NC Land Grant~Catherine Dry, August 1787

On 7 August 1787, Catherine Dry was granted 70 acres of Land on Cold Water Creek. At that time there are two sets of Dry’s within the County; Jacob Dry on Cold Water Creek and Charles Dry on Dutch Buffalow Creek.

Who is Catherine Dry? If you know which set of Dry’s that Catherine Dry is related too I would love to hear from you.


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State of North Carolina
No. 740 Know ye that red Oak Martin Staughs corner thence with said Staughs Line North thirty Six West Sixty four poles to a Stake we have given and granted unto Catherine Dry a Tract of Land containing Seventy Acres Lying in our County of Mecklenburg on the waters of Cold Water Creek beginning at a Pine George Plotts corner running thence with or near said Plotts Line South Sixty East one hundred and sixteen poles to a White Oak Saplin thence East Sixty Six poles to a post oak on Hills Line thence north twenty East fifty eight poles to a on Said Line thence South Seventy Two West one hundred and fifty four poles to the Beginning. To hold to the said Catherine Dry her heirs and afsigns forever dated the 7th day of August 1787--
JGlasgow Secretary                                                                        R Caswell





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[1] http://www.nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.87.3647&qid=323708&rn=3

The Marriage of Catherine Dry and John Laton

A few weeks ago I went looking for a marriage record of the marriage of Catherine Dry and John Laton. My fist attempt was a search of the wonderful Cabarrus County  marriage Bonds but I was unsuccessful in my search.

Most on-line trees shows that John Laton married Catherine Franklin Dry in  1811.

• Where did this date come from?
• Where did the middle name Franklin come from for Catherine Dry.

I don't consider Ancestry Family Tree to be a source and the marriage on these trees are not sourced. 

Next I searched two North Carolina Marriage Databases found on FamilySearch. Again there was no record of a marriage between Catherine Dry and John Laton.

After many hours of search I had absolutely no results in finding a marriage record for this couple and for my time on the computer. 

My last resort was the War of 1812 pension file for John Laton and it was in his pension file that I found a record of their marriage, the date it took place and the place of marriage.

John Laton and Catherine Dry were married on  10 June 1824 in Montgomery County, North Carolina.

She [Catherine Dry Laton] further states that she was married to the said John Laton, in Montgomery County now Stanly County, on or about 10th June 1824, by  and John  Kendall who was, a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before the marriage was Catherine Dry. ¹

The above snippet is a source and it was found within the pension file of John Laton.
Catherine Dry had no middle name on any document that I have found and there was no middle name mentioned in the document sourced above. 

Catherine Dry is the daughter of Johan Martin Dry and Catherine Keppel.

Catherine Dry is my 3rd Great Grand Aunt.




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[1]. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Record Group Number 15, NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls (Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA, ), Roll number: 56, John LATON, 1 March 1814-16 July 1814. https://fold3.com/image/1/315053476

Treasure Chest Thursday~John Laton–War of 1812

 Transcription:

That her said husband volunteered at Old Henderson , on or about the ________________, 18___, for the term of six months, and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Salisbury, on or about ______________________.
She further states that she was married to the said John Laton in Montgomery County now Stanly County on or about 10^th June 1824 by one John Kendall who was, a Justice of the peace, and that her name before her marriage was Catherine Dry, and that her husband died in July 1852.

John Laton died in July 1852 and the land he received was sold by his executor. On 5 June 1855, after his death, Catherine Dry, his wife, daughter of Martin Dry and Catherine Keppel made application for a Bounty Land Warrant for herself based his service in the War of 1812.  This is a portion of that document which can be found on Fold3.com at https://fold3.com/image/1/315053485








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[1] War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Record Group Number 15, NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls (Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA, ), Roll number: 56, John LATON, 1 March 1814-16 July 1814.
[2]  https://fold3.com/image/1/315053485