​John Berry Frontiersman (1786-1866)

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Marker Text: ​A native of Kentucky and veteran of the war of 1812, John Berry moved in 1816 to Indiana. In 1827 he brought his family to the Atascosito district of Texas. Mexico awarded him lots in Liberty and Mina (Bastrop) when this towns were founded.
       Berry's oldest son's Joseph (1811-1842), John Bate (1813-1891), and Andrew Jackson (1816-1899), served in the Republic of Texas Army. All three were Texas Rangers before and after the War for Independence (1836) and in the Battle of Plum Creek (1840). Joseph was the first casualty in the Mier Expedition (1842), and John Bate was in Perote Prison for a year.
     A Williamson County pioneer, John Berry settled three miles northeast of Georgetown in 1846. He built a blacksmith and gun shop and a spring-driven grist mill near Berry Creek. Berry had 18 children by his three wives Betsy Smeathers (d.1818), daughter of pioneer Texan William Smeathers (Smothers): Gracie Treat (d.1830) and Hannah Devore (1812-1904), five sons and three son-in-laws served in confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). Berry died at age 80 and was buried near his home. His descendants include a great-grandson, Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in American history. (1978) 

Marker No: 13877

Aluminum 27 x 42 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30672443, -97.638672

Location: 1800 CR 152, Georgetown (When we took it it was at the courthouse)