Current Surname

The Current name is probably Scottish or Irish in origin. I am not aware of its linguistic origin or translation. The name has been a rather difficult line to trace. This is in part because of the fact that it is the same as a common word in the English language, which makes internet searching quite a challenge.

The earliest known Currents in our family line were in North Carolina in the late 1700s and any connection to earlier Currents is entirely speculation. In a branch of Current family that we may be related to, there is story that there were three Cannon brothers of Scotch-Irish origin who moved to Maryland together in the mid 1700s. It is not known if that story is true, but there were several different Current families in Maryland during this time period whom we may be related to.

Hugh Current was born circa 1720s. He died after 1780, probably in Rowan (now Iredell) County, North Carolina.

We know hardly anything about this generation of Currents. They were living in Montgomery Co., Maryland at one point and in Frederick Co., Maryland in the 1760s. Hugh moved with his family to Rowan County, North Carolina, where he was documented in 1778 and 1780. Hugh probably died before 1786, when his original 1778 land grant was issued to his son instead.

They had at least the following children:

1	Tabitha Current was born on February 17, 1760 in Frederick Co., Maryland 7.
2	John Current
3	Lydia Current was born on November 23, 1764 in Frederick Co., Maryland 20.

John Current was born on August 2, 1762 in Frederick Co., Maryland ²⁰. He died before October 15, 1829 in Iredell Co., North Carolina ².

Father: Hugh Current
Mother: Ann

Some researchers have posited that John was the son of James and Margaret Current (of Maryland and later West Virginia), yet he was not.

John was apparently born and raised in Maryland. As a youth, sometime before 1778, John moved to central North Carolina, where the family lived in the part of Rowan County that is now Iredell County. He was married there to Susannah Remington in 1782. They apparently spent the remainder of their lives in what is now Iredell County, North Carolina. They lived on Dutchman Creek (also called Little Dutchman Creek) in the northeast part of the county. Interestingly, there is a baptismal record for a Mary Current, daughter of John and Susanna Current, baptized on November 14, 1787 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick Co., Maryland. Apparently this child was born on May 14, 1786. At this same location in 1787, a Sarah Current was married to William Worselick. (Could she have been John's sister or close relative?). Could John and Susannah traveled back to their hometown in Maryland to baptize their child? If Mary Current was their daughter, she had probably died prior to 1790. John died sometime before October 15, 1829, the date that his estate was inventoried. His estate records explicitly described children Hugh Current, John Current, Andrew Current and Tabitha Wallace. His estate records also refer to a Sarah/Sary Current and a Susannah Current, both of whom purchased items from his estate. In September 1830, his children Hugh, John, Andrew and Tabitha deeded the 245-acre Dutchman Creek land to Sarah Current and Susannah Current. The records do not describe the relationship of Sarah Current or Susannah Current to the rest of his family, but my assumption is that they were his widow and an unmarried daughter.

If her husband came from Maryland, then Susannah may have been from there as well. Other than that, we have no clues to her origins. It is possible that she was a relative of Richard Remington, who married in 1784 in Iredell Co., North Carolina, and died there in 1791. Susannah was likely still married to John in the 1820 census enumeration. Susannah had probably died before her husband did. In his 1829-1830 estate records, there was a Susannah Current listed - yet that person was likely her daughter of the same name.

