Person:Cary Curry (1)

Court Records in Warren County, Georgia

23 Mar 1814. [Source Needed] Cary Curry in person came before me, and being duly sworn saith that he had a note of hand given to him by John P. Byon, of Jones County...and says he has lost or mislaid said note so that he cannot find it...(Signed) Cary Curry. Sworn to before me this 18th March, 1814, (Signed) John Miles, J.P.

24 Nov 1818. [Source Needed] Lost on the 24th of October last, a Red Morocco Pocket-Book, containing the under-mentioned notes...one on Cary Curry for $1,500...

Research Notes

• Susan Clark Swinney Curry wrote that "Grand Father Curry died with a cancer in his head." That description matches with the details of his obituary. [Source Needed]

1. ↑ Baptism Record.

   He was christened in Albemarle Prsh., Surry Co., VA, 27 April 1760.

2. ↑ Recorded, in Source Needed.

   Cary registered to pay taxes in Warren Co., GA, 1794.
   Cary is listed with 1 poll, 1 slave, 300 acres at 1s 6d per acre and 487 1/2 acres a 1s per acre.

3. ↑ Recorded, in Source Needed.

   Warren Co., GA, 21 May 1803.Richard Curry of Hancock Co., to Cary Curry of Warren Co. for $700, land on Joe's Creek, adj. Norvell Roberson, Reuben Barrow, George Dykes & Moses Granberry, 480 acres. Richard Curry (X) (LS) Wit; Amos Travis, N. Roberson JP.

4. ↑ Recorded, in Source Needed.

   Cary registered to pay taxes in Warren Co., GA, 1805.
   Cary is listed with 1 poll, 10 slaves, 1072 1/2 acres.

5. ↑ Recorded, in Source Needed.

   He sold property in Warren Co., GA, 5 November 1806

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Will Transcript.

   WILL TRANSCRIPT OF CARY CURRY. Baldwin County, Georgia. Jul 1819. 20 Jul 1821.
   In the name of God Amen. I Cary Curry of the County of Baldwin & State aforesaid being in a low state of health but thanks to God of a sound mind & memory, do make ordain & constitute the my last will & testament in manner & form following, Viz,
   - I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Margaret Willis my negro girl by the name of Silvah with other of my property which she has had.
   - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Baker my negro girl by name of Sook with the other property she has had of me.
   - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Nancy Moore my negro boy by the name of Peter and five hundred dollars in cash when collected with the other property she has had of me.
   - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Patterson my negro girl by name of Lucy and five hundred dollars in cash when collected with the other property which she has had of me.
   - I give and bequeath unto my daughter Permela Curry my negro girl Candis and my negro boy Ned & a horse to be worth seventy five dollars when she leaves her mother.
   - I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarry Curry my negro boy Dick and my negro girl Fanny and also a horse to be worth seventy five dollars when she leaves her mother and
   - I give & bequeath unto my son Elijah Curry my negro boy by the name of London and five hundred dollars when collected and
   - I also give & bequeath to my son Cary Curry my negro boy by the name of Enoch & five hundred dollars when collected & he of age.
   - I give & bequeath to my grand son Cary Willis my negro girl by the name of Betsy at the death of my wife, and all the rest & residue of my Estate
   - I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary Curry all my land containing four hundred and forty five acres whereon I now live together with my negroes, Easter, Watt, Tom, Arthur, Rose, Jacob, Major, Joe, Phillip, Henry, Selina & Sophia, to have & to hold during her natural life and at her death to be equally divided amongst my legal heirs & I will all my Stock of Horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, house hold & kitchen furniture, & I give to my beloved wife Mary to dispose of at her will & to give as she sees fit at any time to my children which is now single and also if my wife wishes to move I will that she sell my land at her own discretion and I nominate constitute & appoint my beloved wife Mary Curry sole Executrix of this my last will & testament.
   In witness thereof, I have set my hand and affixed my seal this day of July 1819.
   
   Signed in the presence of us, John H. Lawson, Robert Miles, John Miles (Cary Curry his mark
   
   Georgia Baldwin County, duly proven in open court on the 20 Jul 1821, John Miles & John H. Lawson, Thos H Kneau Clk

7. ↑ Death Notice, in Source Needed.

   19 Jul 1821 -
   Died at his residence in Baldwin, Mr. Cary Curry, sen., in his 62d year. He was afflicted with a cancer on his face twenty-five years; was confined to his home eighteen months, and survived several months after being deprived of sight, and nose, and all the bones comprising the upper jaw on one side of his face up to the eyebrows. His nutriment for three months previous to his death, was composed of spirits, honey and water. His affliction was severe, but he bore it with fortitude; and smiled on death as a welcome messenger. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was in the Florida Exposition in '78. He was an orderly citizen, a pleasant neighbor, a kind husband, indulgent parent and humane master. The bosom companion of his early life, the delight of his meridian age, and consolation in affliction, together with numerous offspring, are left to mourn his absence.
   But, "Why mourn? the troubled soul is rest, And in the grave our sorrows cease."

8. ↑ Military Service Recorded, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.

   CURRY, CARY Ancestor #: A028750
   Service: GEORGIA Rank: PRIVATE
   Birth: CIRCA 1759
   Death: 6- -1821 BALDWIN CO GEORGIA
   Service Source: CERT OF SERVICE IN MINUTE BATTALION IN DATA; COPIES OF LAND GRANTS, EARLY CO, GA, IN DATA
   Service Description: 1) BATTALION OF MINUTEMEN