James Current, II

Notes for James Current II:

Burial: the Current Cemetery off Messick Road, Stoney Creek Township

Census: 1840 State of Indiana, Henry Co., Franklin Township

Note: 1833 The children of James Current II, along with Samuel Jones,leave Virginia for Henry Co.,

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Indiana. They were Peter and John(with their families), James 3 (unmarried), Nellie (Current) Jones

and Mary (Current) Lake - with their families.James II travels with them and later returns to Virginia.*

Note: This son James is the ancestor of all the Currents in eastern Indiana

Note: 1805 James sold 300 acres on Three Fork Creek for 100 pounds to his son John

Note: 1805 James Sr. sold 300 acres on Three Fork Creek adjoining John also for 100 pounds to his son James Jr.

Note: 1809 Martin receives 78 acres and Enoch 307 acres from James

Note: 1835 The land of James Current II was sold and he departed to join his children in Henry Co.,

Indiana.

In 1835, James 2 and Margaret (after selling their property) with their sons Abraham J., William Putnam and George W. Current also leftVirginiafor Indiana.In 1836 James bought a 1 20 a c re farm in Henry

Co.and livedhere until his death in 1845. He also had another 80 acr e s o flandrecorded Apri l 15, 1837.--

---Both Margaret Johnson Current and James Current I I were in their sixties when they made the move west.They are both buried in the Current Cemetery located on the Robert Waldrath farm, Messick Road, Blountsville, Stoney Creek Township, Henry Co.,Indiana.

The following information was taken from a published record of Thomas D. Hamm , Compiler, Published in 1979, by the Henry Co.Historical Soc.Inc., 606 S. 14t h St.. New Castle, IN 47362:

Cemetery Records,Stony Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana - The Current Family Cemetery is located on the Robert Waldrath farm on the Messick Road, on section twenty -nine, about 3 miles west of Blountsville. It is not accessible from any road and can be reached only by crossing the Waldrath's land.This cemetery was founded as the burying ground for the family of James and Margaret (Johnson) Current, the progenitors of the Current family in Henry County. They emigrated to Stony Creek Township from West Virginia in 1834. James Current , Senior, was the first person buried here. He died in 1845. The last burial took place in1911. The use of this cemetery seems to have fallen off as the use of Buck Creek German Baptist Cemetery, a half mile north increased. Many of the families buried here, such as the Himes's and the Cross's, have later generations buried at Buck Creek.

The Current Cemetery was recorded in June of 1973, so the editor can make no comment on its present condition. It was then overgrown with weeds,although most of the tombstones were still legible and standing.

Just a Family History by Glenn L. Bower.*James Current Jr. and Samuel Jones traveled on horseback with the family entourage to provide protection as needed and to check out the new land. One of them would usually ride ahead to identify the next evening's shelter, since there were few taverns or even farmhouses on the way. The trip took nineteen days. Samuel Jones and James Current Jr. then returned to their home in the Tygart Valley, very enthusiastic about the opportunities available in Indiana. Almost all of the remaining members of their families moved to Henry County within the next several years.