1	Hugh Current was born circa 1783 in Rowan (now Iredell) Co., North Carolina. He died after 1860 in Greene Co., Tennessee. He married name unknown circa 1805 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. (She was born circa 1792 in North Carolina. She died after 1840.) Hugh served in the War of 1812 out of North Carolina. Various family trees provide his wife's name as Sarah, yet in reality she was probably being confused with his sister Sarah and his brother John's wife Sarah. There is no known contemporary record that provides a name for Hugh's wife. He and his wife had no children. Hugh moved to Greene County, Tennessee during the 1840s, and probably remained there until his death.
2	Unknown male Current was born circa 1785 in Rowan (now Iredell) Co., North Carolina. This child died between 1790 and 1800 in Iredell Co., North Carolina.
3	Mary Current was born on May 14, 1786, probably in Rowan (now Iredell) Co., North Carolina. She was baptized on November 14, 1787. She probably died before 1790.
4	John Current was born circa 1787 in Rowan (now Iredell) Co., North Carolina 5. He died before December 12, 1865 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 3. He married Sarah Litton circa 1812 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. (She was born circa June 1790 in North Carolina 6. She probably died between 1840 and 1844 in Iredell Co., North Carolina.) They had the following children: Sarah Current (c. 1813-c. 1874) md. Franklin Gatton Elizabeth Current (c. 1816-aft. 1880) Alford Current (1817-1896) md. Elizabeth A. Eubanks Mary Matilda Current (1819-1900) md. Ira Wooten John C. Current (1821-1912) md. Armond Pope Susan Selena Current (1823-1889) md. Franklin Major Mason Elvira Current (c. 1826-aft. 1870) md. John O. Wooten Hannah D. Current (c. 1832-aft. 1865) md. W.R. Moore Andrew Jackson Current (c. 1836-1862) md. June S. Renshaw Francis M. Current (c. 1839-1862) md. Clementine
5	Sarah Current was born circa 1791 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. She died on April 23, 1856 in Iredell County, North Carolina. She is buried in the Tabor Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Iredell Co., North Carolina. Note: it is not proven that Sarah Current (c. 1790-1856) was the daughter of John and Susannah Current. Coincidentally, at least one of her brothers married a Sarah and my argument is that they were two (or three) different people with the same name, and often confused with each other. Both the 1800 and 1810 census suggest that there was an additional daughter born in about 1790. In 1829, a Sarah Current purchased some items from John Current's estate. Then in 1830, four of John's children transferred his 245-acre farm to Sarah Current and Susannah Current. Later, Sarah sold some of this land and also received a different land grant from the state of North Carolina. In 1850, a Sarah Current was living in her own household in Iredell County. Then on April 23, 1856, Sarah Current died and had an estate record. Most researchers have assumed that the Sarah Current who died in 1856 was Sarah Litton, wife of John Current; yet that Sarah probably died during the 1840s.
6	Andrew Current
