Johu Paul, b. 18 Feb. 1828; John Dry and Catherine Barrier
St. John’s Lutheran Church Baptismal Records, Concord, North Carolina.
In 1852, Paul married Barbara D. Lipe and they had two children. The 2nd child, a boy born 1855 died in September 1856 and Barbara died 16 June 1857 leaving Paul with 2 children in his care.
In May 1858, Paul Dry married Hannah Melissa Blackwelder. Paul and Hannah had two children before he joined Company B, 7th Regt. NC Infantry. On Christmas Eve 1862, Paul Dry died from pneumonia in a Richmond, Virginia hospital. A son, Paul B. Dry was born in early 1863 after the death of his father.
DRY, PAUL, Private
Resided in Cabarrus County where he enlisted at age 30, August 19, 1862, for the war. Died in hospital at Richmond, Virginia, December 24, 1862, of "pneumonia." [State Troops, Volume 4, page 422]
Probate of Paul’s estate was executed in the October session 1866 of Probate court. The Probate folder only contains this one important document.1
State of North Carolina}
Cabarrus County}
In pursuance of an order of Court made at October Sefsions 1866 we whose names are hereunto annexed being duly Summoned & Sworn to lay off and allot to Hannah M. Dry Widow and relict of Paul Dry dec’d the one third part in value of the lands of which her said husband died Seized & possessed including therein the Mansion House & all necessary out houses and Spring and put her the said Hannah M. Dry widow and relict as aforesaid in possession of the Same Bounded as follows to wit: Beginning at a Double W. O. South West corner of Church lot (Lutheran Union) then S 50° E 20 po to a stone corner Said lot then S 38° W 42 po fallen P. O. then N 66° W 100 po to a S. O. then North 41 po to a stone then East 20 po to a P. O. then North 57½ po to a Hickory then N 62° W 20½ P. O, then N 89° W 10 po to a stone then N 72° W 11 po to a Stake a corner of Mt. Carmel church lot then with 4 lines of Said Lot N 40° E 14 po to a St N 66° W 5 po to a St N 85° W 15 po to a persimmon N 52° W 27 po to a Sts then N 57° W 19 po to a Sts then N 55° W 16 1/2 po to a Sts then N 85½° W 12 ½ po to a Walnut then N 62° W 38 po a B. O. then N 66° W 11 po to a Sycamore on the bank of Buffalo creek then N 12° E 12½ poles to a stump in the creek then N68° W 145 po to a P. O. then N 38° E 38 po to a Sto in Adams creek then down the bank of the creek to a Poplar below the Mill then 71 E° 13 po xing } [Stream] to a Stone in the road near the house then N 32° E 12 1/3 po to a Sto in Mill yard then N 55° E 24 po to a Sugar berry then S 56° E 6 po to a Sto then S 30° W 16 po to a Sto then S 30 ½° E pafsing through the centre of the Spring at 26 po 48 po to a Sto then S 57° E 115 po to a Hic grub then S 39° E 130 po to beg[ining] containing 105 ½ Acres. All of which we respectively submit to your Worship this 29th day of Nov. 1866 our hands and seals.
Test Moses Barrier {Seal}
J. S. Shinn M. P. Dry {Seal}
Mather Naggart {Seal}
Surveyors fee $7. J. J. Misenhemier {Seal}
P. B. C. Smith {Seal}
Pvt. John Paul Dry is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
After the death of John Paul Dry, his widow, Hannah Elizabeth married on 8 April 1875, Luther M. Barrier.
Hannah Elizabeth Blackwelder Dry Barrier died 31 October 1909 and is buried at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
John Paul Dry is my 2nd Cousin 4 times removed.
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1. "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22995-23193-51?cc=1911121 : 20 November 2015), Cabarrus County > D > Dry, Paul (1866) > image 1 of 3; State Archives, Raleigh.
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 May 2018); Memorial page for Pvt Paul Dry; (18 February 1828–24 December 1862); Find a Grave memorial # 58879852, Citing Hollywood Cemetery; Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA.
3. Adelaide and Eugenia Lore, St_Johns_Lutheran Church: Baptismal_Records_1797_1847 (Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina: Self-Published as PDF, 1977), Page 27.
4. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Page: 484A(stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 1253, Family 1253, Household of John B. DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 622.
5. 1860 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 71(stamped); Line 15,, Dwelling 623, Family 623, Household of Paul DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 890.
6. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), 4, 422, Pvt. Paul Dry.
7. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018), MARRIAGE~ Paul Dry & Barbara D. Lipe; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Marriage Date: 26 Feb 1852.
8. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry, Marriage~Paul Dry & Hannah Melissa Blackwelder.
9. 1870 Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Township 9, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 550A(stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 109, Family 125, Household of H. M. DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1126.
10. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Hannah Melissa Blackwelder Barrier (5 June 1837–31 October 1909), Memorial #30091910.
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