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John R. Curry (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and Captain, 13th KY Cavalry (USA))

b. 1833? d. 1865-09

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Adair County native. Son of William Curry and Malinda Curry. Married to Sarah Grant Curry in Adair County on July 31, 1853. Father of William Curry, Malinda Curry, Samuel Curry, and Elijah Curry. Married to Mary McFarland Curry in Russell County in May 1865. Farmer and student in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from December 23, 1863, to January 10, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 87A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, pp. 21-22.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film #000216815, p. 2 of 49 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Russell County Marriages, 1861-1893, Film #000594313, p. 431, p. 83 of 699 of microfilm.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 124.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 369.

Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans (c1879 - c1903), Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, NARA RG 92, Microfilm Series M1845, p. 1477 of 1518 of microfilm (accessed on ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, "John R. Curry (1833-1865)," Memorial #67243667, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67243667 (accessed October 6, 2018).

Citation

Curry, John R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200166 (November 12, 2026).

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