The Capture of Shadrach Johns

Sometime between 1854 and June 1860 Shadrach Johns, my 2nd Great Grandfather packed up his family in Chesterfield County, SC and moved to Russell County, Alabama.


In the 1850 Census for Chesterfield County, the family composition consisted of the parents and 4 children. 

The 1860 Census for Russell County shows the family with one additional daughter that was born in 1854 in South Carolina. So we know that Shadrach and Mary Boan Johns left Chesterfield after the birth of their daughter Anna W. Johns in 1854.

In 1860, Shadrach was 60 years old and working as a day laborer. We know in the following year that our nation would enter into a Civil War. Shadrach is now 61. His son Thomas H. b. about 1847 and Joseph Henry, b. about Apr 1849 are too young to fight thus was spared from serving in the War.


Shadrach was not so lucky. On 12 August 1862 Shadrach John/Johns was conscripted into service as a Private with Company “K”, 24th Reg’t Alabama Infantry. 

In Nov 1862, 4 months later, the Southern Army claims that Shadrach had been a deserter for eight months.

I cannot tell from the Alabama records when or if Shadrach was discharged from Company “K”, 24th Alabama or if he just left the state but by September 1864 he is in Washington County, Florida where he is again conscripted into Capt. Parson's Company (FLA), Home Guard. This turned out to be another misfortune for Shadrach Johns.


On September 27, 1864, this contingency of Home Guard would be dispatched to face Federal Troops in what became known as the Battle of Vernon in Washington County, Florida.
  

The ensuing battle at Hard Labor Creek resulted in disastrous results with causalities, wounded and many Confederates being taken prisoners by the Federal Army.


Dale Cox, a Florida Civil War Historian and Author, has done an excellent piece on this battle; one of which can be found here.



Dale’s original article is no longer available online; but, in that article, he made the following statements: 

“[quote]…On our way to Marianna we met a company of Federals, near Hard Labor Creek, and Jones company was captured and taken to Ship Island Prison. I made my escape on horseback and outran them. I was pursued all the way back to Vernon and shot at many times but escaped without injury.


In either the initial melee or the running fight that followed, Captain Jones and ten of his men were captured. Four of these men, Andrew and James Gable of the 6th Florida Infantry and H.R. and B.A. Walker of the 1st Florida Reorganized Infantry, were Confederate regulars home on leave who volunteered to fight with the home guards. Also captured were Enoch Johns, Shadrick Johns, John Nelson, Cary Taylor, Freeman Irwin and Nathaniel Miller. Irwin had represented Washington County at Florida’s secession convention in 1861 and Taylor was a former Washington County sheriff.” [Dale Cox]


“The stories of the prisoners tare quite tragic. Carried away by the Union troops, they were shipped to prison camps first at New Orleans and then Ship Island, Mississippi, before finally reaching the disease-ridden compound at Elmira, New York. Cary Taylor and Enoch Johns died there of small pox on December 27, 1864, less than two months after the Battle of Vernon.

Shadrick Johns and Cary Taylor tried to secure their freedom by offering to swear oaths of allegiance to the United States government. They both said they had been “conscripted, ordered out by the Governor to resist a raiding party, and had been captured the same day.” Although they were seriously ill and over 50 years old, their request was denied and both men remained at Elmira until the end of the war.” [From The Battle of Vernon, Florida by Dale Cox] [unquote]

After his capture, Shadrach Johns was sent from Ship Island, Miss to New York on November 5, 1864 by Capt. M. R. Marston; Imprisoned at Elmira, NY; He was released from Elmira on 29 May 1865. 

While at Elmira he attempted to gain his release by taking the “Oath of Allegiance.” In his statement, he said “was ordered out by the Governor to resist a Union raiding party. Is a Union man and is over 60 years of age, and was captured the same day that he was ordered out. Desires to go to Pensacola, Fla.”
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Shadrach Johns was released on 29 May 1865; the War had been over since 9  April 1865 when General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate troops to the Union's Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.


I don’t know how Shadrach traveled from New York back to Florida but I do know he returned to his family in Washington County, Florida. Two Chesterfield, SC land deeds are on file whereby Shadrach, his wife Mary, and the entire family signed and sold 8 acres of land. In those deeds they state that “Know all men by these presents, that we, SHADRACH JOHNS and MARY JOHNS of the county of Washington and State of Florida,” verifying their home of record.


After the signing of these two deeds, tragedy struck the family and we next find Shadrach Johns in the 1880 Census for Marlboro County, South Carolina.  Shadrach made it back to South Carolina with one of his sons and two grandchildren. What happened to the remainder of his family, Wife, son, two daughters, and son-in-law is unknown.








