ZZ-CLK001 Benjamin Berry

Marker text: BENJAMIN BERRY

Benjamin Berry, son of Henry Berry of King George County, settled what is now Clarke County prior to the Revolution, and in 1798, he procured the formal establishment of the town of Berryville, the town having been platted by him, and consisting of a portion (twenty acres) of a larger tract of land owned by him and his daughter, Sarah Stribling. He and she are buried in the northeast section of the yard of Grace Episcopal Church.

Erected 1967 by the Berryville-Clarke County Chamber of Commerce

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Location: VA Rt. 7 Business (eastbound), Berryville at Rose Hill Park., Clarke County, Virginia

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