James Rolland Curry

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1789-12-08

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1880-08-31

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"James Rolland Curry" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015142, (accessed December 21, 2024).

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Harrison County, Kentucky, soldier, attorney, and county judge. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Bracken Curry in Harrison County, Kentucky, on October 4, 1816. Father of Eliza Curry McIntosh, James Curry, Martha Curry, and Ann Curry Todd. Served in the United States Army as assistant quartermaster general from October 29, 1812, to January 11, 1814. Resident of Harrison County in 1820. Owned two enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1820. Resident of Harrison County in 1830. Owned five enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1830. Engaged in professional employment in Harrison County in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1840. Attorney in Harrison County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. County judge in Harrison County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 132-3.
Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 164.
Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 146.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 59A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 356.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 580.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 122B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216892.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216887.
War of 1812 Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1812-1815, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series M313, Kentucky, Pension #1 SO 5410, Pension #2 SC 7749, Pensions #3 WO 40576, Pensions #4 WC 31294.
"James Rolland Curry (1789-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43076375, accessed July 21, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43076375.

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