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[1] 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) No ED, page 109A, Line 11, Dwelling 161, Family/161, Household of Shadrach JOHN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
[2] 1860 U. S. Census, Russell County, Alabama, population schedule, Seals Station, Russell County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) No ED, page 893, Line 7, dwelling 238, family 227, Household of Shadrick Johns; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_22.
[3] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 23 January 2013), entry for Shadrack JOHN, Private; Co. H, 24th Alabama Infantry; Confederate.
[4] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 23 January 2013), entry for Shadrick Johns, Private; Capt. Parson's Company; Confederate.
[5] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 20 August 2011), entry for Shadrack JOHNS, Private; Captain W. B. Jones Florida Home Guard; Confederate.
[6] Link no longer active - http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/wchs13.html
[7] Release from Prison - Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 23 January 2013), entry for Shadrick Johns, Private; Florida Home Guard; Confederate.
[8] Land Deed - S. Johns & Others to Alice Goodwin Deed; 3 December 1866; Deed Book #6; Page(s) 177; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, SC; 1999.
[9] Land Deed - Jas. Eddings & Others to W. T. Goodwin Deed; 3 December 1866; Deed Book #5; Page(s) 598 & 599; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, SC; 1999.
[10] 1880 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #108, page 460A, Line 22, Dwelling # 43, Family #43, Household of Shade JOHN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_1235.

It’s Family Time~Archibald James Graves

Archibald James Graves was born on 12 Apr 1878 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was a son of David W. Graves and his wife, Mary Ann Gulledge. His mother, Mary Ann, was the daughter of  Daniel Gulledge and Jane Henderson.


Archibald was a life-long farmer in Chesterfield County.


Archibald James had three sisters and a brother. After the death of his father, David, in Nov 1898; it fell on Archibald James to care for his Mother and three unmarried sisters. His Mother, Mary Ann, passed away in April 1921. 


Archibald James died on 25 May 1947 at the age of 69 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was buried with his parents and siblings in Saint Mary’s Presbyterian Church Cemetery (old) near Patrick, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was survived by his brother, Daniel Gulledge Graves and his baby sister, Mary Hannah Graves.


Archibald James Graves is my 2nd Great Granduncle. 









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      1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  12 May 2015); Memorial page for Archibald J. Graves; (12 April 1878–25 May 1947); Find a Grave memorial # 47923023, Citing Saint Mary’s Presbyterian Church Cemetery (old); Patrick, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
     2. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #4, Page 309C, Line 7, Dwelling 193, Family 193, Household of David W. GRAVES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.
     3. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #19, Pages 64B & 65A, Line 98, Dwelling 127, Family 128, Household of Mary A. Graves; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1523.
     4. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0034, Page 88B, Line 92, Dwelling 105, Family 107, Household of  [Archibald] James GRAVES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_1455.
     5. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #37, Page 107B, Line 68, Dwelling 132, Family 133, Household of Archie J. GRAVES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
     6. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #13, Page 266A&B; Line 49, Dwelling 153, Family 157, Household of  Archibald J. GRAVES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_2192.
     7. 1940 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13-13, Page 185B/16B; Line 62,, Household #248, Household of A. J. GRAVES; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov : viewed 15 May 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3799.
     8. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961, Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com:  15 May 2015), South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, Archibald J. Graves; Certificate number #005819, 25 May 1947.

The Last Will and Testament of David W. Honeycutt

Transcription:

Will of David W. Honeycutt

Cabarrus County – In the Superior Court

In the matter of the Will of }  before Jno. M Cook
David W. Honeycutt}   Clerk of Superior Court

Geo. W. Dry, being duly sworn, doth says:-
     That – David W. Honeycutt, late of said County, is dead having first made and published his last will and testament and that he, the said “Geo. W. Dry, is the executor named therein.
Further, that the property of the said David W. Honeycutt, consisting of real and personal property, is worth about $400.00, so far as can be ascertained at the date of this application and that Caroline M.  Honeycutt, James A. Isenhour, Jacob B. Isenhour and James W. Peacock are the parties entitled under said will to the said property.
Subscribed and sworn to}                                 Geo. W. Dry
Before me Nov. 30, 1903}
Jno. M. Cook, C. S. C. }

WILL

I David W. Honeycutt of the County of Cabarrus and state of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
Item:    I give and devise to my beloved wife Caroline M. Honeycutt thirty-eight acres of land set out by metes and bounds as follows--
     Beginning on a White Oak Wilson Honeycutt corner, thence So. 46 ½ W. 60 poles to a Stone – thence So. 45 poles to a persimmon, thence So. 57 E. 55 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz field, thence No. 23 E. 76 poles to a stone, thence N. 20 E. 41 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz line, thence with the said Lentz No. 54 West 15 poles to a stone, thence No. 20 E. 41 poles to a black oak, thence South 87 W. 40 poles to the beginning containing 38 acres be the same more or less – I now live on to have and to hold to her the said Caroline M. Honeycutt for and during the term of her natural life.

Item -   I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Caroline M. Honeycutt all the Household and Kitchen furniture, viz – 4 beds safe and bookcase bureau tables sewing machine Clock Cook stove safe &c also one cow.

Item – After the death of my beloved wife Caroline M. Honeycutt I give and bequeath to James A. Isenhour, Jacob B. Isenhour and James W. Peacock the thirty-eight acres of land bounded as follows,

Beginning on a White Oak Wilson Honeycutt corner, thence So. 46 ½ W. 60 poles to a Stone – thence So. 45 poles to a persimmon, thence So. 57 E. 55 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz field, thence No. 23 E. 76 poles to a stone, thence N. 20 E. 41 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz line, thence with the said Lentz No. 54 West 15 poles to a stone, thence No. 20 E. 41 poles to a black oak, thence South 87 W. 40 poles to the beginning containing 38 acres be the same more or less.

