FOURTH GENERATION

44. Asberry "Berry" Wilson(1) was born in 1821 in Overton Co., Tn.(2) He died on 28 May 1885 in Campground Cemetery, Fentress County, TN. He died in Fentress County, Tn.(2) He was buried in Mt Union Miss, Bapt Church, Campground Cem, Fentress Co Tn. He was buried in Mt Union Missionary Baptist Church, Campground Cemetery, Fentress Co, Tn. (2) [Fitz.ged]

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM 1850 AND 1860 CENSUS FOR OVERTON COUNTY THE 10
CHILDREN OF BERRY WILSON WERE FOUND. BERRY is the FATHER OF DAVID Crocket WILSON. This is my family line. Input 11 November 1994.

RESEARCH FROM FENTRESS COUNTY TENNESSEE BY THE FENTRESS COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, PUBLISHED 1987 (LOANED FROM NASHVILLE, TN LIBRARY, DEC 1994 ) SHOWS
BERRY WILSON AS AN INDEPENDENT SCOUT DURING THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE CON FEDERATES,
IN A COMPANY CALLED DAVID "TINKER DAVE" BEATY. THE ROLL WAS CERTIFIE D AS BEING
CORRECT LISTING BERRY WILSON AS ONE OF HIS SCOUTS. THERE ARE MANY STORIES
ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF TINKER DAVE AND HIS MEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR , WHICH CAN
BE FOUND IN "ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN", BY A.R. H OGUE, AND
"A HISTORY OF BUFFALO COVE" BY WILL PEAVYHOUSE. GUERILLA WARFARE IS , WITH THE
POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF NUCLEAR WAR, THE MOST DEVASTATING TYPE OF WAR F OR THE
CIVILIAN INHABITANTS OF THE AREA. "TINKER DAVE'S SCOUTS" ORDERED AN D CARRIED
OUT THE EXECUTION OF ENEMY SOLDIERS AFTER CAPTURE. MY FATHER DANIEL D. WILSON,
GREAT GRANDSON OF BERRY WILSON HEARD FROM FAMILY STORIES THAT BERRY W ILSON WAS
A SPY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND WAS EVEN SHOT ONCE, BUT RECOVERED. RECORDS SHOW
THAT EACH MAN JOINING "TINKER DAVE" WAS REQUIRED TO PROVIDED HIS OWN HORSE AND
HIS OWN EQUIPMENT. BERRY WILSON WAS APPROXIMATELY 49 YEARS OF AGE WHEN HE
FOUGHT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE SERVED FROM 1862 - 1965. I sent for his CIVIL WAR
TO VERIFY this information. THE LIST OF MEN SERVING WITH "TINKER DAVE" WERE:

JOHN SMITH, JR.
JOHN SPROWL
REUBEN SKINNER
WILLIAM TIPTON
GEORGE THREET
JAMES THREET
CULLOM THREET
JACK TURNER
JOHN TURNER
JAMES TURNER
DREWRY UPCHURCH
HENDERSON UPCHURCH
SILAS WRIGHT
ELIJAH WILLIAMS
JOHN WINNINGHAM
SETH WINNINGHAM
HARDY WILLIAMS
JACK WILLIAMS
BERRY WILSON
JOHN WHITEHEAD
ISSAC WOODS
GEORGE YORK
MITCHELL YORK

THE FOLLOWING DIED WHILE SERVING with Tinker Dave Beaty:

GEORGE BEATY DIED WHILE IN PRISON, STARVED TO DEATH
TOM CULVER
JONATHON MOODY - KILLED THE FIRST DAY that he served
WILLIAM REAGAN
JOSEPH REEDER
HIJAH SMITH
JACKSON STEPHENS
WILLIAM SMITH
JAMES SHILLINGS
KIB TAYLOR
JOHN TAYLOR
DEAN THREET

Agricultural Records, Overton County, 1850, 7th District: (Berry Wilson)

35 acres improved
45 acres unimproved
$300 cash value of farm
$10 cash value of farm machinery

