Display Patriot - P-142365 - John CURRENCE

John CURRENCE

SAR Patriot #: P-142365

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State of Service: SC      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A211316

Birth: 1753 / / PA
Death: 02 Aug 1827 / York Dist / SC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He served as a Private in the companies of Lieutenant Barry, Captain John Henderson, and Captain Garrison. He was commanded by Colonel Hill at the Battle of King's Mountain.
  2. He furnished supplies to the militia.

Additional References:
  1. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Accounts Audited of Claims Growing Out of the Revolution in South Carolina 1775-1856, No. 1695, Roll 29
  2. Salley, Alexander Samuel, and Wylma Anne Wates, Stub Entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against South Carolina Growing out of the Revolution, South Carolina. Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1910,Book I, pg 36, LiberI #193
  3. NSSAR Grave Registry form was furnished by a Georgia Society SAR descendant, James C Parker.

Spouse: Eleanor Patterson
Children: William; Hugh; Daniel; Margaret; Mary/Polly; Rebecca;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2018-05-04 GA 79456 James C. Parker Ph.D. (110559) William   
Burial:
Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery (C-0372209)
Location:
Clover / York / SC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1971881
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
35.110470 / -81.151620
Find A Grave Memorial #:
13158334
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Photo by permission: Dr. James Parker, Georgia Society SAR
  • Addional photos displayed courtesy of Scott Giltner, KYSSAR


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Author: Dr. James C. Parker Ph.D.

John Currence was born about 1753 in Pennsylvania. His name is often seen in the records spelled as "Currens" and "Curren." His parentage has not yet been found, but it is believed that his parents came from Ireland. It is suspected that John is somehow related to William Currence (1727-1781), who immigrated to Maryland from Ireland about 1744. William moved inland into Virginia and established a fort in what is now Randolph County, West Virginia. William named a son "John," and John named a son "William." Perhaps someday, a DNA analysis of a descendant from both lines will determine how they may be related.

He moved to South Carolina in 1775 and married about that same year to Eleanor B. Patterson, daughter of John Patterson and Rebecca (MNU). Their known children were:

  • Margaret was born about 1776 and married James Wood
  • William was born in 1777 and married Hannah Patrick
  • Hugh was born in 1779 and married Susan Elizabeth Durham
  • Daniel Shaw was born in 1781 and married Mary Isabella Kerr
  • Rebecca was born in about 1787-1835), never married
  • Mary Jane was born in about 1789 and married Samuel Hemphill.

In addition to being a farmer, John was employed at the William Hill Iron Works on Allison Creek near Nannies Mountain before and during the American Revolution until the Iron Works were burned on Sunday, 11 July 1780, by Captain Huck, a Philadelphia Lawyer with a detail of Tories. John's home was burned by the Tories before that, in November 1777, when his eldest son was about two weeks old. Snow was on the ground at the time, and the mother and children had to leave the home to escape burning. His employer, William Hill, was a Colonel in the South Carolina Militia, and John served at times in his unit.

John was active in community and political affairs in his district (York District, South Carolina), was one of those instrumental in having the first Court House built for his District, and was involved in the construction and improvement of roads.

The book Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, by Bobby Gilmer Moss, page 226, states that John Curren "served during 1778 under Lieutenant Barry and Colonel Neel in Georgia. During 1780, he was under Lieutenant Alexander Faris and Colonel Hill in the battle of Kings Mountain. During 1781, he served under Captain John Henderson and was with Sumter when he was first defeated. Also, in 1781, he served under Captain Garrison and General Sumter at the Quarter House. A.A. 1695; CS."

Three obituaries for John have been located: one in The Charleston Observer, Charleston, South Carolina; one in the Raleigh Register, Raleigh, North Carolina; and one in the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser, Baltimore, Maryland. One of these states that he was a native of Pennsylvania; one states that he came from Pennsylvania (both give the year 1775); and all three stated that he participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain.

The Patriot died on 2 August 1827 in York District, South Carolina. John and Eleanor are buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, near Clover, in York County (formerly York District), South Carolina.


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