And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint trusty friend Geo. W. Dry my lawful executor to all intents and purposes to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part and clause thereof – hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
     I witness whereof I the said David W. Honeycutt do hereunto set my hand seal this 14 day of Feb. 1903. 
                                                                      David W. Honeycutt {Seal}

Signed sealed published and declared
by the said David W. Honeycutt to be his
last will and testament in the presence
of us who at his request and in his
presence do subscribe our names as
witnesses thereto.
         John D. Klutts
         H. C. Lentz
         G. C. Lentz


State of North Carolina}  In Superior Court
Cabarrus County}   Before Jno. M. Cook, Clerk

In Re estate of}
David W. Honeycutt, deceased} Order for probate of Will

A paper writing purporting to be the last Will and testament of David W. Honeycutt, deceased, is exhibited in open Court for probate by Geo. W. Dry, Executor therein named, and the due execution thereof by the said David W. Honeycutt, deceased, is duly proven by the oath and examination of G. C. Lentz and H. C. Lentz two of the subscribing witnesses thereto; and it is further shown to the satisfaction of the Court by said witnesses that the said David W. Honeycutt was at the time of making said will of sound mind and memory of full age to execute a Will under no restraint to their knowledge, information or belief:
     It is thereupon considered adjudged and decreed that said proof is sufficient and according to law and that said paper is and contains the last Will and Testament of David W. Honeycutt deceased. And on motion, it is ordered that said Will be admitted to probate and recorded in the Book of Wills of Cabarrus County and as such filed as provided by law in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of said County.
     It is further ordered that said Geo. W. Dry be allowed to qualify as executor as provided by and enter upon the discharge of the duties imposed by said trust, which is this day done and letters testamentary issued.
     Dated this the 30 day of November 1903.
                                                              Jno. M. Cook
                                                              Clerk of Superior Court


David W. Honeycutt wrote his Will on 14 Feb 1903. He died 29 March 1903. David W. Honeycutt was twice married. His first wife was Mary M. Ulmsted who he married 3 Feb. 1857. The marriage was performed by the Rev. Levi Cook Grosclose, a Lutheran Minister. George and Mary can be found living with the Reverend and his wife in the 1860 census for Rowan County, North Carolina. David next married Caroline M. Crowell on 27 May 1877. In the meantime, David was found in his parents' household in 1870 and in 1880 his father is deceased and his Mother Sarah is living in his household with his wife Caroline and two Isenhour nephews. No children have been found from either marriage. 







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[1] WILL BOOK 4, Pages 506, 507 & 508
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GGZN-V3Y?i=265&wc=32G4-829%3A169768201%2C170908201&cc=1867501

Treasure Chest Thursday~Marriage of Ephraim A. Huneycutt and Julie Ann Barringer

LICENSEE FOR MARRIAGE
N. Carolina Stanly County
To Any

Minister of the Gospel having the care of Souls or Justice of the peace for said County You or any of you are hereby authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony between:
     E. A. Huneycutte [son of]
Jos. Huneycutt & Nancy Huneycutte

        And

Julia Ann Baringer
Daughter of
Mathias Baringer and Elizabeth Baringer and Join them to gether as man and Wife.
Witnefs S. S. Stone Register of deeds for said County at office in Albemarle on the 24th day of December 1870 and in the 95th year of our Independence,
                         S. S. Stone, R. D.


N Carolina Stanly County
This certifies that E. A. Huneycutt son of Jos. Huneycutt and Nancy Huneycutt and Julia Ann Baringer daughter of Mathias Baringer and Elizabeth Baringer and were by me united in the Bonds of Matrimony on the 27 day of December 1870 conforming to the ordinance of God & the laws of the State.                                                                                                                   D. Ritchey, J. P.

Note: The marriage date is listed as 24 Dec 1870 in the upper document and 27 Dec 1870 on certification statement. Ephraim died 19 Jul 1918 and his death certificate shows his parents to be Joel  Huneycutt and Mary Almond. This is also an error.

Ephraim A. Huneycutt is the son of Joseph ‘Joe’ Huneycutt and Nancy Allman (also spelled Almond). Julie Ann Barringer is the daughter of Mathias Barringer and Elizabeth.















