1798 - 1875

Home    Search    Print    Login    Add Bookmark

• Birth	18 Nov 1798	Abbeville Co., SC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8A48F3CF5462D5119887CB8894AA793F9810
  Died	20 Nov 1875	DeKalb Co., AL
  Buried	Mt. Hermon Cemetery, DeKalb County, Alabama   [1]
  Person ID	I54	Ancestors of Catherine Yvonne King | The Ancestors and Descendants of Johan Jakob Brown/Braun the "Waggonmaker".
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2004 00:00:00
  Father	MCCURDY Elijah, b. 1760, Chester County, Pennsylvannia
  Mother	HARRIS *Anne Handy, b. 1764/1765, Snow Hill, Eastern Shore, MD
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet
  Family	JONES Rosa Ann, b. 1808, Abbeville Township, Abbeville Co, South Carolina
  Married	1824	Abbeville Co., SC
  Children	1. MCCURDY William > 2. MCCURDY *Mary Ann " Malissa", Haws, b. 1825, Limestone County, AL   3. MCCURDY Elizabeth " Eliza ", b. 12 Jun 1827, Limestone County, Alabama > 4. MCCURDY Nathaniel Warren, b. 21 Sep 1832, Limestone County, Alabama   5. MCCURDY John Andrew, b. 1835, Limestone County, Alabama   6. MCCURDY Rebecca Ann, b. 17 Jan 1838   7. MCCURDY Rosa Ann Lourainey " Rainey ", b. 1843   8. MCCURDY Martha V. " Aunt Bob ", b. Apr 1847   9. MCCURDY Nancy Palestine, b. 8 Aug 1852, DeKalb County, Alabma
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet

• Documents	Six Patiots of the American Revolution Six Patriots of the American Revolution and One Probable Loyalist with Descendants in Jackson and DeKalb Counties, Alabama NSDAR#631571 by Frances Lyles Gay Varnell ( 1986)

• Notes

  SOURCE AND NOTES: Elijah McCurdy, Jr. was a farmer in the 1850 ( AL Census, District # 24 ): Elijah McCURDY, Jr. was born November 18, 1798 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. He was the son of Elijah McCURDY, Sr. and Ann HANDY HARRIS. Elijah married Rosa Ann JONES in 1824. He was a pioneer settler in the Mount Hermon Community now known as Pine Ridge, on Highway # 35 near Fort Payne, Alabama. He moved from Lincoln County, Tennessee to Limestone County, Alabama and then to the newly created county of DeKalb , following the removal of the Indians. He brought his family with him and two slaves named Ben and Cato. Ben was left to Elijah, Jr. by his mother ( See Will of Ann H. McCurdy in The McCurdy Family, Early Settlers of DeKalb County, Alabama, 1986, by Hershellene Peek McCurdy and Howard McCurdy ). and according to family tradition Cato was given to his wife, Rose Ann Jones McCurdy, by her parents. Elijah, Jr. owned land in the Mount Hermon Community and one day while watching his livestock graze on a hill beneath a large hickory tree, he selected that spot as his burial site. This hill with its view of ridges and mountains became known as Mount Hermon Cemetery. While Elijah, Jr. died November 20, 1875 at 77 years of age in DeKalb County, Alabama, he was the first to be buried there. He and his wife are buried in a rock enclosure. ( 1434471BJL.ged ) Rose Ann Jones was the daughter of John and Mary Jones from Ireland. Their children were; Eliza Jane McCurdy ( born September 17,1826 ), General Nathaniel Warren McCurdy ( born Sept. 21,1832 ), John Andrew ( born 1836), Rebecca Ann "Becky" ( born January 17,1838 ), Lourainey " Rainey" ( Born Sept 18,1843), Martha " Bob" ( born April 1847 ), Nancy Palestine ( born 1852 ), William ( born?) The McCurdy men were fox hunters and William McCurdy died after a night hunt. ______________________________________________________________________________ Additional Source info: Need to confirm Elijah J. McCurdy Company E 15 Battalion Alabama Partisan Rangers Rank-Induction: Private Rank-Discharge: Private Confederate E McCurdy ( 56 Ala P.R. )

• Sources

  [S44] McCurdy Family ( Lessley & Clark Families ), Betty Jo Ellis, (bjless@whnt.net)