Person:James Curry (29)

James Curry, Jr. was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Curry, James - entered service 1777 in Virginia; granted Pension 1818 in Madison County, Ohio, with residing in Franklin County, Ohio; resided 1828 abt. age 75 in Union County, Ohio; query letter in file states a Colonel James Curry, Virginia Revolutionary War soldier, born 1752, moved in 1800 to Highland County, Ohio, thence to Union County, Ohio, where he died in 1834. R716

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Page 449.-(undated, appears to be abt. March 1777) - 170 acres on Thorny Branch joining the plantation whereon Thomas Waddle now (18th March, 1777) lives, formerly possessed by Banj. Copeland and the Plantation of Ralph Lofftus, formerly possessed by William Cunningham. Teste: James Curry, Jr.

• Vol. 1 - MARCH 21, 1791. - (432) Mathews vs. Isabella Burns, executrix of Robert Burns, James Curry, and Mary, his wife, Asher Waterman, and Sarah, his wife, and Margaret Cunningham Burns, infant--Chancery.

1.   Find A Grave.

   James Curry
   BIRTH 29 Jan 1752
   Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
   DEATH 5 Jul 1834 (aged 82)
   Jerome, Union County, Ohio, USA
   BURIAL
   Oakdale Cemetery
   Marysville, Union County, Ohio, USA
   
   Served in the Revolutionary War with the 8th and the 4th Virginia Continental Line as a Lieutenant than as a Captain.
   Fought in the battles of Point Pleasant, Brandywine, Germantown Monmoth,Charlestown, and Yorktown. Wintered at Valley Forge.
   
   Wife: Marie Magdalene Burns (Mary Burns).
   
   Supposedly buried at Curry Cemetery then reburied at Oakdale.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43012515/james-curry

2.   Ohio, U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016.

   Name James Curry
   Death Age 82
   Birth Date abt 1752
   Death Date 5 Jul 1834
   Death Place Jerome Twp, Union, Ohio, USA
   Spouse
   Maria
   Newspaper Information Newspaper: Marysville Tribune, Newspaper Date: 12 Sep 1883, Newspaper Page: 5 Column: 3; Repository: Marysville Public Library; Years Available: 1853-1892 | Newspaper: Marysville Tribune, Newspaper Date: 19 Sep 1883, Newspaper Page: 5 Column: 4; Repository: Marysville Public Library; Years Available: 1853-1892

3.   Ohio. Adjutant General's Office. Grave registrations of soldiers buried in Ohio. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958).

   Name: James Curry
   Birth Date: 29 Jan 1752
   Death Date: 5 Jul 1834
   Death Place: Union County, Ohio
   Burial Place: Paris, Union, Ohio, USA
   Cemetery: Oakdale
   Rank: Colorel
   Branch of Service: Army