My dad always thought our branch of the McCurry family was descended from Malcolm McCurry's first family in New Jersey. Scroll down a bit on this nice North Carolina genealogy site to read a good article about Malcolm.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncyancey/revolutionarywarfamilies.htm
Yancey County is northeast of Asheville, NC. Burnsville is the main town in the county. Jacks Creek where his land is located is north of Burnsville, perhaps 8-10 miles away but a 15 minute drive due to all the mountains in the way.
I found a bit more information about the local New Jersey militia he was co-quartermaster for in the Revolutionary War here. Apparently he (Malhoun McCurry?) was part of the Western Battalion.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/munsellhistory/h-chpt05.htm
You may be interested in Sally McCurry's article about Malcolm.
http://obcgs.com/mccury.htm
UPDATE: Apparently Malcolm was born in 1742 and died in 1829.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-4118&h=3341456&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7486
UPDATE #2: Here is a bit about his parents--Scott McQuahrie and wife, Malcom's two wives and children.
http://www.geni.com/people/Malcom-McCurry/6000000003581146301
Another picture of his tombstone. I don't know who is posing around the grave.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCCO&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSsr=2921&GRid=55524320&
Here is a bit about his second wife, Sally Lynn, who was born in 1776. It is not known when she died.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCCO&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSsr=2921&GRid=55524320&
Here is information about two of their children, James Lynn McCourry, Sr. and...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106014964
Harriet Harrison McCourry Tucker. As is typical of our family, James Lynn McCourry named his first child after his father (Malcolm McCourry born 1820-?). The name repeats used to drive my dad nuts as he researched his family.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53901728
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncyancey/revolutionarywarfamilies.htm
Yancey County is northeast of Asheville, NC. Burnsville is the main town in the county. Jacks Creek where his land is located is north of Burnsville, perhaps 8-10 miles away but a 15 minute drive due to all the mountains in the way.
I found a bit more information about the local New Jersey militia he was co-quartermaster for in the Revolutionary War here. Apparently he (Malhoun McCurry?) was part of the Western Battalion.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/munsellhistory/h-chpt05.htm
You may be interested in Sally McCurry's article about Malcolm.
http://obcgs.com/mccury.htm
UPDATE: Apparently Malcolm was born in 1742 and died in 1829.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-4118&h=3341456&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7486
UPDATE #2: Here is a bit about his parents--Scott McQuahrie and wife, Malcom's two wives and children.
http://www.geni.com/people/Malcom-McCurry/6000000003581146301
Another picture of his tombstone. I don't know who is posing around the grave.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCCO&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSsr=2921&GRid=55524320&
Here is a bit about his second wife, Sally Lynn, who was born in 1776. It is not known when she died.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCCO&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSsr=2921&GRid=55524320&
Here is information about two of their children, James Lynn McCourry, Sr. and...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106014964
Harriet Harrison McCourry Tucker. As is typical of our family, James Lynn McCourry named his first child after his father (Malcolm McCourry born 1820-?). The name repeats used to drive my dad nuts as he researched his family.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53901728