1 horse
2 milk cows
2 other cattle
12 sheep
40 swine
$250 value livestock
25 bushes wheat
500 bushes Indian corn
19 lbs wool
40 bushes potatoes
45 bushes sweet potatoes
200 lbs butter
$25 home made items sold
$15 livestock sold

Agricultural Records for 16 Oct 1850, 9th District, Berry Wilson:

20 acres improved
75 acres unimproved
$50 cash value of farm
$5 cash value of farm machinery
2 horses
2 milk cows
1 other cattle
10 swine
$75 value of livestock
100 bushes Indian corn
60 lbs wool
2 bushel beans/peas
110 bushel potatoes
50 bushel sweet potatoes
100 lbs butter
$40 value beehives and honey
$45 home made items
$75 value of animals sold

AGRICULTURE RECORDS FOR 17 JUN 1880, SHOWED BERRY WILSON OWNING:

40 ACRES TILLED
2 ACRES PASTURES
60 ACRES WOODS
$300.00 FARM VALUE
IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY - $50.00
LIVESTOCK - $200.00
COST OF BUILDING REPAIRS FOR THE YEAR - $15.00
ESTIMATED PRODUCE WORTH - $150.00
HORSES - 2
WORKING OXENS - 2
MILK COWS - 2 AND 2 OTHERS
COWS PURCHASED THIS YEAR - 1
MADE 270 LBS OF BUTTER ON FARM THIS YEAR

27 FLEECES/WORTH $30.00
11 LAMBS DROPPED
16 LAMBS SOLD

18 ACRES INDIAN CORN/YIELDED 300 BUSHELS
8 ACRES OATS/YIELDED 70 BUSHELS
1/4 ACRE IRISH POTATOES/YIELDED 12 BUSHELS
1/4 ACRE SWEET POTATOES/YIELDED 23 BUSHELS
2 ACRES FRUIT BEARING TREES/20 TREES/YIELDED 10 BUSHELS
TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCE - -$2.00
30 PEOPLE LIVING ON FARM AS OF 17 JUNE 1880.

BERRY WAS SHOT IN THE THIGH WHILE SERVING IN THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS ON A HORSE
AND WAS BLEEDING SO BAD THAT HE HAD TO JUMP OFF, WHICH PROBABLY SAVED HIS LIFE,
BECAUSE THE REBELS CONTINUED FOLLOWING HIS HORSE. HE PUT A BELT ON HIS LEG FOR
PRESSURE, AND MADE A COMPOUND OF MUD AND WEEDS, AND PACKED this compound into HIS WOUND TO STOP THE BLEEDING.

1870 OVERTON COUNTY CENSUS RECORDS:

BERRY WILSON, AGE 52, FARMER VALUE OF REAL ESTATE: $300.00
VALUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE: $700.00
JULIA WILSON, AGE 45, WIFE, KEEPING HOUSE
OMA WILSON, AGE 27, DAUGHTER, AT HOME
AUSTON WILSON, AGE 19, SON, FARM HAND
JOHN WILSON, AGE 16, SON, FARM HAND
WILLIAM WILSON, AGE 15, SON, FARM HAND
Ned Wilson, son, feeble minded
Joseph WILSON, AGE 9, SON, FARM HAND
Artemia WILSON, AGE 6, DAUGHTER, AT HOME
LAURA WILSON, AGE 2, DAUGHTER, AT HOME

BERRY'S SON DAVID WILSON IS SHOWN LIVING NEXT DOOR TO HIM in 1870:

DAVID WILSON, AGE 20, FARMER, VALUE OF REAL ESTATE: $150.00
VALUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE: $150.00
RINDA, AGE 25, WIFE, KEEPING HOUSE
AUSTON, AGE 2 MOS, SON (FATHER OF DAVID MONROE "ROE" WILSON)

BERRY'S SON, GEORGE WILSON IS ALSO LIVING NEXT TO HIM AND DAVID:

GEORGE WILSON, AGE 24, FARMER, VALUE OF REAL ESTATE: $100.00
VALUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE: $150.00
ANGELINE WILSON, AGE 30, WIFE, KEEPING HOUSE
MARY G. WILSON, AGE 7, DAUGHTER
JULLIE A. WILSON, AGE 5, DAUGHTER

1880 Fentress County Census

Berry Wilson, age 50, farmer
Julia, wife, age 51, keeping house, consumption
Artemia, daughter, age 16
Laura, daughter, age 13
Ashburn, Davis, age 20, border, laborer

Joseph Wilson is living next door to Berry, age 19, farmer (Berry and Julia Wilson's son)
Margaret age 26, wife, housekeeping

Berry and his wife, Julia Beaty Wilson were baptized by Rev A. R. Wright, as stated in Rev A. R. Wright's Bibliography.

