Please note: these are only jumbled notes and emails collected over the years- Mark +++++++ These notes are not in any particular order, but separated by a line, hopefully with the reference in each section BINGO!! 11/16/00 discovered that William B. Murphy's brother in Washington Co. Miss. was Emedicus. Bingo again! Betty Gilmer Lenz sent me info. See "Epiphany" Wm. Murphey 30-40 in Bedford Co. TN 1830, wife 30-40, sons U5 & 5- 10, daughters U5 & 5-10. Also Wm. H. Benton in that county 30-40 yrs old. Remember Granville Co. was formed from Edgecomb Co. in 1746, Bute from Granville in 1764, Franklin from Bute in 1779. Lawne's Creek Parish was located in an area that is now near the separating lines of Surry and Isle of Wight Co., VA (Surry Co. was formed in 1652 from James City Co.) In 1737 the name of Lawne's Creek was changed to Southwark Parish. 1738 - Southwark Parish and Lawnes Creek Parish were combined into Albermarle Parish south of Blackwater River. The entire area of Albemarle Parish was incorporated into Sussex County when it was formed from the southwestern end of Surry County in 1754. Murphy Notes collected by Mark A. Murphy, begun July 2000. current thoughts: Emedicus may be the key. Eugenia Bass' statement says he died in 1865. Was he military? See below. Was his alias name Doctor? Emet? Arthur E.? Have traced Council R. Bass back to Nash Co. NC, son of Jesse, grandson of Isaac. Nash right beside Franklin. Will send for Nash info. next. Another thought: look for the descendants of Joseph Hill Murphey and see what they have. Al's only brother was William Wesley Murphey who died in Montague Co. TX ======================================================= was Emedicus also called Edmund? Mississippi Land Records United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Land Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Scrip and Chickasaw Cession Lands. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1997. about Edmund Murphy Name: Edmund Murphy Land Office: WASHINGTON Document Number: 7104 Total Acres: 80 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 1 Sep 1851 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 SSW WASHINGTON No 1N 12E 1 ------------ Name: Edmund Murphy Land Office: WASHINGTON Document Number: 7117 Total Acres: 40 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 1 Sep 1851 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 NWNW WASHINGTON No 1N 12E 15 ------------ Name: Edmund Murphy Land Office: WASHINGTON Document Number: 6639 Total Acres: 40 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 1 Sep 1851 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 NWSW WASHINGTON No 1N 12E 1 ---------- ======================== Perthshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Record Kincardineshire, Fife, Kinross, Perth, & Forfar: - Commissariot of St. Andrew's, Register of Testaments, 1549-1800 Marriages. The Commissariot Record of St. Andrews. Register of Testaments, 1549-1800. County: Perth Country: Scotland Morphie, George, in Cottoun of Blakstoune, par. of Nether Airlie 14 Jun 1621 Kincardineshire, Fife, Kinross, Perth, & Forfar: - Commissariot of St. Andrew's, Register of Testaments, 1549-1800 Marriages. The Commissariot Record of St. Andrews. Register of Testaments, 1549-1800. County: Perth Country: Scotland Grahame, Dame Magdalen Lady Morphie, par. of Ecclesgreig 12 Feb 1720 and 04 Mar 1720 ============================ Chowan County, North Carolina Cross Index to Deeds - Grantees 1696-1878 Vol B North Carolina State Archives. Chowan County, North Carolina Cross Index to Deeds - Grantees 1696-1878. Vol. B. Raleigh, NC, USA: State Archives, 1696-1878. [Bertie from Chowan in 1722, to Edgecombe eventually to Bute Co. 1764] Transaction: Deed 1st Grantee Last Name: McKinner 1st Grantee First Name: Baranade Grantor First Name: Wm Grantor Last Name: Murphey Year: 1722 Book: C Page #: 277 Comments: first name was abbreviated in the original text - Wm is probably William ------------ Transaction: Deed 1st Grantee Last Name: Mackinney 1st Grantee First Name: Parnaby Grantor First Name: Wm Grantor Last Name: Murphey Year: 1724 Book: F1 Page #: 38 Comments: first name was abbreviated in the original text - Wm is probably William; and wife as coGrantor ------------ Transaction: Power of Atty 1st Grantee Last Name: Murphey 1st Grantee First Name: William Grantor First Name: Jane Grantor Last Name: Holley Year: 1720 Book: F1 Page #: 40 ------------ Transaction: Power of Atty 1st Grantee Last Name: Murphey 1st Grantee First Name: William Grantor First Name: Mary Grantor Last Name: Davis Year: 1720 Book: F1 Page #: 40 ---------- 1st Grantee Last Name: Murphey 1st Grantee First Name: William Grantor First Name: Mary Grantor Last Name: Davis Year: 1720 Book: F1 Page #: 40 Comments: Transaction not recorded ----------- 1st Grantee Last Name: Murphey 1st Grantee First Name: William Grantor First Name: Jane Grantor Last Name: Holley Year: 1720 Book: F1 Page #: 40 Comments: Transaction not recorded ============================================ 1732 Brunswick enlarged with portions of Surry & Isle of Wight Location of McKinnie land in Virginia: "On Roanoke division line of Isle of Wight from Brunswick County. Line of division is North of Meherrin River." ================ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=7&CATID=-5475681&j=1 Context : quick reference HCA Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts Division within HCA Records of the Instance and Prize Courts HCA 26 High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Registers of Declarations for Letters of Marque Subseries within HCA 26 AGAINST FRANCE HCA 26/12 Described at item level Record Summary Scope and content Commander: Peter Bostock. Ship: Duke of York. Burden: 230 tons. Crew: 35. Owners: Josiah Boydell of London, broker. Home port: London. Lieutenant: Henry Morris. Gunner: John McFarland. Boatswain: Simon Murphy. Carpenter: Hugh McFarland. Cook: John Baptista. Surgeon: John Ramsey. Armament: 14 carriage and 10 swivel guns. Folio: 66 Covering dates 1761 February 5 Held by The National Archives, Kew ================================= ----------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/knights.html Knights Bachelors Knighted in Ireland MacMurrogh, King of Leinster; Lady day, in March, King Richard II, Mar 1394 ------------------------ Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Re: Rich Murffee, 1669 Resent-Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 19:06:39 -0600 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 21:10:20 -0400 From: "Beverly White" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Betty, following are the records of Richard Murphys that I have of Rev. War files. I've put in parentheses the source I think I got the info from. Beverly White Murphey, Richard: The brother of James and Joseph, enlisted during 1776 for the duration of the war. He was under Col. Vaughan until 1780. After Gate' s Defeat, he was incorporated into the Continental Line under Lt. Col. Washington and was in the battle at Cowpens. Murphey was granted 100 acres of bounty land on an application executed 21 Jun 1834 while residing in Newcastle DE. (Bobby Moss' Patriots of Cowpens) Murphey/Murphy, Richard: NC Line, S9436. Soldier lived in Duplin County NC at enlistment. Applied 15 Oct 1832 Simpson County MS aged 70. (Abstracts of Rev War files) Murfee, Richard Sr.: born Scotland, died 1788-9, Southampton VA. Married Lucy. Patriot, furnished supplies, Southhampton VA. Children: Simon, William, Elizabeth, married Williams, Lucy, married Daughtery, Celia, Sally, Nancy. (I think this one came from DAR records) MURFEE, RICHARD SR., born Scotland, died 1788-9, Southampton VA., married Lucy. SERVICE: Patriot, furnished supplies, Southampton, Virginia. CHILDREN: 1. Simon. 2. William. 3. Elizabeth, married Williams. 4. Lucy, married Daughtery. 5. Celia. 6. Sally. 7. Nancy. ---------- Subject: Re: Rich Murffee, 1669 Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 21:20:55 -0500 From: Joe Murphy Organization: Pipeline Group To: "Betty B. Chandler" CC: goebel@relgyro.stanford.edu, Mark Murphy , MURPHY List , Bill Longmire , Justin Murphy <4jms@bwoodtx.com>, Otis Arnold , Roger Murphy , Shawn Martin , Terry Murphy , Tom Murphy , Danny & Abby Murphy References: 1 , 2 , 3 I wonder if the Geneva Murphy Tucker might be related to the Rober Tucker memtioned in the earlier email from Mark A Murphy? Joe M "Betty B. Chandler" wrote: > Okay. Here's my two-cents worth. > > Simon Murfee (I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but my ancestors spelled the > name "Murfee," thus, I shall do the same) of Southampton who left a will in > Southampton Co., VA in what appears to be the year 1795, left to his widow, > Martha, and children, Richard and Simon, Josiah, Francis, Burwell, Drewry > (Drury - seen it both ways) and William. From the accounting of Josiah > Murfee, (the son listed above) this Simon was married twice and had children > by at least two wives. There was also a daughter, Margaret "Peggy" Murfee, > who was married twice, to Thomas Wills and Samuel Storey. She died at a > fairly early age (anything under 50 is young.) From the Barrett Family > Bible in the possession of R. S. Barrett of Yorktown, The mother of Peggy > Wills was Martha Wills. Is this making sense? > > Moving right along, there is the will of Richard Murfee of Southampton, > written on Nov. 21, 1788 and filed Dec. 11, 1789 (?), which mentions the > following legatees: wife Lucy, children Elizabeth Williams, Lucy Daughtry, > Celia, Sally and Nancy; sons Simon, William, Molly, grandson Francis Murfee > (the Francis mentioned above?) This reference to the grandson may be a very > important clue. > > Also, on page 488 of the DAR Patriot Index, there is listed a Richard > Murfee, born - d 1788/89, m. Lucy - PS VA. This appears to be the same > Richard. Does anyone have access to this record, without requesting a > transcript? We might gain a little more information if we look at the DAR > ancestry. (I'm not an advocate of the DAR, but they are very strict about > their records.) > > I do know, from the referenced Barrett Family Bible that Simon Murfee > and wife, Martha, were the parents of my ggg grandfather, Rev. Simon Murfee, > born 1788 and died 4-9-1856. I have a newspaper clipping from the > Southampton Democrat for one of Rev. Murfee's grandaughters. It begins with > the actual obit, and ends with resounding praise of the Murfee family, a > very old and much respected family in the area, and further notes that Rev. > Simon Murfee, long-time Baptist Minister (hard core) made the switch to the > beliefs of the Baptist Church of Franklin, Virginia, where he led his > family. > > Again, our biggest problem seems to be that every generation had at > least one Simon and one Richard. Anyone else have input? What other > Richards and Simons appear in Southampton/Isle of Wight and Surry records, > either as leaving wills or accountings? > > And, I thought we had already agreed that the William Bird of Westover > business was incorrect, right? > > Betty Chandler > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Goebel" > To: "Mark Murphy" > Cc: "MURPHY List" ; "Betty B. Chandler" > ; "Bill Longmire" ; "Joe Murphy" > ; "Justin Murphy" <4jms@bwoodtx.com>; "Otis > Arnold" ; "Roger Murphy" ; "Shawn > Martin" ; "Terry Murphy" ; "Tom Murphy" > ; "Danny & Abby Murphy" > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: Rich Murffee, 1669 > > > Hi Mark, > > > > I'm now convinced you're seriously unbiased in your search for Richard. So > > I'm going to attach at the end a pair of emails that won't betray any > > confidences other than my own. I think you're on the right track. > > > > John > > > > Mark Murphy wrote: > > > > > Ok, I don't want to get too excited, but thanks to a lead from Paul > > > Drake, I've found Rich Murffee imported to Virginia 1669 in a land > > > patent to Rober Tucker. I also transcribed the paragraph following > > > which had James Collins, for those interested. > > > > > > Still no proof that this or any Richard was the father of Simon in 1720 > > > Surry Co., but this headright follows the legend in the Isaac Phares > > > Murphy letter of 1871. Much more to be researched. On to Norfolk! > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/ > > > > > > -- > > > Mark A. Murphy > > > > -- > > Please note: > > > > My email address is for the time being "goebel@relgyro.stanford.edu" > > until I can make a more permanent arrangement > > > > My email address is no longer "jgoebel@ricochet.net" OR "jgoebel@wwc.com" > > > > It was before Jan 3, 2001, "jgoebel@ricochet.net" > > > > It was, from Jan 3, 2001 til Jan 10, 2002, "jgoebel@wwc.com" > > > > ++++++++ > > Subject: > > Richard Murphy > > Date: > > Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:31:54 -0800 > > From: > > "John H. Goebel" > > To: > > Confidential > > > > > > Thank you very kindly for your package of information just received. I've > > looked > > at it quickly and determined that I need to spend a good deal of time > > digesting > > it. I was particularly interested to see the research done by Ms. Reddy. > > I've > > become disenchanted with the Col. Wm Byrd of Westover tradition for some > > time > > now as it has been handed down by the Emanuel Masters Murphy family. > > Perhaps > > that's because his brother Jeremiah Murphy was my ancestor and > > consequently, I > > feel no strong attachment to that tradition. More rationally, I think that > > it is > > an inverted fairy tale story based upon partial information that could not > > be > > refuted until the second series of Wm Byrd II's diarys were published. Ms. > > > > Reddy's work falls in line with the other line of Birds present at that > > time on > > the South Shore of the James River. My own Murphy ancestor's research at > > the > > turn of the previous century attributed the Bird connection thusly: > > Richard > > Murphy married Elizabeth Bird 1680 in the Old Dominion. No Mary Byrd. > > Incidently, Wm Byrd I changed the spelling from Bird to Byrd because he > > thought > > it more distictive. > > > > Now your guys consistently used Murphee while my guys consistently used > > Murphy. > > I don't want to make a big point of it because I've seen records that > > refer to > > the same individual with both spellings within a few lines of each other. > > There > > are those presently who state that all one has to do is follow the > > spelling > > trail and everything will make sence. Apparently, they think there were > > two > > Murphys in that document. The spelling of that era was somewhat of a free > > for > > all. > > > > Regarding Richard Murphee in Southampton, I've not been able to sort out > > the > > listed wills and administrations that list two Richards one in 1782, who > > died > > intestate, and one from 1789, who left the will that you have presented to > > me. > > The other listed Murphee was Simon of 1796 who left a will. A lot of > > literate > > people didn't leave wills at that time, so I cannot use my usual test of > > looking > > for my illiterate ancestors. Perhaps you can distinguish these two > > Richards for > > me. I've been confused by the Richard Murphee of Scotland story that seems > > at > > odds with the Wm Byrd group's story about kidnapped Richard Murphy of > > Ireland. > > > > Thanks again > > > > John > > > > +++++++ > > > > Subject: > > Bird/Murphy > > Date: > > Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:46:45 -0800 > > From: > > "John H. Goebel" > > To: > > Confidential > > > > > > Expanding on my previous email, the correlation of the following records > > produces some thoughts > > > > +++++++ > > " Hannah Grendon, daughter of Thomas Grendon, Sr., married first Thomas > > Jennings, of London, and had a son, Thomas Jennings, Jr. Her second > > marriage was > > to William Bird, of Martin's Brandon (presumably a relative of William > > Byrd I), > > and had a son, Thomas Bird, who made his will in Surry County, Va., > > January 21, > > 1687, naming a son, Thomas Bird, Jr. After her second husband's death > > Hannah > > Grendon (Jennings) Byrd married third (before 1672) William Duke,1 of > > Charles > > City County, Va. (later Prince George), and had a daughter, Elizabeth > > Duke,2 and > > other children (sic) and after his death (in 1678) she married for the > > fourth > > time Capt. William Archer. This William Duke was one of Nathaniel Bacon's > > ardent > > supporters. " > > > > Col. Thomas Grendon willed to his daughter Hannah Duke, "now of VA," > > certain > > property there. > > +++++++ > > > > and > > > > ++++++++ > > Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of VA Land Patents and Grants > > Nell Marion Nugent > > vol. 2, 1666-1695, p. 61 > > VA State Library, Richmond, VA 1977 > > Rober (Robert) Tucker, 100 acs. in the Western br. of Eliz. Riv., adj. > > land of > > the Widdow Jennings & Jno. Ellott, &c; 22 Apr 1669, p. 242, Trans. of 2 > > pers: > > Rich. Murphee, Nathan Dibble. > > Virginia Land Office, Patent Book #6, p. 242 > > ++++++ > > > > Thoughts: > > > > It is likely that if Robert Tucker paid for Richard Murphee's > > transportation > > then he in addition to collecting the 50 acres headrights would require > > the > > indentured services of Richard on the land he had bought. If the Widdow > > Jennings > > were the same as Hannah Grendon, then we have a connection in time an > > place to > > the Bird and Duke lines, both of which are of primary interest to us. The > > Wm and > > Thomas Birds of Martins Brandon were owners of land and a mill in the > > Southside > > extension of Charles City Co. which was later Prince George Co. This > > should be > > the second Wm. Bird of Capt. Estes Murphy(ee)'s research. I had come to a > > similar conclusion regarding these two Wm Birds as had I'm sure many > > others. But > > the correlation of these two pieces of data seems to have escaped me until > > our > > conversations. I'll have to look into it further and see if the locations > > of > > properties can indeed support the hypothesis. > > > > I believe the Elizabeth River is today in Norfolk Co. Hannah Grendon had > > no > > children by Wm Duke, she being too old at the time of marriage. Yet I've > > got her > > listed as the mother of Thomas Bird by Wm Bird and the mother of Thomas > > Jennings, Jr. by Tho., Sr. Hannah Grendon was of some significance, and > > obviously desireable either in person or property. That would indicate > > that Wm. > > Bird had some status and could easily be related to Wm Byrd I. Status was > > everything at that time. People fought and died in order to maintain their > > > > status. The Duke lines are extremely sketchy during this era. There seem > > to have > > been several with the same names and confusing to several reputable > > researchers. > > Brandenberger, Morris, and Duke are three of the most noteable. They all > > have > > differing story lines. So I hesitate to forward my interpretation of the > > Duke > > genealogy that I've developed. Needless to say you're in for a major > > headache if > > you decide to tackle them. There is a lot of nastyness in the discussion > > group > > postings, because various traditions collide that are firmly held beliefs. > > > > Enough for now. > > > > John -- Joe & Fredda Murphy 4004 Cynthia Dr Midland TX 79705 jmurphy@pipelinegroup.com www.pipelinegroup.com -------------------------- http://www.braswellfamily.org/txt/branch11.txt RICHARD, SON OF ROBERT AND REBECCA BRASWELL Richard was born ca. 1651 and died ca. 1725. He identified himself as the son of Robert BRASWELL, "Clerk," in a deed of 9 Oct. 1674. He and wife, Sarah, sold to Thomas GREEN 300 of the 400 acres he received by deed of gift from his father on 16 Jan. 1660. On 9 Aug. 1681, Richard and Sarah sold 2 acres to William WEST. They were in Nansemond Co. to acknowledge the deed which was witnessed by Arthur JONES, John PITT, and Thomas PITT. Richard's will was dated 28 Jan. 1724/25 and witnessed by Edward POWERS, Sr. and Edward POWERS, Jr. He gave 10 sheep to each of his sons and daughters: Richard, Robert, Valentine, Jacob, John, Mariah MURPHY, Ann STRICKLAND, and Jane WILLIAMS. His granddaughter, Susannah BRASWELL received a cow and the rest of the estate was left to wife, Sarah. =========== http://www.usgennet.org/usa/md/state/wills/01/166.html The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume I Wills from 1635 (Earliest Probated) to 1685 Pages 166-179 Originally Compiled by Jane Baldwin (1904) Edited and Annotated by USGenNet Patrons Rhoda Fone & Carole Hammett (2001) Hunt, Robert, St. Mary's Co., 13th Apr., 1676; 20th Apr., 1676. To Anne Murphy, personalty. Robert Carvill, ex. and residuary legatee of estate (personal). Test: Saml. Cooksey, Robt. Bing. 5. 16. =========== http://www.carolinacuzins.org/CH-IWMurphreys.html ======= http://www.patch.net/deeds/db4-1.html Warren Co. DB-4, Page 79. 19 August 1772. STEP(H)EN HAMLIN, of Sussex Co., Va., to ARTHUR MURFEY (MURPHEY), of Bute Co. 25 Pds.Va. money for 286 A. in Bute Co. where sd. MURFEY now lives, adj. BUTTS, DAVID VINSON, HALCOMB, WHITE & CARLISLE.Wit. CHARLES BRIDGES, JAMES MURPHEY, WM. HAMLIN, JOSEPH ROSAN(?).Proved by JAMES MURPHEY, Bute February Court 1773, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. 18 February 1773, by JAS. JOHNSON, P.R. DB-4, page 95. February 1773. JOSHUA (JOSHEW(A), JOSHTHA) ELLIS, of Bute Co., to WILLIAM MURPH(E)Y, of Dinwiddie Co.,Va. 60 Pds. Va. money for 310 A. in Bute Co. on ES Hawtree Creek adj. SISSOM(?), HAWKINS & RUSSELL. Wit. WILLIAM ELLIS, ISEAN ELLIS, EPHRAIM ELLIS. Proved by WILLIAM ELLIS, Bute Feb. Court 1773, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. 24 February 1773, by JAS.JOHNSON,P.R. DB-4, page 106. 9 February 1773. WILLIAM HILL, of Edgecombe Co., to BENJAMIN WESTRAY, of Bute Co. 46 Pds:13 Sh:4 d.Procl. money for 400 A. in Bute Co. on NS Red Bud Creek, adj. WATSON & HILL. Wit. JAMES DRAKE,SR., CHARLES COOK, JAMES MURPHEY. Ack. by WILLIAM HILL, Bute February Court 1773, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. 26 February 1773, by JAS. JOHNSON, P.R. http://www.patch.net/deeds/db5-1.html DB-5, page 46. 29 July 1773. EPHRAIM GILLIAM & SEALER, his wife, to WILLIAM STUART, both of Bute Co. 17 Pds:lO Sh: Va. money for 100 A. in Bute Co., down the Miery Prong, adj. GILLIAM. Wit: ARTHUR MURPHEY, JESSE VINSON, JAMES MURPHET. Proved by WILLIAM STUART, "a witness thereto"(?), Bute August Court 1774, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 3 October 1774, by JAMES JOHNSON, P.R. =========== http://www.users.qwest.net/~willmurray/Mullins/thomas_mullins_i_children. htm 1777, May Court - Bute Co., NC Account of Sale of Estate of William Baker, Dec'd mentions: Mrs. Baker, Charity Baker, James Denby, Sarah Reddick, Patwells Milner, Wm. Tabb, Enoch Stringfellow, Moss Stalling, Benjamin Seawell, Edward Carlyle, Wm. Green, Ben Putman, John Simmons, David Mimms, Richrd Goldin, Julius alford, John Hubbard, John Pound, John Thornton, Daniel Taylor, Wm. Balls, John Keziah, Thomas Deens, Samuel Jones, James Ross, Moses Babbs, Arthur Murphy, Henry Hill, Wm. Webb, David Vinson, Wm. Mewshaw, John Cooke, Wm. Yates, Wm. Pace, James Barrow, Enos Byrd, Edmons Denson, Britain Harris, Joseph Baker, Elias Stalling, Josiah Eley, CLEMENT MULLINS, Drury Massie, Jesse Mabry, Wm. Ward, John Teasley, John Bulls, Martha Hunt, Elias Gay, James Merony, Burrell Perry, Nedum Byrd, James Bryan, Fredrick Jones, Mary Baker, Jacob Jones, Henry Hill, John Carr. ----------------------------------------- Subject: murphy in rowan co nc. Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 20:52:33 -0500 From: "Joseph,Murphy" To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu CC: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Mark are you still researching James,Murphy in NC as Archibald,E,Murphy's brother. bn bt 1747 or so' I believe I have him in Rowan co, NC died 1783 widow who all so passed on. Rowan co NC court of pleas. All so mentions following children as being orphans of James decd. And bound out. 1, James,Murphy bn bt 1774 NC bound out to Alexander,Dobbins. 2,Archibald,Murphy bn bt 1775 NC married in Mecklandburgh co,NC to Mary,Jane,McKinney. Archy was bound out to Adlai,Osbourn 3, Sarah,Murphy 4,William,Murphy 5, John,Murphy This area needs more research. though its a might bit thin at best. I am going to check on James,Murphy bn bt 1774 NC to see who he married before he died. I am told he could have possibly married and may be fathered one child. So We will see. ----------------------------- Subject: [MURPHY-ROOTS] My Murphy family of Dublin Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:05:08 -0600 Resent-From: MURPHY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:06:58 -0700 From: Becky Dahl Reply-To: MURPHY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com I'm seeking help on my Murphy family from Dublin. In some old family papers I have found in the attic which states that my Murphy family of Frederick county VA descended from a Hugh Murphy, a wealthy land owner of Dublin, Ireland. He had a son John of County Down Ireland who was educated for a catholic Priest but joined the church of England and was disinherited by his father. He obtained a life lease of fourteen acres of land in County Down. He married Mary Campbell and was the father of Hugh 2 Murphy, born March 5 1748, settled in Frederick County VA after the Revolution, married Mary Adams and founded the Murphy family later found in Ohio and Illinois. Richard Murphy another son of Hugh 1, Murphy of Dublin came to Virginia at an earlier date than the family of John the disinderited priest and settled on land patented to John Hite in Frederick county Virginia, coming with the Irish emigration of 1732-1740. In 1758 the General Assembly of VA passed an act compensating the Home Guards of minute men who had forwed a bulwark of defense for the country east of the Blue Ridge at no time allowing an Indian to extend eastward beyond their own settlements. In the list of these soldiers from old Frederick county is found the name of Richard Murphy as securing seventeen shillings for his service. This would fix the date of his death later than 1758. He is not mentioned as a land owner of early Frederick county. He married and left male issue. William Murphy [birth date not known at this time] who we believe was the son of the above Richard Murphy, married Anne (?) and was the father Samuel Murphy who was born May 12 1758 on the Bullskin in Frederick county VA. On the 27th day of January 1762, William and Anne Murphy (also seen as Murfee) signed indenture papers giving their son Samuel to John Stephenson of Frederick, Frederick county VA. This John Stephenson was the half brother of Col. William Crawford who was burned at the stake by Indians June 11 1782 near Upper Sandusky, OH. Can anyone help me find more information on this Hugh Murphy, Richard, William and Samuel Murphy. -------------- http://genforum.genealogy.com/murfee/messages/23.html Re: MURFEE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA Posted by: Kit Date: November 21, 2001 at 10:41:09 In Reply to: Re: MURFEE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA by George Murfee of 24 i George.. your given name is the same as that of my great-uncle George Tillar Murfee of Greensville County, Va. However, if your g-g-g-gf is either a Simon Murfee or a Richard Murfee then I suggest you tap into Mr. Al Evans' board information.. He has all the info on the Richard Murfee side. My side of the Murfee family is the John Murfee side and is distinctly separate from the Richard side until we go back to ca. 1635 in Ireland where two brothers, one Richard Murphy, and the other John Murphy, were grandchildren of another John Murfphy, and before him a John Murphy, and before him another John Murphy, all the way back to 1497 where the first John Murphy shows up in Dublin, Ireland. I hope this has been of some help to you George. Let me know if there's anything more I can help you with.. happy turkey day. Kit The Murfees of Virginia Posted by: William Date: August 25, 2001 at 12:37:47 of 24 For those concerned: I am the last of the most direct decendants of one Richard Murfee who emigrated to America from Scotland in the late 1600's. A source I ran across claims him to be from Ireland; however, as family history has always held him to have come from Scotland I am more inclined to beleive that than I do the idea he came from Ireland. I say this too as one of our ancestors names is "Sterling Richard Mufee". I doubt seriously if an Irishman would give his offspring a Scottish name nor have such an affinity for a place called Stirling, Scotland so as to feel compelled to name his son after the place. I am something like his 12th generation great-grandson. Initially Richard settled in Surry County which was later broken down into Surry and Brunswick Counties, then later from Brunswick a portion was taken to form Greensville County which is where most information on the Murfees of Virginia can be found...or through me as I have already outsourced the state archives, local registry's and family bibles, etc. to gain as much information as I believe is readily available. In your research I might suggest following names from myself to William Clyde, John Henry, Richard Sterling, I also maintain as complete a family tree as has I've been able to grow. Please feel free to email and questions you may have. William "Kit" -------------------------------- Subject: Re: [VAISLEOF-L] Wm. Murfrey will, 1717 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:15:50 -0800 From: "diane" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 Mark, Very good site that you have...... I seen Ricks in some of the info... that is my husbands side... Don Ricks has in his book, "The Descendants of Jonas Ricks and Other Ricks Families in America" Mary Exum Ricks married (2) William Murphrey before 1715, and about 1719 married(3) Barnaby McKinnie..... That would be William Murphrey Sr. ....... does this help? Diane Ricks rick3488@bellsouth.net ---------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Finis Murphy (not really) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:43:35 -0500 From: "Rich Fischer" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Mark, My William Murphey was born in Caswell Co. on June 10, 1809 and died June 4, 1892 in Warren, Tennessee near Oakland, Fayette County. He married his first wife Mildred Kendrick on October 7, 1830 in Caswell County and his bondsman was Jonathon Murphey. William and Mildred had children Richard H., John Bowman, and Elizabeth F. Mildred died in 1836 shortly after their move to Fayette County, TN. and is buried there. William married Elizabeth Neal (parentage unknown) on October 3, 1839 in Fayette County and they had children Martha A. (mine), William C., James M., Mary E., Jonathon C., Elona S., and Isabella F. See if any of this fits. It is possible that William has a brother Stephen and that their father was a James Murphey who I also surmise may have been the James Murphey that was the son of Gabriel Murphey. Rich ----------------------- Subject: Re: Murphy Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:05:32 -0500 From: "Bettye Davis" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 Do not know why this did not come through. Trying again. Number in ()s gives number of listings for that name. If no number, then only 1 listing. Listed in the index of Wills and Administrations of Southampton County, Virginia 1749-1800 by Blanche Adams Chapman: MURFEE, Burwell, Celia, Drewry, Francis (3), Josiah (3), Lucy, Matt, Molly, Nancy, Richard, Richard Jr., Richard Sr. (3, wil)l, Sally, Simon, William (8, will), Willis. MURFREE, Richard, Simon. MURPHEE, James (2 will), Susanna (2). Listed in Wills and Administration of Surry County, Virginia 1671-1750 by Eliza Timberlake Davis: MURFREY, Lemon (probably Simon) MURPHY, Simon In Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia by John Bennett Boddie: MURPHY, Catherine, Elenor, Elizabeth Epps. MURPHREY (MURFREY, MURFREE), Elizabeth, Frances, Margaret (2), Mary, Michael (2), Sarah, Wm. (12). Let me know which ones you would like to have. Bettye ----------------------- Subject: Re: freshly posted &c &c Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 06:25:50 -0800 From: "Teresa" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 , 3 Hello, Their mother was Eleanor ____, who remarried to Gideon Smith, but the info on who their father was is sketchy. Some say his name was also William, and he was from Ireland, but no one seems to have any proof of this. William and Joseph also seem to have had a brother named Richard, who married Keziah TERRY. I have corresponded with a descendant of theirs in the past, and info on Richard is included in the writings on the Murphy family both by Alice Murphy Sturgess and by Ashby Trice Gibbons, though he could not prove absolutely that he was a brother. Time and place seem to make it likely that he was. Teresa Hostess: http://GenNetwork.org Family pages and databases: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~terishands http://www.skipworthcousins.ourfamily.com http://www.gencircles.com/users/tshan/1 http://terisha4.tripod.com/colliergensite/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Murphy" To: "Teresa" Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:11 AM Subject: Re: freshly posted &c &c My pleasure. You don't happen to know the parentage of William & Joseph, do you? thanks, Mark Teresa wrote: > Mark, I think your website is wonderful and really appreciate all the > work that goes into it. My line is Rev. William Murphy, mentioned in > this article contributed by Ms. White. > > Teresa ------------------------------- Subject: Finis Murphy Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:37:00 -0500 From: Rich Fischer To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Mark, I was going to enquire about the middle name of Finis as it began with an E. and I had a hunch about it. I then saw that on his grave marker it is Finis Ewing. This name confounded me for years as I had another Tennessee ancestor whose name was Finis Ewing Hopkins and I looked everywhere for a connection between the Hopkins and the Ewings, sure that one existed. Well I wasted alot of time. Finis Ewing was a circuit rider preacher in Tennessee and apparantly a very succesful and popular one as it seems that hundreds of families named children in his honor. I wasn't sure if you knew about this but thought that I would pass it along. Rich Fischer - Tennessee Murpheys in Fayette Co. -------------------------- from the cemetery book by Fred Hawkins MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE CEMETERIES Vol I & II compiled by FRED LEE HAWKINS, JR. Columbia, Tennessee ,1989. Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] cemetery Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:21:46 -0500 From: "Stephanie Cecil" Organization: none To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 , 3 Mark No Benton , But I hope These are yours If you see one that looks unlikely ask me about it. This is the only "Pleasant Mount Cemetery" in the book . Crews W.E, 1821- 21 Jun 1894 Nancy W, 6 Feb `1822- 23 Nov 1895 Andrew Fletcher 13 Jul 1836 - 23 May 1881 Joe L. 7 Sept 1845- 23 Aug 1916 Malinda C. 17 April 1845- 9 Aug 1923 Allen W. 1853 - 1916 "Father" Minerva D. 1866 - 1957 "Mother" [Dau J.P. and Eliza A. Dillehay} Jennie May 31 Jul 1870 - 18 Aug 1899 Joseph Wesley 30 Sep 1875- 17 May 1960 Maggie Denton 19 May 1878- 21 Feb 1966 Clarence E. 4 May 1883 - 7 Jan 1913 Ara Olive Fox 2 Jul 1883 - 7 Sep 1923 [ Wife of C. E. Crews & A. B. Kerr; Dau of S. Z. and Margaret McAfee Fox] Carrie Lee 27 Mar 1888 - 16 Apr 1908 Clarence Aubrey 25 Jun 1909 - 4 Jun 1911 [Son of C. E. and A. O. Crews] Dugger Joseph H. 15 Feb 1844 - 30 Dec 1898 Nannie 16 Dec 1861 - 9 May 1890 Hight Goodman S. [25 Feb] 1826- [26 Jul] 1913 [Nat. of NC, son Wm. & Martha Meekins Smith Hight; Co G, 9th Tenn Cav.C.S.A] Sallie A. 1828 - [28 Aug] 1909 [nee Sallie Ann Rust m. G. S. Hight on 15 Dec 1847] William H. 29 Dec 1852- 29 Mar 1926 [Son Goodman and Patsie[?] Smith Hight] Sarah G. 22 Oct 1854- 5 Jan 1933 [nee Sarah Smith] Amanda D. ` 10 Mar 1855- 17 Nov 1936 [Dau Bob and Susan Barnette Dial--Wife George Hight] Harbert H. [15 Dec] 1857- [7 Feb] 1927 [Son George and Nevie[?] Dial Hight] Eliza Jane 1865 - 17 Nov 1942 [Wife H. H. Hight, Dau Williamson and Susan Denton] Richard Thompson 1 Aug 1856- 28 July 1905 [Son GS and Sallie Rust Hight] Dillie Park 1 May 1864 - 4 Oct 1908 [nee Fidilli Fidora Park, 2nd wife Richard T. Hight] Hilary T. 1 Jul 1854 - 4 Mar 1905 [Son George & Minerva Dial Hight] Jennie Collier 19 May 1859- 21 Jun 1936 [wife, H T Hight, dau Wm & Mary J. Collier] Pattie Meek [26 Sep]1862- [9 Jan] 1934 [single ,Dau GS and Sallie Hight] Clay Evans 8 Jan 1873 - 1 Sep 1949 Birdie 23 Aug 1881- 30 Jul 1908 Melvin Soddie 1884 - 1937 Pearl Turner 1880 - 1966 Mollie Dee 29 NOv 1884- 2 Feb 1974 M. C. "Buddie" 1886 - 27 Oct 1939 [ son Hilary and Jennie C. Hight] Lerla 1899 1968 Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson 1888- 1961 Rufus Archie 22 Apr 1889 - 18 Jun 1971 [son Hillary[?] and Jennie C. Hight] Herric T. 21 Sept 1889 - 18 Feb 1985 Elizabeth F. 30 Jul 1888 - 29 Oct 1961 Pauline 11 Jan 1892 - 3 Sep 1896 Gustie 20 Feb 1896 - 26 Jan 1897 Florence Evelyn 7 Dec 1919 - 24 Feb 1923 [ Dau H.T. and Elizabeth Ferguson Hight] Murphy, Nannie Benton 9 Mar 1850 - 7 Jun 1924 [Dau of Hill & Ellen Stacey Benton] Just the one Murphy in this Cem. Regards Steph Powell Cecil stephaxi@mindspring.com ---------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/county2.htm Charles City 1634 no parent county Isle of Wight 1634 Originally Warrosquyoake Co, renamed in 1637 James City 1634 See New Kent County (Williamsburg) New Kent 1654 from York York 1634 Originally Charles River Co, renamed in 1642-43 Lancaster 1651 from Northumberland, York Northumberland c1645 (Informally a county 1645-1648), Chickacoan Dist. Nansemond (now Suffolk is county seat) Southampton 1749 from Isle of Wight Surry 1652 from James City Sussex 1754 from Surry ----------------------------- I forgot who sent me this: Southampton Co. VA Deed Book 1- 1749-1753 James Cobb of North Carolina to Simon MURPHY of Surry dated 8 Oct 1751, 135 acres on the north side of the Nottoway River adj. Cypress Swamp, Albridgton Jones, Arthur Applewaite, and sd. Cobb (patent to sd. James on 15 Dec 1749), S: James (I) cobb, W: Phillip (P) Brantley, Richard (signed) MURPHY, and David (signed) Edwards 148 acres adj. the south side of the Blackwater Swamp, mouth of Kingsdale Swamp, and county line between Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond Counties (part of patent to Samuel Browne of 150 acres), S: Jesse (signed: Brown, W: Richard (signed) Hamlin and Richard (signed) MURFEE (This deed demonstrates that Simon was literate as was Richard Murphy and Richard Murfee. Implies [maybe] that there were two Richards with different spellings, both literate and living in Surry/Southampton [maybe] in 1751) On 20 Nov 1753 Surry County records (Order Bk. 1751-1753, p. 501) sent a summons to Richard Murphy of Southampton Co., VA, ordering him to appear at the December Court regarding his "deceased father- Simon Murfee's" will. Southampton County, Thomas C. Parramore, 1978 p. 62 During the first part of teh 19th century,...The leading religious spokesman in Southampton Co. included Rev. Robert Murrell, the "soldier preacher" at Hebron Baptist Church for 37 years, and Rev. Simon Murfee, minister at South Quay Baptist Church before his removal to Nansemond County. Possibly in: Durwald T. Stokes and William T. Scott, A History of the Christian Church of the South, 1975. p. 126 J.W. Murfee and William Murfee kinsmen mid 19th century, not so good business men. Left Southampton rather hastily. ------------------------------ from Betty Chandler 3/11/02 Mark, I'm having more and more lucid moments lately. This could mean I'm in a state of recovery, or some say folks have their clearest moments just prior to passing... I didn't mean to question your judgment re Capt. Murphy's work. I all seems so hypothetical, considering the number of Murfees/Murphys running loose in the world. In the "debris" that I sent to you, there was a section on Capt. Simon Murfee and his wife, Martha Wills. In looking over the tax records you posted, I believe that this is probably the same Simon who has slaves posted in the tax rolls. I do know that that Capt. Simon and his sons, Wills and Rev. Simon, had numerous slaves. If you really want to be confused, get this: Capt. Simon and Martha had at least 8 children, and from some of the Court records, old Capt. may have had more. At any rate, one of their children, Wills, had a daughter, Amanda Louisa Fitzallen Murfee who married Richard Barrett. She had the two sons of Richard, namely Wills Murfee Barrett who died as a youth; and Erastus Bozorah Barrett. Brother Rat, as he was called by his half-siblings, was physically impaired but of sound mind. His mother, Amanda, died when he was an early teen, and Richard married Mary Rebecca Murfee, the daughter of Rev. Simon, who was the son of Capt Simon and Martha Wills. In other words, Amanda and Mary Rebecca were first cousins. The real wealth in this family came from the Murfees; Richard Barrett was orphaned as an infant, the son of Elias and Nancy Stephenson Barrett. When his father died, there was a horrible suit in Chancery regarding his custody and his father's tiny estate. At any rate, Richard Barrett managed to purchase a small piece of land, and between what Wills Murfee left to his grandsons, Wills M. Barrett and Erastus Bozorah, and Rev. Simon provided for his daughter, the Barretts managed to achieve some status. They owned a full one-third of what became the Village of Franklin. With that out of the way, I am saying that I believe the Simon mentioned in the tax records posted by yourself to be Capt. Simon Murfee, who was possessed of many slaves and much wealth, during his middle age. As you, I am unsure as to the wife/wives of Capt. Simon's father, Richard. I have found two references, one to a Lucy, who is listed in the will of Richard as his "loving wife." The second came from one or another of the Court records I have boxed somewhere, probably a marriage record or bond, to an "Ally Blu." Blu could have been "Blow," when you take into accounting the errors in spelling and the pronunciation of the word. And, there were numerous Blows in that area during that period. Many migrated on down into coastal NC and around the Outer Banks. Once again, we are back to which Richard, which Simon, which Arthur, etc., etc. I think I've just had a backset - Oh, my aching head! Have your other Murfee contacts come up with any info? I hope to get over to Tidewater in the next couple of months (before the ticks and cottonmouths take over the old cemeteries) to do some more research. I'd like to have something solid to look for before I head out. Speaking of cemeteries, I have been to the Wills Murfee Cemetery three times in my life. Once, as a child, I remember the graves enclosed in marble on top of the ground with the birth/death info on the top of the slabs. After I started my genealogy search, my late Aunt took us back to the Cemetery, and the grave lids had been pushed aside. You could see the skulls and other bones of our ancestors. The last time I went, the cemetery had further deteriorated. There were no evident remains left. I understand that, thanks to Vira Murphy Johnson and her husband Barry, the Mormons went in, cleaned up the cemetery and put a fence around it. I have not seen it since. Wills' brother, Rev. Simon, was a Baptist preacher, having served for many years at South Quay, on down into Hertford Co., NC, and what is called Blackwater Baptist Church (I'm not sure where it is or was located.) I have always found it a little strange that the Rev. was a Baptist, and his cousin, Mills and others Methodists. Also, there were a huge number of Quakers in the area. Rev. Murfee has been noted as attending some Quaker camp meetings in the South of Southampton County. I don't know if there was a political advantage to being Baptist or Methodist, or if there was some family tie to each of these churches. Ah - another mystery. Now, I know I'm done. As you say, I'm through until Monday, at least. Take care, and let me have your thoughts. bbc ------------------------------ from Beverly White 3/10/02 Dear Mark, I just got "Abstracts of Lancaster County VA Wills 1653-1800" by Ida J. Lee. There is no index but the wills and administrations are arranged alphabetically. There is only one Murphy. MURPHY, SIMON. 27 Aug 1673. Rec. Sept 1673. Heirs: John Davenport, Jr., George Davenport, George _____. Wts: Robert Sadge, George ______. Bundle of Loose Papers 1653-79. I looked up the Davenports, but they didn't give any additional information leading to the Murphys. No Bird/Byrds. Do you want me to look up anyone else? Beverly ------------------- Subject: Thomas Pinckney Murphy Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:54:49 -0600 From: "V. Murphy" To: "mark murphy" Thomas Pinckney Murphy, son of William Murphy and Elizabeth Dugger, was born 23 October 1855, Maury County, Tennessee, died 11 April, 1932, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, married Margaret Elizabeth Farris, 23 December 1878. The above information is personal knowledge. Thomas Pinckney Murphy was the grandfather of my husband, Fred Ramsey Murphy. It also proven by census records, as well as records in the Columbia, Tennessee Library. I have copies of deeds from which I am quoting excerpts. These may be of interest to you. "John Ruben, Jr. Deed to 5 Tract 309-2/3 A 7 District $9,000 Executed by T. P. Murphy et als Feby. 14, 1900. Filed Mch. 23, 1900 at 9:35 Oc'lk A.M. Registered Mch. 23, 1900. (This property was in Maury Co., Tn.)* Signed by Thomas P. Murphy, Bettie Murphy, J. T. Petty, M. P. Murphy, W. P. Howell." * This is a personal note inserted. VM "John Ruben, Jr. Deed to 234 A. 7 District Maury* & 14 Dist Giles* $30,000 Executed by Miles P. Murphy et als, Mch. 14, 1900. Filed Mch. 23, 1900 at 9:36 oc'lk A.M. Registered Mch 23, 1900. Signed by M. P. Murphy, L. A. Murphy, R. C. Murphy, S. E. Murphy, J. B. Harris, D. F. Stockard, M. B. Stockard." * Maury County and Giles County, Tennessee. "W. R. Roach & Wife to T. P. Murphy Deed 22 May 1900 for $8,500 in 13th Civil District of Lincoln Co., Tennessee 495 acres" If more details are needed, please let me know. If I can ever figure out the way to export my Murphy lineage information from Family Tree Maker, I would be happy to forward it to you!!! You are doing a fantastic job. I only wish I could prove the link from Nathaniel Murphy to Miles Murphy in North Carolina. Virginia Murphy ------------------------ [from Karen] Subject: Re: [NCFRANKL] Wow! Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:07:13 EST From: Genieseaker@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark Nansemond Indian Villiage and Isle of Wright. Nathaniel Basse. The E was dropped in North Carolina Edward and Mary Tucker, Indian Maiden went to North Carolina to live among the Indians and trade. John Basse brother of Edward married Elizabeth and Indian Maiden. Some people call her Keziah. Not much is said on Edward and Mary Tucker Basse. Karen Mark, I opened your web page and surprise I found the name Crews of Pittslvania County, Viriginia. My 3 great grandmother was Phoebe Bueford Crews whom married William Buchanan Davis both from Pittslvania Co, Virginia. I have found that her parents are John Crews and Christina Clements (Clemens) Would you have any more info on the Crews. Karen Since I lost a lot of info, I am going to refer you to sherry at aniwodi2@yahoo.com She will give you the info you need on the Bass club and maybe any other info you might need Karen --------------------------- Subject: Simon Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:21:51 -0600 From: Joe Murphy Organization: Pipeline Group Ahnentafel, Generation No. 4 8. Simon MURPHY was born 1703 in , England. He was the son of 16.Richard MURPHY and 17. Mary Elizabeth BIRD. 9. Elizabeth Bettie BYRD was born 1704 in Southhampton, Surrey, Va,and died 1753 in Surrey, Va. She was the daughter of 18. Thomas BYRD and 19. Mrs. Elizabeth BIRD. Children of Elizabeth Bettie BYRD and Simon MURPHY are: 4. i. Simon MURPHY was born 1732 in Eastern, Virginia, and died 28 MAR 1795 in Union District, South Carolina. He married Sara DUKE 1750, daughter of William Norman DUKE and Sarah GREEN. She was born 1733 in , N.C., and died 1818 in Union Co., S.C.. ii. Sion MURPHY was born 1732 in Surrey, Va.. iii. Byrd MURPHY was born 1734 in Surrey, Va. 10. William Norman DUKE was born 1725. 11. Sarah GREEN. Children of Sarah GREEN and William Norman DUKE are: 6. i. Major DUKES was born 1745 in North Carolina, and died AUG 1838 in Union District, South Carolina. He married Elizabeth DREWERY OR DRURY. She was born 1745 in North Carolina, and died 1820 in Union District, South Carolina. 5. ii. Sara DUKE was born 1733 in , N.C., and died 1818 in Union Co., S.C.. She married Simon MURPHY 1750, son of Simon MURPHY and Elizabeth Bettie BYRD. Hewas born 1732 in Eastern, Virginia, and died 28 MAR 1795 in Union District, South Carolina. 12. William Norman DUKE Same as person number 10. 13. Sarah GREEN Same as person number 11. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 5 16. Richard MURPHY was born BET 1670 AND 1675 in , Ireland. 17. Mary Elizabeth BIRD was born in , England. She was the daughterof 34. William BIRD and 35. Mary HORSEMANDEN. Children of Mary Elizabeth BIRD and Richard MURPHY are: i. Daughter MURPHY was born ABT 1698 in , England. ii. Richard MURPHY was born 1698 in , England. iii. Tillman MURPHY was born 1700 in , England. iv. Arthur MURPHY was born 1701 in , England. 8. v. Simon MURPHY was born 1703 in , England. He married Elizabeth Bettie BYRD 1723, daughter of Thomas BYRD and Mrs. Elizabeth BIRD. She was born 1704 inSouthhampton, Surrey, Va, and died 1753 in Surrey, Va. vi. William MURPHY was born 1705 in , England. vii. Daughter MURPHY was born 1709 in , England. viii. Daughter MURPHY was born 1707 in , England. ix. MURPHY was born 1711 in , England. 18. Thomas BYRD was born 1678 in England, and died 1703 in Va. He was the son of 36. John BYRD and 37. Grace STEGGE. 19. Mrs. Elizabeth BIRD was born 1680 in Southhampton, Surrey, Va. Child of Mrs. Elizabeth BIRD and Thomas BYRD is: 9. i. Elizabeth Bettie BYRD was born 1704 in Southhampton, Surrey, Va, and died 1753 in Surrey, Va. She married Simon MURPHY 1723, son of Richard MURPHY and Mary Elizabeth BIRD. He was born 1703 in , England. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 6 34. William BIRD was born 1652 in London, England, and died 4 DEC 1704 in Westover, Charles City, Va. 35. Mary HORSEMANDEN was born 1652 in England, and died 5 NOV 1699. Child of Mary HORSEMANDEN and William BIRD is: 17. i. Mary Elizabeth BIRD was born in , England. She married Richard MURPHY. He was born BET 1670 AND 1675 in, Ireland. 36. John BYRD was born 1620 in Brexton, Cheshire, England, and died1677 in London, England. 37. Grace STEGGE was born 1625 in London, England, and died 1690 inLondon, England. Child of Grace STEGGE and John BYRD is: 18. i. Thomas BYRD was born 1678 in England, and died 1703 in Va.He married Mrs. Elizabeth BIRD. She was born 1680 in Southhampton, Surrey, Va. -- Joe & Fredda Murphy 4004 Cynthia Dr Midland TX 79705 jmurphy@pipelinegroup.com -------------------------------- from Betty Chandler Descendants of Richard Murphy Generation No. 1 1. RICHARD3 MURPHY (SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born Abt. 1727 in Southhampton, VA, and died Bef. 1782 in Southhampton, VA1. He married LUCY UNKNOWN. She was born 1732 in Southhampton, VA. Notes for RICHARD MURPHY: Southampton County, Virginia Deed Book 1 - 1749 to 1753 JAMES COBB of North Carolina to SIMON MURPHY of Surry dated 8 Oct 1751 135 acres on the north side of the Nottoway River adj. Cypress Swamp, ALBRIDGTON JONES, ARTHUR APPLEWAITE, and sd. COBB (patent to sd. JAMES on 15 Dec 1749), S: JAMES (I) COBB, W: PHILLIP (P) BRANTLEY, RICHARD (signed)MURPHY, and DAVID (signed) EDWARDS 148 acres adj. the south side of the Blackwater Swamp, mouth of Kingsale Swamp, and county line between Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond Counties (part of patent to SAMUEL BROWNE of 150 acres), S: JESSE (signed) BROWN, W: RICHARD (signed) HAMLIN and RICHARD (signed) MURFEE This deed demonstrates that Simon was literate as was Richard Murphy and Richard Murphee. Implies that there were two Richards with different spellings, both literate and living in Surry/Southhampton in 1751. ********************* >From Virginia Tax Payers 1782-1787 Murphee, Elizabeth - - Southampton Murphee, Richard, est. - - Southampton Murphee, James 1 6 Southampton Murphee, Simon 1 2 Southampton ++++++++++++++ Mary Hargrave made her will Aug 29 1769 and probated oct 17 1769. Her twins Katherine and Kesiah were baptized Mar 23 1743 with sponsors Richard and Mary Murphy and Faith Judkins (Alb. Reg. Sussex Co., VA) cited from Boddie's Southside VA Familes, Vol 2 p. 135. +++++++++++++++++++ Southampton County Virginia, Thomas C. Parramore, 1978 p 62. During the first part of the 19th century, ....The leading religious spokesmen in Southampton Co included Rev. Robert Murrell, the "soldier preacher" at Hebron Baptist Church for 37 years, and Rev. Simon Murfee, minister at South Quay Baptist Church before his removal to Nansemond County. Possibly in: Durwald T. Stokes and William T. Scott, A History of the Christian Church of the South (Burlington, N. C.: United Church of Christ, 1975), 51 p151-2 VMI 1853 James T. Murfee "Cadet Murfee embarked on a teaching career after finishing VMI and in 1854 became professor of natural sciences at madison College in Pennsylvania. When the Civil War began he was serving as professor of mathematics at the University of Alamabama, and after service as a Confederate artillery officer he became, in 1871, president of Howard College in Marion, Alabama. After 16 years at the college, 1887 he founded Marion Military Institute, which he headed until his retirement in 1906." p126 J. W. Murfee and William Murfee kinsmen mid 19th century, not so good business men. Left Southampton rather hastily. +++++++ Wake Co., NC Marriages lists a marriage 5 Jan 1819 with Simon Murphy as bondsman between Elisha Britt and Elizabeth Jones. More About SIMON MURPHY: Christening: June 02, 1745, Albermarle Parish, Surry Co., VA; Godparents John Hines, John Hargrave, Eliza Hines. Children of SIMON MURPHY are: i. SION5 MURPHY. ii. MARTIN MURPHY. Notes for MARTIN MURPHY: A Martin Murphy is mentioned as the son of Arthur Murphy in his will. Sion and Martin are mentioned as witnesses to a deed between Simon of Wake and Parker Murphy. Which implies that Simon would have been a son of Arthur not Richard. Or Sion and Martin were sons of Parker or one of his brothers.. Endnotes 1. Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle, Virginia Tax Payers 1782-1787, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1966). 2. Surry Co., VA Will and Deed Book, Book #9 -- 1738-1754 Page 886, received form Shawn Martin. 3. Clayton Torrence, Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800, (William Byrd Press, Inc. Richmond, VA 1931), p. 306. 4. Will of Simon Murphy, Sr.. --------------------------- Finnis died in 1962 in Rutherford County, TN and is buried in Milan, TN at the Oakwood Cemetery He married Agnes E. Reynolds in Marshall County, Tn April 19, 1903. Ruby Best ---------------------- Subject: Re: Surry Co. VA Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 01:46:18 EST From: GenKen@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mr. Murphy, First time I realized I'd been mentioned in dispatches, as we military types are supposed to say. While I have done considerable work in Surry, I don't think I advertised it, especially using my retired rank. Oh well.........got a friend (?) somewhere I guess. But to the point, most of my work on the Meriwethers in Surry is before 1700 . I don't recall encountering any Murfees associated with the Meriwethers or others related. I do have some of Haun's works (Books I-IX) which include deeds and court records for the early period until 1748. A fast review of those does not reveal any Murfees before Feb 1741/42 when a Richard Murfee is a witness. In August 1742 a Simon Murfee is ordered to be an appraiser (Bk VIII). In Bk IX a petition was bought by James Baker, Gent, Exetor of John Allen, Esq., deceased, against Benjamin Murfey for three pounds, etc. Hopkin's work on Surry deeds 1684-1733 has no Murfee entries. Davis, whose earlier works are essentially duplicated by Haun has no entries in her Surry Co. Records (1652-1684). In her Wills and Administrations (1671-1750), she indexes a Lemon Murfrey on p. 4 (not found) and Simon Murphy on p. 104. In the last Wm. Phillips wills to his son..."the plantation where Simon Murphy lately lived, purchased of James. Briggs..." That entry was probated in 19 Apr 1721. Per Hopkins, Briggs sold 300a in Lawnes Creel Parish to Phillips on 19 May 1712 (on Sunken Marsh, etc.). There are a number of Murphy (various spelling) in Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers (v. I-III), which I assume you have checked. Without more info I can't tell which might be useful, as they might be any where in VA. No Simon however. If I learn something specific on Murfees I let you know. My wife's gradmother was a Murphy in IN, but I've been unable to locate the origin of her father, Henry Murphy, in KY per the IN census.. He died in the Civil War. I'd appreciate learning anything relating to Meriwethers you may find, or Henry Murphy for that matter.. Hope this helps. Maury Kendall In a message dated 2/15/2002 4:29:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu writes: Greetings, I saw your name on a list of researchers at: http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/research.htm I am researching Surry Co. VA, particularly the life of Simon Murfee, in Assamoosock Swamp and around the Blackwater. He was a progenitor of a lot of Murphys beginning there in Albermarle Parish. If this interests you, please answer me back. thanks ------------------------------- Subject: [MURPHY-ROOTS] Of Interest to Gabriel Murphy/Murphey descendents Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 05:33:07 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 07:33:10 -0500 From: "murph" Reply-To: MURPHY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com This is info is from the "Fauquier Families 1759-1799 by John P. Alcock." page 256 "Gabriel Murphy paid taxes in 1759, Deed book 1 page 162 Lease in Manor of Leeds on Thumb Run for lives of wife Ann and daughter Mary Ann." "John Murphy paid taxes 1796 thru 1798 in Little River." page 359 "James Walker August 1780 4 years old as of 22 October bound to John Murphy, shoemaker." ------------------------------ Subject: Southampton Murfees Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:03:15 -0500 From: "Beverly White" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 Hi Mark: It's about time I returned the favor and sent you something. Not a whole lot new, but there may be an entry here and there that you didn't have. Feel free to send it to whoever you wish. I'm going to post it to the Murphy list. Beverly p.s. I also checked the Vestry Book of the Upper Parish of Nansemond County, but found no Murphys. ------------------------------- Subject: [MURPHY-L] Southampton VA Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:04:40 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:06:13 -0500 From: "Beverly White" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Following are all the Murfee (all spellings) entries in: Wills and Administrations of Southampton County VA 1749-1800. Beverly Wills & Administrations of Southampton Co. VA 1749-1800, by Blanche Adams Chapman Johnson, John. Leg. - son Daniel; son Lazarus; son Joseph; son Henry; daughters Sarah, Martha and Ester; deceased son John's heirs; wife Lucy. Exr. Son Lazarus Johnson. D. 29 Nov 1752. R. 14 Mar 1754. Wts: RICHARD MURFEE, John Pope, James Fowler. MURPHEE, JAMES. Leg. - wife Susannah; neice Elizabeth Poole; reversion to James Poole and William Murphee Poole. Extx. Wife Susannah Poole. D. 21 Apr 1782. R. 13 Jun 1782. Wts: Edward Archer, John Archer, William Urquhart. MURFEE, RICHARD JR. D. 27 Feb 1782. Estate appraised by A. Jones, Jr., Brittain Joyner, William Williams. R. 12 Sept 1782. MURPHREE, JAMES. Inventory. Signed SUSANNA MURPHREE. R. 13 Feb 1783. Pope, William. Estate appraised by Mathew Wills, John Johnson, and SIMON MURFREE. R. 14 Aug 1783. MURFREE, RICHARD. Account current. Signed, SIMON MURFEE. D. 1782. Audited by J. Denson and Shad. Lewis. R. 13 May 1784. Jones, Albridgton. Leg. - son Mathew, land bought of Charles Binns and that bought of Robert Care, called Cedar Island in Nansemond County; son William when of age land purchased of Thomas Holt . . . D. 12 Dec 1785. Wts: Mathew Calbert, Arthur Williams, Thomas Wainwright. Wts (to will) Samuel Calvert, SIMON MURFEE, Benjamin Beal. R. 19 Jul 1786. Cobb, Samuel. Leg. - son Mathew; son Kinchen, land adjoining Demsey Cowper, Will Greswitt's orphans and Dr. Samuel Browne; son Samuel; son Burgwin, land adjoining SIMON MURFEE and Henry Cobb; my brother Henry Cobb and Simon Vaughan to divide my land; wife Mary Cobb. D. 04 Apr 1785. R. 12 Feb 1789. Exrs. Sons Mathew and Kinchen Cobb. Wts: Demsey Cooper, Thomas Pope, Nicholas Cobb. MURFEE, RICHARD SR. Leg. - wife Lucy; son Simon; son William; daughter Molly; daughter Lucy Daughtrey; daughters Celia, Sally and Nancy; grandson Francis Murfee; daughter Elizabeth Williams. Exrs. Sons Simon and William Murfee. D. 21 Nov 1788. R. 11 Dec 1789. Wts: Josiah Vick, Wilson Davis. MURFEE, RICHARD SR. D. 15 Dec 1789. Appraised by David Edwards, William Edwards and James Edwards. R. 13 Sept 1792. Account estate. Signed WILLIAM MURFEE, Ex. MATT MURFEE named as one of the family. Audited by Henry Briggs and James Edwards. R 13 Sept 1792. Lawrence, Thomas. Leg. - daughter Rhoda; daughter Susannah; son William; wife Margaret; children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth. Exs. Wife and son William Lawrence. D. 12 Feb 1790. R. 14 Feb 1793. Wts: JOSIAH MURFEE, FRANCIS MURFEE, William Edwards. MURFEE, SIMON. Leg. - son Richard, my plantation at death or marriage of my wife; son Simon; son Josiah; son Francis; son Burwell, son Drewry; son Wills Murfee. Exs. Friends Josiah Vick, Samuel Calvert and son Josiah Murfee. D. 28 Mar 1795. R. 11 Feb 1796. Wts: James Edwards, William Edwards, Giles Wester. Vick, James. Leg. - wife Sarah Nicholson, land bought of Lewis Joiner, adjoining Arthur Arrington . . . Exs. Friend Micajah Holliman and wife Sarah Vick. D. 13 Sept 1795. R. 15 Apr 1796. Wts: Noel Waddell, JOSIAH MURFEE, Thomas W. Clements. Vick, Joshua. Appraisal of estate remaining in the hands of Elizabeth Wilson, the relict of said Joshua at the time of her death. Signed, William Vick. Appraisers: WILLIAM MURFEE, Richard Blow and Amos Stephens. Signed Jeremiah Drake as to the negroes. R. 15 Oct 1798. ---------------- Subject: More on Murfees Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:05:47 -0500 From: "Betty B. Chandler" To: "Mark Murphy" Mark, I believe the gentleman in Surry is a Hudgins. I think he is a contributor to the Surry Historical Society site. Okay. Send me that address ONE MORE TIME. I'm going to send you a copy of a map prepared by one of your far-flung cousins after she was allowed to review MANY original Murfee documents by the "cousin who won't share" with her own family line. I feel certain that Simon and maybe Richard before him, had lands covering much of the Southside of the James. I have checked Sussex, and failed to find much there. The clerk of court is great and he helps genealogists as much as time permits. You might want to send a query to him and let him see what he can find. The last time we were there, he was not charging for his look-ups. Hopefully, this has not changed. Since James City (I think), Nansemond, Surry and Southampton were at different times one and the same counties, I don't know how much we can depend on old property descriptions. As you say, the rivers haven't moved that much over the course of 400 years, give or take a few. The map which was prepared by Madelon Murphy David is based on old deeds and records in the possession of one Katharine Barrett, my first cousin once removed. As you say, they'd better build a separate coffin for all the "stuff" she's going to take with her. This map dates from the time of Capt. Simon Murfee, son of Richard, son of Simon I (and maybe son of Richard). Capt. Simon married into the Wills family. As I understand the history of the area, there were "settlements" of Scots-Irish in that area; this particular one from Mulberry Island. In order to track the origins of this settlement, it is necessary to track the Wills family back to the immigrant ancestor, Emmanuel Wills of England. This line ties to the Mills, Miles, Scarsboroughs, and many other notables in the area. One of Capt. Simon's daughters, Margaret (Peggy) married a Wills, in additon to her mother being a maiden Wills. Later, Capt. Simon Murfee's son, Rev. Simon, either inherited or purchased about one-third of the lands upon which the City of Franklin, VA (NOT Franklin County, where Hopewell lies) was eventually settled. Rev. Simon's grandson, and my great grandfather, Richard Crawford Barrett, Sr., was the first city recorder and treasurer, as I understand it; one of the Rev's sons-in-law, a Bryant, if memory serves, was elected or appointed Mayor. My great grandfather wrote a "History of Franklin" which has been widely circulated and now reposes in the Virginia State Archives. It had been in the possession of various Barrett cousins, until I got my chance, and I submitted it to the Archives. Caught heck from Katharine, but at least I now know that everyone who wants access can have it. I've got typed copies and original copies somewhere, and if you'd like, I'll send a copy of that, too. It is in no manner a biography. Old R.C. was a very modest fellow, allowing himself to sire some thirteen children (there wasn't that much going on in Franklin during the mid 1800's) and demanding that they all be educated in a manner becoming. His mother and daughter of Rev. Simon Murfee, Mary Rebecca Murfee Barrett, was a charter member of the First Baptist Church. Mary Rebecca's husband, Richard (I) died in 1868 of consumption. His father had died when he was 3 years old, in 1817(appx.) and his mother filed suit against her husband's family and they against her for custody of the child and the property of the deceased, Elias Barrett. They said that Richard I never spoke of his own family, maybe because he didn't know anything, but he embraced the Murfee family. Probably the reason being that the Rev was very generous with Richard and his daughter, providing them with numerous and varied lands. Further, one of the Rev's brothers, Wills, was the father of Richard I's first wife, Amanda Louisa Fitzallen Murfee. She was Richard I's first wife, having two children by him: Wills Murfee Barrett, who died as a youth; and Erastus Bozorah Barrett, who was in some manner physically handicapped, but of sound mind. This young man inherited heavily from his grandfather Wills Murfee, and since he could not care for his own interests, turned everything over to his father, Richard I. Brother Rat, as he is fondly remembered in our family, died in his mid 20's, leaving all to his father. His mother, so long as she never remarried and raised and educated his children appropriately, fell heiress to all of the Murfee holdings from both brothers. So, as you can see, there were more than enough Murfees with lots of land at that point in time. As an aside, the discussion on VA Southside regarding estates and minor children is of particular interest to me, because of Richard I's humble origins. Like I said, just send me that address again. I've made a book of genealogy with a section on Murfees. Then, I have tubs-full of other Murfee "stuff," and some original documents. Just family letters, etc. I'll try to send just the facts, sir. This "cousin's" father was Robert Sidney Barrett, and the youngest son of Richard Crawford and Mary Estelle Barrett. He lived at home until his mother's death and at that time, he took possession of all that was left in the house - including papers, etc. This could take ages to work out -- Take care, Betty Chandler (forgive the typing and typos. I am a paralegal and I've typed my fingers off today. The old bones don't hold up as well as they used to.) ------------- Subject: That "Family Lore" Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 18:36:16 -0500 From: "Betty B. Chandler" To: "Mark Murphy" ark, I may not respond to every e-mail, but I am very interested in the Richard/Simon tie. Further, it makes good sense to me that the names Simon and Richard would be linked generation after generation. Wasn't it the usual order to name the first son after the father's father, and the second after the father? Also, I understand (from one of those "cousins" who won't share) that there is a gentleman who lives very near the old Surry Courthouse who is doing a massive research project and a publication, I think. At any rate, he is said to be a Murphy authority (or perhaps he's just seen the name so much he readily knows all about the family.) I further understand that there is a newly formed Surry Historical Society. I wonder - no, I feel pretty certain - that someone is searching for info on this Murfee line. Because of the tie between the Murfees and the Wills families, I believe that both came from the North side of the James, and again, as lore, that they were situate at Mulberry Island (now Fort Eustis.) Anyhow, I'm waiting and watching. I hope to get up that way to Surry/Isle of Wight/Southampton Counties this spring. And, you're welcome to bounce your theories off me any old time. Betty Chandler ---------------- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~anderson/va/census/and_head.html Edward Richards 09/26/1674 1528 acres Charles City County Virginia Land Patent Book 6 Page 529 Below the pond's nigh head of Ward's Creek., land adjacent Thomas Morgan & his own land, down the boggy branch, nigh a small indian field. 750 acres granted John Westrope 08/30/1650, sold to John Graves & Thomas Morgan, 07/29/1653, & by said Morgan sold to said Richards 01/10/1654. 778 acres for transport of 16 persons inc. Inghambred Anderson. [see also Wm. Bird 1656 patent on Ward's Creek] Thomas Anderson 1643 headright of Edward Murfrey to South side Potomac River 1651 headright of William Ginsey to Yorke Co. 1673 headright of William Peebles to Charles City Co. 1682 headright of Thomas Mandue to Isle of Wight Co. ----------------------- http://www.geocities.com/tamma_arminta/References_Murphy.htm BYRD REFERENCES Thomas Le Byrd -> Thomas Byrd married Elizabeth -> John Byrd married Grace Stegge -> William Byrd married Mary Horsmaden -> Mary Byrd married James Duke -> William Duke -> Joseph Duke married Mary - > Major Duke married Elizabeth Drewery (Drury) -> Holly Duke married Mark Murphy -> Emanuel Masters Murphy married Nancy Judd Estes -> Hyrum Murphy married Tamma Arminta Curtis -> Ruby Rozella Murphy married Frands Ernel "Jake" Peterson -> Francell Peterson and Rene Peterson Mary Byrd m Richard Murphy - See Murphy the following references do not apply. Thomas Byrd->Elizabeth Byrd m Simon Murphy. See Murphy. The following references do not apply. Byrd, Colwell Patterson, b. 1829. History and genealogy of the Byrd family: from the early part of 1700 A.D. when they just settled at Muddy Creek, Accomack County, Virgina. California State Sutro Library Microfiche G3\G2534 Byrd, William, 1674-1744, The writings of Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia, Esqr, edited by John Spencer Bassett. California State Sutro Library MIcrofiche\G3\G3244. Byrd, William, 1674-1744, The London Diary and Other Writings, Edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling Glenn, Thomas Allen. Some Colonial Mansions and Those Who Lived in Them: with Genealogies of the Various Families Mentioned. LDS Book 973 D2gt Ser 1; Film 0896583, item 2. Iincludes Byrd, Gren, Greene. Hatch, Alden. The Byrds of Virginia. Contains information regarding the family of William Byrd. A Record of the Generations of the Byrds or Le Brids since A.D. 1000. LDS Film 0029883, item 1. Includes William Byrd and Mary Horsmanden. Niles, Bertha G. William. A partial geneology of the Green-Greene Family in America 1669-1987. (in New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, texas and other places. Takeken from Greene family tree by Alton Lee Greene. William Green d. 1722, immigrated from England to Philadephia,moving to Long Island, New York where in about 1700, he married Joanna Reeder (b. 1669). Includes Byrd. LDS Film 1320816, item 3. Not reviewed ------------------- from Beverly White, 30 Jan 02 Another great transcript, Mark. Since Halifax was formed from Lunenburg, I looked to see what I have. Have you looked at Byrd records in Lunenburg? Lunenburg Co. VA Deeds 1746-1752 Pg. 28. (463) Sep 26, 1749 from Drury Stith, Henry Morris, & Michael Cadet Young of Brunswick Co and Parish of St. Andrew to John Thompson of L and Parish of Cumberland, 44L about 637 acres on both sides of Blewstone Creek being the same land that was formerly patented to Stith, Morris, & Young on Oct 1, 1747, & bounded by Byrd's line. S/Drury Stith, Henry Morris, M. Cadet Young. Wit. James Parrish, John O Murphey, John (+) Humphris. Recor. Oct 3, 1749. [I think "O" was his mark - not his initial] Then I double checked military records, but the other Richards were from Delaware. Murfee, Richard Sr.: born Scotland, died 1788-9, Southampton VA. Married Lucy. Patriot, furnished supplies, Southhampton VA. Children: Simon, William, Elizabeth, married Williams, Lucy, married Daughtery, Celia, Sally, Nancy. ------------ http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaisleof/query003.htm WILLS, MURFEE - Seeking information on Martha Wills, wife of Simon Murfee. Believe the Wills family to have been in Isle of Wight, where Richard Murfee purchased land. There are approximately four Martha Wills in Isle of Wight between 1700-1750. There is a real possibility that Richard Murfee married twice. Could this line tie to the Emanuel Wills line, and if so, how? Any assistance appreciated; will be happy to share research. Mar 27, 1998 - 21:06 - From: - Betty Barrett Chandler DIXON/MURPHREY - Looking for information on Thomas DIXON II who was born before 1670 and died 1746 in Isle of Wight, VA. He married Elizabeth MURPHREY, daughter of Michael MURPHREY. According to family history, he purchased land in Isle of Wight Co. in 1724. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth were Thomas DIXON III, Nicholas, Martha, Penelope, Mourning, Patience, and William. Any information on these DIXON or MURPHREYfamilies would be very much appreciated. Betty Raines Jun 27, 1998 - 12:13 - From: - Betty Raines --------------- Subject: Flatt Swamp Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:26:42 -0700 Resent-From: VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:23:11 -0800 From: "Sarah Keesee" Organization: Internet Of Salisbury, Inc. To: VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com Using the map on iv (facing Contents) of the Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties by Richards and a description below of the Flatt Swamp, would someone reconcile the two? It is apparently a small area---I am trying to determine which church would be most likely that my Weathers family attended in the early 1740s. This from a cousin, Cleve Weathers, who located the area from a 1719 deed to Thomas Weathers: "It is about 5 miles south of State Route 40 and the point where it empties into the Nottoway River is about 0.3 miles west of Interstate-95. It is only about 1 mile long and runs roughly parallel to the Nottoway. No part of the Flat Swamp is more than about 1/2 mile from the Nottoway, so we know with some degree of specificity where Thomas and Lydia lived. It is no longer a swamp per my map, just a creek. I suspect many swampy areas in this part of Virginia have been filled in some where not a lot fill was required. The closest point of Spring Creek, its origins, is about 2.3 miles to the south of the westerly end of Flat Swamp. The end of Flat Swamp is now a pond, roughly 800 ft long and couple of hundred feet wide. " I read it to be close to the Dinwiddie Co. line, but the St. Mark's churches would be too late.....would you think they would have traveled to Spring Swamp Chapel (1725) which was replaced in 1750 by St. Andrew's Church? Any help or ideas would be most appreciated. Sarah Withers Keesee lydiap@salisbury.net ------------------- Subject: Re: Murphy notes Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:55:40 -0500 From: "Betty B. Chandler" To: "Mark Murphy" "Betty B. Chandler" wrote: Mark, I'm looking for Vira's address. Even got a Christmas letter from her family, and I can't find that, either. Has to be here somewhere - never throw anything away, just can't find where I left it. The report would be the property of the descendants of Capt. Estes Murphy who died a year or two ago. I spoke with him (he lived in CA) and he was very dedicated to identifying his ancestors and descendants. I've been to Surry County many times. Daddy grew up in Southampton and Nansemond (now Suffolk) Counties. I hope to get up that way sometime this spring. One of my cousins has many of the old deeds, some belonging to the Murfees. She refuses to share these instruments with her family, thus, we go to the courthouses to do our research. I suppose there's one in every family. I'm not certain how much you know about the early VA records, but the two surviving books for either James City County or Charles City County are kept in Surry. I wouldn't be surprised if they've been shipped to the State Archive, where an out-of-stater pays $25.00 bucks up-front, and doesn't get a penny back if nothing is found. Do you subscribe to the Surry County Historical Society Site? They're relatively new but bringing on a great deal of info quickly. As to the Murfees, I believe that Simon I's son Simon, went into North Carolina and married a Sarah Duke. I would state with some certainty that she was an ancestor of the Dukes of tobacco wealth. I didn't have anything on Arthur, except that he was born inSurry Co., VA. Other children, as taken from the Will of Simon I, include: Catharine (Katey) Murfee; Lucy Murfee, Elizabeth who married a Hines or Hinds (I've seen it both ways); Mary Murfee who married John McGarrity. Richard Murfee, Sr., son of Simon I, according to his will, married Lucy ?. They had the following children: Capt Simon Murfee who married Martha Wills (descended of Emmanuel Wills of the Mulberry Island area); William Murfee; Elizabeth Murfee who married a Williams; Lucy Murfee who married a Daughtry; Celia Murfee; Sally Murfee; Nancy Murfee and perhaps a Molly Murfee, although Lucy, Sally, Nancy and Molly are all nicknames. Capt. Simon and Martha Wills Murfee had the following children: Rev. Simon Murfee who married Lydia Beale, daughter of Burwell and Charity Wilson Beale; Drewry Murfee; Richard Murfee who married Elizabeth Tucker; Burwell Murfee married Polly Beale; Francis Murfee; Wills Murfee, father of Amanda Louisa Fitzallen Murfee who married Richard Barrett of Southampton (his 1st wife). Wills married Lydia Williams. Margaret "Peggy" Murfee married first Samuel Story and second, a cousin, Thomas Wills; and Josiah Murfee. It is evidenced from the early wills of Capt. Simon and Josiah Murfee that some of these children were half-siblings. I can't determine who belonged to whom, but Josiah, upon his death, leaves to his "whole siblings and half siblings." Obviously, Capt. Simon was married twice. Capt. Simon's son, Rev. Simon Murfee, married Lydia Beals, daughter of Burwell and Charity Beale. They resided on the old Wills place in the sourthern portion of Southampton County and Hertford County, where the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers flow into the Chowan and on into the Albemarle Sound. I have a hand-drawn map of this area. The Wills compound was apparently where the Wills family settled. They supposedly first arrived at Mulberry Island, where they hooked up with the Murfees. Mulberry Island is now Fort Eustis, VA. Children of Rev. Simon Murfee and Lydia, his wife, were: Narcissa Murfee married Jacob Lenow; Nannie Murfee married W. Washington Lawrence; James Wilson Murfee (married 4 times); Edward F. Murfee who m. Josephine Virginia Carnes; Eliza (Elizabeth) Murfee (a/k/a "Lyzann"; Mary Rebecca Murfee who was the second wife of Richard Barrett, referenced above; Rebecca Murfee, who died as an infant; Mills B. Murfee, William Murfee, who died as an infant; and Maria Jane Murfee, who died as an infant As previously noted, Richard Barrett married 1st Amanda L. F. Murfee. He married 2nd Mary Rebecca, first cousin of Amanda. Richard and Amanda had two children, Erastus Bozarah and Wills Murfee Barrett. Wills died around age 8, Erastus lived to see his majority but died soon thereafter. He was of sound mind, but apparently severely physically impaired. Richard and Mary Rebecca had Richard Crawford Barrett, Sr. who married Mary Estelle Powell of Murfreesborough, NC; Mary Eliza Barrett who married John Henry Bogart of Southampton County; Lydia Gabriella Barrett who married James O. Bryant, a physician; Thomas Oswald Barrett who never married; Annie Bettie Barrett who married a Massenburg; and William Armistead Barrett, who died young. Richard Crawford Barrett, Sr. and Mary Estelle Powell Barrett had twelve children and I won't put you through that; however, one of those children was Richard Crawford Barrett, Jr. who married Pearl Chase of Syracuse, NY. They had three children, Elizabeth Chase Barrett who died at 18 months (and my namesake), Richard Barrett, my father, and Inez Estelle. They are all gone now. I don't have the PAF program, but I do have a genealogy program (which drives me nuts!) I have many documents which pertain to the Murfees and other of my direct lines. If you are interested in any, I'll be pleased to share. Question: As a legal assistant (paralegal, beagle, whatever), I wonder if you need to gain authority from anyone to publish the document which I sent to you, other than to give credit to the author and the individual for whom it was prepared. It was freely given and spread throughout my Murfee line, and others that I know of. There is or was an Al Murphy who has done a lot of work, and while I got a Christmas letter from him, I have not gotten e-mail in some time; and a Madelon Murphy David of Florida who has also done a lot of work. We have all shared, and I doubt if any of them have much more than I about the early generations. My brain feels like scrambled eggs - need to go and get some clothes lined up for work tomorrow. Hope I've given you a few new leads, and if you want any of this mess, let me know. In the meantime, I'll look for those addresses. Oh, I have a cousin, Malita R. Askew of Gates, Hertford Co., NC, who is our family matriarch. We have shared all of our info with other in the family, including all of the above. Vira always said that she suspected she had relatives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Since our lines branched so early, I haven't done any work in Tennessee. I'm really the lucky one, I guess, since my line was too afraid to leave Tidewater. Let me hear - bbc ------------------------------- Subject: Re: Murphy-Murphey-Murphry-Murphrey-Murphree Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:19:55 -0500 From: "Thomas Murphree" To: "Mark Murphy" Thanks! That was very informative! We moved here from Virginia two years ago, so my info is not readily accessible ( still boxed ) so comments of mine are based on memory ( until I get to the boxes ).. I haven't checked out your website yet, but will, thanks. I think Arthur Murphry and James Murphry were listed in the 1790 census. Were they related? I know James Murphree ( Murphry ) was married to Sarah Strother ( m. 3-1-1779 ). James Strother Murphree was their son. I have correspondence somewhere in which James Strother, Sarah's brother or nephew, I believe, was writing the Federal Government, trying to qualify Sarah for a Revolutionary War pension, based upon her husband's service. She was in her 90's then. ( She didn't die until 1842 ). I have a pretty good line on the Strothers. Christopher, in the late 1740's, conveyed his considerable land holdings in Virginia to family and friends and moved to Bute County in 1757. The old Strother place is known now as Maysville township, about 2 miles from Louisburg. ( Pardon the digression). Thanks for the response and the info!! ------------------------------- Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Richard I, a son of an earlier Simon? Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:35:35 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:36:32 -0500 From: "Betty B. Chandler" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Mark, I cannot speak as to the relationship between the Lancaster County Murphy and the Murfees of Surry and Southampton, but I do know that many folks who first came to the Chesapeake came inland and through the Lancaster County area on their way to Surry, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Southampton, etc. Now. There was a document supplied to me by some of my Murfee relatives which was prepared by Ann Waller Reddy, 1005 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA in 1955 entitled, "THE MURPHY FAMILY - Analysis." This work, to my best recollection, was given to me by Capt. Estes Murphy, now deceased. This document traces possible ties between the Byrd family of Westover and the Murfees of Surry; information on lands in Isle of Wight County owned by Simon Murfee of Surry in 1748; General Court Minutes pertaining to differences involving the Bird family in Charles City Court, 1674; Albemarle Parish Records dating to 1738 involving the Murfees; Patents belonging to the Murfee Family in Nansemond County c. 1679 - 1767 and various deeds in Surry and Southampton County. Capt. Estes was attempting to establish a relationship between the Birds/Byrds of Westover and the Murfees of Surry, Isle of Wight and Southampton, a point which I have not been able to remotely establish. From family lore and written accounts within my own line, I am led to believe that Richard Murfee was born in Ireland and in Surry in the late 1600's, and that he married a Mary Bird/Byrd. However, there were Birds/Byrds on the Southside of the James at that time OTHER than the Westover line. This is further confused, however, by the undocumented information that Simon, son of Richard and Mary, married an Elizabeth Byrd, who, upon the passing of the said Simon, remarried an Edwards (also numerous on the Southside of the James at that time.) From another angle, given names in my Murfee/Barret line include Burwell and Armistead. If you run across anything of interest to this particular line, I would appreciate some direction. Thanks, bbc -------------------- Library of Virginia NAME Murphrey [Murfey], William, Junior. DATE 1715 SOURCE Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, 1661-1719 (Reel 23) p. 594-595. Inv. & Appr. rec. 29 June 1715 NOTE Part of index to Isle of Wight County Wills and Administrations (1628-1800) NAME Murphrey [Murfey], William, Junior. DATE 1715 SOURCE Deeds, Wills, Great Books, Vol. 2, 1715-1726 (Reel 3) NOTE Part of index to Isle of Wight County Wills and Administrations (1628-1800) PLACE Isle of Wight County (Va.) NAME Murfey, Simon. DATE 1754 SOURCE Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1738-1754, p. 857-858 NOTE Part of index to Surry County Wills and Administrations (1652 - 1850) PLACE Surry County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. NAME Murfe [Murfey], Simon. DATE 1754 SOURCE Surry Co. Deeds, Wills, Etc., 10, 1754-68, p. 14. NOTE Part of index to Surry County Wills and Administrations (1652- 1850) PLACE Surry County (Va.) FORM Estate inventories. aat. ADDED ENTRY Murfey, Simon. Accession No 27816 Author Bell, Albert, Dr. Title Bass family genealogical notes. Record Ser. Jordan Bass, son of Jacob Bass, Sr., of Franklin County, North Carolina. Record Ser. Genealogical notes collection; 27816. Quantity 26 leaves. Format Photocopies. Summary Genealogical notes compiled by Dr. Albert Bell concerning several Jordan Basses, including Jordan Bass the son of Jacob Bass, Sr., of Franklin County, North Carolina, Jordan Bass of Randolph County, North Carolina, Jordan Bass of Southampton County, Virginia, and Jordan R. Bass of Nash County, North Carolina. Records cited include deeds and wills as well as court records concerning Basses in Talladega County, Alabama, and Wilson County, Tennessee. Finding Aid Hart, Lyndon H. III, comp., A GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL NOTES & CHARTS IN THE ARCHIVES BRANCH, VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES, available for purchase. Subject Bass, Jacob, d. 1791, progenitor. ---------------------- I did find though [on page 474] one Benton, W. R. H. 11/22/1816- 1/2/0/1901 who might have been your Polly Benton Murphy's brother. [or cousin} WRH is buried in the Haynes Cem. Directions "from Glendale, south on Culleoka Rd 2 miles to Central Church, turn east on Brush Creek Rd , 5 miles to well kept cem on Right side,on a hill" his wife Margaret 1829- 1912 and [probably ] daughter Anna are also buried there. Truly Sorry I could not be more help... Regards, Steph Powell Cecil stephaxi@mindspring.com ------------------- INTERESTING HERE>>> Library of Virginia site>> Murphey, Simon. DATE 1673. SOURCE Deeds, 1699-1800; Wills, 1661-1787. p. 113-114. Will pro. 10 Sept. 1673. NOTE Part of index to Lancaster County Wills and Administrations (1652-1800) PLACE Lancaster County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. Lancaster Co. several cos. NE of Surry. ---------- Murfee, Simon. DATE 1796 SOURCE Will Book No. 4, 1783-1797 (Reel 17) p. 720-721. Will pro. 11. Feb. 1796. p. 750-751. Inv. & Appr. rec. July 14, 1796. NOTE Part of index to Southampton County Wills and Administrations (1749 - 1800) PLACE Southampton County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. Southampton Co. next south under Sussex. --------------------- Murfey, Simon. DATE 1754 SOURCE Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1738-1754, p. 857-858 NOTE Part of index to Surry County Wills and Administrations (1652 - 1850) PLACE Surry County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. ---------------------- NAME Murfe [Murfey], Simon. DATE 1754 SOURCE Surry Co. Deeds, Wills, Etc., 10, 1754-68, p. 14. NOTE Part of index to Surry County Wills and Administrations (1652 - 1850) PLACE Surry County (Va.) FORM Estate inventories. aat. ADDED ENTRY Murfey, Simon. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. --------------------- Patent GRANTEE Murfey, Simon. grantee. DATE 28 August 1746. NOTE Location: Surry County. NOTE Description: 203 acres on both sides of the Assamuseck Swamp. 140 acres formerly granted said Murfey Sept 28, 1732 and 63 acres the residue never before granted. NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 25, 1745-1747, p. 227 (Reel 23). NOTE See also the following surname(s): Murphey. NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. OTHER FORMAT available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. ------------------- Murphey, Simon. grantee. DATE 28 September 1732. NOTE Location: Surry County. NOTE Description: 140 acres on the east side of the Atsamoosock Swamp. Adjoins land of Philip Ludwell, Charles Briggs and extending. NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 14, 1728-1732 (pt.1 & 2), p. 499 (Reel 11). NOTE See also the following surname(s): Murfey, Murphy. NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. ------------------- Murphey, Richard. grantee. DATE 29 May 1760. NOTE Location: Halifax County. NOTE Description: 400 acres on both sides of Banister River beginning at the mouth of Allens Creek. NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 33, 1756-1761 (v.1, 2, 3 & 4 p.1-1095), p. 802 (Reel 31-32). NOTE See also the following surname(s): Murfey, Murphy. NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. ---------------------- Murphy, Simon. grantee. DATE 20 June 1733. NOTE Location: Surry County. NOTE Description: 400 acres on the north side of the Atsamoosock Swamp. Beginning and extending on the north east side of Blys Branch. NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 15, 1732-1735 (v.1 & 2 p.1- 522), p. 17 (Reel 13). NOTE See also the following surname(s): Murphey. NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. -------------------------------------------- Got Smiths' deed to Eugenia Bass & Emedicus Murphey, 1853, Washington Co. MS from Nancy Hunt! from Rootsweb, Wash. Co. MS, no Murphey or Bass on 1830 census, but Bass on 1840, p. 245, no Murphey? 1850 has Bass, p. 250A, but no Murphey. Emedicus was on Issaquena Co. Census 1850, b. NC. age 44 house & family # 28 by himself. Emedicus living with other family probably and not listed as head of family in 1840?. ---------------------------------------- Henley Marriage & Obituary Database: CATALOG CARD NEWSPAPER American beacon and commercial diary (Norfolk, Va. : 1815 : Daily) ENTRY Died- Yesterday Mr. Nathaniel Murphy, Sen., in the 62d year of his age, of Norfolk, leaving a wife and 3 small children. (p. 3, c. 3) DATE OF PUB. Wednesday, September 11, 1816. FILM NO. Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 188). NOTE From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. SUBJECT Obituaries -- Virginia. SUBJECT Norfolk (Va.) ADDED ENTRY Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) COLLECTION Bernard J. Henley papers. ------------------------------------- Henley Marriage & Obituary Database: CATALOG CARD (LVA) NEWSPAPER American beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth daily advertiser (Norfolk, Va.: 1827) ENTRY Died- On March 4 at his late residence in Gosport, Richard Murphy, age 46. (p. 3, c. 1) DATE OF PUB. Monday, March 7, 1836. FILM NO. Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 188). NOTE From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. SUBJECT Obituaries -- Virginia. SUBJECT Norfolk (Va.) ADDED ENTRY Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) COLLECTION Bernard J. Henley papers. ----------------------------- Henley Marriage & Obituary Database: CATALOG CARD NEWSPAPER Norfolk and Portsmouth chronicle. ENTRY Died- Mrs. Murphy, spouse of Mr. Martin Murphy, of this town. (p. 3, c. 1) DATE OF PUB. Saturday, April 9, 1791. FILM NO. Available on microfilm (Library of Virginia Film 308). NOTE From the marriage and obituary citations compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Virginia newspapers on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. SUBJECT Obituaries -- Virginia. SUBJECT Portsmouth (Va.) SUBJECT Norfolk (Va.) ADDED ENTRY Henley, Bernard J. (Bernard John) COLLECTION Bernard J. Henley papers. -------------------------- --------------------------- Exciting Collins connections at: http://www.tamandmichael.com/COLHIST6.htm#James Collins ----------------------------------------- Subject: Descendants of Simon Murphy Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 14:27:45 -0500 From: lhaack To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu I read your website with great interest. I am descended from Thomas and Miriam (Murphy) Hill. She was the daughter of Simon and sister of Mark Murphy. Thomas and Miriam had a daughter Drucilla who married Sampson Gilliam in Franklin County about 1796. I think we are cousins of some level. I noticed a reference to the marriage of Bird Murphy to a Gilliam with Marcus Gilliam officiating. My Sampson had a son named Mark, sometimes referred to as Marcus, who is my ancestor. Do you have any information about Gilliam of Franklin/Union County? I am interested in the Murphy/Byrd connection in Virginia. I know from my readings that William Byrd's daughter married a James Duke. I did notice a reference somewhere on the Internet that Simon Murphy was the son of a Mary (Bird) Murphy who was born somewhere other than Virginia. If you are interested in this line of inquiry, I will try to send you the souce of the latter information. Regards, Loretta Gilliam Haack ------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Murphy's in Dawson Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:18:10 -0600 From: "ELIZABETH F SMITH" Organization: Prodigy Internet To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 Mark, I completed my trip to Navarro County. I was successful in finding a marriage I was after and a few land records. Had some time to copy the following from the Direct & Reverse Index booksfor land records. I hope it helps you. Direct Book 1846-1880 (Direct is the Seller in the transaction) Murphy, Jno to J. A. Barkley, a contract, Mar 3, 1837 Vol G pg 418 Murphy, Jno to Henry Jones, a deed, Apr 22, 1846 Vol. G - 419 Murphy, Richard to E. H. Church, Trustee, a Deed of Trust, Jan 14, 1878, Vol 30 - 397 Reverse 1850-1880 (Reverse is the Buyer in the transaction) Murphy, Richard from Johanah Bracken, a deed, April 16, 1874 Vol Z, pg 200 Murphy, J. M. from T. D. Bounds, a deed, July 30, 1878 Vol 32 - 229 Murphy, Edward from Alex Beaton, a deed, April 26, 1879 Vol 34 - 141 Murphy, W. B. & others from W. B. McShaw, a deed, April 28, 1871, Vol T -865 Murphy, W. B. from W. A. Ricker by Sheriff, a deed, July 5, 1878, Vol 32 - 152 Murphy, P. C. from A. Shwarts by Constable, a deed, Aug 12, 1878, Vol 32 -339 Reverse Book 1880 - 1888 Murphy, P. C. from A. Shwats, by sheriff, a deed, May 10, 1880, Vol 36 - 133 Murphy, William from Henry Cook, a deed, July 26, 1880, vol 36 - 204 Murphy, J. A. from D. E. Dawson, a deed, Oct 8, 1881 Vol 41-490 Murphy, J.P. from Saml Frost, a deed, Jan 11, 1883 Vol 43-194 Murphy, J.P. from Saml Frost, a release, Oct 11, 1881 Vol 43-195 Murphy, John P. from Wm. Bell, a deed, May 9, 1883 Vol 47-555 Murphy, P. S. from J. P. Murphey, a deed, Sept 21, 1886, Vol 53-218 Murphy, J. P. from Wm Bell, a deed, May 9, 1883, Vol 54 - 40 Murphy, Polly S. from Frank Hodge, a deed, Jan 21, 1887, Vol 54 - 73 Murphy, Polly S. from Barry Frost, a deed, Feb 19, 1887, Vol 52 - 488 The next index books are broken down as followings: Book 3 - 1888 - 1897 Book 4 - 1897 - 1900 Book 5 - 1900 - 1905 Book 6 - 1905 - 1911 I'm sorry that I wasn't able to look up more for you. I don't know when I'll be going to Corsicana again. Good luck in your research. Liz ------------------------------------ Subject: Re: Mary Murphy of Maury Co., TN Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:38:57 -0600 From: "Richard Smith" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 This is all the information that I have. Richrd Smith Maury County, TN Descendants of Mary Murphy Generation No. 1 1. MARY1 MURPHY. She married THOMAS ALONZO HILL. Children of MARY MURPHY and THOMAS HILL are: 2. i. MAIDA PARHAM2 HILL, b. 1880; d. August 07, 1944, Maury Co., TN. ii. VIRGINIA HILL, m. ED JONES. iii. IDA HILL, m. UNKNOWN WEST II. iv. ANNIE HILL, m. ? WEST I. v. PATRICIA HILL, m. JIM DUNNAVANT. 3. vi. BUD HILL. 4. vii. FRANK HILL. viii. MATTIE ADELINE HILL, m. LUKE WYLIE. ix. ELLA HILL, m. LUTHER LEE. Generation No. 2 2. MAIDA PARHAM2 HILL (MARY1 MURPHY)1 was born 1880, and died August 07,1944 in Maury Co., TN. She married ALGIE HODGE SMITH2, son of IRVIN SMITHand DRUCILLA DIAL. Children of MAIDA HILL and ALGIE SMITH are: i. ESTELLE FRANCES3 SMITH3, b. August 07, 1902, Stiversville, Maury County,TN; d. August 28, 1999, Columbia, TN; m. JOHN WILLIAM GIDCOMB4. ii. CARL D. SMITH, b. May 06, 1904, maury County, TN; d. July 02, 1979,Nashville, TN; m. (1) RUBY WALTERS; m. (2) JEWEL ORTON. iii. CLAYTON JAMES SMITH, b. May 25, 1906, Maury Co. TN; d. June 13, 1990,Nashville, TN; m. DORA PURCELL. iv. LUCIUS KATE SMITH, b. February 09, 1908, Maury Co, - Culleoka, TN; d.March 17, 1983, Columbia, TN; m. LOUELLA STRENGTH, September 05, 1930,Detroit, MI. Marriage Notes for LUCIUS SMITH and LOUELLA STRENGTH: Marriage license and marriage book in Richard Smith's possession. 3. BUD2 HILL (MARY1 MURPHY). He married UNKNOWN. children of BUD HILL and UNKNOWN are: i. DELLA3 HILL. ii. PAUL HILL. 4. FRANK2 HILL (MARY1 MURPHY). He married SARAH UNKNOWN. Child of FRANK HILL and SARAH UNKNOWN is: i. MARTHA3 HILL, m. JACK MORGAN. ----------------------------------------- Subject: William B. Murphy Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:12:02 -0500 From: Wayne Phears To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Mark, I wonder if you have any clues as to what happened to your William B. Murphy's youngest son, William. I notice he disappears from the census records of the family after the war. I have a gggf < DIV>named William B. Murphy who is my brick wall in this family. He was born in Tn "about 1835" and turns up marrying in the northern Ms. county of Carroll, later named Montgomery. I wonder!!! Have you perhaps come across any clues? Thanks for any and all help! Linda Phears, Atlanta o ------------------------------------------- A good possibility here connected with Collins&Leonards in Maury & Franklin NC: Year / Grantor / Grantee / Acres / Instrument / Book / page 1. 1840 / Murphy, William / James Collins / -- / Deed / C / 450 Marshall Co. TN 2. 1837 / Murphy, W.B. / B.L. Campbell / 100 / Deed / B / 41 [prob. William B. Murphey] Year / Grantee / Grantor / Acres / Instrument / Book / page 3. 1858 / Murphy, W.B. / G.W. Collins / B.S. / Deed / R / 457 4. Franklin Co. NC- court minutes March 1842 James Murphy admr. to Holland Murphy estate with James Collins his security. 5. Franklin Co. marriages Murphy, James G Spouse : Collins, Sarethna Marriage date : Mar 4, 1863; Collins, Jesse Spouse : Murphy, Mary Ann Marriage date : Nov 25, 1847 6. Franklin Co. court minutes, Sept 1849: Bird Murphy, JeSse Collins, Henry Gupton, Joseph Murphy, John Leonard (et al) appointed Constables in Capt. Collins district 7. 1852 Franklin Co. Will of John P. Leonard (wife Sarah) proved by Gray Murphy & Parker Leonard 8. Maury: W. B. Murphey Deed for 103 Acres Executed by William S. Leonard September 23d 1854 9. 1830 Franklin Co., NC Census : William Leonard, James Murphy, Holland Murphy, lots of Collins 10. Frankl- 1822 William Leonard Exc. of John Leonard est. Parker Murphy a buyer 11. 1833 Gray Murphy married Betsey Leonard in Franklin Co. 12. Frank. Co. court 1797 Orderd that ... William Leonard Parker Murphey Arthur Murphy John Leonard, ..., James Collins, Henry Collins, Shea. BaSs, ... Warren BaSs James Vinson David Vinson, James Collins, Senr. and Stephen Gupton be appointeda Jury to Think[?] and Lay off if they think neceSsary a Road from the County line near Great Shocco Creek to Nash County line near Portis's and report to next Court. 13. Frank. 1853 ct. min. Will of William Leonard oaths of James Collins & Clifton Collins 14. ======================================================= ======================================================= ======================================================= ============================= --------------------------------------------- 21Jul 1855 The Democratic Herald (Columbia, TN) William B. Murphey listed as an election judge, District 5 Maury Co. ------------------------------------------ Subject: Re: Dawson Texas Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 15:30:19 -0500 From: "carl matthews" To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Dear Mark... I am not sure if I sent this...may have some infor you can use... Carl ******* MURPHYwere related to Hill, Dillahay. Crews. & Derryberry families John Calvin Murphy 1838 Tenn-1907 Navarro Co TX ..to Texas 1875 bro John Calvin Murphy Texas 1875 bro Edmund Thomas Murphy Texas 1875 married 1868 Nancy Alemeda Caskey Hurrican Switch TN 1869 Flora Jane Murphy 1871-1947 Robert Lee Murphy 1873-1958 William Carson Murphy 1876-1953 Mary Elizabeth Murphy 1878-1967 Newton Albertus Bert Murphy d. Hubbard 1881-1881 Johnny Murphy 1881-1882 Mattie Mae Murphy 1889-1967 Floyd Hill Murphy Joseph Hill Murphy c1847 m. Mary Ann Mollie Crews in Maury Co Tenn d/o Wesley & Nancy Collier Crews from NC d/ both buried Hubbard Cem - or Liberty Hill Cem son Joseph Albert Murphy bro ?? William W Murphy 1841- m. Martha E Hammonds bro John Calvin Murphy to Lib Hill 1875 bro Edmund Thomas Murphy to Lib Hill 1875 Elizabeth P Murphy c1814- m. James Harvey Reece Jr married Maury Co Tenn Sister.Sarah Reece 1805- m. Sampson Stewart Matthews s/o Robert & Mary Ann Stewart Matthews Flora Murphy c1870- m. 1895 Samuel Garrett Wright Hubbard Rallis Murphy 1886- m. c1810 Clyde Wright d/o Newton Lafayette & Eugenia Capitolia Cockrill Wright - Hubbard TX gd/o Samuel & Prudence Matthews Wright ggd/o Robert & Mary Ann Stewart Matthews Gladys Murphy m. John Wm Billy Matthews s.o Roddy Matthews, Maury Co Tenn gs/o Joseph Matthews ggs/o James & Mary Doak Matthews John Murphy m. Adelia Matthews c1875- d/o John Milton & Nannie B Nelson Matthews gd/o Joseph Anderson & Louise Jane Galloway Matthews Both buried Matthews Cem Maury Coi Tenn ggd/o Joseph & Sarah Walker Matthews Both buried Matthews Cem Maury Co Tenn Martha Murphy 1811-1885 m. Andrew B Matthews died Greene Co MO son Joseph & Sarah Walker Matthews Mr Murphy m. Esther Hanna d/o James & Martha Matthews Hanna gd/o James & Mary Ann Doak Matthews Research: Mark Murphy murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Stephenville TX NELSON, Harold b. 1921 Dardnelle AR U S Army WWII Howell b. 1921 Dardnelle AR U S Army WWII May have married girls from Ft Worth TX ---------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: [NCFRANKL] Franklin Co. NC Court minute excerpts 1838-1839 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:51:01 EST From: Wamitch87@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mr. Murphy, you may or may not know that there was a surveyor, William Christmas of Bute and then Franklin County, who laid out the village of Raleigh which is now the capitol city of NC. This William Christmas, in the early part of 1800s, was appointed Surveyor General of TN and many families followed him to Williamson County, TN, part of which was cut off into Maury County. One of my Nicholson's moved there and about the whole McLemore family also. Christmas married one of the McLemore girls and his nephew John C. McLemore succeeded Christmas when he died about 1810. This is just a suggestion from a soon to be 90 record searcher as my feeling as to why so many from my native Franklin County, NC went to TN. Bill ------------------------------------------ http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bertie/church/sandyrun.txt Bertie County NC Churches: Sandy Run Baptist Church Record Book 1773-1804 WHITE MALE MEMBERS and FREE ONES OF COLOR Counsel Bass NEGRO MEMBERS, MALE and FEMALE (1773-1804) Col Murfree's Lewis Col Murferry's Betty (dec'd) ------------------------------------- Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Re: TNMAURY-D Digest V01 #162 Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:05:39 -0700 Resent-From: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:05:32 EST From: GKCarrigan@aol.com To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com > Howdy ya'll, > Can someone answer any of these questions for me? > Is/was Hurricane Switch near Culleoka? Is/was Culleoka & Hurr. Sw. in District 5 in 1850? Does anyone know of a map or info about the > district delineations in 1850? Is there a county map for 1850? Mark, Culleoka was located in dist. 6 in the 1850's, but in the top 1/3, just down from dist 5. Contact me at gkcarrigan@aol.com and I will send you a couple of maps for Maury Co. that I sue in my research. Karen Carrigan gkcarrigan@aol.com ----------------------------------------- Subject: e: [TNRUTHER] More Newspaper images at the Project Resent- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:12:52 -0700 Resent-From: TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:12:41 EST From: Unionlady1055@aol.com Reply-To: TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com To: TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com Is this Murphee any relation to the following? They lived in Bedford County, but came from Rutherford county, Tennessee. I have saw the name spelt both ways. Descendants of William D. Murphey 1 William D. Murphey Born: Abt. 1819 d: July 1909 . +Virginia E. Born: Abt. 1830 d: February 2, 1915 ........ 2 J.D. Murphee ................... 3 Margaret Murphee Born: September 15, 1838 in Bedford Co. TN d: July 6, 1937 in Hazel Cemt, Bell Buckle ....................... +Unknown Richards ........ 2 Doak Murphee Born: Abt. 1845 ........ 2 Mary Texanna Murphee Born: October 31, 1857 d: February 18, 1945 in Cross Roads Cemt. Bell Buckle ............ +Andrew Caswell Hoover Born: January 13, 1855 m: February 3, 1876 in By Elder Rufus A Hoover d: November 17, 1934 in Cross Roads Cemt. Bell Buckle ................... 3 Walter Doak Hoover Born: December 12, 1876 ....................... +unknown Tucker ................... 3 Fannie Murphree Hoover Born: December 15, 1878 ................... 3 John William Hoover Born: April 5, 1881 d: 1969 in Cross Road Cemt., Bell Buckle ................... 3 Daisy Blanche Hoover Born: September 21, 1883 d: Abt. 1974 in Hazel Cemt, Bell Buckle ....................... +W.W. Williams d: Abt. 1931 in Hazel Cemt, Bell Buckle ................... 3 Caleb M Hoover Born: February 4, 1886 ................... 3 Susan Virginia Hoover Born: August 9, 1889 d: December 2, 1894 ................... 3 Maggie Bell Hoover Born: August 6, 1892 d: June 7, 1999 in Cross Road Cemt., Bell Buckle ....................... +Samuel Nautless Lloyd Born: Abt. 1899 m: Abt. 1917 d: June 11, 1945 in Cross Roads Cemt. Bell Buckle ................... 3 Andrew James Hoover Born: September 12, 1895 ........ 2 Thankful Murphee Born: Abt. 1860 -------------------------------------- http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/edgecombe/marriages/ marr1760.txt Edgecombe County, NC - 1700's Misc. Marriages MURPHEE JOSIAH WIMBERLY PHEREBE 07 JUN 1764 MURPHEE JAMES STRAWTHER SARAH 25 FEB 1770 (see James' will, Sarah wife, Franklin Co. ct. minutes abt. 1840) not the James married to Rebecca. ------------------------------------------- Subject: maps Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:18:37 -0600 From: "Ruth P. Cunningham" To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark - enjoy your posts - thanks for sharing so much info Call the TN State Lib & Archives at 615-741-2764 - ask for manuscripts room - then ask for Marilyn. Ask her about pre-Civil War and Civil War era Maury Co. maps. I know there are a couple that show at least part of the county and identify some property holders. There is also an enormous Beers map - I think about 1882 or so - that shows all property owners in the county - as well as waterways, railroads, schools, churches and other items of interest. If you order it you'll get it in about a dozen pieces (11 x 14) and you'll have to tape it together - a rather large job but the map is fascinating. It doesn't cost much - just the cost of xerox copies as I recall. Don't tell them I sent you - I am a prof. genealogist in Nashville and I bother them all the time. Good luck. Ruth ------------------------------ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/edgecombe/court/1784. txt NOVEMBER, 1794: Etheldred PHILIPS, John BATTLE, Abishai HORN, Hartwell PHILIPS & Frederick PHILIPS are appointed to divide the lands of Josiah MURPHREE, dec'd between John, Maluchi & Matthew MURPHREE, sons of the dec'd & make return to the next court. -------------------------------------- KINFOLKS OF NASH COUNTY NC. 1778-1854. By Joseph W. Watson. p.286 Deed Bk 6-439 Benjaimin Mannin of Nash Co to Jesse Bass of same. Mar 7, 1799 for 100pds a tract of 250 acres on the north side of Little Peachtree Creek adjoining Lemual Cherry, Augustin Bass, HENRY WARREN and Mournin Rogers. ------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Bass in Nash Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:55:23 -0500 From: "Jimmy Walker" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 Mark: Nice to hear from you. Most of my information came from Nash County, N. C. (Nashville - County Seat) records. Most of my ancestors lived in this area. My information is as follows, please double check my work and let my know of any mistakes. Jesse Bass b: 1768 was a brother to Jethro b: 1756 both born in Nash Co., N. C. Jethro is my GGGG Grandfather. Jesse Bass b:1768 in Nash Co. d: May 6, 1822 in Nash Co. Married: Frances ????? Children: Isaac Frances Coffield Counsel Goodman Sion Jordan m/ Bethany Gideon Penelopy m/ Wilhight Edwin Jesse Edmond Elizabeth Leuzany Jesse Bass b: 1768 was a son of Isaac Bass b:1736 Isaac Bass b: 1736 in Northampton Co., N. C. d: December 27, 1800 in Nash Co. Married: 1755 ?? Mary Nancy Bunch b: 1738 in Bertie Co., N. C. d: May 22, 1811 in Nash Co. Children: Jethro b: 1756 Nash Co. d: 1819 Nash Co. Augustine b: 1767 Nash Co. married: January 25, 1833 to Julia Ann Sykes in Nash Co. Jesse: information above Isaac b: 1770 married 11-27-1866 to Sarah E. ??? both in Nash Co. John: b: 1772 Nash Co Denisha b: 1774 Nash Co married Rogers ??? Levicey b: 1777 Nash Co married (1) John Davenport (2) William Thomas Lawrence --------------------------------- Subject: Re: [NCNASH-L] Howdy Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:01:10 EST From: Cindykinard@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Hi Mark, Bradley and Rackley both have abstracted tons of records, there are several books on deeds, wills and court records. As for what's available on microfilm, I dont know.....my library has none, and wont borrow....There is a newspaper I believe, but the earliest records were like 1825 or so, and my family had gone by then. I have all the abstracts from the books, but there are many deeds missing, so, a hunt thru originals would be needed for me. I do know the area Jesse Bass and my Henry Warren are in is the Rocky Mount area...this land was Edgecombe Co prior to 1777. You should be able to find lots of records from both counties. My Edgecombe deed bk 1768- 1778 shows several Bass': Abraham, Isaac, Job/Jobe, John, John Sr. and Sion.....My Nash Co bk 1791-1813 shows the following: Abraham, Alden, Augustin, Bethana/Bethany, Betsy, Elias, Gideon, Isaac, Jethro, Jesse (quite a few for him), John, Jordan, Kithcen, Mary and Sion. If your interested in any or all of these, let me know, I will be happy to send them. Good luck in your research. Cindy --------------------------------------------- http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/colonial/Chatham1772.htm Chatham Regimental Return made 23rd Sept. 1772 A Role of Captain Isaiah Hogans Company at a Muster September 19th 1772 Daniel Murphy, John Murphy, WIlliam Murphy, Levi Murphy, James Murphy ------------------------------------------ http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Grace_Hawley.htm Patty, married Council Bass, 4 May 1782 Bertie County, North Carolina bond, Cader Bass witness. ----------------------------------------- http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/1790NCa.htm "Other Free" Heads of Households in the 1790 North Carolina Census, by Family Name Bass, Council 7 & 2 slaves Northampton County ------------------------------------------ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherokeendn/message/7716 Bertie Co, N.C. marriages 1762-1868 Bass Council (X) & Patty Griffen m. 4 May 1782; Cadar Bass ,Bm. ------------------------------ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherokeendn/message/15989 The following is the 1835 Cherokee East of the Mississippi Census Index. In 1835, the Cherokee Nation contained almost 22,000 Cherokees and almost 300 Whites connected by marriage. Page numbers on the index correspond to the following: Tennessee 1-10 Alabama 12-17 North Carolina 19-33 Georgia 35-66 Murphy Arch, 2 Murphy Johnson, 3 Murphy Nancy, 2 Murphy Sally, 62 Murphy Tekinny, 61 Murphy Tom, 61 ------------------------------- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~providence/marrbrba.htm Early Sumner County Marriage Records Through 1850 BRIDES GROOMS DATE BONDSMAN Bate, Eugenea P. Bass, Council R. 14 September 1842 McAulay, James W. ------------------------------------------ http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/fadrhhb.htm He (Dr. Humphrey Howell Bate) was wounded at Shiloh 6 Apr 1862. He was wounded through the neck, left shoulder, right leg, and knee joint of his left leg. He was unable to feed himself, and was furloughed indefinitely. He was taken by his sister, Eugenia Bate BASS, to her plantation in Mississippi and she nursed him until he was well enough to return to his regiment. He returned to his regiment 19 July 1864 and was discharged on disability. --------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/facolhhb.htm EUGENIA PATIENCE BATE - born 6 Sep 1826 - died 9 Dec 1906, Davidson County. Eugenia was married twice. Her first husband was Council Rogers BASS, born 1810 in North Carolina, and died 2 May 1855 in Leota, Washington Co., Mississippi. Eugenia and Council had four children: Ella Anne, Eugenia Elizabeth, Council W. Rogers, Jr., and Anna Lela. ----------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrevwar/revwar_b.htm The Army Accounts of the North Carolina Line No. Names and Rank By Whom Received Remarks 2 Matthias Brickell, Ens. H. Murfree 96 Council Bass Ab. Thomas 97 Uriah Bass do 108 Drury Bass do http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrevwar/revwar_c.htm 120 Giles Carter H. Murfree http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrevwar/revwar_m.htm 66 H. Murfree, Lt. Col. H. Murfree 792 Patrick Murfree J. Whitaker (WARRENTON) 22 William Murray, Lt. H. Murfree 2993 John Morgan H. Murfree 2996 Moses Manley do 2997 Michael McKeel do 2998 Nottingham Monk do 3000 Southam Manly do 3005 Marmaduke Moore do 3006 James Morgan do ----------------------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrevwar/colliers.htm Transcribed from microfilm roll M881-785 (Rev. War, Army, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers) Caption of Roll: Pay Roll for Capt. John Johnstone's Company in Col. John Collier's Regiment of N. Carolina Militia, commanded by John Butler, Brigadier General, December 22, 1780 CPR - Company Pay Roll RR - Receipt Roll Private Murphey, John CPR, RR Private Murphey, William (See Murphy, William) Sergeant Murphey, Zeph CPR, RR Private Murphy, William CPR, RR -------------------------------------------- http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/moa_search.html Was Emedicus' first name Arthur? He was in MS during war? Arthur E. Murphy, 6th Tenn. in Civil War. -------------------------------- http://home.jam.rr.com/rjcourt52/cwprisons/civilw3.htm Mississippi State Archives, Jackson Mississippi. Microfilm file cabinet; Military Records; draws 5 & 6. 41.Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, Military Prison, Microfilm Roll Numbers: 131 through 135. __________________________ Subject: Re: Richard Murphy in 1690s Surry Co VA?; Mark Murphy Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 15:49:16 -0700 From: "John H. Goebel" To: Mark Murphy Hi Mark, At last a tie in to Parker Murphy. I've been following that line the best I could, which isn't saying much at all. But I've found enough to convince me that the Arthur Murphy connection to Simon Murphy is real. I don't have any knowldege of children for Parker. All I've got is a wife Holland Johnson. Is that correct? deB-deB-deB That B. initial gives quite a thrill to those researching the Murphys. My guy Jeremiah B. Murphy is known to me as Burns not Byrd. But others insist that it has to be Byrd. Why? because each generation had a Byrd in it. Not a very good reason. Well my grandmother said it was Burns so that is how it is. And that goes to William Green Murphy the son of Jeremiah and the father of my grandmother. Jeremiah was the brother of Emanuel Masters Murphy, who in a tif of family jealosy, excluded Jeremiah's line from his Temple work. Jeremiah's baptism was done in 1836 by Wilford Woodruff on his first missionary treck to the South. It was recorded in his journals and when EMM was baptized shortly thereafter; it wasn't recorded. Yikes, EMM had to undergo a ceremony in Utah to make up for someone's record keeping mistake. Jeremiah died at a young age in 1839 leaving a sizeable family that was completely ignored by the descendants of his siblings. My family tree research has dug up some 10,000 names. Of course not all are closely related and not all Murphy descendants. Most are used to substantiate the important names. Yes there were a lot of confederates in my Murphy line. But there were also a lot of Unionists. In short that was the horror of the CW. You might be killing a close relative. Did the government care? Not really. It was getting what it wanted. I'm drifting here. Of Arthur's children, the siblings of Parker, I've got children for Wm Bird Murphy and Elizabeth Epps, none for Mary who married Unknown Masters (could this be the namesake of EMM?), nothing on Maria Edwards Murphy, nothing on Unknown who married Unknown Barnard, nothing on Sarah who married Unknown Wood, one child Barnard for James, and three children's names for Arthur Jr. who went to Lawrence Co., AR. Not much to brag about there. Maybe you can clean it up. I don't have an uncle of Wm B. named Wm B., however there is a Byrd Murphy son of Arthur's brother Simon Jr. (II) who may have been fully named Wm B. but I've not seen it that way. Also Byrd had a son Wm Byrd born 1798. In regard to Arthur, the following raises some questions in my mind: Oaths before Young McLemore (during the Revolution) Before Captain Matthew Thomas Samuel Duke John Jackson William Jackson Arthur Murphy James Murphy Morgan Murphy William Parker David Vinson - Constible David Vinson Sr Drewry Vinson Thomas Vinson William Vinson Captain Weathers' District Abraham Green Jr Abraham Green Sr John Green Jonah Green This document also has biographies on Henry Pattillo(1726-1801), James Ransom (1732 1777), James Ransom (1742-1810) and Jethro Sumner (1733-1785) All these surnames are of importance. I'd like to establish the Vinson connection as there is a Jackson in Union Co., SC who married a Vinson in my line after the Rev War. He (Ralph Jackson) went to GA to get married to her, she being a widow (Charlotte Vinson), and she is a bit of a mystery. I suspect a relationship to the Vinsons above but cannot prove it as of now. If you find anything further about that line, I'd like to know. Any idea what Charity Murphy's maiden name was? There are lots of mystery's to clean up here. I've not sent this to the list on purpose. I'm not yet ready to share everything with the world at large. John ----------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Richard Murphy in 1690s Surry Co VA?; Mark Murphy Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:26:45 -0700 From: "John H. Goebel" To: Mark Murphy CC: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Mark, Thanks for your reply. I'd like to know what you dig up from those microfilms, as would other participants of the list no doubt. Keep up the good work of dissemination. Spreading the information far and wide is the best way to preserve it. There are too many brick walls out there caused by records being kept in only one place. I've injected my comments into your response. Mark Murphy wrote: > John, > I would have to agree with your statements. I didn't know about the commoner William Byrd. Makes perfect sense. I haven't done much checking into this yet, as I only recently (last few months) learned of my descendency from Richard I. Please send me you line. I am curious. > I have ordered a microfilm from the LDS FHL on documents related to this line and should receive it shortly. May I ask the sources of your information provided, specifically: > 1. Richard Murphy, Irish child kidnapped off the shores of his homeland and sold into indentured servitude. Emanuel Master Murphy Family History that part should be somewhere in the Murphy-L archives Richard Murphy born about 1670, while playing on the shore near his home, was enticed into visiting a large ship. They showed him over the ship as was promised, and broght him on to America, where he was sold for one hundred fifty pounds of Virginia tobacco. He had no money with him and was bought by Col. William Bird, one of the wealthiest men in the English Colonies. Richard Murphy born about 1670, brought to America about 1683, married, about 1700, Mary Byrd who was immediately disinherited. Her family was not permitted to speak to her or to mention her name on penalty of disinheritance. The Genealogy of William Lee I of England and his Descendants Rucker p 16 quoted in Emanuel Masters Murphy 1809-1871 Ancestry, Life, Children 1980 Emanuel Masters Murphy Family Association Chapter 4 I cannot state that this is the origin of the tradition. > 2. Richard Murphy married Elizabeth Brid (Bird?) in VA in 1680 Obituary of William Green Murphy, Marysville Appeal Tuesday Morning February 4, 1904 p1 col 3 > 3. Existence of the William Byrd, millowner of Sussex Co., VA That and the following are cited in postings to this list and can be searched easily enough. Except perhaps the Dublin story which is new to me. > > Also, do you have any knowledge of sources stating that Richard was a ferryman for a William Byrd? Definitely seen this and am not sure of it's veracity. It is buried somewhere out of my immediate sight. > or that in Dublin, St. John's Parish has records of Richard? This is new to me. > or that Murphy wasn't his real name, but he was named after the boat captain that kidnapped him? This is buried in the archives and sounds all too convenient to me. Yes there was such a captain by that name. The Genealogy of William Lee I of England and his Descendants Rucker p 16 quoted in Emanuel Masters Murphy 1809-1871 Ancestry, Life, Children 1980 Emanuel Masters Murphy Family Association Chapter 4 > These are just some of the information (fact or fiction) I've seen tossed around. > Thanks! I love challenges and mysteries like these. > -Mark > All this raises the question of how many William Birds were flying around in the Old Dominion? Here is a quote from somewhere or the other " Hannah Grendon, daughter of Thomas Grendon, Sr., married first Thomas Jennings, of London, and had a son, Thomas Jennings, Jr. Her second marriage was to William Bird, of Martin's Brandon (presumably a relative of William Byrd I), and had a son, Thomas Bird, who made his will in Surry County, Va., January 21, 1687, naming a son, Thomas Bird, Jr. After her second husband's death Hannah Grendon (Jennings) Byrd married third (before 1672) William Duke,1 of Charles City County, Va. (later Prince George), and had a daughter, Elizabeth Duke,2 and other children (sic) and after his death (in 1678) she married for the fourth time Capt. William Archer. This William Duke was one of Nathaniel Bacon's ardent supporters. " An examination of the 1790 census of VA shows a surprisingly large number of Bird/Byrd families listed. No doubt at least two or three of them existed in the late 17th century. To be sure, only one of them was adept at writing events down and preserving them for posterity. And only one, the same one, married into a line descended from royalty in England. This isn't sufficient reason to confuse them. Let's have some sence of detatchment in the effort of searching out our ancestors lest we be misguided by our desires. How many individuals have rejected the possibility of descendancy from William Duke the NC horse thief in favor of William Duke the nephew of William Byrd of Westover who, it is claimed, was educated by him and thrice married, first to an Indian woman no less, named Thamar. Thamar by the way is not certainly an Indian name. There was a Greek-Balkan queen by the same/similar name in ancient times. There's no proof he married an Indian. Show me the proof! Some people seem to get religion and genealogy confused. If people are comfortable with their family legends and have invested their beliefs in them, don't let me stop them. Believe whatever you wish. Don't ask me to do the same unless you can prove it. I think I'd better shut up now before I alienate everyone. John ---------------------------------------- Subject: Richard Murphy in 1690s Surry Co VA?; Mark Murphy Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:21:52 -0700 From: "John H. Goebel" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com CC: Mark Murphy For the past couple of years, I've been investigating the Murphy tradition regarding Mary Byrd daughter of William Byrd I of Westover. My conclusion is that the tradition is incorrect. Reasons are as follows. 1) In analyzing marriage patterns of wealthy class landowners, it is apparent that these people went out of their way to secure the best possible marriage for each of their children. Mary Byrd was no exception. She was married to James Duke, later sheriff of James City Co., VA and Justice of Charles City Co., VA. Unfortunately his will and probate are not available. Mary's marriage was no different than the other members of her class. Richard Murphy, Irish child kidnapped off the shores of his homeland and sold into indentured servitude, was not a member of this class. He did not fit the pattern for this marriage. 2) William Byrd I did not disinherit Mary in his will. He left her a generous, by the day's standard, allowance of 300 pounds. Somewhat more than his other married and well placed daughters. Everything else went to Wm II by the tradition of primageneture. Nothing unusual here. So Mary did not have the hots for some Irish rascal. That only happens in Hollywood. 3) My Murphy family tradition reported in print in 1904 states that Richard Murphy married Elizabeth Brid in VA in 1680. Nothing more. No mention of Wm Byrd. If there was a connection, I'm confident my great grandfather would have reported it. He was into that genealogy stuff. 4) The traditions developed before the publication of the later diaries of Wm Byrd II do not stand up in light of those diaries. They were therefore developed by the confusion of names and places and time. 5) There is more proof that Elizabeth Bird was the daughter of William Bird,millowner of Sussex Co., VA than Wm Byrd of Westover. Some think he may have been related to William of Westover, but the proof remains elusive. The spelling is irrelevent as the form of spelling was freeflowing in the 17th century. John Goebel +++++++++ ----------------------------------------- from Beverly White Complete Book of Emigrants 03 Aug 1683 . . . apprenticed in Middlesex to go for four years to Maryland, by the (ship) Content, Mr. William Johnson: . . . Richard MURPHY of London, Merchant. 04- 06 Sept 1699 The following were apprenticed in Liverpool to Richard MURPHY to go to VA by the Lamb of Dublin, said Richard Murphy master . . . -------------------------- Was Emeticus the Emet Murphy in the 17th Battalion TN Cavalry? If so, did he know his nephews were in Rock Island Prison on his fight in middle TN? http://www.researchonline.net/tncw/unit93.htm 17th Cavalry Battalion was formed in September, 1862, with three companies: one from Tennessee and two from Mississippi. The unit served in S.W. Ferguson's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Later it skirmished in Tennessee and during December, 1864, merged into the 9th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. --- http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm Emet Murphy 17 Battalion (Sander's) TN Cavalry Sergeant, E. Murphy Film No. M231 roll 31 (NARA) --- http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csatn17.html Organized September 15, 1862; consolidated with 17th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion to form 9th Mississippi Cavafry Regiment in December 1864. This battalion was composed of only three companies, one of which, Company "A", was composed principally of Tennesseans. The other two were Mississippi companies. FIELD OFFICERS Major-Edward I. Sanders CAPTAINS-Edward I. Sanders, Co. "A". "Confederate Rangers". Organized April 26, 1862 at Memphis. Some individual records show enlistments as early as September 9, 1861. Became Thomas C. Flournoy's Company, 9th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. L. E. Hill, T. C. Brown, Co. "B". "The Chickasaw Mounted Guards". Organized March 20, 1862 at Okolona, Mississippi. Became Company "E", 9th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. P. A. Mann, James C. Brock, Co. "C", formerly called "B". Organized May 1, 1862 at Aberdeen, Mississippi. Became Company "F", 9th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Companies "B" and "C" were illegally mustered into the 12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion in August 1863, but were ordered returned to Major Sanders by Major General Stephen D. Lee. When they returned to the battalion, their Company letters were reversed. On organization of the battalion, Captain Edward J. Sanders became Major. The report from Company "B" dated October 31, 1862 stated: "This company was in battle at Courtland, Denmark, luka. Engaged at luka and Burnsville six times; at Corinth, engaged both days on the left wing. Was in the rear in the retreat from luka, and skirmished with the enemy for nine miles." Company "C" reported its company papers lost in the retreat from Corinth. On July 13, 1862, Brigadier General Frank C. Armstrong, Commanding Cavalry Brigade, Army of the West,reported: "Captain Sanders' Company encamped near Verona, but is now scouting Northward from Marietta." On July 19, Sanders' and Hill's Companies were reported with General Armstrong at Fulton, Mississippi. On August 28, Brigadier General Lewis Henry Little, Commanding Division, ordered: "You will order Captain E. I. Sanders to move Northward immediately with his company and Captain Mann's Partisan Rangers for the purpose of ascertaining the position and movements of the enemy between the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad and Tuscumbia, Alabama. These companies are now at Bay Springs." On September 5, General Armstrong, at La Grange, Tennessee, in the midst of his raid into West Tennessee, inquired if Sanders' Company could not be sent to him at Ripley, Mississippi. On January 20, 1863, Sanders' Battalion, Baxter's Scouts, and a company of regulars constituted the reserve at the Headquarters of the Cavalry Corps of the Department of Mississippi and Louisiana at Grenada, Mississippi. In March and April, as part of Armstrong's Brigade, the battalion was with Forrest on his operations in Middle Tennessee as part of Van Dorn's Corps, participating in the attack on Thompson Station March 5; the capture of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry at Brentwood, March 25; and the engagement at Franklin April 10. At Thompson Station, the battalion reported seven killed, including Captain L. E. Hill, and 14 wounded. On October 2, 1863, Major General Stephen D. Lee, at New Albany, Mississippi, ordered: "Brigadier General S. W. Ferguson, with the following portions of his command will move at once to the vicinity of Cherry Creek, and there await further orders: 2nd Alabama, 56th Alabama, Barteau's Tennessee Regiment, Sanders' Battalion, and Owen's Battery." This was in preparation for another expedition into Tennessee. The last record of the battalion dated November 20, 1863, reported it in Ferguson's Brigade, composed of 2nd and 56th Alabama Regiments, 12th Mississippi Battalion, Sanders' Tennessee Battalion, 2nd, or 22nd,(Barteau's)Tennessee Regiment and Owens'Arkansas Battery. ----------------------- http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Be2.2ACIB/3280.2 Re: Simon Murphy of Surry Co., VA Author: Shawn Martin Date: 18 Oct 2001 12:31 AM GMT Print Message Mark, Thank you very much for posting this valuable information regarding the descendants of Richard Murphy. I have a bit of information to add to this post, as well as questions regarding the statement that Simon, Sr. moved to North Carolina. In the Surry Co., VA abstracts I found an abstract of Simon Sr's will. It stated as follows: Surry Co., VA Will Book #9 -- 1738-1754, Page 886 Simon Murfey of Surry, Planter. Will. Date 5 July 1753. Recorded 15 January 1754. Simon Murfey and Elizabeth Murfey (now Edwards), Executors. Wife: Elizabeth (Executrix). Sons: Richard of Southampton Co., Arthur of Surry Co., and Simon. Daughters: Catherine and Lucy Murfey, Elizabeth Hines and Mary Magarrity. Grandchildren: Simon Murfey, and James Murfey son of Arthur. Witnesses: Samuel Peete, Simon Murfey and Catherine Murfey. Also, regarding the statement "It is said that one daughter married a Mr. McGantz." I believe I have some proof of this also. I believe this "McGantz" name to be a corruption of the name "McGarity". In my search of the McGarity family, I have seen it spelled many many ways. The following is the documentation why I believe it to be "McGarity." Albemarle Parish Register, Surry Co., VA, Page 33 Patrick, son of John McGarraty and wife Mary; b. Nov 5; christened Dec 8, 1745; Godparents: Richard Murphy, Arthur Smith, and Lucy Windham. NOTE: If this is Mary Murphy McGarity, Richard would have been her brother. Southampton Co., VA Deed Book 1 1749-1753, pages 407-409 John Megarite and wife Mary to David Edmunds dated 9 November 1752. 235 acres adj. Edward Avery, Cocks Swamp, and Deep End Branch, signed: John (X) Megarite and Mary (+) Megarite, Witnesses: Henry (signed) Vaughan, Thomas (signed) Day, and Howell (signed) Edmunds, Jr. 1774-1776 SC Memorials of Land Titles -- Simon Murphy -- 20 Sept. 1774 -- 485 acres in Berkely County of SW side of Tyger River in fork between Broad & Saluda Rivers. Bounded NE by Tyger River; SW on land laid out to Emanuel Stephens & Ralph Jackson; SE on John McGarity & Moses Kirkland. Survey certified 4 May 1774; granted 7 May 1774. Quit rent in 2 years. Enoch Pearson DS. Delivered this day (13-10:4) NOTE: Could this Simon be Simon Jr. and brother to Mary McGarity? I have been searching for a list of Mary and John McGarity's children. The only one that I have been able to prove was the Patrick that I listed above. It is believed they also had son's John, Jr. and James, but have no proof. Does anyone have a list of their children? ---------------------------- Subject: [MURPHY-L] Loose Estate Papers, Caswell Co., NC Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:23:31 -0600 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:22:48 -0400 From: "Nancy Murphy" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com LOOSE ESTATE RECORDS Call # at NC Archives - C.R. 202.508 (1)-(106), Box # 63 Some notes, and full transcriptions, made from Murphy Records in the Loose Estate Records on file in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Page 263, Book of Orders of Decrees, Caswell Co.: John Murphy died intestate 25 June 1876 in Caswell Co., NC, leaving his children: Amelia - intermarried with John C. Murphy Elizabeth - intermarried with John McDade Henry J. W. H. Mary intermarried with W. Buchanan and James C. Smith and Wm. Smith (the last a minor whose guardian is Harvey Hughes), his grandchildren, both being the only children of a deceased child of John Murphy. John Murphy had 200 Acres of land on Hyco Creek in Caswell Co. and 179 Acres in Orange County (NC) on Staggs Creek. * * * * * * * * * * * * On a paper dated March 1887: E. R. Smith states that Chandler Smith (probably the James C. Smith noted above) and William Smith are not residents of NC and cannot be found. * * * * * * * * * * * * From another paper in the file: Chandler Smith and William Smith, children of Harvey Smith, who intermarried with ________ Murphy (copied just as read - her name never given), a daughter of John Murphy and a brother of John Murphy, dec'd, are heirs of the said John Murphy. * * * * * * * * * * * * JONATHAN MURPHY October 1863 Petition of Ashal McDade and wife Charlotte, Wm. McDade infant, lists the following as children of Jonathan Murphy, dec'd., by the their guardian, Dudley Y. Murphy: Mary A. Murphy Susan S. Murphy Lucinda C. Murphy Sally P. Murphy Nancy L. Murphy The following stated they were tenants in common of slaves held by John Murphy, Sen.: William Murphy Joseph Murphy W. G. Wright & wife Nancy David Evans & wife Lilla John C. Murphy Dudley Y. Murphy * * * * * * * * * * * * Note at top of page said this list is from (Caswell Co.) Book C, pages 387, 388, 389: Inventory & list of Personal property, made by E. R. Smith, Admr. of Gabriel Murphey, dec'd. Estate was worth a total of $182.59 Listed on the accounts: Basil Murphy was paid $7.52 for hauling * * * * * * * * * * * * Recorded Caswell County, Book E, pg 144: Sale of items from Estate of William Murphy, dec'd., 1804: sold to Lucy Murphy, widow James Murphy - a gun, 5 hogs, 2 cows John Murphy - 5 hogs Other names mentioned but these were the only Murphy names. * * * * * * * * * * * * Basil Murphy & Nicey Murphy & Others. Petition to sell land for Partition Basil Murphy & Nicey Murphy and others - Petitioners: Your pertitioner shows unto the Court that Gabriel Murphy, late of Caswell County, North Carolina, died intestate in the year 1886 in said county and left no wife or child or descendant of any deceased child, but left as his only heir at law, your petitioner Basil Murphy & other defendants: Nicey Murphy, a sister; Stephen Murphy, a brother who moved to Mississippi & whose residence is unknown; William Murphy, a brother, who lives in Tennessee; James Murphy, a brother, who went to Missouri & whose residence is unknown; and the following children of John Murphy, who died before the said Gabriel Murphy - to wit: William Murphy, who lives in Caswell Co.; Jackson Murphy, who lives in Orange County; Bettie Murphy McDade (Murphy) wife of Mitchell McDade, who lives in Orange; Willie Ann Murphy, wife of John C. Murphy who lives in Orange; and Mary Murphy, who intermarried with Washington Buchanan who went west, & whose residence is unknown - upon whom his real Estate descended between them, to be divided according to their respective rights as tenants. Your petitioner further shows that the said intestate, at the time of his death, was siezed in fee simple of a certain (tract) of land situ(ate)d in the County of Caswell & State aforesaid, on Lynch's Creek, adjoining the lands of Wm. Warren, Thomas Malone, Jas Fullerton & Lorenzo Baynes & containing one hundred & fifteen acres & known as the Gabriel Murphy tract. And Your petitioner further shows that he with the defendants are entitled to have partition of said land made amongst them according to their respective rights & entered; but owing to the size of said tract of land, number of the parties interested & e(tc) & other Causes, it is impossible that actual partition thereof can be made in kind to the parties interested. Your petitioners therefore pray the Court to order a Sale of said land on such time as the Court shall deem just & reasonable & that Court will appoint a suitable person as commissioner to make sale & that the proceeds be divided amongst plaintiff & defendants according to their respective interest in said land & may be paid to or secured for them according to law & the course of this court & your petitioner & e. Watt & Withers (?), Attnys for Pet Basil Murphy & Nicey Murphy & others - Order of Sale This Cause coming on to be heard repar the petition and the affidavits filed and it appearing to the Court that the petitioner & defendants are tenants in common as heirs at law of Gabriel Murphy & the land described in the petition; and it further appearing to the Court that actual partition cannot be made without unjury to the parties, it is therefore ordered & decreed that E. R. Smith be appointed Special Commissoner, who after thirty days advertisement in a newspaper published in Yanceyville, in said County & called the "Caswell News" & by hand bills posted at the Courthouse door in Yanceyville & four or more public places in said County, he sell said tract of land, upon premises, at public auction, to the highest bidder upon the following terms: one-third cash, balance on six months credit, purchaser giving any bond bearing interest from sale till retain & until payment of purchase money & that he report his proceedings here according to law. Spencer B. Adams, CSC This Oct 11th, 1886 * * * * * * * * * * * * Recorded on Pages 562 & 563, Book A. State of North Carolina, In the Superior Court of Caswell County Basil Murphy vs. Nicy Murphy, William Murphy, Jackson Murphy, Mitchell McDade, and wife, Betty McDade, John C. Murphy, & wife, W. A. Murphy, Washington Buchanan, & wife, Mary Buchanan, Stephen Murphy, Wm. Murphy and James Murphy. Notice of Summons for relief. Summons issued in the above entitled cause August 21st, 1886, and is returnable before the Clerk of the Superior Court at his office in the town of Yanceyville, County and State aforesaid on the 11th day of Oct 1886 when and where the defendants are required to appear and answer or demur to the complaint which will be filed in said office within ten days from the date of this notice. The purpose of this action and the relief demanded is to obtain an order to sell the lands for partition, of which the late Gabriel Murphy died seized of, the same being situated in Caswell Co. & State aforesaid on the waters of Lynch's Creek adjoining the lands of Wm. Warren and others, and containing one hundred and fifteen acres known as the Gabriel Murphy tract of land. In this action upon the affidavit of Bazel Murphy, the Plaintiff, it is ordered that service of the summons upon the Defendants Washington Buchanan, & wife Mary Buchanan, Stephen Murphy, William Murphy and James Murphy, who are non-residents be made by publishing a notice of this action giving title and purpose of the same and require said defendants to appear to answer or demur to the complaint which will be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court within ten days from the date of this order once a week for six weeks successively in the Caswell News, a newspaper published in the town of Yanceyville, and State & County aforesaid, and that said publication when made shall be equivalent to a personal summons of said Defendants. Given under my hand and official seal This 21st day of August 1886. Spencer B. Adams Clerk of the Superior Court Caswell County * * * * * * * * * * * * Basil Murphy & Nicey Murphy & Others Affidavits of non-residents & an order of for Publication Superior Court of Caswell County: Nicey Murphy, Basil Murphy, Plt. vs William Murphy & others: Basil Murphy, being duly sworn, says that Mary Buchanan & Washington Buchanan, her husband; Stephen Murphy; William Murphy; and James Murphy are not residents of this state; and he further says that the said Mary Buchanan & Washington Buchanan, William Murphy, when last heard from lived in Tennessee; Stephen Murphy in Mississippi, and James Murphy in Missouri. (signed) Basel Murphey Subscribed & Sworn to before me, S. B. Adams, Clk. of Superior Court of Caswell County. (Signed) S. B. Adams, CpC * * * * * * * * * * * * The following document was a final answer to other documents concerning the same matter. From family records, it appears that G(abriel) L(afayette) Murphy - son of Basil & Martha "Patsey" Murphey - moved from Davie Co., NC, to Caswell Co., NC, to care for his Aunt Nicy Murphey, his Mother, and other family members. Evidently, after the death of Nicy, G. L. Murphey determined he should be compensated for his time and use of his equipment; from other papers, it appears that some of the heirs disagreed and they brought suit to block the payment. However, G.L. Murphey won his case and the estate was ordered to pay him the compensation. State of North Carolina, Superior Court, Caswell County, Spring Term 1890 (May 10, 1890) G. L. Murphey, plff. vs. H. J. Murphey, Admin. of Nicy Murphey, Deft. Answer: The defendant answering the complain herein says: I. That paragraph I thereof is true. II. That allegations contained in paragraph II thereof are denied; except that it is true that defendant's intestate was occasionally sick for a few days at a time for about two years preceeding her death, and that during said sickness the plaintiff as well as other friends and relations, gave some attention to said intestate, such as is customary between friends and kinds people in such sickness; but defendant avows that it was not the purpose of the plaintiff when said services were rendered to make any charge therefor, as it was rendered gratuitiously and that he has no right now so to do. III. That article III thereof is true. For a further defence the defendant alleges I. That said plaintiff is indebted to his intestate in divers sums, for money borrowed of her aggregating about One hundred and Twenty five Dollars. II. That for the years 1887, 1888, and 1889, the plaintiff cultivated the farm of said intestate, using his houses, stock and tools necessary in the cultivation of same for said years, and that the rent of said farm, houses, stock and tools were well worth one hundred dollars per year and that no part of said three years rent has ever been paid, but that he is still due therefor Three hundred Dollars with interest on $100 from January 1st 1888, with interest on $100 from January 1st 1889, and with interest on $100 from January 1st 1890 till paid. Wherefore defendant demands judgment that the plaintiff take noth ing by this action, and that the defendant recover of the plaintiff the sum of $275, the further sum of $300 with interest on said $275 from June 15th, 1889, with interest $100 from Jany 1st 1888, with interest $100 from Jany 1st 1889 and interest on 100 from Jany 1st 1890 and the cost of this action. Johnston & Johnston Attys for Deft: State of N.C., Caswell County: H. J. Murphey, the defendant above named being duly sworn says: That the facts set forth in the foregoing answer are true of his own knowledge, except as to those matters stated on informatioon and belief; and as to those matters, he believes it to be true. Signed: H. J. Murphy Sworn to before me, This April 1890. J. A. Johnston, J.P. * * * * * * * * * * * * G. L. Murphy's lawsuit against Jack Murphy, Adm. of Nicey Murphey, said that Nicey Murphey died 15 June 1889 and that she died intestate. * * * * * * * * * * * * ----------------------------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: [NCORANGE] An Orange Co. stray - 1773] Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:07:08 -0600 Resent-From: NCCASWEL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:12:11 -0400 From: "Tom Fox" To: NCCASWEL-L@rootsweb.com Dear Mark and Caswell subscribers, When I received this listing I couldn't help but notice the surnames ANDERSON and MITCHELL. I have been looking for many years for the birth place and parents of James E. Mitchell 1796-1871. I am including my Caswell County genweb query on James E. Mitchell. Since I haven't posted it in a while maybe everyone with an interest could look at it and see if you think it may be related to the folks in the Owens/Anderson power of attorney listed below. Thank you for your interest. Tom Fox foxxnc@twave.net James E. Mitchell b.Apr 11, 1796 place unknown.Died May 10, 1871. Buried with his wife Frances Jones at Friendship Church, Alexander Co, NC. Married 1st Margaret Murphey 18 Nov, 1819 of Caswell Co, NC. 2nd Fannie (Frances) Jones Feb 8, 1833 of Caswell Co, NC. The family is listed in the 1850 Wilkes Co, NC census. All were born in Caswell Co except James E. Mitchell. His place of birth could be Benton or something similar. James E. Mitchell had a grandson by his son David L. Mitchell, his name was Anderson Mitchell. Anderson was born in Alexander Co, NC Feb 10, 1872. His Mother was Susan Bowman Mitchell. There was another Anderson Mitchell born abt 1800 in Caswell Co, NC. His parents were David and Ann "Anderson" Mitchell. After being educated Anderson lived in Wilkes Co, NC and served in state government. David is said to have had a brother William who helped his sister-in-law Ann Anderson Mitchell collect a Rev. war pension in Caswell Co, NC. William gave his home at the time as Rutherford Co, TN. Does anyone know anything about William? Back to James E. Mitchell, who were his parents? Could William or David be his father? Some time after 1850 he moved part of the family to S.W. Alexander Co, NC. ----- Original Message ----- > Pittsylvania Co., VA Deed Bk 3-415 > Owen from Anderson - Power of Attorney, 25 Dec 1773 > > I John Anderson of County of Orange and province of North Carolina > appoint Thomas Owen of County of Guildford and Province aforesaid my True and > Lawfull attorney... to ask Demand Sue for Recover and Receive all the Estate > negroes Sums of Money due and owing me in County of Hanover and Colony of > Virginia... now lying in hands of Mr. Nelson Anderson of Hanover County it being in > Heirship which falls to me of Estate of John Anderson Senr and Sarah his > wife. > > Wit: John Owen Senr, John Thompson, James Mitchell, Benjamin his B mark > GWilliams > Rec: 24 Feb 1774 > > DB 3-416 - Owen from Anderson Release, 25 Dec 1773 > I Jno. Anderson of Province of North Carolina and County of Orange and > Son > and Heir of Alcanah Anderson Decd, in Virginia... Sm of 150 pds. Current > Money paid by Thomas Owen of County of Guildford and same Province have > released all Right and Title to that Estate both Real and Personal that > is > supposed to be in hands of Nelson Anderson and others in Virginia which > Estate I claim under my sd. Father Alcanah Anderson Decd. by decent. > Wit: John Thompson, John Owen Senr., James Mitchell, Benjamin his B > mark > GWilliams John Anderson > L.S. > > >From Lucille C. Payne and Neil G. Payne, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED > BOOKS 1, 2 AND 3, p. 169 ----------------------------- Subject: [NCFRANKL] Re: Early Land Measure & "chane carriers". Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:19:15 -0600 Resent-From: NCFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 14:29:13 -0500 From: judith Organization: FlashNet User To: NCFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com References: Mark, to answer some of your question marks: A chain/"chane" carrier was a surveyor. Your James Murphy was obviously employed as such. Land was measured with a sextant (they now use a transit--same thing) and a chain of a specified length. >From the journal of William Vincent b. 1779 NC: ____________________________________________________________ ___________ LAND MEASURE Note 3 barley corn make 1 inch 12 inches makes 1 foot 3 feet make 1 yard 2 yards make 1 fathom 5 1/2 yards or 16 1/2 feet makes 1 pole or perch 40 perches or 220 yards makes 1 furlong -------? furlongs makes 1 mile 3 miles 1 league 20 leagues or 60 miles one degree and 360 degrees is the circumference of the earth. William Vincent His Cyphering Book Anadomine 1797 ____________________________________________________________ ___________ *A "pole" was also known as a "perch" and also a "rod." They all measured 16 1/2 feet. *There are 4 poles to a "chain" or 66 ft.---so a "chain" was an object for measuring and also a length of 66 ft. *There are 10 square chains to an acre. *The First Continental Congress adopted the term "chain" in 1796, but oddly enough, it was a term neither enforced or repealed since that time for surveyors. William Vincent was the grandson of Peter Vincent b. ca 1718. Peter was a surveyor and speculator in Granville Co. NC about 1744. In May of 1800 surveyors were paid the equivalent of $2.00 per mile for 7 ranges (whatever a range is?) After that, they were paid 3.00 per mile of land surveyed. Considering the times, it was a good wage, but hard earned. They trekked a wilderness to accomplish the job. There were Indians to pacify, landowners? already claiming title (willing to shoot them), and often the flies were so bad that they threatened to suffocate the horses by filling and packing their nostrils. On occasion, these early day surveyors had to stop to pull cattle or horses from bogs and quicksand. The term "su ch carrier" referred to substitute Chain carrier. One might assume there were many substitutes considering the conditions under which they labored. Hope this helps. Regards, Judith Vinson in Texas Mark Murphy wrote: > > [Murphy extracts from Bute Co. NC Land Plat entries, 1773-1778] > [From: "Bute County, North Carolina Land Grant Plats and Land Entries", Compiled and Abstracted by Brent Holcomb, 1974, Chapel Hill, NC.]> [*transcribed from photocopies of original plat entries in the book Mark Murphy, 2 May 2001] > > *File #4 > c b 600 acres d a [plat drawing] > November 25th 1773 Surveyed for Benja. Hill 600 acres of Land of Land[sic] aGreeable to the annexs plan Lying In Bute County on the N. Side Sandy Creek Beginning at a Black Lark[?] at the Settn. a thence East 366 pole to a white oak thence by Murfeys line So. 272 pole to Murfeys Corner a pine thence by parsons [?] fosters Line Wt. 232 pole to a pine thence So. 27 [?] pole to a Red oak hills corner thence by hills & Goodwins line Wt. 80 poles to a hickory thence by hills & Dorseys line No. to the first Station. Jn. Hogg & Jacob Waddel} Su Ch Cars. [?] by Wm. Christmas, Junr. > > *File #59 > [plat drawing] 293 > Sep. 17th 1778 Then Testified[?] for Henry Hill From 293 acres of > of[sic] Land Being in Bute County on the South Rise[?] of Tar River Beginning at a oake[?] at Bakers[?] Corner Thence N 276 pole to a White Oak thence E[?] 50 ps. to a White lob[?]y pine Bakers Corner thence W. 128 p. to a White oak Bakers corner thence N 178 pls. to a Black Jak atBakers Corner thence W. 168 pl. to a W[?] oak Rolands Corner Thence N 78 P. to a spanish Oak [??] thence E 234 p. to a black Jak Murphery Corner thence Nth[?] E 132 p. to a pine thence S 130 p. to a pine thence to N 75 spinners[?]. James[?] Cunyard[?] Joshua Jones Chane Carriers[?] f.m. John Shackline[?] for Joseph Hawkins. > > *File #91 > [plat drawing] > Frt.[?] 200 p. to an Jn. Febr.[?] 26th 1773 Then Sur[?] tified[?] for James Murphry 110 acres of Land lying in the County of Bute on the Water of the Wolf pit[?] swamp on SE[?] side of Tar River Beginning at a black Jack thence N. 5W[?] 132 poles to a pine thence W[?]sW[?] 170 poles to Geoffries Branch toS[?] thence W 46 poles to Sharpers[?] line to n thence S44[?] poles to a pine Sharpers corner thence W 33 ps. to a White Oak his own corner thenc to the Beginning. > John Friednof[?] Kline[?] John Dent > Romig Curyear[?] for Joseph Hawkins, L.S. > Shae Carriers > > *File #97 > 78 [plat drawing] > Sept. 5 1778 > Frt. 200 poles to a [?] Then Surveyed for Jake Roland Senr. 78 acres of Land on the North Side of Cedar Creek Beginning at a White Oak Perrys[?] Corner thence N25 poles to a White Oak thence [?] poles to Perrys Corner thence N 53 poles to a Red oak thence E230 poles to a Spanish Oak Gilds[?] Corner thence [?] poles to a White [?] in [?] line to the first station. James Murphery Chane Carrier Hon.[?] John Fink[?] Senr[?] To his first for Joseph Hawkins, L. S. > > [the following are typed in the book already transcribed] > p. 89 #107 W Issued 16 June 1778 Benj Hill enters 640 A where Samson Bobo formerly lived adj. Thos Hill Junr line, Micholas [should be Nicholas] Murfey's line, John Person's. 17th March 1778 Benj Hill > > p. 90 #110 > This land is sold and the Entry Altered Jas Murphey Caveat 4 Apl 1778 W Issued 26 June 1778 Henry Hill (Richard Conyars written and stricken) Enters 400 A on south side Tarr River, beg. on the long branch in Maceas(?) line to Jos Bakers to James Murphy to Henry Hill. 17 March 1778 Richard Conyers (stricken) Henry Hill > > p. 93 #148W Issued 22 Sepr 78 > James Murphrey enters 640 A lying on south side of Tarr River on waters of Woolf Pit Swamp beg. on Hill's line, Bakers line, Persons line, Birds line, my own line, Straughters line, to include two improvements. 4 Apl 1778 Jas Murphrey ------------------------- Subject: Re: Murphy genealogy Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:10:11 -0500 From: Elizabeth W Murphy To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu I've never sent an attachment before so I'll wrestle with that in the next couple of days. Otherwise I'll just mail copy of the pages. In the meantime here's a few notes I've gotten on the various Miles names. I n 1809 Miles was mentioned 3 times in Faquier County, VA. ( up north) as "Leeds Manor" and "Rent Rolls". In the 1810 census he was in Madison County, VA. ( also north) and had one male child under 10; one male26-45; 3 F under 10; 2 under 16; 3 under 26; 1 under 45 and one 45 plus. Could not find him in 1820 but in 1830 TN. Rutherford County, Miles MURPHEY was listed. Have not checked the microfilm on that. In the Tennessee Marriages book I found a 2-3-1835 marriage of Miles MURPHY to Ellenor J. Mack and a 7-29-1865 marriage of Miles P MURPHEY to Mary L. Park . And in Missouri i found a record of land sales 1854-55 to Miles MURPHY - 4 parcels totalling almost 400 acres -and in the 1860 census Miles Murphy was listed in Johnson County Mo(W. Central just a county S. of Mo. River.) A bunch of Maury Ct. TN . folks, including the kids and wife/ex-wife of my Nathaniel G. moved to Greene Cty, Mo. in the 1840s & 50s. Perhaps Miles is unusual enough of a name to be a tracking device. On the other-hand I'm drowning in a sea of Nathaniel, Nathan Murphys. If you've stumbled over any of them, please let me know. I was in Nashville & Maury Cty. during the summer and copied lots of cemetery records and unverified genealogical charts which I will send to you one way or the other. I'm also doing Johnson County, MO. research so will get the scoop on that Miles my next trip to the library. One time when I was immersed in this I concluded that a Miles was the father of my Nathan Sr. and Miles P. Cant prove that yet. The middle initial P. sometimes stands for phineas but also for Pinkney which is a family name on my side. You also can see that the Murphys and the Macks intermarried frequently and I read that they came to TN together. Before I went to TN. the library in Nashville e-mailed me some valuable information from the wedding book. I found the link on Cyndi's list and that might be helpful to you. Liz Murphy ------------------------ Subject: [TNMARSHA] Murphy-Frizzell Resent-Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 09:23:03 -0600 Resent-From: TNMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 10:22:59 -0500 From: "Hershel Taylor" To: TNMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com Hiram Murphy,b,1816. Married Emmaline Frizzell,b,1819. 10 children Nancy Tn, Sarah C Tn,Henry Tn, John Tn, Emaline Mo, Jackson Mo, Mary E Mo, Martha Ann Mo, Louisa Mo, Margret Mo, Later Moved To Sharp Co Ar. Anyone researching this Family? Hershel ----------------------- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1948/notes95.htm Grimes, Abstracts of NC Wills, 1690-1760, Murphey ------------------------ http://www.lib.ecu.edu/SpclColl/Manuscript/mancoll/MURPPER187.html Murphey-Perry Papers COLLECTION NO. 187.1 Franklin County, NC 1820-1901 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 39 items, correspondence (1836-1847), deeds of gift, last will and testament, commission to talk, bills, receipts, miscellaneous, and a poem (1820-1901). ACQUISITION: November 20, 1971, 38 items; Papers (1821-1857, 1901) of Murphey family of Franklin County, including correspondence, legal papers, financial records, and miscellaneous. Deposited by Mr. Russel Melvin Inscoe, Castalia, NC. Originals withdrawn December 15, 1978, and photocopies redesignated as Murphey-Perry Papers. --------------------------- http://users.ticnet.com/stevem/j3tml.htm Warren County, North Carolina Records Vol II Supplement Abstracts of Bute Co., N.C. deeds registered in Warren Co. Deed Books 1,2,3,4,5,6, & 7, 1776-1779 [pg 226] DB-6, page 245. 5 November 1777. James Murphey to William Walker Jr., both of Bute Co., Pro. N.C. 30 Pds. Procl. money for 50A. in Bute Co. adj. Vinson, Smart & sd. Murphey. Wit: John Warren Jackson, Drury Vinson. Proved by Drury Vinson, Bute November Court 1777, Thos. Machen, C.C. Reg: 2 February 1778, by Jas. Johnson, P.R. Warren County, North Carolina Records Volume I Abstracted Records of Colonial Bute County, N.C. 1764-1779 and Bute County Marriages [pg 61][Warren County Will Book 2] WB-2, page 232 Account of Sale of Estate of Peter Walker, dec'd. Dated 24 February 1778. Henry Hill, Esq., Sheriff. Recorded May Court 1778. Mentions: Drury Vinson, Peter Cox, James Walker, John Hoof, Henry Hill, John Warren Jackson, Mary Walker, James Gant, George Bevin, Philip Vison (Vinson), Britain Wood, -- Putnam, William Wood, James Merony, William Vinson, Benja. Bell, William Walker, Thomas Vinson, Francis Caps, Theophilus Bass, Peter Robinson, Richd. Ransom for James Carlisle, Benjamin Putnam, George Bion (Bovin) Sam. Thornton, Mathw. Thomas, Demsie Gatlin, Richard Ransom, Thos Cooper, Samuel Thomas, Nicholas Murphey, Fred. Davis, John Broom, John Robinson, Edward Richardson (Richison), Edward Carlile, John Persons, Thomas Nelms, Bennitt Hill, Benjamin Wester, John Carr. _____________________________ Subject: Re: Murfees of Surry, I of W and Southampton Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:53:34 -0400 From: "Betty B. Chandler" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 Mark, The first Simon Murfee that I can idenify is Simon of Surry who was married to Elizabeth Murfee. His will was filed Surry Co., Jan. 15, 1754.There is a notation on the will which indicates that Elizabeth gave up her right in dower and remarried an Edwards. Children of Simon and Elizabeth were Richard,, Sr., Arthur, Simon, Catherine, Lucy, Elizabeth and Mary Murfee. Richard married either Lucy or Ally Bue, or both. There is a will which was executed Nov. 21, 17(66?) and filed on Dec. 11, 17(89, I think). My copy is very poor. This Richard Murfee's children were Simon who married Martha Wills, William, Elizabeth, Lucy, Celia, Sally Nancy and perhaps Molly. I am descended of this Capt. Simon Murfee and his wife Martha Wills, who descends from Emanuel Wills. If this is your line, I have a lot of documentation and I'd be happy toshare with you. Again, any ideas as to the origins of the Murfees? One of my cousins has researched the Murfees and tells me that they were part of a Scots-Irish colony which settled on Mulberry Island (now Ft. Eustis.)From there, they migrated south to a point near the mergings of the Nottoway River and the Blackwater River. This is just above the NC line. In this compound were Murfees, the Matthew Wills settlement, Peggy Story's home (daughter of Simon and Martha). This settlement supposedly originated around 1699-1700. I find this On the southern most portion of this settlement was the Richard Murfee's portion of the original Murfee land. This would be Richard, father of George W. Murfee. I am open to new info and/or ideas. If you have conflicting info, please let me know. Above all else, I want my records to be accurate. Betty _____________________ Subject: Orange NC Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:30:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Lsmitch587@cs.com To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Do you know anything about an orphan boy named Mortin Murphy, aged 5 in the 3 March 1785 Court Minutes of Orange NC? It says he was to be put in the care of William Parks. Lisa ___________________ Subject: Just wondering. Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 00:26:19 -0400 From: Cathy Cantwell To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu I was looking over the marriage bonds on the Franklin County GenWeb when I saw the name James Murphy married Jacky Stallings-May 1833. Is James one of your ancestors? I had Jacky's name but did not know which Murphy she married--I was glad to run across this-one more name is a great gift. The Murphy's are related to me by my Grandfather on my Mother's side. Thanks Cathy Cantwell ________________________ USGenWeb Montague Co. TX - Births, 1936 MURPHEY ROBERT RAYMOND b.2-18-1936 m MONTAGUE LIZZIE FAY RICHARDSON WESLEY E MURPHEY ---------------------- http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tx+index+17167659924916+F 1900 Hill County, Texas Census - Vol.59 Index Long, Waymond A. 073a Murphey, Edmond T. 075a Murphey, James 119a Murphey, John B. 134b Murphy, Edward S. 057b Murphy, Jack 073b Murphy, William C. 063a Murphy, Mary A. 075a Murphy, ? 105b Murphy, Robert L. 074b ------------------------------------- Looks like William B. and Emedicus may be sons of Parker?, grandson of Arthur 2, Franklin Co. NC, gg of Simon I, ggg of Richard 1 Murfee from England. Did Richard & Mary Byrd Murfee have sons Simon I, Arthur I & Richard 2? Parker was father of an illegitimate child around 1795 also with lady named Odum. -------------------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrevwar/revwar_b.htm ABSTRACT of the ARMY ACCOUNTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE - settled by the commissioners at Halifax from the 1st September, 1784, to the 1st Feby, 1785 and at Warrenton in the year 1786, designating by whom the claims were receipted for respectively. No. Names and Rank By Whom Received Remarks 96 Council Bass Ab. Thomas 97 Uriah Bass do 108 Drury Bass do --------------------------------------- http://www.videoranch.net/court_recs.htm DEEDS KINFOLKS OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 1788-1855 Gideon & Isaac Bass witness deed in 1827 ------------------------------------ http://members.aol.com/genny1/tidbit2.html Wills of Nash County, NC, 1777-1848 ISAAC (x) BASS - December 27, 1700[1800?] - February Court 1701[1801?] - #45, p. 9 (1) wife, NANCY BASS (2) son, JETHRO BASS - land joining CHARLES BROWN & WHITEHEAD (3) son, JESSE BASS (4) grandson, ISAAC BASS, son of JESSE BASS (5) son, ISAAC BASS (6) son, JOHN BASS (7) son, AUGUSTIN BASS (8) grandson, JOHN DEVINPORTE (Davenport) (9) Remainder divided among my sons JETHRO, JESSE, JOHN & AUGUSTIN Extrs - sons, JETHRO and JESSE BASS Wit: WILLIAM (x) RICHARDSON, JOHN RICHARDSON, GEORGE RICHARDSON JESSE BASS - May 6, 1822 - May Court 1822 (1) wife, FRANCES - 700 acres joining WOODREUFF, GEORGE BODDIE BUNTING (2) daughter, FRANCES BASS (3) son, COFFIELD (4) son, COUNSEL BASS (5) land purchased from heirs of AUGUSTIN BASS, decd (6) son, GOODMAN BASS - the other 100 acres purchased from AUGUSTIN BASS (7) son, SION BASS - the CHERRY land, the MANING land (8) son, JORDEN BASS - the COOPER land, the JOINER land, remainder of PRIM land (9) son, GIDEON BASS (10) daughter, PENELOPHY WILHIGHT (11) son, EDWIN - BRITAIN tract with 62 acres, joining GIDEON BASS (12) son, ISAAC BASS - balance of BRITAIN tract (13) son, EDMON BASS (14) son, JESSE BASS (15) daughter, ELIZABETH BASS (15) daughter, LEUZANEY BASS (17) friend, MORNING SIKES (18) remainder divided among all my children: GIDEON, PENELOPHY, EDWIN, ISAAC, EDMON, JESSE, ELIZABETH,COUNCEL, LEUZANEY, JORDEN, SION, GOODMAN, FRANCES, COFFIELD Extr - friend RICHARD HOLLAND Wit - LITTLE B. WHITE, J.J. BOWDEN, ELIZABETH (x) WHITE ----------------------------------- Subject: Re: Bessie & Lela Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:15:30 -0500 From: kdap@calpha.com To: Mark Murphy Miss Bess made my cousin, Connie Alice Dickson Seawright's wedding dress. It was beautiful! I will get in touch with Connie and see if she knows anything. Also, somewhere in my books, I do have a picture. I'll send it as soon as can I find it. Kathey At 11:44 AM 8/23/01 -0500, you wrote: >Actually I was wrong. Lela Mae & Bessie were sisters, daughters of >Robert Lee Murphy, Floyd's brother. Bessie was a seamstress & salelady >for Tobolosky Dry Goods for 22 yrs. Living in Hubbard Tx as of 26 Jul >1976. > >Mark ------------------------------- Notes from: Century Review of Maury County, Tennessee, 1807-1907, Southern Historical Press, Robbins, David Peter, new copyright 1980 by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Easley, South Carolina. Reproduced from an original edition in the library of Jill L. Garrett, Columbia, Tennessee. ISBN 0- 89308-184-1 (ILL from Duke University). p. 7 population Maury Co. 1810: 7772; 1820: 15,620; 1830:18,200; 1840 17,090; 1850:16,759 (whites only) p.12 few settlers prior to extinction of Cherokee title 1/7/1806. p.16 Robt Mack on bench of Circuit court 1822-1828, died 1865 age 93. p. 29 The Mail, paper started in 1871 by J.B.Murphy & J.E. Hatcher sold 1872. p. 30 Presbytarian church, log meeting house built at Zion about 1806. 20 families left Williamsburg, S.C. early in 1805, camped Nashville till fall, then to McConico's Church at Franklin. Next spring joined by 2nd colony moved to former Indian title land 5120 acres south of Duck River bought at $3 per acre from Gen. Greene survey. erected camp, cleared land, put in corn. 1815 log church replaced by brick. p.31 Dr. Wm Mack of Columbia occassionally pastored there. p.32 Dr. Wm Mack pastor 1st Presb. in Columbia 1843. p. 35 Cumberland Presb. separated from main stem of Presb. , 1802 Kentucky synod divided Transylvania Presbytery, S. KY and mid TN into Cumberland Presb. due to diff. in doctrine & practice. p. 36 Cumb Presb (C.P.)was dissolved, but protests. At this time Maury Co. formed and many pioneers were sympathizers with the protesting ministers, now called the "Cumberland Party". Became independent church 2/4/1810. p. 37 June 1844 committee from Richland Presbytery agreed with Columbia Lodge, No. 3, I.O.O.F. to unite in erection of 2 story brick building. 1st floor was church, 2nd was lodge. complete 1847. torn down 1890. p. 43 first lot owners in Columbia at auction 8/1/1808: Peter Cheatham, Saml. Polk, et al. p. 46 W.R.Hill Alderman for Columbia 1838. p. 85 Mt. Pleasant- C.P. organized prior to 1829. Meetings later in Oddfellows hall until 1899. p.109 Culleoka- Jack Scribner built a mill 4 miles below Culleoka. p. 118 Bigbyville, squatters 1804, settlement advanced 1806. p. 119 Christian churches, Bethel 12 miles S.W. of Columbia & later Spencer Grove organized by Elder Murphy, et al. Bethel Christian church org. about 1835. Early preacher M.P. Murphy, Sr. later Wm N. Murphy 1886. Wm. N. Murphy b.12/12/1835 near McCain's, son of Miles P. and Eleanor J.C.(Mack) Murphy brought to Broadview neighborhood in infancy. He married Catharine Dugger. 2nd wife widow of Jas. N. Farris. Purchased first farm north of the Poor Farm, formerly belonging to LaFayette Wilkes. p. 120 Bigbyville School under charge of Sophronia Baird [present 1907] p. 121 H. Murphy Supt. of The Workhouse, designed to exercise lesser criminal class in making good roads. Quarry midway between McCains hamlet and the Poor Farm. p. 123 Hurricane M.E. Church, Hurricane Primitive Baptist Church here in Glendale, 6 mi. S of Columbia. ----------------------------- Subject: Re: [TXNAVARR] Sons of William B. Murphey & Polly Benton Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:02:13 -0500 From: kdap@calpha.com To: Mark Murphy Mark, My great-great Aunt, LUCY HORENSE DICKSON, (02/May/1886....22 July1953) married FLOYD HILL MURPHY, (25 May 1889....12 Aug 1967). They were married 14 Nov. 1923 in Dawson, Navarro Co., Texas. Lucy was the daughter of DANIEL McMAHAN DICKSON and ALICE EUGENIA DOUGLASS DICKSON. This family lived in Maury Co., Tenn. before they came to Dawson in 1889. I know very little about Uncle Floyd. They lived most of their married lift in Houston. They had no children. Floyd had two sisters that lived in Hubbard, Texas. They were Bess & Lela Murphy. They never married. I think maybe one sister did marry her school-sweet heart, but it was after she was in her 70's. The sisters worked at a dry goods store on Main Street in Hubbard. Aunt Lucy & Uncle Floyd are buried in the Dawson Cemetery. His sisters are buried in Hubbard. Hopes this helps in some way. Kathey Adams Pavelka At 08:23 AM 8/23/01 -0500, you wrote: >Still looking for information, researchers, pictures and old letters of >the Murph(e)y and Crews families who lived at Liberty Hill between >Hubbard and Dawson, TX. Joe, Ed, Cal and maybe another Murphey brother >and their families came from Culleoka, Maury Co. TN to Hill/Navarro Cos. >in 1875. My ggrandfather was Joe (Joseph Hill Murphey). Joe, Ed and >Cal were in Rock Island Prison (IL) as Confederate soldiers. Joe >married Mary Ann (Mollie) Crews. I believe the wagon master's name who >brought them was Joe Crews. These families intermarried with the >Wrights, Hills, and others. >Thanks, >Mark Murphy ------------------------------------- From: Steve Roper Subject: [MURPHY-L] Maury Co TN/ Pittsylvania CO VA Murphys Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 17:30:18 -0400 Virginia, as far as I can tell, these are 2 different sets of Murphys. There may be a connection in VA that I am unaware of. When I was researching my Warren D. Murphy, who came to TN seemingly directly from VA, I saw the Miles and Nathaniel Murphy names in Maury Co but in all the records I found I never found anything to connect them to Warren D Murphy who I believe was Sarah Murphy Stacy's father. They did not sign each other's deeds as witnesses or seem or live very near to each other. Warren D Murphy was a son of Thomas Murphy SR and his wife Anne Davis. Thomas was born c 1769 and I have not succeeded in finding parents for him. I think the William Murphy in Pittsylvania CO VA who married Abigail Cahill in 1786 may have been Thomas' brother, and I also think perhaps the George Murphy who married Frances Jefferson in 1794 may have been another brother. Regina ------------------------------ From: Becky Murphy Dahl Subject: [MURPHY-L] Update on the William MURPHY family of VA Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 14:54:09 -0700 Posted on: Murphy & Murphrey (all spelling variations) Queries Surname: MURPHY, MURFEE It is possible that this William Murphy could actually be named Richard William Murphy and his wife may be Nancy Anne Murphy of Bullskin, Frederick County VA. (maybe my Richard-mm) ------------------------------------------- http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/ncdeaths2.htm MURPHY, James Died 22 Nov 1837. Age 77 years. Burial in Centre Cemetery, Iredell Co, NC. ---------------------------------------- http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/hill_county,_texas_marriages_c.htm Hill Co. TX Marriages Cooper, James M. Murphey, Mary A. 24 Nov 1875 Everhart, A. Murphy, Maggie 27 Feb 1879 Murphy, H. C. Lewis, E. 8 Feb 1876 ----------------------------------------- Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Murph(e)y Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:35:09 -0600 Resent-From: TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 20:35:38 -0500 From: "Harold G. Gobbell" To: TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com This may be of no use to you but I'll pass it along. Samuel Murphy b. Ala in 1824 m. Eliza Jane Gobbel b. 1835. They had Nancy, Margaret, John, George, Sarah, James, Mary, Eliza, and Safrona. They were from the Wayne/Lawrence Co. line area of Tn. If you can get your eyes on the book "Factory Creek, The Place, The People, The Times", by Shirley Hollis there is more info on the Murphy Clan I think. ------------------------------------- Subject: RE: [MSPANOLA] Howdy Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:47:57 -0400 From: Mark Briscoe To: "'Mark Murphy'" 1850 Census Panola County, Mississippi District 13, P. 343, dwelling & family #575 William A. Hill (age 26, M, Farmer, property value of $2,600, born in S.C.) Anne A. Hill (age 25, F, born in S.C.) [illegible] Hill (age 2, F, born in Miss.) Elizabeth Downes (age: 54, F, born in S.C.) District 13, p. 345, dwelling & family #538 (all are hard to read) Richard Hill (age 2?, M, Farmer, property value of [$500?], born in Ala.) Margaret Hill (age 33, F, born in [Tenn.?]) Francis E. Hill (age 3, [?], born in Miss.) District 13, p. 322, dwelling & family #212) Merrill Hill (age 44, M, Farmer, property value of $80, born in N.C.) Mary Hill (age 30, F, born in Mo., can't read or write) Elbert Hill (age 11, M, born in Miss, attended school w/in year) Susan E. Hill (age 9, M*, born in Miss.) Elizabeth C. Hill (age 7, born in Miss.) Samual Hill (age 6, M, born in Miss.) [Ano----?] Hill (age 5, F, born in Miss.) Mary E. Hill (age 4, F, born in Miss.) Francis A. Hill (age 3, F, born in Miss.) Mark, I hope this helps. I'm sorry about the questionmarks--parts of these entries (especially the second one) are very hard to read. Re.: the * in the third entry--I'm pretty certain that the name is Susan and the gender is male on the census. So either the census taker made a mistake or we're dealing the original "Boy named Sue". Best of luck, Mark ---------------------- Subject: RE: [MSPANOLA] Howdy Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:33:32 -0400 From: Mark Briscoe To: "'Mark Murphy'" Mark, I have an update on the Murphey information I sent you earlier. As I mentioned at the time, I was relying largely on my memory, so I have a few things to correct. Stephen Douglas Murphey moved with his brother William from Caswell County, N.C., to Fayette County, Tenn., sometime around 1834. William was born in 1809. I suspect that Stephen was the son of James Murphey and also had another brother named James who remained in North Carolina. In the 1830 census for Caswell County, James Murphey, James Murphey Jr., and Stephen Murphey are all listed on the same page, indicating that they lived very close to each other. Stephen Douglas Murphey (My 3-great grandfather) moved with his family to Mississippi in about 1840 where he settled and remained until he died and was buried at Black Jack Presbyterian Church in Panola County. His brother William remained in Fayette County, Tenn., and married Mildred Kendrick and then later married Lisa Neal. I was mistaken in my previous email (I was recalling the story of a different branch of my family that made a similar N.C.-to-Tenn.-to-Miss. migration), in that William apparently did not follow Stephen to Mississippi, but remained in Fayette County and raised a family there. This information comes from an entry in a book entitled "History of Panola County" and is corroborated by census records. There is an entry on William Murphey in a similar book entitled "History of Fayette County, Tenn." I believe some of William's children eventually moved to Mississippi and one or two of the boys may have joined Confederate units raised in Panola County during the Civil War. These may be your Murpheys, but unfortunately I don't have much information on them. The 1850 census for Panola County lists: page: 329 dwelling: 313 family: 313 Stephen Murphey (age 49, male, farmer, value of real estate-$1000, born in N.C.) Nancy Murphey (age 46, F, born in N.C., unable to read or write) Sidney Murphey (age 23, M, born in N.C.) William Murphey (age 20, M, born in N.C., attended school within year) Martha A.E. Murphey (age 18, F, born in N.C.) Thomas Murphey (age 15, M, born in Tenn., attended school within year) Sarah F. Murphey (age 13, F, born in Tenn., attended school within year) Mary J. Murphey (age 11, F, born in Miss., attended school within year) James Murphey (age 8, M, born in Miss.) [this was my gt-gt-grandfather] Also in the 1850 census, I found an entry for Emeticus Murphey in Issaquena County: page: I forgot to write down the page number, but I'll get that for you dwelling: 28 family: 28 Emeticus Murphey (age 44, M, Overseer, born in N.C.) He is the only person listed in his family and in his dwelling. I haven't looked for the Hills in Panola, yet, but I will do that this weekend. Best wishes, Mark Briscoe ---------------------------- 91-266.pdf BATE FAMILY PAPERS l834-l906 Archives & Manuscripts Unit Technical Services Section Accession No: 9l-266 Date Completed: 3-20-92 Location: XIV-C-4 Microfilm Accession Number: 1345 http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/techsvs/manud/91-266.pdf The Bate Family Papers (l834-l906) are centered around Dr. Humphrey Howell Bate (l844-l9ll), a physician of Sumner County, Tennessee and his sister, Countess Eugenia Patience (Bate) Bertinatti (l826-l906), wife of Count Guiseppi Bertinatti (____-l8ll), an Italian Envoy to the United States. The Bate Family Papers are a gift of Mrs. Henry Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky. A substantial part of the collection is correspondence, which is largely family in nature, between the children of Humphrey Bate (l799-l856) and his second wife Anne Francis Weathered Bate (l840- l875) of Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee. Eugenia Patience Bate (l826-l906), one of five daughters and four sons born to her parents, was twice married. Through her first husband Council Rogers Bass (____- l855) she inherited Riverside Plantation in Washington County, Mississippi. After her husband's death Eugenia was faced with the responsibility of managing this large plantation. Much of her correspondence is concerned with the problems of managing Riverside at a time when she was faced with settling claims of her late husband's creditors. Other letters by Eugenia were written after she had become the wife of Count Guiseppi Bertinatti (____-l88l), Italian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. Residing and traveling in various European countries, Eugenia's letters describe European royalty she met, as well as the people and her impressions of these foreign lands. Other correspondence in the collection is centered around Eugenia's two brothers, Humphrey ("Ummy"} Howell Bate (l844-l9ll), a practicing physician, and Henry Clay Bate (l839-l9l7). These letters generally concern lands owned in Mississippi and Texas by the Bates family. There are also a few letters by William Brimage Bate (l826-l905), a cousin of Eugenia and Humphrey, who was a General in the Civil War, a Governor of Tennessee (l883-l887) and United States Senator (l887-l905). Box # 34. Land records--Deed--Smith, Abram F. and Sally Myra to Eugenia P. Bass and Emidicus Murphy, l853 --------------------------- need Panola Co. MS census for 1850 ---------------------- Murphy, Mississippi, is in Washington County; location is 337'15"N 9042'5"W --------------------- http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/ms/panola/census/1850/m spano50.txt 1850 Panola Co. MS census HILL 322B-323A-343A-345A MURPHEY 329B-330A (got it- is Stephen Murphey family) -------------------- http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/ms/tallahatchie/military/civ ilwar/1890vetd.txt 1890 Mississippi Census Index Of Civil War Veterans or their Widows The information of this index appears in the following order: Surname, given name, State abbreviation, County, Local, Supervisors District (SD) and enumerators district (E.D.) HILL, HOPKINS* MS PANDLA COMO 1 73 HILL, JOHN MS PANOLS POPE PCT 1 76 HILL, JONES* MS PANOLA BATESVILLE 1 83 MURPHEY, CHAS MS WASHINGT ARCOLA 3 124 --------------------------- http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/issaquena/military/ww1/registrant s/iss-l.txt 1ST COLUMN: NAME 2ND COLUMN: BIRTH DATE 3RD COLUMN: ETHNIC GROUP 4TH COLUMN: BIRTH LOCATION OR OTHER INFO (spelling unreliable) OTHER COLUMNS: LOCATION OF REGISTRATION Murphy, John Faricher (Fancher) 2 Oct 1897 W he & dad b. Chester MS Issaquena MS Murphy, Ruben 3 Jun 1888 B Issaquena Co. MS Sunflower MS ------------------------ http://members.aol.com/shardwik/cw/coh.html 26th Mississippi Regiment The Roster of Company H ...E. A. Murphy ------------------------------------- Subject: murphy genealogy Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:06:01 -0500 From: Terri McRae To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Reply to: tgene2673@yahoo.com Hi Mark: I visited your site again this evening - it continues to be wonderful! I'm not sure if I told you in the past: On Zebulon Murphy b. May 31, 1841 Tenn. He died April 27, 1894 in Boone Co., ARK. and is Interred White Church Cem; Boone C0, Ark. He married Edith (Eddie/Edy) Adaline Walker. Her first marriage was to a Hickman. Apparently he died. I haven't figured out who he is yet. Her parents were: William Wyatt/Wiat WALKER and Jane Foster of Giles/Maury Co., TN. In 1860 her father was in Giles Co. but he died in Maury Co. I don't know if he moved or if the county lines changed. Edy died in Conway Co., Ark. and is buried at Summers Cem, Boone Co., Ark Thanks Mark! Terri ----------------------------------------------------------- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carole40&id=I632 Caroline(Carole)Burnett Cook Name: Medicus RANSOM Given Name: Medicus Surname: Ransom Sex: M Birth: 1829 Death: 1893 Emigration: Rutherford Co, TN Education: Philadelphia College of Physicians Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Benjamine Clevious RANSOM b: 1787 in Halifax Co, NC Mother: Sarah (Sallie) Elizabeth JARRETT b: JUN 1789 in Virginia Marriage 1 Temple PECK Subject: Re: [NCFRANKL] 1850 Franklin County, NC Date: Wed 11 Jul 2001 21:28:07 -0400 From: "Velvet Ruffin- Corley" To: "Mark Murphy" Hi Mark, There are 7 MURPHY households listed in the 1850 population schedule for Franklin County, NC: Bird MURPHY, 52, m, farmer, $847 real estate, NC; Alethea, 48, f, NC; William, 21, m, farmer, NC; James, 18, m, farmer, NC; Gray, 15, m, farmer, NC; Alpheus, 11, m, NC; Henry, 7, m, NC. There are slaves, 20f, 3f. Gray MURPHY, 46, m, farmer, $152 real estate, NC, illiterate; Elizabeth, 43, f, NC; John, 17, m, farmer, NC; Fetney, 15, f, NC; Sabina, 13, f, NC, in school; James, 11, m, NC; Doctor, 8, m, NC; Gray, 6, m, NC; Charles, 4, m, NC; Balda, 1,m, NC. James MURPHY Jr.53, m, farmer, $620 real estate, NC; Jacky, 46, f, NC, illiterate; Adeline, 17, f, NC; Mary, 14, f, NC, in school; Actor, 13, m, NC, in school; Gray, 10, m, NC, in school; Emily, 9, f, NC, in school; John, 6, m, NC Sarah, 9 months, f, NC. One slave, a 19 year old male. John MURPHY, 33, m, farmer, $135 real estate, NC. Joseph MURPHY, 40, m, wagon maker, $180 real estate, NC; Harriet, 45, f, NC; James, 21, m, grocer, NC; Rebecca, 16,f, NC; Sarah, 14, f, NC; Robert DUNSTON, 14, m, mulatto, NC. Nicholas MURPHY, 70, m, farmer, $700 real estate, NC; Rebecca, 35, f, NC; Alisia, 31, f, NC. Slaves were 51m, 9m, 8f, 1f. Susan MURPHY, 50, f, NC, lives in the Catherine BARNS household, 60, f, $1425 real estate, NC; James, 22, barkeeper, NC; J. J. MYRICK, 21, m, barkeeper; William FOG, 20, m, mulatto, farmer, NC, illiterate. The mortality index has a listing for Cherry MURPHY, f, mulatto, slave, born in NC, died in October after 2years. Susan MURPHY, 3 months old,f, died in August of diarrhea after being ill for 30 days. John MURPHY, 3 months old, m, died in August of diarrhea after being ill for 30 days. How long have you been researching? Have you gone beyond 1870 with any of your lines? Take care, Velvet Ruffin-Corley ____________________ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=blw1553&id=I41263 Boone L. White Name: Hugh Medicus Hight Sex: M Birth: 21 OCT 1855 in Franklin Co. N.C. Death: 20 NOV 1914 in Vance Co. N.C. Burial: Plank Chapel, UMC, Bobbitt, N.C. Father: Hartwell Hight Mother: Louisa Felts Marriage 1 Sarah Florence Kittrell b: 9 DEC 1860 Married: ABT. 1881 http://www.mscounties.com/info.cfm?ID=81 Panola County, MS Alexander G. McNutt owned a plantation named Panola in Washington County during the 1830s, and it is possible that he suggested this name for the county. [Sallie Hill, wife of Edmond Thomas Murphey, b. 1851 Panola, MS] ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/panola/census/1850/mspano50.txt Panola Co. MS 1850 census HILL 322B-323A-343A-345A MURPHEY 329B-330A (Panola, 1840 HILL 137, no Murphey listed) (no Murphy or Hill 1850 Washington Co. MS census) (1830 Washington Co. MS HILL 225, no Murphy) (1850 Issaquena, HILL 296B, MURPHEY 297A) _________________________________ http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/marshall/court/ctfeb39.txt (230) February term 1839. ... On motion it is ordered by the Court that Granville SMITH be appointed overseer of the Columbia road commenceing at Hiram WILSON and terminateing at James C. RECORDS and that he have the following hands to wit: Thomas H. RICHERSON, Harriet C. RICHERSON, William PERRY, Michael SHEHAM, John SHESHAM, Lemuel JONES, Daniel G. BILLS, William LONDON, David C. CALVERT, John COLLINS, Thomas FARLEY, William B. MURPHEE, James VINCENT, Richard VINCENT, Lidia & Robert HILLS four hands and William WEBSTER and James COLLINS to keep up said road. Issued. _____________________________________________________ 6/22/01 Telephone interview with Mrs. Martha Lee Murphy (goes by Martha Lee), widow of GR Murphy (Geratus Ralice Jr.) 254.576.2597, Hubbard, TX. Her son is Gary Robert Murphy, 576.2197. She says her husband's name was GR, initials only, and was not a junior. This made it difficult on him in the army as they always wanted his full name. Martha Lee didn't know much about the old Murphys, but that they came from Tennessee. Edmond Thomas & Sally Murphy had four sets of twins, including Ras & Ralice, Estella had a twin, John Lester, the youngest, did not. She said GR was born 1919, not 1912. Her son Gary has a picture of Ralice (his grandfather). Gary has three daughters, one is Holly Brown, recently moved to College Station, who keeps up with genealogy. ___________________________________ 6/22//01 Telephone interview with Daniel Calvin Murphy, ggrandson of John Calvin Murphey, b. 1937. 12131 Alston, Stafford, TX 77477. 281.498.6690. He and his wife's headstones are set beside Joseph Hill Murphey's in Liberty Hill Cemetery. He said he asked Shirley (Sam) if she thought anyone would mind them putting their graves beside Joseph Hill's since he was kind of off by himself and E.T. & John Calvin areas were all crowded. Sam said she thought it would be OK, so he bought the site. He said Liberty Hill Cemetery has a reunion on the 1st Sunday in June. He was going to go to Tarleton, but changed to Baylor with his friends. His wife is Abby DeRene Murphy (pronounced Aiby-long A). He says that William B. was the brother of Gray & Bird in Franklin Co. NC. This was from a daughter of James C. Murphey (son of William B.) named Thelma Gooch, who remarried and moved to Arizona. She used to live in Maury County. Need to call him back. From Steve Meservy: Thelma Gooch married Jerry Roberson, an attorney, and they live on Murphy Lane in Columbia, TN 3522 Murphy Ln Columbia , TN 38401 (931) 540-0956 ___________________________________ Subject: Isaiah Franklin Murphy Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:11:42 EDT From: BDabbs7027@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu The Frank Murphy which you have in your records is Isaiah Franklin Murphy, my ancester. Now to give you more particulars that I know about the family, His Children: 1. Elmirah( called aunt mira by my mother)b. Aug. 7, 1866, d. Sept 28, 1916. She never married. 2. Amelia (called Aunt Millie) b. Feb. 23, 1868, d.March 8, 1941. She married James T. Roberts,(don;t have date) . 3 Ophelia Jane (called Janie)b. July 25, 1869, d. Jan.26, 1922. She married George Thomas Drumright Feb. 20,1894. 4. Susan Leona b. March 8, 1872 d. June 7,1940. She married Jim Parks and moved to Texas. She still has a daughter living in Coricanna ( or did have 3 years ago, who corresponded with mother often , until Mother lost mental ability. 5.Bede T. b. April 1, 1880 d.Feb. 12, 1903. He never married. Buried in Welch Cemetary where his parents are buried. 6. Finice b. Oct. 9, 1881 d.June 1966. He married Agnes ? (Mother did not recall what her maiden name was) Elmira and Ophelia Jane are both buried in Oak Grove cemetery in Gibson County Tennessee. Amelia is also buried in Gibson County but I am not certain as to the cemetery. I am told Grandma Sarah Mitchell died in Gibson County while visiting Aunt Millie , but is carried back to Maury-Marshall County area for burial with her husband. I met Uncle Finice Murphy and his wife Agnes. They lived in Milan Tennessee and are buried there in Milan Cemetery. Aunt Agnes' health got to be to where he could not wait on her by himself so they went to their son's in middle Tenn. He absent mindedly stepped in front of a car and was killed before she died. I have been very confused as to the Sarah Mitchell that Isaiah Franklin married. Her tombstone is marked Sarah H. I have not looked at the civil war pension application , which I will do when I can get back to doing more on research. Uncle Finice Murphy has a daughter that lives in California. She also kept up with mother until mother went into the nursing home. If you would like further info on these families, let me know. I am told that Grandpa Murphy always signed his name I. Frank Murphy. _______________________________ from: "Kinfolks fo Franklin County North Carolina 1793-1844", by Joseph W. Watson, Rocky Mt. NC, 1985. p. 55 DB 13, p. 91 James Boon deed of gift to his son, Lewis Boon, June 8, 1805. DB 13, p. 94 James Boon deed of gift to his daughter Elray Murphey, June 8, 1805. DB 13, p. 103 James Boon bought a negro, witnessed by Phillip Boon, Sept. 5, 1805. p. 87. DB 16 p. 125 George Richards of Green Co. Ga. appointed his friend, Parker Murphey, of Franklin Co. as his attorney to recover and receive property due him and his wife Lydia, out of the estate of David Vinson, deceased, late of Franklin Co., Dec. 29, 1810. p. 94 DB 16 p. 254 John Bass as attorney in fact for Theophilus Bass and wife, Rachel Bass, of Wilson Co. TN sold their interest in the dower land allotted to Hannah Vincent, widow of David Vincent[Vinson], deceased, Aug. 10, 1814. DB 16 p. 268 William Murphey of Granville Co., NC bought land situated in Franklin Co., June 21, 1813. DB 16 p. 270 Parker Murphey deed to James Collins for land which he bought of George Richards out of the lands of David Vinson, deceased, Jan. 11, 1813. p. 96 DB 17 p. 12 Edmund Kimbell and Nicholas Murphey joint bill of sale to Fanning Jones of Wake Co. NC, June 13, 1815. p. 97 DB 17 p. 29 Simon Murphey of Wake Co. NC deed to Parker Murphey of Franklin Co. witnessed by Sion Murphy and Martin Murphy, Jan. 8, 1814. p. 103 DB 17 p. 141 John Bowden, Mrs. Murfree, and Mildred Leacy and Ann (Boon?) were heirs of James Boon, deceased, who devised negroes to his wife, Elizabeth Boon, during her lifetime, Nov. 30, 1815. DB 17 p. 148 Allen W. Davis and wife, Priscilla Davis, deed for land to Elijah Perry, as well as their interest in the dower of Polly Perry, widow of Benjamin Perry, deceased, witnessed by Sam'l Perry, Dec. 12, 1816. p. 106 DB 17 p. 201 Frances Ann Hight of Granville Co.,N.C> sold land, witnessed by Harbird Hight, March 11, 1811. DB 17 p. 214 George Murphey of Warren Co., NC bought a negro, Jan. 21, 1817. p. 107 DB 17 p. 223 James Murphree of Franklin Co. deed to James S. Murphree of same for a tract of land located in Robertson Co., TN, Sept. 1817. p. 124 DB 19? p. 233 James Murphey (Murphree) sold land to Joseph Murfree, Nov. 23, 1819. p. 137 DB 20 p. 93 Polley Perry deed of gift to her sister, Winneyford Bledsoe, wife of Joseph Bledsoe, Oct. 23, 1821. p. 94 Polley Perry deed of gift to her niece, Temperance Hill Murphey, Oct. 30, 1821. p. 95 Polley Perry deed of gift to her sister, Nancy Thomas, Oct. 31, 1821. p. 95 Polley Perry deed of gift to her sister Patience Murphey, Oct. 30, 1821. p. 99 Polley Perry deed of gift to her brother, Williamson Murphey, Oct. 31, 1821. p. 100 Polley Perry deed of gift to her niece, Francis Mary Murphey, Oct. 30, 1821. p. 101 Polley Perry deed of gift to her sister, Elizabeth Murphey, Oct. 21, 1821. p. 102 Polley Perry deed of gift to her brother, George Murphey, Oct. 30, 1821. p. 140 DB 20 p. 188 Polley Perry deed of gift to her sister, Winneyford Bledsoe, for her interest in a tract of land left to her by her father Nicholas Murphey, deceased, witnessed by Williamson Murphey and Amy Murphey, Oct. 23, 1821. DB 20 p. 200 Polley Perry deed of gift to her sister, Amy Murphey, Oct. 30, 1821. p. 162 DB 23? p. 105 James Murphree sold land, witnessed by Sally B. Murphree, Sept. 15, 1824. p. 227 DB 27 p. 459 Mrs. Polly Reid was formerly Mrs. Polly Perry, widow of Benjamin Perry, deceased, and Mrs. Rebecca Sherrod was a sister of said Benjamin Perry and grandmother to Thomas E. Yarbrough, as mentioned in a deed, Dec. 12, 1837. DB 27 p. 470 Joseph (Josiah) Murphey, and wife, Harriet J. Murphey, sold their interest in a tract of land on which Mrs. Sarah Murphy now lives, which interest they received under the will of James Murphy, deceased, father of said Harriet, Jan. 1838. p. 237 DB 28 p. 115 John Murphey, George Murphey, and Richard G. Buchanan and wife Martha A. Buchanan, legal heirs and representatives of William Murphey, deceased, all of Davidson Co. TN, deed to Nicholas Murphey of Franklin Co. for their interests in land formerly the property of Nicholas Murphey, Senr., deceased, June 17, 1839. p. 116 George Murphey, Patience Murphey, Williamson Murphey, and Winny Bledsoe of Morgan Co. Ala., heirs of Nicholas Murphey, Senr., deceased, deed to Nicholas Murphey of Franklin Co. for their interests in land situated in Franklin as heirs of said Nicholas Murphey, Senr., deceased, July 29, 1839. p. 117 Amey Murphey and William D. Thomas and wife, Nancy Thomas, of Madison Co., Ala., heirs of Nicholas Murphey, Senr., deceased, deed to Nicholas Murphey of Franklin Co. for their interests in land situated in Franklin Co. as heirs of said Nicholas Murphey, Senr., deceased, Sept. 13, 1839. p. 238 DB 28 p. 144 Nichoas Murphey and Nathaniel Murphey sold land jointly, May 16, 1840. p. 145 Nicholas Murphey and Nathaniel Murphey sold land jointly to Claiborn Shearin of Warren Co, NC, Jan15,1840. pp. 239-240 DB 28 p. 151 (second deed on page) Nicholas Murphey and Nathaniel Murphey sold land jointly, May 29, 1840. p. 156 Nicholas Murphey deed to N.H. Murphey for his interest in land, witnessed by A.G. Murphey, Feb.5, 1840. p. 244 DB 28 p. 290 Nicholas Murphey and Nathaniel H. Murphey, sold land jointly to William C. Clanton of Warren Co., NC as Trustee for Polly Myrick, wife of Owen F. Myrick and not subject to his control or disposition thereof, Sept 27, 1841. ___________________________________ Subject: Ezekiel Murphy Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:53:15 -0700 From: "Emmett A. Murphy" To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark: Thanks for your e_mail of August 14 containing information on Ezekiel and other Murphys. I will be sorting your material and reconciling it with data I have collected. Will write you within the next week if possible. There is one point I can make now. The Ezekiel who married Mary Thurman on July 19, 1841 is not the Ezekiel in my line. My Ezekiel was married to Louisa Jones, a widow, in Rutherford Co. on December 27, 1835. following the death of his first wife. Louisa survived Ezekiel's death in 1843. Ezekiels estate was probated in Rutherford Co. in 1843 (Rutherford CountyRoll 261 - Book 12, 1841-44 - Page 316 and settled March 29, 1844, Roll #261 - Book 13 - Page 183 - Probate). John Murph(e)y was Administrator of the estate. In the probate proceedings Wayne W. Murphy was appointed Guardian of Harrison G., Louisa V., Samuel H., and Ezekiel Murphy, minor heirs of Ezekiel Murphy, deceased. The date of death for Louisa Jones Murphy is not known, but death probably occurred in Rutherford Co. John Murphy and W. W. Murphy were Ezekiels sons from his first marriage. John Murphy of Murfreesboro was my great grandfather. The 1850 census shows his birthplace as North Carolina and indicates the year of his birth as 1800. This coincides with Ezekiels movements from Virginia to North Carolina to Rutherford County. My line comes from Ezekiel through John, through Johns son James Knox Polk Murphy, and through JKPMs son Allen, my father. I am satisfied that this line up is correct, both from census, family, and other records. There is no where to be found in this line any reference to a Miles Murphy, a David or a Nathaniel Murphy. I agree with your comment that there were probably two (or more) Ezekiels in Rutherford Co. in the 1820's. The material in "Maury County Tennessee, History and Families" seems to verify this, but note that those remarks are for Murphys in Maury County not Rutherford, except for the puzzling remark that "Ezekiel stayed over in Murfreesboro". This remark cannot be dismissed out of hand but I am inclined to believe it refers to a different Ezekiel than the one I am searching. Note that the remarks make no mention of Ezekiels wife or children which would seem an odd exclusion in a family history. The marriage records of Pittsylvania County, VA show a marriage between Ezekiel Murphy and Martha Smith on February 12, 1799. For several reasons, I am of the opinion that this is the first marriage of the Ezekiel I am searching, however until I can find some evidence subsequent to February 12, 1799, showing a relationship between Ezekiel and Martha there will remain a doubt. Hopefully we can find a grave site in Rutherford County with a readable headstone establishing the relationship between Ezekiel and Martha. Unfortunately, Tennessee did not keep vital records in the 1840's. Lacking family records or other sources presently unknown, a headstone would seem to be the best opportunity for supplying this missing link. I want to thank you for so freely sharing your information with me. In the crazy world of genealogy we may turn out to be distant cousins. As soon as I have more thoughts Ill be in touch. Emmett Murphy ___________________________________ Subject: Re: Simon Murphy Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:16:41 -0700 From: "Ginny Carter" To: "Mark Murphy" Mark--I am so sorry I haven't answered you--I was incharge of a big family reunion and I didn't even touch my computer for a week and a half. To answer your questions...... We believe in our church, that there are people who did not have a chance to be baptized on earth. It is an earthly ordinance. It was practiced in the church in Jesus's time. Refer: 1 Cor. 15:29. We believe we need to make it possible for all to have the same choice. Therefore we do the genelogy to find our ancestors, then we do the baptisms for them in our temples. We do not know whether they will except it, but they now have the choice and the same opportunity we have. That is why our church has the largest archives in the world and we are so dedicated into finding our ancestors. SLC is just an abbreviation for Salt Lake City. When you receive information on microfish, it will have SLC as its reference. I have Myrna's book--I don't know if it is still in print, but I will send you(by mail if you will give me your address, as there is too much to try and send thru email) I have Simon 1's will and etc, if you are interested. Let me know. I know about the Murchada, but we have that blank space on Richard--if we could only find his connection in Dublin. Simon 1 also had a son Richard and his father's name was Richard also. Simon II was the father of Jeramiah. I'm sorry if I got that mixed around. I have a great pedigree chart that I can copy and send to you that really follows it all the way down from 1670-1900's. It only shows Arthurs name and that he married a Charity. Then follows my line thru Emanuel Masters Murphy. Hope this helps and I will send anything that you might be interested in, in Myrna's book. It has a lot of deeds, wills, etc. in there. Let me know. Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Murphy" To: "Ginny Carter" Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 1:48 PM Subject: Re: Simon Murphy > Actually, I'm the lay leader of our local Methodist church. I think the family history work the Mormons have done over the years is absolutely fabulous. I don't understand, however, how someone could be baptized after they are dead, but anyway... > What is the SLC? I would love to get copies of these letters from the > microfilm. Could I order them on loan through the local LDS Family History Center? > Note: If Jeremiah was the son of Simon II, his grandfather was Simon I, Simon I's father was Richard I, who was reportedly kidnapped, not Simon I. > What was the name of Myrna Black's book, if you know? > As far as Irish genealogy goes, if someone could trace back to 1500 or so, the Irish before that kept good family records back almost a thousand years to > Murchada and such. > Thanks for the clues. I'll keep looking and use your leads. > -Mark > Ginny Carter wrote: > Mark--I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > (Mormons) I don't know if you are or not but the Church has the largest > Archives in the world. When work is verified, temple work is done for them. All except one of the daughters of Simon I , Elizabeth (b: 1741, the work has been done. Even Richard's was done in 1889. There are letters > written (in the microfilm dept in SLC of Jeremiah Murphy (son of Simon II) telling about his grandfather being kidnapped from Ireland--very sketchy. My brother did the research in SLC and compiled it in a large binder. My cousin Mryna Black wrote a book (Murphy) that has a lot of references that would make me conclude that they are correct. I am not the geneologist in the family, my husband is, but I have a fettish about Richard Murphy. I have been trying to go another route. I have found a microfish from the St. Johns Parish in Dublin that I have found a Richard Murphy. My desire is to go to Dublin and research it and see how it fits in. We were there a couple of years ago, but I did not have enough information collected yet to take the time to research. I have found this parish since then and I want to get an Irish genealogist to go thru some of the land records, as it is said that Richard's father was a very rich land owner (?) and had a coat of arms that was given him by Charles the II. Supposedly, there was one sewn on > Richard's jacket, that some relative is in possession of. Still, I can't tell you God's truth. If I can help you any more, let me know. Ginny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Murphy" > To: "Ginny Carter" > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 6:05 AM > Subject: Re: Simon Murphy > > Thanks for the info. > I was wpndering if you had the sources for the information, especially > the part about the older Richard? It all sounds logical to me, but I > try to get documentation for proof whenever possible. You wouldn't > believe the stuff I've seen in some folks' records. > > thanks, > Mark > ______________________________________ Subject: Confederate War Veteran Reunion Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 23:09:57 -0400 (EDT) From: AMACarolM@aol.com To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Hi, Can you give an approximate date for the REUNION photo? The whited bearded man second roll, fourth from right, seated, looks very much like the only known picture we have of my husband's great grandfather. He was Thomas Jefferson "Ousley" Monroe. Thomas was born in Georgia, 1836 severed in Co. A 3rd Batt'n Florida Cav., later became known as 15 Confederate Cav. On the back of the picture we have is written: Fif. mi N.W. of Hubbard 5 mi N of Mola__ (could be Molane) We are estimating the picture to have been made 1890-1895. In both pictures the man in question is dressed in black suit white shirt and tie. In my picture the beard is trimmed shorter. He is not wearing a hat. On your site, you said it would be possible to see a larger image. The enlargement might help make a better identification. Are you familiar enough with Hill County to recognize the above location? I have two listings for HUBBARD, TEXAS. 1)....was six miles from the Friendship-Ruth crossroads in southeastern Coryell, County. The residents moved in 1940s because this area was used for the establishment of Ft. Hood. 2) ....located on State highway 171 and 31 twenty-three miles of Hillsboro. The article goes on to say the first store was established by J.B. and Eugene McDaniel. The First National Bank was established by Joe McDaniel. Yours?? I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks, Carol Duncan Monroe Amarillo, TX ____________________ Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Testator Will index, Franklin Co. NC Resent-Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 08:30:49 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 11:30:58 EDT From: OMurphy585@aol.com Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com In a message dated 5/7/2001 8:45:10 AM Central Daylight Time, murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu writes: > Murphey, Martha E.H. / 1891 / WB-U:537 / AR > Mark, This name is too similar to my great grandmother as her name was Martha Elizabeth Hay Murphy. Is there any way I can get the names of the children of this person? Martha Elizabeth (Bettie) Hay Murphy was supposedly born in Georgia, but I have never been able to find her and do not know her death date or place of death. Her husband was James Murphy and my grandfather, Milton Murphy, was one of her sons, her other sons were James, Joseph, John, Wilmont, and William. Her daughters were Susan and Elizabeth. Elizabeth also was in Alabama in the 1890's. The last census that showed Martha Elizabeth was in the 1870 Coosa County, Alabama census. Could this be her and she moved back to North Carolina. My father was John Byrd Murphy which also seems to suggest the Byrd family was involved also. Thanks Ottis Murphy _________________________________________ from: "North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900" by Thornton W. Mitchell, Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 373 (Franklin Co. only) Name / Date / Recorded Copy (Will Book or other) / Original location(Archives, or ?) Murphey, Arthur / c1803 / WB-B:162 / --- Murphey, James Gray / 1864 / WB-R:716 / AR Murphey, Martha E.H. / 1891 / WB-U:537 / AR Murphey, Nicholas / 1817 / WB-F:44 / AR Murphree, James / 1826 / WB-H:144 / AR Murphy, Byrd / 1871 / WB-U:51 / AR Murphy, James / c1860 / WB-Q:698 / --- Murphy, John / 1885 / WB-U:356 / AR _____________________________________ Subject: Re: James Murphy, Franklin Co., NC Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 21:51:08 -0700 From: "John H. Goebel" Descendants of Simon Murphy, Sr. Generation No. 1 1. SIMON2 MURPHY, SR. (RICHARD1) was born Abt. 1685 in Surry, VA, and died July 05, 1753 in Surry, VA. He married ELIZABETH BYRD 1727 in Southhampton Co., VA. She was born 1704 in Of Southhampton, VA, and died Aft. 1754 in Surry, VA. Notes for SIMON MURPHY, SR.: Not sure which Simon. Sr. would have been 66: Southampton County, Virginia Deed Book 1 - 1749 to 1753 JAMES COBB of North Carolina to SIMON MURPHY of Surry dated 8 Oct 1751 135 acres on the north side of the Nottoway River adj. Cypress Swamp, ALBRIDGTON JONES, ARTHUR APPLEWAITE, and sd. COBB (patent to sd. JAMES on 15 Dec 1749), S: JAMES (I) COBB, W: PHILLIP (P) BRANTLEY, RICHARD (signed)MURPHY, and DAVID (signed) EDWARDS 148 acres adj. the south side of the Blackwater Swamp, mouth of Kingsale Swamp, and county line between Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond Counties (part of patent to SAMUEL BROWNE of 150 acres), S: JESSE (signed) BROWN, W: RICHARD (signed) HAMLIN and RICHARD (signed) MURFEE ++++++++++++++++++ In 1754, Simon Murphy I wrote his will, which is recorded in the Surry County, Va. Courthouse, in Will and Deed Book 9, page 857. Simon Murphy I's wife of Surry County, Virginia does give her name herein as Elizabeth Murphy. Her maiden name is not mentioned in the will, as was the custom of the day; and this makes genealogy work extremely difficult. Our family tradition states her maiden name was Elizabeth Byrd, but thus far documentary proof is lacking. The fact the name Byrd or Bird was used as a given name so frequently through our family for several generations to the present signifies that the Byrd name was held in very high esteem and further substantiates intermarriage with the Byrd family. Until only a few years ago many Utah records (especially those of John J. Murphy's family) included only one Simon Murphy. [Sarah Adams, however, said many times, "My father always claimed there were two Simons, and I spent much of my research time trying to prove this."] COPY OF SIMON MURPHY'S I WILL (Taken from the Surry Co. Records. Will and Deed Book 9, page 857) In the name of God amen this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and fifty three. I, Simon Murphy of Surry County, planter, being sick and weak of body, but of sound mind and memory, thanks being given to God, therefore calling unto mind the mortallity of body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and as for my body, I commend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the descretion of my extors; nothing doubting but at the General Ressurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate where it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the manner and form following: Impromis: I leave the use of plantation I now dwell on to my wife Elizabeth Murphy with two negro men and all the remainder part of my estate during her widowhood. Itim: I leave the use of the Plantation to my son Richard Murphy in Southampton County whereon he now dwells during his life, afterwards, I give and bequeath it to my grandson SimonMurphy to him and his heirs forever. I likewise give one negro man called James to my son Richard Murphy to him and his heirs forever. Itim: I leave the use of the plantation to my son Arthur Murphy where he now dwells in Surry County during his life afterwards I give and bequeath it to his son James to him and his heirs forever. Itim: I give and bequeath to my son Simon Murphy the plantation where I now live upon the Atsomosac swamp after my wifes widowhood to him and his heirs forever. And I likewise give and bequeath one negro man named Sam to him and his heirs forever. Itim: I give and bequeath to my daughter Catherine Murphy one feather bed and furniture and large pewter dishes. Itim: I give and bequeath to my daughter Lucy Murphy one feather bed and furniture and two large dishes. Itim: I give to by daughter Elizabeth Hines one Bell metal skillet. Itim: I give to my daughter Mary Magarrity five shillings. All my whole estate but what is before mentioned I give and bequeath to my sons and daughters hereafter mentioned: Richard, Simon, Katy, and Lucy to be divided equally. And I constitute and appoint my loving wife Elizabeth Murphy and Simon Murphy executor and executrix of this last will and testament. And I do disallow, revoke and disannul all and every former testaments, wills, legacies, and bequests and executors by me in any way before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to by my last will and testament in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand Seal the day and year above written. /s/Simon Murphy (L.S.) Signed and sealed published pronounced and declared as his last Will and Testament in presence of us: Samuel Peete; Simon Murphy, Catherine (x her mark). At a court held for Surry County the 15th day of Jan. 1754, the aforewritten Will and Testament of Simon Murphy deceased was presented in court by Elizabeth Murphy and Simon Murphy the extors; therein named and the same day was proved by the oaths of Samuel Peete and Catherine Murphy two of the witnesses thereto and by the court ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said extors certificate is granted to them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. And the said Elizabeth Murphy a legatee therein named appeared (by the name of ElizabethEdwards) and freely relinquished and released her right to all Legacy or Legacies given in the said Will. Teste: A. Claiborne A copy-Teste V. E. Savedge-Deputy Clerk Notes for ELIZABETH BYRD: +++++++++++ [Murphy Excerpts in 1830 Bedford Co. TN Census] [transcribed by Mark A. Murphy, 10 Jun 2003] p. 34 Wm. Murphey: 1 M under 5, 1 M 5-10, 1 M 30-40; 1 F under 5, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 30-40; slaves 1 M under 10 p. 47 Stephen Murfie: 1 M under 5, 1 M 5-10, 2 M 10-15, 1 M 40-50; 1 F under 5, 2 F 5-10, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 15-20, 1 F 30-40; slaves 1 M under 10, 1 M 10-24, 1 M 24- 36, 2 F under 10, 1 F 55-100 p. 92 Wm H. Benton: 1 M 20-30; 1 F under 5, 1 F 20-30, 1 F 30-40; [no free colored persons or slaves] p. 118 Martin Murphy: 2 M 5-10, 1 M 10-15, 1 M 20-30; 1 F under 10, 1 F 30-40; [no free colored persons or slaves] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.patch.net/deeds/db4-2.html Deed Book 4, Warren County, NC (Part 2 of 2) DB-4, page 160. 12 February 1773 WILLIAM GREEN & MARY, his wife, of Bute Co., to WILLIAM MAS(S)ON, of Sussex Co., Va. 500 Pds. Va. money for 500 A. in Bute Co. on Fishing Creek & to Little Creek, adj. COL. HAWKINS, the GOVERNOR & WILLIAM HOUSE. No Witnesses. Ack. by WILLIAM GREEN & MARY, his wife, she first giving consent in private examination by WILLIAM JOHNSON, Esq., Bute February Court 1773, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. l0 September 1773, by JAS. JOHNSON, P.R.(The fact that this last deed was proved Bute Feb. Court 1773, the next, below, at Newbern, 19 March 1774, & the following deeds proved or Ack. Bute May Court 1774 (& none Registered between Sept.1773 & July 1774) would indicate that no Bute Co. Court was held between Feb.1773 & May 1774. This confirms what is indicated in Will Book A. See page 38, Vol. I of this series.) Who is this Thomas Green, & Wm Byrd Sr.!! DB-4, page 201. 4 September 1773. WILLIAM BYRD,SR. & ESTER, his wife, of Bute Co., to JOSHUA MABRY, of Meclenbg. Co., Va. 130 Pds. Va. money for 275 A., from Lot on the Purchase Patent of W. HOUSE (Brunswick), adj. Lot of WIDOW JENKINS, PETER KIMBALL & BALLARD, up Yellow wood Branch to JAS. WHATL(E)Y, BIRD & THOS. GREEN to beginning on Purchase Patent. Wit. WILLIAM PERSON, JOHN FAULCON, WILLIAM ROSE. Proved by WILLIAM ROSE, Bute May Court 1774, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. 9 February 1775, by JAMES JOHNSON, P.R. Children of SIMON MURPHY and ELIZABETH BYRD are: 2. i. ARTHUR3 MURPHY, b. Bet. 1725 - 1730, Ablemarle Parish, Surry, VA; d. 1803, Franklin Co., NC. 3. ii. RICHARD MURPHY, b. Abt. 1727, Southhampton, VA. 4. iii. SIMON MURPHY, JR., b. 1732, Assamoso Swamp, Surry Co., VA; d. Abt. 1783, NC/VA. iv. HANNAH MURPHY, b. 1732, Union Co., SC. Notes for HANNAH MURPHY: The children of Simon Murphy Sr. are somewhat messed up. They come form several sources and are not cirtically analyzed as of Sept 99. familsearch.org is part of the source, specifically for Hannah. There may be misattribution of decendancy in the several lines of murphys. v. LUCY MURPHY, b. May 06, 1738, Ablemarle Parish, Surry, VA; d. Aft. 1753. More About LUCY MURPHY: Christening: July 08, 1738, Sponsors: Michael Sanders, Sarah Hern, and Mary Sanders 5. vi. MARY MURPHY, b. 1739, Atsomosac, SC. vii. CATHERINE MURPHY, b. 1743, Ablemarle Parish, Surry, VA; d. Aft. 1753. viii. ELIZABETH MURPHY, b. September 27, 1751, Atsomosac, SC; m. JOHN HINES. Generation No. 2 2. ARTHUR3 MURPHY (SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born Bet. 1725 - 1730 in Ablemarle Parish, Surry, VA, and died 1803 in Franklin Co., NC. He married CHARITY UNKNOWN Abt. 1750. She was born Bet. 1727 - 1734 in Surry, VA, and died Aft. 1803. Notes for ARTHUR MURPHY: Franklin County NC - CENSUS - Halifax District, Franklin County 1790 Census File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Alice Tatum Frendlysky@AOL.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin County Halifax District 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families 2nd # free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females and head of families 4th # all other free persons 5th # slaves Murphry, Arthur.............................1-1-1-0-0 Murphry, James.............................3-0-3-0-1 Murphy, James.............................1-2-8-0-0 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/franklin/census/frnk1790.txt Last Will and Testament of Arthur Murphey In the name of God Amen. I, Arthur Murphey, of the County of Franklin, State of North Carolina, being weak in body but sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner and form following. First: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Charity Murphey, all the lands whereon I now live during her natural life and after her decease to Martin Murphy, my grandson, and his heirs forever. I also give and bequeath to my wife, Charity Murphey, one bed and clothing, also one mare by the name of Dangle and sadie. I also give and bequeath unto my son, Arthur Murphey, the sum of one pound, all the rest of my property is to be sold at public sale and the money to be put out upon interests and the interest thereof to be given to my wife, Charity Murphey during her natural life, for her maintenance and if the said _________ of the money above mentioned is not enough to keep her from suffering, the money or interests to be given her and after her death the money or interest (if there is any) is to be divided equal among my six children and one grandson, viz: Sarah Wood(?), Mary Masters(?), Maria Edwards Molly Do???, Parker Murphey, William Bird Murphey and __________ Barnard, grandson. I hereby appoint Parker Murphey and William Clumps? my Executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ______________ Is/Arthur Murphey (seal) Signed, Sealed, Published and delivered in presence of John transcribed from hard to read photocopy of original copied reverse negative (white on black) Probated Franklin County NC 1803 +++++++++++++++++++ Franklin County NC (formed 1779 from Bute County) Abstracts of Franklin County NC Deeds Mary Noakes of Franklin County to JAMES MURPHEY of same 07 Feb 1789 for 60 pds. a tract of 270 acres adjoining Marcus Gilliam's old line, John Leonard, JAMES MURPHEY and Vinson. Wts: Solomon Dosey, ARTHUR MURPHEY. John Smart and wife, Sarah Smart of Franklin County, to William Leonard of same 16 Apr 1791 for 100 pds. a 257 acre plantation lying on the S bank of Sandy Creek and on the Beaver Dam branch adjoining Collins, JAS. MURPHEY and ARTHUR MURPHEY... Wts: JAS MURPHEY. Christopher Strother of Franklin County, planter, to JAMES MURPHEY of same, planter, 10 Sep 1780 for 500 pds. a tract of 25 acres on the Mare branch adjoining said Strother. Wts: Mary Strother; WRIGHT MURPHEY. State of North Carolina grant #89 to JAMES MURPHEY, 12 Feb 1779 for 110 acres in Bute County on the waters of Wotf Pitt Swamp and on the Wotf Pitt branch on the S side of Tar River adjoining Strawder and his own line. +++++++++++++++++ http://www.patch.net/deeds/db5-1.html Warren County, NC Deed Book 2, (Part 1 of 2) From Oiginal by Mary Hinton Kerr DB-5, page 46. 29 July 1773. EPHRAIM GILLIAM & SEALER, his wife, to WILLIAM STUART, both of Bute Co. 17 Pds:lO Sh: Va. money for 100 A. in Bute Co., down the Miery Prong, adj. GILLIAM. Wit: ARTHUR MURPHEY, JESSE VINSON, JAMES MURPHET. Proved by WILLIAM STUART, "a witness thereto"(?), Bute August Court 1774, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 3 October 1774, by JAMES JOHNSON, P.R. DB-4, Page 79. 19 August 1772. STEP(H)EN HAMLIN, of Sussex Co., Va., to ARTHUR MURFEY (MURPHEY), of Bute Co. 25 Pds. Va. money for 286 A. in Bute Co. where sd. MURFEY now lives, adj. BUTTS, DAVID VINSON, HALCOMB, WHITE & CARLISLE. Wit. CHARLES BRIDGES, JAMES MURPHEY, WM. HAMLIN, JOSEPH ROSAN(?).Proved by JAMES MURPHEY, Bute February Court 1773, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. 18 February 1773, by JAS. JOHNSON, P.R. DB-4, page 95. February 1773. JOSHUA (JOSHEW(A), JOSHTHA) ELLIS, of Bute Co., to WILLIAM MURPH(E)Y, of Dinwiddie Co., Va. 60 Pds. Va. money for 310 A. in Bute Co. on ES Hawtree Creek adj. SISSOM(?), HAWKINS & RUSSELL. Wit. WILLIAM ELLIS, ISEAN ELLIS, EPHRAIM ELLIS. Proved by WILLIAM ELLIS, Bute Feb. Court 1773, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg. 24 February 1773, by JAS.JOHNSON,P.R. ++++++++++++ http://www.patch.net/deeds/db2-3.html ABSTRACTS OF WARREN CO., NC DEED BOOK 2 - PART 3 OF 3 From original by Mary Hinton Kerr Who was Nicholas Murphy? DB-2, page 347. 4 September 1769. MATHEW GIBBS & MILBRA, his wife, of St. Marks Parish in Craven Co., S.C., to PRESLY NELMS, of St. Johns Parish in Bute Co. 27 Pds. Current money for 320 A. in St. Johns Parish, Bute Co., on BS Red Bud Creek, adj. WILLIAM ROSE, WILLIAM HILL & PRESLY NELMS. Wit: THOMAS HILL, JOHN PENNELL. Proved by JOHN PENNELL, Bute November Court 1769, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 12 February 1770, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: Deld. to NICHOLAS MURPHY 13th. Novr. 1771. ++++++++ Subject: [MURPHY-L] More on NC Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:22:50 -0500 From: Mark Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Remember Granville Co. was formed from Edgecomb Co. in 1746, Bute from Granville in 1764, Franklin from Bute in 1779. from: "Bute County Committee of Safety, Minutes 1775-1776", Warren County Bicentennial Committee, 1977. Appendix II p. 57 From the Pittman Papers, folder marked "Miscellaneous County Records (Bute and Warren), 1774- 1804, N.D." The Oath I will bair faithful and true allegience to the State of North Carolina and will Truly Endevour to suport maintain and Defend the Independant Goverm't Thereof against George the third King of Grate Brittain and his Sucesers & the attempts of any other persons prince power state or potintate who by secret arts Thrasons Conspirecoys or by open force shall attempt to subject the same and I will in every Respect Conduct my Self as a peasfull orderly subject & that I will Disclose and make known to the Governor som member of the Councill of State or som justice of the superior Courts or of the pease all Treason conspireceys andattempts committed or Enteded against the State which Shall come to my knowledge soe help you God William Alston's List ...Rob Hill, Thos. Hill, ... ...Nicholas Murphrey, Ben Perry, Joshua Perry, Junr., Joshua Perry Senr.