22 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~
Husb. of Elizabeth Nixon; father of Robert, buried here. Son of John & Martha Elizabeth [Derrishaw] Berryhill. William was born in the Old Creek Nation. As an adult, his life was threatened by opponents to his pro-removal stance & he fled to Texas to unite with other Indian tribes who had settled there eventually coming to Mount Tabor He lived among the Ridge Party Cherokees, who were themselves pro-removal and the Yowani Choctaws whose relationship with the Choctaw Nation was complicated following the Choctaw Civil war of 1757. [Data: J.C. Thompson]
Husb. of Elizabeth Nixon; father of Robert, buried here. Son of John & Martha Elizabeth [Derrishaw] Berryhill. William was born in the Old Creek Nation. As an adult, his life was threatened by opponents to his pro-removal stance & he fled to Texas to unite with other Indian tribes who had settled there eventually coming to Mount Tabor He lived among the Ridge Party Cherokees, who were themselves pro-removal and the Yowani Choctaws whose relationship with the Choctaw Nation was complicated following the Choctaw Civil war of 1757. [Data: J.C. Thompson]
22 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~
Husb. of Elizabeth Nixon; father of Robert, buried here. Son of John & Martha Elizabeth [Derrishaw] Berryhill. William was born in the Old Creek Nation. As an adult, his life was threatened by opponents to his pro-removal stance & he fled to Texas to unite with other Indian tribes who had settled there eventually coming to Mount Tabor He lived among the Ridge Party Cherokees, who were themselves pro-removal and the Yowani Choctaws whose relationship with the Choctaw Nation was complicated following the Choctaw Civil war of 1757. [Data: J.C. Thompson]
Husb. of Elizabeth Nixon; father of Robert, buried here. Son of John & Martha Elizabeth [Derrishaw] Berryhill. William was born in the Old Creek Nation. As an adult, his life was threatened by opponents to his pro-removal stance & he fled to Texas to unite with other Indian tribes who had settled there eventually coming to Mount Tabor He lived among the Ridge Party Cherokees, who were themselves pro-removal and the Yowani Choctaws whose relationship with the Choctaw Nation was complicated following the Choctaw Civil war of 1757. [Data: J.C. Thompson]
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