Stephen McCurdy and Delilah Wright

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Husband Stephen McCurdy ¹

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           Born: 26 Oct 1790 - Cumberland Co., Pa
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Oct 1847 - (Whitfield Co., Georgia) 2
         Buried:  - McCurdy Burying Ground, Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia

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         Father: John McCurdy (1762-1837) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Groves (Abt 1765-1825) 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Delilah Wright

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           Born: Abt 1797 - Georgia
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen McCurdy

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McCurdy Pioneers of North America (Clyde W. McCurdy, Collegiate Press, Atlanta, Georgia, 1990), pg 87:

"Stephen McCurdy, the eldest son of John and Elizabeth was born in 1790. He married Delilah Wright circa 1812-1812, and moved to Tennessee soon after the marriage. Their first son Francis W, was born in Tennessee in 1814. Stephen and Delilah returned to Madison County, Georgia before 1820, and are listed in the Madison County Census of 1820, with three children. In the period circa 1822-1825, Stephen and Delilah moved to Newton County, Georgia. This area of Georgia had remained Indian territory, until the Creek Indian Cession of January 22, 1818 and January 8, 1821. In the 1830 Newton County Census, Stephen and Delilah have seven children. They were not found in the 1840 Census, and it is believed they moved to Murray County in 1847. The 1850 Murray County Census lists Delilah and six children in the household, five of whom were born after 1830. The names of the children that are known are: Francis W., John N., William Jasper, Susan A., Stephen Jr., Sarah J., Harriet and George T. The names of the four oldest daughters are not known at this time.
"The part of Murray County in which the family lived became Whitfield County in 1851."

[I cannot find Stephen McCurdy in Madison Co. in 1820.]


CENSUS:

<pre>1830 Newton Co., Georgia
Stephen McCurdy 2001001 -- 022001; no slaves
male female
2 < 5
5-10 2
10-15 2
1 15-20
20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

<pre>1850 Murray Co., Georgia; Sept 4; pg 335
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Delila McCurdy 53 Ga $---
William J. " 21 Ga Farming
Susan A. " 18 Ga
Stephen C. M. " 14 Ga
Sarah J. " 10 Ga
Harriet A. M. " 7 Ga
George T. " 4 Ga </pre>

Delila and William J. are not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Whitfield Co., Georgia, Dalton Dist, p.o. Dalton; July 10; pg 71
523/518
Deliah McCurdy 63 Ga $2500/$300 Farmer
Susan A. " 30 Ga
Sarah J. " 26 Ga
Amanda " 24 Ga
George T. " 15 Ga Farm Laborer </pre>

Deliah McCurdy is not in the Slave Schedule.

BURIAL:

Dates at Find-a-Grave Memorial # 73617080 are 26 Oct 1790 and 4 Oct 1847. The following statements are at that memorial.

"Stephen Cicero McCurdy ("Sr") and Delilah Wright. They, along with all other McCurdy family members in this family group who are listed as being at Mt. Pleasant Cem. in Cohutta, are all located in the McCurdy Family Burying Ground on Maddox Chapel Rd."

"McCurdy Burying Ground located behind 2536-2538 Maddox Chapel Rd NE, Dalton. Behind a red wooden fence, inside chain link fence. Also Hooker Cemetery located same place."

On June 1, 2021 there are two memorials for Stephen McCurdy, the one mentioned above and Memorial # 218621987.

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

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 73617080.

3 Clyde W. McCurdy, "McCurdy Pioneers of North America," 1990, pgs 82-86.

4 Clyde W. McCurdy, "McCurdy Pioneers of North America," 1990, pg 86.