 He was born January 18, 1746/47 in Essex Co. MA, and died September 1817 in Watrace, Bedford Co.TN.
Notes for MOSES ARCHIBALD YELL:
Moses was a farmer. He moved to Talbot Co. MD and then to Rockingham Co. NC. He next moved to Jefferson
Co. TN and then to Middle TN where he bought 750 acres of land near Shelbyville, Bedford Co. TN.
He had 5 slaves.
He and Jane Curry Yell had a son, A.H. Yell, the first governor of Arizona.
Child of JANE CURRY and MOSES YELL is:
i. GOV. ARCHIBALD3 YELL.
5. ALEXANDER2 CURRY (DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born October 14, 1770 in Baltimore MD, and died 1842 in Mt. Sterling, Brown Co. IL. He married ELIZABETH NUTTER 1799, daughter of Robert NUTTER and Sara BAGWELL. She was born August 26, 1776 in Dover, DE, and died August 28, 1846 in Mt. Sterling, Brown Co. IL.
Notes for ALEXANDER CURRY:
Alexander Curry was a founder of the town of Mt. Sterling IL. He first purchased a tract of land on the Lexington Pike. He lived there until 1830, when he moved to IL, accompanied by his wife and children. He made a settlement in Brown Co, which was then a part of Schuyler Co. As soon as the land came into market he entered 2,000 acres, including the present site of Mt. Sterling, where he erected a double log house on the lot now occupied by the Christian Church.
This log house was used as a dwelling, a justice’s room, and a meeting house.
Alexander did not keep a hotel, but he did entertain travelers free of charge. He was the first Justice of the Peace and the first postmaster.
SOURCE: BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF CASS, SCHULER AND BROWN COUNTIES, ILLINOIS- 1892. Chicago: Bio. Review Pub. Co.
Children of ALEXANDER CURRY and ELIZABETH NUTTER are:
i. DANIEL3 CURRY.
ii. ROBERT N CURRY.
iii. JOHN R. CURRY, b. October 19. 1803, Scott Co. KY.
iv. OLIVIA CURRY.
v. SARA CURRY.
vi. NANCY CURRY.
vii. LEAH CURRY.
viii. MARY CURRY.
ix. HARRIETT CURRY.
6. NANCY2 CURRY (DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born 1776 in Delaware. She married WILLIAM McHATTON January 07, 1796 in Harrison Co. KY, son of John McHATTON and Martha LYTLE.
Children of NANCY CURRY and WILLIAM McHATTON are:
i. MILTON3 McHATTON, b. 1797.
ii. HARVEY McHATTON, b. 1801.
iii. MARTHA McHATTON, b. 1803.
iv. REV. JAMES ARCHIBALD McHATTON, b. May 07, 1804; d. June 30, 1887, Greenton Valley, Lafayette Co. MO; m. SUSAN H. CHINN, November 04, 1827, Rev. G. Gates of Middleton, KY; b. July 20, 1806; d. October 18, 1867, Greenton Valley, Lafayette Co.MO.
Notes for REV.JAMES ARCHIBALD MCHATTON:
Rev. James Archibald McHatton was a minister in the Baptist Christian Church. He helped in the founding of the Green Valley Church, among others. SOURCE: THE EMISON FAMILIES, REVISED by James Wade Emison, 1954. Also from McHatton Family Bible Records held by Carl Gearhart.
About REV.JAMES ARCHIBALD MCHATTON:
v. SARA MCHATTON, b. 1805.
Generation No. 3
7. SARA JANE3 CURRY (JOHN DELAWARE2, DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born 1809 in Harrison Co. KY, and died 1850 in Peno Twp., Pike Co. MO. She married THOMAS WHITLEDGE February 1828 in Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY, son of John WHITLEDGE and Alcey FRITTER. He was born 1788 in Paris, Bourbon Co. KY, and died 1850.
Notes for THOMAS WHITLEDGE:
Bond of Sara Jane Whitledge and John Curry. Copy obtained by Ralph E.
Coppage, Cynthiana Co. Clerk,
Cynthiana KY. It
is dated January 9,1828. The bond agreement is hard to read, but is
signed by John H. Curry and Thomas Whitledge. Permission Certificate
Child of SARA CURRY and THOMAS WHITLEDGE is:
11. i. AMERICA SUSAN4 WHITLEDGE, b. September 07, 1830, Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY; d. October 22, 1873, Bowling Green, Pike Co. MO.
8. PERRY ALLEN3 CURRY (JOHN DELAWARE2, DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born September 29, 1819 in KY, and died February 20, 1902 in Curryville, Pike Co. MO. He married SUSAN J. BIGGS November 05, 1846 in Pike Co. MO, daughter of William BIGGS and Elizabeth McCUNE. She was born 1822 in MO.
Notes for SUSAN J. BIGGs:
Susan J. Biggs was the widow of James C. Duval. They married April 1839 in Pike Co. MO
Children of PERRY CURRY and SUSAN BIGGS are:
i. MARY MALVINA4 CURRY, b. September 1847.
ii. JOHN CURRY, b. 1849.
iii. EMILY 