Abt 1758 - 1840 (~ 82 years)
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Name |
Thomas CURRY |
Birth |
Abt 1758 |
Ireland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
16 Oct 1840 |
Fayette County, IN |
Notes |
- (1) Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana, Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1899, vol. 2, pp. 960-961:
Thomas Curry . . . was born in Ireland, corning of that sturdy Protestant-Irish stock to whose energy and indomitable courage the New World is deeply indebted. When a lad of seven years Thomas Curry came to America with his parents, who located in Virginia and who passed their last days in Franklin county, Indiana. Thomas was the youngest of four children, he having one brother and two sisters. When the war for independence came on he enlisted in the colonial army, though but fifteen years of age, and served under the well known leader, General Nathaniel Greene. Later he married, in Virginia, Elsie Gordon, a sister of William Gordon, a worthy pioneer of Metamora township, Franklin county, Indiana. In 1810 Mr. Curry and family removed to Kentucky, and the following year located near Cincinnati, on the Miami river, in Ohio. Not liking that section of the country, they came to Franklin county, in March, 1812, and settled on Duck creek, in what now is Metamora township. About a year prior to his death Thomas Curry removed to Fayette county. Both he and his wife attained a ripe age, she dying about four years after the death of her husband. Their children were: James, Thomas, Rachel, Polly, Martha, Elsie, Betsy and John S.
(2) Virginia Revolutionary War Records [database online], Orem, UT: Ancestry.com, 1998, pp. 197-198, 202:
To his Excellency L. W. TAZEWELL,
Governor of Virginia.
SIR,
I have been required by law to examine certain revolutionary documents, and to report to the governor a list of the names of all such persons as may be entitled to claims on Virginia for bounty land on account of services rendered in the war of the revolution--and such other information touching revolutionary services as may be deemed important.
In November last, I had the honor of reporting to his excellency John Floyd, then governor of the commonwealth, a list of the officers of the army, both of the continental and state lines, and also of the navy of Virginia, whose names appear on the army registers of Virginia, and who had not received bounty land for revolutionary services. I reported also to governor Floyd other lists, which, together with that last mentioned, were communicated by him to the general assembly.
I now report to your excellency a list of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the state line, and of the non-commissioned officers, seamen and marines of the state navy, whose names appear on the army register of Virginia, and who have not received bounty land for revolutionary services. A similar list of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Virginia continental line will be hereafter reported.
I could not prepare these lists without having complete copies made of the army registers and of one of the military land warrant books belonging to the land office. The making of these copies has occupied the time of my assistant or clerk for several months; and it was impossible to complete them until within a few weeks past.
The list which I now report contains all the information (except such as has been heretofore reported to the governor) in relation to claims of non-commissioned officers, seamen and marines of the state navy, and non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the state line, which I am able to communicate, in conformity with the declared wishes of the general assembly
The same name frequently appears more than once, and sometimes very often, on the army registers. I had supposed that each name was that of a different individual. They whose names are on the army registers, received certificates for the balance of pay due for their services, agreeably to the act of assembly passed November session, 1781. If there was but one balance of pay due the soldier, his name would generally appear once only on the army register, this was not always the case: The same individual may have had a balance of pay due him in different characters--For example, for services as a private, as a sergeant or corporal, and as a commissioned officer. Therefore, the name of the same individual may sometimes be found more than once on the army registers. This creates some uncertainty in regard to claims.
Names may be found on the list now reported, which are the same with those of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, &c. who have received bounty land. It may generally be presumed that there were as many different persons of the same name as there were times of the occurrence of the name on the army register; but this will not always be the real state of fact, for the reason before given.
A list of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Virginia continental line, whose names are on the army register of Virginia, and who have not received bounty land, will be reported as soon as it shall be completed.
Respectfully submitted.
Richmond, November 25, 1834.
JOHN H. SMITH, Com'r &c. . . .
Curry, Thomas, Soldier, Inf.
(3) A household headed by Thomas CURRY 1st is listed in the 1830 census of Franklin County, IN.
Listed in Thomas' household are 1 free white male between 5 and 10 years of age; 1 free white male between 20 and 30 years of age; 1 free white male between 70 and 80 years of age; 1 free white female between 15 and 20 years of age; and 1 free white female between 60 and 70 years of age.
Assuming that Thomas is the free white male listed in the 1830 census as then being between 70 and 80 years of age, he was born between 1750 and 1760, according to the 1830 census.
Assuming that Thomas' wife is the free white female listed in the 1830 census as then being between 60 and 70 years of age, she was born between 1760 and 1770, according to the 1830 census.
The other members of Thomas' household seem to have then been too young to have been children of Thomas and/or his wife.
(4) 1835 Pension Roll <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/9061/f1835.htm>:
Name: Thomas Curry
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 80.00
Sums Received: 240.00
Descripton of Service: Virginia State Troops
Placed on Pension Roll: May 14, 1833
Commencement of Pension: March 4, 1831
Age: 73
[Note by compiler: The date on which Thomas CURRY was 73 years of age is not clear from the above source. Was it (a) the date in 1833 on which he was placed on the pension roll, (b) the date in 1831 on which his pension commenced, or (c) the date in 1835 when the pension roll was prepared? Depending upon the answer to this question, Thomas was born sometime between 1758 and 1762. However, based upon census and cemetery records, the 1758 date appears to be correct.]
(5) A household headed by Thomas CURRY is listed in the 1840 census of Jackson Township, Fayette County, IN.
Listed in Thomas' household are 1 free white male between 15 and 20 years of age; 1 free white male between 80 and 90 years of age; 1 free white female between 10 and 15 years of age; and 1 free white female between 70 and 80 years of age.
Assuming that Thomas is the free white male listed in the 1840 census as then being between 80 and 90 years of age, he was born between 1750 and 1760, according to the 1840 census. There is no indication in the 1840 census that Thomas was then a Revolutionary War pensioner.
Assuming that Thomas' wife is the free white female listed in the 1840 census as then being between 70 and 80 years of age, she was born between 1760 and 1770, according to the 1840 census.
The other members of Thomas' household seem to have then been too young to have been children of Thomas and/or his wife.
(6) Ebenezor Methodist Church Cemetery <http://members.tripod.com/%7Ez7760/Ebenezor.htm>:
Name: Thomas Currey
Birth: 82 yrs
Death: Oct 16, 1840
Notes: Revolutionary War Soldier; Pvt.; Crockett's Va. Regt; DAR marker
[Note by compiler: According to a photograph of Thomas' tombstone which appears on the website of the Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution <http://www.inssar.org/graves/C/currthom.html>, Thomas' surname is spelled CURRY, not CURREY, on his tombstone.]
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Person ID |
I13428 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
17 Apr 2024 |
Family |
Alice GORDON, b. Abt 1761, VA d. 7 Oct 1843, Franklin County, IN (Age ~ 82 years) |
Marriage |
Loudoun County, VA |
Children |
| 1. John S. CURRY, b. Abt 1785, VA d. 1884, Franklin County, IN (Age ~ 99 years) |
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Family ID |
F6056 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
17 Apr 2024 |
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