Dennis 15 "
Mary 13
Harriet Jackson 18;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 148-157
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- Henry was a man of family, and had lands granted to him on Little Reedy Creek in 1786; he married a Miss Hays, and settled on said Reedy Creek; he raised two sons, Dennis and Slaughter, and four daughters. Dennis and Slaughter married sisters, two daughters of David Miles, an old citizen of upper Marion. Of the four daughters, Elizabeth married Bryant Jones; Fama married Nathan Tart; Martha, called Pattie, married John M. Miles; and Mary married William Rogers. The father, Henry Berry, was a capital man and intelligent for his day and time; he served as Justice of the Peace for some years, evidenced by his official signature to the probate of deeds for record seen by the writer he accumulated a good property for his time; he founded or built the Catfish Baptist Church, not where it now stands, but back from its present location on Little Reedy Creek. In his old age he divided out his property among his children, and then lived among them himself till his death, about 1853 or 1854; he was over ninety years of age at his death. ;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1361/1367
John M. Miles 52 Farmer $6000 Marion
Martha 53
David 22 "
Elizabeth 20
Martha 17
Dennis 15 "
Mary 13
Harriet Jackson 18;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 148-157
...
- Henry was a man of family, and had lands granted to him on Little Reedy Creek in 1786; he married a Miss Hays, and settled on said Reedy Creek; he raised two sons, Dennis and Slaughter, and four daughters. Dennis and Slaughter married sisters, two daughters of David Miles, an old citizen of upper Marion. Of the four daughters, Elizabeth married Bryant Jones; Fama married Nathan Tart; Martha, called Pattie, married John M. Miles; and Mary married William Rogers. The father, Henry Berry, was a capital man and intelligent for his day and time; he served as Justice of the Peace for some years, evidenced by his official signature to the probate of deeds for record seen by the writer he accumulated a good property for his time; he founded or built the Catfish Baptist Church, not where it now stands, but back from its present location on Little Reedy Creek. In his old age he divided out his property among his children, and then lived among them himself till his death, about 1853 or 1854; he was over ninety years of age at his death.
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Pattie Miles has been dead for years, the third daughter of old Henry. If there are any of her children or grand-children now in the county, it is unknown to the writer, except the widow of H. H. Tart, deceased, and her children and grand-children, all of whom are unknown. ;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1361/1367
John M. Miles 52 Farmer $6000 Marion
Martha 53
David 22 "
Elizabeth 20
Martha 17
Dennis 15 "
Mary 13
Harriet Jackson 18;

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