Wordless Wednesday~Rev. War Patriot, Charles Dry, Thomas Davis

 

4 July~Independence Day 2022

When our land is illumined with Liberty's smile,
If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory,
Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile
The flag of her stars and the page of her story!
By the millions unchained, who our birthright have gained,
We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained!
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
While the land of the free is the home of the brave.

In Remembrance

of our Ancestors who fought 

for 

our Liberty and Independence.

Thomas Davis

b. 22 Mar 1760 – d. 20 March 1845

4th Great Grandfather

DAR & SAR Proven

That he entered the service of the United States under the officers named & served as stated in the following account. That he was drafted a short time before Christmas in the year __ & served as a Private under Captain Morris Murphy [Maurice Murphy] & Maj. Robert Lloyd [sic, Robert Lide], that he does not recollect the Regiment to which he belonged;1 that he was marched to a place called the "Long Bluff” on Pee Dee River [Pedee River] in the State aforesaid from there to Sewee Bay from there to Haderal's Point [sic, Haddrell's Point] & from there to James Island near Charleston from which place he returned home having served in this tour nine weeks. That he was again drafted & marched as a private under Capt. John DeWitt [John Dewitt] & Col. George Hicks to Cheraw in the District & State aforesaid where he remained one month & returned home. That he was again drafted as a private & then on this 8th day of February (year not recollected) he marched under Capt. Ellerbe [sic, Thomas Ellerbee] & Col. George Hicks crossed Black River at Benbows [sic, Benbow's Ferry?] & crossed Santee [River] at Lanud Ferry [sic, Lenud's Ferry] & proceeded to Charleston - that he was in Charleston at the time it was taken by the British under Clinton where he was taken prisoner on the 11th day of May after his March & was discharged on parole on the 19 of the same month having served this tour up to this time he was taken prisoner three months & four days.2 That he served two tours, of two weeks each, as one of a scouting party. That he was again drafted & marched as a private under Capt. William Preswood [sic, William Prestwood] to McCord's Ferry on the Congaree River in the State aforesaid where Col. Washington [William Washington] took command - That he returned home from McCord's Ferry having served this tour one month & remained at home two months. That he was drafted again & served as a private under Capt. Benton & Maj. Tristram Thomas for one month. That he never received a discharge. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to in open Court the day & year above written.

S/ Richard Gantt                                                         s/ Thomas Davis, X his mark

Charles Dry

b. 1730 – d. bef 16 Oct 1797

5th Great Grandfather

DAR & SAR Proven

Patriotic Service during Revolutionary War - TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, MECKLENBURG
CO, 1778.

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1777

III. And be it also Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person

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except a Guardian who shall claim for an Orphan Child, and except Persons absent in the Service of this State, or the United States, before he shall enter a Claim for any of the Lands aforesaid, shall take and subscribe the Oath, or Affirmation, of Allegiance and Abjuration, prescribed by the Law of this State, which Oath the Entry Officer is hereby impowered and required to administer; and every Person claiming shall also, before he shall be entitled to enter a Claim for any of said Lands, pay into the Hands of the Entry Taker at the Rate of Two Pounds Ten Shillings for every Hundred Acres, together with the Fees, which shall be by this Act made lawful. Provided, That where any Person shall claim a greater Quantity of Lands aforesaid than Six Hundred and Forty Acres for Himself, and one Hundred Acres for his Wife and each of his children, including all that such Persons may have claimed in one or more Tracts or Surveys under this Act, within Twelve Months from the End of this present Session of Assembly, shall pay for every Hundred Acres exceeding the Quantity aforesaid Five Pounds, and so in Proportion.

