George Washington Curl House

• ID: I36988
• Name: George Washington CURL
• Given Name: George Washington
• Surname: Curl 1
• Sex: M
• Birth: 20 Dec 1813 in Kentucky
• Death: 5 Feb 1885
• Burial: Pewee Valley Cemetery, Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
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• Occupation: Carpenter
• _UID: 72FA5C5274144FC5909A0CD4111FDA1AE4D8
  
  
  
  Marriage 1 Susan H. MINER b: 1841 in Kentucky
  • Married:
  • Change Date: 5 Nov 2012
  Children
  1.  Samuel Henry CURL b: 30 Sep 1841 in Oldham County, Kentucky
• George W. Curle
  GENDER:Male
  MARRIAGE DATE:1 Apr 1848
  MARRIAGE PLACE:Anderson, Kentucky, USA
  SPOUSE:Susan Monfort

• ID: I39695
• Name: Susan H. MINER
• Given Name: Susan H.
• Surname: Miner 1
• Sex: F
• Birth: 1841 in Kentucky
• Death: 1894
• Burial: Pewee Valley Cemetery, Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
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• _UID: 8B3D2B71C9ED4CD5A1D667FB77D72858E2A6
  
  
  
  Marriage 1 George Washington CURL b: 20 Dec 1813 in Kentucky
  • Married:
  • Change Date: 5 Nov 2012
  Children
  1.  Samuel Henry CURL b: 30 Sep 1841 in Oldham County, Kentucky
  
  Marriage 2 MUNFORD
  • Married:
  • Change Date: 5 Nov 2012
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• ID: I11679
• Name: Samuel Henry CURL
• Given Name: Samuel Henry
• Surname: Curl 1
• Sex: M
• Birth: 30 Sep 1841 in Oldham County, Kentucky 1
• Death: 7 Sep 1894 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky 1
• Burial: Pewee Valley Cemetery, Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky 2
• Note: Conferate Soldier Section
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• _TAG9: 3
• Event: Alt. Birth 1 Oct 1841 Oldham County, Kentucky 2
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  Father: George Washington CURL b: 20 Dec 1813 in Kentucky 
  Mother: Susan H. MINER b: 1841 in Kentucky
  
  Marriage 1 Mary Ellen RITTER b: 15 Sep 1841 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  • Married: 22 Oct 1867 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky 1 4 2
  • Change Date: 5 Nov 2012
  Children
  1.  George Owen CURL b: 12 Mar 1869 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  2.  Orlander L. CURL b: 10 Nov 1870 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  3.  Alice Bruce CURL b: 4 Nov 1872 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  4.  Asher Duke CURL b: 18 Jun 1875 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  5.  Ada Blanche CURL b: 7 Oct 1877 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  6.  Samuel Henry CURL b: 10 Nov 1879 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  7.  Jennie Ethel CURL b: 23 May 1882 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky

• ID: I17909
• Name: Samuel Henry CURL
• Given Name: Samuel Henry
• Surname: Curl
• Suffix: Jr. 1
• Name: "Sammie" CURL
• Given Name: "Sammie"
• Surname: Curl
• Sex: M
• Birth: 10 Nov 1879 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky 1
• Death: 15 Oct 1881 in Oldham County, Kentucky
• Burial: Pewee Valley Cemetery, Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
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• _STAT: Never Married
• _UID: D64586C365AF401BBC0F9FFC2E474EC9C53B
  
  
  
  Father: Samuel Henry CURL b: 30 Sep 1841 in Oldham County, Kentucky 
  Mother: Mary Ellen RITTER b: 15 Sep 1841 in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky
  
  

Confederate Service

The earliest census records for the Curls in Oldham County date from 1840. They show a W. Curle household near Jason Carpenter, John Carr and Milton Bouleware. Four free whites were living in the household: one male and one female aged 20-29 and two children, both girls under five.  The Curls were farming at that time.

Though census records​ from 1850 and 1860 show that George Washington Curle owned no slaves and was employed as a carpenter, he and his son  Samuel Henry Curl fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.  They were members of the 3rd Battalion Rifles, which was formed in late summer 1862. The unit served in the Department of East Tennessee, and later in the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee. It skirmished in various conflicts in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, then surrendered at Bowling Green, Kentucky, in April, 1865.  The commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel F. Clay. Clay was the son of Brutus Junius Clay and the nephew of noted Kentucky abolitionist Cassius M. Clay. Both Brutus and Cassius were Unionists during the Civil War. Rather than adhering to his family's political views, Ezekiel enlisted in the 1st Battalion Mounted Rifles of the Confederate Army in 1861 and became commander of the 3rd Battalion Mounted Rifles in November 1862. 

Four members of the Curl family served in the 3rd Battalion of the Kentucky Mounted Rifles:

• George Curl
• George W. Curl
• Richard Curl
• S. Curl

Geo W Curls in the 1860 United States Federal Census

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Name:Geo W Curls
[Geo W Curle] 
Age:47
Birth Year:abt 1813
Gender:Male
Birth Place:Kentucky
Home in 1860:Oldham, Kentucky
Post Office:La Grange
Dwelling Number:622
Family Number:619
Occupation:Carpenter
Household Members:NameAge
Geo W Curls47 carpenter
Susan Curls45
Saml Curls18 laborer
Jane White68
Joseph Griffith34 cabinet maker
Conrod Honz41 laborer

Living near D.D. White, who was also a carpenter and had another carpenter in his employ William  Oliver.

According to Carol Tobe's 1981 survey George W. Curl built the Pewee Valley School on Maple Avenue.

Also a carpenter in the 1850 census.

No records found prior to 1850. 

Samuel Curle's second wife was a Ritter -- 1858 Bergmann Map shows land owned by Ritters heirs where the Curl property was in the 1850 census. His son married her in 1867-- after the war. No evidence of slave ownership for John Henry Ritter family going back to 1820

John Henry Ritter1784–1855BIRTH 20 AUGUST 1784 • Frederick County, Virginia, USADEATH 12 JUNE 1855 • Oldham County, Kentucky, United States of America
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• Birth20 August 1784 • Frederick County, Virginia, USA
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• Marriage21 Jan 1804 • Frederick County, Virginia, USA
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• Birth of Daughter Catherine Ritter Logan(1806–1889)22 Dec 1806 • Oldham County, Kentucky, USA1806
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• Birth of Son Isaac Hiram Ritter(1810–1856)19 May 1810 • Oldham County, Kentucky, USA1810
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• Birth of Son Owen Ritter(1812–1892)20 December 1812 • Oldham County, Kentucky, United States of America1812
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• Birth of Daughter Mary Russell(1817–1854)21 May 1817 • Oldham County, Kentucky, United States of America1817
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• Birth of Daughter Emily Ritter(1817–1855)18 Jul 1817 • Oldham, Kentucky, United States1817
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• Birth of Daughter Amanda Ritter(1820–1911)04 Jul 1820 • Oldham County, Kentucky, USA1820
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• Residence1820 • Barren, Kentucky, United States
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• Death of Father Henry Ritter(1750–1830)Feb 1830 • Frederick County, Virginia, USA1830
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• Death of Wife Sarah (Sara) Feathergill(1782–1850)1850 • Oldham County, Kentucky, USA1850
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• Death of Daughter Mary Russell(1817–1854)2 July 1854 • Oldham County, Kentucky, United States of America1854
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• Death12 June 1855 • Oldham County, Kentucky, United States of America
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