7	Tabitha Current was born circa 1795 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. She died after 1860 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina. She married Warning Wallace circa 1812 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. (He was born circa 1790 in Wake Co., North Carolina 5. He died between 1850 and 1860 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina.) They had the following children: Hugh Current Wallace (c. 1814-???) md. Sarah M. unknown female Wallace (c. 1816-???) unknown female Wallace (c. 1818-???) unknown male Wallace (c. 1821-???) Andrew Fielding Wallace (1822-1903) md. Sarah J. Smith Tabitha Current Wallace (1824-1917) md. David Trivette Harriet Wallace (c. 1827-???) William Wallace (c. 1828-???) Catharine Wallace (c. 1831-???) J. F. Wallace (c. 1832-???) Milas Dobbins Wallace (1833-1927) md. Barbra E. Robbins Richard Hill Wallace (c. 1837-1865) md. Catherine Warren Martha Wallace (c. 1839-???)
8	Matilda Current was born circa 1795 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. She died between 1860 and 1870 in Overton Co., Tennessee. Tabitha married William Hayes circa 1820 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. (He died between 1827 and 1850.) They had the following children: Adeline Hayes (c. 1822-???) Joseph Washington Hayes (1825-1912) md. Ann Howard Grant Solomon Lee Hayes (c. 1827-c. 1865) md. Elizabeth Anderson Artie Matilda Hayes (1833-1905) md. 1st Thomas Geesling md. 2nd William Thomas Phillips Calvin Hayes (c. 1834-???) There is no proof that this Matilda Hayes was the daughter of John and Susannah Current; yet circumstantial evidence suggests the connection. Strangely, neither Matilda or William Hayes were described in the administration of the estate of John Current between 1829 and 1831. Perhaps Matilda was not a member of that family, or maybe she was estranged from her family. In 1844, John Current sold 20 acres of land to William Hayes, and then in 1869, a Solomon Hayes sold land to Alfred Current - but those might just be coincidences.
9	Susannah "Susan" Current was born circa 1803 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. She died between 1850 and 1857, at an unknown location (probably Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana or Illinois). She married Carter D. Ham circa 1830-1832 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. He was born on December 19, 1812 in Randolph Co. North Carolina and died on July 15, 1875 in Linn Co., Kansas. They had the following children: Tabitha Maria Ham (1832-1906) md. 1st Jacob M. Nelling md. 2nd William Crafton James Sarah K. Ham (1836-1908) md. Berry Thomason Hannah Caroline Ham (1839-1896) md. John Wesley Lamb Virgil Alfred F. Ham (1842-1913) md. Mary Molden Henry Harrison Clay Ham (1844-c. 1897) md. Eva Eldora Groves In September 1830, Susannah's siblings Hugh, John, Andrew and Tabitha deeded their father's land in Iredell County to Susannah and her sister Sarah. Sometime after this, and before the birth of her first known child in September 1832, Susannah was married to Carter Lam. They continued living in Iredell County, North Carolina; where they were documented as late as 1840. Sometime during the 1840s, they moved west to Greene County, Tennessee where they were enumerated in 1850. (Greene County, Tennessee is also where Susannah's oldest brother Hugh Current had settled). Susannah then died sometime before her husband remarried in March 1857. Most online family trees indicate she died before 1854, but the source for that year is unknown. Many of these online family trees also provide her place of death as Kansas City, Missouri - however there's no yet known evidence that they ever lived there. The obituary of her daughter Sarah indicates the family moved from Tennessee to Indiana. In March 1857, her daughter Sarah was married in Warren County, Indiana (adjacent to Vermilion County, Illinois, where her husband was married in that same month). Then in 1858, the family moved to Linn County, Kansas.