- REFUSED, ... Before Captain Matthew Thomas ...Nicholas Hill, Richd. Hill, Richard Hill- son of Nicholas,... ...Arthor Murphey, James Murphey, ... ...David Vinson- Constable, David Vinson, Snr., ... More About ARTHUR MURPHY: Census: 1790, Halifax Dist., Franklin Co., NC Probate: 1803, Franklin Co., NC Will: 1803, Franklin Co., NC Children of ARTHUR MURPHY and CHARITY UNKNOWN are: i. MARY4 MURPHY, m. UNKNOWN MASTERS. ii. MARIA EDWARDS MOLLY MURPHY, m. UNKNOWN DO??. iii. PARKER MURPHY. Notes for PARKER MURPHY: Kinfolks of Franklin Co. NC 1793-1844, by: Watson DB 16:125- George Richards of Green Co. GA appointed his friend, PARKER MURPHEY of Franklin Co. as his attorney to recover and receive property due him and his wife, Lydia, out of the estate of David Vinson, deceased, late of Franklin Co~, 29 Dec 1810. 08 17:29 - SIMON MURPHEY of Wake Co NC deed to PARKER MURPHEY of Franklin Co., witnessed by SION MURPHY and MARTIN MURPHY, 08 Jan 1814. 08 16:270 - PARKER MURPHEY deed to James Collins for land Which he bought of George Richards out of the lands of David Vinson, deceased. 11 Jan 1813. +++++++++++++++ Subject: [MURPHY-L] More Franklin Co. NC Murpheys Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:02:06 -0500 From: Mark Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Wasn't someone researching Sion Murphy? Remember, this stuff is copyrighted and can't be published without permission, but you could get a copy of the original from microfilm and use it at will. from: Kinfolks of Franklin County North Carolina 1793 1844, by Joseph W. Watson, Rocky Mount, NC, 1985. p. 87 Deed Book 16 DB p. 125 George Richards of Green Co., Ga. appointed his friend, Parker Murphey, of Franklin Co. as his attorney to recover and receive property due him and his wife, Lydia, out of the estate of David Vinson, deceased, late of Franklin Co., Dec. 29, 1810. p. 94 Deed Book 16 DB p. 268 William Murphey of Granville Co., NC bought land situated in Franklin Co., June 21, 1813. DB p. 270 Parker Murphey deed to James Collins for land which he bought of George Richards out of the lands of David Vinson, deceased, Jan. 11, 1813. p. 97 Deed Book 17 DB p. 29 Simon Murphey of Wake Co., NC deed to Parker Murphey of Franklin Co., witnessed by Sion Murphy and Martin Murphy, Jan. 8, 1814. ________________________ 6. iv. WILLIAM BIRD MURPHY, d. Bef. November 05, 1785, Warren Co., NC. 7. v. UNKNOWN MURPHY. vi. SARAH MURPHY, b. March 09, 1753, Albemarle Parish, Surry & Sussex Cos., VA; m. UNKNOWN WOOD. More About SARAH MURPHY: Christening: March 26, 1753, Albemarle Parish, Surry & Sussex Cos., VA 8. vii. JAMES MURPHY, b. Bef. 1754; d. Bef. 1803. 9. viii. ARTHUR MURPHY, b. 1762, Sussex Co, VA; d. April 06, 1835, Lawrence Co. AR?. 3. RICHARD3 MURPHY (SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born Abt. 1727 in Southhampton, VA. He married LUCY UNKNOWN. She was born 1732 in Southhampton, VA. Notes for RICHARD MURPHY: Southampton County, Virginia Deed Book 1 - 1749 to 1753 JAMES COBB of North Carolina to SIMON MURPHY of Surry dated 8 Oct 1751 135 acres on the north side of the Nottoway River adj. Cypress Swamp, ALBRIDGTON JONES, ARTHUR APPLEWAITE, and sd. COBB (patent to sd. JAMES on 15 Dec 1749), S: JAMES (I) COBB, W: PHILLIP (P) BRANTLEY, RICHARD (signed)MURPHY, and DAVID (signed) EDWARDS 148 acres adj. the south side of the Blackwater Swamp, mouth of Kingsale Swamp, and county line between Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond Counties (part of patent to SAMUEL BROWNE of 150 acres), S: JESSE (signed) BROWN, W: RICHARD (signed) HAMLIN and RICHARD (signed) MURFEE This deed demonstrates that Simon was literate as was Richard Murphy and Richard Murphee. Implies that there were two Richards with different spellings, both literate and living in Surry/Southhampton in 1751. ********************* From Virginia Tax Payers 1782-1787 Murphee, Elizabeth - - Southampton Murphee, Richard, est. - - Southampton Murphee, James 1 6 Southampton Murphee, Simon 1 2 Southampton ++++++++++++++ Child of RICHARD MURPHY and LUCY UNKNOWN is: i. SIMON4 MURPHY, b. April 09, 1745, Albermarle Parish, Surry Co., VA; d. Aft. 1814, Wake Co., NC. Notes for SIMON MURPHY: Kinfolks of Franklin Co. NC 1793-1844, by: Watson 08 17:29 - SIMON MURPHEY of Wake Co NC deed to PARKER MURPHEY of Franklin Co., witnessed by SION MURPHY and MARTIN MURPHY, 08 Jan 1814. +++++++++++++++++++ Southampton County Virginia, Thomas C. Parramore, 1978 p 62. During the first part of the 19th century, ....The leading religious spokesmen in Southampton Co included Rev. Robert Murrell, the "soldier preacher" at Hebron Baptist Church for 37 years, and Rev. Simon Murfee, minister at South Quay Baptist Church before his removal to Nansemond County. Possibly in: Durwald T. Stokes and William T. Scott, A History of the Christian Church of the South (Burlington, N. C.: United Church of Christ, 1975), 51 p151-2 VMI 1853 James T. Murfee "Cadet Murfee embarked on a teaching career after finishing VMI and in 1854 became professor of natural sciences at madison College in Pennsylvania. When the Civil War began he was serving as professor of mathematics at the University of Alamabama, and after service as a Confederate artillery officer he became, in 1871, president of Howard College in Marion, Alabama. After 16 years at the college, 1887 he founded Marion Military Institute, which he headed until his retirement in 1906." p126 J. W. Murfee and William Murfee kinsmen mid 19th century, not so good business men. Left Southampton rather hastily. More About SIMON MURPHY: Christening: June 02, 1745, Albermarle Parish, Surry Co., VA; Godparents John Hines, John Hargrave, Eliza Hines.. 4. SIMON3 MURPHY, JR. (SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1732 in Assamoso Swamp, Surry Co., VA, and died Abt. 1783 in NC/VA. He married SARAH DUKE Abt. 1751, daughter of WILLIAM DUKE and SARAH GREEN. She was born Abt. 1733 in VA near NC state line, and died 1818 in Berkeley Precinct, Union Dist., SC. Notes for SIMON MURPHY, JR.: Franklin County was formed from Bute in 1779, Bute came from Granville Co. in 1764, and Edgecombe was cut off of Gravin in 1733. Franklin and Warren counties were political twins, born the same year from the existing county of Bute. The territory embraced in Franklin therefore was Gavin up to 1733, Edgecombe from 1733 to 1746, Granville from 1746 to 1764 Bute from 1764 to 1779 Franklin after 1779. From Franklin Co., NC Deeds listed in Granville County and its people, by Worth S. Ray, 1973 Deeds to land p 207 Dempsey Gattin sells land by deed, on Feb 19, 1781, located on the North side of Ransom's road being part of a tract of land which Isaac Saunders bought of Simon Murphy on Peter Hill's branch, 140 acres mor or less. Signed Dempsey Gattin Witness John Hoff and Elisha Hunter. Not sure which Simon. Jr. would have been 19: Southampton County, Virginia Deed Book 1 - 1749 to 1753 JAMES COBB of North Carolina to SIMON MURPHY of Surry dated 8 Oct 1751 135 acres on the north side of the Nottoway River adj. Cypress Swamp, ALBRIDGTON JONES, ARTHUR APPLEWAITE, and sd. COBB (patent to sd. JAMES on 15 Dec 1749), S: JAMES (I) COBB, W: PHILLIP (P) BRANTLEY, RICHARD (signed)MURPHY, and DAVID (signed) EDWARDS 148 acres adj. the south side of the Blackwater Swamp, mouth of Kingsale Swamp, and county line between Isle of Wight, Southampton, and Nansemond Counties (part of patent to SAMUEL BROWNE of 150 acres), S: JESSE (signed) BROWN, W: RICHARD (signed) HAMLIN and RICHARD (signed) MURFEE This deed demonstrates that Simon was literate as was Richard Murphy and Richard Murphee. Implies that there were two Richards with different spellings, both literate and living in Surry/Southhampton in 1751. This is prior to the death of Simon, Sr. by two years. So which Simon it is is not clear. ********************* From Virginia Tax Payers 1782-1787 Murphee, Elizabeth - - Southampton Murphee, Richard, est. - - Southampton Murphee, James 1 6 Southampton Murphee, Simon 1 2 Southampton This is most probably Simon, Jr. just prior to his death. Richard was probably his brother. ++++++++++ Colonial Surry, John Bennett Broddie, p 25 What is now Surry became a part of James City Co. when it was formed in 1634 and remained there until detached in 1652. Appendix: p. 222, 1782 Census of Surry Co., VA---No Murphys appear in Surry Co. ++++++++++++++ http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/surhist.html The part of James City County that became Surry County was inhabited by the Quiyoughcohanocks, allies of the Algonquian Powhatan Confederacy, when Jamestown settlers visited in1607. By 1640 James City County's population south of James River was sufficient to support a new parish, and Lawne's Creek Parish was established. Southwark Parish was separated from James City Parish in 1647, and Surry County was separated from James City County five years later. Soon afterward Arthur Allen built his Jacobean brick house, now known as Bacon's Castle because it was occupied as a fort or "castle" during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. Reports to the Bishop of London by the ministers of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes in the year 1724 were recorded by Bishop Meade. They were not prosperous parishes. In 1738 Albemarle Parish was created from those parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes that lay southwest of Blackwater River. The remaining parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark were united into Southwark Parish. The entire area of Albemarle Parish was incorporated into Sussex County when it was formed from the southwestern end of Surry County in 1754. +++++++++++++++ http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaisleof/history.htm In 1732 a considerable portion of the northwestern part of the county was added to Brunswick county; and in 1748 the entire county of Southampton was carved out of it. This large county, from 1734, has been known as the Nottoway Parish of Isle of Wight. In 1635 the population of this county was five hundred and twenty-two. In 1658 the population was about two thousand and nineteen. ++++++++++++++ http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasoutha/ Southampton County was formed in 1749 from Isle of Wight County. Later a part of Nansemond County was added. It has an area of 607 square miles . The county seat is at Courtland. Some believed that the county was named for Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton, and treasurer of the London Company, from 1620 to 1624. However, it is more likely that it was named for the borough of Southampton in England. ++++++++++++++++ Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists IV, 2360, BX6211 E5 Mulkey, Philip (b. near Halifax, NC, May 14, 1732; d. c. 1805) Pastor of the first Separate Baptist church in South Carolina. Son of Philip and Sarah Mulkey, he married Ann Ellis of Lunenburg County, VA, C. 1749. They had five children: David, Jonathan, Sarah, Philip, and marty. Reared an Anglican, Mulkey became a Baptist in 1736 under the influence of Shubal Stearns (q. v. 1), who led his ordination in 1757. Mulkey and 12 others moved from North Carolina to Little River of Broad, SC, where they organized a church in Aug., 1759. The church moved in 1762 to its present location in Union Co. and took the name Fairforest. It survives today as Upper Fairforest. Fairforest Church became the center of Separate Baptist expansion in South Carolina. Mulkey's Tory sympathies forced him and his family to flee SC. about 1775. They went to Washington Co., NC (later TN). Mulkey's life after 1778 is obscure. +++++++++++++++++ http://www.patch.net/search.html DEED BOOK 4 WARREN COUNTY, NC (Part 1 of 2) From Original by Mary Hinton Kerr DB-4, page 17. 15 August 1772. SIMON MURPH(E)Y, Planter, of Buts Co., to ISAAC SANDERS, of Hertford Co. 75 Pds. Va. money for 590 A. in Bute Co. on branches of Sandy & Shoko Creeks where WILLIAM HURST now lives, but where sd. SIMON lately lived, being an EARL GRANVILLE grant to him 27 July 1761, adj. FROHOCK & RAY. Wit. JAMES MILLS, YOUNG McLEMORE. Ack. by SIMON MURPHY, Buts August Court 1772, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Res: 9 November 1772, by JAS. JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: Deld. to COL. MONTFORT 7 Decr. 1772. ++++++++++++ http://www.patch.net/deeds/db3-4.html DEED BOOK 3, WARREN COUNTY, NC (Part 4 of 4) From original by Mary Hinton Kerr DB-3, page 439, 15 April 1772. GEORGE GOODWIN & REBECCA(H), his wife, to PRESLEY NELMS, all of St. Johns Parish, Bute Co. 100 Pds. Va. money for 100 A. & mill with it, in sd. Parish & Co. on SS Great Shocco Creek, adj. GEORGE GOODWIN, BENJAMIN COOPER & MARK BENNETT (BENNIT), to head of Mirey Branch.Wit: MARK BENNETT, PETER GOODWIN. Bute May Court 1772, Ack: by GEORGE GOODWIN & REBECCA, his wife, she first consenting in private examination, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 20 July 1772, by JS. JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: Deld. to NICHOLAS MURPHEY l0th. Feby. Who is Nicholas Murphy? DB-31 page 531. 9 September 1771. SAMSON BOBO & SARAH, his wife, to NICHOLAS MURPHY, all of Bute Co. 20 Pds. Va. money for 100A. in Bute Co. on NS Isinglass Creek, adj. THOMAS HILL, being part of a grant to DANIEL BUTTS.Wit: WILLIAM PARK, WILLIAM FAWN. Proved by WILLIAM PARK,Esq., Bute August Court 1772, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 5 November 1772, by JAS. JOHNSON, P.R. Marginal notation: 10th. Feby. 1772 Deld. to N. MURPHY. More About SIMON MURPHY, JR.: Burial: Aft. 1783, Murphy Plantation, Atosomosac Swamp, Surry Co., VA Education: Literate Land Grant: May 04, 1773, Tyger River Area, Union Dist., SC. Granted by King George III of Great Britain, France, and Ireland Land Sale: November 09, 1772, Warren Co., NC (Bute Co.) EARL GRANVILLE grant of Simon Murphey to Isaac Sanders Residence: Bef. 1775, Moved from VA to Union District, SC then called the Ninety-Six Tax List: 1782, Southampton Co., VA1 Notes for SARAH DUKE: There is a report that yet another Duke family was in the Union County as early as about 1750. A query from Jeff Murphy to this list indicated that: "Major Duke m. Elizabeth Drury (no dates or places known). Child: Holly Ann Duke (27 Feb 1769 - ?) m. Mark A. Murphy (08 Mar 1753 - 12 Feb 1830). They were married in Union County, South Carolina 19 Mar 1786. . . . Mark A. Murphy's mother was also a Duke. Mark's mother Sarah Duke (1733 - 1818) m. Simon Murphy, II (1732 - 1783). They were married around 1750. These Dukes apparently moved from Virginia to Union County, South Carolina. Sarah Duke's father was Orange Duke (rumored to be from Orange, NC)." Sarah Duke's grave is on the original grant to Simon Murphy, Jr from the king of England for 485 acres of land granted may 7, 1774. In 1940 some saw the graves and wrote "There were two graves side by side lined throughout with rocks which came six to eight inches above the ground. In one of these Sarah Duke Murphy was buried. Her father ws buried in the one intended for Simon Murphy, Jr. About 1774 soon after Simon Murphy, Jr came south (from VA to SC) he went back to VA on business and was killed either by Indians or the Tories. His body was not found for some time. When finally it was identified, he was buried at his old VA home. The his wife took many coverlets of her own weaving and with her eldest son Mark, went to Charleston and sold her coverlets (Wollen Counterpanes) in 1774. With this she paid the balance due on her grant. :"I have copies of this" Patriot Certificate #3325SC was issued to Sarah Murphy on July 18, 1786 for providing provisions and forage to troops during the American Revolution. Source: Faynola Aarmstrong Bland's Book page 77. Daughters of American Revolution Member #43-35-87 Fairforest Chapter, Union Co., SC: This woman was a descendant of Bird Murphy. States that Sarah Duke was born in 1733 in Butte Co., NC and died at "The Murphy homeplace Berkley Precinct Union Co. SC. ++++++++++++ At http://www.white-family.com/susan_murphy.htm#sion_pedigreechart there is a pedigree chart of Sion Murphy who married Susannah White. It states Sarah is Sarah Jones Duke born 28 Sep 1742. Her parents are as stated, William Norman Duke, Sr. and Mary or Sarah Green. +++++++++++++++ Re: Sarah Duke Murphy Posted by: Morrie Manley Date: May 25, 2000 at 07:11:55 In Reply to: Sarah Duke Murphy by Dorothy Bearden Heaner Hello Dorothy, If Sarah Duke was a daughter of a William Duke, it would have to be William Duke, Sr. (b. ca. 1690's) who lived in Brunswick Dist. VA in the 1720's - 40's. His parentage has not been established as of yet. He could have been the son of the James Duke who was up in Brunswick with him during the 1720's & 30's. Now, as to the Murphy lineage, please get a hold of Mrs. Brandenberger's second Duke Family Book. She mentions the Murphy genealogy as she and other researchers have found evidence concerning the Bird/Murphy connection. The Murphys were in Surry Co., VA and the surrounding counties during the latter 17th century and the early to mid 18th century. Mrs. Brandenberger has found good supporting evidence that William Bird who immigrated to VA from London in the 1640's was the ancestor of Mark Murphy (b. 1760's) who married Holly Duke Murphy, daughter of Major Duke, son of Joseph Duke, who was a probable son of William Duke, Sr. from Brunswick (mentioned earlier). This William Bird had at least two children, a son named (Thomas ?) Bird, and a daughter named, Elizabeth. I think it was Elizabeth who's the probable ancestor of many of the Murphys in VA, NC, SC at a later date. This William Bird from London has been confused many, many times with William Byrd of Westover and his father William Byrd I. These men are undoubtedly related to William Bird from London, but, their precise relationship is unknown, perhaps William Byrd I and William Bird were 1st cousins. This is only a possibility, they may have been so distantly related that they were unaware of each other. Anyway, I thought I would pass this your way. Best wishes, Morrie More About SARAH DUKE: Burial: 1818, Sion Murphy Family Graveyard, Union District, SC DAR Patriot Index: Patriotic Service, South Carolina Land Grant: May 04, 1774, 485 acres, Union District, SC from King of England Rev. War Service: July 18, 1786, Sarah Murphy is one of the few women mentioned in the SC Rev War records. She was paid for having provided "provision and forage for public use in 1782 and 1783 Patriot Certificate #3325 75 SC Children of SIMON MURPHY and SARAH DUKE are: i. HANNAH4 MURPHY, b. 1752, Union Co., SC; d. October 07, 1787; m. THOMAS LEE, SR.2, Abt. 1770; b. 1748, Union Co., SC; d. 1843, Bedford, Bedford Co., TN. Notes for THOMAS LEE, SR.: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/union/census/1830unio.zip 1830 Union Co., SC Census L000 LEE Amos 1830 M-19 171 204 NdRcd L000 LEE Henry 1830 M-19 171 163 NdRcd L000 LEE James 1830 M-19 171 196 NdRcd L000 LEE Liddy 1830 M-19 171 165 NdRcd L000 LEE Massey 1830 M-19 171 196 NdRcd L000 LEE Michol 1830 M-19 171 170 NdRcd L000 LEE Robert 1830 M-19 171 174 NdRcd L000 LEE Robert 1830 M-19 171 193 NdRcd L000 LEE Sally 1830 M-19 171 157 NdRcd L000 LEE Thomas 1830 M-19 171 174 NdRcd L000 LEE William C. 1830 M-19 171 165 NdRcd 1820 Union Co., SC Census L000 LEE Amos 1820 M-33 121 142 010101-00301 L000 LEE Francis 1820 M-33 121 127 000200-00001 L000 LEE James 1820 M-33 121 141 300010-11010 L000 LEE Jemima 1820 M-33 121 126 200000-21010 L000 LEE John 1820 M-33 121 151 300211-01112 L000 LEE John, Sr. 1820 M-33 121 151 300101-11030 L000 LEE Robert 1820 M-33 121 142 000100-10100 L000 LEE Thomas 1820 M-33 121 126 210121-12120 1810 Union Co., SC Census L000 LEE Amos 1810 M-252 61 230 NdRcd L000 LEE Drusella 1810 M-252 61 235 NdRcd L000 LEE John 1810 M-252 61 239 NdRcd L000 LEE John 1810 M-252 61 243 NdRcd L000 LEE John 1810 M-252 61 245 NdRcd L000 LEE Joseph 1810 M-252 61 243 NdRcd L000 LEE Mark 1810 M-252 61 240 NdRcd L000 LEE Thomas 1810 M-252 61 235 NdRcd L000 LEE Thomas 1810 M-252 61 242 NdRcd L000 LEE Thomas* 1810 M-252 61 243 NdRcd 1800 Union Co., SC Census L000 LEE Amos 1800 M-32 50 216 41010-12100-00 L000 LEE John 1800 M-32 50 229 10110-21110-00 L000 LEE John 1800 M-32 50 232 20010-10101-00 L000 LEE Joseph A. 1800 M-32 50 228 11001-20010-00 L000 LEE Michael 1800 M-32 50 218 03101-30110-00 L000 LEE Thomas 1800 M-32 50 218 21020-20110-00 10. ii. MARK A. MURPHY, b. March 03, 1753, VA orNC or On Padgett's Creek, Union Dist., SC (Mark's Bible, Craven Co, SC); d. Bet. February 12 - April 05, 1830, Union Dist., SC. 11. iii. DELILAH MURPHY, b. 1756, VA; d. October 1834, Jackson Family Cemetary, Cross Keys, Union Co., SC. 12. iv. DRUCILLA MURPHY, b. 1759, Union Co., SC; d. Bet. May 03 - September 05, 1814, Union Dist., SC. 13. v. MIRIAM MURPHY, b. 1761, Union Co., SC; d. Bet. October 26 1845 - 1850, Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC. 14. vi. SION MURPHY, b. January 31, 1765, VA; d. October 26, 1845, Union Dist., SC. 15. vii. ELIZABETH MURPHY, b. May 10, 1769, Surry Co., VA; d. August 21, 1820, Pearson Cemetary, Union Co., SC. 16. viii. SARAH MURPHY, b. 1771, Union Dist., SC; d. February 05, 1823, Union Dist., SC. 17. ix. BYRD MURPHY, b. October 13, 1772, Union Co., SC; d. July 30, 1852, Union Co., SC. 18. x. ZILPHA MURPHY, b. 1774, Union Dist, SC; d. Abt. 1806, Union Dist, SC. 19. xi. UNITY MURPHY, b. 1778, Union Co., SC; d. 1804, Union Co., SC. 20. xii. MARY ANN MURPHY, b. July 02, 1781, Cross Keys, Union Co., SC; d. March 1858, Union Co., SC. 5. MARY3 MURPHY (SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1739 in Atsomosac, SC. She married JOHN MAGARRITY. He died in District 96 (Union District, SC). Child of MARY MURPHY and JOHN MAGARRITY is: i. PATRICK4 MAGARRITY. Generation No. 3 6. WILLIAM BIRD4 MURPHY (ARTHUR3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) died Bef. November 05, 1785 in Warren Co., NC. He married ELISABETH EPPS. Notes for WILLIAM BIRD MURPHY: 30. 27 April 1784;April Ct.1784. Est. EDWARD ELLIS, dec'd.; WILLIAM ELLIS Admr. Bond for 200 Pds. to Gov. ALEXR. MARTYN. Sec: WILLIAM MURPHY. +++++++++++++++ http://www.patch.net/wills/wb5.html ABSTRACTS OF WARREN CO., N. C. WILL BOOK 5 145. 27 May 1794; May Ct. 1794. THOMAS ROGERS to WILLIAM JOHNSON, Ch. Co. Ct. Bond for 522 Pds. to indemnify HENRY FITTS, Extr, Est. WILLIAM MURPHY, dec'd. fr. costs in proportion to what he has rec'd. (256 Pds.) as guardian to the orphans: GEORGE MURPHY, ELIZABETH MURPHY & NANCY MURPHY. Sec: WILLIAM ELLIS, Sr. & WILLIAM ELLIS, Jr. Wit: ANDREW SAMUEL & JOHN WRIGHT (Jurat). 136. (A) Will of WILLIAM MURPHEY. 1 June 1784; Oct. Ct. 1785. Names: Wife ELISABETH, Extrx.; children: GEORGE, ELISABETH, ANNE, WILLIAM & JOHN. Extrs: Wife's brother ASA EPPS & HENRY FITTS( both refused to qualify). Wit: WILLIAM PIGG, JOHN POPE(Jurat). Administration granted JOSHUA MABRY. 138. 5 Nov.1785; Oct.Ct.1785. Est. WILL MURPHEY, dec'd. JOSHUA MABRY, Admr. Bond for 2,000 Pds. to Gov. RICHARD CASWELL. Sec: HENRY FITTS. l50. Nov. 1785; Oct.Ct.1785. Inv. Est. WILLIAM MURPHEY, dec'd.; JOSHUA MABRY, Admr. 160. 25 Nov.& 23 Dec.; Jan. Ct. 1786. Acct. Sale Est. WILL (WM.) MURPHY, dec'd., by JOSHUA MABRY, Admr. Purchasers: ELISABETH MURPHRY, MARGARETT SHEARIN, THOMAS ADAMS WILLIAM ELLIS HENRY FITTS EPHRAIM ELLIS SAML. CRUTCHFIELD JAMES TOWNS WYATT BALLARD JAMES PAINE SAML.WALKER WILLIAM KNOLES JAMES MILAM WILLIAM ALLEN JOSHUA MABRY WILLIAM COLE STERLING TALLY ELISHA TOWNS RICHARD TOWNS JOHN WRIGHT JOHN THOMPSON BENJAMIN JONES EDWD.DURHAM RICHARD ELLIS JESSE BELL ROWLAND MILAM 263. 8 Dec. 1786; Aug. Ct.1787. Sale Est. WM. MURPHY, dec'd. Two negroes sold to HENRY FITTS & ELIZABETH MURFRY, by BENJ. WARD, D.Shf. for B. WARD, Shf. +++++++++++++ http://www.patch.net/wills/wb5.html ABSTRACTS OF WARREN CO., N. C. WILL BOOK 5 4. Feb. Ct. 1788. Acct. in Est. WILLIAM MURPHEY, dec'd. by JOSHUA MABRY, Admr. Paid: ROB. TURNBULL, JOHN PENN, Dr. BREHON, SARAH BALLARD, HENRY BROADNAX, EPHRAIM ELLIS, WM. COLES, HENRY FITTS, JNO. WILLIS, SAMUEL WALKER, NATHANIEL BAXTER, BAKER & BLOW & "Certificate due me while Collector". More About WILLIAM BIRD MURPHY: Will: June 01, 1784, Warren Co., NC Children of WILLIAM MURPHY and ELISABETH EPPS are: i. GEORGE5 MURPHY. Notes for GEORGE MURPHY: http://www.patch.net/wills/wb6.html RECORD OF WILLS & ACCOUNTS, Warren Co., N. C., Book 6 From Original by Mary Hinton Kerr 232. 27 Aug. 1793; Aug. Ct. 1793. GEORGE MURPHY to JAMES CALLER & Co. Sale of a horse & checked handkerchief, for 18 Pds. Va.money. Wit: ANDERSON PASCHALL (Jurat.) +++++++++++++ ii. ELISABETH EPPS MURPHY, m. GABRIEL HILL, Abt. 1830, Franklin Co., NC; b. 1811; d. 1878. More About GABRIEL HILL: Residence: Williamson Co., TN iii. ANNE MURPHY. iv. WILLIAM MURPHY. v. JOHN MURPHY. vi. NANCY MURPHY. 7. UNKNOWN4 MURPHY (ARTHUR3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) She married UNKNOWN BARNARD. Child of UNKNOWN MURPHY and UNKNOWN BARNARD is: i. UNKNOWN5 MURPHY. 8. JAMES4 MURPHY (ARTHUR3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born Bef. 1754, and died Bef. 1803. He married UNKNOWN UNKNOWN. Notes for JAMES MURPHY: Not mentioned in Arthur's will as one of his six children. Subject: [MURPHY-L] Recent Research Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:58:56 -0500 From: Mark Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com I went to the Texas State Archives and Library on Tues. and did some fast and furious work on my North Carolina & Virginia Murph(r)(e)ys. I will be posting what I've found to the list, since some of it I can't post to my website (copyrighted), but may be valuable to some. Please forgive me if it doesn't pertain to you and clutters your inbox. I had one nasty email saying I shouldn't post this to the lists, but I disagree. Sue, if you or others think it is not appropriate, please let me know and I'll stop. Otherwise, ya'll please delete what you don't want. The following are from a copyrighted book. If nothing else, this shows neighbors and how Murphy=Murphery=Murphy=Murfey=Murphry etc. From: "Bute County, North Carolina Land Grant Plats and Land Entries", Compiled and Abstracted by Brent Holcomb, 1974, Chapel Hill, NC. [*transcribed from photocopies of original plat entrie in book by Mark Murphy, 2 May 2001] *File #4 c b 600 acres d a [plat drawing] November 25th 1773 Surveyed for Benja. Hill 600 acres of Land of Land[sic] aGreeable to the annexs plan Lying In Bute County on the N. Side Sandy Creek Beginning at a Black Lark[?] at the Settn. a thence East 366 pole to a white oak thence by Murfeys line So. 272 pole to Murfeys Corner a pine thence by parsons [?] fosters Line Wt. 232 pole to a pine thence So. 27 [?] pole to a Red oak hills corner thence by hills & Goodwins line Wt. 80 poles to a hickory thence by hills & Dorseys line No. to the first Station. Jn. Hogg & Jacob Waddel} Su Ch Cars. [?] by Wm. Christmas, Junr. *File #59 [plat drawing] 293 Sep. 17th 1778 Then Testified[?] for Henry Hill From 293 acres of of[sic] Land Being in Bute County on the South Rise[?] of Tar River Beginning at a oake[?] at Bakers[?] Corner Thence N 276 pole to a White Oak thence E[?] 50 ps. to a White lob[?]y pine Bakers Corner thence W. 128 p. to a White oak Bakers corner thence N 178 pls. to a Black Jak atBakers Corner thence W. 168 pl. to a W[?] oak Rolands Corner Thence N 78 P. to a spanish Oak [??] thence E 234 p. to a black Jak Murphery Corner thence Nth[?] E 132 p. to a pine thence S 130 p. to a pine thence to N 75 spinners[?]. James[?] Cunyard[?] Joshua Jones Chane Carriers[?] f.m. John Shackline[?] for Joseph Hawkins. *File #91 [plat drawing] Frt.[?] 200 p. to an Jn. Febr.[?] 26th 1773 Then Sur[?] tified[?] for James Murphry 110 acres of Land lying in the County of Bute on the Water of the Wolf pit[?] swamp on SE[?] side of Tar River Beginning at a black Jack thence N. 5W[?] 132 poles to a pine thence W[?]sW[?] 170 poles to Geoffries Branch toS[?] thence W 46 poles to Sharpers[?] line to n thence S44[?] poles to a pine Sharpers corner thence W 33 ps. to a White Oak his own corner thenc to the Beginning. John Friednof[?] Kline[?] John Dent Romig Curyear[?] for Joseph Hawkins, L.S. Shae Carriers *File #97 78 [plat drawing] Sept. 5 1778 Frt. 200 poles to a [?] Then Surveyed for Jake Roland Senr. 78 acres of Land on the North Side of Cedar Creek Beginning at a White Oak Perrys[?] Corner thence N25 poles to a White Oak thence [?] poles to Perrys Corner thence N 53 poles to a Red oak thence E230 poles to a Spanish Oak Gilds[?] Corner thence [?] poles to a White [?] in [?] line to the first station. James Murphery Chane Carrier Hon.[?] John Fink[?] Senr[?] To his first for Joseph Hawkins, L. S. [the following are typed in the book already transcribed] p. 89 #107 W Issued 16 June 1778 Benj Hill enters 640 A where Samson Bobo formerly lived adj. Thos Hill Junr line, Micholas [should be Nicholas] Murfey's line, John Person's. 17th March 1778 Benj Hill p. 90 #110 This land is sold and the Entry Altered Jas Murphey Caveat 4 Apl 1778 W Issued 26 June 1778 Henry Hill (Richard Conyars written and stricken) Enters 400 A on south side Tarr River, beg. on the long branch in Maceas(?) line to Jos Bakers to James Murphy to Henry Hill. 17 March 1778 Richard Conyers (stricken) Henry Hill p. 93 #148W Issued 22 Sepr 78 James Murphrey enters 640 A lying on south side of Tarr River on waters of Woolf Pit Swamp beg. on Hill's line, Bakers line, Persons line, Birds line, my own line, Straughters line, to include two improvements. 4 Apl 1778 Jas Murphrey Child of JAMES MURPHY and UNKNOWN UNKNOWN is: i. BARNARD5 MURPHY. 9. ARTHUR4 MURPHY (ARTHUR3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1762 in Sussex Co, VA, and died April 06, 1835 in Lawrence Co. AR?. Notes for ARTHUR MURPHY: Rev War Records Murphy, Arthur: NC and possible SC Line, S31872. Soldier was born in 1762 or in Sussex Co. VA. He enlisted in Bute Co. NC and later enlisted while living in Franklin Co. NC and at age of 40 to 45 he moved to Logan Co. KY for two years, then to Henderson Co. KY, then to Johnson Co. IL, then to Lawrence Co. AR, and later lived - for short periods of time on the MO frontier. He applied 21 May 1833 in Lawrence Co. AR, having lived there for 6 years. Soldier died 06 Apr 1835 (place not given). (1) (**) Murphy, Arthur, died Oct 1835, only heirs - three daughters: Anna Tarlton, Mahala, wife of N. McCarroll, and Mary, widow of Alex Blankenship. More About ARTHUR MURPHY: Rev. War Service: File Designation #531872-Recorded in Bk. E Vol 8- Arthur Murphy-Arkansas Children of ARTHUR MURPHY are: i. ANNA5 MURPHY, m. UNKNOWN TARLTON. ii. MAHALA MURPHY, m. N. MCCARROLL. iii. MARY MURPHY, m. ALEX BLANKENSHIP. 10. MARK A.4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born March 03, 1753 in VA orNC or On Padgett's Creek, Union Dist., SC (Mark's Bible, Craven Co, SC), and died Bet. February 12 - April 05, 1830 in Union Dist., SC. He married HOLLY ANN DUKE March 19, 1786 in Six miles from the city of Union, Union Dist., SC, daughter of MAJOR DUKE and ELIZABETH DRURY. She was born February 27, 1769 in Orange Co., North Carolina, and died February 1838 in Union Dist., SC. Notes for MARK A. MURPHY: The following is found in "Old Southern Bible Records" by M. A. Lester on page 233: "Mark Murphy, son of Simon Murphy ('Simon Murphy who married Sarah Duke, was the son of Richard and Mary Byrd Murphy' penciled in on a piece of paper) and Sarah Duke Murphy, b. 8 Mar 1753 in Craven County, S.C. on Padgett Creek, m. 19 Mar 1786 six miles from the city of Union to Holly Duke b. 27 Feb 1769 in N.C. Children Demaris Jackson b. 8 Apr 1787 Simon P., b. 6 Jan 1790, m. 26 Sep 1811 to Rebecca Harris b. 14 Sep 1792 Mariona b. 20 Oct 1792 'married Thomas Cooper and when she died Thomas Cooper married her sister Sarah Murphy' (penciled in) John M. b. 2 Mar 1892 [?] Joseph P. b. 3 Feb 1795 William P. b. 26 Nov 1800 Sarah P. b. 31 Jan 1803 Jeremiah b. 3 Mar 1805...Jeremiah B Elizabeth b. 1 June 1807 Emanuel b. 15 Sep 1809 Lemuel Majors b. 4 Oct 1812 Mark Murphy, his bible..." WILL OF MARK MURPHY Union South Carolina Probate Film 255,029 In the name of God Amen I Mark Murphy of the State of South Carolina and in the District of Union being sick and weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, thanks to God for the same, do make this my last will and testament in manner following----- 1st I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Holly Murphy all my personal Estate, consisting of Negros, Horses, Hogs, cattle and sheep, Household and Kitchen furniture, and farming tools of every discription. Black Smith tools and stills for her to possess during her live or widowhood, after my just debts are paid. 2nd I give and bequeath unto my two sons Emanuel and Lemuel Murphy all the remainder of the tract of Land I know live on after Jeremiah P. Murphy is measured off to Occupy with their mother, to make a support for them all during her life or widowhood and then be appraised and devided between them and if it amounts to more than their equal Dividends of my estate, they shall refund back to my Executors in order that all my children may be made equal. 3rd I have bequeathed and advance to several of my children as follows: Viz 1. To my daughter Damaris Jackson 165 dollars 2. To my son Simon P. Murphy 165 dollars 3. To My daughter Miriam Cooper 165 dollars 4. To my son John M. Murphy 165 dollars 5. To my son Joseph D. Murphy 165 dollars 6. To Jeremiah B. Murphy 230 dollars 7. To Wm. P. Murphy 427 dollars 62 * cents 8. To Sarah Murphy 65 dollars 4th My will and desire is that all my children be made equal, and for that purpose I ordain in my will that who may have been advanced more than their equal dividend shall refund back to my executors for equal distribution. 5th I do constitute and appoint my beloved wife Holly Murphy and my son Simon P. Murphy, and my son Jeremiah Murphy and my son Emanuel Murphy to be executors, and trustees with her to carey this my last will into effect- 6th I further bequeath that my Excutors do make such arraingments with regard to my french creek tract of land as they may think most advisable, and my excitors are left to consult one with another and have it in their power to dispose of such of my other property as they may think most advisable for paying my just debts and others expences which may accure in and about the excution of this my last will and testament. 7th I do declare this to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of February one- thousand eight hundred and thirty. Signed sealed and prounced in the Mark Murphy presents of us Fred K. Jackson Jr Angus Alexander Bird Murphy Recorded in Will Book B. page 160 Box 18 Package 15 Recorded 5 day of April 1830 South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road Columbia, SC 29223 LAST FIRST BOX PACK YEAR Murphy Mark 18 15 1830 http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 1, Winter, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.193) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.39 Union Dist. - An Inquisition taken at Thos. Hill's in the District on 26 May 1825 before Gordon Gregory, Coroner, upon view of the body of Thos. Hill then and there hanging dead, upon the oaths of Bird Murphy, Aaron Starnes, Joseph Goswick, Mark Murphy, Ambrose Gibs, Robt. Lamb, Joseph Harris, Jesse Brigs, Edmond Simpson, John Jackson, Senr., Andrew Starnes and John Huff, good and Lawful men of said District, who do say that the said Thomas Hill did voluntarily and Feloniously murder himself against the peace of this State. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 1, Winter, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.193) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.40 Dated 26 May 1825 and signed by Bird Murphy, Foreman, Aaron Starnes, Joseph Goswick, Senr., Mark Murphy, Ambrose Gibs, Robert Lamb, Joseph Harris, Jesse Briggs, Edmond Simpson, John Jackson, Senr., Andrew Stames and John Huff. +++++++++ 1800 Union Co., SC Census <6 <16 <26 <45 >45 M610 MURPHEY Bird 1800 M-32 50 238 20011-10110- 00 M610 MURPHEY Mark 1800 M-32 50 237 21110-11010- 00 M610 MURPHEY Sion 1800 M-32 50 237 20010-00100- 00 More About MARK A. MURPHY: Burial: Union Dist., SC, Mark Murphy Cemetery DAR Patriot Index: Soldier South Carolina, B & D dates discrepant, spouse correct Probate: April 05, 1830, Union Co., SC probate number 18-015 Religion: June 15, 1793, Padgett's Creek Baptist Church, Union District, South Carolina Rev. War Service: 1780, Brandon's Regiment Notes for HOLLY ANN DUKE: Holly Duke MURPHY probably came with her parents to Union Co., S.C., shortly after the death of her grandfather, Joseph Duke, in N.C. Major Duke is mentioned in his will dated 1778 in Warren Co., N.C. (Warren Co., N.C. August Court, 1779, Will Book 3, page 15). More About HOLLY ANN DUKE: Burial: Family Plot, Murphy land, Tiger Creek, Union District, South Carolina Religion: Padgett's Creek Baptist Church, Union District, South Carolina Children of MARK MURPHY and HOLLY DUKE are: i. DEMARIS JACKSON5 MURPHY, b. April 08, 1787, Union, Union Dist., SC; d. May 18, 1848, Fayette Co., GA; m. JOHN JACKSON, March 06, 1806; b. March 09, 1774, Union, Union Dist., SC; d. February 17, 1810, Union Dist., SC. Notes for JOHN JACKSON: Not certain this is the right John Jackson http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 1, Winter, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.193) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.39 Union Dist. - An Inquisition taken at Thos. Hill's in the District on 26 May 1825 before Gordon Gregory, Coroner, upon view of the body of Thos. Hill then and there hanging dead, upon the oaths of Bird Murphy, Aaron Starnes, Joseph Goswick, Mark Murphy, Ambrose Gibs, Robt. Lamb, Joseph Harris, Jesse Brigs, Edmond Simpson, John Jackson, Senr., Andrew Starnes and John Huff, good and Lawful men of said District, who do say that the said Thomas Hill did voluntarily and Feloniously murder himself against the peace of this State. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 1, Winter, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.193) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.40 Dated 26 May 1825 and signed by Bird Murphy, Foreman, Aaron Starnes, Joseph Goswick, Senr., Mark Murphy, Ambrose Gibs, Robert Lamb, Joseph Harris, Jesse Briggs, Edmond Simpson, John Jackson, Senr., Andrew Stames and John Huff. SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.42 JACKSON, JOHN [Top and side margins of paper mutilated.] The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 1, Winter, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.193) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.43 Inquest over John Jackson, 17 July 1810. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 1, Winter, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.193) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.43 An Inquest taken for Union District on the Body of John Jackson+ own dwelling house there Lying dead by twelve good and Lawful men after being duly sworn say that they believe the said John Jackson murdered himself with a Rifle Gun, the ball entered into his head a small distance above his right eye Ranging into his Brain. Dated 17 Feb. 1810. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 1, Winter, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.193) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Winter 1991, No. 1, p.43 Signed and sealed by Robert White, foreman, James K. Benson, Bird Murphy, Hiram Gibbs, Thomas Hays, John Goodwin, Robt. White, Samuel Bullington, Zacharias Gibbs, Robert Boatman, Robert Bullington and Jesse Boatman. More About JOHN JACKSON: Probate: 1810, Union County Courthouse, 1787-1865 6-10 ii. SIMON PETER MURPHY, b. January 06, 1790, Spartanburg, Union Dist., SC; d. April 17, 1850, Fayette Co., GA; m. REBECCA HARRIS, September 26, 1811; b. September 14, 1792, Union, Union Dist., SC; d. July 07, 1855, Fayette Co., GA. Notes for SIMON PETER MURPHY: Fayette GA (formed 1821 from Indian Lands & Henry County) Georgia Intestate Records, by Jeannette Holland Austin James Murphey, dec'd. John Murphey, admr. Andrew Murphey, Elisha Hill, Wm. N. Hill, Thomas B. Gay, sureties. March 1850, 1851 return. Fayette County. Simon P. Murphey, dec'd. Rebecca and Joseph H. Murphey, admrs. w/LWT annexed. Thomas E. and Jeptha M. Murphey, Nathan Eason, E. M. Murphey, sureties. Jul 1850, 1851-55 returns. Fayette County. http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~york/1812/Means.html Mean's 1st Regiment South Carolina Militia Murphy, Eli, Sergeant Murphy, James, Private Murphy, Simon, Private More About SIMON PETER MURPHY: Military service: Abt. 1812, Served in War of 1812 iii. MARIONA MURPHY, b. October 20, 1792, Union, Union Dist., SC; d. Abt. 1831, Union Dist., SC; m. THOMAS COOPER, Bet. 1810 - 1815; b. June 01, 1795. iv. JOHN MARK MURPHY, b. March 03, 1795, Spartanburg, Union Dist., SC; d. March 21, 1864, Fayette Co., GA; m. (1) ELIZABETH CAMP, December 25, 1814; b. Bet. 1795 - 1800, Union Dist., SC; d. January 05, 1854; m. (2) SUSANNAH JEANS, Abt. 1823, Union Dist., SC; b. Abt. 1802, Union, Union Dist., SC; d. Bet. 1824 - 1830; m. (3) NANCY ELIZABETH DANIELS, 1830; b. April 21, 1800, Spartanburg, Union Dist., SC; d. 1851, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., GA; m. (4) MARTHA ROGERS, April 06, 1853, Bartow Co., GA. Notes for JOHN MARK MURPHY: John, You are not wrong in assuming that this Murphy line practiced polygamy. It has been well documented within the family history records, but not public records. My great-grandfather, John Joseph Pledger Murphy, was a grandson of the John Mark Murphy you are researching. Bob Murphy More About JOHN MARK MURPHY: Burial: Aft. March 21, 1864, Fayette Co., GA, Simpson Cemetery More About NANCY ELIZABETH DANIELS: Burial: Simpson or Corinth Cemetary v. JOSEPH DRURY MURPHY, b. February 03, 1798, Union, Union Dist., SC; d. September 03, 1869, Coosa Co., AL; m. (1) EDITH JACKSON; b. Abt. 1796; m. (2) PERMILLIAN A. BROWN, September 15, 1864, Coosa Co., AL. Notes for JOSEPH DRURY MURPHY: Estate of J. D. Murphy State of Alabama Coosa Co. Probate Court September 28, 1869 Guy Smith, Administrator of said estate having this date filed his application of partition to sell land in writing and under oath praying for an order and proceeding to sell certain Real Estate in said partition, also ___of the property of said decedent at the time of his death for the purpose of paying the debts due from said estate is insufficient for that purpose and it appears from inspection of said petition that the only heirs of said deceased is Polly Roberson, wife of William Roberson, who resides near Ladega in Cherokee County: Jane Jackson, wife of Rafe Jackson, said to be in Utah Territory: Elizabeth Burnham, wife of H. G. Burnham near Nebraska City, in the State of Nebraska: Susan Chancellor, wife of John Chancellor who resides near Ladega in Cherokee Co., Alabama: William J. Murphy: Julia Mopey, wife of Alfred Mopey, Amanda Ham, wife of M. B. Ham, residents of this county: Zepe J. Murphy who resides near Ladega in Cherokee County, Alabama: Harriet Bazemore, wife of M. S. Bazemore, a resident of this county all over the age of twenty one years. Also the following minors under the age of fourteen years: firstly, Jane, minor heir of the deceased. Also four minor heirs of Mark E. Murphy, deceased. Their names not known to said Administrator. It is therefore ordered that the 15th day of November, 1869, be and it is hereby appointed a day for hearing the said applications and the proofs which may be submitted in support of the same. It is further ordered that due notice of the nature of said application and of the time above set of the hearing thereof be given at least 40 days before the said day of hearing by publication in The Sun, a newspaper published in Talladega County, for all persons in interest to appear and contest said application if they think proper. Thomas N. Fergurson, Judge of Probate More About JOSEPH DRURY MURPHY: Probate: September 26, 1869, Coosa Co., AL, Probate Court vi. WILLIAM PHARIS MURPHY, b. November 26, 1800, Union, Union Dist., SC; d. 1839, Green Co., AL; m. (1) EDITH JACKSON; b. Abt. 1800, Union, Union Dist., SC; m. (2) DELILAH CRITCHFIELD. vii. SARAH MURPHY, b. January 31, 1803, Union Dist., SC; d. 1835, Union Dist., SC; m. THOMAS COOPER, Abt. 1832, Union Dist., SC; b. June 01, 1795. viii. JEREMIAH BURNS MURPHY, b. March 03, 1805, Union Dist., SC; d. October 05, 1839, Weakley Co., TN; m. LAVINAH W. JACKSON, December 19, 1825, Union Co., SC; b. December 15, 1809, Union Dist., SC; d. Abt. March 19, 1847, Murphy Cabin, Donner Lake, Placer Co., CA. Notes for JEREMIAH BURNS MURPHY: http://www.comptons.com/ceo99 cgi/article?'fastweb?getdoc+viewcomptons+A+7004+2++Joseph%20Smith' SMITH, Joseph (1805-44). The founder and first leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--more commonly called the Mormon church--was Joseph Smith. His writings and the Bible form the basis for the organization's teachings. Smith was born in Sharon, Vt., on Dec. 23, 1805. When he was 11 the family moved to Palmyra in western New York. Beginning at age 14 he began experiencing visions, and said that God would grant him a revelation of the true nature of Christianity. In 1827, according to his own account, Smith was directed by an angel to a hill near Manchester, N.Y. There he dug up golden plates on which was written a history of the American Indians. Smith translated the tablets as the 'Book of Mormon' and published it in 1830. Non-Mormon scholars regard the book as a collection of Indian legends, fragments of Smith's autobiography, and religious and political controversies of the time. On April 6, 1830, Smith founded his church at Fayette, N.Y., as a restoration of the original Christian faith. The following year he and his converts moved to Kirtland, Ohio. Then in 1838 they went to western Missouri before settling in Nauvoo, Ill., in 1839. There the church developed into a local power, though there was considerable friction with non Mormons--especially over the practice of polygamy, or multiple marriage. Smith may have had as many as 50 wives. Nauvoo, with its 20,000 Mormons, was then the largest town in Illinois. Smith served as mayor and commanded the local militia. In 1844 Smith announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. Mormon dissenters attacked him in their newspaper. He ordered their press destroyed. He and his brother Hyrum were then jailed in Carthage, Ill. On June 27 a mob stormed the jail and murdered both brothers. Smith was declared a martyr by the Mormons. He was succeeded by Brigham Young. Smith's son Joseph became head of a dissident Mormon group. (See also Mormons; Young, Brigham.) Compton's Encyclopedia Online v3.0 1998 The Learning Company, Inc. Jeremiah and Lavinia were converted to Mormonism about 1836 in Weakley Co., TN. ________________________________ Epiphany! Subject: Emedicus et al Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:10:50 -0500 From: "Vicki Gearhart" To: "Mark Murphy" Dear Mark, I am very happy to be in contact with one of Uncle Al's grandchildren . Mama Murphy (Ella Mae Bowman) and I rode the bus to Spur, Texas in the late 1930s to see Uncle Al and Aunt Maggie when I was in grade school. Papa Murphy had died in l936. It is so neat to know a relative from West Texas. As you know William B. asked his son to take care of his brothers property in Washington County Missippi. I have the document of the sale of Emedicus Murphy's land and it names all of William B. Murphy's children and it also has the names of Bird Murphy and Gray Murphy of Franklin County, N. C. I have found that Parker Murphy in Franklin died about 1823 and his wife Holland Johnson Murphy had to get a paper from the court that names her children which includes William, Bird and Gray. I also have the will of Arthur Murphy who died about 1801 and it names his wife Charity and Parker as his son. I will send you my document copies. I have been looking for the marriage of William B. Murphy and Mary all over Tennessee since 1978 . J. C . Murphy's wife Allene gave me information on Hill County and she also searched for the license for many years. I don't think it is in Maury County. I have much more to talk about, but I must close now. I am more comfortable writing letters than I am on the internet. I will take some time and get together some info for you. This is now Betty's daughter, Vicki trying to speed this up. She is so thrilled with everything on your web site, and will be spending some time playing with it. In particular, your info that Robert Benton was the father of Mary Polly Benton entices her. She will also send you additional and corrected info on her mother, Alva Pearl Murphy (who was my grandmother) and Alva's siblings. Just can't resist closing with the fact that while Aunt Billie (Willie Mae Murphy), was a ring tooter, i.e. loved that malt liquor, cigarettes, and the movie industry, she DID NOT run or work in a house of ill repute. She did work for the costume designer Edith Head, and she did own a hotel in Palm Springs, CA named "The House of Murphy". Easy to see how the name could lead to unusual conclusions. More to follow. Your cousins at Canyon Lake, TX P.S. mailing address: Betty Gilmer Lenz 1775 Laurie Dr. Canyon Lake, TX 78133 830-899-4011 ______________________________________________________ My gggrandfather William B. Murphey came from North Carolina (county unknown) before 1840 to Maury Co. Tennessee. He was born about 1800. He had a mess of kids, some who stayed in Maury Co., but 3 brothers came to Hill/Navarro Co. TX after the war of the northern aggressions in 1875. At least 5 boys fought for the confederacy. I've heard and seen that they came by wagon, but don't know why they didn't come by train. They were apparently devote Presbytarians (Cumberland) and helped set up or at least supported a church at Liberty Hill, near Dawson, Hill(or Navarro) county Texas. See my web pages for connections at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/ NOTICE: these notes are normally referenced to web sites and texts which are probably copyrighted. In order to use them for other than personal research and educational value, it is YOUR responsibility to contact the owner and get their permission to do so. The following is a standard statement posted by Rootsweb, where a lot of material in these notes came from. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. William B. Murphey timeline 1800/1801-born in NC 1808- 1810 1811- Mary "Polly" Benton born in TN 1820 1828- First child, James C. born- Polly only 17, W.B 28? 1830 1834- Isaiah F. born 1837- Joseph H. born March 10. 1838- John C. born Feb 25. 1839- Edmond T. born Jan 27. 1840- a William B. on Maury Census, 25th district, 30-40, female 30-40, no children listed. a William Murphy on Hickman Co. TN Census (need copy) 1841- Wm. W. born 1845- Sarah L. born July 6. 1848- Wm. B. Murphy delegate to Democratic convention district 5 Maury. 1849- Jasper born 1850- on census, 49 years old, family listed, born NC; owns 1 F slave age 49. Wife:Mary 39, children: James 19, John C. 17, Isaiah 15, Joseph 13, Edmond 11, Wm. 9, Sarah 3, Jasper 1. (John, Sarah & James ages probably a little wrong) 1850 census Washington Co. Miss. Emedicus Murphy (Wm. B's brother), age 44, overseer, no wife or family 1853- bought land from Hosea Jameson, Dist 4 Maury 1854- bought land from William Leonard, Dist 5 Maury -Susan A.(E.) born 1856- N.M born. died young. 1858- sold land to John Holland, Dist 5 Maury 1860- on census, 59 years old. Wife not listed. children: Joseph H. Murphy,22,E.T. Murphy,21,William Murphy,19,Sarah L. Murphy,15, Susan A. Murphy,6, N.M. Murphy,4,M (where is Jasper?) 1865- Emedicus Murphy dies Wash. Co. MS. 1867- died Maury Co. Tn, will dated 25 Dec 1866. 1870- Maury Census, James(40) & Joseph H.(33) live next to each other. Susan (17)lives with James Main Timeline: 1635- Thomas Murfie comes to VA 1649- Edward Murferry comes to VA 1683- 3 Aug Richard Murphy of London a Merchant 1699- Richard Murphy sends apprentice to VA 1700- Richard Murfee comes to James City, VA? 1700 thru 1715 Daniel Murphy apparently shipped people Liverpool to VA 1717- Daniel Murphy b. Bertie Co. NC 1725- Miles1 Murphy came? from Ireland or Scotland with a son named Miles2. 1735- Gabriel Murphy b. Caswell Co. NC -John Murphy owns land in Craven Co. NC 1736- Thomas & Jereme Murphy own land Craven Co. NC 1738- Jeremiah Murphy owns land in Craven Co. NC 1740- John Mack b. Scotland -George Murphey born. -John Murphey b. Caswell Co. NC 1742- 18 Dec. Archibald Murphey b. PA, d. 1817 Caswell NC -William Murphy b. Salem Co. NJ 1745- 4 Mar Craven Co. NC Will of Edmond Murphy, sons Benjamin, Josua & Edmund 1746- Craven Co. NC will of Thomas Murphy, sons Jeremiah, John, daughter Bridgett, wife Sarah 1748- Lunenburg, VA Census William, James, Archebel Murphey -5 Feb 1748/49 James Murphy & wife Isball, last of Great Britain, import themselves into Lunenburg Co., VA 1750- Wm Murphey b. Pittsylvania Co. VA, d. 1833- Sgt. in Rev. War -Lunenburg census James & William Murphey - 23 Sep James witness will of James Wakup, Lunenburg Co. VA 1751- Lunenburg Census- only William Murphey - 8 Oct Simon Murphy of Surry Co. NC bought 135 acres Southhampton Co. VA 1752- Halifax Co. formed from Lunenburg Co. VA -Orange Co. NC formed from Bladen, Granville & Johnston Cos. NC - Craven Co. NC Jeremiah Murphy Will to Thomas, wit. John Murphy 1753- John Murphy wit. will in Craven Co. NC 1754- Bedford Co. formed from Lunenburg Co. VA - Gabriel Murphy, Sr., son of John, b. Caroline Co. VA migrated to Caswell Co. NC, children possibly John, Gabriel, Jr., William, James, Barzel, Elizabeth, Mary & Nancy Jane 1755- 3 Oct Thomas Murphy land Craven Co. NC 135 acres 1781- John Mack possibly visiting in Maury Co. 1788- Miles P. Murphey born July 19. - Feb 5, Gabriel Murphey, Jr. m. Clarey Hearndon, Nimrod McIntosh wit. Caswell Co. NC - Dec 15, Nimrod McIntosh m. Nancey Murphey, Hugh Currie wit. Caswell Co. NC 1800- William B. Murphy born, NC 1806- Nat Murphy sells land in Caswell Co. - Emedicus Murphey b. NC 1809- Miles P. comes to Maury Co. as infant with Nat. family. 1840- William B. on Maury Census, 25th district, 30-40, female 30-40. 1848- Wm. B. Murphy delegate to Democratic convention district 5 Maury. 1850- William B. Murphey & family on Maury Co. TN Census. -Emeticus on Washington Co., MS Census- no family, is Overseer 1853- William B. bought land from Hosea Jameson, Dist 4 Maury. 1854- William B. bought land from William Leonard, Dist 5 Maury. -Miles P. Murphey dies. 1858- William B. sold land to John Holland, Dist 5 Maury. 1860- William B. on census, 59 years old. Wife not listed. -Census-Issa.Co. Miss.- Jesse Bass, b. VA. 1866- Mrs. E.P. Bass still alive (Miss.) 1867- William B. died Maury Co. Tn, will dated 25 Dec 1866. ________________________________________________________ My lineage: William Benton MURPHEY (b.abt 1801 NC, d. abt 1/5/1867 Maury, TN) married Mary (Polly) BENTON (b1811 TN, d. abt 1857 Maury, TN) They begat: 1. James C. MURPHEY (b. 1828 TN, d. bef 1870) married Martha (?) 2. Isaiah Franklin MURPHEY (b. 1834 TN, d. 1899 TN) married Sarah Lucinda MITCHELL 3. Joseph Hill MURPHEY (b. 3/10/1837 Maury, TN; d. 3/11/1889 Hill Co. TX) married Mary Anne CREWS (b. 9/9/1847, Maury TN; d. 9/23/1932 Hubbard TX) 4. John Calvin MURPHEY (b. 2/25/1838, TN; d.2/28/1907, TX) married Nancy Almeda CASKEY 5. Edmond Thomas MURPHEY (b. 1/27/1839 TN; d. 8/1/1900, Hubbard, TX) married Sallie E. HILL 6. William W. (M?) MURPHEY (b.1841, TN; d.aft.1879, TN) married Martha E. HAMMONDS- maybe not! He might have died in the war. 7. Sarah Lou MURPHEY (b. 7/6/1845, TN; d. 9/13/1902 Hubbard TX) 8. Susan E. MURPHEY (b. 1847/1854 TN) 9. Jasper MURPHEY (b. 1849 TN, d. bef 1867-maybe in war, maybe before 1860 census) 10. N.M. MURPHEY (b. 1856 TN, died young) Joseph Hill and Mary Anne (Mollie) MURPH(E)Y begat: 1. Ada Malissa MURPHY (b. 3/4/1869 TN, d. 6/19/1925 Hubbard, TX) married Waymond A. LONG 2. William Wesley MURPHY (b.2/15/1870 TN, d. 12/8/1936 Stoneburg, TX) married Ella BOWMAN 3. Joseph Albert MURPHY (b. 9/17/1873 Culleoka, TN; d. 5/27/1946 Spur, TX) married Maggie Mae HENDRIX 4. Susan May MURPHY (b. 2/2/1876 Hubbard TX; d. 7/6/1945 Spur, TX) married John BOWMAN 5. Lillie Belle MURPHY (b. 1/17/1879 Hubbard, TX; d. 10/11/1946 Hubbard, TX) married Andrew Jackson HILL 6. Nannie B. MURPHY (b. 7/7/1881 Hubbard, TX; d. 2/26/1959 King, TX) married William Henry SUDDETH 7. Eva Lena MURPHY (b. 11/18/1884 Hubbard, TX, d. 5/26/1951 Hubbard, TX) 8. Minnie Ella MURPHY (b. 6/8/1887 Hubbard, TX, d. 2/25/1959 Benjamin, TX) married Dan WELLS Joseph Albert MURPHY married Maggie Mae HENDRIX They begat (amongst others): Pike C. MURPHY who married Joyce Loucinda CRANE They begat (amongst others): Mark Alan MURPHY (me) ____________________________________ http://www.metrogourmet.com/crossroads/KJR_MuF.htm Four days after her sixteenth birthday she married Jeremiah Burns Murphy, son a neighboring family and her first cousin once removed. The bride and groom were both descended from one Richard Murphy, who, according to family tradition, had been kidnapped from Ireland as a boy and sold as an indentured servant in Virginia. Jeremiah and Levinah had five children in South Carolina before they and several of their siblings moved to Weakley County, Tennessee, about 1834. The Murphys settled on a farm about 2 1/2 miles north of Dresden, the county seat. Two more children were born in Tennessee. In the summer of 1836 Jeremiah and Levinah frequently entertained Wilford Woodruff and Abraham O. Smoot, elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church. On August 6, Woodruff recorded that he had baptized "Brother and Sister Murphy" into the LDS church. These were almost certainly Jeremiah and Levinah; however, Jeremiah+s brother Emanuel Masters Murphy and his wife also became Mormons about the same time, so the notation may possibly refer to them. Jeremiah died October 5, 1839, leaving his 29-year-old widow with seven children to support, the youngest a toddler of 19 months. Jeremiah left a fair amount of property, and Levinah also put her skills as a tailor and weaver to good use. She was still living in Weakley County when the census-taker passed by in 1840, but by 1841 she and her children had moved to the seat of the Mormon church in Nauvoo, Illinois. There Levinah and Sarah were among the first to perform a new LDS ordinance and were baptized in the Mississippi River as proxies for the dead. The four boys attended a school taught by Henry I. Young (no relation to Brigham) from August 25 to October 28, 1842, in the home of Benjamin L. Clapp, a fellow convert from Tennessee. Late that fall the family left Nauvoo. They boarded a steamship for St. Louis at Warsaw, Illinois, but didn't get very far: the ship became icebound on the opposite shore of the river. On December 29 the two eldest daughters, Sarah and Harriet, were married on board the ship to William M. Foster and William M. Pike by a justice of the peace. _______________________ One report states that Jeremiah died in Nauvoo, and was buried in TN. This seems unlikely as enbalming was not done at that time. _______________________ "Dresden, Tennessee Sesquicentennial (1825-1975)" Book "Early History 1819-1840" (page 3) The first settlers in Weakley county were Reuben Edmonston, who resided a few miles south of Dresden, and his brother-in-law, John Bradshaw and family. They located in the fall of 1819, on Mud Creek, about six miles west of Dresden and built the first log cabin in the county, and Mr. Bradshaw raised the first patch of corn. In the spring of 1820, Archibald Edmonston, father of Reuben, came with his family from Todd County, Ky., and remained at Bradshaw's until the following spring, when he settled permanently on the North Fork of the Obion River. The next settlers in the Bradshaw neighborhood were Isaac H. Ward and William Miles, who came in 1882 (probably meant 1822) and 1823, respectively, and later Mr. Glasgow, Dudley Glass, Sr., Levi Clark and Israel Jones. In 1823 the famous Col. Crockett settled in the southwest corner of this county. Lewis Stunston is said to have been the first white child born within its limits and Dr. Almus Gardner was the first white child born in Dresden. In 1824 John Terrell cleared the land including what is now the Public Square at Dresden, and raised a crop thereon. The first settlers of the county lived in their crude log cabins, and suffered and endured all the hardships incident to pioneer life. Their first milling was mostly done "at Lubrick's Mill, about thirteen miles from Dresden, on the dirt road to Paris." The first grist mills in the county (water-powered) were built about the year 1824. During the early settlement of the county, wild animals, such as elk, deer, bears, panthers, wolves, beavers and other species, were quite numerous. Uncle Reuben Edmonston says that he and John Bradshaw killed eighty-five bears the first season after their settlement in the county, and that he killed one about 200 yards distant from the present court house. Col. Crockett, however, was the champion bear extinguisher. The Indians left the territory of the county about the time that the first settlers entered it. "Much of the best land in the county was entered by military land warrants, and was owned in large bodies by non-residents." The pioneers, however, generally settled on the lands belonging to the Federal Government, which was made subject to "occupant" entry by the laws of the state. The County of Weakley was created by an act of the General Assembly passed October 21, 1823. The act provided that a new county by that name should be established. The act also provided that the court of pleas and quarter sessions and circuit court of said county should be held at the house of John Terrell, until otherwise provided by law. By subsequent acts by the General Assembly, James Fentress, Benj. Reynolds, William Martin, and Robert Jetton were appointed commissioners to fix on a site for the permanent seat of justice in Weakley County, as near the center thereof as practical, and to procure, purchase or otherwise, at least fifty acres of land or such site and that the said seat of justice should be called Dresden. Accordingly said commissioners set out to examine several points competing for the county seat, among which was the present site of Dresden then owned by John Terrell, and the place of William Willingham, one and a half miles farther north. Finding a fine of spring of water on the former, they decided in its favor. A tract of thirty-nine acres, where Dresden now stands, was then conveyed by John Terrell to the aforesaid commissioners. The deed for the latter conveyance was provided in open court, in the court of pleas and quarter sessions. January 10, 1825. The only consideration expressed in the deed was a stipulation that the lands thus conveyed should be the site for the seat of justice. It is proper to say it was a donation from Mr. Terrell, who was an officer of the first court of pleas and quarter sessions. Afterward, in July 1828, John R. Schultz, Perry Vincent, Mear Warner, Martin Lawler and Richard Ridgeway, Commissioners previously appointed by the afforesaid court, to lay out the town of Dresden, procured by deed from Simpson Organ and Ewing Wilson, for $50, a tract of seventeen and one half acres lying east of and adjoining the former, thus making fifty- six and one half acres in the town site. Tradition says that in 1823, Mears Warner, a German settler accompanied the Commissioners when they selected the site of the county seat. After deciding the spot, the men took a flask of whiskey from their pocket and drank to it. Breaking the flask against a tree, they christened the town "Dresden" at the request of Warner, since Dresden, Germany, had been the birthplace of his father. Dresden became known as a town of "Intensive Rest" because of the lazy nature of its people. A negro slave once remarked that the people of Dresden were born tired and had never gotten rested. ++++++++++++ 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia, 1838 by James L. Smith, reprinted 1969, F285 S4 Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD page 194. In what became Cass (renamed Bartow) County the 5th District, Section 3, quarter section #71, Jeremiah Murphy, resident of Clinton's, Campbell Co., GA. It is not explained what Clinton's means, while Campbell is not an existing county, nor did it exist in 1820. Presently there is a Clinton, Jones Co., GA. Need to check census index for 1840. The AIS lists 4 entries of Jeremiah Murphy for Georgia, none for South Carolina, and 393 altogether. For Jeremiah Murphey there is one in Georgia, one in South Carolina and 30 overall. http://www.mindspring.com/~swampfox/Campbell_County/Census/Campbel l_census_1830.htm it appears that there was an Campbell Co. ++++++++++++ More About JEREMIAH BURNS MURPHY: Baptism: August 06, 1836, Abraham Owen Smoot and Wilford Woodruff Mormon ministers, at a creek near (Angus ?) Alexander residence Religion: Bet. 1805 - August 06 1836, Baptist More About LAVINAH W. JACKSON: Baptism: August 06, 1836, Abraham Owen Smoot and Wilford Woodruff ministers, at a creek near Simpson? Alexander residence Religion: August 06, 1836, Mormon ix. ELIZABETH MURPHY, b. June 14, 1807, Spartanburg, Union Dist., SC; d. Bef. 1820. x. EMANUEL MASTERS MURPHY, b. September 15, 1809, Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC; d. June 21, 1871, Millcreek, Salt Lake Co., UT; m. (1) NANCY JUDD EASTERS, April 05, 1831, Union Dist., SC; b. July 30, 1813, Chester Dist., Union Dist., SC; d. February 25, 1898, Millcreek, Salt Lake Co., UT; m. (2) SARAH ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, May 12, 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT; b. June 14, 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL; d. June 02, 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT; m. (3) MARGARET DENNINGS, July 29, 1865; b. Abt. 1809, Union Dist., SC; m. (4) ELIZABETH IRVING, July 29, 1865. Notes for EMANUEL MASTERS MURPHY: Search Results Database: Full Context of Utah Cemetery Inventory Combined Matches: Previous Page Next Page Name: Murphy, Emanuel M. Birth Date: 0 September 1809 Birth Place: UNION DISH SO CAROLINA Death Date: 23 July 1871 Death Place: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Burial Date: 23 June 1871 Cemetery: Salt Lake City Cemetery Source: Sexton Records Grave Location: H-10-15-1/2-W Viewing records 196383-196383 of 350016 More About EMANUEL MASTERS MURPHY: Burial: July 23, 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Salt Lake City Cemetery3 Religion: September 1836, Converted to Momonism Residence: Bef. 1830, Union Dist., SC Notes for NANCY JUDD EASTERS: "According to a tradition of the Southern Estes family, three Estes princes left Italy for England, eventually coming to America, one settling in the North, one in the South and one in the West for whom Estes Park was named. ..... Our Emanuel Masters Murphy was married to Nancy J. Easters/Eastes/Estes. The name is gien in all these forms in the Southern records. Nancy is a descendant of the same Estes in the South who claim descent fro the three Italian princes from Italy." Emanuel Masters Murphy family history, 1992, p40 More About NANCY JUDD EASTERS: Burial: February 27, 1898, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Salt Lake City Cemetery More About SARAH ELIZABETH ALEXANDER: Burial: June 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Wasatch Lawn Cemetery xi. LEMUEL MAJOR MURPHY, b. October 04, 1812, Union Dist., SC; d. July 15, 1891, GA; m. (1) ELIZER JUNE RAY, July 25, 1833, Union Dist., SC; b. October 15, 1814, Union Dist, SC; d. December 31, 1847; m. (2) CYNTHIA EMILY HAYNES, 1849; b. February 06, 1825, Spartanburg, Union Dist., SC; d. August 25, 1909, Clayton Co., GA. 11. DELILAH4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1756 in VA, and died October 1834 in Jackson Family Cemetary, Cross Keys, Union Co., SC. She married RALPH JACKSON, JR. Abt. 1774 in Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC, son of RALPH JACKSON and AMY WILLIAMS. He was born Abt. 1753 in Brunswick Co, VA, and died Bet. April - September 1817 in Union Dist, SC. Notes for RALPH JACKSON, JR.: Witness to will of Randolf Alexander husband of Lydia Jackson Union Co. S.C. Will Abstrats 1787-1847 975.741 P28h pg. 51 & 52. +++++++++++ 1800 Union Co., SC Census J000 JACKS Greenberry 1800 M-32 50 233 10100-00200-00 J500 JACKSON Elijah 1800 M-32 50 227 21010-10010-00 J500 JACKSON Frederick 1800 M-32 50 217 10120-42010-01 J500 JACKSON James 1800 M-32 50 235 10110-11010-00 J500 JACKSON James 1800 M-32 50 244 00000-00000-60 J500 JACKSON John 1800 M-32 50 236 31110-11010-00 J500 JACKSON Mark 1800 M-32 50 244 20010-20010-01 J500 JACKSON Ralph 1800 M-32 50 235 20101-41120-00 J500 JACKSON William 1800 M-32 50 236 31101-12201-02 More About RALPH JACKSON, JR.: Probate: 1817, Union County Courthouse, 1787-1865 9-20 Children of DELILAH MURPHY and RALPH JACKSON are: i. UNKNOWN5 JACKSON. ii. UNKNOWN JACKSON. iii. UNKNOWN JACKSON. iv. FREDERICK K. JACKSON, JR., b. June 11, 1775, Union Dist., SC; d. August 06, 1836, Union Dist., SC; m. CHARLOTTE VINSON, April 04, 1804, Columbia Co., GA; b. October 08, 1770; d. November 09, 1844, Union Dist., SC.. Notes for FREDERICK K. JACKSON, JR.: FREDERICK JACKSON WILL FILED 10 JULY 1836 In the name of God, Amen, I Frederick Jackson of Union District in the state of SC being of sound and disposing mind and memory but weak of body and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with do make and ordain this my will in manner following that is to say..... 1st: I desire that immediately after my decease all my wasteable chattles and perishable stock as my executor herein after named may think most advisable be sold and out of the money arising here from all my just debts be paid. 2nd: It is my desire that all the rest of my estate both real and personal be realized by a just appraisement. 3rd: It is my desire that none of my negros should be sold out of my family if it can be avoided in the division herein after mentioned. 4th: It is my desire that all my estate that shall be mine at the day of my death be equally divided between my wife Charlotte Jackson and my four daughters----that is to say my daughter Hannah V. Clark, Delilah M. Alexander, Levina W. Murphy and Harriet Charlotte Lee. 5th: This part seems to give Charlotte $600.00 in addition to her fifth of the estate. In 6 through 8 he names each daughter and specifies that she get a fifth of the estate. 9th: It is my desire that if my executor and legatees can with mutual satisfaction divide my Negroes among themselves and with the money arising from the sale of such other property as may be sold, make themselves even in the close of the settling up of my estate that they do so, and if they cannot they can be sold and the money divided. 10th: I do nominate constitute and appoint my friend, son-in-law Littleton B. Clark sole executor of this my last will and testament revoking all others here to fore by me made. Witnesses: Robert White, R. W. Young, I. H. Cooper Box 23 Pack 1 Year 1836 see also http://www.white-family.com/wills.htm#will4 More About FREDERICK K. JACKSON, JR.: Adoption: Aft. 1824, Of nephew Peter L. Jackson Burial: Aft. August 16, 1836, Family Plot, Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC Office: May 16, 1807, Song Master, Padgett's Creek Baptist Church4 Probate: 1836, Union County Courthouse, 1787-1865 23-1 Will: July 10, 1836, Union Dist., SC Notes for CHARLOTTE VINSON: Lavinia's mother was previously married so her maiden name is not yet known. It's an odd circumstance that both their husbands died young. +++++++++++++ http://genforum.genealogy.com/vinson/messages/840.html Re: Vinson's SC. Ga. Tn. Posted by: Helen Anderson Date: May 23, 2000 at 18:40:02 In Reply to: Re: Vinson's SC. Ga. Tn. by Lee Lee I am looking for Charlotte Vinson's father. His name is David Vinson married Hannah Watkins abt 1768. I don't know much eles. There is a Nathan Vinson on the 1810 census Union Co South Carolina. Charlotte died in Union Co SC 1844. Helen Anderson Followups: Re: Vinson's SC. Ga. Tn. Vinita Shaw 10/27/00 Re: Vinson's SC. Ga. Tn. Lee 5 ++++++++++++++ http://genforum.genealogy.com/vinson/messages/1066.html Re: Vinson's SC. Ga. Tn. Posted by: Vinita Shaw Date: October 27, 2000 at 17:06:43 In Reply to: Re: Vinson's SC. Ga. Tn. by Helen Anderson I am interested to know if you have established David Vinson as the father of Charlotte. I have always been told it was Nathan--and that her brother Nathan was born about 1780 and married Elizabeth Garner. It is interesting to note that you said David had a wife Hannah and that Charlotte also had a daughter Hannah. Any info appreciated. +++++++++++++++++++ Individual Record FamilySearch- Pedigree Resource File Charlotte Vinson Compact Disc #7 Pin #487643 Sex: F Event(s): Birth: 8 Oct 1770 Place: Death: 8 Nov 1844 Place: Union County,South Carolina Parents: Marriage(s): Spouse: Frederick Jackson Disc #7 Pin #487637 Marriage: abt 1800 Place: Notes and Sources: Notes: None Sources: None Submitter: Harold G. Moore 42 Oxford Road, Newton Centre, MA 02459 Submission Search: 549072-113099081245 URL: CD-ROM: Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #7 CD-ROM Features: Pedigree View, Family View, Individual View, Reports, Downloadable GEDCOM files, Notes and Sources. Order Pedigree Resource File CD-ROMS +++++++++++++++++ LDS IGI Charlotte VINSON Sex: F Event(s): Birth: 8 Oct 1770, Union Dist., South Carolina Parents: Relatives: Sarah Ann Emma CLARK Source Information: Film Number: 170637 Page Number: 446 Reference Number: 42242 Title: Baptisms for the dead, 1927-1974; heir indexes, 1927-1959 Authors: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Arizona Temple (Main Author) ++++++++++++++++ Charlotte VINSON Sex: F Marriage(s): Spouse: Frederick JACKSON Marriage: 4 Apr 1804 Columbia, Georgia Source Information: Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type 8816906 1553255 Film NONE Sheet: 44 Title: Patron sheets, 1969-1991 Authors: Patron submitted forms (Added Author) ++++++++++++++ Charlotte VINSON Sex: F Marriage(s): Spouse: Frederic JACKSON Marriage: 1803; Richmond, Georgia Source Information: Film Number: 2034380 Page Number: Reference Number: ++++++++++ http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?ti=0&db=gedoth&f0=245794&f1=2504 David Vinson1 Life Events Birth: 1792- North Carolina- Christening: Death: 1856 Carroll Co, Tennessee- Burial: Residence Miscellaneous Information Physical Description: Occupation: Religion: -- Title: Alias: Gender: M Notes 1 REFN: 1184 Residence:1840 Carroll Co,Tn census. !Residence:1850 Carroll Co,Tn census. !Death:October 1856 Carroll Co,Tn wills page 274,David names all of his children in his will. +++++++++++++ Subject: Re: Charlotte Vinson Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:16:39 EST From: ViniL@aol.com To: jgoebel@wwc.com I'm afraid I cannot shed any light on Charlotte's father but will share with you what someone sent to me. It certainly isn't logical BUT what is! Any documentation is included--otherwise it is just what someone gave to me without a source: Descendants of David Vinson Generation No. 1 1. DAVID1 VINSON was born Abt. 1741, and died 1833 in Columbia Co GA. He married HANNAH WATKINS Abt. 1768. Notes for DAVID VINSON: David Vinson is listd in the 1790 Census for Franklin County North Carolina as having 2, 0, 0, 0, and 3 for a total of 5. John Watkins was also in this census with three, 0, 1, 0, and 11 for a total of 15. Child of DAVID VINSON and HANNAH WATKINS is: 2. i. CHARLOTTE2 VINSON, b. Oct 08, 1770, VA/NC; d. Nov 08, 1844, Union Co SC. Generation No. 2 2. CHARLOTTE2 VINSON (DAVID1) was born Oct 08, 1770 in VA/NC, and died Nov 08, 1844 in Union Co SC. She married (1) IGNATIUS GILPIN. She married (2) FREDERICK JACKSON Apr 04, 1804 in Columbia Co GA, son of RALPH JACKSON and DELILAH MURPHY. He was born Jun 11, 1775 in Union District SC, and died Aug 06, 1836 in Union District SC. JHG Note: ------- LDS IGI: Ignatius GILPIN Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Nancy DENHAM Marriage: 14 Jul 1800 Columbia, Georgia ------ Notes for IGNATIUS GILPIN: Divorce Records 1793-tp1833, LDS Microfiche#6125982, lists the divorce of Igantius Gilpen and wife Charlotte Feb 2, 1796. The five children stayed in the care of their grandfather David Vinson in Georgia. Further research needs to be done to verify this is the same Charlotte who married Frederick Jackson. Notes for FREDERICK JACKSON: 1800 Census for Union District South Carolina lists Frederick Jackson on p. 217 with one male to age 10, one male 16 to 26, two males 26 to 45, 4 females to age 10, 2 females 10 to 16, one female 26 to 45, and one slave. (Since Frederick would have been 25 at this time, this listing may be for his uncle Frederick.) Frederick and Charlotte were married in 1804 in Columbia County Georgia. When they moved back to South Carolina, she was accepted in the Padgett's Creek Church. 