Re: CURTIS FAMILY OF ANSON CO.N.C.
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Re: CURTIS FAMILY OF ANSON CO.N.C.
Cathy Fairman 12/05/11
Hi Ms Fairman,
In reference to your Thomas J. CURTIS of Cumberland Co., NC, I don’t see any connection to my CURTIS family of Queen Anne’s Co., MD/Anson County, NC [Thomas Curtis, Sr. (ca. 1746-ca. 1809), Nathaniel CURTIS (ca. 1748-k. 1780), Samuel CURTIS (1751-1846), Elijah CURTIS, Sr. (b. ca. 1755-d. 1818) and Elizabeth CURTIS (b. before 1759)].
Most of my genealogical files are presently in storage and not readily accessible to me, but I don’t believe I would have much that could help you.However, my suggestion would be to look very hard at the large CURTIS contingent in Brunswick County, North Carolina.It would seem a natural migration route for someone settling in Cumberland Co., NC to have come up the Cape Fear River from Brunswick Co.(If I recall my North Carolina history correctly, the Cape Fear River was a major transportation route into the interior of North Carolina during the Colonial era.)I don’t recall ever looking in much detail at the Brunswick County family as they did not appear to have any connection to my family, but it would seem a logical place to look if you have not already.I do seem to recall that there was a fairly large group there by 1800 which could fit your time frame for Thomas J. CURTIS’s birth.
Also, I believe there was a Thomas CURTIS in Craven County around 1800.I don’t know much about him either, but he would share your family name and again, this might make some sense from a migration route.A son could have easily boarded a sea going vessel that could have taken him down to Wilmington and then change to transportation on the river and gone inland.I wouldn’t know if the Cape Fear River is navigable all the way to Fayetteville, or not, but it would have gotten him part of the way at least.
Regret I could not give you an early Christmas present or be of more help.
Regards, Jay Stein