It’s Family Time~Solomon Dry

 

Solomon Dry is the son of Phillip Wilie Dry and his wife Catherine [LNU]. He was born about 1798 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This birth year is calculated based on his reported age in the 1850 census for Cabarrus County, North Carolina.¹

He married Esther Melcher on 11 December 1821 in Cabarrus County. ² To this union was born the following children:

i. Tobias Augustus Dry, born 22 Sep 1822; married Mary Haliker, 1 Dec 1845, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 4 Mar 1865, Elmira, New York.³
ii. Philip Wiley Dry was born on 22 May 1824.⁴ He died on 2 Feb 1897 at the age of 72.
iii. Sarah Ann Dry was born about 1828. ^5 6 
iv. Henry W. Dry was born about 1829. ^{7 8}
v. Mary Catherine Dry was born about 1833. ^{9 10}
vi. Christena Dry, born 5 Aug 1834; married Henry Manilus Bost; died 18 Sep 1909.
vii. Margaret Dry was born about 1835. ¹¹
viii. John Dry, born abt 1836; married Leah Dry, 10 Aug 1854, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States.
ix. Laurence W. Dry, born abt 1840; married Margaret Catherine Faggart, 26 May 1856, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Elizabeth Russell, 30 Sep 1896, Stanly County North Carolina.
 
The exact dates for the death of Solomon and Esther have not been determined. I found a copy of Solomon’ Estate inventory in the October 1857 court session consisting of two pages. Esther left a Will that can be found in Will Book 3, page 242. There is also a court entry for the October 1878 session of court which reads: ¹²
 
"The Last Will and testament of Esther Dry dec'd is this day Oct. 6, 1878 admitted to Probate in Open Court and ordered to be recorded and filed."
 
No tombstones have been found for either Solomon or Esther.
 
Solomon Dry is my 1st Cousin 5 times removed.















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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 483B(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 1247, Family 1247, Household of Solomon DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 May 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 622.
2. "North Carolina, Marriages Index, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 May 2016), Marriage-Solomon Dry and Esther Melcher, Married 11 Dec 1821.
3. Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Esther DRY, Will Book 3, page 242.
4. Ibid.
5. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 483B(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 1247, Family 1247, Household of Solomon DRY.
6. Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Esther DRY, Will Book 3, page 242.
7. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 483B(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 1247, Family 1247, Household of Solomon DRY.
8. Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Esther DRY, Will Book 3, page 242.
9. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 483B(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 1247, Family 1247, Household of Solomon DRY.
10. Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Esther DRY, Will Book 3, page 242.
11. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 483B(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 1247, Family 1247, Household of Solomon DRY.
12. "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1941-20061-50714-3?cc=1867501 : accessed 6 May 2016), Cabarrus > Executor Records, 1868-1911, Vol. 01 > image 84 of 138; county courthouses, North Carolina.