1810 Census for Union District South Carolina lists Frederick Jackson on p. 236 1820 Census for Union District South Carolina lists Frederick Jackson on p. 129 with one male age 45 up, 2 females to age 10, 2 females 10 to 16, and one female age 45 and up. 1830 Census for Union District South Carolina lists Frederick Jackson on p. 199 and a second Frederick Jackson on p. 197. Children of CHARLOTTE VINSON and IGNATIUS GILPIN are: i. DAVID3 GILPIN, d. Bef. 1841. ii. GREEN GILPIN, d. Bet. 1833 - 1841. iii. SARAH GILPIN. iv. ELIZABETH GILPIN, b. Abt. 1785. v. REBECCA GILPIN, b. Abt. 1790. Children of CHARLOTTE VINSON and FREDERICK JACKSON are: vi. LEVINAH W.3 JACKSON. Notes for LEVINAH W. JACKSON: Levinah set out for California in the spring of 1846 as part of the Donner Party. Out of the twelve members in her extended fmaily, only six reached their destination. vii. HARRIET C. JACKSON, d. Weakley Co TN; m. GREEN THOMAS LEE. 3. viii. HANNAH VINSON JACKSON, b. Sep 08, 1806, Union District SC; d. Feb 10, 1895, Fayetteville, Fayette GA. ix. DELILAH M. JACKSON, b. Abt. 1808; m. SIMPSON ALEXANDER. Generation No. 3 3. HANNAH VINSON3 JACKSON (CHARLOTTE2 VINSON, DAVID1) was born Sep 08, 1806 in Union District SC, and died Feb 10, 1895 in Fayetteville, Fayette GA. She married LITTLETON BALLARD CLARK May 29, 1823 in Union District SC, son of JOHN CLARK and PATSY WINDHAM. He was born Dec 31, 1800 in Union District SC, and died Aug 06, 1863 in AL. Notes for LITTLETON BALLARD CLARK: 1830 Census for Union District in Union County South Carolina p. 189 Lettleton B. Clark. 1840 Census for Rutherford County Tennessee (no township listed) p. 140 Littleton Clark. 1850 Census for Fayetteville in Fayette County Georgia p. 12 Littleton Clark. 1860 Census for Fayetteville in Fayette County Georgia p. 74 L.B. Clark and on p. 444 of the Slave schedule. Littleton died in 1863 either in Alabama or in Fayette County Georgia. Early Quaker Families: Quakers entered Union County in the mid 1750s and settled throughout the southern parts of the county, from Cross Keys and Sedalia in the west to what later became known as Santuc and Carlisle in the east. The Quakers established two churches: Padgett's Creek (at Sedalia) and Cane Creek (at Santuc). Many of Union County's Quakers left between 1800 and 1810 and went to Ohio and Indiana because they objected to the large-scale plantation slavery that was being developed. Union County's early Quaker families who left the area included: ROBERDS, WHISTON, ADINGTON, MINTON, DODD, MILHOUSE, HASKIT, NEDERMAN, MARTINDELL, SPRAY, and KENWORTHY. Union County's early Quaker families who remained in Union County, and eventually joined other denominations (Baptist, Methodist), included: the FINCHERs, GISTs, HAWKINS, WILSONs, SARTORs, MOREMANs, and COMERs. Other early Union County Quaker families included: COOK, CLARK, HUNT, LAMB, RANDEL, SMITH, PARNELL, AND HOLLINGSWORTH. Children of HANNAH JACKSON and LITTLETON CLARK are: i. EMILY F.4 CLARK, b. Jun 23, 1824, Union District SC; m. MR. FIELD. 4. ii. FREDERICK JACKSON CLARK, b. Jan 07, 1826, Union District SC; d. Mar 06, 1899, Paris, Lamar Co TX. 5. iii. LEANDER MADISON "MATT" CLARK, b. Jan 21, 1828, Union SC; d. Sep 06, 1901, Banner, Cleburn AR. 6. iv. MATILDA CAROLINE CLARK, b. Mar 01, 1830, Union SC; d. Jan 28, 1921, Banner, Cleburn AR. 7. v. WILLIAM FRANKLIN CLARK, b. Jun 01, 1832, SC; d. Aug 27, 1884, Coweta Co GA. vi. LOUIZA B. CLARK, b. Jun 01, 1832, Union SC. 8. vii. LITTLEBURY GREEN CLARK, b. Apr 16, 1834, Union SC. viii. GEORGE WASHINGTON CLARK, b. 1836; m. MARTHA ANN MCEACHERN, Nov 06, 1856. ix. HIRAM BALLARD CLARK, b. Mar 10, 1838, Union Co SC; d. May 05, 1891, New Harmony, Smith TX; m. MARTHA BOTTOMS, Aug 11, 1859, Fayetteville, Fayette Co GA. x. HARRIET C. CLARK, b. 1840; m. MR. VESSELS. 9. xi. SARAH ANNA EMMA CLARK, b. Mar 06, 1842; d. May 14, 1934, Fayetteville, Fayette Co GA. xii. MARTHA ANN CLARK, b. Oct 24, 1843, AL. xiii. MARY MELINA CLARK, b. Feb 16, 1845, AL. xiv. MADORA VINSON CLARK, b. May 26, 1848. I'll keep your info and let you know if I find anything. I would be interested in what you have that establishes that Littleton died in GA. Thanks for your help. *Vinita Shaw More About CHARLOTTE VINSON: Burial: Aft. November 09, 1844, Family Plot, Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC v. DELILAH JACKSON, b. Bet. 1775 - 1782, Union Dist., SC; d. New Prospect, Rusk Co., TX; m. REV. MERRIMAN LANDRUM, SR., 1805, Union Dist., SC; b. July 12, 1774, Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC; d. July 28, 1826, Mt. Pleasant, Rutherford Co., TN. More About DELILAH JACKSON: Residence: Aft. 1805, Williamson Co., TN vi. LAVINIA JACKSON, b. 1777, Union Dist., SC; d. Bef. 1817; m. JEREMIAH BURNS. Notes for LAVINIA JACKSON: Page 155 of "Union County Heritage - South Carolina 1981" says that they had children. Not mentioned in father's will Notes for JEREMIAH BURNS: Joined Padgett's Creek Baptist Church on June 18, 1802. Three months later, his wife, Delilah, joined by experienceon September 17. On March 13, 1803 Padgett's Creek minutes show, "that they licensed Jeremiah Burns to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He had displayed much interest in the affairs of the Church ever since being received into its fellowship. On August 16, 1805 , the church met in conference and delegated Brethren Thomas Greer, Jr., Jeremiah Burns, and David Floyd to go to the Association as messengers. On the same day ... Jeremiah Burns and Thomas Ray were Ordained and set forward to do the work of the Ministry. Jeremiah Burns probably moved from the Padgett's Church community a few months after his ordination, as the Church Minutes show that he and his wife, Levinia, asked for letters of dismission, on the 23rd day of February 1806. Levina Burns died sometime before the year 1817, when her father made his will." (p. 74 History of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church) More About JEREMIAH BURNS: License: March 18, 1803, Granted Licence to Preach at Padgett Creek Baptist Church, Union Co., SC Ordination: August 15, 1805, Ordained to Gospel Ministry at Padgett Creek Baptist Church, Union Co., SC4 vii. SION JACKSON, b. Abt. 1779; d. Abt. 1785. More About SION JACKSON: Cause of death (Facts Pg): Abt. 1785, Caught on fire viii. SARAH JACKSON, b. Abt. 1780, Union Dist., SC; d. Aft. 1850, Weakley Co, TN; m. ANGUS ALEXANDER, Bef. 1803, Union Dist., SC; b. October 16, 1778, NC; d. February 04, 1855, Weakley Co., TN. Notes for ANGUS ALEXANDER: The LDS listings show confusion for Angus's birth date and place. There Angus is born 10 Aug 1798 in Union Co., SC as well as 16 Oct 1778. Buried Tomlinson Cemetary. The 1850 Census of Weakley Co. lists one Angus born NC married to Sarah born SC. He has a birthdate about 1779 consistent with LDS listings of Angus born in Union Co., SC. The Tomlinson cemetary lists Angus born Oct 16, 1778 and died Feb 4, 1855. The Union Co. Census 1830 lists two Angus, one age 50-60. None 1840 or 1850. More About ANGUS ALEXANDER: Burial: Alexander-Tomlinson Cemetary, Weakley Co., TN ix. PETER L. JACKSON, b. 1784, SC; d. 1824; m. (1) LOURANY LOWE; d. 1828; m. (2) NANCY HOWARD, Abt. 1814, Union Dist., SC; b. 1790; d. 1819. x. NATHAN JACKSON, b. 1786; d. Abt. 1804. xi. HARRIET JACKSON, b. 1788; d. Aft. 1817. xii. ELIZABETH JACKSON, b. April 04, 1789; d. February 06, 1817; m. JAMES WILLIAM COOPER, August 30, 1808, Union Dist., SC; b. October 16, 1788; d. 1861. Notes for JAMES WILLIAM COOPER: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm COOPER LETTER The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIV Number 1, Winter, 1986 Letter from J.W. Cooper to His Son SCMAR, Vol. XIV, Winter 1986, No. 1, p.30 They had four children J. W. Cooper myself, Polly G. Cooper, Jessee and Thomas Cooper - I was the oldest, was born Oct 16th 1785 [1788]. My Father died when I was small; though I can remember him I remember seeing him read the bible: and hearing him pray. My Mother lived on the same plantation for several years (a widow) married Payton Simmons about the year 1803, and lived on the same plantation until the year 1818, when they moved to Spartanburg and settled near Cedar Springs. My mother died about the 1st Feb. 1851. She had been a member of the Baptist Church nearly seventy years After the death of my Father she used to call her little children around her and pray for herself and them and that they might not come to want, that the Lord would take care of them and bless them, that they all might come to a saving knowledge of the truth. She lived to see them all become members of the Baptist Church. After the death of my Father, as soon as I was able to work, I had charge of the family as far as I was able, until my Mother married again. I lived there one year after her marriage then went to work [at] the carpenters trade with one John Smith in 1804. We first worked at Ralf Jacksons Esqr near the cross keys in Union Dist. There I became acquainted with my first wife Elizabeth Jackson. About the year 1799 and 1800, I began to think seriously about my future state. I soon found there was nothing in me that would recommend me in favor of God I viewed myself a lost and helpless sinner. I frequently, when I could be in private, fall upon my knees and say God, be merciful to me a sinner. In the year 1800 I thought I found relief I thought I could see how God could save sinners through the merits of Christ and still be holy, just, and good. With these views my soul was transported beyond expression all creation smiled and bespoke the majisty of God. Some time in that year I saw a man baptised, I then fully believed that was the way Christ was baptised that was enough for me I wanted to follow him. In the latter part of the year about November, I offered myself to the old Pagetts Creek [Church] and was received on Christmas day following I was baptised by the Rev. Thomas Greer, at Nix's ford on Tiger river in my twelfth year of my age. in the year 1808 I was married to Elizabeth Jackson, by Rev. Thomas Ray who also had become a member of the same church. In the year 1802, I settled in Union Dist. between Tiger river and fairforest about two miles from Darbys old store. I lived there a few years until I became the Father of two children Levina & Elijah. In this time the old Fairforest church was formed. My wife and myself were both constituent members. I became unhealthy sold my possessions and bought in Spartanburg in the fail of 1813 and moved there (on the place upon which I now live) in 1814. When we moved to Spartanburg we joined the Cedar Spring Church in May 1814. There we had two other children Sallie & Jackson My wife went to Union to see her Father in Jan 1817 was taken sick while there and never returned home: She died on the 6th of Feb. 1817 leaving me a poor disconsolate man, with four small children to take care of, the scenes I then passed through was like tearing the flesh from the bone. My prayer to God was that I might not be forsaken; but that I might be sustained by grace. In the course of the year 1817, I became acquainted with your mother Lucy King daughter of John & Sarah King near Rich Hill in Spartanburg Dist. on the 16th of December 1817 we were married at early candle light by the Rev. George Philips. we have raised a large family. My first children Levina Cooper was born June 25th 1809, was married to John Smith Dec. 27th 1832. Elijah Cooper was born May 12th 1812, was married to Sarah Gordon the year [June 21, 1835]. Sarah Cooper was born July 6th 1812, was married to Harrison Yates Nov. 26th 1835, died in the State of Ga. Oct. 7th 1841. Ralph Jackson Cooper was born Dec. 15th 1816, was married to Permelia Campbell, March 28th 1844. After my second marriage we had nine daughters & two sons Louisa, first daughter was born Jan. 27th 1819, was married to Thomas Littlejohn April 15th 1856. Minerva was born Aptil 16 1820, was married to John Simpson March 2nd 1843. William King Cooper was born March 22nd 1822, was married to Elizabeth Johnson May 1st 1845. Caroline Cooper was born Sep. 29, 1823, died 21 January 1825. Elizabeth Cooper, born August 23 1825, was married to Thomas Littlejohn Feby. 16, 1845, Died Sep. 5th 1855. Mary Cooper was born June 2nd 1827, was married to John W. White. More About JAMES WILLIAM COOPER: Baptism: December 25, 1800, Nix's Ford, Tyger River, Union Dist., SC More About JAMES COOPER and ELIZABETH JACKSON: Church: August 30, 1808, Pagett's Creek Baptist Church Minister: August 30, 1808, Rev. Thomas Greer. 12. DRUCILLA4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1759 in Union Co., SC, and died Bet. May 03 - September 05, 1814 in Union Dist., SC. She married B. MICHAEL LEE Bef. 1775 in Union Dist., SC. He was born 1747 in Union Co., SC, and died Bet. November 27 - December 07, 1807. Notes for B. MICHAEL LEE: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume X Number 1, Winter, 1982 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. IX, p.203) SCMAR, Vol. X, Winter 1982, No. 1, p.32 B. Michael Lee married 2nd Drucilla Murphy of Union Co. and both died in Union Co., Michael in 1807 and Drucilla in 1814. Michael had eleven children: Children of DRUCILLA MURPHY and B. LEE are: i. THOMAS5 LEE. ii. JOSEPH LEE. Notes for JOSEPH LEE: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume X Number 4, Fall, 1982 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. X, p.152) SCMAR, Vol. X, Fall 1982, No. 4, p.203 Joseph Lee vs Bird Murphy Et Al. Bill and answer read and the following witnesses sworn for the complainant - Michael Lee, Alexd Bolton, Delila Bolton, Mrs. Kershaw, Aaron Starnes. Witnesses for Defendant were Frederic Jackson, Esq., Sion Murphy, Archelous Kennedy. Thomas Lee sworn by Compt and Wm. C. Pearson for Defts.. Argument opened by Irby for Complt.. Argued by A. W. Thomson for Dfdts, and closed by J. J. Caldwell for complt.. iii. MICHAEL LEE. iv. ROBERT LEE. v. MIRIAM LEE. vi. DRUCILLA LEE. vii. BILLY LEE. More About BILLY LEE: Disability: Idiot. 13. MIRIAM4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1761 in Union Co., SC, and died Bet. October 26 1845 - 1850 in Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC. She married THOMAS F. HILL Abt. 1776. He was born 1761 in VA, and died May 26, 1825. Notes for THOMAS F. HILL: Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:58:36 -0700 From: "Reva" To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <007e01c01204$493d57e0$fe01aec7@revabrad> Subject: [SCUNION-L] HILL - Md to SC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is the following Thomas HILL a brother to the Wm. HILL of Chester Co., SC - whose will was written 13 Oct 1804; and proven 13 Nov 1804? If so, then this Thomas was born 10 Apr 1743 in St. John's and St. Georges Parish, MD, and was the son of William HILL, Sr and Martha GREEN. I believe Martha GREEN had a sister named Catherine. Name: Thomas HILL Sex: M Death: 1825 in Union District, SC Note: Page 134 of "Union County Heritage - South Carolina 1981" says that he served in Brandon's Regiment during the American Revolution. He owned a tract along Elisha's Creek of Enoree River in Union Co., SC. Marriage Mariam MURPHY Children: Martha Hill Green Hill William Hill Bird Hill ~ Reva Bradford More About THOMAS F. HILL: Rev. War Service: Brandon's Regiment, Union Dist., SC Children of MIRIAM MURPHY and THOMAS HILL are: i. GREEN BERRY5 HILL. ii. MARTHA HILL. iii. WILLIAM HILL. iv. BIRD HILL. 14. SION4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born January 31, 1765 in VA5, and died October 26, 1845 in Union Dist., SC5. He married SUSANNAH WHITE March 11, 17986, daughter of ROBERT WHITE and MILDRED UNKNOWN. She was born April 12, 1780 in Union Dist., SC7, and died April 12, 1851 in Union Dist., SC. Notes for SION MURPHY: Kinfolks of Franklin Co. NC 1793-1844, by: Watson 08 17:29 - SIMON MURPHEY of Wake Co NC deed to PARKER MURPHEY of Franklin Co., witnessed by SION MURPHY and MARTIN MURPHY, 08 Jan 1814. South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road Columbia, SC 29223 LAST FIRST BOX PACK YEAR Murphy Sion 32 11 1845 Murphy Susannah 36 6 1851 http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 1, Winter, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. X, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Winter 1983, No. 1, p.48 Sion Murphy vs Elizth Prince. It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that John Saunders has been subpoenaed to attend this court as witness for complt. and having failed to appear, ordered that he shew cause on Thursday morning next at 10 oclock A. M. why he should not be attached for comtempt of this court. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 2, Spring, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.48) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Spring 1983, No. 2, p.104 Sion Murphy vs Elizabeth Prince - On motion of Dawkins, Soltr for Murphy, ordered that the rule against Dr. Saunders a witness for complt be discharged, he having shown satisfactory cause. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 2, Spring, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.48) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Spring 1983, No. 2, p.109 Elizabeth Prince ads Sion Murphy - In Equity June 17th 1835. It appearing that Dan'l Prince, Gilbert Prince and Isaac Barnett have been subpoenaed and failed to attend this court as witnesses on behalf of the Defendant, ordered that they shew cause to this Court at 10 oclock on the 19th instant why they should not be attached for contempt, and that a copy of this order be served upon them. (3 copies.) The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 3, Summer, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.113) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Summer 1983, No. 3, p.169 Sion Murphy vs Elizabeth Prince. In Equity. The commissioners who were appointed to lay off to Elizabeth Prince her dower in the lands described in the Bill having made their return, on motion of Dawkins, Solr. for Sion Murphy, decreed that the return of the commissioners be confirmed and made the judgment in this case. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 3, Summer, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.113) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Summer 1983, No. 3, p.169 Sion Murphy vs Elizabeth Prince. In Equity. By the decree of the Court of Equity for Union District it was decreed that Elizabeth Prince should affix her seal to an instrument executed by her to Sion Murphy on 14 Sept. 1812, in the presence of two persons named by the Comsr. of this court, and she having failed to do so, on motion of Dawkins, Solr. for Sion Murphy, ordered that a rule do issue against Elizabeth Prince requiring her to shew cause why she should not be attached for contempt of court. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 4, Fall, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.173) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Fall 1983, No. 4, p.196 Petition of Exparte Sion Murphy vs Elizabeth Prince read by Col. T. N. Dawkins. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 4, Fall, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.173) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Fall 1983, No. 4, p.198 Exparte Sion Murphy. Ordered and decreed that the instrument of writing signed by Elizabeth Prince on 14 Sept. 1812 purporting to be a deed of conveyance to Sion Murphy, but which has no seal affixed by the said Elizabeth, now deceased, be held and regarded in Law as a good and effectual conveyance of the premises therein described, as if the seal of said Elizabeth had been by her affixed thereto. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 4, Fall, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.173) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Fall 1983, No. 4, p.198 The Comr. of this court to convey the premises mentioned in the deed to Sion Murphy, conveying to him whatever interest said Elizabeth Prince may have had at the time of the Execution of the paper dated 14 Sepr. 1812. Further ordered that any person claiming under said Elizabeth Prince be estopped in Law or Equity from denying the legal effect of the paper signed 14 September 1812 conveying whatever interest Elizabeth Prince may have had in the premises. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XII Number 1, Winter, 1984 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XII, No. 1, p.35 Joseph Prince & others ads Sion Murphy - Bill to complete Execution of Deeds, etc.. On motion of Herndon, Defts. Solr., ordered that they have further time until 1st October next to plead, answer or demur. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XII Number 1, Winter, 1984 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XII, No. 1, p.36 Sion Murphy vs Joseph Prince. Herndon Defts Solr. Ordered that the answer of B. Johnson stand until after the Demurrer is disposed of which has been filed by the defendants, and that he have leave to amend his answer by stating more fully the reasons of his refusal to make a deed to the plaintiff as Sheriff. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XII Number 1, Winter, 1984 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XII, No. 1, p.38 Joseph Prince & others ads Sion Murphy - Bill to compell Execution of Deeds, Etc.. Herndon Solr. for B. Johnson. Herndon's name to be entered on the answer of the defendant as his solicitor, he hereby agreeing to charge him no counsel fee. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XII Number 1, Winter, 1984 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XII, No. 1, p.38 Sion Murphy vs Joseph Prince & others - Bill to compel Execution of Deeds and for Partition, etc.. On hearing the demurrer and arguments thereon, ordered that it be overruled. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XII Number 1, Winter, 1984 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XII, No. 1, p.39 Sion Murphy vs Joseph Prince &al - Bill to compel Execution of Deeds and for partition, etc.. Case called for Trial. It appearing that the present plaintiff had brot (sic) an action at Law for recovery of one of the tracts of land embraced in the Bill in which action he was non suit, but the time allowed him for bringing a Second action not having yet expired. More About SION MURPHY: Burial: 1845, Sion Murphy Family Graveyard, Union District, SC DAR Patriot Index: Military Service South Carolina Rev. War Service: Militia duty since the fall of Charleston in Brandon's Regiment of Anderson's Return (Rev. War Audit Accts., and pension certificates) Notes for SUSANNAH WHITE: South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road Columbia, SC 29223 LAST FIRST BOX PACK YEAR Murphy Sion 32 11 1845 Murphy Susannah 36 6 1851 Children of SION MURPHY and SUSANNAH WHITE are: i. ISAAC PHARES5 MURPHY, b. August 20, 1795, Union Co., SC7; d. July 02, 1886, Cross Anchor, Spartanburg Co., SC; m. SARAH PEARSON HAMILTON8, October 24, 1838, Union Dist., SC9; b. Abt. 1808, Union Dist., SC. Notes for ISAAC PHARES MURPHY: From http://www.white-family.com/murphyletter.htm ISAAC PEARSON MURPHY, a short Biography: (Provide by a Murphy descendant, Betty Barrow) Isaac Pearson Murphy, son of Sion III Murphy and of Susannah White, born 20 Aug 1798 Union SC, USA; died 2 July 1886 Cross Keys, Union South Carolina, USA. He married 4 Oct 1838, Union, SC, USA to Sarah Pearson Hamilton. Isaac was buried at Padgett Creek Baptist Church in Union Co, SC, USA, July 1886. (Lies next to his sister, Sylvia Murphy, who cared for him) Cross Keys, Union Co SC, was Isaac's last known residence. Isaac Pearson Murphy was born 20 Aug 1798 and died 2 July 1886. He Married Sarah Pearson Hamilton but his wife and child died very early and he never remarried. He was a member of the Fairforest (Lower) Baptist Church for 68 years and served the church in several capacities while a member. Isaac Pearson Murphy wrote two lengthily letters giving the genealogy of this Murphy family, (also the White Family), which has proven to be invaluable over the years. Isaac P. Murphy and his sister, Sylvia K. Murphy lived together after the War (Civil War), which "spoiled" her money and she lost her parents estate, until he died. From letters written by Isaac P. in his latter years, he seemed to suffer from arthritis as he said if he "stirred around in the cold, I soon get full of cricks and ketches" and "my limbs from my hips down being weak and easily tired, and of late seem to have gone into a settled soreness". In 1876, he was weighing 197 lbs., but still tending to the farm, raising crops of cotton, wheat, and oats. In a letter written by Jason Wiley Murphy in 1879, he stated "both I. P. and Sister Silvia was up but both feeble and Isaac can't see much, having to put up with work as he can get it." In a letter written for Isaac in April 1883, he stated that "I don't pretend to walk without my stick even across the floor." Isaac P. Murphy was blind the last four years of his life we are told my Mr. Richard Dewey Murphy age 87 of Union Co., SC (1996). Isaac P. Murphy was the Administrator of his father, Sion Murphy's estate in 1845. He purchased several articles including "a lot of books and a slate." He seemed to be the one the others turned to for advice. Information taken from Isaac P. Murphy's letters: Union County Heritage 1981; History of Padgett's Creek Church; Bible records; census records; letters from Isaac P. Murphy and Jason Wiley Murphy owned by Vickie Devlin, Norcross, GA. http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 1, Winter, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XIX, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Winter 1992, No. 1, p.34 Union Dist. - An Inquisition indented and taken at the house of Benjamin Landrum in the district aforesaid on 24 April 1832 before Saml. Davis, Coroner, upon view of the body of an infant child then and there lying dead upon the oaths of Bird Murphy, Gideon Jackson, John Prater, James White, Isaac P. Murphy, Sherard Duke, John Lawson, Robert Gillam, Leon Lawson, Jur., James Lawson, Wm. Lawson, Senr., Jeremiah Wix, Jason Boatman, good and lawfull men of said District, who being charged and sworn do say that the said infant on 21 April 1832 was found dead and that it had no marks of Violence upon it and died by the visitation of God in a natural way and not otherwise. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 1, Winter, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XIX, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Winter 1992, No. 1, p.34 Signed and sealed by Bird Murphy, Foreman, Gideon Jackson, John Prather, Jas. White, Isaac P. Murphy, Sherwood (X) Duke, Robert (X) Gilliam, Leon (X) Lawson, Jur., James Lawson, William Lawson, Jeremiah (X) Wix, Jason (X) Boatman and Saml. Davis, Coroner of Union District. ii. NATHAN J. MURPHY, b. February 13, 1800, Cross Keys, Union Co., SC9; d. October 13, 1822, Union Co., SC9. iii. MARY MURPHY, b. August 29, 1801, Union Co., SC9; d. 1882, Alabama; m. ROBERT A. GILLAM, November 09, 1824, Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC9. iv. SYLVIA K. MURPHY10, b. May 13, 1803, Cross Keys, Union Co., SC11; d. August 04, 1886. v. EDY DUKE MURPHY, b. October 07, 1805, Union Co., SC11; d. July 29, 189311; m. DANIEL JACKSON, January 07, 1844, Union Dist., SC12; b. April 24, 180013; d. May 05, 187313. Notes for DANIEL JACKSON: Posted by: Olevia Jackson Date: May 01, 2000 at 18:26:02 In Reply to: John Jackson Brunswick Co 1600's by Helen Anderson We have a John Jackson b. 1675 d. 12-?-1745 in Va. He married Rebecca who died Sept. 1765 in Va. They lived in Brunswick Co. Va. John had 7 children, Thomas,Sarah,Rebecca, Jane, Margaret, Mary, and Anne. Thomas was b. abt. 1695 and died 1751 in Va. He married Ann ?. He had 8 children, William, Thomas, John, Ralph Sr(we descend from),Daniel, Peter,Mary and Ann. Ralph Sr.b. abt. 1729 d. 1783 SC married Amy Williams and had 5 perhaps more children, Frederick, Ralph Jr., William(we descend from),Nathaniel and Elizabeth. William b. abt. 1756 d. 1816 in SC married Martha Smith and had 11 children, John, Liddy, Cassandre, Susan, Mark, daughter, Daniel(we descend from), William, daughter, Amy and Nancy. Our Daniel b.Apr.24, 1800 married unknow wife in 1820 and had 3 children, William, Hiram and Matilda(still looking for her). Daniel then married Edith Murphy Jan. 7, 1844 and had 3 children, Martha Susannah, James Henry and Sarah Ann Delilah. Hope this helps you. oleviaj@cs.com vi. HIRAM B. MURPHY, b. August 03, 1807, Union Co., SC13; d. July 30, 1889, Ballground, Cherokee Co., GA; m. ELIZABETH JACKSON, November 09, 1830, Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC13; b. October 02, 1812, Union Co., SC; d. August 21, 1908, Sharp Top Mountain, Cherokee Co., GA. Notes for HIRAM B. MURPHY: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 4, Fall, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XIX, p.144) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Fall 1991, No. 4, p.200 Warrant for Jurors issued to H. B. Murphy, Constable, to summon a Jury to appear before J. Greer, Mgt., at the late residence of Carpenter Simmons between the hours of 8 and 9 oclock A.M. on 3rd day of this inst., to view the body of a certain person there lying dead. Dated 2 Nov. 1842 and signed by J. Greer, Mgt. MURPHY - GREGORY - NIX - BARNET? (Gibbs line?) The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 4, Fall, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XIX, p.144) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Fall 1991, No. 4, p.200 On reverse of the Warrant is a list of prospective jurors: Wm. B. Murphy, Thos. Gregory, Wm. Sealy, Willis Tucker, George Tucker, Daris Prince, Giles Barnet, N. G. Holcomb, John Sanders, Jesse Holcomb, Jabel Nix, Wm. Gardner, Marshal Barnet, Wm. B. Johns [and one illegible name lined through]. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XIX Number 4, Fall, 1991 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XIX, p.144) SCMAR, Vol. XIX, Fall 1991, No. 4, p.200 Dated 3 Nov. 1842 and signed by Wm. B. Murphy, foreman, Willis Tucker, N. G. Holcombe, Jabel Nix, Jesse Holcomb, Senr., William Sealy, Thomas Gregory, Wm. M. Gardner, Darius Prince, Mashel Barnett, Jiles Barnett, George Tucker, W. B. Johns, John Sanders and Jason Greer, Mgt., U.D. SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.164 Verdict of Inquest on the Body of Joseph Prince. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 3, Summer, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XX, p.99) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.164 Filed 19 April 1842 by Wm. Ray, Clk. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 3, Summer, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XX, p.99) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.164 Union District - In compliance with a warrant to us directed we have this day viewed and examined the body of Joseph Prince, deceased. We finding no marks, wounds or bruises sufficient to cause death have unanimously come to the conclusion that he came to his death by the visitation of God or drowned by accident. Dated 13 April 1842. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 3, Summer, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XX, p.99) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Summer 1992, No. 3, p.164 Signed and sealed by Thomas Ray, James Gibbs, Jason W. Murphy, James J. Arness(?), W. Mulligan, John Ray, Carry Ray, William W. Bobo, Baily Lawson, Wm. Bailey, Thomas (X) Lawson, Marshel Barnett, Hiram B. Murphy, sworn Jurors, and Jason Greer, Magistrate. More About HIRAM B. MURPHY: Burial: Abt. August 01, 1889, Sharp Top Mountain, Cherokee Co., GA, Sharp Top Mountain Cemetery Office: 1842, Constable Residence: Sharp Top Mountain, Cherokee Co., GA More About ELIZABETH JACKSON: Burial: Abt. August 13, 1908, Sharp Top Mountain, Cherokee Co., GA, Sharp Top Mountain Cemetery vii. MILDRED W. MURPHY13, b. March 26, 1809, Union Co., SC13; d. February 20, 183013; m. GIDEON JACKSON, November 26, 1824, Union Dist., SC13; b. Abt. 1804, Union Co., SC. Notes for GIDEON JACKSON: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 1, Winter, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XIX, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Winter 1992, No. 1, p.34 Union Dist. - An Inquisition indented and taken at the house of Benjamin Landrum in the district aforesaid on 24 April 1832 before Saml. Davis, Coroner, upon view of the body of an infant child then and there lying dead upon the oaths of Bird Murphy, Gideon Jackson, John Prater, James White, Isaac P. Murphy, Sherard Duke, John Lawson, Robert Gillam, Leon Lawson, Jur., James Lawson, Wm. Lawson, Senr., Jeremiah Wix, Jason Boatman, good and lawfull men of said District, who being charged and sworn do say that the said infant on 21 April 1832 was found dead and that it had no marks of Violence upon it and died by the visitation of God in a natural way and not otherwise. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 1, Winter, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XIX, p.206) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Winter 1992, No. 1, p.34 Signed and sealed by Bird Murphy, Foreman, Gideon Jackson, John Prather, Jas. White, Isaac P. Murphy, Sherwood (X) Duke, Robert (X) Gilliam, Leon (X) Lawson, Jur., James Lawson, William Lawson, Jeremiah (X) Wix, Jason (X) Boatman and Saml. Davis, Coroner of Union District. viii. JASON WILEY MURPHY13, b. February 20, 181113; d. October 07, 1897, Union Co., SC14; m. NANCY NEWTON WHITE, October 25, 1838, Cedar Springs, Spartanburgh Co., SC15; b. August 20, 1819, Union Co., SC16; d. January 30, 1894, Union Co., SC16. More About JASON WILEY MURPHY: Burial: Abt. October 09, 1897, Union Co., SC, Padgette Creek Baptist Church Cemetery More About NANCY NEWTON WHITE: Burial: Abt. February 01, 1894, Union Co., SC, Padgette Creek Baptist Church Cemetery ix. JEPHTHAH MARTIN MURPHY17, b. June 07, 1813, Union Dist., SC17; d. March 03, 1879, Fayette Co., GA; m. NANCY BRIGGS MURPHY, November 06, 1834, Union Dist., SC17; b. September 20, 1812, Spartenburg, Union Dist, SC; d. June 18, 1861, Fayette Co., GA. More About JEPHTHAH MARTIN MURPHY: Burial: Fayette Co., GA, Harper Family Lot, Fayette Cemetery x. SUSYANN DELILAH MURPHY17, b. October 07, 181617; m. JONATHAN NORMAN BAILEY, October 09, 183417. 15. ELIZABETH4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born May 10, 1769 in Surry Co., VA, and died August 21, 1820 in Pearson Cemetary, Union Co., SC. She married ISAAC (THOMAS) PEARSON. He was born June 29, 1771 in Union Co., SC. Child of ELIZABETH MURPHY and ISAAC PEARSON is: i. BIRD MURPHY5 PEARSON, b. Abt. 1803, Union Co., SC; d. 1860, Jacksonville, St. John's Co., FL; m. ELIZABETH CROFT, 1832, Greenville, Spartanburg Co., SC; b. Abt. 1815; d. May 1859, Greenville, Spartanburg Co., SC.. Notes for BIRD MURPHY PEARSON: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 3, Summer, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.113) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Summer 1983, No. 3, p.168 Susannah Duncan later moved into the household of her nephew Robert Lane and his -Now wife+ Unity. Robert Lane's children were Susannah Duncan Lane, Young John Lane, Nancy Prior Lane, Catherine Elizabeth Lane, Delilah Bobo Lane, Ellisor Cellar(?) Lane, Mary Murphy Lane, Solomon Bobo Lane, Millisant F. Lane, and Robert Lane who was deceased by 1830. All of the rest of the children were minors in 1830. Susannah Duncan also lived with Mrs. Mary Bobo. Susannah died in 1830, and Mrs. Mary Bobo was paid for Susannah's room and board until her death. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XI Number 3, Summer, 1983 Union District Equity Journal (Continued from Vol. XI, p.113) SCMAR, Vol. XI, Summer 1983, No. 3, p.169 Note: Bird Murphy Pearson, the attorney mentioned in the above case and also a former Commissioner of the Equity Court for Union Dist., was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Murphy) Pearson. Bird Murphy Pearson was born ca 1803 in Union Dist. and died in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1860. He married in 1832 in Greenville, S. C., Miss Elizabeth Croft, daughter of Edward Croft, Esq.. Mrs. Elizabeth Leger (Croft) Pearson, wife of the Hon. B. M. Pearson of Florida, died at the residence of Dr. T. G. Croft near Greenville, S. C., aged 44 years, in May 1859. (See Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of South Carolina as taken from Greenville newspapers 1826-1863, compiled and recently printed by Brent H. Holcomb.). 16. SARAH4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1771 in Union Dist., SC, and died February 05, 1823 in Union Dist., SC. She married REV. THOMAS J. GREER Abt. 1797 in Cross Keys, Union Dist., SC. He was born 1767 in Union Dist., SC. More About REV. THOMAS J. GREER: Ordination: November 10, 1798, Granted Licence to Preach at Padgett Creek Baptist Church, Union Co., SC18 Children of SARAH MURPHY and THOMAS GREER are: i. MARY5 GREER. ii. ELISABETH GREER. iii. NANCY GREER. iv. JOSEPHY GREER. v. LEVINA GREER. vi. ELIJAH GREER. vii. JASON GREER. viii. SUSAN GREER. ix. SALLY GREER. x. MARTHA GREER, b. Abt. 1811. 17. BYRD4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born October 13, 1772 in Union Co., SC, and died July 30, 1852 in Union Co., SC. He married CHARLOTTE LOTTIE DUNCAN July 01, 1794 in Union Dist., SC, daughter of JAMES DUNCAN and ELIZABETH FINCHER. She was born February 1779 in Union Co., SC, and died 1868 in Alabama. Notes for BYRD MURPHY: South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road Columbia, SC 29223 LAST FIRST BOX PACK YEAR Murphy Bird 36 24 1852 http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XVIII Number 2, Spring 1990 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.48) SCMAR, Vol. XVIII, Spring 1990, No. 2, p.101 Union Dist. - An inquisition indented taken at Isaac Pearson's, Esquire, in District aforesaid the 14 May 1815 before me Bird Murphy, Esq., Justice of the Quorum, upon view of the body of a Negro wench called Flora, the property of the said Isaac Pearson, Esqr., then and there hanging dead, upon the oaths of Francis F. Gist, foreman, Nathaniel Gist, Daniel Felder, Thomas G. Danner, Thomas Pearson, William Pearson, Alexander Boyce, James Mays, John Garrett, Daniel Barnett, Seth Swinford and Barnard Baker, good and lawful men of said District, who being charged and sworn do say that on the night of 13th May instant the said Flora, -being moved by the instigation of the devil,+ hanged and suffocated herself with a bridle of the value of one dollar, from a joist in a Negro house at Isaac Pearson's. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XVIII Number 2, Spring 1990 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.48) SCMAR, Vol. XVIII, Spring 1990, No. 2, p.101 Signed and sealed by Francis F. Gist, foreman, Nathl. Gist, Daniel Felder, Thos. G. Danner, Thomas Pearson, William Pearson, A. Boyce, James Mayes, John (X) Garrett, Daniel (X) Barnett, Seth Swinford and Bernard W. Baker. Certified by Bird Murphy, J.Q., 14 May 1815. More About BYRD MURPHY: Burial: Abt. August 02, 1852, Union Co., SC, Murphy-Duncan Cemetary Office: May 14, 1815, Justice of the Quorum Probate: 1852, Union County Courthouse, 1787-1865 36-24 Children of BYRD MURPHY and CHARLOTTE DUNCAN are: i. RACHEL5 MURPHY, b. 1794; d. 1795. ii. ELIZABETH MURPHY, b. November 21, 1796, SC; d. May 17, 1862, SC; m. EDWARD M. BOBO, 1816. iii. WILLIAM BYRD MURPHY, b. June 27, 1798; d. May 1866; m. HENRIETTA MACBETH. Notes for WILLIAM BYRD MURPHY: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XVIII Number 2, Spring 1990 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.48) SCMAR, Vol. XVIII, Spring 1990, No. 2, p.102 An Inquisition taken at the house of Robt. Martin in Dist. of Union 6 Oct. 1830 before Saml. Davis, Coroner for Sd. Dist., upon view of the body of Friday a slave, the property of Robt. Martin, then and there lying dead, by the oaths of Absolum Davis, John Vaughn, W. B. Murphy, T. B. Davis, Robt. Lain, Saml. White, Robt. Browning, Sen., Lewis Cooper, Young Bobo, John Lawson, Mitchel Lawson, Richard Williams, good and lawful men of said District, who being charged and sworn, do say that they are of the opinion that the said Friday came to his death by accident on the 4th instant at the Mill of Robert Martin in said Dist. on Tygar River by the water wheel catching him between the arm of said wheel and a sill near it, and that the said Friday casually and by Misfortune and against his will, the said Friday did kill. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XVIII Number 2, Spring 1990 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.48) SCMAR, Vol. XVIII, Spring 1990, No. 2, p.102 Signed and sealed by Absolam Davis, John (X) Vaughn, Wm. B. Murphy, T. B. Davis, R. (X) Lain, Saml. White, Robert Browning, Lewis Cooper, Young Bobo, John (X) Lawson, Mitchell (X) Lawson, Richard Williams and Saml. Davis, Coroner. Filed 26 Oct. 1830 by J. Rogers, Clk. Notes for HENRIETTA MACBETH: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XVIII Number 4, Fall, 1990 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Vol. XVIII, p.132) Filed 18 Nov. 1834. Union Dist. - An inquisition indented taken at the house of John McBeth in Dist. aforesaid on 7 June 1834 before Saml Davis, Cor., upon view of the body of Henry, a slave, the property of John McBeth, then and there lying dead, upon the oaths of Jason Greer, foreman, Clemmons Howard, Wm. Gregory, James Steen, Benjn, Holcombe, James C. Kitchens, Spencer Greer, Jesse Clark, John Tate, Wm. Wilson, David Holcombe, Wm. Boatman, good and lawful men of said Dist., who..... Re: Macbeth family Bible Posted by: Melani Date: December 23, 2000 at 05:27:30 In Reply to: Re: Macbeth family Bible by Dianne Swinler Thanks for responding to my query. My Macbeths were also from Scotland and were also in the Charleston area, but I'm not sure we're on the same line. My line includes Henrietta Macbeth who married William Bird Murphy. Her parents were John Macbeth and Martha Townes. John had a brother or half-brother named Alexander who was in the Charleston area around the time of the American Revolution. There was also a brother named James, but I don't have any information on him. iv. JESSE D. MURPHY, b. 1800; d. 1834, Union Dist., SC; m. DELILAH RAY; d. 1846, Union Dist., SC. Notes for JESSE D. MURPHY: South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road Columbia, SC 29223 LAST FIRST BOX PACK YEAR Murphy Delilah 33 12 1846 Murphy J.D. 22 1 1834 Notes for DELILAH RAY: South Carolina Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road Columbia, SC 29223 LAST FIRST BOX PACK YEAR Murphy Delilah 33 12 1846 Murphy J.D. 22 1 1834 v. THOMAS F. MURPHY, b. Bet. 1802 - 1803; m. ELISABETH V. FARROW, November 09, 1827, Spartanburg, Union Dist., SC. Notes for THOMAS F. MURPHY: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume I Number 4, Fall, 1973 Marriage and Obituary Notices from the Columbia Telescope and South- Carolina State Jourmal (Continued from p.122.) SCMAR, Vol. I, Fall 1973, No. 4, p.188 Married in Spartanburg district, on the 16th ult., by the Rev. Mr. --, Mr. Thomas F. Murphy to Miss Elizabeth W. Farrow (Nov. 9, 1827). vi. SUSAN MURPHY, b. 1805; d. Bet. June - September 1845; m. JOE GIBBS, 1832. vii. JAMES NATHAN GIST MURPHY, b. July 23, 1809; d. August 21, 1862; m. LEVINA LEE, August 22, 1839; d. 1862. Notes for JAMES NATHAN GIST MURPHY: http://www.white-family.com/sc_mag_ancest_res.htm The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 2, Spring, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XX, p.36) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Spring 1992, No. 2, p.96 An Inquisition indented and taken at John Gibbses in Union District the 22nd and 23rd Dec. 1851 before John Gibbs, Magt. acting in place of Coroner, upon view of the body of Peter, a male slave of Holland Sumner in Union District then and there being dead, by the oaths of Jos. (or Jas.) Hart - who found the body - and Jas. Hay, Moses Lee, Joshua Wilbourn, R. M. Bobo, J. N. G. Murphy, Jason Boteman, A. H. Howard, Jasper Lawson, Wm. J. Sparks, J. C. Bobo, Robert Boteman, Hampton Weeks, being a lawful Jury of inquest, who being charged and sworn do say that the said Peter came to his death from causes unknown to us. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 2, Spring, 1992 Union County Coroner's Inquisitions, 1806-1869 (Continued from Volume XX, p.36) SCMAR, Vol. XX, Spring 1992, No. 2, p.96 Signed by Jno. Gibbs, Magistrate acting as coroner in case of Peter, James Hay, Foreman, R. M. Bobo, J. C. Bobo, Moses Lee, Jason Boatman, J. N. G. Murphy, Robert Boatman, Jasper Lawson, A. H. Howard, Hampton Weeks, W. J. Sparks and Joshua Williams. viii. CHARLES MURPHY, b. February 1813; m. (1) UNKNOWN FINCH, Union Dist., SC; m. (2) UNKNOWN HERINGTON. 18. ZILPHA4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1774 in Union Dist, SC, and died Abt. 1806 in Union Dist, SC. She married EDWARD SIMPSON, SR. Abt. 1790 in Union Dist., SC. He was born 1770 in Union Dist, SC, and died Aft. 1790. Notes for ZILPHA MURPHY: http://genforum.genealogy.com/murphy/messages/1353.html Re: MURPHY'S OF UNION CO. SC-CA.1750-1800 Posted by: Sharon Date: April 27, 1999 at 11:35:03 slstaton@arkansas.net In Reply to: Re: MURPHY'S OF UNION CO. SC-CA.1750-1800 by Dorothy Bearden Heaner I have been confused for sometime on this Zithlon Murphy line. I looked into the LDS program and found that Zithlon b. 1774 in Union County SC. was married to Edward Simpson. According to a Will by Edmond Simpson of the same County he was married to a Zithlon Murphy but in looking at another family line she was married to a Tilman Simpson. Sharon Children of ZILPHA MURPHY and EDWARD SIMPSON are: i. ISRAEL5 SIMPSON. ii. SARAH SIMPSON. iii. SOLOMON SIMPSON. iv. ELIZABETH SIMPSON. v. BIRD M. SIMPSON, b. 1790, Union Co., SC; d. 1838, Randolph Co., AR. Notes for BIRD M. SIMPSON: ALL SIMPSON RESEARCHERS Posted by: Aubrey G. Cloud A. G. Cloud at agcloud@msn.com Date: February 12, 1999 at 15:15:42 I am looking for any information on a Bird M. SIMPSON, born about 1800 in Alabama who married a Rachel [????] about 1817 either in S. C. or Alabama. Rachel was born in 1802 in S. C. What is Rachel's maiden name? Bird and Rachel raised 3 girls and 3 boys. In 1830, Bird and his family were living in Marion Co., Illinois and moved to Randolph Co. Arkansas about 1834. Bird died about 1839 in Randolph Co., Ar. One of their sons, Samuel V. SIMPSON, married Martha A. Cloud in Greene County, Mo. They moved to Butte County, Chico, California. Samuel died there in 1878. One of Bird Simpson's daughters, Nancy Ann SIMPSON married 1st Thomas J. Luttrell in Randolph Co., Ar. Thomas and Nancy had 2 children--Minerva and Alexander Luttrell. T. J. Luttrell died in 1843. She married 2nd, Robert Morgan Cloud in Greene County, Mo. Please Contact A. G. Cloud at agcloud@msn.com or write: A. G. Cloud, 1308 East 101st Street, Kansas City, Mo. 64131. Followups: Re: ALL SIMPSON RESEARCHERS Nancy Simpson Murphy 8/31/00 Re: ALL SIMPSON RESEARCHERS Aubrey G. Cloud 8/31/00 Re: ALL SIMPSON RESEARCHERS Aubrey G. Cloud 3/01/99 (0) Re: ALL SIMPSON RESEARCHERS Posted by: Aubrey G. Cloud Date: March 01, 1999 at 10:30:17 In Reply to: ALL SIMPSON RESEARCHERS by Aubrey G. Cloud Bird M. SIMPSON is beleived to be a son of Edmond Simpson, Sr. and Zelpha [MURPHY] Simpson of Union County, SC. A Bird Simpson is listed in the will [dated 1835] of Edmond Simpson, Sr. as having two sons who were to get $50 each. Bird M. Simpson has not been found in any census in 1820. . 19. UNITY4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born 1778 in Union Co., SC, and died 1804 in Union Co., SC. She married ANGUS ALEXANDER July 10, 1801 in Union Dist., SC, son of RANDOLPH ALEXANDER and LYDIA SIMPSON. He was born October 16, 1778 in NC, and died February 04, 1855 in Weakley Co., TN. Notes for ANGUS ALEXANDER: The LDS listings show confusion for Angus's birth date and place. There Angus is born 10 Aug 1798 in Union Co., SC as well as 16 Oct 1778. Buried Tomlinson Cemetary. The 1850 Census of Weakley Co. lists one Angus born NC married to Sarah born SC. He has a birthdate about 1779 consistent with LDS listings of Angus born in Union Co., SC. The Tomlinson cemetary lists Angus born Oct 16, 1778 and died Feb 4, 1855. The Union Co. Census 1830 lists two Angus, one age 50-60. None 1840 or 1850. More About ANGUS ALEXANDER: Burial: Alexander-Tomlinson Cemetary, Weakley Co., TN Children of UNITY MURPHY and ANGUS ALEXANDER are: i. SARAH5 ALEXANDER, b. 1802. ii. RANDOLPH ALEXANDER, b. March 22, 1802, Union Dist., SC; d. March 12, 1879, Washington, Washington Co., UT; m. MYRZA NIX ALEXANDER, June 11, 1830, Union Dist., SC; b. September 20, 1815, Union Dist., SC; d. July 23, 1880, Washington, Washington Co., UT. Notes for RANDOLPH ALEXANDER: There was a Randolph Alexander in or about Weakley Co., TN who was active in the early Mormon Church according to Wilford Woodruff's Journal. He is referred to as Brother and Elder Alexander. More About RANDOLPH ALEXANDER: Burial: Abt. March 15, 1879, Washington, Washington Co., UT More About MYRZA NIX ALEXANDER: Burial: Abt. July 25, Washington, Washington Co., UT Marriage Notes for RANDOLPH ALEXANDER and MYRZA ALEXANDER: Marriage location in UT in 1830 cannot possibly be correct. Most likely it was in Union Dist., SC.. 20. MARY ANN4 MURPHY (SIMON3, SIMON2, RICHARD1) was born July 02, 1781 in Cross Keys, Union Co., SC, and died March 1858 in Union Co., SC. She married KINDRED BOBO, SR.. He was born January 14, 1775 in New Prospect, Union Dist., SC, and died Bef. 1850 in Union Co., SC. Children of MARY MURPHY and KINDRED BOBO are: i. GREEN5 BOBO. ii. UNITY BOBO. iii. SARAH BOBO. iv. DELILAH BOBO. v. ELIZABETH BOBO. vi. MARTIN BOBO. vii. MARY BOBO. viii. NANCY BOBO. ix. YOUNG BOBO, b. 1798. x. WILLIAM BOBO, b. Abt. 1800. Endnotes 1. Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle, Virginia Tax Payers 1782- 1787, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1966), 91. 2. International Genealogical Index, (FamilySearch- International Genealogical Index v4.01), "Electronic," 456823. 3. Utah State Historical Society, Utah Cemetery Inventory, (Salt Lake City, UT: 2000), "Electronic," record 196383. 4. C. B. Bobo, History of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church, (http://www.white-family.com/pad_ck_bk1.htm), 5. 5. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm. 6. Betty Murphy Barrow, The White Family Online Resource Center, (Mike White), "Electronic," http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm, Transcription of imaged page in Edy D. Murphy Bible Record:"Sion Murphy and Susanna White was married together Mar 11, 1798." 7. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm. 8. Betty Murphy Barrow, The White Family Online Resource Center, (Mike White), "Electronic," http://www.white-family.com/murphyletter.htm, ISAAC PEARSON MURPHY, a short Biography: (Provide by a Murphy descendant, Betty Barrow) Isaac Pearson Murphy, son of Sion III Murphy and of Susannah White, born 20 Aug 1798 Union SC, USA; died 2 July 1886 Cross Keys, Union South Carolina, USA. He married 4 Oct 1838, Union, SC, USA to Sarah Pearson Hamilton. Isaac was buried at Padgett Creek Baptist Church in Union Co, SC, USA, July 1886. (Lies next to his sister, Sylvia Murphy, who cared for him) Cross Keys, Union Co SC, was Isaac's last known residence. Isaac Pearson Murphy was born 20 Aug 1798 and died 2 July 1886. He Married Sarah Pearson Hamilton but his wife and child died very early and he never remarried. He was a member of the Fairforest (Lower) Baptist Church for 68 years and served the church in several capacities while a member. Isaac Pearson Murphy wrote two lengthily letters giving the genealogy of this Murphy family, (also the White Family), which has proven to be invaluable over the years. Isaac P. Murphy and his sister, Sylvia K. Murphy lived together after the War (Civil War), which "spoiled" her money and she lost her parents estate, until he died. From letters written by Isaac P. in his latter years, he seemed to suffer from arthritis as he said if he "stirred around in the cold, I soon get full of cricks and ketches" and "my limbs from my hips down being weak and easily tired, and of late seem to have gone into a settled soreness". In 1876, he was weighing 197 lbs., but still tending to the farm, raising crops of cotton, wheat, and oats. In a letter written by Jason Wiley Murphy in 1879, he stated "both I. P. and Sister Silvia was up but both feeble and Isaac can't see much, having to put up with work as he can get it." In a letter written for Isaac in April 1883, he stated that "I don't pretend to walk without my stick even across the floor." Isaac P. Murphy was blind the last four years of his life we are. 9. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm. 10. Betty Murphy Barrow, The White Family Online Resource Center, (Mike White), "Electronic." 11. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm. 12. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm, Transcription of imaged page in Edy D. Murphy Bible Record:"Edy D. Murphy was married together Jan 7, 1844." 13. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm. 14. E. D. Whaley, Sr. Mrs, Union County Cemeteries, (A Press, Inc. 18 Thompson St., Greenville, SC 29601), 9. 15. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm. 16. E. D. Whaley, Sr. Mrs, Union County Cemeteries, (A Press, Inc. 18 Thompson St., Greenville, SC 29601), 9. 17. Edy D. Murphy Jackson, The Edy D. Murphy Bible, (The White Family Online Resource Center), http://www.white- family.com/murphybiblercd_edy.htm. 18. C. B. Bobo, History of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church, (http://www.white-family.com/pad_ck_bk1.htm), 2. ______________________________________ from: "North Carolina 1830 Census Index" by R. Jackson, D. Schaefermeyer, G. Teeples, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1976. [Franklin Co. only, township listed, number probably census page] Murphy, Eyre 333 Bledsoe Murphy, Holland 330 Pearce [widow of Parker] Murphy, Nickolas 334 Bledsoe Murphy, Sarah 350 Alford _____________________________________ from: "North Carolina 1810 Census Index" by R. Jackson, G. Teeples, Acclerated Indexing Systems, Inc. [Franklin Co. only, all listed as "no township, number probably census page] Murfree, Drury 086 Murphy, James 095 Murphy, Leon 085 Murphy, Nicholas Jun. 082 Murphy, Nicholas Sen. 088 Murphy, Parker 085 _____________________________________ from: "Tennessee 1830 Census Index", R. Jackson, G. Teeples, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1976. p. 139 [Maury, Rutherford & Bedford Counties only, all listed as "no township", number may be census page] Murfree, Ezekiel Rutherford 326 Murfree, M. B. Rutherford 284 Murphey, Charles Maury 339 Murphey, Green B. Maury 339 Murphey, Miles P. Rutherford 325 Murphey, William Bedford 034 Murphey, Stephen Bedford 047 Murphey, Stephen Bedford 047 Murphree, Cader Bedford 075 Murphree, William Bedford 075 Murphy, Martin Bedford 115 Murphy, Mary Maury 415 Murphy, Nathaniel Maury 418 Murpie, John G. Rutherford 270 Murpphrel, Joseph Bedford 031 __________________________________ from: "Computer Index to North Carolina 1800 Census", Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1974. p. 659 Franklin Co. only Murphey, Arther 00102-10101-00 Murphey, James 11001-41401-02 Murphey, Richolas [Nicholas] 10201-13201-04 Murphey, William 00100-00100-00 p. 660 Franklin Co. only Murphrey, Parker 31010-00101-01 Murphrey, William 00010-00000-01 _____________________________________ from: "State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787", 2nd Ed. Revised, transcribed & indexed by Mrs. Alvaretta Kenan Register, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1974. [head/ wm 21-60/ wm <20 or60/ wf/ blacks 12-50/ blacks <12 or50] [cp=census page, bp= book page] bp. 20, cp. 4 Caswell District Thos. Murphy/ 1/ 4/ 3/ 0/ 0 bp. 22, cp. 2 Gloucester Dist., Caswell Co. Gabriel Murphy/ 1/ 3/ 8/ 0/ 0 bp. 22, cp. 3 Gloucester Dist., Caswell Co. John Murphy/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 0 bp. 24, cp. 4 St. David's District Murphy, John/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 0/ 0 bp. 30, cp. 4 Duplin Co. 113. Timothy Murphy/ 0/ 3/ 1/ 5/ 5 115. Wm. Murphy/ 1/ 1/ 4/ 1/ 1 bp. 104, cp. 2 New Hanover Co. Robert Murphy/ 1/ 0/ 4/ 1/ 0 bp. 139, cp. 4 Richmond Co. John Murphy/ 1/ 0/ 2/ 0/ 0 bp. 144, cp. 1 Surry Co. Richard Murphy/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1 bp. 152, cp. 1, column 3 Surry Co. James Murprey/ 1/ 4/ 5/ 0/ 0 bp. 153, cp. 2 column 2 Surry Co. Silas Murphy, 1/ 3/ ?/ ?/ ? bp. 163, cp. 2 Warren Co. Elisabeth Murphe/ 0/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2 ____________________________________ from "Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, North Carolina", The Reprint Company Publishers, Spartanburg, SC, 1982. p. 60 Halifax District, Franklin County [Head/FWM>16/FWM<16/FWF/other free/Slaves] Murphy, William/ 1/ 2/ 8/ 0/ 0 Murphy, Nicholas/ 1/ 3/ 6/ 0/ 4 Murphy, James/ 1/ 2/ 8/ 0/ 0 Murphry, Arthur/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 0 Murphry, James/ 3/ 0/ 3/ 0/ 1 ______________________________________ from: "Virginia in 1760: A Reconstructed Census", T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL, 1976. [don't know what the numbers mean after the county, possibly the source and page number. I know, I should have read the forward] p. 237 Murfee, Elizabeth Sussex, 68:64 [mother, daughter, widow or sister of Simon? wife of Benjamin?] Murfee, Simon Surry, 68:64 Murfee, Simon Sussex, 68:64, 68:150 [Simons-father & son, or uncle & nephew? Murfey, George Richmond, 5:338 Murfey, Owen Amelia, 32:51 Murphew, Ann Fauquier, 6:162 Murphew, Gabriel Fauquier, 6:162 [related to one of the Miles?] Murphew, Hugh Hampshire, 50: Murphew, Mary Anne Fauquier, 6:162 Murphey, ___ Elizabeth City, 11:301 Murphey, Beniamine Lunenburg, 45:235 [Benjamin, Sr. or Jr., once of Surry Co.? Husband of Eliz.?] Murphey, Darby Frederick, 14:79 Murphey, George Richmond, 4:154 Murphey, James Lunenburg, 16:563 Murphey, John Jr Lunenburg, 45:235 [was this the son of John who bought part of Ivey 374 acres in Princess Anne County in 1711?] Murphey, Margaret Richmond, 4:154 Murphey, Silvester Orange, 10:546 Murphey, William Lunenburg, 45:314 Murphree, James Norfolk, 20:37, 20:47, 20:48 Murphrey, James Norfolk, 20:55 [same?] Murphy, ___ York, 17:173 Murphy, Darby Frederick, 14:46 [same as above?] Murphy, Edward Westmoreland, 60:132 Murphy, Elizabeth Frederick, 14:109 Murphy, Francis Lunenburg, 44:556 Murphy, Hugh Frederick, 14:108, 14:171 Murphy, Hugh Hampshire, 51:216 Murphy, Isaac Prince William, 85:26 Murphy, Lucey Lunenburg, 45:235 [daughter of Simon & Eliz. b. 1738?] Murphy, Martha Frederick, 14:108, 14:171 Murphy, Michael Frederick, 14;109, 14:245 Murphy, Pat Princess Anne, 19:379 Murphy, Patrick Princess Anne, 19:376, 19:382, 19:392 [same?] Murphy, Patt Princess Anne, 19:388 [same as above?] Murphy, Richard Halifax, 31:147, 31:149, 31:150 [son of Simon, brother of Simon, Arthur, Catherine, Lucy, Elizabeth and Mary, grandson of first Richard?] Murphy, Samuel Lancaster, 75:84 Murphy, William Halifax, 31:54, 31:55, 31:57, 31:58, 31:127, 31:150, 31:181 Murphy, William Lunenburg, 45:235 _________________________________ from: "Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Franklin County North Carolina, 1779-1797", by Joseph W. Watson, Rocky Point, NC, 1984. p. 23 Deed Book 1, #151, p. 151 Dempsey Gatlin of Franklin Co. to Gabriel Ray of same, Feb. 19, 1781, for 25 pds. a tract of 140 acres lying on the north side of Ransoms Road and at the head of Peter Hill's Branch adjoining Nelms, it being part of a tract of land that Isaac Saunders bought of Simon Murphry. Wit: John Hoof, Elisha Hunter. p. 124 Deed Book [?], #876, p. 185 Mary Noakes of Franklin Co. to James Murphey of same, Feb. 7, 1789, for 60 pds. a tract of 270 acres adjoining Marcus Gilliam's old line, John Leonard, James Murphey, and Vinson. Wit: Solomon Dossey, Arthur Murphey. p. 155 Deed Book 7, #1096, p. 159 John Smart and wife, Sarah Smart, of Franklin Co. to William Leonard of same, April 16, 1791, for 100 pds. a 257 acre plantation lying on the south bank of Sandy Creek and on the Bever Dam branch adjoining Collins, James Murphey, and Arthur Murphey, which land was granted to said Smart by a deed bearing date Oct. 25, 1753. Wit: Jas. Carlile, James Murphey, Fredrick Leonard. p. 170 Deed Book [?], #1192, p. 17 Peter Smart and wife, Sarah Smart, of Franklin Co. to James Murphey of same, April 16, 1791, for 20 pds. Va. money a 20 acre plantation lying on the south side of Sandy Creek adjoining said James Murphey and Arthur Murphey, formerly granted to said Smart by patent bearing date Oct. 25, 1753, "which is John Wood's original deed." Wit: James Carlile, Wm. Lenard, Frederick Lenard. p. 201 Deed Book 10, #1407, p. 232 Francis Wills of Franklin Co. to Elisha Hunter of same, Aug. 22, 1791, for 40 pds. current money a tract of 70 acres lying on the north side of Ransoms Road and on a branch adjoining Nelms and Hooff, it being part of a tract of land which Isaac Sanders bought of Simon Murphy. Wit: Wm. Bodie, J. Hoof. ________________________________ from: "Tennessee 1820 Census", R. Jackson, G. Teeples, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1974. Murphee, Joseph Overton Co. 031201-00010 Murphee, Enoch Overton Co. 201100-10100 Murphey, John G. Rutherford Co. 120010-10010 Murphey, John Robertson Co. 100010-30010 Murphey, Joseph Rutherford Co. 000010-00010 Murphey, Mark Wilson Co. 200001-22001 Murphey, Mark Stewart Co. 400010-10010 Murphey, Nathaniel Maury Co. 010101-31001 Murphey, William Maury Co. 000010-30110 Murphey, Ezekiel Rutherford Co. 010101-11010 Murphey, George Robertson Co. 311201-22110 Murphey, George Robertson Co. 000001-00010 Murphree, Elijah Bedford Co. 100201-02010 Murphree, Enos Hickman Co. 000100-10100-00 Murphree, John Hickman Co. 000100-00100 Murphree, Nimrod Hickman Co. 100010-10101-00 Murphree, Rodger Hickman Co. 100100-10100 Murphree, Sarah Hickman Co. 110000-12010 Murphree, Stephen Bedford Co. 200100-01001 Murphree, William Bedford Co. 100101-02010 Murphrey, Daniel Perry Co. 010001-10100 Murphrey, Daniel Perry Co. 400010-20010 Murphry, Bartholemew Perry Co. 012010-00010 Murphy, Alexander Lawrence Co. 100010-20010 Murphy, Aron Davison Co. 200100-00100 Murphy, Charles Maury Co. 110001-01210 Murphy, Ezekiel Rutherford Co. 100101-11010 Murphy, Ezekiel Rutherford Co. 010111-11010 Murphy, Jeremiah Sumner Co. 000001-01010 Murphy Lincoln Co. 000100-00000 Murphy, Lucy Robertson Co. 200000-02010 Murphy, Robertson Robertson Co. 200011-10100 Murphy, Russel Sumner Co. 100010-21010 Murphy, Stephen Warren Co. 000010-40100 Murphy, William Davison Co. 110001-10010 Murphy, William Rutherford Co. 000010-00100 _________________________________________ From: "North and South Carolina Marriage Records", Compiled and Edited by William Montgomery Clemens, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1973. p. 205 MURPHY, Alice and Isaac Jamieson, 5 March 1825, Mecklenburg Co., NC MURPHY, Archibald and Mary McKenney, 30 Markch 1798, Mecklenburg Co., NC MURPHY, John and Margaret Carr, 5 November 1786, Guilford Co., NC MURPHY, Joseph and Betty Chadwick, 16 November 1774, Guilford Co. NC MURPHY, Rebecca (widow) and Benjamin Carter, 14 January 1740, Orangeburg Co. S.C. (this couldn't have been the widow of Richard, right? Is Orangeburg close to Union, SC?) MURPHY, Solo and Betsy Guion, 29 October 1781, Orange Co., NC MURPHY, Timothy and Milley Ballard, 4 January 1774, Guilford Co. NC ____________________________________ from "Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine", Vol. III, Heale-Muscoe, Indexed by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1982. p. 128 7. Thomas Ivey, son of Thomas Vicesimus of Princess Anne county, Va., October 25, 1695, patented 450 acres of land in Princess Anne county (formerly Lower Norfolk), part of it being land granted his father in 1673, the addition for bringing in nine persons, viz: William Burdall, Henry Sutton, Mary Berry, John Blake, John Castell, Richard Evans, William Underhill, Clem. Sampson and John Wilson (Lb. 9, pg. 30). Again in 1711, on the 8th of April, he patented 374 acres in Princess Anne County for bringing in eight settlers, viz: Garrett Harrell, James Mack Daniel, Darby McDaniel, Lancaster Ship, John Munscroof, Blartho Clerk, John Murphy and John Wilson. p. 132 Land Grants 1711, April 8, Book 10, p. 30: Thomas Ivey, 374 acres in Princess Anne county, for bringing eight persons: Garrett Harrell, James Mack Daniel, Darby McDaniel, Lancaster Ship, John Munscroof, Blartho Clerk, John Murfey, and Thomas Scott. p. 645 The will of Richard Trueman, Senior, of Henrico County, dated March 31, 1754, probated July 1754 names daughter Mary Williams, daughter Catherine Murfie, son-in-law William Still, son Abraham Truman (and he is named executor), wife Elizabeth Truman. He mentions land on Willis River (Henrico Records, vol. 1750-67, p. 354). See Register of Land Office, Patent Book No. 23, p. 1083, Richard Trueman land patent 400 acres, Aug. 20, 1745. ___________________________ from: "Bute County Committee of Safety, Minutes 1775-1776", Warren County Bicentennial Committee, 1977. Appendix II p. 57 From the Pittman Papers, folder marked "Miscellaneous County Records (Bute and Warren), 1774-1804, N.D." The Oath I will bair faithful and true allegience to the State of North Carolina and will Truly Endevour to suport maintain and Defend the Independant Goverm't Thereof against George the third King of Grate Brittain and his Sucesers & the attempts of any other persons prince power state or potintate who by secret arts Thrasons Conspirecoys or by open force shall attempt to subject the same and I will in every Respect Conduct my Self as a peasfull orderly subject & that I will Disclose and make known to the Governor som member of the Councill of State or som justice of the superior Courts or of the pease all Treason conspireceys and attempts committed or Enteded against the State which Shall come to my knowledge soe help you God William Alston's List ...Rob Hill, Thos. Hill, ... ...Nicholas Murphrey, Ben Perry, Joshua Perry, Junr., Joshua Perry Senr.- REFUSED, ... Before Captain Matthew Thomas ...Nicholas Hill, Richd. Hill, Richard Hill- son of Nicholas,... ...Arthor Murphey, James Murphey, ... ...David Vinson- Constable, David Vinson, Snr., ... ___________________________________ from: "Kinfolks of Franklin County North Carolina 1793-1844", by Joseph W. Watson, Rocky Mount, NC, 1985. p. 87 Deed Book 16 DB p. 125 George Richards of Green Co., Ga. appointed his friend, Parker Murphey, of Franklin Co. as his attorney to recover and receive property due him and his wife, Lydia, out of the estate of David Vinson, deceased, late of Franklin Co., Dec. 29, 1810. p. 94 Deed Book 16 DB p. 268 William Murphey of Granville Co., NC bought land situated in Franklin Co., June 21, 1813. DB p. 270 Parker Murphey deed to James Collins for land which he bought of George Richards out of the lands of David Vinson, deceased, Jan. 11, 1813. p. 97 Deed Book 17 DB p. 29 Simon Murphey of Wake Co., NC deed to Parker Murphey of Franklin Co., witnessed by Sion Murphy and Martin Murphy, Jan. 8, 1814. ____________________________________ From: "Bute County, North Carolina Land Grant Plats and Land Entries", Compiled and Abstracted by Brent Holcomb, 1974, Chapel Hill, NC. [*transcribed from photocopies of original plat entrie in book by Mark Murphy, 2 May 2001] *File #4 c b 600 acres d a [plat drawing] November 25th 1773 Surveyed for Benja. Hill 600 acres of Land of Land[sic] aGreeable to the annexs plan Lying In Bute County on the N. Side Sandy Creek Beginning at a Black Lark[?] at the Settn. a thence East 366 pole to a white oak thence by Murfeys line So. 272 pole to Murfeys Corner a pine thence by parsons [?] fosters Line Wt. 232 pole to a pine thence So. 27 [?] pole to a Red oak hills corner thence by hills & Goodwins line Wt. 80 poles to a hickory thence by hills & Dorseys line No. to the first Station. Jn. Hogg & Jacob Waddel} Su Ch Cars. [?] by Wm. Christmas, Junr. *File #59 [plat drawing] 293 Sep. 17th 1778 Then Testified[?] for Henry Hill From 293 acres of of[sic] Land Being in Bute County on the South Rise[?] of Tar River Beginning at a oake[?] at Bakers[?] Corner Thence N 276 pole to a White Oak thence E[?] 50 ps. to a White lob[?]y pine Bakers Corner thence W. 128 p. to a White oak Bakers corner thence N 178 pls. to a Black Jak at Bakers Corner thence W. 168 pl. to a W[?] oak Rolands Corner Thence N 78 P. to a spanish Oak [??] thence E 234 p. to a black Jak Murphery Corner thence Nth[?] E 132 p. to a pine thence S 130 p. to a pine thence to N 75 spinners[?]. James[?] Cunyard[?] Joshua Jones Chane Carriers[?] f.m. John Shackline[?] for Joseph Hawkins. *File #91 [plat drawing] Frt.[?] 200 p. to an Jn. Febr.[?] 26th 1773 Then Sur[?] tified[?] for James Murphry 110 acres of Land lying in the County of Bute on the Water of the Wolf pit[?] swamp on SE[?] side of Tar River Beginning at a black Jack thence N. 5W[?] 132 poles to a pine thence W[?]sW[?] 170 poles to Geoffries Branch toS[?] thence W 46 poles to Sharpers[?] line to n thence S44[?] poles to a pine Sharpers corner thence W 33 ps. to a White Oak his own corner thenc to the Beginning. John Friednof[?] Kline[?] John Dent Romig Curyear[?] for Joseph Hawkins, L.S. Shae Carriers *File #97 78 [plat drawing] Sept. 5 1778 Frt. 200 poles to a [?] Then Surveyed for Jake Roland Senr. 78 acres of Land on the North Side of Cedar Creek Beginning at a White Oak Perrys[?] Corner thence N25 poles to a White Oak thence [?] poles to Perrys Corner thence N 53 poles to a Red oak thence E230 poles to a Spanish Oak Gilds[?] Corner thence [?] poles to a White [?] in [?] line to the first station. James Murphery Chane Carrier Hon.[?] John Fink[?] Senr[?] To his first for Joseph Hawkins, L. S. [the following are typed in the book already transcribed] p. 89 #107 W Issued 16 June 1778 Benj Hill enters 640 A where Samson Bobo formerly lived adj. Thos Hill Junr line, Micholas [should be Nicholas] Murfey's line, John Person's. 17th March 1778 Benj Hill p. 90 #110 This land is sold and the Entry Altered Jas Murphey Caveat 4 Apl 1778 W Issued 26 June 1778 Henry Hill (Richard Conyars written and stricken) Enters 400 A on south side Tarr River, beg. on the long branch in Maceas(?) line to Jos Bakers to James Murphy to Henry Hill. 17 March 1778 Richard Conyers (stricken) Henry Hill p. 93 #148 W Issued 22 Sepr 78 James Murphrey enters 640 A lying on south side of Tarr River on waters of Woolf Pit Swamp beg. on Hill's line, Bakers line, Persons line, Birds line, my own line, Straughters line, to include two improvements. 4 Apl 1778 Jas Murphrey _______________________________________ Subject: Re: Franklin Co. NC Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:15:47 -0500 From: "Beth Gay" To: "Mark Murphy" Hi Mark, I have Franklin County Court Minutes abstracted by Bradley, Volume 1 and 2, from 1785-1793 but the index is for his book so scanning that want help, was going to go through it later, don't have time today, maybe late tonight I can figure out the page numbers and send them to you, where do you rent these microfilm? Beth ________________________________ Warren Co. NC (Beverly White rtf files) Will Book 15: 12 & 14 July 1809; Aug. Ct. 1809. Whitmell Alston to Thomas W. Alston, one of the Extrs. of Est. of Col. William Alston, dec'd. & former Gdn. to his infant legatees, Martha, Elizabeth Matilda & Maria Alston to whom "I have lately become Gdn." Rec't. for lengthy list of bonds & notes in Est. of Col. William Alston, Dec'd. List names: . . . . Parker Murphy . . . . Will Book 18: Rec't for Est of Thomas W. Alston . . . .Parker Murphey . . . . ___________________________________ Subject: Re: Franklin Co. NC Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:18:34 -0500 From: "Beth Gay" To: "Mark Murphy" Hi Mark, Glad that I was helpful, In the following source:"Will Book A Franklin County, North Carolina 1785-1797 Wills Estates Records, Guardian Accounts" Abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1988 South Boston Virginia, in the index under Murphy are the following names, Murfree, James, Parker, Rebecca, Arthur: Murphy, Arthur, James, Wm. . : Murphrey, James There are many that are just buyers of someone's estate, I am only typing other entries and all of the one's for Parker and Arthur. The first number in ( ) is the page number of the Will Book and the second number is the page number of the Abstract Book. (1) 1 Inventory of estate of Amos SMART, decd. Included were 100 acres. Persons mentioned: Arthur MURPHY, James CARLILL. Peter SMART, admr. December 21, 1785. (175) 38 Sale of estate of Edward CARLILE dec'd. December, 1794. Buyers were Elisah LANKFORD, Jas CARLILE, John ROSS, David MOORE, John HALL, Robert COGGIN, Atheston ANDREWS, Rob't ADAMS, Richd. RANSOM, Jas. STALLINGS, Jas. LEONARD, Wright STALLINGS, Green ANDREWS, Matthew SIMMONS, Thos. GRIGGS, John JOHNSTON, Jordan JONES, Churll. ANDERSON, Jas. COLLINS, David MABRY, Thos. CROCKER, Benjamin WESTRAY, Peterson PERSON, John CARR, Selah GILLIAM, Eley ELEY, John LEONARD, Lewis MOORE, Exum WESTRAY, William MORRIS, Simon WESTRAY, Robt. COOPER, Ephraim GILLIAM, Jas. JONES, Arthur MURPHY, John JOHNSON, Jas. DAVIS, Sally GRAVES, Jno. CARR, William BRIDGES, Elisha CAREY, Eley ELEY, Jr., Robert CARR, Josiah ELEY, Jas. BYRD, Wm GANT, Jas. BRANTLEY. Eley ELEY and Lewis MOORE execrs. (179) 38, Sale of estate of Elizabethy JONNAKIN decd. Buyers were Benjamin COOK, William MORRIS, James VINSON, Drewry GILLOM, John WATKINS, Henry COLLINS, James UPCHURCH, David SAWYERS, Nat GILLOM, Parker MURPHY, Titus EDWARDS, Henry JAMES. Joseph JONES execr. Undated. (185) 39 "A List of the Inventorys of the Legatees of Christopher STROTHER," Apparent legatees were John STROTHER; Garret GOODLOE(who also received negro boy Bob, age 5-6); James MURPHREY; Bolling FELTS(who also received negro woman Chaney about 18 years, 1 girl Junor age about 2); Henry PARISH; Thomas FLOOD(who also received negro girl Esther age about 10 years); James STROTHER(who also received negro woman Sarah age about 36 years); Judd STROTHER; Eleanor STROTHER(who is listed as having received nothing in the inventory). October 2, 1795. This divided inventory is said to have been given during Christopher STROTHER's lifetime. Commissioners were Simon WILLIAMS, Wm. CHRISTMAS, Thos. SHERROD, Thos. ARRENDAL, Jere. PERRY. (192) 41 Dower of Rebecca MURFREE. Widow of James MURFREE. 