Mystery Monday~Who Was The Husband Of Elizabeth Hinson of Anson County

I have written many articles extolling the value of Land Deed research. I have solved many problems with information gathered during a short visit to the local Register of Deeds office.

Conversely, land deeds can provide clues that rather than solving a problem they create a problem.
Case in point is Anson County, NC Land Deed X:398 – Thomas Brooks to Vincent Parsons

 
Transcription:
…it being a lot of land that was on a division of lands belonging to the estate of the late John Hinson, Sr. decd. Among his heirs allotted to Elizabeth Brooks the mother of the sd. Thomas Brooks which lot in the plan of division is marked No. 1 Beginning at a stake in the field the 6^th corner of a hundred acre tract granted to Crawford & runs…

Parties named within this snippet:

• the late John Hinson, Sr. decd.
• Elizabeth [Hinson] Brooks mother of Thos. Brooks
• Thomas Brooks,   

John Hinson, Sr. died in Anson County, North Carolina sometime before July 1828.
In Anson County Deed Book S, page 215, dated 25 September 1818;  John Hinson, Sr. of Anson County, North Carolina gave his 11 year old Grandson Thomas Hinson Brooks a Negro Boy Peter about 16 years of age.

Ironically, this Deed (S:215) has another daughter of John Hinson signing the deed as Susannah T. Brooks. Many researchers have Susannah listed as the Mother of Thomas Brooks but we know that DB X, page 398 says that daughter Elizabeth is the mother of Thomas Hinson Brooks.



These two land deeds have created three unanswered questions.

1. Is Thomas Brooks and Thomas Hinson Brooks the same individual?
2. Who is the husband of Elizabeth Hinson, daughter of John Hinson, Sr. and father of Thomas Hinson Brooks?
3. Who is the husband of Susannah T. Hinson, daughter of John Hinson, Sr.

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[1] North Carolina, Deed Book: DB X, page 398, THOMAS BROOKS TO VINCENT PARSONS; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
[2] North Carolina, Deed Book: DB "S", page 215, John Hinson to Thomas H. Hinson; Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.

It’s Family Time~Catherine ‘Katy’ Dry Miller

Catherine ‘Katy’ Dry, b. 28 Feb. 1783 in Cabarrus County, NC was the daughter of Owen Ulrich Dry and his wife Eve.

On 25 March 1807 at the age of 25, Catherine married Jacob Miller, son of George Jacob Miller, a Revolutionary War soldier. 


To date I have identified 3 children for Jacob and Katy Miller; 2 sons and one daughter.  Their identified children are:
i. Moses Miller was born on 25 May 1815 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He died on 11 Feb 1881 at the age of 65 in Moro, Lee, Arkansas.
ii. Sophia Miller, born 1822, Cabarrus, North Carolina; married Dr. Solomon Furr, 20 Apr 1841, Cabarrus County, North Carolina ; died 1844, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
iii. David Miller, born 26 Nov 1824, Cabarrus County, North Carolina ; married Julia Dietta Hahn; died 21 Sep 1882.

Jacob Miller husband of Katy Dry Miller passed away on 9 September 1852 at the age of 66.
Katy passed away on 6 April 1858 at the age of 75. Jacob and Katy are buried in Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.


Catherine ‘Katy’ Dry is my 1st Cousin 5 times removed. 





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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 July 2017); Memorial page for Jacob Miller; (3 October 1786–9 October 1852); Find a Grave memorial # 20805009, Citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA.
2. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 July 2017), Marriage - 25 March 1807; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.; Jacob Miller - Caty Dry.
3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Catherine "Katy" Dry Miller (28 February 1783–6 April 1858), Memorial # 111264711.
4. 1810 Census: United States. North Carolina. Cabarrus County. 1810 U S Census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry. www.ancestry.com : 2015.
5. 1820 Census; United States. North Carolina. Cabarrus County. 1820 U S Census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry. www.ancestry.com : 2015.
6. 1830 Census: United States. North Carolina. Cabarrus County. 1830 U S Census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry. www.ancestry.com : 2015.
7. 1840 Census: United States. North Carolina. Cabarrus County. 1840 U S Census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry. www.ancestry.com : 2015.
8. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 464A (Stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 949, Family 949, Household of Jacob MILLER.