Class of 1817

Henry Newton Berryman: Born Feb. 23, 1798, Westmoreland Co., VA.

Military History. — Cadet of the Military Academy, Aug. 6, 1814, to July 17, 1817, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Third Lieut., Corps of Artillery, July 17, 1817.

Served: in garrison at Petite Coquille (Ft. Pike), La., 1818‑19; on

(Second Lieut., 7th Infantry, Feb. 13, 1818)

(First Lieut., 7th Infantry, Dec. 31, 1818)

Recruiting service, 1819‑20; and in garrison at Ft. Scott, Ga., 1820‑21; and on frontier duty, at Natchitoches,º La., 1821‑22, — Sulphur Fork of

(Captain, 7th Infantry, Oct. 6, 1822)

Red River, 1822‑24, — Ft. Jesup, La., 1824‑26, 1826‑30, 1830‑31, — Arkansas River, 1831‑32, — and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1832.

Resigned, Apr. 30, 1833.

Civil History. — Planter, Natchitoches, La., 1833‑47, and in Cherokee Co., Tex., 1847‑59. Colonel, Louisiana Militia, 1833‑47.

Died, July 20, 1859, at Forest Hill, Cherokee Co., Tex.: Aged 61.

Buried, Berryman Cemetery, Cherokee Co., TX.