Andrew Current was born circa 1793 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. He died between 1840 and 1850 in Iredell Co., North Carolina.

Father: John Current
Mother: Susannah Remington

Andrew apparently resided in Iredell County, North Carolina for his entire life. In October 1814, he was a witness to a deed when his father purchased property. Sometime before 1820, Andrew married to a widow named Elizabeth Wallace Snead. Andrew was a farmer of some sort and apparently was never very wealthy. He participated in the sale of his father's estate in 1829 and purchased a bible, a howel, a chisel, a handsaw, a hand ax, a loom, 2 hats, a cotton pack, a bull, a colt, 68 bushels of corn, a stack of fodder, as well as $45.50 in unidentified property given to him by his father before his death. In September 1830, he participated with his brothers and sister Tabitha in selling their father's property to Susannah and Sarah Current (presumably his mother and sister).

Andrew died sometime during the 1840s and in 1850 his wife was listed as head of household. Nothing else is known of Andrew. He and his wife left no estate records in Iredell County, North Carolina. Most of their children appear to have moved away from Iredell County after 1850.

They had the following children:

1	Alpheus W. Current was born circa 1824 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. He died sometime between 1881 and 1900, probably in Tennessee. Alpheus married Margaret H. Poole before 1860 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina. (She was born in November 1824 in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina 5. She died on September 15, 1905 28 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She is buried in the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had the following children: John Andrew Current (1860-1930) md. Susan Elizabeth Current Coleman W. Current (1863-1919) md. Mary Jane Lisenbee Alpheus was a farmer and apparently moved frequently. He has not been located in the 1850 census, and had probably already moved away from his family Iredell County by that time. In 1857, he was in Spartanburg, South Carolina; where he was advertising to sell "lightning conductors". Alpheus remained in Spartanburg County, where he lived on Shoally Creek, north of the city of Spartanburg. There, he remained until at least 1864; he was married there and both of his children were born there. Alpheus served in the Confederate Army out of South Carolina in the Civil War between 1861 and 1864. In 1870, they were in Jefferson Co., Tennessee. At some point (probably in the 1870s), they lived in Grainger Co., Tennessee - which was adjacent to Jefferson County. In 1880, they were in Christian Co., Kentucky. The family moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee in about 1880-1881. In January 1881, he dislocated his shoulder when he slipped on an icy sidewalk in Clarksville, Tennessee. He had probably died before 1891, when he he was not on a voter list with his sons. In 1900, Alpheus' widow was living with their son John in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Alpheus' wife was often listed with the last name Coleman; her maiden name was even listed as Coleman on her son Coleman's death certificate. However her last name was Poole; she was the daughter of John Poole and Polly Coleman of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
2	Sarah Current was born circa 1824 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. She died after 1850. We can find no trace of Sarah after 1850. She probably died unmarried during the 1850s. If she did marry, she probably still died early and left no surviving descendants.
3	Martha "Patsy" Current was born in September 1827 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. She died after 1900 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina. Martha married Christopher Sherrill on June 11, 1854 in Catawba Co., North Carolina 7. (He was born in July 1833 in North Carolina 5. He died after 1900.) They had the following children: Marcus A. Sherrill (c. 1855-???) Sena Sherrill (1862-1884) md. John Richard Queen Sarah Naoma Sherrill (1866-1942) md. Hiram Francis Espy Boyles there were apparently three other children who died in infancy or childhood. In 1860, they were living in Catawba Co., NC. In 1870, they were living near Ironton in Lincoln Co., NC, where they remained. Her husband was a farmer. Note: there is no proof that Martha Current wife of Christopher Sherrill was the same as Martha Current, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth; but the connection is likely.
4	Hugh Andrew Current
5	William Crenshaw Current was born in January 1834 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. He died on December 30, 1908 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 8. He is buried in the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He married Emma A. Brown circa 1865, possibly in Arkansas. (She was born on April 13, 1844 in North Carolina 8,28. She died on May 18, 1893 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 8,28. She is buried in the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had the following children: Caddie Enette Current (1866-1925) md. John W. Lisenbee Susan Elizabeth Current (1870-1948) md. John Andrew Current [ABOVE] Andrew Brown Current (1872-1941) md. 1st. Tennessee Alice Robbins md. 2nd. Minerva Tippett Walsa William Waldo Current (1874-1897) Alpheus Alexander Current (1877-1946) Lela Current (1879-1916) md. William C. Cooksey Bessie Current (1883-1954) md. James Taylor Smith William has not been located in the 1860 census. He eventually moved out west to Arkansas. He and his family were in Drew Co., Arkansas in 1870, and then in Lincoln Co., Arkansas in 1880. In 1888 they settled near New Providence in Montgomery Co., Tennessee, not far from where his brother Hugh lived. William was a farmer.
6	Elizabeth Current was born circa 1838 in Iredell Co., North Carolina 5. She probably died in 1875 in North Carolina. She married first Charles Richard Rowe in 1859 or 1860. He was born in 1818 and died on December 18, 1868 in Rowan Co., North Carolina. They had the following children: Sarah Rowe (1864-1911) Alfred S. Rowe (1867-1956) md. 1st. Roxanna Hatley md. 2nd. Laura Annie Krimminger She married second A. W. Maxwell on or after January 1, 1872 in Rowan Co., North Carolina. Her second husband was probably Andrew Washington Maxwell who lived in Rowan, Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina. Elizabeth may have been the mother of Bessie Maxwell who was born in February 1875 in Mecklenburg County. If so, Elizabeth probably died during or soon after the birth. Andrew Maxwell remarried just five months later in July 1875. Elizabeth was living at home with her mother in 1850 in Iredell County, North Carolina. In 1860, she was living with her newly-married husband in Iredell County. Sometime after this they moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, where her husband had been born and raised. It was while living there that Charles died in 1868. Elizabeth and her children have not been located in the 1870 census, but they were probably still living in Rowan County. She was married to her second husband in Rowan County in 1872. After this, they may have moved to nearby Mecklenburg County, where she probably died. He later moved to Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Andrew and his third wife apparently both died during the 1880s, leaving all of his children as orphans.