115 acres, bounds described mentioning William LEONARD's line. August 21, 1800. Jurors were Robert L.WHITAKER, Jordan THOMAS, John WATKINS, Aron BLEDSOE, William BARNES, James COLLINS, Baxter RAGSDALE, Laurence ELEY, Jno. HUCKABY, Richd. HILL, Wm. COLLINS, Drury GILLIAM. (211) 45 Guardian account or orphans of Lewis HILL dec'd. by Richd. HILL guardian. Covers 1797, 1798. Persons mentioned: Green HILL, John HALL, Richard HILL, Gilliam WATKINS, Thomas BASS, Athelston ANDREWS, Henry HILL, Robert COOPER, John JOHNSTON, James HUNT, Oran BASS, Lewis WEBB, Solomon HARRIS, John FOSTER, Micajah WELLS, Parker MURFREE, Frederick LEONARD, Sr., William KIRBY, Gray ANDREWS, Stephen GUPTON, William BRIDGES, David SEARS, Frederick DAVIS, Thomas STOKES, John WELLS, James DAVIS, Henry COLLINS, William GILLIAM, William MORRISS, Henry COLLINS, John WATKINS, Theophilus BASS, Marcus GILLIAM, Averit HIDE, William Clanton HILL. Examined March 15, 1798 by James GRAY, Thomas BRICKELL. (213) 46 Account of estate of Christopher STROTHER dec'd., by James STROTHER admr. Persons mentioned: Thomas HASWELL, Benjamin WILLIAMS, Abraham MOSSES, John MITCHELL, Jacob HARTSFIELD, Benja. PERRY, Benja. ROBERTSON, Garrot GOODLOE, William BRINKLEY, Amistake RICHFILD, Judd STROTHER, James GREEN, Robert ADAMS, William FERRELL. Identified as legatees were James MURFREE, John STROTHER, Henry PARISH, Bolling FELTS, Judd STROTHER, Thomas FLOYD, Nelly STROTHER, A negro man Tom mentioned in the record of the estate. Examined March 16, 1798, by John HUNT, James GRAY. Several more books to go, will have to do that later. Beth _______________________________________ Subject: Re: Franklin Co. NC Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:29:25 -0500 From: "Beth Gay" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 Hi Mark, I will type a few things from this source and you let me know if any of these seem like your family, there are lots of Murphys. Beth Source: "Will Book B Franklin County, North Carolina 1794 -1804 Wills, Estates Records, Guardian Accounts" Abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 803 Washington Avenue South Boston, Virginia 1988 Page 6 in Will Book, page 2 in book Sale of estate of JAMES MURPHEY dec'd. Buyers were Rebecca MURPHEY, Milly MURPHEY, Willm. WEBB, George NORWOOD, Jos. GOSWICK, Smith ABERNATHY, N. MURPHEY, H. HILL, Caty LEONARD, Simon WESTER, Elias CARR, James CARLILE, Wm. BARNES, Parker MURPHEY, David VINSON, Stephen GUPTON, Jos. JONES, Jere. BROWN, Lewis MOORE, Wm. STEPHENS, Josiah BRANTLEY, David SEARS, James COLLING, Arthur MURPHEY, Jesse COLLINS, Wm. LEONARD, Robert GREEN, Drury GILLIAM, Thomas LANIER, Abram HEDGEPETH, Henry HILL, Lewis WEBB, B. WESTRAY, B. COOK, Elisha COLLINS, Sally RICHARDSON, Simon WESTRAY, Miriam HILL, Danl. WESTRAY, Roger CRAIG, James DAVIS, John WATKINS, Thomas HILL, Robt HIGHTOWER, Robt. COOPER, John JOHNSON, Warren BASS, Jno. WEBB, Robt. JONES. Undated. Page 116 of will Book B, page 29 in book Account of estate of JAMES MURPHREY dec'd., by John PINNELL in right of his wife Rebekah MURPHEY. Covers 1797-1799. MURPHEY had died intestate. Persons mentioned: Unity MURPHREY(a distributee of James MURPHEY's estate), James COGGIN(whose wife Levina was one of the distributees of the estate), Levina MURPHEY(before here marriage to James COGGIN), Wm. WEBB, Thos. LANIER. Examined March Court, 1801 by Jas. SEAWELL, Will. JONES. Page 162, of will Book B, page 39 in book Will of Arthur MURPHREY. To wife charity MURPHREY "the land whereon I now live" during her life, and after her death it is to go to grandson Martin MURPHREY. To wife Charity MURPHREY 1 bed clothing, 1 mare named Daugh, 1 saddle. To son Arthur MURPHEY 1 pound. Rest of property to be sold and proceeds to draw interest to be given to wife during her life for her care; after her death, remainder to divided among the 6 children and 1 grandson: Sarah WOOD, Mary WESTERS, Maria EDWARDS, Milly DOSSEY, Parker MURPHY, William Bird MURPHY, & grandson Vandie Ven LEONARD. Executors: Parker MURPHEY, William COLLINGS. March 16, 1803. Signed Arthur MURPHEY. Witnessed: John LEONARD, Michael SMITH, Undated. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Murphy" To: Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1:52 PM Subject: Franklin Co. NC > Franklin Lookups. > Thank you for your kind offer. Please let me know anything you can find > about Murphys in Franklin Co. NC 1777-1804 > Mark Murphy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/ __________________________________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/my/ Dorothy Heaner dbheaner@aol.com Sarah "Sally" Duke, b. abt 1733, Surry Co., VA, married Simon Murphy, Jr. b. abt 1732 Surry Co, VA. Tradition has it that she was the daughter of William Duke. Was she the daughter of William Duke of Brunswick Co., VA. Sarah and Simon moved to NC then SC. _____________________________________ From: Births, Deaths and Sponsors 1717-1778 From the Albermarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia, by John Bennett Boddie, Clearfield Company. [parents, child, date in 1700s, sponsors] p. 98 MURPHY Simon and Eliz. Murphey Lucy, 5/6/38, Michael Sanders, Sarah Horn, Mary Sanders Ben'g. and Eliz. Murphey Eliz., 2/19/41, James Hooper, Eliz. Bladen, Eliz. Clarke Wm., 2/20/43, Francis Niblet, Henry Moss, Ruth Moss Richard and Lucy Murphey Simon, 4/9/45, John Hines, John Hargrave, Eliz. Hines Arthur and Charity Murphey Sarah, 3/9/53, none given [Murphy as sponsors] p. 17 William and Mary Briggs Wm., 10/3/36, Marmaduke Grussett, Simon Murphey, Anne Grussett, Sarah Felts p. 57 Aughustine and Mary Hargrave Katherine, 3/23/43, Richard Murphey, Faith Judkins, Mary Murphey Kesiah, 3/23/43, Richard Murphey, Faith Judkins, Mary Murphey p. 62 James and Mary Hern John, 3/12/45, Mariah Prichard, Richard Murphey, Jane Sawry p. 110 Steven and Jean Pepper Anna, 9/16/41, Richard Pepper, Simon Murphey, Sarah Allison, Susanna Ellis p. 127 Henry and Jean Sawry Henry, 8/17/42, Simon Murphey, Thos. Grosse, Christian Hicks p. 146 James and Mary Wallace Rebbecca, 2/18/53, Arthur Murphey, Margarett and Martha Jarrett ________________________________ From: Register of Albermarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778, trans.& ed. by Gertrude R.B. Richards, pub. by Natl. Soc. Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958, Southern Historical Press. (also are lots of Hights & Hites, Hills, Delahays & Birds; also many have first name Littleberry) Other notes: Charles De La Hay, d. Sept 20, 1773; i. Mrs Berryman Capt Richard Hill d. July 9, 1775; i. Mrs Broadnax. This Man had joined himself to the Methodists, signed their association and had frequent Meetings at his House; but a few hours before his death, gave Charge that no Methodist should ever preach under his Roof. Murphy p. 90 Rebecca d. of James Wallace and w. Mary; b. Feb 18; c. May 27, 1753; gdpts. Arthur Murphy, Mary Jarrett, Martha Jarrett p. 159 Sarah d. of Arthur Murphy and w. Charity; b. March 9; c. March 26 [1753]; gdpts... p. 20 Elizabeth d. of Benja Murphy and w. Eliza; b. Feb 9 1741/2; c. April 4, 1743; gdpts. James Hooper, Eliza Bladon, Eliza Clarke. p. 54 William s. of Benja Murphy and w. Eliza; b. Feb 20, 1743/4; c. April 1, 1744; gdpts. Frances Niblet, Henry Moss, Ruth Moss. p. 31 Lucy d. of Simon Murphy and w. Eliza; b. May 6; c. July 8, 1738; gdpts. Michael Sanders, Sarah Hern, Mary Sanders. p. 91 Simon s. of Richard Murphy and w. Lucy; b. April 9; c. June2, 1745; gdpts. John Hines, John Hargrave, Eliza Hines. p. 144 John s. of James Heron and w. Mary; b. April 12; c. June 13, 1745; gdpts. Morice Pritchard, Richard Murphy, Jane Sawry. p. 9 Anne d. of Stephen Pepper and w. Jean; b. Sept 16; c. Nov 12 1741; gdpts. Richard Pepper, Simon Murphy, Sarah Alsobrook, Susanna Ellis. p. 25 ( )enry s. of Henry Sawrey and w. Anne; b. Aug 17; c. Sept 19, 1742; gdpts. Simon Murphy, Thos. Grussett, Christian Hicks. p. 53 William s. of Wm Briggs and w. Mary; b. Oct 3; c. Nov 8, 1736; gdpts. Marmaduke Grussett, Simon Murphy, Ann Grussett. Crew p. 32 Lucy d. of John Davis and w. Mary; b. April 29; c. Nov 2, 1740; gdpts. Samuel Crew, Amy Davis, Mary Woodward. Lucretia d. of John Crew and w. Eliza; b. Aug 27; c. Sept 21, 1742; gdpts. Thomas Addison, Mary Addison, Eliza Pepper. _____________________________________ http://www.korrnet.org/schm/files/smhscontents.html Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter Contents 1981- 1995 Vol. 12, No. 2 Summer 1986 p. 35 Murphy Family Bible _____________________________________ http://hometown.aol.com/gvinc66157/pafg09.htm Richard MURPHY SOURCE: "UNION COUNTY HERITAGE" 1981, PAGE 207 #458. HE WAS KIDNAPPED FROM IRELAND WHEN ABOUT 7 AND SOLD AS A SERVANT IN VA. 2. PICKED UP OUT OF THE IRISH SEA WHEN ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD BY A PIRATE NAMED DAN MURPHY. DROPPED HIM OFF IN THE CAROLINA'S WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 20. DAN DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE A PIRATE. KID DIDN'T KNOW HIS NAME. NOT ADOPTED. IAW WITH FOREST MURPHY, A DESCENDANT, 801-364-9027. WORKING AT THE GEN. LIBRARY. 3. ANCESTRAL FILE. CAME TO VA. FROM IRELAND ABOUT 1680. 4. LDS-IGI LISTS PARENTS OF CATHERINE AS SIMON & ELIZABETH BIRD. ______________________________________ http://www.metrogourmet.com/crossroads/KJR_MuF.htm Donner Party Murphys Levinah W. Jackson A widow from Tennessee traveling with her extended family. Age: 36 Perished. Parents: Frederick Jackson (b. 11 Jun 1776, Union Co., SC; d. 6 Aug 1836, Union Co., SC) and Charlotte Vinson (b. 8 Oct 1770, d. 8 Nov 1844 Union Co., SC) b. 15 Dec 1809 Union Co., SC m. 19 Dec 1825 Union Co., SC to Jeremiah Burns Murphy (b. 3 Mar 1805, Union Co., SC; d. 5 Oct 1839, Weakley Co., TN) Ch: Sarah Ann Charlotte, Harriet Frances, John Landrum, Meriam Marjory, Lemuel B., William Green, Simon Peter. d. March 1847 Donner Lake Camp, Nevada Co., CA Based on a late memoir by a grandson who had never met her, Mrs. Murphy's name has sometimes been rendered "Lavinia," but this form is clearly incorrect. Documents dating from her lifetime give the name as "Levina" or "Levinah" (pronounced luh-VINE- uh). Her son William spelled the name "Levinah"; Wilford Woodruff's 1836 daybook gives the name as "Levinah W. Murphy," as does a transcription of a family Bible. She is often called "old Mrs. Murphy" in the literature of the Donner Party, but Levinah Jackson Murphy was only 36 when she set out for California. She had been born to a prosperous family living in Union District (now County), South Carolina. Her father was a responsible landowner who sat on juries, administered estates, maintained public roads, and was active in the local Baptist church. Levinah is said to have acted as his private secretary. Four days after her sixteenth birthday she married Jeremiah Burns Murphy, son a neighboring family and her first cousin once removed. The bride and groom were both descended from one Richard Murphy, who, according to family tradition, had been kidnapped from Ireland as a boy and sold as an indentured servant in Virginia. Jeremiah and Levinah had five children in South Carolina before they and several of their siblings moved to Weakley County, Tennessee, about 1834. The Murphys settled on a farm about 2 1/2 miles north of Dresden, the county seat. Two more children were born in Tennessee. ______________________________ Subject: Mark Murphy Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:24:30 -0500 From: "4jms" <4jms@bwoodtx.com> To: "Joe Murphy" Dad, The Mark Murphy information looks quite interesting. The main thing that I want to see now is the complete records of the bible in the Georgia archives. I don't think that Sid had the complete records. Maybe Terry can go look at the original. I also think we need to explore the Elizabeth Murphy and William (is this the right first name?) Pearce connection, because this help tie her to William and Mary, and this connection would establish a link to the Mark Murphy bible. This is what I suggest: 1. We know that a Pearce was living in the home of William and Mary in 1850. I would assume that this is a niece (daughter of Elizabeth). 2. Look for 1850 census records for Pearce and spouse Elizabeth. This should give an age for Elizabeth. Do the same for 1860. Would the age of this Elizabeth correspond to the Elizabeth in the Mark Murphy Bible? If so, we can safely (I think) connect Elizabeth and William to Mark Murphy. It simply would not make sense for William and Mary to have a Pearce living in the home in 1850 unless there some sort of a connection. >From a historical standpoint, I would make a couple of points. It appears from the Mark Murphy Bible records that the Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Murphys were fairly wealthy--at least moderate planters. The other records that Sid provided also indicate this, especially if you consider that Richard Murphy married a Byrd and that one of their children married the daughter of William Byrd II. Yet our William does not appear to be that well off. This indicates the following: 1. As a younger son, William's portion of an inheritance would be fairly small. For that matter, Mark Murphy's share of his father's and his grandfather's inheritance would also be diminished. In other words, a pie can only be divided so many times. 2. Since the cotton gin wasn't invented until the 1790s, the Virginia and North Carolina Murphys were probably growing tobacco. Without artificial fertilizers in that day and age, the productivity of the land declined with each passing year. This explains the migration from the coastlands of Virginia into the backwoods of Virginia and into North Carolina. (Incidently, North Carolina and Georgia were generally poorer than Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina. This is indicated by the lower number of slaves and small landholdings.) My point here is that by the time William leaves North Carolina, he probably didn't leave with much other than his father's blessing and perhaps a little bit of cash to get started. Indeed, he might have left after his father's death. (When did Mark Murphy die?) 3. The Panic of 1819 hit the South particularly hard. This was an economic depression caused by over production in cotton and land speculation--similar to Savings and Loan fiasco of the 1980s, except that the tax payer didn't bail anyone out. Thus, William may have lost everything in North Carolina and thus jumped at the opportunity to acquire land through the lottery in Georgia. This was a pattern throughout American history as long as free land was available. Farmers down on their luck could simply move on to greener pastures. (i.e. Frank moving to Arkansas and then to Oklahoma when Choctaw land became available). Generally speaking, southerns tended to move into Texas and the other southern states (SE Oklahoma), while Midwesterners moved into the Plains states. During the Dust Bowl years of the Great Depression, many flocked to California and the Pacific Northwest (i.e. The Grapes of Wrath). As a historian, I can place William's move into Georgia into this historical context. While William may have never got ahead, scrambling at times to pay his poll tax and failing to pay it at others, his sons perhaps married well. It certainly appears that Jeremiah's wife was from a more prominent family (Oakes)--does the tax roll and census records bear this out (i.e. how many slaves did Oakes own). Notice that Jeremiah acquired his first slave after his father-in-law died. Perhaps, his is also true of Terrell's wife Martha. I would imagine that Jackson county probably had a lower percentage of great planters (20 or more slaves) than other areas of Georgia and higher percentage of small farmers. Surely someone has a Georgia history textbook that would verify this assumption. Well, that's enough for tonight. Justin __________________________________ Subject: Mark Murphy Bible Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:04:51 -0700 From: Joe Murphy To: Mark Murphy Thanks for your reply. My wife forwarded your email to me at the office. I have attached the Mark Murphy Bible records. Let me know what you think. Answer back to the jmurphy@pipelinegroup.com as I will be going home soon. My son, Justin Murphy PHD is Director, Academy of Freedom at Howard Payne in Brownwood. As you can tell I didn't get much education; however, I was able to see that he got one. During their spring break in March I took him to Northern Georgia where my GGGrandfather William migrated from our Mark Murphy lineage. It really got him interested in genealogy. It was a natural since his doctorate is in History. Good to hear from you. Thanks, Joe M -- Joe Murphy-The Pipeline Group-4400 N Big Spring Ste B-21-Midland TX 79705 joemurphy@pipelinegroup.com (915) 685-1731-Fax (915) 683-4938 www.pipelinegroup.com [The following are the Mark Murphy Bible records sent by the above said Joe Murphy] MARK (MAURICE) MURPHY FAMILY RECORDS From BIBLE BELONGING ORIGINALLY TO MARK MURPHY, Union, South Carolina * * * * Inscription on Fly Leaf - Mark Murphy - His Book "God give me grace herein to look, Not only to look, but to understand, For learning is better than house or land." * * * * * * * This Bible was published in 1793 9MDCCXCIII) in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Mark and Charles Kerr, His Majesty's Printers. The Old and New Testaments were translated from the original tongues and with the former translations by His Majesty's Special Command. MARK MURPHY'S BIBLE RECORDS * * * MARK MURPHY, son of SIMON MURPHY II and SARAH DUKE MURPHY, was born March 8, 1753, in Union County, South Carolina, six miles from the City of Union, on Padgett's Creek. HOLLY DUKE MURPHY, wife of MARK MURPHY, was born February 27, 1769, in North Carolina. They were married March 19, 1786. CHILDREN OF MARK MURPHY AND HOLLY DUKE were: (1) Demaris Murphy born April 8, 1787 (2) Simon P. Murphy born June 1, 1790 (3) Miriam Murphy born October 20, 1792 (4) John M. Murphy born March 2, 1795 (5) Joseph D. Murphy born February 3, 1798 (6) William P. Murphy born November 26, 1800 (7) Sarah Murphy born January 31, 1803 (8) Jeremiah B. Murphy born March 3, 1805 (9) Elizabeth Murphy born June 1, 1807 (10) Emanuel Mather Murphy born September 15, 1809 (11) Lemuel Majors Murphy born October 4, 1812 (From Mark Murphy's Bible, dated 1793, now owned (1944) by Mrs. Geneva Murphy Tucker, 1108 Arlington Avenue, S. W., Atlanta, Georgia.) /s/ Helen Thompson Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. My Commission expires August 15, 1947. RECORD OF SIMON P. MURPHY SIMON P. MURPHY (the 3rd) married REBECCA HARRIS, probably of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, (born 1792; died July 7, 1885). They were married September 26, 1811, in North Carolina. ISSUE: 14 children, as follows: (1) Nancy born September 20, 1812, married her cousin, Jeptha Murphy, of South Carolina. (2) Joseph Harris Murphy born January 25, 1814. (3) Mark Murphy II born May 13, 1815. (4) Unity Murphy born July 31, 1816, married Nathan Eason, near Jonesboro, Georgia. (5) John Pleasant Murphy born August 5, 1818 (6) Miles Jones Murphy born July 13, 1819, physician, served in Confederate Army, married Jewess, Maria Cohen, in Cartersville, Georgia. Died in 1882. Then Jacksonville, Florida. (7) Jenette Anne Perline Murphy born March 9, 1821, married John Mills, nickname (Polina). (8) Agnes Elmynah Murphy born October 21, 1822, married John Humphrey, Jonesboro, Georgia. (9) Thomas Ensal Murphy born Novmeber 15, 1824 (10) Charles Pinckney Murphy born December 18, 1826, died October 7, 1897, in Hapeville, (Hopeville ?) Georgia. Married Naomi Morris (daughter of Alonso Morris of Henry County Georgia) on April 22, 1860. Six children. (11) Jemina Luncinda Murphy born August 15, 1828, married Mordecai McKinney in Clayton or Henry County Georgia. (From Mark Murphy's Family Bible, now (1944) owned by Mrs. Geneva Murphy Tucker, 1108 Arlington Avenue, S. W., Atlanta, Ga.) MURPHY FAMILY (Handwritten Note: Genealogical - Murphy. Given to the Dept. by Mrs. Nora Hawkins, 553 Page Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Ga.) The name MURPHY has its origin and ancestry quite remote. It is from as royal a line as any in this country. The Murphy's are direct descendants of Cathoire (Cahire-More), King of Leicester, Ireland, in the second century, who finally became King of all Ireland. Two of a large family of sons became very famous: Rossa Failge and Ficcha Baikemda became most distinguished. From the last named came the O'Murphys, or Murphys, and the Cavanaughs. The coat-of-arms is ancient and denotes authority and royalty. The family home is in the Valley of the Avon and the Avoca, which inspired Moore's beautiful poems. The first Murphy who settled in America, of whom we have record, was Richard Murphy, born in Ireland about 1670 or 1675. When he was seven years old, he was kidnapped in Ireland and brought to America with a group of colonists about 1677-1680. He was apprenticed to William Byrd I, on the James River, between Richmond and Jamestown. When Richard Murphy was 21 years of age, he was released from his apprenticeship and, about 1696 or 1698, he married Mary Elisabeth Byrd, the youngest daughter of William Byrd of Virginia. While the author has no proof of the early history of Richard Murphy and his wife, Mary Byrd, the same story has come from five different sources and is the same in all details-that he married Mary Elisabeth, the youngest daughter of William Byrd I of Virginia. (1) RICHARD MURPHY There are proofs that Richard Murphy was in Virginia in 1738. He owned land in Henrioo, Halifax, and Frederick Counties Virginia. (See Hening's Statutes of Va., Vol. 7, p. 215). Richard Murphy owned ferry boats that crossed the James River and landed on property owned by William Byrd I. (See Hening's Statutes of Va., Vol. 8, p. 130) The children of Richard Murphy (b. About 1670, m. about 1696) and Mary Byrd were: (2) Richard Murphy, Jr. born about 1698 (3) Tillman Murphy born about 1700 (4) Arthur Murphy born 1701 (5) Simon Murphy born 1703 (6) William Murphy born 1705 (5) SIMON MURPHY I (Richard1) Simon Murphy I (son of Richard and Mary Elisabeth Byrd) married about 1723 to his first cousin, Elisabeth Byrd. They had 17 children (16 sons and 1 daughter). The only sons of whom we have a record are (7) Simon Murphy II (born about 1725); (8) Sion Murphy; and (9) Byrd Murphy. It is said that one daughter married a Mr. McGantz. (7) SIMON MURPHY II (Simon I2, Richard1) Simon Murphy II, born about 1725 (son of Simon Murphy I and Elizabeth Byrd Murphy), married (about 1750) Sarah Duke (b. 1733), daughter of William Duke, Orange Co., N.C. They had 7 daughters and 3 sons, including Sarah Murphy (b. 1752, m. Isaac Pearson), Miriam (m. Thomas Hill), Delilah (m. Ralph Jackson), Lydia (m. Angus Alexander). NOTE: This is Mark Murphy's father. SIMON MURPHY Simon Murphy I (the fourth son of Richard Murphy and Mary Byrd) moved to North Carolina, where he owned a large plantation and raised a family of 16 sons and 1 daughter. We have a record of only one son, SIMON MURPHY II, who married Sarah Duke, the daughter of William Duke, of Orange County, North Carolina. (See Record of Simon Murphy II in chapter on Murphy Family). WILLIAM BYRD I, of VIRGINIA "The first of three colorful figures in early history of Colonial Virginia, was William Byrd I, born in London, England, in 1652. At eighteen years of age (1670), at the urgent request of his Uncle Stagg, a man of great wealth and no family, William came to America upon the promise that he would become his uncle's sole heir. Although William hated the thought of leaving his beloved England and the jewelry, or goldsmith, business built there so successfully by his father, the memory of his mother, Grace Stagg, and an adventurous nature decided him to try his fortune in the New World. He sailed in the autumn of the year 1670 and after a long, perilous voyage, sailed up the James River and landed near the Falls. There, on the banks of the river, stood an imposing two-story stone house, gracing the foreground of an 1800 acre plantation. The next year the uncle died and the goldsmith's son came into his inheritance. His uncle left him this wise advise, which he, in turn, passed on to his own son: "Above all things, be mindful of your duty to heaven - and then, you may be assured God will bless you in all your undertakings." Before his death, William's Uncle Stagg had interested Governor Berkeley, of Virginia, in the boy. William was recognized as a promising young man, of wealth and influence, one in line later for the Receiver- Generalship and for a seat in the Council. Meanwhile, William busied himself with the tobacco plantation, his warehouses, and with enlarging the profitable Indian trade that Stagg had begun, and with strengthening his friendships and social position. In 1673, William I married Mary Horsemanden, who had been left a widow of 21 years of age, three years earlier. With this union, the Byrd line, which dated back to Hugo le Bird's arrival in England with William the Conqueror, in 1066. (From genealogy prepared by W. G. Standard and published by J. B. Bassett. Loaned by courtesy of William E. Byrd of New York.) Here the Byrd line joined up with one older and far more distinguished. For the Horsemanden line descended from the Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne (Genealogy of Mildred C. Whitaker). This imposing ancestry proceeds from Charlemagne through six kings of France, three emperors of the East, two rulers of Naples and one of Hungary, down to Edward III of England. Thence, John Duke, of Lancaster, is followed by four English lords. The name Horsemanden itself first appears in the person of Thomas Horsemanden, who was rector of the Church at Purleigh, Essex, from 1624 until his death eight years later. (From Va. Magazine of History and Bibliography, Vol. XXXV, p. 229) It was this rector's nephew, Col. Warham Horsemanden, who found the triumph of the Puritans so disagreeable that he came to Virginia to live. (From J. S. Bassett, p. xxi). Col. Horsemanden settled in Charles City County-a popular and typical cavalier of old Virginia. He was appointed to the Council. After several years of service in Virginia, he grew homesick for England and returned to Kent-later to the family seat at Purleigh, where he spent his remaining years as rector and as instructor for his grandchildren as they were sent over to him from Virginia. The children of William Byrd I and Mary Horsemanden were: (1) William Byrd II born March 28, 1674 (2) Ursula born about 1681, died October 1698, a young mother, less than 17 years of age. (3) Susan who married in London and settled there. (4) Warham another son, who died in early childhood. (5) Mary Elizabeth the youngest, born about 1680, m. 1698, who, according to genealogists, was living in 1700 when her father made his will, for she was left a small legacy. Mary Horsemanden, the mother, died in 1699. William Bryd I, born in London, 1652, died in Virginia, December 1704. WILLIAM BYRD II William Byrd II, born March 26, 1674, was sent to England at seven years to be educated. Trouble with the Indians in Virginia caused the elder Byrd to send both his wife and child to England. They returned in 1677, when Virginia was quite again. In all, young William had five trips to England. There he was given the fundamentals of a sound education, including an intensive study of the sciences, practical business management, and later, completed a course in the study of law and was admitted to the bar. In England young William not only received a thorough education, but was grounded in the graces of the older cultural life, not available in America at that period. Young William was in London when his father died and he returned immediately to the colonies, arriving in the spring of 1705. William Byrd II lived to be 70 years of age. He followed almost every profession except that of soldier and preacher. In his massive library at Westover, the Byrd mansion on the James River, he accumulated the largest library of its kind known in America to that date. Among its contents were 300 books on Divinity. He has scriptures written in Dutch, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. He had, also, "Richard's Lives of the Popes," and sermons by Tillotson and Bishop Hall. The Rev. Peter Fontaine, his minister, was a friend and consellor, and accompaigned him into North Carolina when, at the King's command, William Byrd and a company of engineers surveyed and established in 1726 the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. William Byrd II was Councillor, Judge, lawyer, planter, and was constantly experimenting with seeds and plant-life. Besides, he was a merchant, a tobacco grower and broker, and an author of no mean ability. He seemed to have written more for his own pleasure and that of his personal friends than for the benefit of the public. His writing were not published until 1841, ninety-seven years after his death. His most outstanding works were: "The History of the Dividing Line" and "The Land of Eden," though countless letters, diaries, documents on Indian life, and other phases of early American history, came from his versatile pen. (From "William Byrd of Westover" by Richard Croom Beatty. William Byrd II inherited most of his father's large estate, which included stores, warehouses, and about 26,000 acres of Virginia land. Mary received only a small legacy because she had angered her father by marrying his apprentice and an Irishman, Richard Murphy. ___________________________ Subject: Re: Sipple Migration Timeline Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:46:27 -0400 From: Warren Duffie Organization: Duffie Enterprises To: Mark Murphy Hi Mark, That information came from: JoAnn Riley McKey Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts: 1666-1670, Vol. 2 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1996), page 33; McKey cites Accomack Co. Court record for 27 May 1667. Hope this helps, Warren Mark Murphy wrote: > Greetings, > I am researching the Murphy/Murfee boys who were indentured with Garrett > Supple to Anne Toft in 1667. I saw this at you site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wduffie/migration/sippletimeline. html > > Can you provide me the source of this information? > thanks, > Mark Murphy -------------------------------- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wduffie/migration/sippletimeline. html Garrett Sipple Birth cir __ ___ 1650 Emigration 09 Mar 1667 Dublin, Ireland. Immigratn 23 Apr 1667 Accomack County, Virginia. Marriage 16 Jan 1674 Mary Calvert (c. 1656-c. 1698); Accomack County, Virginia. Death cir __ ___ 1698 Kent County, Delaware. RESEARCH: The following was posted to various mail lists in Ireland without positive results: I am looking for the ancestors of Garret Supple who departed from Dublin on 09 Mar 1666/67 on the ship "The Dove." He arrived in Accomack County, Virginia in April 1667 and had a number of court appearances: 27 May 1667: Because they came without indentures, four servants to Mrs. Anne Toft had their ages judged by the court: Patrick Easton, 13 years; Owin Murphy, 15 years; Garret Supple, 17 years; and John Murfee, 15 years. The servants themselves acknowledged their ages. They were to serve till attaining the age of 24 years. 18 Nov 1671: Deposition of Ambrose White aged 36 years, 18 November 1671: White was certain that when Garrot Suple arrived aboard the ship Dove, he had an indenture for four years signed by John Boyse. "Garrett Suple did often show it and proffer it to sell on board ship for water, by which means [I] came to take notice of it." Signed Ambrose White. (p. 33) 6 Mar 1672: Deposition of Ambrose White aged about 37 years: To his "certain knowledge" Garret Seple had been given in Dublin, Ireland, an indenture to serve Capt. Pitts for four years after his arrival in Virginia, which was on 23 April 1667. Signed 6 March 1671/72, Ambrose White. Garret had a number of surnames in the court records: Sapple, Seple, Sipple and Supple. He used Sipple and Supple the majority of the time during his stay in Virginia from 1667 to 1698. After 1698 he lived in Kent County, Delaware and went by the name of Garrett Sipple. Land records in Delaware indicate he was an attorney. A fellow Sipple researcher has indicated the Supple surname was also associated with County Cork and Kerry in Ireland. JoAnn Riley McKey Accomack Co. Court Orders, 2, page 33. ____________________________________ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wduffie/sipple/garna001.htm 16 Mar 1668/69: Certificate granted to Mrs. Ann Toft for 2000 acres for transporting: Robert Katcher, Andrew Stopp, Abraham, Garret Supple, William Davis, Mary Hues, Sisly Birke, Thomas, Isaac Culler, Andrew Hutton, Jno Groves, Edw:Robinson, John Tizard, Hugh Bowin", Tho: Edrington, William Wait, John Wells, Jno Hepworth, Butcher, John Salter, Tho:Williams, Eliza. Cutler, Hanah Leech, Robt Loe, Rich Elks, Alice Roberts, Roger Macan, Jno Fletcher, Edw: Banbury,Humphry Davis, John, Jno Murphey, John Bull, Susan Fletcher, James Price, Joseph Thorne, William Tate, Samuell Ellis, Edw:Boller, Isaac Braily. (p. 119).11 JoAnn Riley McKey Accomack Co. Court Orders, 2, page 146. ___________________________________ http://www.cimorelli.com/ShipsList/digest/april_2000/apr_27_2000_V00%2 3433.txt From: Becky Dahl To: TheShipsList- L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TSL] Seek , Irish of 1737-1740 Seek names of passengers of Irish emigration of 1738 to 1740, settled on lands patented to J. Hite in Westmoreland or Frederick county VA. Looking for the Murphy (also seen as Murfee) family, Richard, the father, William the son and William's wife Anne Murfee or Murphy. Can anyone help me find the ship Richard Murphy arrived on, did he come with a wife? Please advise. Becky Murphy Dahl ___________________________________ Subject: Re: murphy Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 08:18:39 EDT From: Dmljll426@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu His name is definitely without the m here but I am open to checking any possibilities. He could have been recorded as a Simon incorrectly but really think it is Sion since that is always how he is listed here and on whatever census records I have had the pleasure to see. 1810 On the Index to the 1810 Census for NC ther is a Sion Murphy listed on page 181 for Franklin County record 794 and a Parker Murphy also listed with record 794. Sion Murphy had a son named Parker born in 1824 so I am assuming his son was named after this Parker who must have been living with Sion - perhaps his father? Others that are very close to 794 (assuming recorded in house order) are Nicholas Murphy Jr and Sr who were listed as record numbers 789 and 800 in the same county and a James Murphy at record number 815. 1790 In the 1790 census for NC there is a WIlliam, Nicholas, James, Arthur Murphy men are listed with families. 1820 In the 1820 census records I found a Sion Murphy listed in Union County, SC and am not sure this is him but the Sion name is so rare. 1830 In 1830 census Sion Murphy is listed as a resident of Putnam County, IN Sion was born Feb 12, 1785 in NC. Thanks for your email. Janette Lager ______________________________________ (very ridiculous- King George land grant in VA for Simon after 1791?) http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/showmsg.asp?forumid=31732&ms gnum=895&gs=1 Message #895 Thursday, March 30, 2000 Subject: MURFEE, Simon Posted by: Rosalyn McQueen Wilson Message: I have information tracing Simon Murfee Sr. to southern Scotland in around 1791. He came to America and settled near Williamsburg, VA. He got a land grat from King George III of 140 acres around Murfee's Depot (now Franklin, VA - So. Hampton Co.) His son Rev. Simon Murfee Jr. (b. 1788-d. 1856) marr. Lydia Beale (b. 1788-d. 1859) in 1807 and they had a son James Wilson Murfee in 1808. He died in 1889 and had several children. Col. James Thomas Murfee was born in 1832 and died in 1912. He had too many accoplishments to name here but he was inducted into the Alabama Men's Hall of Fame. Does anyone know more about Simon Murfee Sr. and where he came from. What brought his family to Scotland? What brought them from Scotland to the "New World"? I realize that the correct spelling of our name should be MURPHY. It was probably misspelled by the cesus or other record keeper when Simon arrived here in the USA. Please respond if you have any information that you feel might be helpful. Thank you. Rosalyn McQueen Wilson _____________________________________ http://business.gorge.net/aff/aff048.htm NAME YEARS LOCATION SUBMITTER MURFEE John 1675-WILL Norfolk, Co., VA 1-042 ____________________________________ http://www.fastlane.net/~cjohnson/dljr2.html [Albemarle deeds are missing from 1753 through 1757.] 23 Jul 1762 David Lewis of St. Anns Parish, Albemarle Co., appointed Alexander Baine of Henrico Co., his attorney to recover from several persons the sums of money or tobacco listed by their names which are now due and owed to him/ Dated 23 Jul 1762. David Lewis Junr. seal NAME COUNTY AMOUNT John Murfie Albermarle 1L / 14sh / 4p Recorded in court 13 Aug 1762 David Lewis Junr. seal Albemarle Co., VA, Deeds 3:218-22 ______________________________________ http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/ships/bonaventure.htm Bonaventure Secundo Januarii, 1634. THEIS under written are to be transported to Virginia, inbarqued in ye Mercht. BONAVENTURE, JAMES RICCOSTE, Mr., bound thither, have taken the oath of allegiance. THO. MURFIE.................20 ____________________________________ http://mykinfolk1.accessgenealogy.com/custom.html Port Of London To Virginia 1635~1634Passengers who passed through the Port Of London for the year ending Christmas 1635. Transported to Virginia 2nd January 1634,in the ship Bonaventure. Ships Master James Ricrofte. Name......Age. THO. MURFIE 20 (?A list of ships and their masters, and emigrants, transcribed from a book edited by John Camden Hotten and published by Chatto and Windus, London 1874. ) ______________________________________ http://users.aol.com/emurphrey/vawills.html Isle of Wight County Murfree, Sarah 1742w Murfrey, John 1721w Murphrey, William, Jr. 1715i Murphey, John 1772w Murphey, John 1788w Murphrey, William 1789w Murphry, Michael 1747i Murphy, Sarah 1787w Southampton County Murfree, Simon 1796i Murphre, James 1782w Murphree, James 1783i w = will ,i = inventory Copies of the wills may be obtained by payment of a fee to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county. ___________________________________ http://users.techline.com/garvinle/grandcestors/va.htm Southampton Co. VA Marriages 1750-1810 (1955) 9 Sep 1790. John WELLS and Betsey Bailey CARY. Sur. Simon MURFEE. Wit. Francis YOUNG, Jr., pg. 67. ___________________________________ http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacharle/query002.htm MURFEE, WILLS, BEALES, BYRD, BARRETT, LIGHTFOOT, GOODRICH - Seeking information on sons of RICHARD MURFEE: SIMON, RICHARD, and ARTHUR. The MURFEE name is found in many different spellings. First Richard came to the James City area c. 1700. Other lines which tie include BARRETT, WILLS, BYRD, BEALE, LIGHTFOOT, GOODRICH. Also find given names of Armistead, Burwell, Drewry, Mills, Miles, all surnames of that vicinity. Have several of these lines traced from c. 1700; happy to share information. Apr 6, 1998 - 12:18 - From: - Betty B. Chandler ___________________________________ http://www.esva.net/ghotes/whoarcii.htm Betty B. Chandler (2899z@gte.com), Sun Nov 16 21:34:14 EST 1997 Looking for my early VA lines. Descendants of Richard Murfee and wife Mary Byrd (Bird) included sons Richard, Arthur and Simon I. I am interested in the descendants of Simon I; his descendant, Mary Rebecca Murfee m. Richard Barrett. While the other sons left the area, my line stayed in and around Surry, Isle of Wight, Southampton, etc. My Barrett line and the Murfees gave their children many of the Eastern VA surnames as givens. Goodrich, Lightfoot, Wills, Miles, Armistead, Burwell. Also, line ties to Bolitha Laws of MD whose ancestors migrated to Hampton VA area. He was a contractor and provided services for the Government at Fortress Monroe in and before 1812. Names which tie to this line and are found on the Eastern Shore of MD and VA are Beavens, Bosmans, Powell and Spiers. Any info appreciated. I have substantial info on some lines, which I would be happy to share with others seeking the same lines. ___________________________________________ http://www.users.qwest.net/~willmurray/page133.html 1746 - Granville County formed from Edgecome County 1764 - Bute County formed from Granville County 1779 - Warren and Franklin Counties formed from Bute County (Bute County ceases to exist but the records of Bute remain in the Warren County seat at Warrenton, NC.) ______________________________________ Subject: Re: Surry Co. Murpheys Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:54:38 -0700 From: Al/Shirley To: Mark Murphy Hi Mr. Murphy, While I have no absolute verification, it is believed that Simon Murfee and Simon Murphey were not one and the same person. Also I have no Arthur or Charity in my files and I have no records of any Murfee being in North Carolina. My Murfees were in Virginia and later some in Alabama. Please click on the Icon below to bring up the attachment which has a bit of information that may indicate that the two Simons were not the same person. I do have a web page of my Evans and in it there is a bit of Murfee as my grandmother, who I lived with from birth until her death, was a Murfee born in Southampton County, VA. If you wish to visit this page the URL is: http://www.evans78.homestead.com/evanspage.html . If you think there may be any way we can connect our families I will be happy to help in any way possible. Regards, Alex Evans _______________________________________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/my/ Home: Regional: U.S. States: Virginia: Surry County Sarah Duke Murphy Posted by: Dorothy Bearden Heaner Date: May 24, 2000 at 17:32:45 Sarah "Sally" Duke, b. abt 1733, Surry Co., VA, married Simon Murphy, Jr. b. abt 1732 Surry Co, VA. Tradition has it that she was the daughter of William Duke. Was she the daughter of William Duke of Brunswick Co., VA. Sarah and Simon moved to NC then SC. _______________________________________________ Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Re: Miles Murphey Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:55:13 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:54:52 -0700 From: Tony & Sue Skay Abruscato Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com I believe the Michael Murphy/Murphrey in Duplin/Sampson is the father to Miles, William and Richard. He appears in deeds as early as 1762, the same year that Richard Murphy who filed for his Rev. War pension in Simpson Co., MS states he was born in Duplin Co., NC. This record can be found in the USGenWeb Archives for Simpson Co., MS. According to Murphrey researchers, Michael b. 1735 was the son of Capt. John Murphrey and Elizabeth Harrison. He was in Dobbs Co., NC prior to Duplin Co., NC. However we believe that the Richard Murphrey who died prior to May of 1808 in Sampson Co., NC and the Richard Murphy who becomes guardian of the former Richard's orphans in 1810 Amite Co., MS are one in the same, or at the very least cousins. The orphans, Willis, Willie and Mary Jane Murphrey were originally put under the guardianship in Sampson Co., NC of Willis Magee, husband of Asha Scott. Her sister Jerusha Scott was listed in her brothers will as being a Murphrey. Their father was Joseph Scott of Duplin Co., NC. Colony of N.C. Deeds: p.423. #6000.p.399. MICHAEL MURPHY, 23 April 1762, 456 ac. in Duplin Co. on the west side of the 6 Runs between Thomas Pugh and Jacob Chesnut joining marsh and the swamp. p.501. #7051. p.39. MICHAEL MURPHY, Feb. 15, 1764, 45 ac. in Duplin on the west side of Seal Run, joining Jacob Chesnut, James Gaylor, Samuel Webster, and a pond. (note: Murphery is the actual spelling on the following marriage bonds) Michael Murphery Jr. m. Betsey Jones 1-17-1779, Joseph Scott bondsman (This may be the Michael Murphy who died in Wilkinson Co., MS in 1833 who also had a son Willis about the same age as ours....note the connection to Joseph Scott). William Murphery m. Susannah Parker 9-13-1779, Robert Chestnutt, Michael Murphery bondsmen, William Dixon witness. Michael Murphery m. Mary Parker 5-23-1778, Miles Murphey, John Chestnutt bondsmen Interestingly enough our Willis Murphrey, son of Richard and possibly Jerusha Scott had a son Jerrett Scott Murphrey. Jerrett also had a son Miles Murphrey who was born about 1872 in TX. The given name Willis abounds in the Isle of Wight Murphreys. Sue Murphy-L listowner __________________________________________ Subject: Murphy Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:08:56 -0500 From: Glenn Baughman To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Hello Mark, My great grandfather was Zebulon Murphy. He married Edith Adeline (Walker) Hickman. Zebulon was born 31 May 1841 @ Maury Co., TN and died 27 Apr 1894 @ Boone Co., AR and is buried in the White cemetery in Boone Co. AR. Edith was born 5 May 1840 in TN and died 15 Nov 1927 @ Morrilton, Conway Co. AR. and is buried at Summers cemetery in Boone Co. AR. I have them listed as having 5 children. John Sanford born 24 Nov 1862 and died 6 Mar 1944 @ Boone Co., AR. William Alexander born 16 June 1865 and died 29 April 1939 ,Boone Co. AR. Charles Washington born 12 Feb 1867, died 6 Dec 1941 @ Springfield, MO. Issac Newton born 29 Aug 1870, died 13 Feb 1963 @ Morrilton, AR. Hartence Jane born 5 May 1877, died 21 Nov 1956 @ Morrilton, AR All the children were born in Maury Co. TN. This information came from census records of Boone Co. AR in 1880. I noticed you have more children for Zebulon and some of them born in the same year. I appreciate all the information you put out on Maury Co. TN especially the wills of Charles Murphy, 1851, CA Murphy, 1894. Miss E.( Emily) M. Murphy. These people are all in my line. I did some research at the libray in Memphis, TN. Glenn E. Baughman 9 Grandview Harrison, AR __________________________________________ http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/torrence.gateway?authority=0018- 95280&conf=010000++++++++++++++ Library of Virginia Index to Wills and Administrations: CATALOG CARD NAME Murphey, Simon. DATE 1673. SOURCE Deeds, 1699-1800; Wills, 1661-1787. p. 113-114. Will pro. 10 Sept. 1673. NOTE Part of index to Lancaster County Wills and Administrations (1652-1800) PLACE Lancaster County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. Index to Wills and Administrations: CATALOG CARD NAME Murfee, Simon. DATE 1796 SOURCE Will Book No. 4, 1783-1797 (Reel 17) p. 720-721. Will pro. 11. Feb. 1796. p. 750-751. Inv. & Appr. rec. July 14, 1796. NOTE Part of index to Southampton County Wills and Administrations (1749 - 1800) PLACE Southampton County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. Index to Wills and Administrations: CATALOG CARD NAME Murfey, Simon. DATE 1754 SOURCE Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1738-1754, p. 857- 858 NOTE Part of index to Surry County Wills and Administrations (1652 - 1850) PLACE Surry County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. Index to Wills and Administrations: CATALOG CARD NAME Murfee, Richard. DATE 1782 SOURCE Will Book No. 3, 1772-1782 (Reel 16) p. 431- 433. Inv. & Appr. rec. 12. Sept. 1782. NOTE Part of index to Southampton County Wills and Administrations (1749 - 1800) PLACE Southampton County (Va.) FORM Estate inventories. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. Index to Wills and Administrations: CATALOG CARD NAME Murfee, Richard, Sr. DATE 1789 SOURCE Will Book No. 4, 1783-1797 (Reel 17) p. 511-513. Inv. & Appr. rec. 13. Sept. 1792. p. 514-515. Accounts rec. 13. Sept. 1792. p. 354-355. Will pro. 11. Dec. 1789. NOTE Part of index to Southampton County Wills and Administrations (1749 - 1800) PLACE Southampton County (Va.) FORM Wills. aat. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. Index to Wills and Administrations: CATALOG CARD NAME Morphey [Murfye], Miles. DATE 1742. SOURCE Will Book 1, 1735-1743 (Reel 23) p. 189-190. Adms. bond rec. 28 Jan. 1741. p. 218. Inv., appr., & accounts rec. 27 May 1741. NOTE Part of index to Orange County Wills and Administrations (1735-1800) PLACE Orange County (Va.) FORM Estate inventories. aat. ADDED ENTRY Murfye, Miles. COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. _______________________________________________ http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/index-35.html FEDERAL PENSION ROLL OF 1835 ARKANSAS, REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR IN RELATION TO THE PENSION ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1835 COPIED AND INDEXED BY WILLIAM R. NAVEY P. O. BOX 251 HOLLY RIDGE, NC 28445-0251 ARTHUR MURPHY WASHINGTON COUNTY PRIVATE SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL $33.33 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $99.99 AMOUNT RECEIVED NOVEMBER 6,1833 PENSION STRTED AGE 72 ________________________________________________ http://hometown.aol.com/gvinc66157/pafg09.htm (questionable) Richard MURPHY was born about 1672 in Of, IRELAND. He died on 5 Jul 1753 in Surry, VIRGINIA. His sealing to parents is done. Richard was baptized on 1 Jul 1889. He was endowed on 4 Jul 1889. Richard married Elizabeth Mary BIRD about 1727 in Southhampton, Virginia. They were sealed on 19 May 1959. [Notes] Elizabeth Mary BIRD [Parents] was born on 26 Feb 1683 in Belvidere, Henrico, VIRGINIA. She died after 5 Jul 1753 in ,Surrey Or Sussex, VIRGINIA and was buried in VIRGINIA. She was sealed to her parents on 4 Sep 1924. Elizabeth was baptized on 1 Jul 1889. She was endowed on 4 Jul 1889. Elizabeth married Richard MURPHY about 1727 in Southhampton,Virginia. They were sealed on 19 May 1959. Other marriages: DUKE, James [Notes] They had the following children: M i Richard MURPHY F ii Catherine MURPHY F iii Lucy MURPHY was born on 6 May 1736 in , , Atsomosac, SOUTH CAROLINA and was christened on 8 Jul 1738 in , Albemarle parish, Surry, VIRGINIA. She died after Jul 1753. She was sealed to her parents on 19 May 1959 in the Salt Lake temple. Lucy was baptized on 30 Nov 1956. She was endowed on 11 Dec 1956.[Notes] F iv Mary MURPHY F v Elizabeth MURPHY M vi Richard MURPHY was born about 1705 in , , , VIRGINIA. He died in , , , VIRGINIA. He was sealed to his parents on 25 Aug 1983 in the Salt Lake temple. Richard was baptized on 26 Sep 1951. He was endowed on 7 Apr 1952 in the Salt Lake temple.[Notes] M vii Arthur MURPHY M viii Simon MURPHY [II] Arthur MURPHY [Parents] was born about 1725/1730 in Albemarle parish, Albemarle, VIRGINIA. He died about 1803 in, Franklin, Macon, NORTH CAROLINA. He was sealed to his parents on 19 May 1959 in the Salt Lake temple. Arthur was baptized on 26 Sep 1951. He was endowed on 25 Feb 1952 in the Salt Lake temple. Arthur married Charity about 1748/1750 in , Surry, VA. [Notes] Charity was born about 1735. She married Arthur MURPHY about 1748/1750 in , Surry, VA. [Notes] Simon MURPHY [II] [Parents] was born in 1732 in , , Surry, Virginia. He died in 1790 in , Abbeyville Dist, Old Ninty-Six, SOUTH CAROLINA and was buried in , , Union, SOUTH CAROLINA. He was sealed to his parents on 19 May 1959 in the Salt Lake temple. Simon was baptized on 1 Jul 1889. He was endowed on 4 Jul 1889 in the Manti Utah temple. Simon married Sarah (SALLY) DUKE in 1790 in Union, SOUTH CAROLINA, SC. They were sealed on 5 Jul 1887 in the DONE temple. [Notes] Sarah (SALLY) DUKE [Parents] was born on 28 Sep 1742 in , , , VIRGINIA. She died in 1818 in , , Union, SOUTH CAROLINA and was buried in MURPHY-DUNCAN Cem, , Union, SOUTH CAROLINA. She was sealed to her parents on 28 Sep 1993 in the Las Vegas Nevada temple. Sarah was baptized on 22 Sep 1869 in the Provo Utah temple. She wasendowed on 4 Jul 1889 in the Provo Utah temple. Sarah married Simon MURPHY [II] in 1790 in Union, SOUTH CAROLINA, SC. They were sealed on 5 Jul 1887 in the DONE temple. Other marriages: CHRISTMAS, Thomas [Notes] They had the following children: F i Hannah MURPHY F ii Margia MURPHY was born in 1754 in , , Union, SOUTH CAROLINA. She was sealed to her parents on 16 Dec 1953 in the Salt Lake temple. Margia was baptized on 6 Feb 1953. She was endowed on 24 Jun 1953.[Notes] F iii Drucilla MURPHY F iv Miriam MURPHY M v Sion S MURPHY F vi Sarah (SALLY) Elizabeth MURPHY M vii BIRD MURPHY F viii Zilpha MURPHY F ix Mary MURPHY was born on 2 Jul 1781 in , Cross Keys, Union, SOUTH CAROLINA. She died on 28 Apr 1858 in , Cross Keys, Union, SOUTH CAROLINA and was buried in Padgett Cr. Cem, Padgett Creek, Union, SOUTH CAROLINA. She was sealed to her parents on 13 Jun 1947. Mary was baptized on 22 Sep 1869. She was endowed on 5 Jul 1889.[Notes] M x Mark MURPHY F xi Delila MURPHY F xii Elisabeth MURPHY ______________________________________ http://www.emdezine.com/genealogy/fam00050.html (Questionable) Husband: RICHARD MURPHY\MURFEE Born: ABT 1717 at: IRELAND Married: ABT 1735 at: Surry Co, Albemarle Parish, VA Died: at: Father: Mother: Other Spouses: Wife: LUCY BYRD\BIRD Born: ABT 1715 at: Died: at: Father:WILLIAM BIRD Mother:Lucy Parke? Other Spouses: CHILDREN Name: SIMON MURPHY\MURFEE Born: 1745 at: Surry Co, Albemarle Parish, VA Married: ABT 1765 at: Surry Co, VA Died: at: Spouses: SARAH (SALLY) DUKE(S) http://www.emdezine.com/genealogy/fam00164.html Husband: JESSE MURPHY Born: 1800 at: Cross Keys, Union Co, SC Married: ABT 1825 at: Union Co, SC Died: 1834 at: Union Co, SC Father:BYRD MURPHY Mother:CHARLOTTE (LOTTIE) DUNCAN Other Spouses: Wife: ADA DELILAH RAY Born: 1 JAN 1797 at: Died: ABT 1834 at: Union Co, SC Father:HOSEA HOLCOMBE RAY Mother:MARY (POLLY) LAMB Other Spouses: CHILDREN Name: MARY ANN MURPHY Born: 1827 at: Union Co, SC Married: ABT 1844 at: Union Co, SC Died: ABT 1885 at: Union Co, SC Spouses: TIMOTHY W MALONE http://www.emdezine.com/genealogy/fam00068.html Husband: BYRD MURPHY Born: 13 OCT 1772 at: prob Union Co, SC Married: ABT 1790 at: Union Co, SC Died: 30 JUL 1852 at: Union Co, SC Father:SIMON MURPHY\MURFEE Mother:SARAH (SALLY) DUKE(S) Other Spouses: Wife: CHARLOTTE (LOTTIE) DUNCAN Born: FEB 1779 at: Union Co, SC Died: 1868 at: ALA Father:JAMES (SR) DUNCAN Mother:ELIZABETH (BETTY), ---- Other Spouses: CHILDREN Name: JESSE MURPHY Born: 1800 at: Cross Keys, Union Co, SC Married: ABT 1825 at: Union Co, SC Died: 1834 at: Union Co, SC Spouses: ADA DELILAH RAY http://www.emdezine.com/genealogy/fam00067.html SIMON MURPHY\MURFEE Born: 1745 at: Surry Co, Albemarle Parish, VA Married: ABT 1765 at: Surry Co, VA Died: at: Father:RICHARD MURPHY\MURFEE Mother:LUCY BYRD\BIRD Other Spouses: Wife: SARAH (SALLY) DUKE(S) Born: 1733 at: Surry Co, VA Died: 1818 at: Union Co, SC Father: Mother: Other Spouses: CHILDREN Name: BYRD MURPHY Born: 13 OCT 1772 at: prob Union Co, SC Married: ABT 1790 at: Union Co, SC Died: 30 JUL 1852 at: Union Co, SC Spouses: CHARLOTTE (LOTTIE) DUNCAN _________________________________________ from Bevery White's Miscellaneous rtf files: NC Wills: A Testator Index 1665-1900 by: Thornton W. Mitchell/arranged by county Murphey, Arthur Franklin 1803 Murphey, James Gray Franklin 1864 Murphey, Martha E. H. Franklin 1891 Murphey, Nicholas Franklin 1817 Murphree, James Franklin 1826 Murphy, Barbara Franklin 1802 Murphy, Byrd Franklin 1871 Murphy, James Franklin 1860 Murphy, John Franklin 1885 ------- from Beverly White's miscVA files: Gooch's American Regiment 1739-1741 His Majesty's Ship "Lyon" Muster Book . . . dated at Jamaica 20 Jan 1740/1741 through January-February 1742 . . . Arthur Murphy, Discharged 31 May 1741, Port Royal . . . -------- from Beverly White's misc files: North Carolina taxpayers Murphy, Arthur Bute Co. 1766 ------- from Beverly White's passengerlist rtf: Passenger & Immigration Lists Index (entries through 1740 to Virginia, Maryland & Pennsylvania extracted) Murfree, Arthur Virginia 1699 Nugent: Cavaliers & Pioneers ------- from Beverly White's Surry/Sussex Va rtf: Births, Deaths and Sponsors 1717-1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia by: John Bennett Boddie Child's name Parents Sponsors Date Sarah Arthur & Charity Murphey none given 09 Mar 1753 Surry County VA Wills Pg. 59: Simon Murfey of Surry, Planter. Will 05 Jul 1753; Recorded 15 Jan 1754. Simon Murfey and Elizabeth Murfey (now Edwards), Executors. Wife: Elizabeth (Executrix). Sons: Richard of Southampton Co., Arthur of Surry Co., and Simon. Daus: Catherine and Lucy Murfey; Elizabeth Hines and Mary Magarrity. Grandchildren: Simon Murfey; and James Murfey, son of Arthur. Wts: Samuel Peete, Simon Murfey and Catherine Murfey. _______________________________ MURPHY - 08/08/99 - - I am seeking information on John Parker Murphy born in Greene County Ala., around 1870, His father was Parker Murphy and his mother was Thetney Ann Richardson. John Parker Murphy died in April 14, 1943, and is buried in Greene County, AL. - Barbara bjmeans@earthlink.net _______________________________________________ http://home.att.net/~beaver5ll/slaveL2.html SLAVE SCHEDULE/1860/FRANKLIN Co.,NC/NAR - ID M653/Roll 922 Indexed by: District/City/Page# and/or Enumeration Date ***************************************************************** *************************** (Notice: There is no district or city in the Inhabitants line for the following pages. On the last page of Galloway District - page# 191B or old page# 24, the last entry, Tom Clifton has slaves in Galloway & Harris Districts. The beginning page of Harris District, Page# 192/old page 29 has Louisburg,NC written on the first line in the slave owner column. My conjecture is that Harris District is a suburb of Louisburg and the following pages without data in the Inhabitants line is Louisburg proper.) These pages are numerous and will be broken in sections for ease of access. Indexed by: Page# & Enumeration Date Section II Pages 197B or 6 - 199B or 10 SLAVE OWNER #SLAVES AGE Sex Color Gray Murphy 1 18 F B 2 12 M B 1 11 F B 1 05 F B 2 07 F B 1 07 M B 2 04 F B 1 02 F B ____________________________________________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/my/ Home: Surnames: Murphy Family Genealogy Forum Re: Rev. Wm. Murphy b.1730;Descendant Book Posted by: Carolyn Whitmire Date: June 07, 2000 at 21:30:01 In Reply to: Re: Rev. Wm. Murphy b.1730;Descendant Book by bonnie I just in the last two weeks found a connection for my 3-greatgrandmother, Mary "Polly" Murphy, wife of Samuel Worthington. My thanks go to Lloyd Ellis for the following information. Her name turns out to be Mary Hodges Murphy and her parents are Reverend William Murphy and Rachel Henderson. Descendants of William Murphy Generation No. 1 1. William2 Murphy (William1 Murphy?) was born 1730 in Spotsylvania County, Va, and died November 19, 1799 in , Warren County, Ky. He married (1) Martha Hodges Abt. 1750 in VA. She was born Abt. 1724 in Lunenberg Co., Va.. He married (2) Sarah Barton Abt. 1764 in VA. She was born May 08, 1748 in , Frederick Co., MD. Notes for William Murphy: There was 400 Acres of land on the Bannester River given to one Wm. Murphy 24 April, 1747 in Pittsylvania County. Assuming age of 21. Believed to have been born in Virginia. Family from Ireland. Death: 19 NOV 1799 in Warren Co., KY Note: Rev. Murphy died on his way back to Granger Co., TN, and was most likely buried on the farm of his son John in Warren Co., KY. Note: Murphys in Missouri: www.worthey.net/murphy Assuming his parents came from the Ulster part of Ireland, they may have come after 1718, the beginning of most Irish immigration. Some researchers suggest that Rev. Wm. Murphys father was William and his mothers name Elanore (Elanor), late the wife of Gideon Smith was mother to Wm. and Joseph. ref. Ashby Gibbons book. Halifax Co. Orphans/bound children 1760-62 August Ct. 1760: William MURPHY, also failing to render and account, as guardian of Keziah and Peniah SMITH. Sept. Ct. 1760: William MURPHY, guardian of Keziah & Peninah SMITH, orphans of Gideon SMITH, dec'd, returned an account of said ward's estate. Note: The DAR patriot index shows only William, John and Joseph as having served in the Rev. war for the Colonies. This does not mean that they did not serve the Colonies, only that the DAR has no record. Some could have been Loyalists? The Rev. Wm. Murphy was a Baptist preacher. He had a brother Joseph and probably one named Richard. Richard could have been their uncle. Note: Joseph or Richard could have had a dau. named Catherine, who married Lt. John Crawford. See John Crowford Murphy. Note that the Hodges, Murphys (370 acres on the Pigg River in present day Franklin County near Rocky Mount), Anthonys, Walkers and James Henderson all lived in Pittsylvania Co., VA 1774-1778. Ref. Pittsylvania County Deed Book 4 (1774-1778). The Murphys and Bartons were there prior to 1750. N.B. Also Peter Vanbibber, Jr and Isaac Vanbibber, all in the same district. Sources: Author: Dr. George F. Mellen Title: Notes on Rev. Isaac Barton Publication: "Knoxville Sentinel", April 8, 1915. Author: Wm & Mary Quarterly Title: Geneaology of Virginia Families. p. 128 Note: Thomas Ivey received a land grant in 1711 from the King for bringing settlers to Virginia one of whom was a John Murphy. No proof that he was related to our first Generation. Author: Gwathmey, John H. Title: "Historical register of Virginians in the Revolution" Publication: Dietz Press. 1938 Author: Ashby T. Gibbons, Jr. Title: The Reverend William MurphyThis is the most reliable source. April 1957. Copy in the Farmington, MO Library and with Lloyd D. Ellis. Abbrev: Gibbons book, The Rev. William Murphy Type: Article, Journal Date: 11 JAN 1997 Author: Alice Murphy Sturgess Title: History of Reverend William Murphy and his descendants, 1798-1918 Publication: In St Louis - 1918 Abbrev: Rev. William Murphy, History Children of William Murphy and Martha Hodges are: 2i.Tabitha3 Murphy, born 1753 in VA. 3 ii. John Murphy, born June 25, 1750 in Halifax, Va; died August 14, 1818 in Warren Co., Kentucky. 4 iii.Keziah Murphy, born August 07, 1754 in , Franklin Co, Va; died August 29, 1845 in , Tn. + 5 iv.William Murphy, born March 12, 1759 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died November 02, 1833 in Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO. 6 v. Joseph Murphy, born March 15, 1761 in Franklin Co, Va; died February 10, 1834. Children of William Murphy and Sarah Barton are: 7 i. David3 Murphy, born Abt. 1765. 8 ii. Sarah Murphy, born 1771 in VA. 9 iii.Dubart Murphy, born 1773 in VA. 10 iv.Richard Murphy, born 1776 in VA. 11 v. Isaac Murphy. 12 vi.Jesse Murphy, born in TN. Generation No. 2 5. William3 Murphy (William2, William1 Murphy?) was born March 12, 1759 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, and died November 02, 1833 in Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO. He married Rachel Henderson January 26, 1782 in Nolichucky River, TN. She was born November 15, 1764 in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and died March 26, 1844 in Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO. Notes for William Murphy: Wm. was baptised in the Broad Run Baptist Church of Pittsylvania County, VA on June 7, 1764. One Jane Murphy was baptised June 12, 1763 - to Halifax. Pittsylvania County was formed in 1767 from Lunenburg Co., which was formed in 1746. In 1759 it was Halifax Co. From "Virginia Militia in the Revolution" by J. T. McAllister. pp 136-38. Enlisted in 1776 at age 17 in Capt. John Wilkinsons Company in Bedford Co., VA July 1776, Private under Capt. Wm. Leftridge, Lt. Calloway, Ensign James Bond, three months; April 1777, Private under Capt. Peter Herston, Lt. William Ferguson, Ensign Edward Tatum, in Col. Christy`s Regiment. Marched 200 miles to Long Island on the Holston to stand guard during a treaty with the Cherokee, three months; August 1777, was substitute for Gwin Dudley, Second Sergeant under Capt. Thomas Doley, Lt. Harry Talbott and Ensign Calloway, and marched to Williamsburg, three months. October 12, 1778, in Capt. Robert Sevier`s Company of Washington County NC for five months, with Lt. Christopher Connaught, Ensign Charles Young in Col. Peasleys battalion of Colonel Rutherford`s NC Regiment; in December was promoted to First Sergeant and in March Ensign under Capt. Christopher Cunningham, who succeeded Capt. Sevier; was at the defeat of Gen. Ashe at Briar Creek. Was in a battle on the Savannah and in some light skirmishes in Georgia. Volunteered in April 1780 to serve three months against the Cherokee. Went as a Sergeant under Capt. John Clark and Lt. John Bond. Gen. John Sevier being in command. Marched to the headwaters of the Tennessee and killed a number of Indians, with the loss of Capt. Davis and Lt. Bond killed and Jasper Terry wounded. Some horses were killed. April 1780, Second Sergeant under Capt. John Clark of NC; was in the expedition under Gen. John Sevier against Cherokee Indians, three months; July 1780 Private in Capt. John Renfrow`s Company, Lt. Chatton Doggett and Ensign Lewis Davis in Col. Lincoln`s Virginia Light Horse of Bedford; captured Capt. Wm. Terry* and his Company of Tories on New River, all of whom we took and disarmed excepting one who got away. three months. Kings Mountain (East of Cowpens battle of Jan. 17, 1781) on the NC-SC border) battle Oct. 7, 1780. June 1781 Private under Capt. Neley McGuire, one month. In June 1781 a Thomas Runnels was killed by Indians and we were ordered in persuit. * Brother to Keziah Terry, wife of Richard Murphy (also a Tory, known as a Loyalist). Saved from hanging because Keziah supported the revolution. February 1782, Private under Capt. John Clark, Lt. John Murphy, Col. Jacob Brown of Washington County, NC (now TN) in skirmish with Indians. three months. Marched across the Nolichucky and French Broad rivers in persuit of Indians who had attacked Sherrill`s Station on the frontier, losing one of their number in the attack. We overtook a band, supposed to be 60 to 100 and killed, as was said, thirteen of them. August 1782 Private under Capt. Thomas Wood, of NC and Gen. John Sevier, Capt. Thomas Wood and Lt. Nathan Breed, all officers being of Greene Co. TN, in persuit of the Cherokee Indians, three months. John Watts a half-breed gave up a white woman named Jennie Ivey who was taken from Roane`s Creek a year before. Discharged April 10, 1779 at Camp Turkey Hill by Lt. Col. John Peasley. Sources: Title: "Texas Society of the D.A.R.", Vol. 111, p. 1566.Also DAR No. 51 175.Also "Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution buried in He died on the Murphy Settlement (Farmington). The Murphy family were founders of Farmington. The Murphy family were farmers and preachers, a typical pioneer family. William served in the Militia from Bedford County. Family also lived in Augusta Co., VA in 1780 near the Henderson clan. William and Rachel, His Mother, Father, brothers and sisters in 1782 moved from Virginia to the area of Greene -Washington District, NC, in what is now Tenn. They stayed in Tenn. for some 16 years before moving to Missouri. The first ten children were born in Tenn. , the last three were born in MO. The following is Chapter XII The Scotch-Irish Migration from Carolina Cradle, Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762 by Robert W. Ramsey. "The first distinctively Scotch-Irish settlement in America was established on the Eastern Shore of Maryland between 1649 and 1669. They lived in the Holston or Watauga area of north eastern Tenn., one time part of North Carolina. Sources: Tennessee", in the Tenn. Archives. Lists Husband and Wife , Children and service record. Abbrev: William Murphy, D.A.R. RECORDS Type: Book, Multi-Volume Date: 25 FEB 1999 Author: Mc Allister, J.T. Title: Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War.No. 157., p. 136-138. For Pensions, see p. 284 for both Wm. and Joseph. Abbrev: Murphy, Wm., Rev. War Type: Book, Simple Date: 24 JUN 1998 Title: William Murphy AA 5403, roll 109. Comp. Gen. Accts. Audited. for Rev. War service.war Service. Abbrev: Wm Murphy, Service record Type: Military, NA-Film Date: 25 NOV 1996 Title: William Murphy Number W 9580 Complete Rev. war record presented by his widow Rachel Henderson Murphy. Included is a copy of the register in the family bible of their marriage, giving names and date. Copy of this record in the possession of Lloyd D. Ellis, researcher and descendant. Abbrev: William Murphy, Military Pension records Type: Military, NA-Film Date: 10 JAN 1997 Author: White, Katherine Title: "The Kings Mountain Men" Publication: Ruebush. Only 500 copies, no place or date .found in San Antonio Library. p. 211-212 Abbrev: Murphy, Rev. War Type: Book, Simple Date: 1 DEC 1996 Note: Shows a Patrick, a William and a Joseph serving With Gen. Sevier. N.B. also the Henderson family. See p. 252 re pensions. The battle of Kings Mountain was in North Carolina. These people also fought at Cowpens and Guilford Court House in N.C. Marriage Notes for William Murphy and Rachel Henderson: They were married on the Nolichucky River, which was then part of N.C. Greene Co, Tn. was then Washington District, NC. In this same area in 1783, his father Wm. Murphy deeded land to Isaac Barton. One William Henderson was a witness. Children of William Murphy and Rachel Henderson are: 13 i. John Croford4 Murphy, born October 16, 1782 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn. He married Tabitha Murphy Notes for John Croford Murphy: Name could have been Crawford, Craford or /Croford A William Crawford lived in Spotsylvania County, Virginia during 1727-1732. His will mentions no Murphy, but they were neighbors and perhaps good friends, hence the name . Col. William Crawford was burned at the stake by Indians June11. 1782 just before Johns birth. From "Marriages of Virginia Residents 1607-1800" Taken from Parish records and returns of Ministers, by Dorothy F. Wulfeck. Genealogy Publishing Company 1986. Vol. I & II, p. 79. "Catherine Murphy m. Lt. John Crawford." [no date given]. Note: It is possible that Catherine was the dau. of Joseph or Richard, as no record of William having a dau. named Catherine. There was a John Crawford Killed at Craigs Creek, VA and a John Alexander Crawford wounded there, July, 25, 1757. ref. Lyman Chalkleys "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish in the Valley of Virginia" from Records of Augusta County Virginia 1745-1800. Vol. II, p. 511. + 14 ii. Mary Hodges "Polly" Murphy, born May 22, 1784 in (now) Green Co., TN; died February 04, 1867 in Bledsoe co., TN. 15 iii.Martha Hodges Murphy, born March 29, 1786 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn; died October 26, 1803. 16 iv.Elizabeth Barton Murphy, born April 16, 1788 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn; died 1868 in St. Francois Co., Mo. She married Larken Dubart Walker 1804 in St. Francois Co.,Missouri. 17 v. William Eccles Murphy, born May 08, 1790 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn; died 1810. 18 vi.Delilah Sarah Murphy, born in (now) Greene Co., Tenn; died January 07, 1858 in , Wayne Co., IL. She married Benjamin Sewell Mabry August 30, 1813. 19 vii.James Henderson Murphy, born May 19, 1794 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn. 20 viii.Ketturah Beavers Murphy, born April 09, 1796 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn; died October 22, 1877 in Kaufman Co., TX. She married Jeremiah Cravens March 28, 1818 in Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO; born November 20, 1796 in Christian Co., KY; died March 16, 1849 in Sarcoxie, Jasper Co., MO. 21 ix. Frances Menifee Murphy, born May 23, 1798 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn; died May 10, 1804. 22 x. Sarah Barton Murphy, born January 04, 1800 in (now) Greene Co., Tenn. 23 xi. David Henderson Murphy, born June 12, 1802 in St. Francois Co., MO.. He married Low Tabitha Cundiff 1832. 24 xii.Henderson Murphy, born September 04, 1804 in St. Francois Co., MO.; died May 10, 1875. He married Emily Margaret Hanlin April 27, 1846 in St. Francois Co., MO. 25 xiii.Dubart Murphy, born May 06, 1806 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri; died December 30, 1892 in Kaufman Co., TX. He married Elizabeth Anthony November 09, 1835 in Farmington, Mo; born January 26, 1818 in Madison Co., MO; died November 06, 1888 in Kaufman Co., TX. Generation No. 3 14. Mary Hodges "Polly"4 Murphy (William3, William2, William1 Murphy?) was born May 22, 1784 in (now) Green Co., TN, and died February 04, 1867 in Bledsoe co., TN. She married Samuel Worthington 1803 in Bledsoe (Sumner) Co., TN, son of Samuel Worthington and Elizabeth Carney. He was born April 01, 1776 in Fairfax, Fairfax Co., VA, and died February 02, 1858 in Nine miles north, Bledsoe County, TN. Hope this helps some of you! Carolyn _____________________________________ NC Newspaper on microfilm resources http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncnp/counties.htm Oxford Examiner Began in January 1830 Earliest known issue: May 29, 1830 Ceased in 1838? Last known issue: May 17, 1838 OCLC #11803425 Columbian Repository Beginning date: June 18, 1836 OCLC #23923047 The Harbinger Beginning date: Aug. 27, 1833 Ceased in 1834 OCLC #23922965 The Hillsborough Recorder Began in 1820 Earliest known issue: March 1, 1820 Ceased in 1879 Last known issue: March 5, 1879 OCLC #10454745 Continued by: Durham Recorder (Durham, NC) Warrenton (North-Carolina) Reporter Began in Oct. 1824 Earliest known issue: Oct. 22, 1824 Ceased in 1845? Last known issue: Nov. 27, 1841 OCLC #11772224 OCLC code = NCS ________________________________________ Subject: Murphys Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:19:18 -0600 From: Vicki Gearhart To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Dear Mr. Murphy: I saw your name and surnames researched in Historic Maury magazine and I also research the following names: Littleberry Crews William B. Murphy of Maury Co. & Mary "Polly" Benton William J. Wright & Martha E. maiden name? Moore I am a descendant of Joseph Hill Murphy and Molly Crews who came to Hill County, Texas in the early 1870's.&nb sp; I have found that William B. Murphy married Mary "Polly" Benton and would like to know if you have anything on the Bentons. I was wondering if you are a descendant of Joseph Hill, Edmund T. Murphy, or John Calvin Murphy of Liberty Hill? I look forward to your response and if you have any questions, please let me know. I tr y to check email at least once a week, so I may be slow in responding. Betty Gilmer Lenz gearhart@gvtc.com ________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/court/lunena t.txt IMPORTATIONS AND NATURALIZATIONS FROM ORDER BOOKS OF LUNENBURG CO., VA. B 2, p. 106- 5 Feb 1748/49 - James Murphey last from great Britain...imported himself and Isball his Wife into this Colony...first time of Claiming his Importation Right. ____________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/wills/1746- 1825-b.txt LUNENBURG COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS 1746-1825 by Landon C. Bell 501. Wakup, James 9-23-1750; 10-2-1750; W.B. 1/17-18 Mentions: Wife: Elinor Wakup Daughters: Martha Wakup, Easter Wakup Executors: John Stewart, William Caldwell Witnesses: James Logan, James Murphey, George (his X mark) Harret. ____________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/bedford/military/mil17 58b.txt Bedford County Militia, 1758 (part 2) Transcribed from: Hening, William Waller 1820 The Statutes at Large; Being A Collection Of All The Laws Of Virginia, From The First Session Of The Legislature In The Year 1619. Volume VII. Franklin Press, Richmond, Virginia. September 1758 - 32d George II. CHAP. 1. An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, for the better protection of the Inhabitants on the Frontiers of this Colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned. To Luke Murphy George Adams James Johnston (0.7.0 each) To James Morris James Murphy Luke Murphy Charles Simmons (0.8.0 each) ___________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 06.txt In 1752 Halifax County was cut off from Lunenburg,[1] while in 1754 Bedford was formed,[2] and in 1765 both Charlotte and Mecklenburg Counties were created.