Frederick F. Rivers, Sr.

b. bef 1754- d. aft 1820

5th Great Grandfather

REVOLUTIONARY WAR:  SOURCE- "American Revolution Roster, Fort Sullivan (Later Fort Moultrie) 1776-1780, Battle of Fort Sullivan, Events Leading to First Decisive Victory" Published by Fort Sullivan Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution, Book # US/CAN 975.7915, M2d, Page 270. RIVERS, FREDERICK -- YB; AA-6452; PI (1740-20 Feb 1820) SC Mil (Cheraw District); at fall of Charleston in 1780;
The YB above is a source reference. Page 74 shows Key to Sources. YB says "Charleston, S.C., YEARBOOK OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON (Charleston, 1897), pp. 401-408, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln Papers in Thomas Addis Emmet Collection, New York Public Library, including petitions from the country militia at Charleston in May 1780 urging the surrender of the city." PI is the Daughters of American Revolution, PATRIOT INDEX, and AA-6452 is South Carolina Archives; Revolutionary War Audited Accounts.

Enlisted in Marion's Brigade, Benton's Regiment in 1782 at Cheraw (Revolutionary War). Surrender at Charleston and held prisoner for a while. Frederick Rivers Sr. was born near Chesterfield SC and was a farmer. He received grants of land 1784 -1787 for 200, 1000, and 227 acres lying on Abrams Creek. He enlisted (1782) in Cheraw SC in Marion's Brigade, Benton's Regiment. He may have seen action at Black Creek, the ferry on Georgetown/Cheraw Road, and Society Hill. He was held prisoner by the British in Charleston at the end of the war. [History of the Old Cheraws, page 412]

[Note] I need a document proving that Hulda Rivers, b. 13 October 1816 is the daughter of William Rivers and his wife Elizabeth “Betsy” Rivers to get Frederick Rivers accepted as my Revolutionary War Patriot. Any help greatly appreciated. 

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[1] Flag Image Courtesy of https://pixabay.com/.

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner; a fifth stanza added to the song in 1861

[3] Thomas Davis, W8655, My thanks to Will Graves for the use of his transcribed Revolutionary War Record of Thomas Davis. https://revwarapps.org/w8655.pdf

[4] Charles Dry - https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr24-0002

[5] Frederick Rivers--Right Rev. Alexander Gregg D.D., History of the Old Cheraws (Columbia, South Carolina: The State Company, 1925), page 412.

Tombstone Tuesday~Andrew Dry

Andrew Dry

b. 26 Mar 1762

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

d. 9 Apr 1828 (aged 66)

Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA

b. Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery

Concord, Cabarrus County, NC

SACRED
To The
Memory of
ANDREW DRY
Who was born
On the 26th March 1762
and died
On the 9th April 1828
Aged 66 years + 16 days

Andrew Dry was a  son of Charles Dry and Christine Muss. They migrated from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to North Carolina sometime before July 1777 at which time Charles purchased 250 acres of land in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Andrew Dry met and married Barbara Teem in 1784. She was the daughter of Jacob Teem. To this union was borne nine children; 5 daughters and 4 sons.

Andrew Dry is my 4th Great Grand Uncle.

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[1]Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 October 2015); Memorial page for Andrew Dry; (26 March 1762–9 April 1828); Find a Grave memorial # 21423466, Citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA.

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.

Amanuensis Monday~Charles Dry Migrates to North Carolina

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 Migration of Charles Dry and his Family to North Carolina, 1777. ¹

Charles Dry was born about 1733 in Pennsylvania. He married Christina Muss about 1753/54 in the New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, Montgomery County, PA.

Their first born, a son Owen Ulrich was born 4 December 1754 in Montgomery County, PA. Between 1754 and 1769, Charles and Christina would have five children; four (4) sons and one daughter. The two oldest sons were baptized in 1757 and 1759.

In July 1777, we find Charles, Christina, and their four sons; Owen Ulrich, Johan Martin, Phillip Wiley and Andrew Dry in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Their daughter Anna Christina Dry passed away 29 June 1772.

It is between 29 June 1772 and 26 July 1777 that Charles Dry and his family made their moved from Pennsylvania.

In Mecklenburg County Deed Book 7, pages 297 – 300 we find the Land Deed transcribed below between  Barbara Hernhart and Charles Darr.

