Person Sheet


Name Nicholas CURRY23, C600, 2088, M
Birth 1752, County Down, Ireland18
Death 15 Aug 1843, Union Co., SC18
Burial Nicholas Corry Cemetery, Gaffney, Cherokee Co., SC18
Father William CORRY, 3208, M
Mother Margaret, 3209, F
Spouses:
1 Sarah SEAWRIGHT23, 5G Aunt, S623, 2084, F
Birth 1753, Augusta Co., VA23,18
Burial Cemetery, Gaffney, Cherokee Co., SC18
Death 18 Jun 1834, Navarro Co., SC18,23
Father John SEAWRIGHT, 2081, M (1717->1784)
Mother Sarah LEEPER, 2082, F (1725-1794)
Marriage Dec 1776, Augusta Co., VA18,23
Children: Robert, 3198, M (1781-1833)
Anna, 3200, F (1785-1843)
James, 3201, M (1786-1860)
William, 3203, M (1788-1863)
Rebecca, 3205, F (1792-)
John, 3207, M (1794-1826)
Research Notes for Nicholas CURRY
From "William Corry and His Descendants" by Mildred Seab Ezell:page 3
Nicholas Corry, b. 1752, County Down, Ireland (Revolutionary War Declaration
Record.)d. 15 Aug 1843, Union Co., SC, buried Nicholas Corry Cemetery near
Gaffney, Cherokee Co., SC, m. December 1776, Sarah Seawright, b. 1753, Augusta
County, VA, d. 19 June 1834, Union District, SC, Daughter of John and Sarah
(Leeper) Seawright."
page 116, He lived in Union Co., SC. The deeds there show he had extensive
land holdings. His will is recorded in Union Co., Will Book 5, p. 334, dated 1
March 1842, recorded 2 June 1844.
Nicholas sailed from Ireland to Colony of SC in 1767, when he was 15 years of
age, elder brother, Alexander. He Petitioned for 100 acres of land on 25 May
1767 as did his father and elder brother Alexander.

"Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia" by Lyman Chalkley,
Vol. II, page 177, Listed in the lawsuit Seawright vs Seawright are...
Nicholas Curry and Sarah, his wife.18
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