Sarah Curry went to the Southwest to Florida as a widow. She had married young, it is said, to Angus Douglass, and raised her children in Richmond Co., North Carolina. When all the families decided to move to the Southwest, Sarah decided to go along too. She left the beautiful green mountains of North Carolina and joined the wagon train. She lived out her days in the wilds of Florida. Others in the Curry family went south to Alabama.

Angus CURRY and Christian (?)

Angus CURRY and Catherine (McLean?)
Not of my direct line but of interest to others

Sarah CURRY and Angus DOUGLASS

Clan Currie, known in the old days as Clan McMuhurrich, were founded by Muiredach O'Daly of the bardic family. The designation of Bard was heriditary. Muiredach was forced to flee to Scotland in 1213 after slaying the Chief of the O'Donnels (who had the NERVE to demand rent from the great poet), settling in Finlaggan, stronghold of Donald, Lord of the Isles (grandson of the Celtic-Norse founder of the Kingdom of Innesgal) and giving support against the Stewarts. Motto: Inspire to victory!

CURRY & CURRIE RESOURCES

Much information based on the research of Bee Lane and with many thanks to Mrs. Lane, R. C. McLean, Myrtle Bridges, Angie Rayfield, Johnny Douglass, Linley Katherine McKinnon Allen and Brian Dameral

Angus CURRY and Christian (-?)

Husband: Angus Curry

LifeNotes: he was in America before the Revolution.

Born:
Married:
Died: will dated 11/15/1807; probated 6/1813, Richmond Co., NC. Have a photocopy of the handwritten will. See the text.
Parents: who were they??

Wife: Christian (-?)

LifeNotes: she was in America before the Revolution. Who IS she??

Born:
Married:
Died:
Parents: who were they?

Their children were:

• Angus Curry See his page. Married Catherine (McLean?). Their children were: Sarah Douglass, Daniel Douglass, Margaret Douglass.
• Sarah Curry, born 1773. Married Angus Douglass in ca 1793. Their children were: Duncan C., Douglass Alexander, Margaret Douglass, Catharine Douglass (m. John Love MacKinnon), Daniel Douglass, Angus Douglass. My gggggrandparents.
• Mary Curry. Married (Alexander?) Nicholson
• Abigail Curry Married -? McDuffie.
• William Curry. Anybody looking for a William??

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Angus CURRY and Catherine McLEAN
Not my direct line but of interest to others with many thanks to R. C. McLean

Husband: Angus Curry

LifeNotes: ordained an Elder of Harmony Presbyterian Church. The church, which was begun in 1800, was a log meeting house built on the farm of John D. McLean, about four miles east of present day Ellerbe, N.C. John's great great grandson, R. C. McLean, shares with us the following exerrpt from the oldest extant minute book of the church, from a book entitled "Sketch of the History of Harmony Church"and written, as R. C. describes it, in a beautiful script:

"In the summer or fall of the year anno domini 1800, Murdoch McMillan, then a licentiate of Orange Presbytery preached a sermon at the house of Daniel Gill, about five miles from the site of the since Harmony church, to a crowded audience.It being, in a manner, a destitute place, and the the people being pleased with him, to encourage his service among the, they soon after built for him and themselves a temporary log meeting house at John McLean's"

"Alexander Nicholson and Angus Curry were ordained Elders in the fall of the year AD 1833 by the Rev'd John Warnock. Mr. Curry moved to Barbour County, Ala. in December AD 1834 where he now lives".

R. C.'s Note: The "Sketch" was written in 1838 by a minister serving the church at that point in time. A "destitute place" as mentioned above means that there was not preaching of the Word of God in that vicinity.)

Born: 1770-5 "in southeast Scotland
Married:
Died: 8/24/1840, Clio, Barbour Co., AL; buried at Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Clio, AL
Parents: maybe Angus and Christian (-?) Curry

Wife: Catherine (McLean??) was she a sister to John D. McLean??

LifeNotes:

Born: southeast Scotland
Married:
Died: 11/5/1842, Clio, Barbour Co., AL; buried at Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Clio
Parents:

Their children were:

• Sarah Curry, born 2./6/1816. Died 4/16/1856, Barbour Co., AL.
• Daniel Curry, born 11/5/1796. Owned land in Barbour Co., AL as of 18551. Was first clerk of the session of Pea River Presbyterian Church in Clio. Died 10/11/1867, buried at Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Clio, Barbour Co., AL
• Margaret Curry, born 11/1/1798, Richmond Co., NC. Married John W. McLean. Margaret Curry was buried at Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Clio, Barbour Co., AL

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Sarah CURRY and Angus DOUGLASS

Wife: Sarah Curry

LifeNotes: it is said she was quite young when she married Angus Douglass. She was named in her father's will (dated 11/15/1807; probated 6/1813, Richmond Co., NC) in which she received a cow, as did her sisters Mary Curry Nicholson and Abigail Curry McDuffie. Their brother William Curry and their mother received the bulk of the Curry estate which included 200 acres on each side of Mark's Bridge.

Born: 1773
Married: 1794 in NC
Died: 1/30/1833 in Walton Co., FL
Parents: Angus and Christian (-?) Curry

Husband: Angus Douglass

LifeNotes: See his Douglass page. On 1/3/1822, bought land next to Murdock McKinnon, Sarah Douglass and Daniel McSwain.

