Edith Ann Berry (Polk)

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John Berry married Edith Ann Polk on April 28, 1787 in Brunswick, Brunswick County, Virginia.

Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 Name: John Berry Census Date: 1820 County: Marion LINE: 4 Roll: v229_2

The family came to Simpson County, Mississippi in 1828 and settled on Silver Creek. Their home sat on the county line which divides Simpson County and Lawrence County on Section 10, Township 9N, Range 19W, close to Old Hebron, Mississippi.

Bill Polk comments:

"The connection of Edith to Thomas Polk, Jr., seems fairly reasonable, considering his birth date and her birth date. What seems out of whack is the birth in Brunswick County, Virginia. I have no information for Thomas Polk/Mary Wilson that shows a daughter named Edith. That does not mean she was not a daughter. There is a lot of unknown information about Thomas Polk, Jr./Mary Wilson. What I cannot reconcile is the Virginia connection. Everything I have found indicates that Thomas Polk, Jr./Mary Wilson was in SC., by the 1750s (with his supposed father Thomas, b. c1703). So, it seems strange to have a daughter b. in Virginia in 1767, when the family was already in South Carolina before that year. However, one might speculate that the Thomas Polk, Jr. family may have come through Virginia on their way to SC., and the family appeared in SC. later than what I think. This information about Virginia may be a very important piece of the Thomas Polk connection back to Pennsylvania and Maryland."

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