Montomery, Laurens, Wheeler and Dodge Counties GeorgiaBios Currie, Malcom File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Brent Currie Currie1@bellsouth.net Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/montgomery.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Long County, GA GenWeb Coordinator Montomery, Laurens, Wheeler and Dodge Counties GeorgiaBios Currie, Malcom The Malcom Currie Family of Robeson County, NC and Montgomery County, GA Malcom Currie (1796-1875) was born in Robeson County, North Carolina in 1796. He was a son of one of the many Scots immigrants to North America after the failed Jacobite Rebellions in Scotland. In 1895 a biographical sketch was written of Dr. Malcolm L Currie, a grandson of Malcom, which confirms the family's ties to Robeson, "His great-grandfather emigrated from the highlands of Scotland and settled in Robeson county [sic], N. C. His grandfather, Malcolm Currie, was born in Robeson county, and emigrated from there to Montgomery county [sic], Ga., settling in the latter county about 1818". * Malcom's family was most certainly from the western islands of Scotland, the islands of Colonsay or Islay in particular. All evidence points to the former as the most likely as a large percentage of highland, and specifically Currie, immigration to North Carolina in the late 1700's can be attributed to the sailing of the General Washington from Colonsay in 1791. This ship sailed directly from Colonsay to Wilmington and contained a majority of Colonsay's total population, of which Currie (MacVurrich in Gaelic) was a most common surname. Unfortunately a passenger list for this vessel is currently unavailable to confirm this information. Some time before 1824, Malcom was married to a Scots-Irish immigrant named Susan Callahan also presumably from North Carolina. Nothing is known of Malcom's parents but there was an Indian passport dated October 29th, 1804 for "Malcom Curry, a citizen of North Carolina"** to pass through Creek Indian lands in Washington County, GA. This could have possibly been Malcom's father or a close relative that was prospecting the land that would soon become available through lottery in the state of Georgia. As Malcom was almost certainly not the first male heir to his father's estate, he decided to leave the crowded Lumber Bridge area of Robeson County. In approximately 1818 Malcom and his wife decided to take advantage of the wealth of available land in the state of Georgia, and settled in what is currently South Laurens and North Wheeler County area. This land was originally part of Montgomery County and eventually became home to several Currie families from North Carolina as well as many other related families from Scotland. By 1821 there were several Currie households in this area, that of Hugh Currie, Malcom Currie, John Currie and Alexander Currie. Each one had extensive land holdings in Montgomery and had served as public servants for many years. In 1821 John Currie was one of Mt Vernon's first postmasters, Alexander Currie was the Montgomery County Sheriff, and for over thirty years Malcom Currie was the Montgomery County Commissioner. Several of Malcom's sisters also eventually settled in Montgomery County from Robeson. This included Lucy Currie (1791-1861) who married Daniel McIntyre, Mary Currie (1790-1871) who married John Ferguson and Christian Currie who married Ephraim Yawn. As was customary in the agrarian south, Malcom and Susan had a very large family. In total ten children were born to Malcom and Susan with six of them living into late adulthood. All six of Malcom's sons fought in the American Civil War, with two of the sons dying before war's end. All of the children remained close to the Mount Vernon, GA area and prospered as farmers and professionals. Their extended families now reside in almost every corner of the country and have led to over 400 direct descendants of Malcom and Susan Currie. For more information on the Malcom Currie family please visit the following website: http://geocities.com/clancurrie/curriemalcom.htm or send an email to currie1@bellsouth.net Submitted by: Brent Currie 109 Roswell Green Ln. Roswell, GA 30075 Currie1@bellsouth.net * From: Memoirs of Georgia Vol II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Ga. 1895. ** From: Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia, 1785 -1809 and 1810 - 1820 "Monday 29th October 1804. On the recommendation of Turguell McNeil and Angus McMillan, inhabitants of Washington County, ORDERED that a Pass port through the Creek nation be prepared for Malcolm Curry, a citizen of North Carolina, which was presented and signed." 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