DB 7, pg 297

DB 7, pg(s) 298-299

DB 7, pg 300

Deed Book 7, Mecklenburg County, NC.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99D6-F9HB-Y?i=363&cat=168633


Transcription:
Page 297
This Indenture made the twenty six day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand Seventeen and seventy Seven Between Paul Barringer of Mecklenburg County in North Carolina planter and Barbara Hernhart, heretofore Barbara Haggler Executors of the last will and testament of John Haggler late of Mecklenburg County aforesaid planter deceased of the one part and Charles Darr of the said County of Mecklenburg planter of the other part. Whereas the said John Haggler deceased by his last will and testament in writing bearing date on or about the twenty ninth day of May which was in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy one amongest other things willed and Directed that in case of his wife, the said Barbara should Intermarry again his Executors therein mentioned should sell and Dispofe of his lands in the best manner or by reference thereunto said will more fully appear. And the said John Haggler did afterward thereby nominate and constitute the said Paul Barringer and his said wife the said Barbara Executors of his said will And Whereas the said John Haygler afterward Departed this life without altering or Revoking his said Will and the said Paul Barringer and his said Wife the Said Barbara afterwards  proved the same in the proper Court and took upon themselves the burden of the Execution thereof  And WHEREAS the said Barbara heretofore the wife of the said John Haggler Deceased afterwards Intermarried with Phillip Hernhart of Rowan County North Carolina planter whose wife she still is. And the said Paul Barringer and the said Barbara Hernhart the Executors as aforesaid have proceeded to Sell and Dispose of the land of the said John Haggler Deceased after the best manner pursuant to the Direction in the above in part recited will And have according contracted and agreed with the said Charles Darr for the absolute purchase of the same at and for the price and sum of two hundred and fifty pounds proclamation money. NOW this indenture Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the said sum of Two Hundred and fifty pounds proclamation money to them the said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart or one of them in hand paid by the said Charles Darr at or before the Sealing and Delivery of these presents the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and therefore {word copped of bottom of page 297] and Discharge the said Charles Darr
Page 298
his Executors and administrators by these presents that the said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart Have granted bargained Sold delivered and Confirmed by these present Do Grant bargain Sell alien and confirm unto the said Charles Darr and his heirs Executors administrators and assigns all that Messuage or Tenement plantation or Farm late of him the said John Haggler Situate lying and being on Dutch Buffalo Creek within the said County of Mecklenburg  and the lands and premises thereto belonging  and premises particularly mentioned and Described that is to say all that Tract or parcel of land and premises beginning at a white oak on the east side of the said Creek running thence North Sixty eight West one hundred and eighty poles to a stake thence South one hundred and twenty poles to a pine thence South twenty five West one hundred and  (illegible??) forty poles to a stake thence South fifty eight East one hundred + fifty five poles to a white oak thence North Twenty East to the first Station. All of which said Lands and premises are situate on Dutch Buffalo Creek aforesaid and containing in the whole about Two Hundred and Fifty acres little more or lefs and were heretofore conveyed to the said John Haygler Deceased by Arthur Dobbs Esquire late Governor of North Carolina and Justina his wife, by Deed of bargain and sale bearing date the tenth day of February which was in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty-five.  And all messuage buildings Orchards by ways waters water courses profile Commodities heriditaments and appurtenance whatsoever to the said premises hereby granted or any part thereof belonging or in anywise  appertaining and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof;and also all the estate, right, title, interest, ??? Trust property claim and Demand whatsoever of them the said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart of in and to the said premises and every part and parcel thereof  TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Plantation Lands and premises hereby Bargained and sold with their and every of their appaurtenances unto the said Charles Darr his heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of him  the said, Charles Darr, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart for themselves and their heirs Execeutors  + Adminstrators  Do Covenant and promise to and with the said Charles Darr his heirs and assigns by these presents that they the said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart Now at the time
Page 299
of Sealing and Delivery of these presents Have granted? full power and lawful and absolute authority to grant and Convey the said Plantation Lands & Premises hereby bargained and Sold unto the said Charles Darr his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns in manner and form aforesaid and that the said Premises Now and So forever hereafter Shall Remain and be free and Clear of and from all former and Other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Dowers Right and Title of Dower Judgments Executions Titles Troubles Charges and incumbrances whatsoever Made Done committed or Suffered by the said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart for the said John Haygler Deceased or any Other Person or Persons whatsoever,the ?Quit Rent? hereafter to grow ?Due? and payable for and in ?Respect? of the Premises only ?Excepted? And Lastly that the said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart and their heirs and assigns every other person and Persons and his and their heirs having or Claiming in the Premises herein before mentioned or Intended to be hereby bargained and Sold Shall Shall and will from Time to Time and at all Times and at all Times hereafter at the Reasonable Request and at the proper books and Charges in the law of him the said Charles Darr his heirs or assigns make do and execute or Cause??? to be made Done + Executed all and every Said further and Other lawful and Reasonable act and action thing and things Conveyances and Assigning?  in the View for the further better and more perfect Conveying and Assigning the premises aforesaid with their and every of the appurtenances unto the said Charles Darr his heirs and assigns as by the said Charles Darr his heirs, assigns or his or their Council Carried in the law shall be Reasonably Devised Advised or Required In Witness whereof the Said Paul Barringer and Barbara Hernhart have hereunto Set their hands + seals the Day and year first above written
 
