It’s Family Time~The Peter Dry Family

Peter Dry was born in 1787 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
He was a son of Johan Martin Dry and wife, Catherine Keppel. He was the second borne of 9 children. He was a farmer living in Cabarrus County, NC along the waters of Little Buffalo Creek.

Peter Dry and Hetty Elizabeth A. Teter were married on 11 Jul 1809 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Hetty Elizabeth A. Teter was born in 1787. At present her parents are unknown. To this union were borne 5 known children: 4 daughters and one son.

The children of Peter Dry and Hetty Elizabeth A. Teter are:

i. Margaret Ann Dry, born abt 1813, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Simon E. Speight, 5 Sep 1846, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died aft 1880.

ii. John Martin Dry, born 22 May 1820, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Mary Jane McCollums, 11 Sep 1856, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 2 Oct 1899, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina.

iii. Marian Carline Dry was born on 7 Jan 1824 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She died before 1850 at the age of 26.

iv. Mary Ann M. Dry, born abt 1827, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married John W. Sanders, 8 Sep 1853, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

v. Elizabeth Catherine Dry, born abt 1829, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Levi Hinseman; married Martin Kees, 24 May 1851, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

I wrote about Mary Ann (the 3^rd daughter) earlier this week and the major mistakes of individuals attaching her to the wrong parents. There are several documents that show who her parents are that can be found with little research. So I leave you with one quote from such a document: “the tract of land belonging to Peter Dry deceased and given by the Said Peter Dry in his last Will and Testament to his three children Martin Dry, Mary Ann Sanders, Catherine Kess and his grand son Charles Franklin Dry...”

On 23 May 1850, Peter Dry signed his Last Will and Testament. No death date has been found for Peter Dry but we know from Probate that he died before 17 Dec 1853.

§ Cabarrus County January Sefsions 1856

Inventory. Amount of Property of Peter Dry sold on the 17th day of December 1853 by James Welliford Adm with the WILL annexed on a credit of Six months with interest from date. Total Amt of Sale $141.25

                                            Jas. Welliford Adm with Will annexed.

Hetty Elizabeth Dry, age 75, was enumerated with her son John M. Dry in the 1860 Cabarrus County Census. Her death date is also unknown; but, we know she died before the next Census in 1870.

Peter and Hetty Dry are my 3rd Great Grand Uncle & Aunt.

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1. Ancestry, "Revolutionary War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com : accessed 3 June 2015), entry for Martin Penninger, S-41951, Private; Colonies; https://www.fold3.com/image/27197132.

2. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page 445B(stamped), Line 14, Dwelling 670, Family 670; Peter DRY, Household of Peter DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 622.

3. Peter DRY (1850), WILL BOOK: 1; Page 253 & 254; Probate Office, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina.

4. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 4 June 2016), Elizabeth Teter and Peter Dry; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.; Bond Date: 10 Jul 1809.

5. 1860 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 54 (stamped); Line 33, Dwelling 357, Family 357, Household of John M. DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 890.