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[1] https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60548&h=3044561&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60090

Amanuensis Monday~Anson County Deed of Trust~W. A. PERVIS & Others To J. D. HARDEN

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 an Anson County Deed of Trust between W. A. PURVIS & Others To J. D. HARDEN, 1882.¹

 Transcription:


W. A. PERVIS & Others To J. D. HARDEN


This indenture made and entered into this the sixteenth day of January, A.D. 1882 by and between W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and Sarah J. Pervis & M. H. Pervis their wives of Anson State of North Carolina, parties of the first part and J. D. Harden of Anson County and State of North Carolina parties of the second part, witnesseth; that whereas the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis is justly indebted to the said J. D. Harden in the sum of one hundred & seventeen ($117) dollars as will more fully appear by reference a note under seal bearing due date with this indenture and due and payable is due and payable on the first day of January 1882 and whereas the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and wife S. J. Pervis & M. H. Pervis are honestly desirous of securing the payment of said note according to terms and it has been agreed that the payment of said debt shall be secured by the conveyances of the property hereunto described: Now therefore in consideration of the promises and the further consideration of one dollar to them paid by the said J. D. Harden the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and wives S. J. Pervis and M. H. Pervis have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain, sell, assign and convey to the said J. D. Harden his heirs and assigns the following property to wit: a tract or parcel of land situate in the county of Anson, State of North Carolina adjoining the lands of Dunlop & Little - J. C. McGugan, Esq. George Gardners & State Line - containing 80 acres - to have and to hold the above described property, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said J. D. Harden his heirs and assigns forever in special trust and confidence however that is to say: If the said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis shall fail or neglect to pay said note and the interest due thereon, when the same shall have become due then it shall be lawful for the said J. D. Harden and he is hereby authorizes and empowered to sell said land by public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at Court House door in Wadesboro after having advertised the same for thirty days next proceeding the day of sale by posting notices thereof at the Court House at Wadesboro and four other public places in Anson County, and having previously given the parties of the first part, three months notice in writing of his intention to so advertise and sell said property and to execute title to the purchaser or purchasers. And the proceeds of such sale, he shall apply to the payment of said note - with all interest accrued thereon, and all necessary expenses incurred in executing the trust herein specified and surplus, if any remain, he shall pay to said W. A. Pervis & W. J. Pervis and wives S. J. Pervis and M. H. Pervis have here unto set their hands and seals the day and date first above written.
                                                                        W. A. Pervis  {Sea}l
                                                                        S. J. Pervis  {Seal}
                                                                        W. J. Pervis  {Seal}
                                                                        M.  x her mark H. Pervis  {Seal}



State of North Carolina}
Anson County} I Vincent Parsons a Justice of the Peace of Anson County do hereby certify that W. J. Pervis & S. J. Pervis, (his wife) and W. J. Pervis & M. H. Pervis, his wife personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing Deed of Trust and the said S. J. Pervis and M. H. Pervis being by me privately examined separate and apart from her said husband, touching her voluntary execution thereof doth state as such, her private examination that she had executed the same freely and voluntarily without fear or compulsion of her said husband or any other person and that she doth still voluntarily assent thereto. Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of
January 1882.
                                                                 Vincent Parsons, J.P. {Seal}
                                                                   

State of North Carolina}
Anson County} The foregoing certificate of Vincent Parsons a Justice of the Peace of Anson County is adjudged to be in due form and according to law. Let the Deed of Trust with this certificate be registered. This April 15th 1882.
                                                           John C. McLanchlin, Clerk of Superior
                                                                      Court and Judge of Probate


State of North Carolina}
Anson County} April 21th 1882. Then the foregoing Deed of Trust and certificates came into my hands and were duly registered.
                                                                    A. J. Coppedge, Register of Deeds

In this trust deed, William A. Purvis and his wife Sarah Jane (nee Graves ) Purvis along with their Son, William James Purvis and his wife Mary Hulda (nee Privette)  Purvis are mortgaging 80 acres of land for a total of one hundred and seventeen dollars ($117). This money was used by these two men to purchase the necessary seed, fertilizer and materials to plant their crops for the year 1882. This turns out to be standard operating procedures for small farmers in this county.

William A. Purvis and his wife Sarah Jane (nee Graves ) Purvis  are my 2nd Great Grandparents (paternal)

William James Purvis and his wife Mary Hulda (nee Privette)  Purvis are my Great Grandparents (paternal)






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[1] Anson County, North Carolina, Trust Deed Book 15: page 23-24, W. A. Purvis & others to J. D. Harden; 16 January 1882, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.

It’s Family Time~Sarah Elizabeth Purvis

Sarah Elizabeth Purvis was born on 3 Jun 1915 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Oscar Philmore 'O P' Purvis, Sr. and his wife, Roxie Carolyn Brock.


Sarah Elizabeth Purvis and Henry Lee Hanna were married about 1933. They were divorced in 1941 in Bradford, Florida. Henry Lee Hanna, son of Zebulon Vance Hanna and Callie Lillie Trexler, was born on 21 Jan 1916 in Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina. He died on 17 Aug 1988 at the age of 72 in Las Vegas, NV.


Henry Lee Hanna and Sarah Elizabeth Purvis had the following children:


        i.    John Frederick Hanna, born 9 May 1934, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina; married Delores Jean Cobb, Jan 1969, DeSoto County, Florida; died 24 Aug 1992, Arcadia, DeSoto, Florida.
         ii.    Margaret Dolores Hanna, born 15 Sep 1936, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina; married Guy Lee Hunter; married James M. McQuay, 1 Jan 2005, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina; died 9 Jun 2011, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.