Hugh Andrew Current was born on October 13, 1832 in Iredell County, North Carolina 9. He died on May 11, 1911 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 9,11. He is buried in the Sango Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. Father: Andrew Current Mother: Elizabeth Wallace Hugh's father died sometime during the 1840s and his mother probably died in the 1850s. Sometime between 1850 and 1857, Hugh moved by himself out west and settled in Clarksville, Tennessee. In 1859, he married Elizabeth Halliburton, the eldest daughter of a local plantation owner. After the marriage, they lived near her parents on a farm in rural Montgomery County, Tennessee (southeast of Clarksville and at the community of Sango). In about 1873, they moved to the nearby city of Clarksville, Tennessee. In 1883, the family moved to Bell Station in southern Christian County, Kentucky to engage in farming; but he continued to own his house and other real estate in Tennessee. In 1891, they moved back to Clarksville, where they continued to live. Eventually, Hugh built a large three-story red brick home for his family at what is now the intersection of Current Street and Riverside Drive in Clarksville 27. Although they lived in Clarksville, Hugh continued to own farmland in rural Montgomery County and in Kentucky (in 1895 he owned 90 acres in Woodford, near Sango). In 1896, Hugh made plans to sell the remainder of his farmland, including 96 acres that he still owned in Kentucky. In old age, Hugh moved in with his daughter Cordia on her farm north of Clarksville, at Ringgold. He probably died there. Throughout his life, Hugh was a frequent entrepreneur. However, his excessive amount of undertakings and career changes might suggest that he was not very successful and something of a "n'er-do-well". At various times he was a: farmer, carpenter, undertaker, store owner, restauranteur, lumber dealer, shipping box manufacturer, salesman, miller, minister, real estate agent, inventor, and politician. (Another source indicates that in his adulthood he also had a printing supply business in Clarksville 27, yet that is not corroborated by any contemporary sources although entirely within the realm of possibility.) For most of his life, Hugh was a farmer but it seems that his primary skills were in woodworking. In 1873, Hugh invented and received a patent for a wood-chopping machine that he had designed. (For more information, see my blog post on Hugh's invention and life.) In 1860, his occupation was listed as carpenter. By 1873, he had gone into business with James Hamlet (a relative by marriage). It is not known what their business was, but they were unsuccessful and ended their partnership soon after. In about 1873, Hugh opened a chair making business in Clarksville. He operated his chair making business until about 1882, and over time he expanded his business to include cabinets and other type of carpentry work. In 1884, Hugh opened a restaurant business in Clarksville with a Mrs. Hughes yet that restaurant was apparently not successful. At about that time, Hugh decided to turn his attention back to farming and moved with his family to Kentucky. In Kentucky, Hugh was primarily an orchardist - his fruit trees including Crab Apples and Pears. He also grew watermelons. In 1891, Hugh moved with his family back to Clarksville and after moving there he continued to operate his old store in Clarksville (although it is not clear what he sold there during the 1890s). Between 1891 and 1896 he continued to operate his farm in Kentucky from afar, and also turned his attention to the lumber industry - buying and selling lumber, and also still doing some carpentry work. In late 1896, Hugh sold his farm and also traded his store for a planning mill - intent on starting a new career as a miller. Tragically, after only running the mill for one month - one of his employees (a 14 year old boy) was injured in his machinery and lost his hand. The resulting lawsuit apparently caused Hugh to shut down the mill business. At about this time, Hugh turned his attention to religion and became a minister in the Universalist church. He served as a minster until at least 1906, yet rather than preaching in any particular church it seems that he primarily traveled to different conventions and gave speeches. In 1900 and 1901, Hugh also was working as a real estate agent. Between 1902 and 1906, he was manufacturing and selling apple cider vinegar and was also working on a civic project - working with a congressman to develop free mail delivery routes for Montgomery County. After the mail route was complete, he sold mail boxes. In 1904, he decided to go into politics and ran for the position of County Trustee, but lost the election. After 1906, Hugh essentially disappeared from records or at least from an active public life. At that time, he was 74 and probably ready to retire. He spent the rest of his life living and working on his daughter's farm in Ringgold. In 1875, Hugh's wife Elizabeth died from consumption (tuberculosis), leaving him with five young children to care for. He married second to a widow named Margaret Peterson in 1876. After the death of Margaret in 1890, Hugh apparently traveled to nearby Cheatham County, Tennessee where he married a widow named Sallie Bell in 1892. There is no evidence that he ever lived in Cheatham County though. The marriage was not successful and they apparently separated (or were possibly divorced) before 1900. Their separation may have occurred in 1897 and may have been related to the lawsuit in response to the injury in his planning mill, when he partially used his wife's money to bail himself out. A decade later, she was still going to court to attempt to retrieve her money. The fact that Hugh was a minister in the Universalist church might have been odd since the denomination was relatively liberal in many of its positions (such as denying the existence of hell and supporting the ordination of female ministers). His membership might have put him at odds with his family: his wife Elizabeth had been a member of the Presbyterian church, and in adulthood his children were either Baptist or Methodist. Hugh married first to Elizabeth Grant Halliburton on March 31, 1859 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11,12.

