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James Curry

Colonel Revolutionary War

Colonel
Colonel
Rank
Colonel
Unit
Virginia Line
Conflict / Era
Revolutionary War
Date of Birth
01/29/1752
Date of Death
07/05/1834
Hometown
Jerome, OH
Burial Location
Jerome Twp: Curry
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Jerome
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. father to Capt. James A. Curry, War of 1812; grandfather to Adison, James, and William Curry, Civil War; served in Ohio State Legislature, 1813-1820; served as Associate Judge, 1822-1828 given military warrant for 1,000 acres in Jerome Township in 1807 (Survey 1440) settled there in 1811; served in battle of Point Pleasant Oct.10,1774

Source: Beers, Record 428 and Chapter IV, Jerome Township, Biographical Sketches (291); Ohio Vital Records; D.A.R., p.98; Union County Engineer survey records