It is not clear what happened to him or his wife Sarah after that. They had two daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Darcus. Mary married J. Henry Dale and Darcus married Thomas Vandiver Palmer. These families and their descendants were found in Cherokee County after 1850. Benjamin Derreberry was not too far behind brother John.
Family tradition suggests that they came at the same time.
On 18 September 1839 Benjamin bought 50 acres of land on Silver Creek in Burke County and is found there in the 1840 census. Benjamin Derreberry had married Susannah Hipp in Burke County 15 February 1827. Jr. Benjamin and Susannah came to Cherokee County with their six children before 1850. Since John had no sons, all the Derreberrys in Cherokee County descend from Benjamin. They are numerous and well represented throughout this book.