1	Franklin Current was born circa March 1860 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 5. He died between 1860 and 1870 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. It is assumed that Franklin died prior to 1865 (when his sister Esther died) because Esther's was the first burial in the Sango Cemetery, apparently indicating that Franklin had died prior to this and was buried elsewhere.
2	Mary Elizabeth Current was born on April 3 22 or May 8 11, 1861 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She died on February 19, 1937 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11,22. She is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She always went by her middle name. On most records she is listed as Elizabeth or Lizzie. It was only on legal records that the full name Mary Elizabeth Current was used. She never married and worked as a clerk in a dry goods store during her adulthood.
3	David Halliburton Current was born on March 3, 1863 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 10. He died on July 16, 1915 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 10,13. He is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He married Blanche B. Hunt on May 30, 1891 in Davidson Co., Tennessee 7. (She was born on December 15, 1864 in Kentucky 10. She died on November 1, 1946 in Tullahoma, Coffee Co., Tennessee10. She is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had one unidentified child that died in infancy. David was a clothing tailor. He and his wife lived in a rural part of Montgomery County that is now within Clarksville's city limits. I am also distantly related to David's wife Blanche Hunt. She was the granddaughter of John J. Hunt, who can be found here. That would make Blanche the second cousin once removed of Louetha Jones, the wife of David's nephew Newell Brown.
4	Esther Frances Current was born on July 3, 1864 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 9. She died on July 16, 1865 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 9. She is buried in the Sango Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. Esther is said to have been the first burial in the Sango Cemetery. She apparently died while visiting her grandparents and was buried there, which necessitated the creation of a cemetery.
5	Ellen Eudora Current was born on December 11, 1865 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11,21. She died on April 20, 1934 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11,21. She is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. Ellen always went by "Dora", a shortened version of her middle name. She never married and spent her adulthood in Clarksville, where she worked as a saleslady.
6	Georgia Lee Current
7	Cordia* Ann Current was born on January 15, 1869 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11,23. She died on July 19, 1938 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11,23. She was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. Cordelia married Jefferson Crittendon Caroland on February 17, 1892 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11. (He was born on February 2, 1861 in Woodlawn, Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11. He died on April 18, 1931 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee 11. He is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.) They had the following children: Kathleen Caroland (1893-1920) md. Richard Thurman Martin Clay Redman Caroland (1895-1966) md. Ann Loving Morrison Russell Aubury Caroland (1906-1963) md. Ann Jones Jefferson Crittendon Caroland (1906-1965) md. Katherine Rogers Edwards Some family histories record her name as "Cordelia", yet she was never listed by that name in any contemporary records. She was listed most often with the name "Cordie", but her name was listed in other records as "Cordy", "Cordia", "Corda", and "Decordia". She was likely named after father's half-sister Cordia Snead Stewart. She and her family lived on a farm northwest of Clarksville near the community of Ringgold and what is now Fort Campbell.
8	Francis Current was born on June 17, 1870 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 9. She died on January 1, 1878 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 9. She is buried in the Sango Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. She was called "Fannie."

Hugh married second to Margaret A. Long, widow of Isaac Peterson, on February 10, 1876 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee ²⁵. She was born on March 8, 1832 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee ²⁵ and died on September 27 ²⁵ or 28 ²⁶, 1890 in Wickliffe, Ballard Co., Kentucky. She is buried in the Current-Cook-Peterson Cemetery (also called Long Cemetery), Montgomery Co., Tennessee.

They had no children.

Hugh married third to Sarah "Sallie" E. Sanders, widow of George W. Bell, on April 1, 1892 in Cheatham Co., Tennessee ²⁴. She was born in May 1845 in Tennessee ⁵ and died sometime between 1910 and 1914, probably in Cheatham Co., Tennessee.

They had no children. It appears that Hugh and Sallie were estranged and separated (and perhaps divorced) sometime beteen 1892 and 1900 (most likely between 1897 and 1900). In the 1900 census, he was living in Clarksville and his marital status was widowed. In that same year, she was living with her siblings in Cheatham County, enumerated as Sallie Current, with her marital status as married. In 1907, she was still described as Sallie Current when she went to court attempting to retrieve money that Hugh had used to settle a lawsuit. Then in the 1910 census, she was enumerated as Sallie Bell and widowed (she apparently reverted to her first husband's last name).

