James McCurdy and Grace "Grissy" Appleby

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Husband James McCurdy ¹

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           Born: Abt 1764 - Cumberland Co., Pa 1
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         Father: David McCurdy (Abt 1728-Abt 1796)
         Mother: Agnes Weakley (Abt 1732-Bef 1795) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Grace "Grissy" Appleby ²

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           Born: 1775 - Cumberland Co., Pa
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           Died: 1832 - Golconda, Pope Co., Ill
         Buried:  - Golconda, Pope Co., Ill

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         Father: William Appleby (Abt 1752-Abt 1808)
         Mother: Agnes McKeehan (1742-Bef 1787) 3

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   Other Spouse: John Calvert (      -1823) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - James McCurdy

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LAND in PENNSYLVANIA:

On page 20 of Julius McCurdy's book The McCurdys of Stone Mountain, Georgia is a surveyor's map of a tract of land in Newton Township containing 330 1/2 acres which was surveyed June 19, 1787 for James McCurdy in pursuance of a warrant issued May 17, 1787. It adjoins a smaller tract surveyed the same day for his brother John.

GEORGIA & TENNESSEE:

In late 1796 and early 1797 four men (William Appleby, Robert Cowden, James Leeper, Allen Leeper) made a journey from Elbert Co., Georgia to Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania and back. See McCurdy Pioneers of North America by Clyde W. McCurdy, page 79. On December 8, 1796 they spent the night with James McCurdy.

James McCurdy remained in Cumberland Co. after many of his relatives and neighbors moved to Georgia. He was still there in 1796, but he did later move to Georgia. On page 80 Clyde W. McCurdy says, "We have no knowledge on James McCurdy's family, that has been documented at this time. We do know from land deeds in Elbert County, that he was there until about 1808. It is believed he moved to Tennessee circa 1808-1810. In 1812, his name and that of his son, James McCurdy Jr. both appear on a Bedford County, Tennessee tax list. He is thought to have died in Bedford County by 1815."

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General Notes: Wife - Grace "Grissy" Appleby

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McCurdy Pioneers of North America by Clyde W. McCurdy, page 81:

The Appleby genealogy tells us that James McCurdy was married to William Appleby's daughter Grace, who was called "Grissy". This seems to be confirmed in William Appleby's will, which refers to his daughter, "Grissy McCurdy". There is some contradiction about the age of Grace Appleby, because her name does not appear on the Big Spring Church records with William Appleby's family. Grace may have been only a year younger than her sister Elizabeth, who was born in 1770, according to her gravestone. Elizabeth's age was given as 14 on the Big Spring Church records, but should have been 17. This would be correct if the lists were made in 1787. If Grace was born circa 1771, she could have married James McCurdy by 1787-1788.

SECOND HUSBAND:

John Calvert married to Mary McCurdy was a brother-in-law of Grace Appleby married to Mary's brother James McCurdy. Some people claim that John Calvert married Grace in Pope Co., Illinois after the deaths of Mary and James.

1 Julius Augustus McCurdy, "The McCurdy's of Stone Mountain, Georgia," 1979, pg 23.

2 Dorothy (Dee) Appleby Turner, Appleby Heritage Association, http://appleby.rootsweb.com.

3 Bessie P. Douglas, "The Families of Joshua Williams of Chester Co., Pa & John McKeehan of Cumberland Co., Pa with Some Allied Families," Augsburg Press, Minneapolis, 1928, pg 289.