Obtained a photograph of Berry and Julia Wilson, August 1998, while visiting with Dale Welch of Monterey, Tn. Dale is also a descendant of Berry and Julia, through their son, Joseph and wife Margaret Elmore Wilson. I met Dale Welch via the internet on my personal computer.

Also, I have met Linda Wilson Young, via the internet. Linda is the descendant of William Henry Wilson, also a son of David Wilson and Mirenda Catherine Bilbrey Wilson "Rindy". (Jul 1999)

Berry died of a high fever and complications that followed. His wife Julia took care of him to the end, and then she also got the fever and died two weeks later. They are both buried at Campground Cemetery, Fentress County, Tn. There is a slate rock on top of Berry's grave with Wilson scratched on it. (Wilson was scratched on with a rock.)

He was married to Julia Beaty (daughter of David Sr Beaty Sr and Sarah Stephens) in 1841 in Overton County, Tn. Julia Beaty (1) was born in 1828 in Overton Co., Tn. (2) She died on 16 Jun 1885 in Fentress County, Tn. (2) She was buried in 1895 in Campground Cemetery, Fentress County, TN.(2) [Fitz.ged]

Julia Wilson was the wife of Berry Wilson.

5 Generations of Berry Wilson and his wife Julia Ann Beaty Wilson:

1. David Wilson was the son of Berry and Julia Beaty Wilson

2 Ought Wilson was the son of David Wilson and Miranda Catherine Bilbrey Wilson.

3. David Monroe "Roe" Wilson was the son of Ought Wilson and Ollie Miller Wilson.

4. Daniel Dell Wilson was the son of David Monroe "Roe" Wilson and Martha Jane Elmore Wilson.

5. Linda Carolyn Wilson, daughter of Daniel Dell Wilson and Elsie Mae Fitzgerald.

1850/1860/1870/1880 all show that Julia was the wife of Berry Wilson.

The 1890 Census was destroyed in a City Hall Fire. Both Julia and Berry died in 1895 of complications from a high fever. Julia cared for Berry, and even slept in a different room to keep from getting the fever, but she caught it anyway, and died about twi weeks later. Asberry "Berry" Wilson and Julia Beaty had the following children:

child+108 i. Naomi "Oma" Wilson.
child+109 ii. George Wilson.
child+110 iii. David Crocket Wilson.
child+111 iv. Nancy Wilson.
child+112 v. Austin Wilson.
child+113 vi. John Wilson.
child114 vii. William "Billdad" Wilson(1) was born in 1855 in Overton County, Tn.(2) He died in Campground Cemetery, Fentress Co, Tn. [Fitz.ged]

William Wilson is the son of Berry Wilson. William had a nickname Billdad and Mammy, as recalled by a cousin Mary Wilson Young, granddaughter of Lester Wilson.

William is buried at Campground Cemetery with his parents.
child115 viii. Ned Wilson(1) was born in 1858 in Overton Co., Tn.(2) He died in Campground Cemetery, Fentress County, TN. As told by family members, Ned was feeble minded.
child+116 ix. Joseph Wilson.
child117 x. Artemia Wilson(1) was born in 1864 in Overton Co., Tn.(2) She died in Campground Cemetery, Fentress Co., Tn. Artemia died as a young girl, and is buried alongside her Mom and Dad (Julia Beaty Wilson and Berry Wilson), sister Laura, and brother, William Wilson, at Campground Cemetery, Fentress County, Tn.
child+118 xi. Laura Wilson.

Home Return to Table of Contents