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Philemon Berry “Sheriff Phil” Waters

Birth	:	3 Jan 1775 Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	26 Feb 1807 Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Gilliam-Wallace Cemetery, Chappells, Newberry County, USA
Description	:	Son of Col. Philemon Waters, born, 1 Jun 1734, Prince William Co, Virginia, died 29 Mar 1796, Newberry County, South Carolina and Mary Berry, b. circa 1740, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, died 31 Oct 1791, Newberry County, South Carolina. Husband of Sarah Gillam Waters Sheppard, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Caldwell Gilliam. (Note: Philemon Berry Waters, b. 03 Jan 1775, d. 26 Feb. 1807, buried: Gillam/Wallace Graveyard, Newberry SC. Elected Sheriff of Newberry, SC in 1804.) Children of Philemon Berry and Sarah Gillam Waters Sheppard: 1. Mary Bumpas Waters, b. 21 Apr 1804, Newberry Co, South Carolina, d. 25 Aug 1869,... Read More	Son of Col. Philemon Waters, born, 1 Jun 1734, Prince William Co, Virginia, died 29 Mar 1796, Newberry County, South Carolina and Mary Berry, b. circa 1740, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, died 31 Oct 1791, Newberry County, South Carolina. Husband of Sarah Gillam Waters Sheppard, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Caldwell Gilliam. (Note: Philemon Berry Waters, b. 03 Jan 1775, d. 26 Feb. 1807, buried: Gillam/Wallace Graveyard, Newberry SC. Elected Sheriff of Newberry, SC in 1804.) Children of Philemon Berry and Sarah Gillam Waters Sheppard: 1. Mary Bumpas Waters, b. 21 Apr 1804, Newberry Co, South Carolina, d. 25 Aug 1869, Eutaw, Greene Co, Alabama. Married Phillip SCHOPPERT. Their children were: 1. George Warren SCHOPPERT 2. Sarah SCHOPPERT 3. William R SCHOPPERT, born 1830 4. Catherine Waters SCHOPPERT, born 1833 5. Robert SCHOPPERT, born 1835 6. Patrick Caldwell SCHOPPERT, born 1838 7. Elizabeth Stevens SCHOPPERT, born 1840 2. Robert Gillam Waters, b. circa 1805, Newberry Co, South Carolina, d. Aug 1846, Between Matamoras & Monterey, Mexico. 3. Philemon Berry Waters, b. 1 Sep 1807, Newberry Co, South Carolina, d. 30 Jul 1844, Wilcox Co, Alabama. (Born after his father died) (Source: FamilyTreeMaker.com, Decendant of John Waters.) (Source: The Annals of Newberry, In Two Parts (Complete in One Volume), Part First by John Belton O'Neall, LL.D.; Part Second by John A Chapman, A.M., (Aull & Houseal, Newberry, S.C., 1892), page 92. Sheriff Waters died in 1807, (February,) he left two children, and a third was born soon after his decease. His daughter, Mary, is the wife of Philip Schoppert. Robert, his eldest son, emigrated to Texas, was a soldier in the Texan war against Mexico; was captured at Mier, and was long a prisoner n Mexico; was at length released, at the instance of Gen. Thompson, while minister to that republic. In the war of the United States with Mexico, he was one of the Texan Rangers, and died between Matamoras and Monterey. Philemon, his youngest son, emigrated to Alabama, and there died.) (Source: The Waters and Kindred Families; a Genealogical Hisotry of; in Two Parts, Part 1 complied by Philemon Berry Waters; Part 2 compiled by Herbert M. Milam, (Foote & Davies, Atlanta, Ga., 1903), Chapter V, page 47.) The following information was supplied by Findagrave.com Memember, Charlotte Ann Price. Membership #47625664: Martha Caroline Chappell-Waters-Perry 1814 – 1894 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about Philemon Berry Waters Name: Philemon Berry Waters SAR Membership: 88303 Birth Date: 1 Sep 1807 Birth Place: Newberry, South Carolina Death Date: 30 Jul 1840 Death Place: Prairie Bluff, Alabama Father: Philemon Berry Waters Mother: Sarah Gilliam Spouse: Martha Caroline Chappell Children: Philemon Berry Waters

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Philemon Berry “Sheriff Phil” Waters death on 26 Feb 1807 in Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

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Sarah Gillam Sheppard

(1785 - 1821)

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Rosannah Waters Summers

(1772 - 1840)

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