It’s Family Time~Sally Dry and Jacob Kanoy

It was the Will of Johan Martin Dry that identified the husband of his daughter Sarah ‘Sally’ Dry. 

Item  7-- I will and bequeath to my son-in-law Jacob Kanoy the tract of land whereon he now lives containing two hundred and thirty three acres, adjoining George Eagle, Mathias Barringer and others on Bear Creek, but the said Jacob Canoy is to pay to my estate for said lands two years after the death of my wife the sum of three hundred dollars, to him and his heirs fore ever. 

Item 10 --  I will and bequeath to my Daughter Sally Kanoy wife of Jacob Canoy one hundred dollars.     

With the information from the Will surely finding and documenting the lives of Jacob and Sally would be a breeze. But it was not to be; after hours of research I had only found one marriage licensee and two census reports of their existence.

The 1860 census for Iredell County shows Jacob and Sallie with three children in the household: 

Page: 218 (stamped); Line 10, Dwelling 557, Family 537
Jacob CANOY, male, age 60, born in NC
Sarah CANOY, female, age 64, born in NC
Catharine E. CANOY, female, age 25, born in NC
Sarah L. CANOY, female, age 22, born in NC 
Jacob M. CANOY, female, age 20, born in NC

The absence of Jacob and Sallie in the 1880 Census plus their age as recorded in the 1870 census suggests that the couple passed away sometime between 1870 and 1880. 

If you have information on this couple I would love to hear from you. 

Sallie Dry Kanoy is my 3rd Great grand Aunt.







 
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[1] JACOB KANOY and SALLY DRY, (7 June 1824), North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868: Bond #: 000008656; Ancestry, Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina.
[2] 1860 U. S. Census, Iredell County, North Carolina, population schedule, South of Yadkin River, Iredell, North Carolina, Page: 218 (stamped); Line 10, Dwelling 557, Family 537, Household of Jacob CANOY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 May 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 902.
[3] 1870 U. S. Census, Iredell County, North Carolina, population schedule, Olin, Iredell, North Carolina, Page: 146B(stamped); Line 13, Dwelling 36, Family 36, Household of Jacob CANNAUY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 May 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1144.