John William Curlee (1852 - 1899)

Born 28 Jul 1852 in Anson, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Aug 1899 at age 47 in Anson, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1852. He was the son of William Curlee and Betsy Efird. He passed away in 1899. His name is given as "John Smith" age 8, on the 1860 Census record, and (incorrectly) as "James Smith", age 15, on the 1870 Census record, because in both records the Census taker listed the last names of all of the children in the household as "Smith", even though his and his sister Sarah Isabel's last name was "Curlee".

J.T. Smith bought a churn for $25 from the Estate of his wife Elizabeth "Betsy" Efird Curlee Smith's former father-in-law Marriner Curlee in 1879. Betsy's son, and Marriner Curlee's grandson by his son William R Curlee, John William Curlee was the Executor of his grandfather's Will. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6F-HL6

Sources

• 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Find a Grave, database and images https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94365091/john-william-curlee: accessed 01 May 2023), memorial page for John William Curlee (28 Jul 1852–21 Aug 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94365091, citing Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery, Polkton, Anson County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Theresa Cloud Dancer Buchanan (contributor 47848063).

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