Baker County Georgia Biographies - Rev. William L. Curry ********************************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************************************** This file contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Charlene Parker" Sep 2002 From "History of Bethel Association Including Centennial Meeting", by Alexander Lee Miller W. L. CURRY The subject of this sketch was born in South Carolina but he made Georgia his home by adoption at the close of the Civil War. He was a graduate of Furman University and attended the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C. and two years at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Greenville, S. C. After the war he settled in Dougherty County, Georgia where he preached and taught school. He afterwards moved down into Baker County and was called to take charge of the Church at Milford which he served for a long while. He spent one year in Randolph County. He preached one year for the Blakely Church, two for the Morgan Church, three for the Evergreen Church and also served the Notchaway Church. While preaching at Evergreen Church one day while in the midst of his sermon a note was handed him. He read it, and then proceeded with his discourse until it was finished. The note announced the sudden death of his father, whom the day before he had left in good health in the adjoining county of Baker. He was gifted with a large share of common sense and tact, supplemented by a liberal education, and personal piety, with earnestness and pathos in the pulpit, devotion to his people and a remarkable caution with regard to the reception of candidates for baptism. His life meant much to the Bethel Association. SOME BAKER COUNTY GA MARRIAGES & MARRIAGES OF BAKER COUNTY CITIZENS OCCURRING IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES 1872-1909 AS FOUND IN AREA NEWSPAPERS Spence, W. N. Curry, Annie R. CCC 13 June 1884 Married. At the residence of the bride's father, Rev. W. L. Curry, in Baker county, Hon. W. N. Spence of Mitchell county, to Miss Annie R. Curry; the Rev. Jno. L. Underwood, officiating. Georgia Marriages CURRY, W. L. - TWITTY, ELLA Marriage Date: 30 Jul 1882 Mitchell County 1850 Edgefield Co. SC page 140 2142 Lewis Curry 69 m Farmer 5000 SC Mary 64 f Sc 2143 Joel Curry 41 m Farmer 15000 SC Elizabeth 33 f SC Susan 15 f SC William 14 m SC Mary 12 f SC Sarah 10 f SC Anny? 7 f SC Thomas 5 m SC Warrin 3 m SC Mary Holmes 7 f SC 1850 Norfolk County Virginia page 3 36/37 Thomas D. Toy 36 m 3500 Va Amelia A. 33 f Va Crawford H. 14 m Va Mary J. 12 f Va Emily E. 10 f Va Virginia 10 f Va Julia A. 8 f Va Joseph A. 5 m Va Robert B. 3 m Va Lucy C. 6/12 f Va Jane 65 f Va Wesley Finch 26 m Va druggist Two other biographies of this man can be seen at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bios/baptist/curry.txt http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell/bios/curry.txt