5th Generation: Georgia "Georgie" Lee Current was born in May 1867* in Montgomery County, Tennessee. She died on April 8, 1910 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee 15,16. She is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee. Father: Hugh Andrew Current Mother: Elizabeth Grant Halliburton * Unfortunately, we do not know Georgia's date of birth. The only two known sources which reveal birth information for Georgia are the 1900 census (May 1868) and her tombstone (1867). Her death certificate does not list a date of birth, but records that she was 42 years old at the time of her death (which would indicate she was born between April 1867 and April 1868). All three of these records suggest that she was probably born in the month of May 1867. Georgia often used the pet name "Georgie". Her middle name "Lee" comes from family history, although no known contemporary record includes that name or initial. After marriage, she used her maiden name as a middle name. In her grandfather George Halliburton's 1878 estate records, her name was listed as "Cora". Georgia spent her earliest years on the family's farm in rural Montgomery County, Tennessee near the Sango community and the home of her grandparents, George and Mary Halliburton. Then, in about 1873, she moved with her family to the nearby city of Clarksville, Tennessee, where her father operated a chair making business. It was there that her mother died of consumption in 1875. Her father remarried a year later to Margaret Peterson, who continued to raise Georgia and her siblings. In 1883, Georgia moved with her family to a farm in nearby Christian County, Kentucky (at Bell Station, near what is now Fort Campbell). While living in Kentucky, Georgia and her siblings made frequent trips back to their hometown of Clarksville to visit friends and relatives. In Kentucky, Georgia was a member of the Douglas Dramatic Club, which was a social club that put on plays. In 1891, Georgia moved with her family back to Clarksville. In Clarksville, she lived with her family in their home overlooking the Cumberland River (at what is now Riverside Drive and Current Street). While living there, she met and became engaged to C.C. Brown, an aspiring young farmer and businessman. After their marriage in 1894, she lived with him on a farm southeast of Clarksville, Tennessee. In 1901, Georgia and her family moved to Duarte, California (near Los Angeles), for the benefit of C.C.'s health, but they did not like it there. In 1902 they returned to Montgomery Co., Tennessee, and purchased an elegant home from B.F. McKeage. Here, Georgia and C.C. spent the remainder of their lives. Although in their time it was outside of Clarksville it is today within the city's limits. Georgia "possessed a strong mental capacity and was in social life held in high esteem. Her life as wife and mother was worthy of emulation, being always loving and forbearing" 16. In her adulthood, Georgia was a member of the Baptist church 16. Sadly, Georgia developed pneumonia and died one week later from the disease at her home. She was 42 years old at the time of her death. Georgia married to Christopher Columbus Brown on December 20, 1894 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee 18.

For information on their children, see his page.

1. North Carolina Marriages to 1825, Ancestry.com
2. Estate papers of John Current, 1829, Iredell Co., NC
3. Estate papers of John Current, 1865, Iredell Co., NC
4. Estate papers of Sarah Current, 1856, Iredell Co., NC
5. Assorted US Federal census records
6. Current family file, Genealogical Society of Iredell County
7. International Genealogical Index
8. Cemetery index, Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Montgomery Co., TN
9. Tombstone Inscriptions, Sango Cemetery, Montgomery Co., TN
10. Tombstone Inscriptions, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
11. Rutherford, William K. and Anna C. Genealogical History of the Halliburton Family. Privately Printed, 1972
12. Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900, Ancestry.com
13. Tennessee Death Index
14. Obituary of Christopher C. Brown, Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, October 11, 1938
15. Death Certificate of Georgia Brown, 1910, Montgomery Co., TN
16. Obituary of Georgia Brown, Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, April 8, 1910
17. Social Security Death Index
18. Marriage records, Montgomery Co., TN
19. Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955. (http://pilot.familysearch.org)
20. Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995. (http://pilot.familysearch.org
21. Death certificate of Ellen E. Current, 1934, Montgomery Co., TN
22. Death certificate of Mary E. Current, 1937, Montgomery Co., TN
23. Death certificate of Decordia A. Caroland, 1938, Montgomery Co., TN
24. Cheatham Co., TN Marriage Register, 1892, Pg. 82, #800
25. Online gedcom family file of "scaevolatn1", Ancestry.com
26. Obituary of Margaret Current, unknown Clarksville, TN newspaper, c. Oct. 1890
27. Montgomery County, Tennessee, Family History Book 2000. Montgomery County Historical Society, Turner Publishing Co., 2000
28. Tombstone inscriptions, Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Clarksville, TN