Duncan Curry, Jr., son of a state representative and senator and one of the earliest settlers of this section of Georgia, established a plantation in 1842 on property that had included an important early stagecoach stop. As the plantation expanded to eventually cover several thousand acres, the family lived in a log house next to the old stagecoach house. The present house was built in the mid-1850s. It also served as a de facto neighborhood school.
In addition to their farming and entrepreneurial activities, Duncan, with his brother Calvin, built the first Presbyterian church in this section around this time. At the outset of the Civil War, Curry rallied a group of local men for the cause. They became Company F, Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, under Curry’s command. Injured in Maryland, Curry returned to the plantation and helped secure supplies for the local effort. His son, Perry, was killed in the war.
National Register of Historic Places
Was there a young negro slave named Gilbert CRAWFORD, on this plantation?
Travis Curry, here from Charleston SC! No way.
Are you relatives of the Curry’s from Curry Hill?
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This is wonderful! History accompanying the photo!
Very informative!