Sarah Elizabeth Purvis and John Belk Helms were married about 1940. They were divorced on 15 Aug 1960 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. John Belk Helms was born on 23 Apr 1917.  He died on 23 May 1961 at the age of 44 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.


John Belk Helms and Sarah Elizabeth Purvis had four sons born between 1941 and 1946.

   
Sarah Elizabeth Purvis and Frank Douglas Paul were married on 18 Aug 1960 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Frank Douglas Paul was born on 8 May 1920 in Minnesota. He died on 15 Aug 1990 at the age of 70 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Sarah and Frank had no children.


Sarah Elizabeth Purvis died on 6 Jan 1992 at the age of 76 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.  She was buried on 8 Jan 1992 at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.


Sarah Elizabeth Purvis is my 1st Cousin once removed.












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1. 1920  U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #13, Page 188B, Line 60, Dwelling 146, Family 146, Household of Oscar PURVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283.
2. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #13-10, Page 237A, Line 8, Dwelling 92, Family 92, Household of Osker P. PURVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 25 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_Roll: 2192.

3. State of North Carolina, death no. v 03A cn 3053 (Sara Elizabeth Purvis Paul); https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.

Documenting the Early Life of Charles Dorr (Translated to Dry)

My fifth Great Grandfather is Charles Dorr/Darr/Derr/Durr; Americanized to the surname – Dry. He first appeared in North Carolina about Jul 1777. On 26 Jul 1777, Charles Darr purchased land in Mecklenburg County, NC from Paul Barringer & Barbara Herenhart (Ernhart) heretofore Barbara (Hagler) Haygler, Extx of the LWT of John Haygler, late of Meck. Dec’d.

Prior to his move to North Carolina, we find him in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in July 1759 where he witnesses the Baptism of his son Johann Martin Dry on 29 July 1759.
Image 335, page 294
Baptism of Son, Johann Martin Dry
Parents: J. Carl Derr and Christina
Child/Baptism Date: J. Martin, July 29
Sponser: J. Martin Derr and Anna Clara Hinterleiter


A history of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1727-1819), by REV. WILLIAM JOHN HINKE, Ph.D., D.D.
Professor of Semitic Languages and Religions in Auburn, 1920, Lancaster, PA

Back in  North Carolina, the next event recorded in the life of Charles Dry occurred on 1 March 1779 where he was granted 112 acres of land - Grant #140--112 acres On the waters of Buffaloe Creek

Then in November 1779 he is mentioned in the Probate file for a German named - Christoph Rintelmann (1779)

Snippet from above document. 

In October 1784 he was appointed by the court and bound by law to apprentice a young lady named Elizabeth Reap.
Ordered that Elizabeth Reap, age 14 years, be bound unto Charles Dry until she attains the Age of 18 years and at the end of her Apprenticeship the said Charles Dry Engages to give her one cow & calf, one ewe & Lamb, one Feather Bed, one Spinning Wheel exclusive of her freedom dues.
     Court adjourned until tomorrow 8 o'clock. 

In March 1785, Charles was granted an additional land grant for 22 acres. 

• Grant no.: 645; 22 acres On the East side of Dutch Buffelow Creek

Charles Dry received his last piece of land on 2 January 1795.
141. Charles Dry 112 ac; warrant 451 Jan. 2, 1795 by Adam Alexander for Charles Dry for 200 ac on waters of Buffello Cr, joins his own land on NW side; entered Mar. 1, 1779 (sic); [on back] compared with transcript of entry taker’s books & found to compare (signed) W W; 112 ac surveyed Nov. 2, 1798 by Saml. Black; on waters of Buffelow Cr; border; begins at stone in line of an old survey, joins center of a gardon, Rinehart, Jacob Over, & Owen Dry; Own. Dry & Martin Dry, chain carriers; grant 140 issued Mar. 9, 1799.

[Cabarrus Co., NC, Land Warrants & Surveys (1792-1916);Dr. A. B. Pruitt, page 18]

Charles Dry died before 16 Oct 1797 at which time his Will was probated. The Will have since been destroyed by fire; but, the Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes of the Court proceeding have survived.


Charles Dry is my fifth Great Grandfather 





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[1] Gary D. Walter, Genealogy.com, Prelude to "Focus on Johan Georg and Charles Dry (www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/a/l/Gary-D-Walter/FILE/0002page.html : viewed 17 July 2015), Mecklenburg Deeds 7:297-300, Deed- Barbara (Hagler) Haygler, Extx of the LWT of John Haygler, late of Meck. Dec’d. to Charles Darr, 25 July 1777.
[2] REV. WILLIAM JOHN HINKE Ph.D., D.D., A history of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge,: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1727-1819) (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008417523, 1920), Page 294, Image 335.
[3] Grant #140 - Charles Dry, 9 March 1799, Book: 100, pg: 423; North Carolina State Archives of North Carolina Land Grants, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
[4] "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PGL-95PP?cc=1911121&wc=Q6WB-GBC%3A184173301%2C183381101%2C197507501 : 21 May 2014), Rowan County > R > Rintelman, Christoph (1779) > image 5 of 13; State Archives, Raleigh.
[5] Court of Please & Quarter Sessions; Mecklenburg Co. NC;  1780-1800
[6] Grant #645 - Charles Dry, 7 August 1787, Book: 68, pg: 33; North Carolina State Archives of North Carolina Land Grants, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
[7] Cabarrus Co., NC, Land Warrants & Surveys (1792-1916); Dr. A. B. Pruitt, page 18
[8] Margaret Bost, Cabarrus Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,: April 17, 1797- April 17, 1805., Clarence Horton (Cabarrus County, North Carolina: Cabarrus Genealogical Society, 1994), pages 55, 63 and 83.

