Some Old Families of Clarke County, Virginia

The records show that the founder of Berryville was a farmer and did some surveying, perhaps including the laying out of the town of Berryville. On 8/18/1810, Benjamin Berry executed his Last Will and Testament, bequeathing and devising to Elizabeth (“Betsy”) Lane one-half of his personal estate and his “Berry Ville Farm” which he described as being “near and adjoining Berryville”. ................
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