Signed Sealed + Delivered                     Paul Barringer (seal)
   In the Presence of                           Barbara Hernhart (seal)
Jacob Dunne
Matthias Beaver

North Carolina}                          October Sefsion 1777
Mecklenburg County}
             The within Deed was proven in Open Court by the Oath of Matthias Beaver a subscribing witnefs thereto. Ordered to be Registered.
Test                                                 Sam Martin C of C

Charles and Christina Dry are my paternal 5th Great Grandparents. 




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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.

Amanuensis Monday~Early Land Deed of One of my “DRY” Ancestors

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 Early Land Deed of my “DRY” Ancestors ¹



22 Oct. 1790: ANDREW DRY SOLD LAND TO MARTIN DRY THAT ANDREW DRY HAD RECEIVED IN A STATE GRANT IN 1787:


Transcription:

This indenture made the 22nd day of October in the year of Our Lord 1790 between Andrew Dry of the County of Mecklenburg  Rowan and state of North Carolina of the one part and Martin Dry of the County of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds of good and lawful money of said State to me in hand paid by the said Martin Dry to the said Andrew Dry in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby fully acknowledged to him, the said Andrew Dry hath given granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth give grant bargain and sell unto the said Martin Dry his heirs and assigns a certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the County and State aforesaid containing one hundred fifty acres lying on the east side of Dutch Buffalo Creek on both sides of the Long Run Beginning at a post oak near Charles Drys old line running thence So 26 degrees West 6 poles to a small Gum in said Run, thence with or near said line South 70 degrees West 17 poles to a Red Oak thence S 14 poles crossing the Woolfs___Branch to a stake, thence N 17 poles Crossing said branch to a B. O. grub, thence the same course N 60 poles to a stake, thence W 6 poles crossing said Long Run to a stake, thence to the Beginning. By a State Grant dated December 2nd and in the IX Year of the Independence and in the year of our Lord 1787 together with all woods mines minerals Hereditaments and appurtenances the said land belonging to have and to hold the aforesaid 150 acres of land with all rights privileges and improvements to the same in any wise belonging to him the said Martin Dry his heirs and assigns forever and the said Andrew Dry for himself and his heirs and assigns doth hereby covenant and agree to and with the said Martin Dry that he the said Martin Dry his heirs and assigns shall and may forever hereafter peaceably and quietly have hold occupy possess and enjoy the aforesaid granted lands and premises without the debt of notification of any wise whatsoever and free and clear from all manner of incumbrancers whatsoever and the said Andrew Dry doth oblige himself and his heirs to warrant and defend the aforesaid granted lands and premises to him the said Martin Dry his heirs and assigns forever against the claims of all persons whatsoever. In Witness whereof the party has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first written.
                                                                              Andrew Dry {Seal}
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Daniel Jarret
{another witness illegible}