Treasure Chest Thursday~The Marriage of Squire Brock

Squire Lafayette Brock, Jr., son of Squire Lafayette Brock, Sr. and Mary M. Silas. Squire was born 29 August 1905 in Levy County, Florida.  He was the youngest son of 11 children borne to Squire, Sr. and Mary Brock.

Squire Lafayette Jr. and  Annie Belle Strickland were married on 7 November 1929 in Tampa, Florida. They were married 63 years until Squire’s death in Jan 1993.

Squire Lafayette Brock, Jr., is my 3rd Cousin twice removed.







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[1] "Florida Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed and copied 5 June 2018), Squire Brock Marriage to Annie Belle Strickland, Marriage Date: 1929.
[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 January 2019); Memorial page for Squire Brock; (29 August 1905–15 January 1993); Find a Grave memorial # 7505518, Citing Lake Carroll Cemetery; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; PLOT Lot #110 stone with Annie Belle Brock.

Snapshots of Pompeii

The Death of Cheraw Mayor Tillman L. Liles

DEATH OF MAYOR LILES
Had Been at Head of Cheraw’s Municipal Government 10 Years.
Special to the State
Cheraw, July 6 – Mayor T. L. Liles died last night. Capt. Liles had been mayor of Cheraw for about 10 years devoting all his spare time aside from his farming interest to the public service. Deceased was born in Lancaster County, but came to Cheraw in early life and for a number of years was conductor on the Cheraw and Darlington railroad. Having been for about 30 years worshipful master of Cheraw lodge A. F. M. he was known to Masons all over the State, being a regular member of the grand lodge, and usually always in attendance in Charleston at the grand lodge meetings. The Methodist lose in his death a valuable worker. Always faithful as a steward in that church he was looked upon the a pillar. The Cheraw public schools had no better friend than the deceased.  He was always active and for a number of years served as chairman of the board of trustees. Capt. Liles was 77 years old at the time of his death. The funeral took place at 6 p.m. today.
Business was suspended throughout the town as a mark of esteem and respect to Mayor Liles during the funeral hour.                             D. S. M.    

[The State, 7 July 1901, Page 8, Column 4.]

Tillman L. Liles was born about Mar 1825 in SC according to the family listing in the 1850 Lancaster County SC Census. In this Census, his wife, N. (some say Nancy) and 2 children (M. E. and W. A.) are listed.

Over the next 41 years, until his death on 1 July 1901 he will marry at least two or three additional times. His second Wife had the given name Mary A. [LNU] and his last known wife was Julia Leak Reid whom he married in 1892.
1850 Census – Wife initial N, age 27, born in SC
1860 Census – Wife – Mary A., age 38, born in SC
1870 Census – Wife - initial N. E., age 47, born in SC
1880 Census – Wife - initial Nancy age 54, born in SC
Then in 1892, he married Julia Leak Reid.

Known children of Tillman L. Liles are:

1. Mary Ellen Liles
2. William Alexander Liles
3. Rufus T. Liles
4. Kendrick W. Liles
5. Julia L. Liles
6. Newton Liles

Mary Ellen Liles died before death certificates were required. Her brother William Alexander Liles died in February 1921; but, his SC Death Certificate only lists his Father, the Mother is blank. This was expected since the Mother died when the children were so young. 

Mary Ellen Liles married about 1868 Peter Haley Brock.

Peter Haley Brock is my 1st Cousin 3 times removed.





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[1] DEATH OF MAYOR LILES obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, The State, 7 July 1901, Page 8, Column 4.

Cabarrus County Land Deed Between Brothers~Tobias A. Dry to John C. Dry

In April 1858, Tobias A. Dry, son of Solomon Dry and Esther Melchor, sold to his Brother John Dry his share of land inherited from his father Solomon Dry for fifty-five dollars and 75 cents. ($55.75). His father Solomon Dry had passed away sometime shortly before 13 August 1857 when his personal estate was sold at auction.  Solomon’s death left his wife, Esther, and nine children surviving; 5 sons and 4 daughters.

Sadly, both of these men and another son, Tobias, John and Henry Riley, did not survive the forthcoming Civil War.  Tobias A. Dry died at Elmira on or about March 14, 1865. Cause of death not reported

DRY, TOBIAS A., Private
Born in Cabarrus County where he resided as a blacksmith prior to enlisting in Cabarrus County at age 39, August 6, 1861, for the war. Captured at Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, and paroled at Elizabeth city on February 21, 1862.  Exchanged in August 1862. Present or accounted for until captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland until transferred to Elmira, New York, July 12, 1864. Died at Elmira on or about March 14, 1865. Cause of death not reported.  [North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster -  Volume 4. Page 595]

John C. Dry died prior to January 13, 1864. Place, date, and cause of death not reported. 

