Thanks for your reply.

Was Mack a free black?  If so, how and why?
If not, to whom did he "belong?"
How was he able to own real estate in 1870 valued at $150.... 5 years after
emancipation... feeding 5 children with birth dates ranging from 1853 -
1863.
Why did Mack settle on the western slope of the Blue Ridge  just across the
ridge from Horace Brown, Maranda's owner?

Look forward to ANY help.
M. Preston

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Shelley Murphy <
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> Madaline, what are you looking for from Albemarle? Give me something
> specific. thanks
>
>  Dr. Shelley Murphy, DM
> aka "familytreegirl"
>
>
> Know Your Roots They are Long and Strong!
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
> To: VA-ROOTS <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 7, 2017 1:24 pm
> Subject: Mack Curry
>
> For the past several months I have been pleased to receive help from this
> list in my search for data on Mack Curry, black, born c. 1823 in Albemarle
> Co., VA.
>
> He and his "wife" are on the Augusta Co, VA cohabitation register of 1866
> living in New Hope, VA with 5 named children.  These same children were
> registered by Horace Brown of Brown's Cove, VA under Maranda's name.
>
> 1870 census - Mack and family are in Port Republic, VA, some 8 miles
> north of New Hope, listed with $150 in real estate.
> 1880 census - the couple own 4 acres just west of Port Republic..... bought
> from the Hulvey estate for $460.10.  Mack is now supporting 9 children with
> 4 more to be born prior to his death Dec 1894.  Maranda died 1906.
>
> I have found data (death date, marriages, etc.) for 12 of the 13 children
> born to the couple but absolutely nothing about Mack's life prior to the
> 1866 cohabitation register record.
>
> The Albemarle Historical Society has not been responsive to my email or
> calls.  Since I can not travel and since I am new to working in black
> history I am at a loss as to where to look next.  BTW, Maranda's first
> child was named Marcellus, could this have been Mack's given name?  Did
> blacks use the English naming game?
>
> Her second child was named Eldridge Louis Curry.  On some death and
> marriage records of her children she is listed as Maranda Lewis instead of
> Curry.  Perhaps she was born a Lewis?
>
> Six of their children moved to Washington Co, PA.  I contacted the
> historical society in that area to find our what was so hot about the PA
> region to prompt their migration and was told:  "They wanted to get out of
> Virginia."
>
> Help!
> M. Preston
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