Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
Today’s subject is The Last Will and Testament of Daniel Dry, 1855.1
State of North Carolina, Cabarrus County
Be it remembered that heretofore, to wit, at a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sefsions began and held for the County of Cabarrus at the Court House in Concord on the third Monday in January A. D. 1855 and in the seventy-ninth year of our Independence.
Present the Worshipful}
L. B. Krimminger}
Wilson Blackwelder} Esquire
A. J. York}
When the following last Wills and Testaments were propounded for probate in open court the execution of each proven in due form of law ordered to probate and to be recorded and filed which said Last Wills and Testaments together with the certificates thereto appended are in these words and figures viz:
“This the last Will and Testament of Daniel Dry made this the 17th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, I. Daniel Dry being of perfect memory and sound mind make this my last Will and testament in the name of God Amen!
In the first I will that at my death my body shall be decently buried and my spirit I recommend to my God who gave it and after paying funeral expenses and all my just debts that the balance of my effects shall be divided in the following manner to wit: viz:)
First: I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rachel Dry at my death my negro man named David and my negro woman named Tamer, and choice of any horse that I may have at my death,two milk cows choice of the stock, four head of sheep, six head of hogs, all the household and kitchen furniture belonging to me at my death and also the plantation on which I live together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, except the house that my son, Solomon Dry now lives in and also that my son, Solomon Dry is to have the privilege of farming with his mother Rachel dry during her lifetime on said plantation, he my son finding one half of the seed wheat, oats, etc., then my said son is to have one half of the grain raised on said plantation. All the above property I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rachel Dry during her lifetime and at her death all the above property is to be sold and equally divided, between all my children, except the plantation which I will provide for otherwise in this will. I also will that my beloved wife shall be amply provided for for<sic> one year after my death with produce, etc., and one hundred dollars in money.
Second: I will and bequeath unto my son Moses Dry after the death of his mother Rachel Dry one hundred acres of land lying on the East side of Little Dutch Buffaloe Creek being apart of my plantation and to be laid off so as to run a direct line with the lane leading to Pecks’ place, provided that my said son Moses Dry pays one hundred dollars to the rest of my children in two years after the death of his mother.
Third: I will and bequeath unto my son Henry Dry after the death of his mother one hundred acres of land being a part of my plantation, to be laid off in the following manner viz: To begin at the road South of Moses Drys’ house at or near some white oaks so as to run a direct line with the middle fence between the bottom and the field next to Moses Dry's house; thence acrofs the creek through the old field near the old gate thence out through the hills so as to make on[e] hundred acres; provided that he pays the sum of two hundred dollars to the rest of my children in two years after the death of his mother.
Fourth: I give and bequeath unto my son Solomon Dry after the death of his mother Rachel Dry all the balance of my plantation, provided he the said Solomon Dry pays to the rest of my children the sum of five hundred dollars in two years after the death of his mother.
Fifth: I will and bequeath that all the balance of my property at my death shall be exposed to public sale to the highest bidder and that the proceed arising there from together with all the rest of my affects whether in money or notes shall be equally divided between all my children viz: Leah Tucker, Allison Dry, Paul Dry, Elizabeth Carriker, Moses Dry, Solomon Dry, Henry Dry, Catherine Isenhour, Mary Ann Beaver, Sarah Dry, and Sophia Dry.
Sixth and lastly: I appoint Allison Dry and Michael Isenhour my executors in and to this my last Will and Testament. Given from under my hand and seal day and yea above written.
Test: Daniel Dry {seal}
David McMeckion
Valentine Mauncy
State of North Carolina} Court of Pleas and Quarter Sefsions
Cabarrus County} January Term 1955
I, J. M. Scott, Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sefsions for the County of Cabarrus, do hereby certify that the execution of the foregoing last Will and testament of Daniel dry deceased was duly proven in open court by Valentine Mauncy one of the subscribing witnefses thereto upon oath whereupon it was ordered to be recorded and filed.
J. M. Scott, Clerk
Daniel Monroe Dry was born 25 Mar 1790, a son of Andrew Dry and Mary Barbara Teem. He married Rachel Lipe on 5 January 1811 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Daniel and Rachel had 14 children; 8 daughters and 6 sons.
Daniel Monroe Dry passed away on 23 October 1854 and was buried at Saint Stephens Lutheran Church Cemetery. His wife Rachel passed away 10 years later in November 1864 and was laid to rest beside her husband.
Daniel Monroe Dry is my 1st Cousin 5 times removed.
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[1] Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Daniel DRY; digital images, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com: viewed 1 September 2016); Will Book 1, Pages 246, 247 and 248.
This has some nice family information. Good discovery.
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