DRY, JOHN C. Private
Resident in Cabarrus County and was by occupation a day laborer prior to enlisting in Cabarrus County at age 26, July 6, 1862, for the war. Hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia, October 5, 1862, with bronchitis. Died prior to January 13, 1864. Place, date, and cause of death not reported (probably died in the winter of 1862-1863). [North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster -  Volume 14, page 184].

Also killed in the Civil war was another son, Henry Riley Dry, who died on 16 October 1862. [https://www.fold3.com/image/20/54690012] 

This land deed even though executed on 3rd April 1858 was not proven and registered until 17 March 1883.

Transcription: 

Tobias Dry  To John Dry  Deed


This Indenture made on the third day  of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight between Tobias Dry of the one part and John Dry of the other part  all of the County of Cabarrus and State of North Carolina Witnesseth That said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty Five dollars + 75 cents in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt and payment is hereby fully acknowledged hath given granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever all my  undivided interest in a certain tract of land lying in the County + State aforesaid adjoining the lands of Martha Smith + others it being  the lands descended to me as one of the heirs of law of Solomon Dry dec'd. subject to the Widows dower. My interest contains one eight part of said lands for boundary and number of acres refer to old title papers and alls all <sic> my interest of said estate in the personal property I hereby convey to the said party of the second part his executors Admns forever. To have and to hold free and clear against the claims and entry of all persons whatsoever and the said party of the first part doth further covenant and agree to warrant and defend the premises aforesaid forever to the said John Dry.
In Witness whereof the said party of the first part hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.                Tobias A. Dry {Seal}
Signed Sealed and delivered}
In the presence of us}
M. Widenhouse}
Adam H. Fink}


North Carolina}
Cabarrus County}    Superior Court
I James C. Gibson Clk Superior Court for Cabarrus County do hereby certify that the execution of the foregoing deed was this day duly proven before me by the oath and examination of M. Widenhouse the subscribing witness thereto. Therefore let the said deed and this certificate be registered, March 17, 1883.
                             Jas. C. Gibson
                             Clk., Sup. Court
Rec'd. and Registered
March 17, 1883
Jno. K. Patterson
     Register of Deeds

Tobias, John and Henry Dry are my 2nd Cousins 4 times removed. 

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DEED BOOK 36, Pages 537 & 538
Cabarrus County, North Carolina

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8967-9KX3?i=279&cat=143999

It’s Family Time~Elizabeth "Betsy" Huneycutt

Elizabeth "Betsy" Huneycutt, daughter of Marcus I. Huneycutt and Charity Dry was borne about Jan 1842 in Montgomery County, North Carolina.

About 1859, Elizabeth "Betsy" Huneycutt and John Furr were married in Stanly County, North Carolina. We know they married shortly before 1860 because Elizabeth Furr and John Furr were enumerated as a couple in the home of her parents, Marcus and Charity Huneycutt.

I believe their marriage is recorded on Page 32 Stanly Marriage Records (1851 - 1866), Volume 1. The entry shows a John Furr marriage to Sallie Huneycutt but I believe this is just a clerical error from the entry about the one for John Furr.

John Furr was married to Sallie Huneycutt, 20th Dec. 1859 so returned by G. D. Whitley

John Furr was born about 1830 in Montgomery County, North Carolina.

John Furr and Elizabeth Huneycutt had the following children:

        i.    Mary Ellen Furr, born 1860; married Wiley Franklin Herrin, 14 Jun 1883, Stanly County, North Carolina; died 9 Dec 1919, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
         ii.    Landy Furr was born about 1862.
         iii.    William Furr was born about 1864.
         iv.    James W. Furr was born about 1865.
         v.     Sophia Landy Furr, born Jun 1869; married John D. Lentz, 25 Jun 1898, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
        vi.      Daniel Franklin Furr was born 24 Dec 1872; died 6 Aug 1923.
        vii.    Milas Luther Furr, born 12 Aug 1874, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Ada Belle Graham, 14 Sep 1902, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 16 Apr 1951.
John Furr died prior to the 1880 Census, where his wife Elizabeth Huneycutt Furr is listed as a widow. Elizabeth Huneycutt Furr, his widow, died after 1900. No tombstones have been found for this couple.

If you have information about this family I would love to hear from you.

Elizabeth "Betsy" Huneycutt Furr is my 2nd Great Grandaunt.









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    1. 1850 Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furrs, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 38B; Line 28, Dwelling 542, Family 545, Household of Mark HONEYCUTT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 31 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 645. 2. 1860 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Stanly County, North Carolina, Page: 9 (stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 113, Family 113, Household of Mark HUNEYCUTT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 31 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 914.
3. 1870 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furr, Stanly, North Carolina, Page: 66B(stamped); Line 21, Dwelling 121, Family 122, Household of  John FURR; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 20 February 2016); citing National Archive  Microfilm M593, Roll 1160.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Furrs, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 205, Page: 295A(stamped); Line 19, Dwelling 83, Family 86, Household of Elizabeth FURR; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 February 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0982.
5. 1900 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0121, Page: 14B/161(stamped); Line 86, Dwelling 193, Family 221, Household of Elizabeth FURR; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 20 February 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1218.    