Born: 1759 in probably the Highlands of Scotland, according to grandson, John Love MacKinnon, Jr., author of "The History of Walton Co." [FL]
Married: ca 1793
Died: 6/30/1819 in Richmond Co., NC. Died intestate-without a will. See the estate records. Angus was buried Old Sneads Grove Cemetery, Laurel Hill, NC, which is an abandoned cemetery near present-day Laurenburg in that part of Richmond Co., NC which is now Scotland Co., NC.
Parents: Daniel and Effie McLean Douglass

Their children were:

• Alexander Douglass, born ca 1794-5 in Richmond Co., NC. On 1/3/1822, bought land next to Murdock MacKinnon, Sarah Douglass and Daniel McSwain. Migrated with his mother Sarah Curry Douglass and brother Daniel B. Douglass (and possibly sister Mary Douglass) to FL about 1826; stayed on the Chipola River in Gadsden Co., GA for 2 years and farmed. He was appointed and served in the 1825 GA Legislative Council of the Territory representing Gadsden Co., GA. He later tried to join others in Walton Co., FL; he was held back by a rise of the waters. He surveyed the river and the land and made the first crossing at the spot referred to as Douglass Ferry, which was named for him. The crossing became a popular spot for travelers. At age 55, married Mary (Oates?), listed in the 1850 census for Walton Co., FL as age 23, born AL and in the 1860 census as age 35, born AL. Alexander Douglass is listed in the Walton Co., FL 1850 census as age 42 and 1860 census as age 65, born in NC. Their daughter Mary E. Douglass, born ca 1857-8. (listed in 1860 census as age 3). On 11/29/1864, Alexander Douglass died of exhaustion while moving his cattle in the waters of the Lincoln Freshet. He is buried with other relatives in the Euchee Anna Cemetery.
• Duncan C. Douglass, born ca 1796 Richmond Co., NC. As Bee Lane puts it, Duncan seemed to have a penchant for getting into trouble. His record is spread all over Richmond Co., NC court records. On 6/15/1815, in the Court of Pleas and Quarterly Sessions of Richmond Co., NC, Duncan was ordered to pay Catherine McLeod the sum of $20 with Angus Douglass as security for payment for maintenance of a child born of Cartherine; this sum was to be paid in quarterly amounts for a year. Caty was granted the right to keep the child for another year with payments of $12 from Duncan C. (he may have been a minor in June 1815).
• Margaret Douglass, born ca 1797-8 Richmond Co., NC. Maried Malcolm Morrison who died young after the births of their 2 children, Catherine Morrison (b. ca 1814; m. ca 1832 Angus Campbell, Richmond Co., NC; they went to Walton Co., FL; Angus, son of Daniel Campbell, fought in the Indian War of 1836-7) and John Morrison (b. 1817 NC; m. Christian ? ca 1842 FL; was a Mason; very prosperous; elected to Senate several times). Margaret Douglass moved to Walton Co., FL. She may have married 2nd-Murdock D. Gillis.
• Catharine L.Douglass, born 2/16/1803 in Richmond Co., NC. Married 4/26/1821 in Richmond Co., NC, John Love MacKinnon. They migrated to Walton Co., FL in 1826. My ggggrandparents.
• Daniel B. Douglass, born ca 1800, Richmond Co., NC. Migrated with his mother Sarah Curry Douglass and brother Alexander Douglass (and possibly sister Mary Douglass) to FL about 1826; stayed on the Chipola River in Gadsden Co., GA for 2 years and farmed. He was appointed and served in the 1825 GA Legislative Council of the Territory representing Gadsden Co., GA. Went later to Walton Co., FL, probably 1827-28.
• Mary Douglass, born ca 1806, Richmond Co., NC.
• Angus Curry Douglass, born 8/10/1815 in Robeson Co., NC. [Why was he born in Robeson Co., NC?? It is speculated he may be the child born to Catherine McLeod.] Migrated to Walton Co., FL with the other Scottish families. Served in the Seminole War in FL. He shows up in the 1830 census in the hosehold of his brother Alexander aas being age 15-20; in the 1840 census as a male age 20-30. Married Mary McLean, daughter of Hugh and Sarah Campbell McLean, in 1842. Their children were (ages determined by their listing in the 1860 census): Sarah Douglass (b. 7/14/1843; called "Sis Say" by her siblings; m. William Frederick Green; he servwed in the 8th FL Regiment, CSA, also signer of the FL Constitution in 1846), John Campbell (b. 11/11/1845; was a farmer and cattlemman; m. 1st-Jeannie Gillis; m. 2nd-Mary Ann McDonald; d. 1/28/1924), Charles (b. ca 1846), Christian C. (b. ca 1849; m. John L. Campbell, son of Daniel D. Campbell; d. 1915), Angus Douglass (b. 1/27/1852; farmer; lived at "Old Place:; m. Mary Ann Campbell, daughter of Neill and Nancy Ray McPherson; 8/20/1929), Margaret Jane (b. 1/30/1854; m. Henry L. Frater, merchant; d. 3/26/1895), Catharine "Kate" L. Douglass (b. 9/12/1856; m.John C. McSween, prominent farmer and Walton Co., FL leader; d. 3/15/1911), Irene Douglass (m. F. B. Galloway), Daniel D. (b. 11/11/1858; m. Sarah Daniel McLeod, daughter of D. G. McLeod; d. 10/1/1919), Duncan Edward Douglass (b. 8/9/1860; m. Mary Rice; d. 5/1/1941), Hugh Alexander Douglass (b. 1/28/1863; m. Florence Thompson; d. 7/7/1937), Abigail Douglass (b. 4/30/1856; m. James Alexander McLean; d. 10/18/1950), William Murphy Douglass (b. 1867; was in railroading; m. Annie Williams). Angus is pictured in the book A History of Walton County. Angus is listed as age 45, born in NC, in the 1860 census (this does not jibe wtth birthdate) and Mary is listed as age 33, born in FL, which if she was the mother of all the children would put her as age 17 having her first child. Buried in Euchee Anna Cemetery.

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