Mecklenburg County, Oct. Sep. 1790
Then was the execution of the within deed proven in open Court by Daniel Jarret a witnefs thereto and order to be registered.
Sept. Ifssc Alexander, Clerk

In the above land deed Andrew Dry is selling 150 acres of land to his brother Martin. Both Martin and Andrew are sons of Charles Dry.

Charles Dry first appears in a Mecklenburg County, NC  Land Deed dated 26 July 1777. This one is dated 22 October 1790.

Charles Dry is my 5th Great Grandfather; Martin Dry is my 4th Great Grandfather; Andrew Dry is my 4th Great Grand Uncle.














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[1] Deed Book 13, page 831, Mecklenburg County, NC
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DX-Q9X3?cat=168633

Marriage of John Dry and Serena Hatley

State of N. Carolina}
Stanly County} This certifies that the rites of matrimony were Solemnized by me between John Dry Son of Charles Dry and Leah Dry and Serena Hatley Daughter of Hasten Hatley and Mary Hatley on the 22 day of March AD 1868 at the residence of John Brooks in Stanley County District No. 7.
John Brooks                                                   John Dry
                                                                       Serena Hatley

John Dry was the son of Charles Dry and Leah Tucker. His bride was the daughter of Hasten Hatley and Mary Hartsell. John and Serena were married in March 1868 and reared 9 children in the 42 years of marriage.

John Dry is my 2nd Cousin 4 times removed.

















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[1] : "North Carolina, Marriages Record, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2017), John Dry - Rena Hatley, Marriage Date: 22 Mar 1868.

Patriot~Charles Dry

The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) has approved my 5th Great Grandfather, Charles Dry, as a patriot of the American Revolution.  I am very pleased to finally have these documents approved.

Lineage:

Generation 1
1. Charles Lee Purvis Sr.

Generation 2

2. Charles William Purvis-5: born 17 Apr 1914 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina; married 13 May 1939 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 9 Sep 1993 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

3. Ruby Lee Johns-6: born 1 Sep 1921 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 12 May 2000 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

Generation 3

4. James Francis "Jim" Purvis-12: born 7 Nov 1885 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina; married bef 14 Mar 1908; died 21 Feb 1936 in Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

5. Lucy Pearl "Pearly" Deese-13: born 17 Jan 1885 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina; died 23 Apr 1970 in Cardova, Richmond County, North Carolina.


Generation 4

10. John Calvin Deese-33: born 10 Nov 1854 in Anson County, North Carolina; married 9 Apr 1884 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina; died 1 Apr 1930 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina.

11. Louvena Huneycutt-34: born 1 Oct 1855 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 16 Oct 1889 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.


Generation 5

22. James Wiley Huneycutt-587: born 26 Apr 1833 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married 20 May 1855 in Stanly County, North Carolina; died 19 Nov 1896 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

23. Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Page-588: born 30 Aug 1835 in Montgomery County, North Carolina; died 23 Mar 1915 in Stanly County, North Carolina.


Generation 6

44. Marcus I. "Mark" Huneycutt-49166: born abt 1797 in Montgomery County, North Carolina; married 18 Mar 1822 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died bef 1870 in Stanly County, North Carolina.

45. Charity Dry-49167: born abt 1803 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died bef 1880.


Generation 7
90. Johan Martin Dry-50044: born 10 Jul 1759 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British America; married 1785/6 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; died 11 Dec 1836 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

91. Catherine Keppel-50045: born btw 1761-1770 in Montgomery County, North Carolina; died aft 26 Sep 1836 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.


Generation 8

180. Charles Dry-50048: born 1730 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British America; married 10 Nov 1756 in Upper Hanover Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America; died bef 16 Oct 1797 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina.