        6. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 6 January 2015), Marriage Record John Furr; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Stanly Marriage Records (1851 - 1866), Volume 1, page 32.

Amanuensis Monday~Cabarrus County Land Deed~Eve Dry to George Brown

I spent this past week researching early Land Deeds in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. I was researching the Surname DORR/DERR, angelized to DRY/DRYE. One Land Deed, contained within this post, was of interested to me and caused a bit of bewilderment.

The Land Deed dated 21 October 1808 was between a Eve Dry and George Brown. Eve Dry is selling to George Brown 70 acres of land in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Transcription:

This indenture made the 21st day of October 1808 Between Eve Dry of the County of Cabarrus + Sate of No. Carolina of the one part and George Brown of the County + State aforesaid of the other part Witnefseth that for + in consideration of the Sum of 214 dollars united States Currency to her in hand paid  the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged She the said Eve Dry hath given granted Bargained + Sold ye unto the Said George Brown his heirs and afsigns forever a Certain Tract of Land lying + being in Cabarrus County and on the waters of Little Coldwater Creek Beginning at a Pine Rob't. Lees corner and Runs then with or near P. Lees line So. 60 E. 116 pole to a W. O. Sapling then Et. 66 pole to a p. O. (?) on Millers line  Thence Nt. 20 Et. 58 pole to a Red Oake Martin Stough's Corner then with Said Stough's line N. 36 Wt 64 poles to a stake on Said line then So. 72 W. 154 pole to the Beginning Containing Seventy acres more or lefs.  To have and to hold the said Lands and premises hereditaments and appurtenances unto the Said George Brown his heirs and afsigns Shall and May forever hereafter peacefully quietly have hold Occupy pofsefs and Enjoy the above granted lands + premises without the let (?) or molestation of any person whatsoever and free and clear of and from all Manner of Encumbrances whatsoever and the Said Eve Dry doth Oblige herself her heirs and afsigns to Warrant and Defend the aforesaid Granted  Lands and premises from her and her heirs and against and from any person or persons whatsoever and the Said George Brown his heirs and afsigns forever. In Witnefs whereof She the Said Eve Dry hath hereunto Set her hand and Seal thee day and year first above Written.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the Presence of}                                                              Eve X her mark Dry {Seal}
Geo. Quillman}
Daniel Cline Jurt}
George Stough}        January Sefsions 1810
State of North Carolina}
Cabarrus County} Then was the within Deed duly Proved in Open Court by the Oath of Daniel Cline recorded and Ordered to Be Registered. Test   George Phifer C.C.
 



The Deed was perplexing because my database only contained two Eve Dry and I could not fathom how either of these two Eve’s could be connected to this land. 

• The first Eve Dry was born 1 Feb. 1757 and was the wife of Owen Ulrich Dry and her surname, before marriage, is unknown.
• The second Eve Dry was born about 1775 and the daughter of Johan George Dry, Sr and Catherine Betchel who moved to Lincoln County, State of Kentucky.

There is an interesting twist to the above Land Deed. One of the Witnesses to the Deed is George Stough. In Deed Book 7, page 204, Jacob Dry of Warren County, Kentucky is selling 87 acres of Land to George Stough.  Could this be significant?

The Land in Deed Book 7, page 199 is described as stated here:
Beginning at a Pine Rob't. Lees corner and Runs then with or near P. Lees line So. 60 E. 116 pole to a W. O. Sapling then Et. 66 pole to a p. O. (?) on Millers line  Thence Nt. 20 Et. 58 pole to a Red Oake Martin Stough's Corner then with Said Stough's line N. 36 Wt 64 poles to a stake on Said line then So. 72 W. 154 pole to the Beginning Containing Seventy acres more or lefs. 

The Deed of Gift (DB 5, page 197) from George Dry, Sr., land possessed of his wife Catherine Betchel at the time of her death,  is not described within the deed:
"the said George Dry, Sen. have unto moving have given Granted Bargained & Confirmed & by these presents do give grant Bargain & Confirm unto the said Eve Dry all & singular My land, goods, Chattel, personal Estate whatsoever in whose hands or possession it may be in within the State of North Carolina to have & to enjoy all & singular the Said Lands goods & chattel & personal Estate aforesaid unto Eve Dry her heirs and assigns forever to her own proper use & behalf  and I the Sd. George Dry from Me & My heirs forever all & singular the  Lands goods & Chattels which Catherine Dry my wife had in Pofsefsion in the State of N. Carolina at her death"


Placing Eve Dry with the proper family is going to require additional research.












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Deed Book 7, page 199 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9967-943D?i=393&cat=143999
Deed Book 5, page 197 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L967-9ZX2?i=638&cat=143999