Submitted by Julia Clay

Hugh Curlin came to Texas from Tennessee in 1839. Settled at Greensboro, later called Boards Ferry, twelve miles south of Marshall on the Sabine River. He died 18 Nov 1843 and was buried there. Phoebe, his wife later moved to Marshall, acquiring land in southwest Marshall where Wiley College was later built.

Hugh Curlin received a land grant in Shelby and Harrison Counties, Texas of 640 acres in July 1839. He was a citizen of the Republic of Texas between 1836 and 1845.