181. Christina Muss-50049: born 1739 in Germany; died bef 23 Apr 1801 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

My thanks to Franklin Merrell, Grady Hall, Bob Ervin and Patty Reimann for their help in this process.

A special thank to Priscilla Clark for her encouragement and the help she provided.  Priscilla and I share Charles Dry as a Grandfather and are the only two individuals who currently have Charles approved for both the DAR and the SAR.

Obituary~Death of Phillip Wiley Dry

Phillip Wiley Dry

b.abt 1781

d. 14 Dec 1837 (age 76)

Transcription:

Death: Philip Wiley Dry
Also after a long painful illness, Capt, John Furr, a worth, industrious and highly respectable citizen. Also, Mr. Paul Furr, in the 87th years of his age. Also, on the same day, Mr. Philip Dry, in the 76th year of age. These two old gentlemen had lived near neighbor for upwards of 50 years; and Mr. Dry had on the evening of his death, just returned from the death-bed of his neighbor, Mr. Furr, and with but an hour's warning. Was called to follow him into eternity! They were both interred at the same time.


Phillip W. Dry is the son of Charles Dry and Christina Muss. He married Catherine Köppel.

Phillip Wiley Dry is my 4th Great Grand Uncle. 












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[1] Obituary: Phillip Dry obituary, The Weekly Raleigh Register, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, 1 January 1838, page 3, Col. 6.

Tombstone Tuesday~Eve Dry, 1st Wife of Owen Dry

Eve Dry

b. Feb. 1, 1757
d. Nov. 17, 1828

bu. Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery

The Tombstone of Eve Dry can be viewed here:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21322395

The past 189 years have been very harsh on this tombstone and today it is unreadable and would be totally indistinguishable among other rocks of the same color and size.

Eve Dry was the first wife of Owen Ulrich Dry, son of Charles Dry and Christina Muss. Based on the birth of their known first born, Owen and Eve were married about 1776/77.

Eve and Owen had 4 known children before her death in 1828. On 9 December 1834, Owen remarried uniting with Catherine Polk, age 70.

The "Standard" published the marriage of Mr. Owen Dry, aged 80, to Miss Catherine Polk, aged 70, and adds with evident satisfaction ---"all for the Administration "----.
What else could be expected of individuals in their dotage?
[The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, North Carolina)  30 Dec 1834. Page 2, column 6.]

In Cabarrus county, 9th inst., by John Fuggart, Esq., Mr. Owen Dry, age 80, to Miss Catherine Polk, age 70 --"all for the Administration "---Communicated.
[The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, North Carolina)  26 Dec 1834. Page 3, column 5.]

Eve Dry is buried in the Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery where most of the early pioneer Dry families are buried.

Eve Dry is my 4th Great Grand Aunt by marriage to Owen Dry. 

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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 June 2016); Memorial page for Eve Dry; (1 February 1757–17 November 1828); Find a Grave memorial # 21322395, Citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
[2] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 November 2017), memorial page for Eve Dry (1 Feb 1757–17 Nov 1828), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21322395, citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Linda Flanagan (contributor 46926736) .

Identifying the Parents of Charles Doerr/Dorr/Dry

There are one hundred and sixty-six trees on-line at Ancestry for Charles Dry, born abt 1730—35 in Pennsylvania and died before 16 Oct 1797. in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

It’s hard to believe that 165 people can come to so many different conclusions as to the parentage of Charles Dry.




I did a tally of these trees and the results are:

I have looked at a lot of these trees and as of yet I haven’t found a single document or reference, in any of these trees, that would prove that Charles Dry who passed away in Cabarrus County about 1797 is the son of any of these couples.

When Charles died he left a Will but that WILL was destroyed in a Cabarrus County Courthouse House fire in 1876. The only proof remaining are the Cabarrus County Pleas and Quarters Minutes April 17, 1797-April 17, 1805. His actual death death is unknown yet most of these trees shows a specific death date of 16 October 1797. 