[3] James Murphey, Benjamin Murphey in Lunenburg, Virginia 1752. [remember- Pittsylvania Co. was formed from Halifax co.] _________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/bedford/misc/m610000 0.txt Pleasants Murphy's "Journal and Day Book" William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 2nd Ser., Vol. 3, No. 4. (Oct., 1923), pp. 231-238. The writer of this journal, Pleasants Murphy, was born in Bedford County, Virginia, June 14, 1786, and spent the earlier part of his life in that locality. On December 1,1818, he married Ann Robertson Shelton of Pittsylvania County, and some time thereafterthey removed to Tazewell County, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Pleasants Murphy died in 1863; his wife two years earlier ____________________________________________ ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/1704va.txt Alphabetical Rent Roll of Virginia 1704/05 (c) 1994 Wertenbaker, Thomas J., The Planters of Colonial Virginia, Russell & Russell New York, New York Murfrey Alexander Norfolk County, 1704 Murphice James Nansemond County, 1704 ___________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/halifax/courts/orphans1 .txt Halifax Co. Orphans/bound children 1760-62 (part 1) August Ct. 1760 William MURPHY, also failing to render and account, as guardian of Keziah and Peniah SMITH. Sept. Ct. 1760 William MURPHY, guardian of Keziah & Peninah SMITH, orphans of Gideon SMITH, dec'd, returned an account of said ward's estate. _____________________________________ http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/Caldwell.htm COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS. page 161 Carrier vs. Caldwell--O. S. 197; N. S. 70--Deed dated 10th March, 1812, by Richard Carryer and Catherine, his wife, of Rockingham, to David Caldwell. Conveys 107 acres, part of 180 acres patented to Michael Hanagan, 15th May, 1784, and by him devised to his daughter, Margaret Murphy, and granddaughter, Anne Rife, and by them with their husbands, Abraham Riff and James Murphy, conveyed to Richard Carryer, 21st August, 1810, in a place called the Forest. Recorded in Rockingham, September, 1812. ___________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/halifax/bios/hite1.txt hight info in Halifax Co. _____________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/misc/irishva.txt Collected by George Cabell Greer from land records in Richmond 1760 Richard Murphey 400 acres Halifax County __________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/augusta/court/or15- 169.txt MARCH 19, 1773. Volume I AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XV. (32) Zachariah Murphy, child of Mark Murphy, who is unable to support him, to be bound out. http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/augusta/court/chalk21.t xt JUNE 16, 1789. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXI. (97) John Murphy appointed guardian of John and Nancy Murphy, orphans of William Murphy. Page 173 AUGUST 18, 1773. (155) John Murphy--runaway servant of Thomas Tate. __________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/southampton/deeds/dee dbk1.txt Southampton County, Virginia Deed Book 1 - 1749 to 1753 Pages 284-286: JAMES COBB of North Carolina to SIMON MURPHY of Surry dated 8 Oct 1751 135 acres on the north side of the Nottoway River adj. Cypress Swamp, ALBRIDGTON JONES, ARTHUR APPLEWAITE, and sd. COBB (patent to sd. JAMES on 15 Dec 1749), S: JAMES (I) COBB, W: PHILLIP (P) BRANTLEY, RICHARD (signed) MURPHY, and DAVID (signed) EDWARDS _________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/halifax/census/178500 01.txt 1785 HALIFAX COUNTY VA HEADS OF FAMILIES (last name, first name, white souls, dwellings, other buildings) Murphy Edward 10 0 7 Murphy John 5 2 10 Murphy James 6 1 0 __________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 04.txt William Murphey, Joseph Murphey in Lunenburg, VA 1750 ____________________________________________-- http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 02.txt William Murphy, James Murphey, Archebel Murphey in Lunenburg VA 1748 ______________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 05.txt Wm. Murphy only in Lunenburg VA 1751 _________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 07.txt [land- acres?] James Murphy on 1764 tithable list Lunenburg, VA [585] (with Thorp Parrot or no land) William Murphey, William Murphey, Jr. [460] William Murphey [100] John Murphey [200] Jon. Murphey, Senr. [304] (with Conrad Messersmith or no land?) (or with Ben on next page) Ben Murphey [197] ____________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 08.txt Edward Murphy (no land?) in 1769, no other Murphys http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 09.txt thru http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/census/sun0 14.txt Edward Murphy in 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775 (with John Ingram), 1776, (no land?) no other Murphys No Murphys at all on 1783 tithables list ______________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/cumberland/census/178 4head.txt HEADS OF FAMILIES-VIRGINIA, 1784 - CUMBERLAND COUNTY Name of Head of Family White Souls Other Dwellings Buildings Murphey, John 13 - - ___________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/buckingham/misc/1785 petn.txt Residents Petition to VA House of Delegates, 1785 - Buckingham Co. VA p. 5 signatures ??? Murphy Tho Jr [?] Murphey Joseph [?] Murphey ____________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/military/pensions/revw ar/1785.txt William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 1. (Jul., 1911), pp. 11-15. LIST OF STATE PENSIONERS.* COUNCIL CHAMBER, OCTOBER 20, 1785. Murphy, James 2400 Murphey, Martin 1800 ___________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marri ages/1700-1799.txt possible sisters of Ezekiel were Peggy and Elizabeth __________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/lunenburg/vitals/marria ges/lunmarr3.txt May 26, 1785 Martin MURPHY & Rebeckah RUSSEL, Bristol Parrish, county: Petersburg ? L/S/D 1/ 7/ " Apr.11, 1787 Edward MURPHEY & Elizabeth KERR, Petersburg Co., Do. " 6 " Aug.11, 1787 Alexr. DRAYMAN & Mary Ann MURPHY P. George " 6 " ______________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/mecklenburg/church/ch cb0001.txt In 1760 Marshall and Philip Mulkey established a church at Dan River in Halifax County now in Pittsylvania County. Philip Mulkey and William Murphey gathered a group on Big Bluestone Creek about 1756. This was the beginning of Bethel Baptist Church. On November 28 1772 the Grassy Creek Church received a petition from the brethren worshipping at Bluestone to consider the propriety of constituting them into a church. This branch was found to be sufficiently mature to justify its organization as a church on December 6, 1772. A recent history of Bethel Baptist Church (1972) lists a number of churches that wholly or in part came out of Bethel Church. Among them is Clarksville Baptist Church in 1833. ________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/fredericksburg/court/dc 1806.txt STYLE : Wisharts vs Murphey COMMENT : Damages for unauthorized used of plaintiffs land. PLAINTIFF(s) : William Wishart; Sidney Wishart DEFENDANT(s) : William Murphey PLACES MENTIONED : Stafford; King George REMARK(s) : Deed - Robert Turberville Waugh to William Murphey - 1791 @ CITATION : Wisharts vs Murphey / 1806? / CR-DC-L / 571-115 ___________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/pittsylvania/census/hof h1782.txt 1782 Census Pittsylvania Co. VA has George Murphey with 7 whites, no blacks no other murpheys or macks ___________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/fauquier/military/fauqr ev.txt The majority of the names, however, have been taken from the Minute Books of Fauquier County, especially the Minutes for the years 1773-1780 and 1781-1784 John Murphey [Miles Murphey was on Fauquier Co. Tax rolls in 1777] _____________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/princessanne/history/mi sc0002.txt Slave Owners in Princess Anne Co., Va. during the year 1810, who owned less than 10 slaves. William Murphey 8 ___________________________________________________ [think I have all this-mm] Dear T.J. Murphy and Mark Murphy, I am a descendant of Abijah Davis Mitchell and two of my gggrandfather's sisters were married to Isaiah Franklin Murphy. I enclose some of what I have for your consideration. I know nothing more about William. Were there other children of Susan? Mark mentioned a brother in Mississippi? Haven't worked on this family for a few months. Would love to hear from either or both of you... Jana Trent jtrent@airmail.net Name: Isaiah Franklin MURPHY --------------------------------------------- Birth: 25 Nov 1834 Wilson, Tennessee1 Census: 1860 Maury, Tennessee Census: 1870 Marshall, Tennessee Death: 12 Nov 1899 Marshall, Tennessee1 Burial: Welch Cemetery, Marshall, Tennesee Father: William Benton MURPHY Mother: Mary Other spouses: Sarah Lucinda MITCHELL Military Civil War. Confederate. Co. C, 48th Tennessee Infantry. Enlisted 1861. Captured in Battle of Nashville in 1864. Research 1880 census. Marriage: 12 Jan 1858 Marshall, Tennessee2 --------------------------------------------- Spouse#1: Susan E. MITCHELL --------------------------------------------- Birth: abt 1836 Tennessee Census: 1860 Maury, Tennessee Death: bef 1865 Maury, Tennessee Occupation: Weaver Father: Abijah Davis MITCHELL (1797-1891) Mother: Mary "Polly" WELLS (1802-1884) --------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------- 1 M: William MURPHY Birth: abt 1859 Tennessee Sources 1. Confederate Pension Application 2. Marriage Bond or License Marriage: Oct 1865 Marshall, Tennessee1 --------------------------------------------- Spouse#2: Sarah Lucinda MITCHELL --------------------------------------------- Birth: 18 May 1841 Marshall, Tennessee Census: 1870 Marshall, Tennessee Death: 25 May 1914 Marshall, Tennessee1 Burial: Welch Cemetery, Marshall, Tennesee Father: Abijah Davis MITCHELL (1797-1891) Mother: Mary "Polly" WELLS (1802-1884) --------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------- 1 F: Elmira MURPHY Birth: abt 1867 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 2 F: Parmelia MURPHY Birth: abt 1868 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 3 F: Ophelia Jane MURPHY Birth: abt 1869 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 4 M: Bead MURPHY Birth: abt 1879 Death: bef 1905 --------------------------------------------- 5 M: Finnis MURPHY Birth: abt 1880 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 6 F: Leona MURPHY Birth: abt 1881 Death: aft 1905 Sources 1. Confederate Pension Application --------------------------------------------- Last Modified: 16 Oct 2000 Created: 18 Mar 2001 _________________________________ Subject: Re: [TXNAVARR] Coming to Hubbard/Dawson Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:53:54 +0000 From: Jim To: Mark Murphy References: 1 , 2 , 3 Mark, The following is an interesting story that was told about my GGGrandfather, Samuel Silas Wilson, by his granddaughter. The area being referred to is in the Dawson area so the "Bowmans" in the story may be some of yours. Sam Wilson is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery. "Around this time (1867-74) there were fueds going one. One was called the Polk and Bowman Fued. Grandfather had friends on both sides, and strange as it may seem, he managed to stay nuetral. I remember at one time that a Bowman shot and seriously wounded a Polk. Polk was dying and sent word to Grandfather that he wanted to see him. As it was night it was very dangerous to ride in that vacinity, as you had to cross Pinoak Creek bottom, and the woods was alive with the Bowmans. Grandfather went to get his horse. My Grandmother had her horse saddled, as she was determined to go with him. It was a moonlite night and as they got on dangerous grounds Grandmother began a lively song and she said at times her heart would nearly sink to the bottom of her shoes, as she could hear the click of rifles and could see the rifles glitter in the moonlight. Once in a while someone would call out "is that you Sam"? When they got to the room, and I believe it was over a saloon, they had to go up some stairs. This town was then called String Town, known now as Pisga Ridge. This man Polk was being held up by his mother on the bed and he had a gun trained on the door as they went in. Grandfather identified himself before Mrs. Polk would let them in." Mark Murphy wrote: > > Thanks for the info. My great aunt Susan May Murphy, b. 1876 Hubbard md. S.R. > John Bowman, b. 1863. Her brother William Wesley Murphy, b. 1870 Maury Co. TN > md. Ella Bowman, b. 1873 Hill Co. I'd like any and all info you might send! > thanks, > Mark Murphy > Jim wrote: > Mark, > I was in that area last week to repair some damaged tombstones in the > old "Spring Hill Cemetery". It is about a mile north of Hwy 31 between > Dawson and Silver City (East of Dawson). There is a sign showing you > where to turn off of Hwy 31 onto a gravel road. You can see it in a > pasture and the land owner allows people to open the gate to enter the > cemetery. I did see several headstones with the name "Hill" and remember > that one had an historical marker stating that he was the man that Hill > County was named for. I don't remember his first name but I believe his > name had a prefix such as Dr. or Col. and the date was before 1850. > Did your Bowman relatives live around Dawson/Hubbard? If so, I may have > some interesting information for you. > Jim Hollingsworth > Lake Whitney, Texas _______________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] Marriages of some Virginia Residents 1607- 1800 Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:18:45 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:26:00 -0600 From: Virginia Murphy Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Organization: none To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com In this book by Wolfeck, I found the following: Murphy, Ezekiel md. 12 Feb. 1799 Martha Smith, dau. of Martha who gave consent. Surety, John Smith. Pittsylvania Co., Va. Marriage Bond Sgt. William Murphy in Rev. War b. 1750 Pittsylvania Co., Va. d. 1833 Mo. md. Rachel Henderson DAR No. 51175 Murphy, _______ believed md. before 1760 Keziah Terry, dau. of Benjamin of Pittsylvania Co., Va. whose Will of that date names daughter Keziah Murphy. Sorry if this is duplication of information already posted. ____________________________________ Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] another call for Betty Dabbs Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:54:01 -0600 From: smeservy@edge.net (Steven Meservy) Reply-To: smeservy@mail.edge.net Organization: House of Meservy To: Mark Murphy Mark, I saw your inquiry.I looked in a book,Maury Genealogist Vol 2 and found this,it may or may not be useful: Murphy,Nannie E., widow born 9 March 1850 in Maury,died 19 Jan 1924 of general debility;Mt.Pleasant Cemetery; daughter of Hill Benton and Ellen Stacy I have a Hill ancestor too.James Hill was who a Rev.Soldier married a Jane Roberson in lived in Hilltown.This would be on my grandmother's side.Murphy is on my grandfather's side...Mack too. Regards, Steve in Columbia,Tn. _____________________________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] Murphy-Daniel connection in Tn and Tx Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:26:10 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 09:26:14 -0600 From: "Susie Cross" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Olivia Daniel age 49 born TN is in Hunt Co Tx 1860(she is born 1810-11) List in 1860 on Census page 335 with Olivia Daniel was Head of House Enoch 22 Mary E 18 Barney Murphy 11 Eliza Jane Daniel 8 This Barney Murphy age 11 is the Son of J(ohn?)Green Berry Murphy b 1801 Va....Son of Gabriel Murphy and Ruth Pedigo.... They went to Ky and Tn.....1850 in Hunt Co. TX Gabriel and Ruth on Census 1810 Barren Co Ky pg 44 " " 1820 Monroe Co. Ky pg 197 Green Berry 1830 Maury Co. Tn Pg 339 Green Berry 1840 DeKalb Co.Tn Pg 225 Green Berry 1850 Hunt Co. Tx family #45-47 Green Berry married(?) before 1823 in Ky and had 4 Children: David(?)b.1823 KY found on 1850 Hunt Co Census America Murphy b.1825 KY-Married Robert Caskey-found 1850 Census next door the Green Berry..... Male(?)b.1826 KY Gabriel Jackson b.1828 KY(living with Green 1850 Census) Green Berry believed to have Married Elizabeth Johnson daughter of Hardy Johnson TN...and have the following childred: Elizabeth Murphy b 1832 Tn-this child could be the child of 1st wife?) living with Green on 1850 Census Enoch M(oses?)Murphy b 1843 Tn-living with Green 1850 Census Marries Rhoda E.M.Winton Paralee b 1845 Tn-living with Green 1850-Married (1)Patrick Boyle(2)A.J.Herrin.... Barney...b 1849...believe Elizabeth dies and Barney goes to live with Olivia Daniel not go 1850 Census in Hunt Co.....1860 Olivia Daniel has Barney in her household at age ll..... What connection is there between the Daniel and Murphy Family??? Or Hardy Johnson and Olivia Daniel....maybe sister to Elizabeth Johnson Murphy....or sister to Green Berry Murphy???? Thank You, Susie Any Help at All???? __________________________________ Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Re: Caswell Murpheys Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 16:13:51 -0700 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:09:52 -0500 From: "Richard Fischer" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Listers, In response to Bev I will add that I was not able to find my William Murphey through the censuses of Caswell Co. I believe that by the time he would have been enumerated in 1840 he had already moved to Tennessee. At the time of his marriage in 1830 he was likely still living at home during the census of that year. I am somewhat hamstrung by the lack of availabilty of published deed records after 1830 and I have not been able to visit the courthouse there to do research but I did find something interesting in the diagonal neighbor Guilford Co. In the 1840 census of Guilford Co. are: Isaac Murphey 60-70 with 1 female 50-60, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 10-15 Wm. Murphey 60-70 with 1 male 40-50, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 10-15, 1 male under 5 1 female 30-40, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 5-10, 2 females under 5 Jonathan Murphey 40-50 with 2 males 10-15, 1 male 5-10, 2 males under 5, 1 female 40-50, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 5-10 These three are all enumerated in order Also in the same County William Murphey 20-30 with 1 male 5-10 1 female 20-30, 2 females under 5 I have found my William Murphey in the 1840 census of Civil Districy No. 8, Oakland, Fayette Co., Tn. with his three children by Mildred Kendrick but with his new wife of less than one year but I wonder as to a possible relationship with the above first group from Guildord Co., Isaac, William and Jonathan. Rich _____________________________________ Subject: Re: Murph(e)y Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 17:56:10 -0800 From: monas@gamewood.net To: Mark Murphy Mark, the Murphys are confusing. Here is what I have in my FTM. This William is in my Terrell line: Descendants of William Murphy Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 MURPHY He married LUCY TERRELL 02 March 1798 in Caswell County, North Carolina, USA, daughter of JOHN TERRELL and ANNE BUTLER. She was born 28 November 1777, and died Aft. 1831. More About WILLIAM MURPHY and LUCY TERRELL: Marriage: 02 March 1798, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA I have two others Williams, one with a Terrell connection; but I've written to the cousin about your missive and will have her contact you. Now this is my Murphy connection, and I can tell you that I'm not sure about his given name; but he was in Pittsylvania County some, and Caswell, and Rockingham, I THINK. He was Cherokee, and he had a daughter Martha Ann Murphy who was my g-grandmother. She married Thomas Henry Loftis and begat my grandmother Carrie Bell Loftis who married Thomas Moten Walker. This is what I have, and it's far from complete. Someone even said the Murphy man's name was Wm. too. He was a slave trader, was sued in Rockingham County and lost everything he had. Some of Martha Ann's siblings went to Oklahoma, have heard the trail of tears. A brother remained behind with Martha Ann and Caroline, but when he got old ones from Oklahoma came and got him to be in better weather for his health. I would like to think you are one of Martha Ann's sibling's descendants: Descendants of David/John? Murphy Generation No. 1 1. DAVID/JOHN?1 MURPHY He married ELIZABETH CHAMBERS. Children of DAVID/JOHN? MURPHY and ELIZABETH CHAMBERS are: 2. i. MARTHA ANN2 MURPHY, b. 23 January 1853; d. 02 February1908. 3. ii. CAROLINE MURPHY. Generation No. 2 2. MARTHA ANN2 MURPHY (DAVID/JOHN?1) was born 23 January 1853, and died 02 February 1908. She married THOMAS HENRY LOFTIS 11 March 1870, son of THOMAS LOFTIS and SARAH CARTER. He was born 04 July 1844, and died 01 April 1919. More About MARTHA ANN MURPHY: Cause of Death: cerebral Hemorrhage More About THOMAS HENRY LOFTIS: Enlisted Confederacy: 05 August 1861, As private at age 18 in Rockingham County, North Carolina Parolled: 04 May 1865, Greensboro, North Carolina Shot and bayonneted: Abt. 05 May 1862, Williamsburg, Virginia Wounded again: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Wounded in left breast: Abt. 16 September 1862, Sharpsburg, Maryland More About THOMAS LOFTIS and MARTHA MURPHY: Marriage: 11 March 1870 Children of MARTHA MURPHY and THOMAS LOFTIS are: i. DAVID PHILMORE3 LOFTIS, b. 02 March 1871; d. 16 October 1930; m. ANNIE WILL ADAMS. ii. RUTH BEATRICE LOFTIS, b. 19 March 1874; d. 24 October 1945; m. DAVID BODENHEIMER PASCHAL, 18 September 1889, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA. More About DAVID PASCHAL and RUTH LOFTIS: Marriage: 18 September 1889, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA iii. CHARLIE HENRY LOFTIS, b. 28 June 1876; d. 13 April 1946; m. ANNIE WARD. iv. WILLIAM LOFTIS, b. 28 December 1879; d. 13 October 1950; m. DAISEY SHULER. v. ELIZABETH LOFTIS, b. 25 December 1881; d. 11 October 1941; m. WILL CHILDRESS. vi. JOSEPH LOFTIS, b. 14 February 1883; d. 21 March 1961; m. MINNIE PASCHAL. vii. ALDOPHIS C. LOFTIS, b. 28 November 1888; d. 19 February 1949; m. FANNIE CARTER. viii. MINNIE LOU LOFTIS, b. 19 April 1891, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA; d. 30 January 1973, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA; m. (1) FRED SOMERS; m. (2) BENJAMIN BLALOCK MCKINNEY, 1910; b. 28 March 1880, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA; d. 30 December 1950, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA. More About MINNIE LOU LOFTIS: Cause of Death: Cancer Medical Information: Minnie had polio which bothered her in one leg. More About BENJAMIN MCKINNEY and MINNIE LOFTIS: Marriage: 1910 ix. CARRIE BELL LOFTIS, b. 06 October 1893, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA; d. 23 October 1936, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA; m. THOMAS MOTEN WALKER, 13 November 1910; b. 21 August 1882, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA; d. 24 July 1964, Maple Grove Nursing Home near Winston-Salem, North Carolina. More About CARRIE BELL LOFTIS: Burial: Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Caswell County, North Carolina Cause of Death: Brights Disease Medical Information: Brights Disease when there is albumin in the urine. Characterized by high blood pressure & nephritis, an acute or chronic inflamation. More About THOMAS MOTEN WALKER: Burial: Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Caswell County, North Carolina Cause of Death: Mr. Walker had a stroke and died sometime thereafter. Medical Information: Strokes in old age. More About THOMAS WALKER and CARRIE LOFTIS: Marriage: 13 November 1910 3. CAROLINE2 MURPHY (DAVID/JOHN?1) She married ? MANSFIELD. Child of CAROLINE MURPHY and ? MANSFIELD is: i. JEFF3 MANSFIELD, m. (1) MARTHA BASCHAL; m. (2) MARTHA PASCHAL. More About JEFF MANSFIELD: Cause of Death: Said to be heart attack Kindest regards, Ramona Smith Supensky "MONA" _____________________________ http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/donated/nc-hillsborough.htm Hillsborough Old Town Cemetery Hillsborough, North Carolina MURPHEY, Archibald DeBow B 1777 D 1832 Graduate Professor, and Trustee of the State University. Early and enlightened advocate of public schools and internal improvements. Diligent explorer of North Carolina history. State Senator, reporter and Judge of the Superior and Supreme Courts. MURPHY, Elizabeth J. B 26 Nov 1803 D 19 Oct 1826 ________________________________________ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwellis/book/bookindex.html "Centennial History of Alamance County 1849 - 1949" by Walter Whitaker. Murphey, Archibald DeBow p. 42 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwellis/book/chapter3.html A school was started about 1830 where the Sylvan School now stands, but the Quakers did not conduct schools of their own until 1831. Johnannis Scherer was master of a school near Alamance Battleground in 1800, and it was not until 1812 that the English language was taught in such German schools. Sometime before the turn of the century, Archibald DeBow Murphey taught law at a place just east of Swepsonville, and Daniel Turrentine taught in the Hawfields vicinity from 1800 to 1830. _______________________________________ Subject: Re: Pittsylvania Co. VA Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:43:29 -0500 From: "Beverly White" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 Dear Mark: I'll check out the VanHook website, and probably e-mail him as well. The VanHooks tied into the Debows somewhere in the distant past and that is something I haven't yet put much time into. As for the Archibald/Alexander Murphey line -- And I have all primary documents to support everything so far: Alexander Murphey died in York PA 1757 leaving a will naming his sons John, James, Archibald and Alexander (and some daughters). He also names his brother, James Murphy. The sons all left York PA in mid 1760's and migrated to Caswell (Orange) NC. John died before Rev. War, apparently leaving no issue. James died at Battle of Eutaw Springs in Rev. War and left issue in Rowan NC. Archibald served in Rev. War and was the father of Archibald DeBow, Alexander and John Greene Murphey. Alexander (son of Alexander of York PA) left Caswell before 1800 -- probably went to Russell VA*, then to Greene TN, and ultimately died in KY. His descendants are not all determined and/or proven. James (brother of Alexander of York PA) migrated to York SC, leaving a will naming one son, John. Questions: Did Alexander (of York PA) have siblings other than James who could account for some of the stray Murph(e)ys? Who are the descendants of Alexander (son of Alexander of York). Did James (brother of Alexander of York) leave sons not mentioned in his will -- perhaps giving their inheritance to them prior to his death? Who begat Alexander and James? I think I'll post this to the list. Maybe we can get some action going. Beverly p.s. Interestingly, some VanHooks of Caswell migrated to Russell VA. ________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7746/database/dat2.htm#5 Murphy, Archibald Birth : 18 Dec 1742 Pennsylvannia Death : 15 Oct 1817 Caswell Co., NC Parents: Father: Murphy, Alexander Family: Marriage: 1767 Spouse: DeBow, Jane Birth : 1740-1745 Death : 16 Jan 1827 Caswell Co., NC Parents: Father: DeBow, Solomon Mother: Unknown, Hannah Children: Murphy, Alexander Murphy, Mary Murphy, Elizabeth Murphy, Archibald DeBow Murphy, John Greene Murphy, Nancy Murphy, Lucy ______________________________ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7746/database/dat4.htm#198 Armistead, Jane Family: Marriage: 12 Nov 1801 Spouse: Murphy, Archibald DeBow Parents: Father: Murphy, Archibald Mother: DeBow, Jane __________________________ _________________________________ Subject: Re: Murphey family Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:46:32 -0600 From: "Tom Horn" To: "Mark Murphy" Hi Mark, Thank you very much for replying to me query on the Murphey family. I just recently made the connection from my Brandon line to the Murphey line. First of all, from the Maury Co., Chancery Court Records (1810-1860) reads from a lawsuit that in part reads: Matilda Brandon, and her husband Charles and her children....minors who sue by their father Charles Brandon....22 Nov 1842 George Murphy, father of Matilda Brandon and grandfather of the petitioners.... This lawsuit was the first I was able to learn that Matilda was a Murphey. I have no information at this time as to Matilda's siblings. The only clue I have as to Matilda's parents are the names of their children. Two were named after Charles parents, and they have one George Murphy Brandon, so I have to assume one is named for Matilda's mother but I don't know which one yet. Also, through another Brandon researcher, I was able to obtain a copy of a manuscript from the Tennessee State Archives where a letter was written on the Brandon family history. They were originally from Dauphin Co., PA. The manuscript states that Charles Brandon married Matilda Murphey, daughter of George Murphey of Robertson Co., TN. Now here is the confusing part, there are numerous Murphey's in both Robertson and Maury Co. I am currently researching both counties to try to link George to a Murphey line. I saw your website and information on Murphey's and hopefully, with a little more leg work, might be able to link George and Matilda to a Murphey line. I thank you again for replying to my email. I too will put your name in my address book and should I find any additional information on George, I will be sure to contact you. Take care and good luck to you in your research. Tom Horn ________________________________ Subject: Murphey family Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:24:50 -0600 From: Tom Horn To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Greetings Mr. Murphey, I just had the opportunity to look at your website and must say that I found it very interesting. I was wondering if you know of any like between your Murphey line and that of George Murphey of Maury Co., TN. George had a daughter, Matilda Murphey (b.05-01-1806, d. 11-18-1867). Matilda married Charles Brandon on Oct. 31, 1822. They had the following children: Geroge Murphey Brandon, Mary Eliza Brandon, John Hiram Brandon, Anna Maria Brandon, Charles Leopold Brandon (my gggrandfather), Thomas Brandon, Malinda Brandon, James Maginnis Brandon, Alexander Winburn Brandon, Edmond Brandon, Henrietta Brandon, and Walter Otis Brandon. I am try to find a link (if one exists) between George and Matilda to the rest of the Murphey clan of Maury Co., TN. I would greatly appreciate any help in solving this brick wall. I will be more than happy to send you any additional information should you need it. I look forward to hearing from you. Take care. Tom Horn __________________________________ Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Miles Murphy Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 07:23:51 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:17:41 -0500 From: "murph" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Dear Mark, Bartina and other Miles Murphey researchers, Has anyone seen any association of a Gabriel Murphey with this family? The Murpheys of Prince William Co./Culpeper area were associated with the McIntoshes, Herndons, Terrells and Hoppers in the early 1700's. It appears from records that a number of them migrate together to Caswell NC in the late 1700's (because of the Rev. War??). From there, some migrate to KY, some to TN and some to VA. Margaret LaFollette has a document following the McIntoshes, and therefore some of the Murpheys, from VA to NC, then to KY & TN. Gabriel Murphey Jr. & Sr. are mentioned, as well as a Mary Murphey (daughter of Miles Murphey) who marries James Akin. Mary and James migrate to KY. McIntosh entry: July 9, 1779 Benjamin McIntosh witnessed the marriage of James Akin and Mary Murphey. A Tatum was also a witness. (Caswell NC Marriage Bonds.) A Nimrod McIntosh witnessed the marriage of Gabriel Murphey Jr. and Clarissa Herndon in Caswell in 1788. Also mentioned in the document are the following: Elizabeth Murphey m. Samuel Hopper 1801 (John Murphey witness) Nancey Murphey m. Nimrod McIntosh 1788 Barzel Murphey m. Elizabeth Fury 1803 James ? (Murphey) inferred, but not stated Have wondered if all this doesn't suggest an association of some sort--could it be possible that Miles Sr. and Gabriel Sr. were brothers? The use of biblical family names is also common in both families. Could be a coincidence that both families used biblical names, lived in the same area, migrated to the same area and associated with the same families (McIntoshes)....but it seems to suggest a little more to me. Would love to know your thoughts or ideas on this--to either eliminate or confirm an association! Stacey Murphy Wilner ____________________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-ROOTS] Roll Call: Gabriel Sr., Jr. and Edmond Murphy Resent-Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 06:40:41 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 09:39:48 -0500 From: "murph" Reply-To: MURPHY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Looking for any info on: Gabriel Murphey Sr. born 1750ish probably in Culpeper, Caroline Co. or Overwharton Parish in VA. Possibly married to a "Mary". Revolutionary War soldier. Siblings of Gabriel Murphey Jr. born 1768 in Culpeper, Caroline Co.; who married Clarey Herndon in 1788 in Caswell, NC. Known children: Nancy Jane, John, Edmond, Rachel, James & Clarey. Possibly a Quinton. Any info regarding Edmond Murphy born 1803 and his children; married Susannah Clevenger in 1823 in Pike co. KY; children--Gabriel (m. Hannah Frances Phillips), Alexander(m. Keziah "Biddy" McCoy, Lucinda (??) and William (m. Clarey White and Lovis Reed). Any info regarding second marriage of Edmond to Polly Shortridge in 1840 in Tazewell Co. VA, daughter of Robert Shortridge and Rebecca Brown. children: Elara, Sarah, Robert, Richard, Harvey, James, John, Clarissa Clarinda, Benjamin and Melisa. The children sometimes went by the surname Murphy, sometimes Shortridge. Descendants mostly lived in the Grundy VA area or in Pike Co. KY. Any info regarding the murder of Edmond Murphy in a boxing match on election day of probably 1859, in Pike Co. KY. He accidentally killed his opponent and was himself stabbed and murdered during the match by the best friend of the opponent, a Joseph Staton. Staton was indicted for the murder but escaped from custody and was never procescuted. ______________________________ 13 Feb 2001 transcribed from book on interlibrary loan: "Index to Southern District 1840 U.S. Census", G.A.M. Publications, 1970, Santa Ana, CA. Census Page Name County Book page p. 19 H. Murfee Adams Co., City of Natchez p. 3 p. 68 Jno. Murphy Claiborne Co. p. 13 p. 77 Mrs. S. Murphy Claiborne Co. p. 15 p. 82 D. Murphy Claiborne Co. p. 16 p. 82 Jno. W. Benton Claiborne Co. p. 16 p. 85 R.L. Murphee Claiborne Co. p. 16 p. 132 Louisa Jane Murphy Clarke Co. p. 26 p. 134 Madison M. Murphey Neshoba Co. p. 89 p. 191 Peter Murphy Hinds Co. p. 39 p. 200 Levi Murphy Hinds Co. p. 41 p. 200 Eppy Cruse Hinds Co. p. 41 p. 208 Vincent Murphy Hinds Co. p. 43 p. 219 Joseph Benton Hinds Co. p. 45 p. 235 James Murphy Hancock Co. p. 49 p. 236 Edmond Murphy Hancock Co. p. 49 [could be Emedicus- mm] p. 245 C.R. Bass Washington Co. p. 113 [Council R. Bass- his widow cheated? Emedicus] p. 245 Keron Bass Washington Co. p. 113 p. 270 Martin Murphy Jackson Co. p. 56 p. 272 William Murphy Jackson Co. p. 56 p. 277 Wm. H. Benton Warren Co. p. 120 p. 293 Wm. H. Benton Wilkinson Co. p. 123 p. 303 James Murphey Wilkinson Co. p. 125 next section p. 10 William M. Murphy Kemper Co. p. 65 p. 56 H.R. Murphy Lauderdale Co. p. 56 _____________________________________________ Subject: [BENTON-L] Susannah Benton of SC Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:43:55 -0800 Resent-From: BENTON-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:40:09 -0800 From: "T.M. Ackerman" To: BENTON-L@rootsweb.com Posted on: Benton Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Benton/156 Surname: Benton, Thomas ------------------------- Susannah Benton m. Stephen Thomas about 1790 in Williamsburg County, SC and they remained in the Pee Dee area. She was the daughter of Joseph Lewis Benton and Leucretia Cove b. 1738 d. 1848 m. abt 1760.They also lived in the Pee Dee area of SC and are buried in Effingham, Marion county, SC. Joseph Lewis Benton was the brother of Lemuel Benton who was an officer in the Revolutionary War and lived in Marlboro County, SC. Both Joseph and Lemuel came to SC from Granville County, NC. I am searching primarily for the ancestors of Stephen Thomas. Am willing to share the info I have. Thanks __________________________ Subject: Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:09:03 +0000 From: fulton@hia.net (Mary Fulton) To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Hi, Mark... It is great to find someone with this much info and interest in the MURPHEYs. Sorry I didn't realize I either lost part of the tail-end of my message or maybe just stopped almost in mid-sentence. We do have a picture of Isaiah that I MAY be able to send via Email. Will check to see if it is still on my system. If not I will send you a "paper" copy. I do better with those anyway. As for letters, etc...I don't think anyone in the family has any of that kind of thing. One of Ed's aunts is still living. She will be 100 in June. Except for her legs giving her problems and being unable to see very well, she is in surprisingly good health. She was the daughter of James Robert PARK and Susan Leona MURPHEY (dau of Isaiah Franklin.) They all knew him as Frank Murphey. I'll check with various family members to be sure they won't object to having their info passed around. I don't think any will---except for one sister, possibly. Has to be one in every family I guess. I would like to have info on all your family, also. Ed remembers taking his mother to visit relatives in Hubbard. He thinks they were Murpheys and Freelands. Is the latter name familiar to you? His uncle, Ernest Fulton, lived in Hubbard. He died in 1993 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery there. Waiting to hear more----Mary and Ed p.s. Couldn't find the pix...but will search further ____________________________________________________________ _____ Subject: Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:40:36 +0000 From: fulton@hia.net (Mary Fulton) To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Since I can't remember where we were in our conversations, William B was >>Ed's G-G-Grandfather. His great grandfather was Isaiah Franklin. I believe >>you said that his brother, Joseph Hill, was your G-G-grandfather. Do I have >>that right? >>Appears to be a generation or so between you and Ed...he will be 70 in May. >> >>Isaiah's daughter, Susan Leona, md. James R Park, and their daughter, Sally >>Leona, became Ed's mother. His parents were William "Bill" Christian FULTON >>and Sally Leona PARK. _____________________________ Subject: [TXNAVARR] 1912 Corsicana newspaper article Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 07:59:57 -0700 Resent-From: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:08:24 -0600 From: "Peggy Loar" To: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com Last Wednesday, I was looking at old newspapers on microfilm at the Center for American History in Austin, and copied a page from the Corsicana Democrat and Truth, because of articles about family members. I will post those and some others from the copy, in case someone might recognize their family. Spelling, grammar and punctuation errors are left as I found them, except for two, which I put inside parenthesis (). Hope you enjoy reading them. Peggy Here is the first story; Trade Day at Frost. One of the largest crowds that has ever assembled at Frost visited that city Saturday, it being the first Trade Day of the season for that city, the people began to arrive about 10 o'clock and by 2 p.m. the streets in every direction was crowded to their utmost capacity. However the live wires of Frost had prepared a nice program which was carried out to the better in every respect. The judges for the stock show were Messrs. J. T. Spires, of Blooming Grove: E. A. Zallicaffer, of Irene and Fiser Croyton, of Italy: who proved their ability when it comes to judging fine stock. The judges in the cotton and feed display were Messrs. Lill Meador, J. E. Bowman, W. T. Bremley. We have been in many large crowds, but this was one of the most peaceable and orderly crowds that we have ever had pleasure of mingling with and it indeed speaks high for a town to have such an orderly set of people as their customers. Prizes were awarded as follows: For best pair of mules $2.50 to J. E. Reed. For best saddle horse $1.50 to Mr. P. G. Osborne. Best span of horses $2.50 Mr. S. Johnson. Best stock horse and four of colts, best mule colt year old past and best spring mule colt $12.00 to Mr. R. L. Sanders. Best lady horse rider $2.50 was divided between Misses Eva and Eunici (Eunice) French. Foot race for men fun for all $1.00 to Robert Moore. Sack race for boys under 12 years was awarded to little Merridith boy. Best ear of corn $1.00 to Mr. F. C. (probably should have been G. C.) French. Largest onion from garden was awarded to Mr. Cagle. Fat man's race $1.00 was awarded to Harry Moore. Kimmins & Jones gave a pair of slippers to the lady having the smallest foot. Miss Croyton of Italy took this prize. She wore a No. 12 shoe. The merchants of Frost are every one live wires and when-ever they advertise for a great day you can rest assured that they are prepared to entertain you. Subject: [TXNAVARR] July 4, 1912 Corsicana newspaper articles Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:13:08 -0700 Resent-From: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 15:21:03 -0600 From: "Peggy Loar" To: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com Here are a few more articles from the front page of the Corsicana Democrat and Truth, of July 4, 1912 Fine Corn Mr. G. C. French showed us while we were in Frost Saturday an ear of corn which he gathered, among others to feed his horses, that had sixteen rows and fifty-eight grains to the row. It is needless to add that Mr. French is pleased with his corn crop. W.O.W. PICNIC The Woodmen of the World will give a picnic at Rural Shade, Texas, July 11th, 1912. The following program will be carried out during the day; 10:30 a.m. - Speaking by the candidates for representative, from Hill, Navarro and Freestone counties, and others present. 12:00 a.m. - Dinner on the ground. 1:30 p.m. - announcements by county candidates and others. Everybody invited. E. C. Summerlin, J. A. Murphy, J. B. Berry, Committee. Mrs. C. J. Hall and Miss Carrie Langford returned to Kerens Friday morning. _____________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] John Murphy Resent-Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 07:49:29 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 07:32:54 -0800 From: Stacey Murphy Wilner Posted on: Murphy & Murphrey (all spelling variations) Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/Murphy/553 Surname: Murphy, Herndon, Clevenger, Shortridge ------------------------- Saw your posting regarding John Murphy. Where were your John Murphy & Nancy Ransome located in 1730? I have a Gabriel Murphey Sr., born to a John Murphey in Caroline Co. VA in about 1754. I believe Gabriel Sr. to have sons John, Gabriel Jr. and possibly a William, James, Barzel, Elizabeth, Mary and Nancy Jane. Gabriel Sr. was in the Rev.War and family migrated to Caswell, NC in the late 1700's. Any of this fit? Just thought I would ask... _____________________________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/murphey/messages/242.html Archibald Murphey and his son John Green Posted by: Thomas W Lasater Date: July 05, 2000 at 13:19:43 Archibald Murphey (d 1817) and his son John Green Murphey (1779- 1848). Does anyone have any information on this family. They were in Caswell Co., NC and John moved to Rutherford Co., TN. I am looking for parents and siblings and decendants. Thank you, Tom ______________________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] Thomas of Jones Co., NC 1700/1800s Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:05:52 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:53:49 -0800 From: kevin sheridan (by way of Tony & Sue Skay Abruscato ) Can anyone connect to these Murphys? North Carolina Census 1784-1787 Caswell District, page 4 Thomas Murphy 1 male 21-60 4 males under 20 or over 60 3 females no slaves ____________________________________________________________ from "Mississippi 1830 Census Index", Ronald Jackson, ed., AIS, Inc., 1976. Name /County/ Page # /division or No Township Listed [of note is that Claiborne, Adams, Hinds, Warren, & Jefferson all are in close proximity to each other on the west border along the Miss. River, all immediately below Issaquena/Washington counties where my Emedicus Murphey lived 1840, 1850; Monroe and Lowndes counties are on the east side bordering Alabama; Simpson & Jones are central & southeast.] Murphey, George /Jone /020 /No Twp L Murphey, Robert /Lown /079 /No Twp L Murphree, William /Clai /085 /No Twp L Murphy, Alexander /Clai /073 /No Twp L Murphy, Alexander /Monr /141 /No Twp L Murphy, Andrw W. /Clai /073 /No Twp L Murphy, John /Clai /082 /No Twp L Murphy, Morris /Warr /206 /No Twp L Murphy, Tartter /Adam /016 /Natchez Murphy, Thornton D. /Jeff /027 /No Twp L Murphy, Vincent /Hind/ 215 /No Twp L Murphy, William /Simp /181 /No Twp L ____________________________________________ from Beverly White, Rutherford.rtf 1810 Census: Ezekiel Murphy is only one by that surname on 1810 Rutherford TN census. He is shown being between ages 26 to 45, wife same, one male 10-16, one male under 10, one female under 10 and 2 slaves. [could Ezekiel be the father of William B. and Emedicus? William about 10 in 1810, Emedicus about 4- They were both born in NC, however? When did Ezekiel come to TN?] ______________________________ http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/postoff4.htm#h POST COUNTY DATE DATE OFFICE OPENED CLOSED Hurricane Switch Maury 1868 1899 Culleoka Maury 1860 _______________________________ http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/paper-m3.htm#Murfreesboro (microfilm newspapers- TN archives) Murfreesboro (Rutherford) Central Monitor. N 23? 1833-Ag 5 1835. w. Continued by Monitor (1835-1837). with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: [1834] Courier. Je 16 1814-1826? w. Continued by Murfreesborough Courier. with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: Je 30 1820; Ap 15 1824 Jeffersonian. D 25? 1841-? w. with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: Je 10 1843 Monitor. Ag 12 1835-1837? w. Continues Central Monitor. with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: Ag 19 1835 Murfreesborough Courier. ? 1826- D ? 1827. w. Continues Courier. Continued by National Vidette. TSLA HOLDINGS: S 7 1827 Murfreesborough Telegraph. S 18? 1845-1846? w. Continues Tennessee Telegraph. Continued by Rutherford Telegraph. with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: N 13 1845 National Vidette. Ja 10 1828-? w. Continues Murfreesboro Courier. with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: Ja 10 1828 Tennessee Telegraph. F 21 1838- S 11? 1845. w. Continued by Murfreesborough Telegraph. with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: Mr 14 1838; My 2-16, S 12, N 21 1840; F 6, O 23 1841; Jl 13 1844 Weekly Times. Mr 4? 1837-S 4 1841. w. with Murfreesborough Courier. TSLA HOLDINGS: Ap 14 1838; S 19, N 7 1840; Mr 27 1841 Columbia (Maury) Chronicle. ? - ? w? Continues Western Chronicle? with Western Chronicle TSLA HOLDINGS: Ag 1 1816 Columbia Beacon. N 18 1846 - 1848? w. with Western Chronicle TSLA HOLDINGS: N 25 1846 - F 18 1848 Columbia Herald. ? 1855 - D 19 1873. w. Merged with mail to form Herald and Mail. Continued by Herald and mail. TSLA HOLDINGS: My 12 1866; Mr 12 1869 - 1873 Columbia Mirror. ? 1855 - ? w. with Maury Intelligencer TSLA HOLDINGS: Je 26, Jl 11, Ag 8, S 19 - O 2, 15, 20 1834; Je 5 1835; Ap 14 1836; Jl 19 1838; O 24 1839; O 29, N 19 1840; Jl 8 1841; Ap 27; My 18, Je 1, 15, 22, Jl 20 1843; S 12, D 12 1844; Ja 9; Ap 24 1845; My 21 1846; Ja 7 1847 Columbia Observer. Je 19 1834 - 1847? w. with Western Chronicle (Columbia) TSLA HOLDINGS: Je 5, S 18 1856; N 12, 19, 26 1857; Ja 14 1858 Columbia Review. Je 26? 1819? - ? w. with Western Chronicle TSLA HOLDINGS: Jl 27 1822 Columbia Weekly Recorder. Je 10 1848 - ? w. Title varies: Columbia recorder. with Western Chronicle, and Maury Intelligencer TSLA HOLDINGS: Je 10 1848; Ag 24, 31 1849 Columbian. Ap 22? 1819 - ? w. (Columbia, Tenn) with Columbia. Western Chronicle TSLA HOLDINGS: Ap 21 1825; Jl 6 1826 Daily Morning Herald. Ja 14? 1847 - ? w. with Western Chronicle TSLA HOLDINGS: Jl 22 1847 Democratic Herald. Je 14? 1851 - ? w. with Maury Intelligencer TSLA HOLDINGS: Ap 17, 24 1852; Je 18 1853; Ag 26 1854; Jl - O 1855 Highway of Holiness. Je 1838 - D 19 1873. w. with Western Chronicle TSLA HOLDINGS: Je - Jl, O - D 1838; My 1839 Maury Intelligencer. My 11? 1848 - ? w. TSLA HOLDINGS: N 9 - D 21 1848; Ja - Ag 1849; Ap 8, 22, 29 1852; Ag 31 1854 Tennessee Democrat. Jl 9? 1835 - 1850? w. sw. Frequency varies: semi - weekly Je 24 1844 - D 12 1844. TSLA HOLDINGS: N 12 1835; O 6 1836; S 14 1837; S 13 1838; Ap 30 1840; Ja 28; Mr 25 - D 23 1841; 1842 - Ap 3 1845; Jl 23 1846; S 19 1850 Western Chronicle. N 17 1810 - ? w. Continued by Chronicle? TSLA HOLDINGS: N 17 1810; Mr 28 1812 Western Mercury. My 10? 1819? - ? w. with Western Chronicle TSLA HOLDINGS: D 20 1828; Ja 10 1829; Ja 13; Jl 20 1830; Ap 17 1832 ___________________________________ http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/microcen.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives Historical and Genealogical Information STATEWIDE CENSUS RECORDS ON MICROFILM AT TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES The following census microfilms are available for research by visitors to the Library & Archives. An asterisk (*) indicates a printed index to this census is also available. Limited copy services for Tennessee census records are also provided by mail. Tennessee 1810*, 1820*, 1830*, 1840*, 1850*, 1860*, 1870*, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 (1810 Granger & Rutherford only) __________________________________ From 1 Apr 1977 letter to Shirley Manos from Mary E. Taylor. ...Murphy graveyard on 1959 property of Carl Benderman, near Scott's Mill- one large tombstone near the house- saying on it "Charles Murphy 3 June 1770- 20 Jan 1852". Eight or more other stones were too weathered to read. Murphy graveyard on Scott's Mill- Southport Road, now owned by the Stauffer Chem. Co.- Miles Murphy 20 Nov 1808- 5 Jan 1874 Eleanor J.C. Murphy 14 June 1808- 26 Nov 1870. Also Harris, Hill, Holt, McGeehee & Rea graves there. From the Maury Democrat of April 1889. Miles P. Murphy b. Rutherford Co., Tenn., 25 Nov 1808. To Maury Co. with his parents in 1809- married Miss Eleanor Ja. Cynthia Mack 5 Feb 1835- 6 children: Mrs. James Harris, Mrs. A.A. Morrow, W.N. Murphy-"a most substantial citizen", eldest son; 2nd son, M.P. Murphy, Jr. and 3rd, R.C. Murphy- both farmers and noted for thrift. Miles favored the Union cause in the Civil War. He died suddenly 5 Jan 1875... I think this Charles came from the Rowan Co. area of N.C....some of the clues point to Charles as the father of your W.B.Murphy, b. 1801 in N.C. Since Charles lived until 1852, he should have been in the 1850 census of Maury, but he was not listed. In fact, I could find no Charles age 80 in the census of 1850. ______________________________ Subject: Re: Murphy info Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 11:53:35 -0600 From: Virginia Murphy Organization: none To: Mark Murphy Miles Murphy The first I have found is in N.C. Taxpayers 1679-1790. The following Murphys were listed in 1784: Charles Murphy, John Murphy, Miles Murphy, Richard Murphy. All were in Sampson Co., N.C. In the Index to the 1800 Census of N>C> by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, p. 174 is listed Miles Murphy, Pasquotank Co. The 1800 Census for Rockingham Co., N.C. lists the following Murphys:William, Gabriel, Ezekiel, John and Miles. (Ezekiel Murphy of Rutherford Co., Tn. gave Power of Attorney to James Blackley of Pittsylvania Co., Va. to sell for him a tract of land on both sides of Lon Granch and Pole Ridge Branch containing 272 acres and also another tract joining the above land. Dated 1 Aug. 1808). Heads of Families 1st Census 1790 Fayette District, Sampson Co., N.C. page 53 Miles Murphy 2 Free White Males 16 & up including heads of family 2 Free white Males under 16 3 Free White Females including head of family 2 Slaves Caswell Co., N.C. Deed Books 1777-1817 Deed Book L, p. 204 Thomas Cox of Caswell Co. to Miles Murphy of same, for 70 pounds 75 A on Wolf Island Creek adj. Rockingham Co. line between Miles Murphy and his son, Nathaniel Murphy. 10 Jan. 1800. Wit: Richard Hill, J. Grant, Jun, Isaac Hill Deed Book L. p. 206 Thomas Cox of Caswell Co. to Nathaniel Murphy of Rockingham Co., N.C. for 100 pounds, 125 A on little Wolf Island Cr. adj. Robert Payne, Thomas Barton (Bastin?) 16 Nov. 1799 Wit: J. Grant, Robert Mack, Robt. Long Deed Book O, p. 71Miles Murphy of Caswell Co. to John Norman of Rockingham Co., N.C. $125. 75 A on Wolf Island Cr. on Rockingham Co. line adj. survey for John Challis, Nat Murphy, son of Miles Murphy. 30 July 1804 Witnesss: Drury Smith Nathaniel Murphy Deed Book O, p. 146 Nathaniel Muprhy of Caswell Co.to Benjamin Norman formerly of Culpepper, Va. for $250, 121-1/2 A on little Wolf Island Creek adj. Edward Willis, James Powell, John Hudnall, John NOrman, John Bracken, Thomas Bastin. 23 Jan. 1806. Witness; David Powell, Benjamin Norman, Jun., Joseph Murphy. Deed Book Q, p. 313 Joseph Murphy of Caswell Co. to Nathaniel Murphy of same for #110 67 A. on Hogans Cr. adj. Samuel Bracken, Peggy Bracken, Richard Grayham. 25 June 1811 Witness: John Coff, Jas. Cobb. Deed Book R, pp. 39-40 Nathaniel Murphy of Caswell Co. to Jospeh Cobb of same for $110 67 A on Hogans Cr. adj. Samuel Brackenn's former corner, heirs of Berryman Grayham, Claibe Dalton. 26 Apr. 1813. Witness" Jno. Cogg, Henry Cobb North Carolina Wills 1665-1900 Miles Murphy, Rockingham Co. 1821 Recorded Will Book A, p. 257 Will dated 11 Dec. 1819 states, in part: "I give my daughter Sally Murphey one bed and furniture. i give my daughter Patsy one bed and furniture. I give my daughter Nancy Harden one bed and furniture as to the rest of my property be it of what nature soever and of all and every description or nature after my decease to be equally divided between my daughter Sally Murphey and my daughter Patsey Murphey my daughter Nancy Harden and John Brockman as I consider all the rest of my children as they left me to share their Parts and lastly I appoint John Brockman and Sally Murphey executor of this my last will and testament." (The Will was signed with his Mark.) 1810 Census for Rockingham Co., N.C. Miles Murphy 1 male under 10 1 male 16-26 1 male 26-45 1 male 45 amd over 2 females 16-26 2 females 26-45 1 female 45 andf over 1820 Census Rockingham Co., N.C. Miles Murphy, Sr. 1 male 16-26 1 male 45 and over 3 females 16-26 Miles Murphy, Jr. 2 males under 10 1 male 25-45 3 females under 10 1 female 10-16 1 female 18-45 _________________________________________ Subject: Re: Parents of James Murphy? Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:51:22 -0500 From: Ron Bean To: Mark Murphy Mark, I have been told by researchers of the George Murphey line that James is not his son. I would have to go back through all my notes, but the reasons given were valid. The George Murphey line is fairly well documented, but James is not included in that linage. I have found a Catherine Murphey with children James, Sarah and Rebecca who is a candidate for James's mother. I believe that I found a reference to her in Chalkey's Chronicles. I made a note and at the time did not fully document the source. I probably was interrupted in the middle of my research. Virginia Mark Murphy wrote: > Yes, that is the James. I believe his parents were George and Elizabeth > Murphey who are mentioned in "Early Murphys..." by Marion Emerson Murphy. > George, b. abt 1740, lived Pittsylvania Co. VA, moved abt. 1800 to Robertson > Co. TN, d. 1831. > > George was the only Murph(e)y on the Pittsylvania Tax Rolls for the most part > of the 1780s. Later appears John Mack and John S. Murphey (brother?) in the > 1790s. > > The following is from Beverly White: > Deed Book and Wills No. 5 1767-1780 > pp 287-288: 22 Oct 1778. George Murphey bought from George Ridley, both of > Pittsylvania County, 238 acres of land lying on both sides of Cherrystone > Creek. The consideration was a "stallion, colt and 87 pounds 10 shillings." > Wts: William Moon and two others (illegible) > > Grants No. 27, 1792-1793, pp 20-21: 14 Aug 1792 - George Murphey, in > consideration of 15 shillings, received grant of land from Henry Lee, Esquire, > Governor of VA, said grant comprising 140 acres on the branches of Cherrystone > Creek. (This land joins George Murphey's other property.) > > Deed Book 11, 1796-1799, pp 181-182: 18 Sep 1797 - George Murphey and wife, > Elizabeth, transfer to Thomas Turley of Pittsylvania County 38 acres of land > on Cherrystone Creek, in consideration of 50 pounds. > > Deed Book 11, 1796-1799, pp 182-183: 16 Oct 1797 - George Murphey transfers > to John Patterson of Pittsylvania County 200 acres of land on Cherrystone > Creek in consideration of 100 pounds. The land is described as that on which > "G. Murphey now lives." > > Deed Book 13, 1802-1804, pp 316-317: 30 June 1803 - Roberson Murphey of > Pittsylvania County, acting under power of attorney for George Murphey Senior > of Robertson County TN, in consideration of 30 pounds, transfers to Thomas > Turley 140 acres of land on Cherrystone Creek. >> Court Orders, Book 5, p. 101: July Court 1784. George Murphey, plaintiff, > secured judgement against Moses Sweeney Jr. in the amount of 40 shillings. >> If George is not James' father, I bet he is an uncle at least. I don't have > much on George going into Robertson Co. I feel I may be related to this line > as well, maybe by George's brothers. > Hope this helps. > Mark > > Ron Bean wrote: > > Mark, >> I would be very interested in learning anything about James Murphey's > parents. I have found a couple of entries in Chalkey's Chronicals, but > nothing conclusive. >> I am glad that you contacted me. I had a hard drive failure on my > computer in late December and lost the file that contained my old e-mail > messages. Fortunately my genealogy records were on a different hard drive > and were intact. I just had to re-install all the program files. I do > not have my old e-mails to refer to and don't remember when we > corresponded in the past. I assume that we are refering to James Murphey > who married 1795 Shenandoah Co. VA to Margaret Hannigan and settled in > Robertson Co. TN (moving from Pittsylvania Co. VA about 1820). >> Virginia Rizor Bean >> Mark Murphy wrote: >> Hello Virginia, > Are you still there? I was looking at some old emails and made a > connection that may tie to my research. The email says "Ron Bean > wrote:" , but it is signed "Virginia"- hope that's you. > I think I know who James Murphy's parents were. Please email me back. > Mark Murphy _______________________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] The Complete Book of Emigrants Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:52:32 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:56:41 -0500 From: "Beverly White" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Hi Folks: One of my regular correspondents pointed out that my passenger list does not contain all sources. While I don't have extracts from all three volumes, I do have some extracts from the source he mentions, and have included them at the bottom of this message. Does anyone else have access to the other volumes and can share the information with the rest of us? Beverly > The Complete Book of Emigrants by Peter Wilson Coldham is not in your list of Murphys Immigrants. It is in three volumes and is subtitled: A comprehensive listing compiled from English public records of those who took ship to the Americas for poitical, religious, and economic reasons; ofthose who were deported for vagrancy, roguery, or non-conformity; and those who were sold > to labour in the new colonies > The title is pretencious, as it includes only some records, others of which were lost or destroyed, from the english point of view. Anyway there are some Murphys in it. The first volume is 1607-1660. Complete Book of Emigrants 03 Aug 1683 . . . apprenticed in Middlesex to go for four years to Maryland, by the (ship)Content, Mr. William Johnson: . . . Richard MURPHY of London, Merchant. 04- 06 Sept 1699 The following were apprenticed in Liverpool to Richard MURPHY to go to VA by the Lamb of Dublin, said Richard Murphy master . . . 15 Aug 1679 (someone or something shipped) by the Friendship, Mr. William MURPHY,from Barbadoes to New England. 06-08 Nov 1679 ...by the Hopewell, Mr. William MURPHY, from Barbados to Antigua. 12 Dec 1700. The following bound to Mr Daniel MURPHY to go to Virginia by the St.John the Baptist: followed by 19 names. 28 Jan 1712 - 24 Feb. 1712 Shippers by the Elizabeth and Ann, Mr. John Berdle, bound from Liverpool to Virginia: .. Daniel MURPHY .. 6 shippers in all. 08-09 Dec 1715 Shippers by Loyal Merchant, Mr William Park, Liverpool to VA:.... Daniel MURPHY. _____________________________ Subject: Re:Eugenia Bass Bertinatti Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:55:47 -0800 From: Nancy Hunt Organization: @Home Network To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark - Thank you so much for sending the information on the lawsuits. I didn't realize so many people were involved in Eugenia and her financial dealings. I knew my great grandfather was, from letters she had written to him. She seemed to always have been in some sort of troubles with her finances, but somehow, she must have come out of them because she lived to a ripe old age and she was never destitute, no matter how much she complains in her letters. I am sending you a few excerpts you may be interested in. Excerpt of a letter written by Eugenia Bass Bertinatti to her cousins, Evander and Elizabeth Bate Williams, who lived in Memphis, Tennessee. "Nashville, Tenn May 25th, 1874 Maxwell House Hotel My dear Cousin Van, The time is approaching for my departure and I have discovered that I shall have need of an additional amount of money, and wish to sell my Shelby Co. Bond. (6 percent) of thousand dollars. Would you do me the favor to find out its exact value & have it sold for me? I wrote to the Manhattan Bank to know what price it might command me? I wrote to the Manhattan Bank to know what price it might command. They replied, but I have mislaid the letter, and thus I apply to my kind Cousin Evander to be aided & assisted in getting as much as possible for this. My last Bond in this Bank, which I have kept as a nest egg, and I dislike to dispose of it now, but have lingered too long in Nashville at this expensive Hotel, and now have not time to communicate with my Bank in Turin, Italy. However, if sold, I would not want to withdraw all the money. Would need about $500, five hundred. The balance would deposit in the Bank Manhattan at the interest customary, if they would agree to this. Would you do me the favor, dear cousin, to attend to this affair: I will need for the voyage at least five hundred, the balance could be deposited in the Bank unless you could suggest some better arrangement. I am very anxious to be at home in Italy as the life in a hotel is very tiresome. My ship is yet to be selected, and I am in a state of uncertainty........ Believe me your devoted, Eugenia Bertinatti" Following is an excerpt from another letter Eugenia Bertinatti wrote (while she was living in Italy) to her brother , Humphrey Bate, who lived in Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee. "Castellamonte - June 15th, 1897 ......I regret your inability to rent or have my place cultivated. As Birande (?) has suffered as every plantation in that poor fl____(?) region. In fact, it was sacrificed before the river rose. I had hoped to have sold my place in Tennessee to help balance losses in Mississippi. When once misfortune begins, one cannot tell when it will end......... Eugenia" Another excerpt from a letter to Humphrey, her brother: "Castellamonte, Feb. 11, 1900 .........you must always give me the full particulars of my business you attend to for me. You gave me in your last, the quantity of land you sold of mine recently, but you are not sufficiently explicit. I know when the land was bought from my father & brother Bee, there were two hundred & sixty acres. You sold to Parr, fifty, I think. You have sold to others four & three-fourths acres. If more has been sold, I do no know to whom. Please inform me. You also spoke of selling wood without informing me of the quantity or what you had done with the money. There were also other things you sold. Some of the fields must have been rented. Has no rent been collected? You said in your letter you had deposited some money in banks, without naming banks or the amount. My plantation does not yield me any revenue & I am obliged to depend in a great measure, upon other resources. Pardon me if I appear to insist upon hearing something from my property in Tennessee. The money for the land & other sources, I want sent me by check, on a bank in Turin or Paris, France. I wish I could let you have all of it, but I have no one to work for me, and I must depend on my property in America. It is now impossible to keep up the place in Mississippi. The negros want to be on the rail road, and the river is caving, and it seems everything is going down. My home here is lovely, but unproductive. So what am I to do? I thought by selling my land in Sumner County, I might make myself a sum of money to invest in something more profitable. Instead, I find myself without land or money. I do not want you to sell anymore without letting me know before hand....... Your devoted sister, Eugenia Bertinatti" Below is an interesting bit of information. I didn't know the North did things like this for the Southern Plantation owners. She must have known someone in Washington, or maybe her husband, Count Bertinatti had some influence. "From the Georgetown Courier, February 10, 1866: Madame Bertinatti, wife of the Italian Minister, has received over $50,000 for losses sustained by her during the war, on her estate near Vicksburg, Mississippi. She was then Mrs. Bass, equally famed for wealth and beauty." For your information, her husband Council Bass died in 1855. I don't know exactly when she and Count Bertinatti married, but it was before 1860, because I have a diary written by her daughter, Ella. At the time her two daughters were in school in Washington, DC, and she was traveling back and forth to Italy with Bertinatti. Her daughter speaks of missing her very much. Ella got married in 1870 to an Italian Marquis, and she died in 1871, maybe from child birth, I don't know. She was 26 years old. If you find any other information about Eugenia, please let me know. She seems to be a very independent lady, especially for that time period I do feel a little sorry for her. She had three children: two daughters and one son. One daughter died as a very young teenager, her son died at 31 years of age, and her other daughter died when she was 26 years old. She outlived all three of her children. Thanks again, for all your information. Nancy Hunt ______________________ Subject: Rose Hill Cemetery Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:37:58 -0600 From: Virginia Murphy Organization: none To: Mark Murphy I am listing Murphys buried here in Columbia Murphey, John H., 6 July 1859-16 May 1927 " , Lucy Ann, his wife, 10 June 1861-30 Sept. 1915 " ?? , footstone- initials: I>J>M. (near John H. & Lucy Ann Murphey) " , John Henry, Jr., 10 Aug. 1892-7 July 1959 " , Andrew Claude, 15 Aug. 1900-15 Aug. 1951 Murphy, Margaret Ella Anderson, wife Ca[t. J> B. Murphy, no dates (Calvin M. Frierson lot) " , William Nathaniel, 12 Dec. 1835-13 Dec. 1905 " , Elizabeth Dugger, 17 Jan. 1838-7 Feb. 1891 " , M. Pinkney 11 July 1846-25 June 1926 " , John M., 3 March 1873-27 Feb. 1898 "A servant of God Highest Calling of Man" " , N. Frank 15 Nov. 1874-10 Sept. 1898 " , Isaiah C. 22 Sept. 1877-1 4 July 1962 " , Mary Redding, 11 Jan. 1884-25 March 1918 " , Elizabeth, dau. of A.F. and Elizabeth, 29 Jan. - 18 Sept. 1916 " , Margie 1922 " , A. E., Jr. 1924-1943 " , William, 20 Nov. 1840-13 Oct. 1919 " , Martha E., 9 Jan. 1845-30 Oct. 1919 " , John Richard, 1870-1916 " , Maggie Mai, 1 May 1877-10 Feb. 1905 " , Cora, 19 Aug. 1879 - _____Sept. 1963 " , Robert C., 23 Sept. 1851-2 May 1926 " , Sina E., 25 Feb. 1855-22 March 1922 (personal note: Ibelieve she is the wife of Robert C.) " , Miles Phineas, 10 July 1875-14 April 1963 (son of Miles Pinckney, Sr or Jr. ?) " , F. Maynard, 15 May 1882-9 Jan. 1952 " , Kate Dugger, 25 March 1882 - __________ " , Robert D., 1 Feb. 1889-13 June 1962 " , Henry Grady, 23 June 1897-9 Jan 1932, Tenn. Seaman 201 J.S.N.R.F. " , Emmette Hickman, 12 Sept.12 Sept. 1915-22 June 1916 " , Robert Lee, 1868-1947 " , Nora Davis, 1903 - _______ " , Joe Hayes, 7 Oct. 1868-27 Jan. 1938 " , Annie Haywood, 4 Sept. 1869-20 Apr. 1932 " , Martha Hayes, dau. Mr. & Mrs. C. H., 20 June 1917-5 Aug. 1923 " , William Henry, 1883-1941 " , Louna Roan, 1868-1941 " , Annie Mai Roan, 1899-_______ " , William R. L., Jr., 18 Nov. 1922-11 Jan. 1923 " , William Terrill, __________ " , Jane Alexander, __________ I hope I have not made any mistakes in transcribing this. I have much more information for you and will send it along as I have time - that is, if you want it! I can also send the rest of the descendants down to my husband. Just let me know what you want. Virginia ___________________ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=bigdave&id=I11841 Children of Euridice ? and Jesse Bass are: i. Penelope Bass was born ABT. 1778 in Nash Co., NC. ii.Gideon Bass was born ABT. 1780 in Nash Co., NC. He married ?. He married Lucy Moore. She was born 1805. iii. Sion Bass was born 1782, and died 1832. He married Sarah. iv. Elizabeth Bass was born ABT. 1786 in Nash Co., NC. She married Joseph Holland. v. Edwin Bass was born 1788 in Nash Co., NC. He married Elizabeth ?. vi.Council R. Bass was born ABT. 1790, and died 27 JUN 1846 (no-1855!) in Washington Co., MS. He married ?. He married Eugenia Bate. vii. Isaac R. Bass was born ABT. 1791, and died in Madison Co., MS. viii. Goodman (Gideon) Bass was born ABT. 1793 in Nash Co., NC, and died in Mississippi. ix. Leuzany Bass was born ABT. 1795 in Nash Co., NC. 1. x.Edmond Bass was born ABT. 1798 in Nash Co., NC. He married Polly Holland. xi. Jordan J. Bass was born ABT. 1800 in Nash Co., NC. xii. Jesse Bass was born 1802 in Nash Co., NC, and died 1847 in Madison Co., MS. He married ?. ___________________________________________ The following are from: from: Early Mississippi Records Washington Co. Vol I thru V. by Katherine Branton & Alice Wade, 1982-1986 !!!(Vol. I, p. 127) Issaquena Co. (formerly part of Washington Co.) Census 1850- 28-28 Emeticus Murphy age 44, Overseer, b. NC also: Wash. Co. Packet Gleanings Drawer # 236-254A #242 Estate of Emedicus Murphy, dec'd.: Pet. Let /Adm. by Eugenia Bass of Wash. Co. MS on or about 15 Sept 1865, states that Emedicus Murphy passed leaving no wife so far as she, the petitioner knows. He owned 1/2 interest in a plantation on Lake Jackson in partnership with Eugenia. The enemy took off everything, but one negro girl and a small amount of personal property worth about $2,000, and since 5 months have passed since he decd., she requests to be appointed the Adm. of his Estate. [Note: Eugenia Bate marr. Council R. Bass first and they lived in Wash. Co. MS After his death, she marr. 2nd Joseph Bertinatti, an Italian Count with the Diplomatic Corps. Mar. 26, 1867 A.B.Carson Adm. petitions for sale of property. Franklin A. Burke, Exec. of Est of Wm. B. Murphy dec'd, files petition 22 July 1867, stating that Wm. B. Murphy decd., a citizen of Tenn., and a brother of Emedicus Murphey, decd. of Wash. Co. MS. Further states that Wm B. died after Emedicus and was an heir of Emedicus. He believed that Mrs. E.P. Bertinatti (Eugenia Bass) owes the Murphy Estate $10,000 or more. The other heirs reside in N.C. Petition of S.W. Ferguson, Adm. states that Mrs. Bertinatti is now a resident of Constantinople and out of jurisdicition and her property is involved in much litigation, and that the heirs of Emedicus may never see any portion of the debt.- filed 15 Jan. 1868. In 1867- Haycraft is Adm.; Annual a/c filed 1871. Also; Wash. Co. Pkt. Gleanings Chancery Court Records (vol. IV, p. 20) pkt. #204 15 June 1867: John A. Miller vs. Eugenia P. Bertinatti, et al. Orig. Bill filed 15 June 1867: Miller, Complt., a resident of Wash. Co. MS names the defendants as Eugenia P. Bertinatti and her husband Jos. Bertinatti; Phillip Rotchford & Shepherd Brown- surviving partners in firm of Rotchford Brown & Co., merchants; Cornelius Fellows, Daniel P. Logan & Thompson Greenfield, merchants trading in firm Fellows & Co. in New Orleans ($9,783+int.); E.P. Tyree and any other unknown persons interested in Est. of the sd. Eugenia, as creditors. Miller contends that Eugenia owns a tract of land in Wash. Co. - in T14N, R9W @1750 ac., but it is hopelessly in debt. Unless the existing court order for the sale of sd. property is stopped, no one will regain a portion of their money. Miller seeks an order for the court to rent out sd. land, and repay the debts that way. Eugenia also owns an undivided 1/2 of 838 ac. in T14N, R9W +crops, mules, etc. Eugenia's address is Washington City (D.C.) or Constantinople, Turkey, where her husb. is Minister to the King of Italy. The debts were incurred before she married Bertinatti, when she was a widow of Council Bass, decd.// A Cross Bill has suggested that there was a conspiracy between Eugenia, Ella, and Tyree to defraud creditors// Depositions for the Defdt. follow: J.J. Mhoon, taken 2 Nov. 1867 "I am 47 yrs. old, a res. of Memphis." Knows that Miss Ella Bass, the dau. of Eugenia leased a Plantation on the River to Gen. W.B. Bate, the partner of E.P. Tyree who acted as overseer of the sd. place. Mhoon does not for one minute believe the Gen. would lend himself to any fraudulant scheme. When questioned about the relationship between Mhoon, Eugenia, Tyree, - Mhoon states he is distantly related to Eugenia and Tyree and friendly to all. He doesn't know the age or place of birth of Ella Bass. Tyree has married a cousin of Eugenia's.// James H. Bate- age 26 yrs., a res. of Memphis, a Commission Merchant. He states the name of the Plantation in question was "Green Grove" on the Riverside. James is a cousin of Eugenia's, and E.P. Tyree is his brother-in-law. He continues by saying that Ella Bass is the dau. of (cont. p. 21) Eugenia's, @21 yrs. old, born TN, "I think" and that Ella married at the end of the War. Taken 2 Nov. 1867.// Both parties in the preceeding Depositions make a firm statement that they do not believe the parties concerned entered into "a secret agreement".//Attachment by Carson, Shrf. (#1621)// Answer of E.P. Tyree, Nov. 1867, who denies being a Agent of Eugenia's, states that in the fall of 1865, he and Wm. B. Bate, a resident of Nashville, TN leased land for 3 yrs. from Henry C. Bate, an Agent of sd. Eugenia. The sd. place was known as the Bass & Murphy Place. At the time Eugenia was living in Washington City, and Emidicus Murphy, who owned the plantation with her, had died and his heirs had never appeared to take over any part of the land. Then in 1867, Tyree and Bate leased Riverside Plantation from Ella Bass- sometimes called Green Grove Plt. He denies any conspiracy.// By Nov. Term 1867, other creditors file claims: Ben Hardaway of Warren Co. MS, Wm. Frazier Kelly, by his agent A.D. Kelly debt owed since Jan. 1861- New Orleans: A.B. Carson of Wash. Co.// Injunction was lifted as far as the cotton crop was concerned, and Tyree may ship and sell it in order to pay the rent, now due.