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The Currin family came from Kilkenny, Ireland in 1682 to Accomack County, Virginia.
Early records show Currins in Accomack, York, Isle of Wight, Louisa, Norfolk and Hanover Counties in Virginia.
John Currin was an indentured immigrant who came to America in 1682 as a 21 year old groom
because he did not have money enough to pay his passage. Descendants of John Currin were found in Montgomery County
and York County, Virginia and further south in Granville County, North Carolina. James Currin was the first Currin to
come to Granville County in 1764/5. Hugh Currin, his brother came several years later and was found dead in the woods
during the Revolutionary War. James Currin was a Captain in the Granville County Militia during the Revolutionary War.
His two sons served 84 months in the same war. Each of the sons were given a land grant south of the Cumberland River
in the state of Tennessee for their war service. The Currin family name was listed for serving and protecting their family
and country in various wars.
Currins were tillers of the soil, builders, and blacksmiths; each carving a way of life far
less comfortable than their homeland, but one they could hold onto and mold according to their own wishes and capabilities.
Surnames:
The name Currin or Curran in Ireland is derived from either the O'Corrain or O'Currain native
Gaelic Septs. There are a number of variants of the name including Currane, Curreen, Curren, and Currin and it is in Counties
Galway, Leitrim, Waterford and Tipperary that the majority of descendants can still be found.
The following names have been connected to the Currin family:
Nelson, Ramsey, Humphries,
Buchanan, Smith, Hester, Carrington, Wilkinson, Wilkerson, Hobgoods, Daniel, Sears, White, Coleman, Frazier, Knott, Badgett,
Williamson, Hunt, Pruitt, Kiser, Wood, Rutledge, Pittard, West, Brooks, Elliott, Finch, Hicks, Fuller, Averett, Downey, Murray,
Rice, Blackwell, Yancey, Hart, Dickerson, Kittrell, Thomas, Wilson, Brummitt, Adcock, Blackley, Pitts, Neathery, Stokes, Cooper,
Gooch, Green, Wheeler, Parker, Rudd, Perry, Jones, Vass, Barker, Taylor, Owens, Parker, Light, Tunstall, Parham, Leavister,
Montgomery, Riggan, McCall, Lankford, Green, Tillotson, Stovall, Tatum, Wilson, Parrott, Boyd, King, Ellington,
Cutts, Montague, Evans, Slaughter, Addison, Goss, Nevilles, Pridgen, Davis, Long, Oliver, Wicker, Moss, Lockey, Englebright,
Satterwhite, Elam, Chandler, Lemay, Carroll, House, Tippett, Randolph, Cannady, Crews, Howard, Beasley, Watson, Mangum, O'Briant,
Latta, Dean, Sherman, Overton, Perry, Ragan, Laughter, Hamilton, Strum, Kimrey, Pridgen, Aiken, Jenkins, Nelms, Puckett, McCormick,
Edwards, Oakley, Usry, Scarborough (more names to be added later).
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