We also find in the P&Q Minutes for 20 October, 1800 an entry that reads:

• Charles Dry, dec’d. Settlement of estate by Owen Dry, extr. Balance in hands of extr. £ 98.6.0 Divided among 6 children, for each £ 16.7.8.

So we know that Charles + Christina Dry had 6 surviving children. No where are these 6 children named with the loss of the Last Will. Five of the six have been identified; they are:

1. Owen Ulrich Dry
2. Johann Martin Dry
3. Phillip Wiley Dry
4. Andrew Dry
5. Anna Christina Dry

A few researchers say the sixth child was Jacob Dry born 1764, migrated to Allen County, Kentucky where he died in 1854. I have no proof to validate this claim.

Charles Dry migrated from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania between 1776 and 1777.  The surname is recorded in the German name DOERR in Pennsylvania records while all the North Carolina records, with one exception, are recorded in the anglicized surname DRY. 

Mecklenburg Land Deed, Book 7 pages 297-300 dated 26 July 1777 is the first recorded deed for Charles Dry to be found within North Carolina records.

If you have any information on the parentage of Charles Dry I would like to hear from you.

Charles Dry is my 5th Great Grandfather.

Amanuensis Monday~Charles Dry Land Grant #3036

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 a Land Grant #3036-Charles Dry, 1831.¹


Charles Dry Grant No. 3036
State of North Carolina Know ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of Ten dollars for every Hundred acres hereby Granted paid into our Treasury by Charles Dry Have Given and Granted and by these presents do Give and Grant unto the said Charles Dry a tract of Land containing three acres lying and being in the County of Anson Joining his own Land on the South Side of Rocky Rivers Beginning at his corner ash on the River Bank and runs No. 27 Wt. 30 chains to a stake on the Bank of the Thoroughfare then down the various courses of the Thoroughfare and Rocky River to the Beginning. Entered 12^th day of April 1831
At Raleigh the 6^th day of February in the 56^th year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord 1832. 
By ?? Wm. Hill Secretary                        M. Stokes

The Anson County Land Deed shows this land to be only 3 acres; but, the NC Land Grant page shows this tract to be 30 acres of land. 


Transcription:
State of North Carolina
No. 3036 Know ye that we have granted unto Charles Dry three[thirty] acres of land in Anson County joining his own land on the South side of Rocky Rivers Beginning at his corner ash on the river bank and runs North twenty seven West thirty chains to a stake on the Bank of the Thoroughfare then Down the Various Courses of the thoroughfare and Rocky River to the Beginning. Entered the 12th day of April 1831. To hold to the said Charles Dry his heirs and afsigns forever. Dated the 6th Day of February 1832.
Wm. Hill, Secretary                                              M. Stokes 
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[1] North Carolina, Deed Book: 'Y': page 87, Charles Dry Grant No. 3036; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
[2] http://www.nclandgrants.com/grant/?mars=12.14.27.6907&qid=191441&rn=1

It’s Family Time~5th Great Grandfather~Charles Dry

My paternal 5th Great Grandfather is a man named Charles Dry. Dry is the Americanization of the German surname Dürr/Duerr. I have also seen the surname spelled Derr, Doerr, Dürr and other variations. 

Charles Dry was born about 1735 in Württemberg Germany. He married Christine Muss in 1753 Upper Hanover Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I have yet to find exactly when Charles and Christine migrated to North Carolina but they are in Cabarrus County by the late 1700’s and are enumerated in the 1790 Census. In this census two males and two females were enumerated with their parents in the household. Charles passed away on 16 October 1797 and his estate and Will was probated. Since then his Will has been consumed by fire in the Cabarrus Courthouse burning of 1876.

