James Curtis

James Curtis
BIRTH
1755
DEATH
1845 (aged 89–90)
Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Curtis Family Farm Cemetery
Ohio County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61458463/james_curtis

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• father - Job Curtis - born - 1702/32 - 1757/1817
• mother - Mary Cordry - born 1739/64 - 1757/1823
• was born 1754 in Berkeley County, VA (now West Virginia), and died 1845 in Curtis Run, Ohio County WVA..
• He married Maria Elizabeth Coffinberry on 1775 in Frederick County, VA.

Notes for James Curtis:

JAMES3 CURTIS (JOB2, JONATHAN1) was born 1754 in Frederick. Virginia, and died 1845 in Curtis Run, Ohio. He married ELIZABETH COFFINBERRY 1775, daughter of GEORGE KAUFENBAEGER and KATRINA KIMMEL. She was born October 25, 1753 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and died Bef. 1813 in Curtis Run, Ohio.

From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY," Vol. I, pages 493-494.

Brant & Fuller, 1890.

James Curtis, one of the earliest settlers of the valley of the upper Ohio river, first came to the territory now known as Ohio county in

about 1780, and located a settler's claim for the Morgans, other early settlers, and one for himself, but in a short time, being a minor, he was driven from his claim. He then returned to his old home in the east, and there remained until 1786, when he came back to West Virginia with Edward Morgan. He brought his family with him, and in 1787, made his home on the land which has since belonged to

his descendants. James Curtis reared a family of ten children, nine of whom lived to be over eighty years of age. He himself lived to the age of ninety-one years. Salathiel Curtis, one of the sons of the above, was born in 1782. He became one of the prominent lawyers of Ohio and adjoining counties.

Children

Susannah CURTIS b: 7 MAR 1776 in Ohio County, West Virginia d: 28 JUN 1813

Nancy CURTIS Birth: 30 APR 1790 in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va (now WVA) d. : 19 FEB 1848 in Martinsburg, Monroe County, Ohio

Ann CURTIS b: 8 FEB 1781 in Berkeley,Virginia d; 11 SEP 1870 in Greene County, Indiana, m: Alexander Dunlap

• Salathiel CURTIS b: 25 JUL 1782 in W. Liberty, Brooke, VA (now Ohio, WV), Occupation: Lawyer, d: Jun 1869 in West Liberty, Ohio County, VA, m: Mary Foreman, b: 1785 ,d: 1873, Children: James Foreman Curtis b. 13 Jul 1812 in West Liberty, Ohio County, VA

Sarah CURTIS b: 7-18-1787, Berkeley CO, Virginia d: 21 June 1869 Marshal Co., West Virginia, m: Wylie HUNT b: 1-26-1784 in MD

Rachel CURTIS Birth: 19 OCT 1789 in West Liberty, Brooke, Va (now Ohio, WVA) Death: 11 AUG 1867 in Mentone, KS., m. John Dunlap, 13 Jun 1811 in Wheeling, Ohio, WV, Children: Elizabeth Curtis Dunlap b. 27 Dec 1813 in Harrison County, OH

John CURTIS b: 25 July 1787 in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va (now WVA) d: ABT. 1864 in West Liberty, Brooke, Va (now Ohio, WVA), m: Jane Martin

Elizabeth CURTIS b: 1792 Ohio County Va. d: 8 JAN 1874 in WVA

James CURTIS ABT. 1774 in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va (now WVA) Death: 1854 in West Liberty, Brooke, Va (now Ohio, WVA)

Abigail CURTIS b: 1798 in Ohio County, Va. d: 1877 in Ohio County, Va (now WV)

Fanny CURTIS Birth: 1777 in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va (now WVA)

Source: Wilma Atkinson Engelhardt

Research Results - - - James Curtis served in the Revolutionary War. He is listed in a roster dated 30 Nov 1778 as one of two fife and drum members of Captain James Gray's Company 11 Virginia Infantry in Colonel Daniel Morgan's 11th and 15th Virginia Regiments.

He settled in Ohio County, Virginia in 1786 having made a claim there in 1772.

Event: Presiding Official in W. Wilson

James' will was proved in Ohio County, Virginia in the November 1845 term.

More About JAMES CURTIS and ELIZABETH COFFINBERRY:

Marriage: 1775

Ron, here is the response I received from my Okey cousin, who is also

descended from the Curtis line in question. I know that Liberty Curtis

from this line was a primary abolitionist in Franklin Twp, Monroe

County, OH. His tombstone in the Curtis Ridge Cemetery in Noble County has

a pair of clasped hands and the logo Friend of the Slave. I still do

not think this Nancy is the wife of the John Dailey in question. I will

let you know what I hear further from Carolyn. John

Source: John Ogden

Private in the 11 VA Reg under General Daniel Morgan

CURTIS, James - 30 Aug 1831 - Record of Wills, Bk 3, pg 279

Source: Ohio County, VA, will book pages

Of IRISH parentage p 100 FARIS book

Source: Jeanne Lee Cunningham

Sources:

Title: World Family Tree, Volume 5 Ed. 1 Tree 2722

Shaner, Jennifer Leigh Curtis (mjshaner@clandjop.com)

Engelhardt, Wilma (wmhart@prodigy.net) Note: From her family files

John Ogden jonowamp@aol.com

Michelle McHenry

Sheila Waters

Cherie Atkinson Clark

• Forty years before his death he retired from the practice of law, and devoted much leisure to poetry, composing some very interesting poems, notable among which is one of considerable length, entitled, "The Colonists." The wife of this well-known gentleman was Mary Foreman, whose father, Reuben Foreman, owned originally all the site of West Liberty, west of Main street.

Ohio County Marriages, Curtis Salathael Foreman Mary 12-Nov 1811

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JAMES3 CURTIS (JOB2, JONATHAN1) was born 1754 in Frederick. Virginia, and died 1845 in Curtis Run, Ohio. He married ELIZABETH COFFINBERRY 1775, daughter of GEORGE KAUFENBAEGER and KATRINA KIMMEL. She was born October 25, 1753 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and died Bef. 1813 in Curtis Run, Ohio.

More About JAMES CURTIS and ELIZABETH COFFINBERRY:

Marriage: 1775

Source; Michelle McHenry

More About James Curtis:

Census 1: 1810, Ohio County (W)VA.

Census 2: 1820, Ohio County (W)VA.

Military service: Private in the 11 VA Reg under General Daniel Morgan .

More About James Curtis and Maria Elizabeth Coffinberry:

Marriage: 1775, Frederick County, VA.

Children of James Curtis and Maria Elizabeth Coffinberry are:

+Susannah Curtis, b. March 07, 1776, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia (now WV), d. June 28, 1813, Curtis Run, Ohio County, VA.

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