Display Patriot - P-142471

Robert A CURRY

SAR Patriot #: P-142471

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Captain / Civil Service

DAR #: A028779

Birth: 10 Nov 1717 / Antrim / Ireland
Death: 05 Jan 1804 Fort Defiance / Augusta / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain of Home Guard during the Revolution
DAR cites - Overseer of Road of Augusta Co., 18 Mar 1783

Additional References:

Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Rev War Patriots Buried in Virginia (M.E. Lyman, 2016)
Jennings, NSSAR Grave Registry form submitted Jun 19, 1970, Geo. Mason Chapter VASSAR
DAR cites Creel, Augusta Co, VA Court Orders 1774-1785, pg 400, #111
56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (US Congress, Senate). GPO: Washington, DC

Spouse: Ann Curry
Children: Ann; Robert; Margaret; James; Isaiah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1989-02-16	AZ	221184	James Britton Weedin (132464)	Robert
1989-03-27	MD	220985	James William Curry (132703)	Robert
1989-05-30	WV	220402	David Cunningham Curry (133053)	Robert
1994-06-02	CA	210367	John Corren Darnall Jr (141046)	Robert
1995-01-25	CA	210220	John Read Darnall (141327)	Robert
2007-03-27	VA	27559	Jack Morris (137337)	Ann

Burial:

Augusta Stone Presbyterian (aka Old Stone, Old Stone Presbyterian) Church Cemetery_(C-0371394)

Location:

Fort Defiance / Augusta / VA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1996311

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

38.236329 / -78.971521

Find A Grave Memorial #:

5064975

Marker Type:

Upright, newer, legible, SAR bronze medal. marble

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

21 Jun 2014

Comments:

Image provided with permission from Patty Hall, Find-a-Grave member # 47961262
His gravestone was rated during 1970, poor, in need of a cleaning. Stone at Fort Defiance is a replacement stone
gravestone photo with permission of Craig Batten, GW Chapter, VASSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

No GPS data for grave site on Find-a-Grave - Oct 2021

Photo: 1 of 2

Photo: 2 of 2

Author: Mark Andrew Davis

Robert A Curry was born on 10 November 1717 in Londonderry, Ireland [Note: no original/contemporary records found to prove date and place of birth]. He was married to Ann [surname unproven] about 1745.

Margaret was born on 31 March 1752 and married Isaac Nichols.
Robert [Jr] was born in 1760 and married Sarah Young.
James was born about 1767 and married Margaret Frances.
Ann was born on 22 January 1768 and married William Glenn.
Alexander was born about 1775.
Isaiah was born on 30 June 1778 and married Abigail Hall.

During the American Revolution, Robert was a civil servant in August County, Virginia, when on 18 March 1783, he was made the Overseer of Roads. It was an unpaid position requiring him to arrange for enslaved and free men to make repairs, including cutting down trees to repair bridges.

Before the Revolution, he served as Captain of the Home Guard in Augusta County.

He made his Last Will and Testament on 29 December 1803 in Augusta County, Virginia. He lists his heirs as his wife “Ann;” and children: Samuel, Margaret Nickels, Mary Erwin, Ann Glenn, William, James, Robert, Alexander, and Isaiah. His will was proven in court on 24 December 1804.

He died sometime before his Will was proven in court. The gravestone at Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church was erected in the 20^th century, so the information on it cannot be relied upon as factual or accurate.

Sources:

Virginia, Augusta County Probate Court, Will Book 9, page 417.
Creel, Bevin J., Augusta County, Virginia Court Orders, 1774-1785, [no place of publication]: [np], 2010, page 400.

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