The known children of Charles Dry and Christina Muss are:
 
i. Owen Ulrich Dry, born 4 Dec 1754, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; married Catherine Polk, 9 Dec 1834, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 5 Mar 1840, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
ii. Johann Martin Dry, born 10 Jul 1759, Montgomery County; married Catherine Keppel, 1785/6; died 11 Dec 1836, Cabarrus, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
iii. Phillip Wile Dry, born 10 Jul 1759, Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; married Catherine ; died 14 Dec 1837, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
iv. Andrew Dry, born 26 Mar 1762, Montgomery, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; married Mary Barbara Teem, 1784; died 9 Apr 1828, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
v. Anna Christina Dry was baptized on 14 Feb 1769 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Baptism, 1769, Febr.14, born Anna Christina, daughter of Carl Doerr. Witnesses Henrich Loppel and wife.
 
This is a works-in-progress so if you have any information about this family I would love to hear from you.
 
 
 
 
 
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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Rev. William John Hinke PH. D., D.D., A History of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge,: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1727-1819) (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1920), page 302, entry [69].
4. Kathleen Marler, Families of Cabarrus County: 1792-1815 (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Publishing Company, 2004), page 44.
5. Pennsylvania German Society, Pennsylvania German Church Records: of Births, Baptisms, Marriage, Burial, Etc. in Three Volumes (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983), page 119.
6. 1790 U S Census, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, population schedule, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Page: 370; Line 2, Household of Charles DRY; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 February 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm M637, Roll 7.

Amanuensis Monday~Will of Owen Ulrich Dry

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 Owen Dry, 1840 



The Last Will and Testament of Owen Dry
WILLS: the Last Will and Testament of Owen Dry was produced in Open Court and the Execution thereof was duly proven by the oaths of Martin Widenhouse & Rebel B. C. Smith the subscribing witnefses thereto and the Executors Peter Kimble Jacob Miller there in named qualified and obtained Letters Testamentary whereupon it was ordered by the court that the Will be Recorded & Registered which is in the following word and figures, to wit:
In the name of God Amen I Owen Dry of the County of Cabarrus and State of North Carolina being old and weak in body but of sound mind & memory blessed be God for the same I do now make this instrument of writing the following, viz to be and contain my last will & testament as follows.
1^st It is my will that all my just debts be paid and my body to be buried in in <sic> a decent & Christian like manner.
2^nd I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Dry all the property which she brought into my possession when we were married to be hers forever and my Willing have garden & cotton patch and the full use of firewood and of the orchard as much as she strikthough may need and the half of the rent of the plantation to be hers during her natural life or widowhood.
3^rd It is my will that the executor here within named shall after my decease rent out annually the plantation together that with which is already willed to the highest bidder of the hereditaments thereof and the other half which is not that half willed to my wife to be applies to the use of repairing fences on the said plantation and all the rest of my property to be disposed to sale to the highest bidder after my decease and also after the decease or widowhood of my wife the whole of the plantation to be sold to the highest bidder and the money arising from such sales or otherwise to be divided as follows. One hundred to my daughter Christine Kimble hundred dollars to the heirs of the body of my son Daniel Dry and then my son John Dry is to draw an equal share of the remainder of my estate with the rest of the legatees already named and all the notes and receipts which I now have against any of my children shall be given up to them and not counted.
I constitute nominate & appoint my worthy friend Peter Kimble & Jacob Miller Sons in Law to be the Executors of this my last will & testament In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this Twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine in the [presence] of us witnefses who was present at the time.
Martin Widenhouse, Esq.                                                      Owen Dry {seal}
Rebel B. C. Smith

Owen Ulrich Dry was born 4 December 1754 in Montgomery County and died 5 March 1840. He was twice married; the name of his first wife and mother of his children is unknown. He married Catherine Polk, as his second wife, on 9 December 1834 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.  

 Owen Ulrich Dry was the son of Charles Dry and Christina Muss. 

Owen Ulrich Dry is my 4th Great Grand Uncle. 
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[1] North Carolina, Pleas & Quarter Sessions (1839-1846): PQS #3, page 78, C.016.30003, Last Will and Testament of Owen Dry; North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.My Thanks to Melissa H. Leahy for her help in transcribing this Will.