1880 Federal Census: River Bend Twp., Gaston Co., NC; ED 88 Sht 14; age
22, living in father's house
1890 Federal Census: Gaston Co., River Bend Twp, NC; age 33
1900 Federal Census: River Bend Twp., Gaston Co., NC; ED 81 Sht 13; age 43
1910 Federal Census: Gaston Co., NC, Woodlawn Post Office
1920 Federal Census: Gaston Co., NC - ED 201, Sheet 15, Line 27; age 63
Burial: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Mt. Holly, Gaston Co., NC
1890 Census - family of William R. Joy of River Bend Township of Gaston
Co., NC appears in pages that survived fire that destroyed most of the
11th Census.
They lived near the home place of John B. Rankin in Hickory Grove, Gaston
County, North Carolina. When Margaret Rankin Moody died, Rebecca and
Will Joy inherited the John Rankin home place.
Family plot of Robert William Joy contains graves of Rebecca Moody Joy;
James Erastus and Flossie Rhyne Joy; Ruby Joy, who was the first to be
buried in the plot; Aleese Joy, Jesse Joy, Juanita Joy and Marvin Joy.
The plot is adjacent to the family plot of Jacob Rhyne, father of Flossie
Rhyne Joy.
Will made caskets and prepared bodies for burial in his community. He
was also an excellent cabinet maker. He played a musical instrument in a
band, and a granddaughter believes that it was the banjo.