Good afternoon!
You may want to Google the following:
"free black African Americans, Port Republic, Virginia, history"

There were slave owners in Virginia, 1853-1865 with the surname "Curry and
Currie" in the following counties:
Curry:  Rockbridge, Chesterfield, Mecklenburg, Henrico, Gloucester
Currie: Lancaster

Contact the local Historical Society and the Genealogical Society.

 Unknown No Longer:  A Database of Virginia Slave Names.
<http://unknownnolonger.vahistorical.org/>  There are two Currie names
listed in this database.  Did not check for McCurry or MacCurry, etc.

Let us know if you find the family!

Hilary




*Hilary G. Derby, Ph.D.*

*Tree Branches Unlimited,  LLC, *
*Member, Association of Professional Genealogists*

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Quan Arnett-Pruitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'm assuming that this is a family member you are searching for.  I always
> follow the money.
>  Maybe this will help.  Slavery ended in 1865.  Former slaves will show up
> in the 1870 or 1880 census for the first time.  If you could not find him
> in the 1860 or earlier census or city directories with him or her listed as
> a FPOC (free person of color) then most likely he was not.
>
> As an African American research genealogy you will hit a brick wall at
> some point usually 1870.  We don’t just run a family tree on our family but
> also on the possible or last owner to find information.  So there is the
> possibility you might run a lot on just one family alone.  Some last names
> where given by the military or they just picked a last name based on
> anything.  Some took the last owners name or the name of some past owner.
>   Now you have to find who the last owner was for clues to more information.
>
> To get pass the brick wall you will have to:
> 1 take clues in your oral history
> 2 Eliminate the obvious last name.  Curry by running a family tree on the
> family to see what slaves they owned, wills and etc.
> 3 check the freeman bank for clues
> 4 USCT
> 5 court records- Deeds, wills, sales, mortgages, dowers, partitions and
> etc.
> 6 change your thinking to the 1800's
> 7 Find his death record.  Sometimes it will list his parents name but most
> just have unknow.
>
> Slaves are value/money.  You will have to follow the money trail.
> You will have to always think of where is the money and how do I hide the
> money and how to make and keep the money.
>
> I check some things on Ancestry and found that they are not listed before
> 1870.  Also you might want to check  a couple areas in your search Mongolia
> VA and Washington PA.  It would seem as if they or the children moved
> there.  Also someone has started a tree on this family and they might be
> able to help you and each other on this search.  Maybe a new cousin.
>
> Good Luck
> Quan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Madaline Preston
> Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 8:40 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Mack Curry
>
> Exactly, now did Mack become a free black?  I haven't found anything on
> Ancestry prior to the 1870 census for Mack and wife, Miranda.
> m. preston
>
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Selma Stewart < 0000000da5e72097-dmarc-
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > The question is have you located Mack Curry in any of the census
> > records prior to 1870 such as 1860 and 1850..identified by name..this
> > would mean he would have been classified as a "Free Black".  At that
> > point you would have to determine how he became Free..either by birth
> > (meaning his mother was
> > Free) or emancipated by Will or Deed.
> >
> >
> > Have you found him identified by name on a census or any other records
> > prior to 1865.
> >
> >
> > Selma Stewart
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Fri, Nov 4, 2016 3:59 pm
> > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Mack Curry
> >
> > By the 1870 and 1880 censuses, all African Americans were free.
> >
> >
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> > Thank you! Leslie Anderson, MSLSReference LibrarianAlexandria
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> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]>
> >  Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 1:31pmTo: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Mack CurryMack Curry, born 1824, and wife Miranda
> > are listed on the 1870 census forPort Republic, Virginia.
> > Blacks....living between mostly white familieson a street.By 1880 he
> > was a land owner in Ashby District, Rockingham County.Mr. Curry must
> have been a free black.
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