Orange County Indexed
The Curry surname
The Curry name in Orange County Indexed: 45 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1895
most named in the 1800s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1761–1867
- Court minutes 1787–1811
- Marriages 1793–1895
- Wills 1798–1843
- In the chronology
- 1928 to 1972 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1920s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Married into
- Hunter 2, Tate 1, Strain 1, Wells 1, Suitt 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Forrest 2, Hunter 2, Cates 2, Nunn 2
- Spellings to try
- Currie, Currey, Corry, Carry
- Search beyond these records
- Curry in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Curry there)
- Curry in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 2 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Curry family family, 1 work
In the historical records 45 records
3 deeds, 6 marriages, 28 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 3 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Curry marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Matthew Curry
1760s
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Curry James
1780s
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded John Strother £20 in damages plus costs against William Steel.
- 1787Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in Jackson and Collins’s action against James Curry.
- 1787Court minutesThe court accepted Jno Elliot and Archibald Lytle as sufficient appeal sureties in the action against James Curry.
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: James Curry (St. Mary’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: John Curry (St. Mary’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: James Curry (St. Mary’s District)
- 1792Court minutesAdministration of the estate of John Curry granted to James Adams; sureties Edward Gwin and Isaac Dorris.
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Hunter and Nancy Curry
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: Aaron Hunter and Mary Curry
- 1798WillsWill of Isaac Forrest
1800s
- 1804Court minutesDeed, Stephen Forrest to Jesse Hunter, proved by James Curry.
- 1807Court minutesJurors credited a payment and awarded James Hutcheson the remaining principal and interest against Faucett and Harder.
- 1807Court minutesJurors found James Williams liable and awarded James Notgrass nominal damages.
- 1807Court minutesDeed, Richard Leigh to Riley Vickers, proved by James Curry.
- 1807Court minutesDeed, William Nunn to Elizabeth Curry, proved by Pleasant Henderson.
- 1807Court minutesDeed, William Nunn to Hugh Curry, proved by Jarratt Yeargain.
- 1807Court minutesJurors upheld William Griffiths’s promise within three years, rejected setoff and awarded ??dah Griffiths damages; an appeal was noted.
- 1807Court minutesJurors found Hugh Riggs detained the claimed obligation within three years, valued it and awarded Hall and Ray nominal damages.
- 1807Court minutesJurors upheld Robert Harris’s promise and awarded Robert Jones damages.
- 1807Court minutesJurors upheld Thomas Horner’s promise and awarded Robert Jones damages.
- 1807Court minutesJohn Campbell and fellow commissioners were appointed to allot a year’s provisions to John Wells’s widow Nancy Wells.
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe jury acquitted Charles Jones.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury was withdrawn in James Lockhart’s prosecution.
1830s
- 1837WillsWill of Joshua (x) Thompson
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph Tate and Margaret Curry
- 1843WillsWill of David Mebane
1850s
- 1853MarriagesMarriage bond: Hugh Curry and Martha A Strain
1860s
1890s
- 1894MarriagesMarriage license: Walter Curry and Katie Wells
- 1895MarriagesMarriage license: R D Suitt and Maggie Curry
Undated
- Court minutesJames Curry replaced Benjamin Long as road overseer.
- Court minutesSixteen grand jurors were called and sworn with John Powell as foreman.
- Court minutesA jury assessed David Craig £50 in James Curry’s action on the case.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Shaderick Forrester, Tho Gwinn, Abraham Anderson and 33 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJurors upheld Henry Hamlin?’s promise and awarded John Stroud damages; an appeal was allowed with approved securities.
- Court minutesJurors rejected setoff and awarded John Ferrington damages against Sam’l Love’s administrator.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Wm Chizenhall granted to James Curry and Burwell Chizenhall; sureties Jesse Hunter, Henry Lewis and John…
- Court minutesDeed, James Curry to Ephraim Cates, proved by Jonathan Kenneday.
- Court minutesDeed, Ezekiel B Curry to James Lapslie, proved by Tho Armstrong.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Mary Curry to James H Bowman, proved by David Woods.
- Court minutesDeed, John Curry & Susannah his wife to John Cook, proved by Isc Holt.