//in Nov. 1870- Case Dismissed without prejudice// Also: (Vol. II, p. 16) #53 Estate of Barton W.H. Millsaps (probated 1849) Inventoried and approved by I.C. Hill, E. Murphy, et al, 2 May 1852 (Vol. I, p. 16) April 1840 Jury List- Emedicus Murphy ____________________________________________________________ __ Compiled by: Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. Revised: 3/19/97 prsr@aol.com No Murphy, Crews, Benton on Rutherford Co. NC census for 1782, 1790. No Benton after 1820. No Murph(e)y after 1840. Date SNDX L Name F Name NARS StR Pg# Family Grp. 1800 M610 MURPHY John M-32 033 132 21010-30010-00 1800 M610 MURPHY Thomas M-32 033 129 30010-10010- 00 1810 B535 BENTON Alexander M-252 042 159 NdRcd 1810 B535 BENTON Kedar M-252 042 158 NdRcd 1810 B535 BENTON Prudence M-252 042 154 NdRcd 1810 M610 MURPHEY James M-252 042 118 NdRcd 1810 M610 MURPHY James M-252 042 120 NdRcd 1820 B535 BENTON Jesse M-33 080 368 NdRcd 1820 M610 MURPHY James M-33 080 384 NdRcd 1830 M610 MURPHEY James M-19 124 541 2nd Regiment 1830 M610 MURPHEY Nancy M-19 124 458 1st Regiment 1840 M610 MURPHEY James M-704 370 335 NdRcd ______________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/murphey/messages/290.html Re: George Murphey Jr -Robertson CO,TN Posted by: Wilma Liles Date: November 02, 2000 at 07:13:35 In Reply to: Re: George Murphey Jr -Robertson CO,TN by Mark A. Murphy Have you checked out Caswell Co, NC? Some Murphey's from there setteled in Robertson CO,TN. These Murphey's were in Caswell as early as 1701. Some of their names are Alexander,Archilbald,Gabriel,Miles, John,Thomas,William, and Timothy. Going through some old notes I found a James Murphey m. Margaret Hanagan children: Benjamin b.1804 Pittsvania Co, Va,James b. 1801 Pitts Co, Va, died Robertson Co,Tn WILLIAM (no dates), John (no dates) Barbara G., Sally m. Nathan Adams, and Cassandra. Wilma ______________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] Craven Co. NC Murphys Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 12:58:56 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:02:53 -0500 From: "Beverly White" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Since several people have asked for the Craven County records that I've accumulated, I'll post them to the list [which I believe I've done in the past]. Can anyone else add to these records? Beverly CRAVEN (formed 1712 from Prec. Bath Co.) An Abstract of NC Wills from about 1760 to about 1800 by Fred A. Olds 1794 - Murphy, Wm.: Lucretia, Wm. S., Wm. B., Guilford 1798: Murphey, Moses: Price, Sidney, Minnie 1752: Murphy, Jeremiah: Thomas Will of Michall Higgins Craven County 28 Apr 1753 - May 1753 Sons: Michael and William. Daughters: Mary, Sarah, Ann and Hannah Higgins. Wife and Executrix: Ann. Executors: Michael Higgins, Jeremiah Vail. Witnesses: Wm. Wickliffe, John Murphy, Thomas Evenes. Clerk of the Court: Sol. Rew. Will of Edmond Murphy Craven County 04 Mar 1745 Sons: Benjamin and Josua ("all my lands"), Edmund. Wife and Executrix: Elizabeth. Witnesses: James Tucker, Wm. Flood, Paul Phillips. No probate. Will of Jeremiah Murphy Craven County 26 Nov 1750 - May 1752 Son: Thomas. Executors: George Lane, Thomas Murphy and John Lane. Witnesses: John Murphy, Jane Carruthers, Jno. Carruthers, Jr. Clerk of the Court: Phil. Smith. Will of Thomas Murphy Craven County 07 Oct 1746 27 Feb 1746 Sons: Thomas (plantation on Trent River), Jeremiah, John. Daughter: Bridgett Murphy. Wife and Executrix: Sarah. Witnesses: John Johns, John Abbott, John Peter Remm. Proven before Gabriel Johnston Colony of North Carolina 1735-1765, Abstracts of Land Patents Vol. 1, by Hoffman #858: Thomas Murphy. 03 Oct 1755. 135 acres in Craven County, joining near Geo. Carnegee, Pollock's line, and Murphy's own line. #863: John Murphy. 03 Oct 1755. 300 acres in Craven County on Beaverdam branch,joining the Beaverdam Pocoson and the said branch. #1567: Thomas Murphey. 15 Oct 1736. 264 acres in Craven Precinct on the N. side of Trent river, joining said Murphey, Funnycliffs land, and the river bank. #1604: Jereme Murphey. 08 Mar 1736. 300 acres in Craven Precinct on ye S. side of Trent river, joining Jones' corner. #1961: Jeremiah Murphy. 17 Nov 1738. 200 acres in Craven County on the North side of Trent River near Jacob Sheets, joining the S. side of great Branch. #1979: John Murphy. 27 Nov 1735. 627 acres in Craven on the North side of Trent river on Deep Gully, joining the river and the Mouth of the said branch of the river Swamp. #3162: John Murphy. 19 Apr 1745. 150 acres in Craven County on the N side of Neuse river, joining the East side of the Thoroughfare pocoson and a branch. #6403: Thomas Murphey. 10 Dec 1762. 140 acres in Craven County on the N. side of Trent, joining Mr. Pollock, old Beaverdam, and said Murphey. #7588: William Bastin Whitford. 16 Nov 1764. 100 acres in Craven on the N. side of Trent river and on the W. side of Deep Gulley, joining John Murphy and Edward Franks. #7598. Edward Franks. 16 Nov 1764. 200 acres in Craven on the N. side of Trent river and on the W. side of Deep Gulley, joining John Murphey. #7600: Benjamin Fordham. 16 Nov 1764. 200 acres in Craven on the N. side of Trent River, joining John Murphey and William Farmer. #7372: Joseph Pledger. 09 Nov 1764. 85 acres in Craven on the N. side of Trent River and both sides of long branch, joining George Cornigee, Vinyard Bonds and Thomas Murphey. "Mecklenburg Signers" by Worth Ray p. 113. Murphy, Jeremiah died leaving will in Craven County in 1752; mentions son Thomas, George Lane, Thomas Murphy and John Lane, Executors; Witnesses were John Murphy & John and Jane Caruthers. Murphy, Thomas left will in Craven County in 1746; sons Thomas and Jeremiah, John and daughter Bridgett Murphy. Sale of Estate of John Murphey: 11 Aug 1752. Records of Craven County, North Carolina, Vol. One 24 Mar 1748: William Whitford sells to Christopher Dawson 100 acres on north side of Neuse River, on north side of Upper Broad Creek, beginningmouth of Jumping Branch; patented by said William Whitford 1748. (W. B. Whitford and John Murphy, witnesses). An inventory of the balance of several accounts due on the books of William L:ister, deceased, exhibited to March Court in New Bern in 1744, includes many prominent New Bernians, to wit: . . . Thomas Murphy, Sr., Jeremiah Murphy . . . John Murphey . . . Land Grants to Edward Franck and Sale of his Estate: To Edward Franck, 200 acres of land on the North side of Trent River, West side of Deep Gully, beginning at John Murphy's line. 1764. Sale of Estate of Jacob Mitchell: Thomas Murphy: 1 tea kettle, 5 bushels salt. Tracts Concerning NC, A True & Faithful Narrative (Page 15) "Tue. Feb. 12, 1739, Sir Richard Everard Bart gave in a "List to this House of the following persons necessary for evidences, and pray'd they might be summoned to make good the Articles against the Hon. William Smith, Esq. Chief Justice, viz: William Dudley of Onslow County . . . etc. . . . Thomas Morphy of Craven Co. . . . many others Misc Deeds in Craven County NC with Genealogical Information Book 6, p 40 - John Carruthers and Jane my wife (or) - John Foster (ee) - Samuels Creeks - FO by patent to Maurice Moore then sold by Martin Frank, then to Thomas Murphy, then to Peter Mallard, then to John Kensey, then to James Coates, then to Christian Isler, then to William Tunnecliff, father of Jane Carruthers in l735 - l7 Aug l753 ___________________________________________ Subject: Re: Nancy Murphy Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:30:28 -0600 From: "Charlie Lampley" To: "Mark Murphy" Mark, Nancy Murphy ( I think the correct spelling is Murphey) was born 1760 in NC. She died 1843 in Robertson Co. Tn. She is buried in the McIntosh Cemetery near Springfield Tn. I have visited her and Nimrod's grave site there. Both have a headstone. Nancy married Nimrod Dec. 1788 in Caswell Co. NC. their first child William (my Line) was born in 1789 in Robertson Co. Tn. I have a list of all their children and they were all born in Robertson Co. Tn. I am not sure of her father. I have been told two different people. Still searching. there are a lot of Murphey's in Caswell co. NC. Many of them moved to Robertson Co. Tn. ________________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] Robert Murphy and Rachel Ann Knapp - on a ship about 1740?? Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 16:00:43 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:00:33 EST From: JL5946@aol.com Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Beverly -- you were so helpful with my Fuller line that I now ask you about my Murphy (and Knapp) emigres to America who may be on one of your ship listings: (Don't know what year they were on the ship but they were in Salem Co. NJ by 1742.) A book entitled "William Murphy (b 1742, Salem Co. NJ) and His Descendants Including Swing and Ogden Families, many of whom moved to the Mid- West" by Thomas J. Newkirk, 1916 contains the following: "Robert Murphy and his wife Rachel Ann Knapp were original emigrees and came to America a number of years before the Revolution, and there are these traditions in regard to their early history. The first being that they met on the sea, and were married before they landed. .. The second version is that they (Robert and Rachel) had three children in Ireland, William, Rufus and Robert. When they came to buy their tickets and make other arrangements for their passage, they found they did not have sufficient money, a gentleman who had taken a fancy to Rufus agreed to furnish the necessary cash and supplies if they would allow him to keep Rufus until he was twenty one, saying he would then send him to America with money for a good start. They never saw Rufus again..." ------------------------------------- It's a long shot but am asking just in case you know of such names on a ship before 1743. Thanks for any data you may have. Jimmy Lamb in San Bruno, CA __________________________ Subject: Re: Nat Murphy Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:36:50 -0600 From: Virginia Murphy Organization: none To: Mark Murphy Mark, Nathaniel Green Murphy came to Rutherford Co., Tn. ca 1804. Miles Pinckney Murphy (his son) was born in Rutherford Co. 25 Nov. 1808 and moved to Maury Co., Tn. with his parents in 1808. he married Eleanor Ja Cynthia Mack 5 Feb. 1835 in Maury Co., Tn. He d. 5 Jan. 1875 or 5 Feb. 1874. Eleanor Ja Cynthia Mack was born 14 June 1819 in Maury Co. and d. 26 Nov. 1870. She is buried in the Murphy Cemetery in Maury Co along with her husband. Their children were: William Nathaniel b. 12 Dec. 1835 whose first wife was Elizabeth Catherine Dugger and second wife was Annie Farris nee Parsons. Annie was the widow of James N. Farris of Giles Co., Tn.; infant b. and died 2 Oct. 1838; Mary J. Murphy b. 1842 Maury Do. d. ca 1885 md. James Harris; Sarah Constantine Elizabeth Murphy b. 18 Jan. 1843 Maury Co., Tn. d. 3 Nov. 1878 md. Andrew A. Morrow 28 July 1861; Miles Pinckney, Jr. b. 11 July 1845/1846 d. 25 June 1926 md. Lucy Ann gil;breath; Robert C. b. 23 Sept. 1851 d. 2 May 1926 md. Sina E. ________ca 1871.. Miles Pinckney was a farmer, member of the Christian Church at Bethel in Maury Co. and was noted for his zeal and faithful work. At the outbreak of the Civil War he took decided ground in favor of the Union and remained a firm friend of the Union cause all through the war. His death occurred very suddenly while sitting in his chair in his apparently usual health, without any perceptible pain, supposed to be from heart disease, superinduced by rheumatism, from which he had long suffered. This information from Maury Democrat in April 1889 He was a delegate to State Constitutional Convention in 1865. He was a Mason. Will send more later. Virginia _____________________ http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Lloyd_D_Ellis/MURPHY/index.htm OLD NAMING PATTERN The 1st son-named after the fathers father The 2nd son-named after the mothers father The 3rd son-named after the father The 4th son-named after the fathers eldest brother. The 1st daughter-named after the mothers mother The 2nd daughter-named after the fathers mother The 3rd daughter-named after the mother The 4th daughter-named after the mothers eldest sister. __________________________________ Subject: Maury Co. TN. to Hill Co. Texas Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:03:57 -0500 From: "S. Thrasher" <"thrash@edge.net"@edge.net> Reply-To: "thrash@edge.net"@edge.net To: mmurphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark, I really enjoyed the letters, etc. portion of your webpage. You've been busy. Joe Mack told me he thought Sam Wright was the first to make the migration in 1840's. The rest seem to have followed him. Some of those included R.H. Hight family in 1870. Marion Samuel "Tink" Freeland family early 1880's, Andrew Murray Craig and wife Mary Dillehay Craig (her mother was a MURPHY) late 1880's.Also Caskeys, more Hights, Freelands and Wrights, maybe Colliers. In summer 1960 Joe Mack Hight visited Hubbard, Texas. He copied a handwritten history of the Hight family which included the story of the journey as follows: Rufus Henry Hight md. Mary Emily Wright Oct. 10, 1857..........They left Tennessee about September 20. 1870 for Texas. They went in two covered wagons, 4 good mules. Spent a week in Arkansas. Visited Uncle George Oliver and Uncle John Westmoreland. Uncle Newt Wright's wife Nancy and children (Newt was killed in war) and William Miles (his mother was a Park) Sam Keyes md. Ma__ie Wright. Had dinner with them. Met old UN-ncle Jim Mckee- they lived in county next to Izard. We reached Uncle Sam's last of October. The trip required about 6 weeks. Grandma did all the cooking for the family and for John Oliver. Also for the Kirk's after leaving Arkansas- who drove one of the teams. They came with John Kirk (one wagon) and his brother Ging Kirk. They brought Mrs. Hardison and 2 daughters to Arkansas. They had a hard time i Langee (?) C-a bottom noted for robbers and panthers. They attempted to make trip thru in daytime, but failed to get thru on account of bad roads and were forced to stay in there all night. They couldn't find water for some time- did locate enough for people but had to let the horses do without. Made up a big fire and stretched tent. All slept in the tent except Papa and John Oliver.They slept in the wagon. After all were gone to bed and were almost asleep, a panther began to scream. The mules began snorting-one broke loose. They built up a fire and shot off pistols to scare panthers away. Broke camp early and got out. When first started they were crossing Tennessee River on a flatboat. One of the mule jumped off- had to cut harness. She swam to shore then turned around and swam back across. She almost drowned. Had to stay here rest of day to give mule time to recuperate. This happened at Clifton. Crossed Mississippi River at Memphis on boat. Crossed Arkansas River at Little Rock and the Red River at Texarkana. Crossed both rivers on boats. Had some trouble with mules. Crossed White and Black rivers on flat boats. One of mules jumped off in White River and swam down river- was almost drowned.(Cofman County - Mr. Mockaday) stayed day here- had good beef. Crossed the St. Francis River just across from Memphis - Salido Mountain - had to scotch wagons. Went thru Columbia, Mount Pleasant, Lawrenceburg, some spring, Clifton That is how it ends. Seems like there may be a page missing . I don't know. I do remember once when I was asking Joe Mack about who lived in a certain log house near fountain Creek, he knew because a man naamed Murphy had told him during one of Joe Mack's visits to Texas. I think it was Ed Murphy. I grew up 1 mile from Hurricane Switch, 1/4 mile from Fountain Creek, next to Pleasant Mount Church. From looking at the 1878 map of Maury County, I think the place was once owned by a MURPHY, it looks like I.M. Murphy. Ring any bells? Looks like we have alot in common. Glad to become acquainted with you. Bill Thrasher 2556 Campbell Station Road Culleoka, TN. 38451 __________________________ http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/DD/hld8.html DAWSON, TEXAS. Dawson is twenty-one miles southwest of Corsicana and fifty miles south of Dallas in southwestern Navarro County. The town was named for Britton Dawson, a cattle rancher and participant in the battle of San Jacinto,qv who arrived in the area from Alabama in 1847 searching for grass and water for his animals. He lived in the town until his death in 1903. The community began to grow after 1881, when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway built a narrow-gauge line from Corsicana to Waco. Dawson became a supply and shipping center for local farmers who grew cotton and other crops. A Dawson post office opened in 1882, and in 1883 the community had a lumberyard and a drugstore. Ike Hughes opened a photography studio not long after this but closed it in order to open a saloon. In 1887 the Dawson Masonic Institute occupied a two-story frame building; classes were held on the ground floor and Masonic lodge meetings on the second. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hrh70.html Hubbard was six miles from the Friendship-Ruth crossroads in southeastern Coryell County. In its heyday, Hubbard had a grocery store, a gas station, a blacksmith, and a two-teacher school. Its residents were forced to move when the Fort Hood military reservation was established in the area during the early 1940s. Only the Hubbard cemetery marked the townsite in the 1980s. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hjh13.html HUBBARD, TEXAS (Hill County). Hubbard is located on State highways 171 and 31 twenty-three miles southeast of Hillsboro in southeastern Hill County. The community, established around 1860 and known in its early years as Slap-out and McLainsboro, was formally organized when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas (the Cotton Belt) located a station depot there in 1881. Residents held a meeting to organize the town, and former Governor Richard B. Hubbardqv was present. The town was renamed in his honor. A post office opened in the same year. Later the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway intersected the Cotton Belt at Hubbard. The region in which the town began developed rapidly after the Civil War.qv The first mayor was F. A. Tauman. The first store was established by J. B. and Eugene McDaniel. The first newspaper was Texas Pick and Pan, established in 1881 by Sam Boyd and John Pitts. It was succeeded by the Hubbard City News in 1892. The first bank was a private one that opened in 1881. Later two new banks were established-a private bank run by Rod Oliver and H. B. Allen and the First National Bank, established by Joe McDaniel. The banks were housed in a building erected in 1895 and destroyed by a tornado in 1973. When the city drilled for water in 1895, the drillers found hot mineral water, and the town became a health resort. The sanatorium was still standing in 1980. Hubbard's population was 250 in 1884, 500 in 1890, and 2,702 in 1925. By 1952 the population had declined to 1,772, and in 1982 it was 1,676. In 1988 Hubbard had twenty-three businesses and 1,872 residents. In 1990 the population was 1,589. Well-known persons who have resided in Hubbard include Baptist minister J. Frank Norris,qv Baseball Hall of Fame member Tristram E. Speaker,qv federal judge Sam Johnson, and Hiram W. Evans,qv national leader of the Ku Klux Klan.qv BIBLIOGRAPHY: Ellis Bailey, A History of Hill County, Texas, 1838-1965 (Waco: Texian Press, 1966). Hill County Historical Commission, A History of Hill County, Texas, 1853-1980 (Waco: Texian, 1980). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Lowell L. Wilkes _________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+2000+195629543+F Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:38:28 -0800 From: "Bargerhuff Hembree" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000a01bf6111$aab6aca0$44dc96ce@NetUSA1.NetUSA1.net> Subject: [MURPHY-L] Murphy, TENN & NC NOTES 2 of 3 p.610 WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. While it is said they had a number of children in their family the name of only one son is shown on the available records: GABREIL HILL (1811-1878) married an ELIZABETH EPPS MURPHY, and they had children: 1. WILLIAM HILL 2. RICHARD HILL 3. GRACE HILL 4. GABRIEL HILL 5. ANNE ELIZA HILL. ___________________ Subject: Murphy and Mitchell family Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:29:32 -0600 From: Jana Trent To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Dear Mark, I found your post to the Maury, TN list outlining your Murphy line and am intrigued by so many names and locations that are similar to ones that I seek. Specifically, I am looking for a J.F. Murphy and wife, Susan E. Mitchell. He was born about 1834, she 1836 and they are listed in the 1860 Maury, TN census. After that, I lose them. I know Susan Mitchell's ancestors but am trying to follow her descendants. What caught my eye was your Isaiah Franklin Murphey who married Sarah Lucinda Mitchell. J.F. could be I.F. but I can't make Susan into Sarah. Still.... My Denton and Mitchell ancestors came to Hubbard, TX in the late 1890's. Now if you've been to Hubbard, you know it's no bigger than a minute, and it's likely these folks were all connected. Also, my Dentons married into the Crews and Hill families several times, both of which are mentioned by you. Hubbard newspapers have been abstracted. Did you know? They are full of gossip, such as who visited who and where they were from. Can you tell me any more about Isaiah Franklin Murphey and family? Jana Trent jtrent@airmail.net __________________________________________ Subject: Re: Bingo! Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:43:28 -0600 From: Jana Trent To: Mark Murphy Mark, I went to the library yesterday and found the pension of Isaiah Franklin Murphy. Bead Murphy and Frank Murphy are mentioned in Abijah Mitchell's estate papers. I wonder if Frank is Finnis or William? I didn't even know Isaiah was Isaiah until I saw your post and put it together. I've been looking for weeks under J.F. Murphy. My line is through one of the brothers of Susan and Sarah, Madison Murry Mitchell. Can send you Mitchell info, if you want. Here is what I have on Murphy family thus far: Name: Isaiah Franklin MURPHY --------------------------------------------- Birth: 1834 Tennessee1 Census: 1860 Maury, Tennessee Census: 1870 Marshall, Tennessee Death: 12 Nov 1899 Marshall, Tennessee1 Father: William Benton MURPHY Mother: Mary Other spouses: Susan E. MITCHELL Military Civil War. Confederate. Co. C, 48th Tennessee Infantry. Enlisted 1861. Captured in Battle of Nashville in 1864. Research 1880 census. Marriage: 12 Jan 1858 Marshall, Tennessee2 --------------------------------------------- Spouse#1: Susan E. MITCHELL --------------------------------------------- Birth: abt 1836 Tennessee Census: 1860 Maury, Tennessee Death: bef 1865 Maury, Tennessee Occupation: Weaver Father: Abijah Davis MITCHELL (1797-1891) Mother: Mary "Polly" WELLS (1802-1884) --------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------- 1 M: William MURPHY Birth: abt 1859 Tennessee Marriage: Oct 1865 Marshall, Tennessee1 --------------------------------------------- Spouse#2 Sarah Lucinda MITCHELL --------------------------------------------- Birth: abt 1840 Tennessee Census: 1870 Marshall, Tennessee Death: abt 1 Jun 19141 Father: Abijah Davis MITCHELL (1797-1891) Mother: Mary "Polly" WELLS (1802-1884) --------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------- 12 F: Elmira MURPHY Birth: abt 1867 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 3 F: Parmelia MURPHY Birth: abt 1868 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 4 F: Ophelia Jane MURPHY Birth: abt 1869 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 5 M: Bead MURPHY Birth: abt 1879 Death: bef 1905 --------------------------------------------- 6 M: Finnis MURPHY Birth: abt 1880 Death: aft 1905 --------------------------------------------- 7 F: Leona MURPHY Birth: abt 1881 Death: aft 1905 Sources 1. Confederate Pension Application 2. Marriage Bond or License --------------------------------------------- Last Modified: 15 Oct 2000 Created: 16 Oct 2000 ________________________________________________ Subject: Bingo! Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:45:48 -0600 From: Jana Trent To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Sorry to bother you again, but I think I figured it out! Isaiah Franklin Murphy married Susan E. Mitchell first. She died and then he married her sister, Sarah L. Mitchell! They appear in the 1870 census where he is just listed as Franklin. I thought his LAST name was Franklin. Sarah's parents, Abijah and Mary Mitchell are living with them, but no mention of the last name Murphy in this record. Does all this make sense? The children listed for Sarah and "Franklin" are Elmira, Parmelia and Ophelia Jane. Jana Trent jtrent@airmail.net _________________________________________________ http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/VA-HalifaxCo.txt 1782 HALIFAX COUNTY VA HOUSEHOLDS where Blacks are enumerated. Head of Household Number of Whites Number of Blacks Murphy John 6 13 Murphy William 15 16 ____________________________________ http://www.tngennet.org/maury/queries/q200001.htm REESE, MURPHY Looking for information on James Harvey REESE born 1814 and married 26 May 1835 in Maury County to Elizabeth P. MURPHY who was born in 1815 and died sometime after 1883 in Maury Co. They are my ggg grandparents. I have no other information on them and would like to add anything available to the family historical file. Their daughter was Mary Ann REESE born 9 Apr 1835 in Murfreesboro. Karen Van Scyoc kvanscyc@rectec.net Submitted on Sun Jan 2 22:03:58 MST 2000 ______________________ http://www.tngennet.org/maury/queries/q199804.htm MCVICKERS; HARMON; DOYLE; BROWN Looking for ancestors of Samuel J DOYLE b.1838,Maury Co.Tn, married Saraly(Unknown) b. 1839 Maury co,Tn.4 children b.in Maury Co. Tn, Mary Lea DOYLE b.186l; Sally P. DOYLE b.187l; Franklin B. DOYLE b.1873;William Sam DOYLE b. 18Jan 1864,married in 1889,Melissa HARMON b.6 Oct.1866,Maury Co.Tn.5 children born Maury co. Tn. Jodie(Jody)Diamond DOYLE b.3Jul,1890,Sam T DOYLE b. Oct 1892, Rosa Lee DOYLE b. Dec.1893, Nannie A DOYLE b.Feb. 1896,Mattie B DOYLE b. Jul.1898 Mary BROWN b.29 May 1824,Unknown Co. Tn. married John MCVICKERS b.24Apr.1820,Ark.on 20 Oct,1842 in Texas,had 11 children, have names,among them Alta Caroline MCVICKERS, b. Paris,Lamar,Tx married William Arthur MURPHY,b.Alab.,had 8 children-Miles Murphy b.Feb. 1879; Rupert MURPHY b,25 Dec.1883; Mattie MURPHY v. Feb. 1886; John Murphy b. Mar. 1887; Willaim MURPHY b. Jan 1889; Lucy MURPHY, B 28 mAY 1891, Lucy MURPHY b.Feb.1893; Birdy MURPHY b. Feb 1895,& Tulula (Tulla)MURPHY b.28 May 1891 Abbott,Hill,Tx.on 25 FEB.1909 married Jodie Diamond DOYLE.Any inf Carmelia CJDN1@hotmail.com Submitted on Thu Jul 23 01:11:34 EDT 1998 _______________________ http://www.tngennet.org/maury/queries/q199802.htm JAMES MURPHY Looking for descendents of James Murphy {1805-1863} and Mary Hipp {1811->1880}. Married in Meck Co NC 1830 and moved to Maury Co Tn around 1838. Chn include Henry Ford Murphy, Mary Eliza, Sarah Jane {married Henry Peyton}, Isaac Jamison Murphy, William Morris Murphy, Elijah H. Murphy, John A. Murphy, Minnie E. Murphy {married John R. Hammonds}, Emily C. {married James Whitehurst, and Harriet Abbina {married Samuel Newton Wantland}. Will share information. Sandra Westbrooks -- PO Box 695, Dallas, GA 30132 ksfarms@mindspring.com Submitted on Thu May 28 01:09:37 EDT 1998 ________________________ Subject: Re: slave info. Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:29:16 -0400 From: "Beverly White" To: "Mark Murphy" Holy Smokes! You just gave me something new on my line. New discoveries are getting few and far between these days. Rowland Bryant names John "DeBow" as his grandson. No where else was anything other than the initial "D" found. Interestingly, Tabitha Bryant died, and her husband, John Greene Murphey married again to someone younger than his son, the John DeBow Murphey mentioned. Rumor was that John D. left home because he didn't get along with his step mother, but after the father's death, John D. and the step mother are together in census records for over 20 years, as was another son of John Greene and the step mother, who unexplainedly was conceived after his death. Anyway. Thanks for the new info. I had seen the source and extracted another family line, but for some reason didn't look up the Murpheys. If there is any chance that you can read Microsoft Works (not Word), I can copy some disks for you that contain lots of data. I have one for NC, one for VA and miscellaneous others. Each disk contains each county as a separate document. Beverly > You may be or may not be interested in this from some possible black cousins > Bryant, Rowland to John Debow Murphey [son of his daughter Tabitha > Murphey and her husband John G. Murphey] "...a certain Negro boy by the > name of Green..." (DOG-1816, p. 183, book X) ____________________________ Subject: Some Caswell info Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:28:30 -0400 From: "Beverly White" To: "Mark Murphy" Hi Again: I also challenged parts of Chuck Demastus' genealogy and sent him tons of material, as well as trying to steer him in the direction that I thought he should go. I have never heard from him again and have no idea whether he did any additional research. I always hope people will remember me (or the Murphy list) with new research materials, but usually I never hear another word. I've looked at the McIntoshes, Hoppers et al and some of them are getting to be like old friends, even though I don't think they tie into my line. Archibald Murphey (my ancestor) was Caswell County Clerk and so appears as witness on many documents, as were his sons, Alexander and John Greene. Another son, Archibald DeBow Murphey, became quite famous as a lawyer and legislator and land speculator. Archibald also had a brother Alexander (who probably had a son named Alexander) who left Caswell before 1800 and went first to Greene County TN; then to KY. I will be glad to send you my Caswell research on my line if it helps you sort through these characters. I went through the posting that you forwarded to me that seems to show Arch and Alex as sons of Gabriel, which of course is nonsense. The other entries are interesting, but without some sort of reference, they are worthless to me. I've learned to get pretty picky over the years. I suppose I've sent you enough to keep you out of the pool halls for a little while, but just holler if you want anything else. I really am happy to share as I feel it is the only way we can all get someplace in our own research. Beverly _________________________ Subject: Re: Caswell Murphys Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:01:07 -0400 From: "murph" To: "Mark Murphy" Hello Mark! Thank you for your prompt response! And for being so kind as to research and send information. Hard putting that family all back together in Caswell, isn't it? Like working a puzzle blindfolded The census record you have for "young Gabriel" in 1800 in Caswell is my Gabriel that married Clarey Herndon. The Gabriel that marries Ruth Peregoy is a different one--not sure about the one in Warren township, but possibly so. I did not know about an Ezekiel. Will have to follow that lead and see where it pans out...thank you very much!!! The reason I had wondered about William being a brother is that marriage bond witnessed by Gabriel for his marriage to Lucy Terrell. But the curious thing is that Lucy then marriage James Murphey a few years later. So I had assumed that William had died. But it is possible that he found another wife and moved to Tennessee... And there are several of the Murpheys that marry Terrell girls--and have wondered if they are not brothers. Gabriel's wife Clarey's brother Larkin even marries one of the Terrell girls. Crazy stuff, this genealogy research, isn't it? I contacted a Terrell descendent, but she told me that she did not follow her family if they left the state VA. So much for that.... I do have some odds & ends of info that might interest you. I will forward what I have that might be worthwhile... Thank you again--I will keep in touch!!! Stacey ____________________________ Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] John Murphy, VA and MO Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:37:39 -0700 From: "Jim Martin" To: CC: Mark, Do you have any information on the Nathaniel, Miles, Ezekiel or Charles Murphy of Caswell Co., NC who might have had a son or grandson John who married Polly Corder in 1803? The Corders did come from Faquier Co., VA and I'm thinking the Murphys may have also. Appreciate any help given. Thank you. BTW I noticed your email address ends in tarleton.edu. Is this from Tarleton State in Stephenville, TX? If so my oldest son graduated from there in 1991. Marilyn Martin Rapid City, South Dakota ***************************** http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccaswel/casqur1.htm 16 Mar 1997 Barbara Franklin KENNON/CANNON Looking for information regarding Sally Kennon or Cannon, the daughter of Joel Cannon. Sally b 1775 in Caswell Co., NC - 2nd wife of Joseph Murphey b 1773 in Caswell Co. Will share descendant info. franklba@mscd.edu MARILYN MARTIN Nov.6, 1997 Polly CORDER married John Murphy (Murphey) on 11 Feb 1803 in Caswell Co NC. Looking for information about them and their parents, siblings, etc. Maarilyn Martin jmartin@rapidnet.com _____________ http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccaswel/casquery.htm 21 Nov 1966 (prob. 1996?) Sandra Lake Lassen Gabriel MURPHEY/MURPHY and Nancy Clarissa HERNDON/HARNDON Looking for any info on the following couple: Gabriel Murphey/Murphy, born ca. 1758; died 1818, Russell Co., VA married Nancy Clarissa Herndon/Harndon on 4 Feb. 1788 in Caswell Co., NC; I have a copy of his pension papers, some grants, etc. Nancy died 28 December 1842 in Logan Co., VA They had at least three children, probably more: Nancy Murphey, born 5 May 1799, in NC, married Henry Cline (my ancestors) John Murphey, born ca. 1794, in VA, married Nancy Jane Herndon Murphey, born ca. 1797, in VA, married Polly Gabe Murphey received land grants in Caswell Co., NC and served in Lord Dunmore's War. He is in the Caswell Co. NC censuses of 1790 & 1800, as well as earlier state censuses. There are several Gabriel Murpheys, which complicates the problem. ( I suspect but cannot yet prove that "my" Gabriel's father was an Archibald Murphy/Murphey and that he also had a bro named Archibald.) I would love to know who Nancy Clarissa Herndon's parents were. Anyone want to trade info?? _______________________ Subject: Caswell Murphys Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:18:44 -0400 From: murph To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Maury Co TN/ Pittsylvania CO VA Murphys Beverly White who posts to the Murphy Family Forum has more information on this surname than anyone I have found. Have you checked this out? I have some cemetery lists for Murphys in Maury Co.. Is there anything you need me to check in these? It seems you have done a pretty thorough job already. ______________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+2000+1219129+F Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:12:18 -0500 From: "Dan Harris" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Maury Co TN/ Pittsylvania CO VA Murphys I have a similar suspicion on our 16-1700 MURPHYs. But, I suspect they may have originated in/near Fairfax Co VA. I have three MURPHY ancestors, that received numerous land grants from Lord Fairfax before and after the Rev War (Lord Fairfax was friends with Pres Washington ... and was spared). Additionally, I have exchanged email with other MURPHY researchers toward/near Richmond area. They had info on MURPHY's in that area, believed there was a connection to mine, and wo/validation may have been connected to my MURPHY's. Considering the population distribution and migration patterns circa 1650-1750, I suspect the trail of descendency will ultimately lead to Fairfax or possibly Portsmouth cos. Waiting to be discovered by a genealogist. Regina -- I am interested in compairing notes. Dan Harris _________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+2000+1117774+F Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 17:30:18 -0400 From: Steve Roper To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MURPHY-L] Maury Co TN/ Pittsylvania CO VA Murphys Virginia, as far as I can tell, these are 2 different sets of Murphys. There may be a connection in VA that I am unaware of. When I was researching my Warren D. Murphy, who came to TN seemingly directly from VA, I saw the Miles and Nathaniel Murphy names in Maury Co but in all the records I found I never found anything to connect them to Warren D Murphy who I believe was Sarah Murphy Stacy's father. They did not sign each other's deeds as witnesses or seem or live very near to each other. Warren D Murphy was a son of Thomas Murphy SR and his wife Anne Davis. Thomas was born c 1769 and I have not succeeded in finding parents for him. I think the William Murphy in Pittsylvania CO VA who married Abigail Cahill in 1786 may have been Thomas' brother, and I also think perhaps the George Murphy who married Frances Jefferson in 1794 may have been another brother. Regina _______________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+2000+4501201838+F Location: Maury County Name: Nathaniel Green Murphy Born: probably Virginia Died: 3 Dec. 1830 Maury Co., TN. Parents; unknown -- believe father was Miles Murphy Married Mary "Polly" Mack born: ca 1770 Prince Edward Co., Va. Died: after 1830 census Maury Co., TN. Known Children: John M. Murphy b. ca 1798 Pittsilvania Co., Va. (?) d. 20 Dec. 1814 Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812 under General Jackson. Sarah Bernetta Murphy d. 1864 md. 1827,Maury Co., Tn. Thomas Jefferson Reives Miles Pinckney Murphy b. 20/25 Nov. 1808Rutherford Co., TN. d. 5 Jan. 1874/1875 md. 3 Feb. 1835 Maury Co., TN.Eleanor JaCynthis Mack, daughter of William Mack and Mary Blair b. 14June 1809. She was the granddaughter of John Mack and was a firstcousin to her husband Contact: Virginia Murphy vurphy@cafes.net ****************************************** Location: Rhea County, Tennessee Name:Dicey M. Murphee Born: ca 1779 NC Died: probably in MO Parents: Father - William of NC (possibly Bertie or Orange County) Mother - unknown Married: Jeremiah ELLIS possibly SC ca 1779 & Jim WILSON 1820 Rhea Co...... TN Children: ELLIS: Ezekial, Benjamin, Ira, Jeremiah WILSON: Franklin, James, Jackson Contact: Marilyn Murphy - MMacMurph@aol.com ****************************************** Location: Wayne County Tennessee Name:Lizzie Murphy Born: abt 1826 Newberry SC Died: probably Wayne County Parents: Father - possibly Ephriam Murphy Mother - unknown Married: Children: Eliza Jane, Sylvester, William, and Mary Comments: Ephriam Murphy died in TN between 1840 - 1850. He is believed to be the brother of Enoch b. 1779 and Tarlton b. 2/14/1857 of SC. Contact: LaRinda Middleton LaRinda1@aol.com **************************************** _____________________________________ http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/news/newsa26 Source: Katharine Kerr Kendall's book " Caswell County , NC Will Books, 1814-1843" Book G, pg 21 July Court 1814. Will of John Terrell dated 8 Feb 1814 wife Ann; sons Jonathan, Joseph, James (to get plantation after wife's death); daughters Peggy, Fanny, and Mary Terrell; daughters Lucy Murphey, Betsy Herndon,Patsy Murphey, Sally Murphey and Isabella Moore (This is Brittain Moore's 2nd wife - vl) Exec: sons Jonathan and James. Test: Isaac Rainey, John Currie, Betsy Rainey. pg 131 January court of 1816 Will of Nathaniel Pass dated 12 Jan 1811. Sons Holloway (eldest) and Nathaniel; daughters Sally Moore, Jemimah Williams, Mary Phelps, Ellis Taylor, Rebekah Burton, Fanny Taylor; sons John and Thomas; grandson William Moore; granddaughters Patsy Pass Williams, Fanny Ellis Gann, Nancy Burton, grandsons; John Felps, Thomas Taylor and Henry Taylor. Wife Ulsey to have land during her life and then to go to son Thomas. Exec: son Thomas Pass. Wit: Ad Murphey, John G Murphey, H Harrelson. Book H pg 386 October court 1820 Sales of estate of Britain Moore sold 20 Aug 1820 toL John Murphy, Powel Terrell, George B Dameron, Daniel Hightower, William Turner Book M pg 88 January court 1832 Will of Frances Terrell dated 5 July 1831 Young James Murphey's wife; sister Lucey Murphey, other 4 sisters Patsey Murphey, Salley Murphey, Mersy Nelson, Isabell Moore. Brother Jonathan Terrell to be paid for caring for her during sickness. Brothers Jonathan and James. Exec: brother Jonathan Terrell wit: Jonathan Terell Jr and Sr ____________________________________________ http://www.tctwest.net/~elafollette/ A very interesting document, but very long. Some worthwhile info on the Murphys of Caswell, if you can wade through it. Mentions that they lived across from the McIntoshes (Nimrod McIntosh witnessed Gabriel's marriage) Also mentions a road crew headed by David Herndon (Clarey's father) that includes some Murphys, McIntoshes and Hoppers. And all these folks intermarry. Dec. 1777 Thomas Hopper was deceased. In his will he gave his grandson Benjamin McIntosh one cow and calf, one sow and pigs, one half bed and 2 sheets. Thomas' mark was a large H. His wife was Ann, his son William was to be an administrator. Other sons and daughters are mentioned but not named. Witnesses: Robert Middleton, Bendick Middleton, Thomas Hopper, Henry Hopper... (FHL Film # 18418 Caswell NC Wills and Inventories.) Possible Thomas Hopper children are: John, Thomas, and Harmon Hopper who were on a road crew with William and Nimrod McIntosh April 1787, Samuel Hopper who married Elizabeth Murphey March 24, 1801, William Hopper who was a soldier in the Revolution, and Winifred Hopper who married Richard Benton December 28, 1787, John Murphey bondsman or witness (Caswell NC Marriage Bonds) July 9, 1779 Benjamin McIntosh witnessed the marriage of James Akin and Mary Murphey. A Tatum was also a witness. (Caswell NC Marriage Bonds.) November 10, 1784 Alexander McIntosh received 300 acres on Storm Creek adjoining James Hopper, John Hopper, and Gabl. Murphey. Deed Bk D Grant from State of NC Pg 72 # 642 (FHL Film # 358224 Caswell NC Deeds) April 1787 William and Nimrod McIntosh were on a road crew. David Hearndon was overseer of road from opposite John Dickeys to the County line with following hands: John McMinimy, Alex. McMinimy, Will. McMinimy, Isaac Boran, Saml. Shy, Richd. Arnold, Jesse Shy, John Hopper, Thos Hopper, Harmon Hopper, Isaac Cole, John Murphey, Gabl Murphey, James? Currie William Murzle, Robert McGhee, John Whitt? Absolom Night, Hugh Currie? James Night, James Mason Samuel Warren William McIntosh Nimrod McIntosh. (FHL Film # 358278) February 5, 1788 Nimrod McIntosh witnessed the marriage of Gabriel Murphey Jr. and Clarey Hearndon. (FHL Book # 975.5765 V2k Caswell NC Marriage Bonds 1778-1868) December 15, 1788 Nimrod McIntosh married Nancey Murphey (Caswell NC Marriage Bonds) January 9 1789 William McIntosh witnessed the marriage of Titus Benton to Mary Cates (Caswell NC Marriage Bonds) September 21, 1803 William McIntosh witnessed the marriage of Barzel Murphey and Elizabeth Fury (FHL Film # 418143 Typescript of Caswell NC Marriage Bonds) A William McIntosh was deceased in Logan Co. KY in 1800. Obviously there are two Williams. 9 Jul 1779 Caswell NC, Benjamin McIntosh witnessed the marriage of James Akin and Mary Murphey (Caswell NC Marr Bonds) 10 Nov 1784 Caswell NC, Alexander McIntosh 300 A on Storm Creek adj. James Hopper, John Hopper, Gabl Murphey Deed Bk D Grant from State of NC Pg 72 # 642. (FHL Film # 0358224 and 975.6575 R28k v 1 Caswell NC Deed Books 1777-1817) April 1787 Caswell NC, William and Nimrod McIntosh are on road crew. David Hearndon is overseer of road from opposite John Dickeys to the County line with following hands: John McMinimy, Alex. McMinimy, Will. McMinimy, Isaac Boran, Saml Shy, Richd Arnold, Jesse Shy, John Hopper, Thos Hopper, Harmon Hopper, Isaac Cole, John Murphey, Gabl Murphey, James? Currie William Murzle, Robert McGhee, John Whitt? Absolom Night, Hugh Currie? James Night, James Mason Samuel Warren William McIntosh Nimrod McIntosh 28 Dec 1787 Caswell NC, Winifred Hopper md Richard Benton. John Murphey (Caswell NC Marr Bonds) 4 Feb 1788 Caswell NC, Nimrod McIntosh witnessed the marriage of Gabriel Murphey Jr & Clarey Hearndon. (Caswell NC Marr Bonds) 15 Dec 1788 Caswell NC, Nimrod McIntosh md. Nancey Murphey , Hugh Currie (Caswell NC Marr Bonds) 24 Mar 1801 Caswell NC, Samuel Hopper m. Elizabeth Murphey, Bondsman or witness: James Powell (w) Alex Murphey (975.6575 V2k Caswell NC Marriage bonds) 25 Apr 1803 Caswell NC, Mary Kerr & Zephaniah Tait 1000 lbs Wm Anglin deceased. Mary X Kerr, Zephaniah Tate, Alex Murphy DC. (FHL Film # 1711032 #2 Caswell NC Settlements. 21 Sep 1803 William McIntosh witness to marriage of Barzel Murphey to Elizabeth Fury. (Caswell NC Marr Bonds) 9 Nov 1809 Caswell NC, Caleb Anglin md Hannah Powell. James Powell (w) Alex Murphey (Caswell NC Marr Bonds) ________________________________________ (challenged by Beverly White-Gabe brother to Arch) Subject: Fw: Murphy-Terrell Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:07:41 -0400 From: "murph" To: "Mark Murphy" CC: "Michael Murphy" More Murphy stuff...from possible/probable cyber cousin... ----- Original Message ----- The following is challenged by Beverly White (somewhat) From: To: Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:11 PM Subject: Murphy-Terrell > Hello Stacey > Sorry it has taken so long to answer your note concerning William Murphy and Lucy Terrell. I am related to both so will include both in this reply. I will show which have been shown on IGI as a family and which I believe to be true by a *. I am reminded by Nancy Murphy in NC that unless there is proof one cannot say. I feel!!, the following to be true. Beverly and Nancy do not think Arch, Alex, etc bro to Gabriel. I do. All found in Caswell about same year for one thing. Wish I lived in NC for research in Va, NC, etc. instead of Fresno, Cal where I have to rely on the FHC and IGI's. > *Gabriel Murphy m Mary? in Va. > *Gabriel, b about 1735 > John b Sept. 4, 1740 > *Archibald > *Alexander > *plus others >> Gabriel Murphy b about 1735 > *Gabriel Jr. b. 1758 d 1818 Russel Co.,Va. m Clarissa Herndon 1788 > *Barzel m Eliz. Fury 1803 > *Nancy m James Warren 1800 > James b 1776, d 1861 m Martha (Patsy) Terrell 1795 > *Elizabeth m Samuel Hopper 1801 > *William m Lucy Terrell 1798 > *Jonathan m Sarah Terrell 1804 > *William Murphy m Lucy Terrell 1798 > *James > *Lucy > *Eliz (Do you have these children? I know a Levi was > assigned to Jonathan Terrell to learn farming. ) > *Sarah > *Levi > *James Mitchell > James Murphy b 1776 m Patsy Terrell b 1775 m 08/21/1795 > John b 1797, d 1887 m Frances? > Gabriel b 1819, d 1888 > Stephen b 1808, died before 1889 m Nancy Malone > Nicey b 1817, d 1889 > James b 1802 m Frances Moore 1825, m Sarah Lovelace > Basil or Barzilla b 1818, d 1887 m Nancy R. Warren > William b 1806 m Artesia Pleasant > James Terrell b 1702, d 1772 m Mary Margaret Watkins > *William m Martha Cox > *Dudley > *James > *Jonathan > *Nessie > John b 1740, d 1814 m Ann Butler > *Mary > *Elizabeth > *Patty > John b 1740, d 1814 m Ann Butler > Joseph b 1769 m Sarah Brooks > Elizabeth ( Betsy) b 1770 m Larkin Herndon > Annie b 1771 > Lucy b 1777 m William Murphy 1798 > Margaret (Peggy) b 1777 m ? Mitchell > James b 1794 d 1871 m Eliz Crisp > Jonathan b 1766 d 1840+ m Sarah Smith mar. 9, 1803 > Paul Terrell b 1799, d 1868 m Sarah B. Rodgers (14 Children) > Frances (Fannie) b 1779, d 1831 m James Murphy > Mary (Massie) b 1782, d 1840 m James Nelson > Sarah (Sallie) b 1780 > Isabella b 1789, d 18 53 m Britain Moore > Martha ( Patsy) b 1775 m James Murphy 1795 > If you would like further family info please let me know. These Murphy and Terrells can drive one crazy! ___________________________________________ Tennessee Murphys Location: Montgomery Co., TN Name: Richard Murphy Born: Died: Parents - Father: Mother: Married: Mary Ann unknown Children: Emily Francis Comments: Richard was the father of my Greatgrandmother Emily Francis Murphy. Emily married a James Washington Cotter Contact: Pat in Michigan JPRowe37@prodigy.net ***************************************************************** ************* Location: Fayette Co. TN Name: William Murphey Born: June 10, 1809 Caswell Co., NC Died: June 4, 1892 Warren, Fayette Co., TN Parents - Father: Mother: Married: 1. Milkdred Kendrick 10/7/1830 2. Elizabeth Neal 10/3/1839 Children: w/ #1 Richard H. w/#2 William C John B James M. Elizabeth F. Martha A Mary E. Jonathon Elona S Isabella F. Comments: Possibly associated with the Gabriel Murphey family of Caswell Co., NC Contact: Richard Fischer fischrk@ptd.net ***************************************************************** ************ Location: Carroll/Montgomery County, MS Name: William B. (Blythe?, Bernard?) Murphy Born: 22 Dec 1833, TN? Died: 10 Dec 1900, Kilmichael, Montgomery County, MS Parents: Father: Mother: Married: ca 1862, probably Carroll County MS to Mary Eleanor CHATHAM Children: Mary Edmonia Murphy (1863) m. John FORD, W. Robert Murphy (ca 1867), John Roland Murphy (1868) m. Mary SPIVEY, Edna Earl Murphy (1870) m. Sam WILLIAMS, Henry Murphy (ca 1872), and Minnie Malona Murphy (1874), m. E. A. LOCKE, Sr. Special Events and Notes: Served in Civil War. Widow's pension application shows unit as "Hardee's Escort." (possibly 2nd MS Cav). Census records show W.B.'s place of birth as TN. Appears on 1870 Carroll Co. MS, 1880 & 1900 Montgomery County MS census. Have not been able to locate W.B. on 1850 or 1860 MS census. Contact: Dot Tribble; MNTAssoc@aol.com ***************************************************************** ************ Location: Montgomery County, Tennessee Name: Richard Murphy Born: Died: Parents - Father: Mother: Married: Unknown Elliot Children: Comments: Contact: Pat in Michigan JPRowe37@prodigy.net ***************************************************************** ************* Location: ? , Tenn. Name: Amos Murphy Born: ca. 1750-1765 died---- Parents: ? Married ? Children: Moses F. , born 1785,died 1837. Married Susanna Creech. Don`t know any more. Thanks, W.C. sm.murphy@mindspring.com ***************************************************************** *************** Location: Sevier and Anderson County, Tennessee Name: Elijah C. Murphy Born: ca. 1845 Died: possibly before 1887 Parents - Father: unknown; Mother: unknown Married: Dorothy (Dolly) GIBSON, 30 Sep 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee Children: Susan Ida (b. 15 Jun 1884), also could include Anna A. (b. ca. 1873), and William H. (b. ca. 1875) Comments: I have been unable to find any information regarding the parents of Elijah C. Murphy or the parents of his wife, Dorothy Gibson. I would like to correspond with anyone who might be able to connect Elijah and Dolly to their respective parents. Contact: Shane Rhyne, srhistory@ntown.com ************************************** Location: Wealkey County, Tennessee Name: Simon Peter Murphy Born: March 14, 1838 Died: April 5, 1873 Parents - Father: Jeremiah Burns Murphy Mother: Lavinia W. Jackson Married: Sept. 21, 1859 Children: John R., Naomi, Geneva, Emanuel B., and Unknown Comments: His ancestors go back to SC, Union district and before that to Surry Co., VA sometime in the late 17th century.While his line is pretty well documented, some of the origianl ancesotr's male offspring are not. Original Irish immigrant Richard. Contact: John Goebel jgoebel@ricochet.net ************************************ Location: Maury County Name: Nathaniel Green Murphy Born: probably Virginia Died: 3 Dec. 1830 Maury Co., Tn. Parents; unknown - believe father was Miles Murphy Married Mary "Polly" Mack born: ca 1770 Prince Edward Co., Va. Died: after 1830 census Maury Co., Tn. Known Children: John M. Murphy b. ca 1798 Pittsylvania Co., Va. (?) d. 20 Dec. 1814 Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812 under General Jackson. Sarah Bernetta Murphy d. 18864 md. 1827, Maury Co., Tn., Thomas Jefferson Reives Miles Pinckney Murphy b. 20/25 Nov. 1808 Rutherford Co., Tn. d. 5 Jan. 1874/1875 md. 3 Feb. 1835 Maury Co., Tn., Eleanor JaCynthis Mack, daughter of William Mack and Mary Blair b. 14 June 1809. She was the granddaughter of John Mack and was a first cousin to her husband Contact: Virginia Murphy vurphy@cafes.net ************************************** Location: Wayne and Dyer Counties, Tennessee Name: Horace Murphy Born: 4/20/1871 Wayne County Died: 9/25/1949 Dyer County Parents - Father: believed to be Sylvester Murphy Mother: unknown Married: Susanna Elsie Harris Children: Mamie, Nellie, Ocie, Marcel, Rachel, Lewis, and Evelyn Comments: Would very much like to find out who his mother was and his siblings. A lot of mystery and speculation surrounds his birth. Contact: LaRinda Middleton LaRinda1@aol.com ***************************************** Location: Rhea County, Tennessee Name: Dicey M. Murphee Born: ca 1779 NC Died: probably in MO Parents: Father - William of NC (possibly Bertie or Orange County) Mother - unknown Married: Jeremiah ELLIS possibly SC ca 1779 & Jim WILSON 1820 Rhea Co TN Children: ELLIS: Ezekial, Benjamin, Ira, Jeremiah WILSON: Franklin, James, Jackson Comments: Contact: Marilyn Murphy - MMacMurph@aol.com ****************************************** Location: Dickson and Danielsville District Tennessee Name: Arbella Murphy Born: 1-23-1850 Died: Parents: Father - William Ohuta Murphy Mother - Married: Nicholas Baker in 11-16-1868 Children: Comments: Found Arbella living in the household of John and Elizabeth Mitchell when she was eight yrs. old in the 1860 Census Danielsville District Contact: Rhonda rascals@wf.quik.com ********************************* Location: TN or NC Name: William L Murphy Born: 1823 Died: Parents: Father - Mother - Married: Mary A Edison (Polly) in Sumner Co, TN Children: John Wesley 1853 moved to DeKalb TX, William Travis 1855, Mary Emily 5/26/1858 - 3/11/1940 in 1840 she married John Sanders Rogers from McNairy NC & TN Comments: William and Mary moved from McNairy TN to Titis TX in 1847 Contact: Sharon Church eskace@skywizard.com ****************************************** Location: Name: Amos Murphy Born: Ireland 1750 - 1760 Died: TN Parents: Father - Mother - Married: Children: Moses Francis Comments: His son Moses Francis married Susanna Creech and their children were: Mary, Jeremiah, John, Sarah, Stephen, Samuel, and James Contact: W. C. sm.murphy@mindspring.com ************************************** Location: Anson CO NC Name: William Murphy Born: 3/31/1760 Died: Parents: Father - Mother - Married: Nancy Hornbeak Children: Rev. Daniel Richard Murphy born11/24/1802 in Jefferson Co TN married Lucy Lily Carter. Migrated to Polk Co MO in Nov. of 1839. Ordained Baptist Minister in Jefferson Co. Comments: I'm searching for the parents of William Contact: Marlene DeGiovanni MarleneDiGi@prodigy.net *********************************************** Location: in a part of Henderson County that is now Decatur County, TN Name: Charles Franklin and Robert Dudley Tye Born: Died: Parents: Father - John Tye Mother - Mary Ann Jones Murphy Married: Children: Comments: Daniel H Murphy and Martha Tye were my gg grandparents. Daniels' father was also Daniel a Revolutionary veteran. There was a Bartholomew Murphy in the area at the time also a grandson to old Daniel named Buckner Murphy. All these show up in the 1850 TN census. Does anyone know of the relationship of Bartholomew and Daniel H. ? Contact: Barbara Murphy Jarvis bjarvis@usit.net ****************************************** Location: Wayne County Tennessee Name: Lizzie Murphy Born: abt 1826 Newberry SC Died: probably Wayne County Parents: Father - possibly Ephriam Murphy Mother - unknown Married: Children: Eliza Jane, Sylvester, William, and Mary Comments: Ephriam Murphy died in TN between 1840 - 1850. He is believed to be the brother of Enoch b. 1779 and Tarlton b. 2/14/1857 of SC. Contact: LaRinda Middleton LaRinda1@aol.com **************************************** Location: Wayne County Tennessee Name: Eliza Jane Murphy Born: abt 1842 Died: Parents: Father - Mother -Lizzie Murphy Married: Hezikiah C. Roberts 11/10/1863 Children: Thomas J, Sarah Lorene, George Washington, William S, Caldonia, Anna C, Amos P, and Mary C Roberts. At the time of her marriage she had Francis Murphy Comments: After the death of Hezikiah she married a man with the last name of Rideout and moved to Lenox, TN. Contact: LaRinda Midddleton LaRinda1@aol.com ***************************************** Location: Wayne Co., TN area called Martin Mills or Craven Mills Name: Sylvester Murphy Born: 3/10/1843 in AL Died: 12/26/1919 Parents: Father - Mother - Lizzie Murphy Married: Melvina Cansada Rideout Children: William Riley, Thomas Harvey Lee, Nathaniel Hudson, Mattie, Parthena, Charles, Columbus Timothy, Henry, Etta, Millie, and Almond Boyd Murphy Comments: He might have been a Civil War Soldier for the 2nd TN Cal US He may also have illegitimate child named Horace. Contact: LaRinda Middleton LaRinda1@aol.com ***************************************** Location: Wayne County, Tennessee Name: Francis Murphy Born: Died: Parents: Father - Mother - Eliza Jane Murphy Married: Children: Luther and a daughter Comments: Francis was deaf, dumb and confined to a wheelchair. Luther was raised by Thomas J Roberts as his own son. Contact: LaRinda Middleton LaRinda1@aol.com **************************************** Location: Weakley County, Tennessee Name: William Green Murphy Born: Jan 15, 1836 Died: Feb, 2 1904 Parents: Father - Jeremiah Burns Murphy Mother - Lavinia W. Jackson Married: Dec 9, 1861 Children: Tullulah T., Kate Nye, William G., Ernest H., Leander B., Charles M., and Harriet F. Comments: His ancestors go back to SC, Union District and before that to Surry County., VA sometime in the late 17th century. While his line is pretty well documented, some of the original ancestor's male offspring are not. Original Irish Immigrant Richard. Contact: John Goebel jgoebel@ricochet.net *************************************** Location: Montgomery County TN Name: Richard Murphy Born: Died: Parents - Father: Mother: Married: Mary Ann Elliot Children: William Joseph, James Richard, Martha, Robert Dewitt, John H., and Mary Ann Comments: My GreatGrandmother was Emily Francis Murphy. Emily married a James Washington Cotter. Contact: Pat in Michigan JPRowe37@prodigy.net **************************************** Location: Maury County, Tennessee Name: William B. Murphy Born: 1801 NC Died: aft Jan 5, 1867 Maury Co. TN Parents - This is what I need to know, Father could be Nathaniel, Charles, David? Father: Mother: Married: Mary (Polly) Benton Children: Joseph Hill Murphey, b.3/10/1837 Maury TN (came to Navarro Co.TX 1875) James C. Murphey, b.1828 TN Isaiah Franklin Murphey, b.1834 Wilson Co. TN John Calvin Murphey, b. 2/25/1838 TN (came to Navarro Co.TX 1875) William W. Murphey, b. 1841 TN Sarah Lou Murphey, b. 7/6/1845 TN Susan E. Murphey, b.1847 TN Jasper Murphey, b. 1849 TN (believed killed by yankees in war) N.M. Murphey, b.abt 1856 died young TN Edmond Thomas Murphey, b. 1/27/1839 TN (came to Navarro Co.TX 1875) Comments: Trying to find the line before William B. These Murphys came to Maury Co. with the Crews, Hills, probably Derryberrys and Bentons as well. Prob from northern NC and southern Virginia. Help me! I'll help you back! visit: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/ Contact: Mark A. Murphy, murphy@tarleton.edu ****************************************** Location: Name: Born: Died: Parents - Father: Mother: Married: Children: Comments: Contact: __________________________________________ Subject: Re: Murphy list Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 08:22:55 -0800 From: "Amy Murphy" To: "Mark Murphy" This is all I have at this point - hope it helps. Location: unknown Co. N.C. Name: William Murphree Born: ca 1750 Died: unk Parents - Father: Daniel Murphy b. Bertie Co. NC ca 1717 Mother: unk Married: unk Children: Dicey M. b abt 1779 (only one known to me) Contact: Marilyn Murphy email: MMacMurphy@aol.com Location: unknown County NC Name: Dicey M. Murphree Born: ca 1779 NC Died: Parents - Father: William of NC (possibly Bertie or Orange Co.) Mother: unk Married:Jeremiah ELLIS possibly SC ca 1799 & Jim WILSON, 1820 Rhea Co. TN Children: ELLIS: Ezekial, Benjamin, Ira, Jeremiah WILSON: Franklin, James, Jackson Contact: Marilyn Murphy email: MMacMurphy@aol.com Name: William Murphy Born: 31 March 1760 Place: near Waidsboro, Anson Co., NC Died: Aug 1850 Polk Co., MO Spouse: Nancy Hornbeak CH: Jemima, Elizabeth, Rev. Daniel Richard, Nancy, Jenny, Catherine, Jane, Lydia Parents" unknown Sibs: unknown Wm. Murphy was a Rev. War Soldier and had a Pension Submitter: Marlene (Beaver) Di Giovanni marlenedigi@prodigy.net JOHN WESLEY MURPHY Birthdate: September 21, 1871 Place:Yancey Co., NC Died: April 10, 1949 in Mitchell Co., NC Spouse: Harriett Hollifield Married: Unknown Known Children: Minnie, Ben, Milt, Sam, Frank, Florence, Effie, Bell, Annie Parents Joseph Murphy and Susan Robinson Name: Joseph C. Murphy Birthdate: November 15, 1849 Place: McDowell Co.., NC Died: April 15, 1925 Spouse: Susan Robinson Married: September 13,m 1868 Known Children: John W., William, Analiser, James Parents: John Murphy and Lavina Henline Submitter: B. Pitman E-mail: printer@m-y.net Name: John Murphy Birthdate: 1825 Place: McDowell Co., NC Died Abt. 1885 in McDowell Co., NC Spouse: Lavina Henline Married: Abt. 1848 Children: Joseph C. Parents: Unknown Submitter: B. Pitman E-mail: printer@m-y.net Name WILLIAM MURPHY Birthdate: abt. 1750 Place: Likely Duplin County, NC Died: abt. 1804 Place: Duplin County, NC Spouse: Elizabeth Wells Children: Timothy, Elizabeth, Anna, Easther, Henry Parents: Unknown Siblings: Unknown Submitter: K. Ricker e-mail: cheery2@quiknet.com Name: TIMOTHY MURPHY Birthdate: abt. 1774-1779 Place: Duplin County, NC Died 1827 Place: Duplin County, NC Spouse: Mary "Polly" Alderman Children: Henry, Timothy W., Susan, David, Eliza Ann, William, Jemima, Phoebe, Mary Jane Parents: William Murphy and Elizabeth Wells Siblings: Elizabeth, Anna, Easther, Henry Submitter: K. Ricker e-mail: cheery2@quiknet.com Chatham County, NC (Cane Creek Meeting) Name: Joshua Murphy b. April 26, 1782 d. April 1, 1840 in Wayne County, IN Parents: unknown m. 1805 in Chatham County to Margaret Chamness b. Sept. 2, 1784 Chatham County d. Feb. 9, 1854 Williamsburg, IN Children: Sally (Sarah) 1805, William 1806, Rachel 1808, Amos 1812, Rebecca 1815, John 1817, Joshua Jr 1820, Jesse 1821, Milton 1823, Margaret 1825, Polly 1828, Elizabeth 1828 Kevin D. Murphy kevin@intrepid.net ---------------------------- Name: Samuel Watson Murphy Birthdate: 2 Feb 1833 Birthplace: Cumberland or Chatham Co., NC Died: 3 May 1889 Van Zandt Co., TX Spouse: Elender V. Thompson (b. 1838 Bedford Co., TN) Children: Thomas Russell 1858; Robert Lee 1861; Anna Douglas 1867; Ella W. 1867; Virginia Caroline 1873; Willie Alma 1875 (all born in Van Zandt Co., TX) Parents: Unknown - have always thought they might be Thomas Murphy and Rachel Watson m. 5 Aug 1830 in Cumberland Co., NC Siblings: James L; T.P.; Robert A.; A.D.B.; Douglas; Jane Submitter: Amy Murphy (amurphy868@earthlink.net) ------------------- Name: William Murphy b. @1846 Father: Dixon Murphy b. 1817 Greene County, N.C. submitted by: Shelby - no email address noted Name: David MURPHY//MURPHEY Parents: Unknown Birthdate: abt. 1775 Place: North Carolina (possibly Stokes or Surry County, NC) Died: Abt. 1843 Jennings Twp., Fayette Co., IN Spouse: Mary "Polly" VAUGHN (ca1780 - aft. 1850) ... daughter of Joseph Vaughn of Stokes Co. Married: Abt. 1801 in Stokes or Surry County Known Children: Joseph, Samuel, James Migration: Left NC in the late 1830's and settled in Fayette County, IN. D P Murphy ------------------------------ Name: Archibald Daniel Murphy Birthdate: May 13, 1835 Place: Marion, Mcdowell Co. NC Died: Oct. 09, 1916 Place: Alberta, Bienville, Louisiana Spouse: Lucinda Children: Robert, Joseph, James, Harriett, Mary, Martha, William, Ada, Minnie Parents: Lambert Murphy & Frances Gray Siblings: unknown Submitter: J. Moon E-Mail: tmoon-tn@worldnet.att.net -----Original Message----- Daniel Murphree b. 1717, Bertie Precinct, N.C. m. Sarah Dempsey, b. 1721 children: (all born in N.C.) 1. William b. 1743 2. James b. 1745 3. Daniel b. 1747, d. Rev. War 4. John b. 1749 5. Levi, sr. b. 1751 6. Elizabeth b. 1753 7. Sarah b. 1755 8. Solomon b. 175 9. Milly b. 1759 10. Moses b. 1761 11. David b. 1763 12. Mary b. 1765 13. Editha b. 1767 14. Aaron _______________________________ Subject: Murphy stuff... Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:05:05 -0400 From: "murph" To: "Mark Murphy" >From a cousin in Texas: (Patrick Murphy, a descendent of John Murphey--probable brother of Gabriel) A couple of items in Beverley's package are of great interest to me, however, and I thought I'd share them with you, if you don't already have them. They are the will of Archibald Murphey, correspondence between him and his son Archibald Debow Murphey, will of Caswell County Alexander Murphey and, fyi, the will of Caswell's Dr. John McAden. The latter apparently was married to Archibald, Sr.'s daughter Elizabeth, or Betsy. If you'd like me to send you any or all of the material, let me know. One item that does catch my eye in the correspondence is the following, which I quote: - from a letter from Archibald Murphey to his son Archibald Debow Murphey, April 13, 1807, Caswell County, NC: "Dear Son, In a former letter I informed you of the representatives of our Antiant Progenators; In this I intend to give you an account of my Brothers and Sisters - (your uncles and aunts by my line). I mentioned in my former letter that when my Father (Alexander Murphey) died, he left eight small Childrin. The first Son, James, I was the second, Alexander the third, John the fourth, my sisters were Sarah, Esther, Nancy and a young child of eight or ten months old under the care of my Aunt, who died about that age whose name I do not remember." Later in the same letter, Archibald wrote..."Your Uncle Alexander once owned the land which Capt. Haralson lives on, but sold it to me and moved to the Settlement of Clinch and I understand by a letter lately from one of his sons (Thomas) that he removed from Clinch into the State of Kentucky." If my geography and logic are working properly, this "Uncle Alexander" just may be the Alexander that pops up throughout Russell County, where the Clinch River runs, around the 1790's - 1800's. Before you ask about the brother John that Archibald mentions, he later states in his letter that John died in 1770 and is buried in Person County. So this couldn't be our John. Relatedly, brother James died in the Eutaw Battle in South Carolina. I realize this is probably what one might call "negative" information, but given that it so clearly documents at least one grouping of Murphys, I though it might be of interest. As I said, there's more, so let me know what you need. __________________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+2000+89694+F Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 12:55:37 -0500 From: Virginia Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Sarah Murphy m. George Stacy I am interested to know the ancestor of your Sarah Murphy. I, too, am researching Murphys who came to Maury Co. from N. C. or Pittsylvania Co., Va. in the early 1800's. They stopped in Rutherford Co., Tn. prior to moving on to Maury Co., Tn. My husband's ancestor was Nathaniel Green Murphy who md. Mary "Polly" Mack. I have found several Sarah Murphys but none who md. a Stacy. I believe Miles Murphy to be the father of Nathaniel Green Murphy but no positive proof. There were too many Nathaniels! I have found records for Nathaniel in Pittsylvania Co., Va. and Caswell and Rockingham Cos. in N.C. Can you help? Steve Roper wrote: > I hope someone descended from this family will contact me. > George Stacy, son of Gilliam Stacy and Jane Ritchie, married in Maury Co > TN 2 Aug 1853 to Sarah MURPHY. > Believe Sarah is the child of my ancestor WARREN D MURPHY and his first > wife Elizabeth Dixon. > The Murphy's came to Maury Co from Pittsylvania CO VA. > After ELizabeth Dixon died Warren remarried LUCINDA "Lucy" Stacy, who > was George Stacy's aunt (She was Gilliam Stacy's sister). > Regina Roper __________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+17194219182+F Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:24:22 -0500 From: "Bargerhuff & Hembree" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com 1820 KY Census Index Murphy, Miles KY GALLATIN CO. 117 1820 ________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+14093517839+F Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:37:24 -0600 From: Virginia Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Murphy is Fairfax and Culpepper Co. Va. I do not have acceess to either of these. Do you know of a Miles Murphy in Fauquier Co., Va. in the early or mid-1700's? Or a Nathaniel G. Murphy who migrated from Pittsylvania Co., Va. or Chatham, Rockingham Cos., N. C. Thank you. Virginia J. Murphy "Ernest G. Murphrey" wrote: > Thomas Murfie came to Virginia in 1634 or 1635 and Edward Murferry to > Virginia in 1649. There are many documented transactions involving > Murphrey/Murphys after that. > > Information on these can be found in: > > EARLY VIRGINIA > IMMIGRANTS by George Cabell Greer and PASSENGERS TO AMERICA: A CONSOLIDATION OF PASSENGER SHIP LISTS by Michael Tepper. > > Ernie Murphrey > >Resent-Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:20:13 -0700 (PDT) >From: FR1798ENCH@aol.com >Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:19:30 EDT >Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Murphy is Fairfax and Culpepper Co. Va. > >The earliest Murphy I have seen is in Jamestown in 1639. > ____________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+7281701472+F Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 16:05:07 -0500 From: Virginia Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <37811E03.1E0BBBD5@cafes.net> Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Maury TN Murphys Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Beverly, So glad you found the book. I wrote you that I would be happy to extract anything you wanted from the book at the library. I think this must have been one of the messages that never got sent!. I had a repair man in on Friday. I think everything is pretty much okay now...maybe. I keep looking for more clues. I am wondering if Ezekiel and James were brothers. They seem to have signed together on occasion. I am also wondering if the Miles in Faquier Co. could have been the father of Nathaniel G. He was b. in Prince Edward Co. (?) There are a lot of questions buzzing around in my head. You seem to have more information than anyone I have contacted. I am only about a mile from the local library. Let me know, please, if I can search anything for you. Hope you had a happy Fourth. Virginia bwhite@freeway.net wrote: > The various Murphys in Maury TN certainly seemed to have their spellings > interchanged in the records. . . . . . Beverly White >> Maury County Abstracts of Minute Books 2A and 3; June 1813-Nov 1816, by > Carol Wells: > Sep 1813: Admrs. of M. Murphy vs. J. & J. Fly. > > Dec 1813: Administrators of H. Murfree vs. J. & J. Fly. > > Aug 1814: Executors of Hardy Murphy vs. J. & J. Fley. Present . . . do sy > the defendant is guilty . . . > > Aug 1814: Nathaniel Murphy appointed overseer from the gap in the ridge > opposite William A. Maxwells to the north boundary line of Nathan'l. > Thompson instead of Andrew Forgy; same hands. > > May 1815: Nathaniel Murphy granted letters of administration on estate of > John M. Murfee, dec'd.; bond with Nathaniel Thompson, security. > > Aug 1815: Eli McCain appointed overseer from the gap opposite William A. > Maxwell's to the north boundary of Nathaniel Murphy; same hands. > > Aug 1815: Letters of administration on estate of Thomas J. Johnson, dec'd. > granted to George Johnson; bond, with William Johnson and Charles Murphy, securities. > > Feb 1816: B/S Mark Hollamon and Nancy Hollamon his wife to Thomas Hudspeth, > five negroes, proven by William Murphy and Elijah Richardson. > > May 1816: Eli McKean to oversee the ridge near Wm. A. Maxwell's to > Nathaniel Thompson'sline; same hands who worked under Nathaniel Murphey, work thereon under his direction. > > May 1816: John Alderson vs. Adonijah Edwards. Appeal. Court, Joseph > Herndon, John Miller, John Matthews. Jury . . . Nathaniel Murphy . . . upon oath do say that they find for the plaintiff. > > May 1816: State vs. Michael Waldrup Jr. Present: John Miller, John > Spencer, Thos. Coleman. > Robert Mack, solicitor for Maury County. Jury: . . . Nathaniel Murphey . . > . upon oath do say that the defendant is not guilty. > > Nov 1816: James Elliott vs. Robert Love. Appeal. Present, John Matthews, > William Cowden, Robert Sellars. Jury . . . Nathaniel Murphey . . . upon [see Rutherford TN.rtf on drive D] ____________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+17574310195+F Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:21:59 -0500 From: "Bargerhuff & Hembree" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MURPHY-L] Colonial America, 1607-1789 VA Census Index Colonial America, 1607-1789 VA Census Index Murphy, John VA BERKELEY DIST. 1772 RENT ROLL Murphy, John VA BERKELEY DIST. 1777 RENT ROLL Murphy, Valentn. VA BERKELEY DIST. 1777 RENT ROLL --- Murphey, Robert VA BOTETOURT CO. MASES DIST 1785 TAX LIST ---- Murphey, Zachariah VA CULPEPER CO. 1779 --- Mowzy, Betty VA FAUQUIER CO. 1770 RENT ROLL Murphy, Miles VA FAUQUIER CO. LEEDS MANOR 1770 RENT ROLL Murphy, Miles VA FAUQUIER CO. LEEDS MANOUR 1777 RENT ROLL Murphy, Robert VA FREDERICK CO. 19 1782 06-00 ----- Murphy, Pat VA GREENBRIER CO. 1786 TAX LIST ---- Murphy, Edward VA HALIFAX CO. 23 1782 09-00 Murphy, Edward VA HALIFAX CO. 23 1782 09-00 STATE CENSUS Murphy, James VA HALIFAX CO. 23 1782 06-00 Murphy, James VA HALIFAX CO. 23 1782 06-00 STATE CENSUS Murphy, John VA HALIFAX CO. 23 1782 06-13 Murphy, John VA HALIFAX CO. 23 1782 06-13 STATE CENSUS Murphy, William VA HALIFAX CO. 24 1782 15-16 Murphy, Hugh VA HAMPSHIRE CO. 27 1782 04-00 Murphy, James VA HAMPSHIRE CO. 26 1782 06-02 Murphy, William VA HAMPSHIRE CO. 25 1782 08-01 Murphy, William VA HAMPSHIRE CO. 26 1782 04-00 ------ Murphy, David VA HARRISON CO. 034 1785 --- Murphey, George VA ISLE OF WIGHT CO. 30 1782 00-00 SLAVE SCHEDULE Murphey, John, Jr. VA ISLE OF WIGHT CO. 30 1782 00-00 SLAVE SCHEDULE Murphy, John VA ISLE OF WIGHT CO. 30 1782 00-00 SLAVE SCHEDULE Murphy, William VA ISLE OF WIGHT CO. 30 1782 00-00 SLAVE SCHEDULE Murry, Thomas VA ISLE OF WIGHT CO. 30 1782 00-00 SLAVE SCHEDULE Murphey, John VA KING GEORGE CO. WESTMORLAND 1740 RENT ROLL Murphy, William VA KING GEORGE CO. 1782 TAX LIST ------- Murphey, Denis VA MONONGALIA CO. 36 1782 05-00 Murphey, John VA MONONGALIA CO. 36 1782 03-00 ----- Murphey, George VA PITTSYLVANIA CO. 41 1782 07-00 Murphy, Anthony VA PRINCESS ANNE CO. W UPPER PRECINCT 060 1783 TAX LIST Murphy, Nathaniel VA PRINCESS ANNE CO. E LOWER PRECINCT 060 1783 TAX LIST ------- Murphy, Sarah VA RICHMOND 111 1782 CONTINENTAL CENSUS ----- Murphy, Charles VA SHENANDOAH CO. 064 1783 TAX LIST ----- Murphy, Peter VA STAFFORD CO. 1768 RENT ROLL Murphy, Peter VA STAFFORD CO. 1773 RENT ROLL K Hembree _____________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+9652357346+F Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:20:08 -0400 From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MURPHY-L] Murphy Records Here's more that others have shared with me. Note that Miles Murphey in the last entry appears in Pittsylvania VA, Rockingham NC and Caswell NC records, with descendants them appearing in Rutherford and Maury TN. Regarding the Zachariah Murphy entry, it is thought that he may come from the Daniel Murphey line of Charles MD. Culpeper VA(formed 1748 from Orange County) Some Culpeper Marriages Anna Murphy to William R. Pinnell on 26 Nov 1799. Dennis Murphy to Sally Marshall on 11 May 1803. Elizabeth Murphy to Osborn McDonald on 27 May 1798. Elizabeth Murphy to Zadoch Sedwick on 23 Dec 1802. Frances Murphy to Mary Berry on 12 Mar 1803. Harriet Murphy to Copel P. Crutchin on 18 Mar 1850. James T. Murphy to Hellen M. Marshall on 11 Mar 1845. John Murphy to Sally Sedwick on 24 Dec 1805. Martin Murphy to Sarah Glass on 30 Nov 1786. Peter Murphy to Lucy D. Car on 01 Mar 1838. Rebecca Murphy to Edward Compton on 10 Jan 1799. Thomas Murphy to Elizabeth Edrington on 10 Mar 1810. Tax List MURPHEY, ZACHARIAH CULPEPER CO. 1779 Orange County Marriages: Zachariah Murphy to Lucy Atkins on 23 Mar 1801 Will Book B (1770-1783) Will of Courtney Norman of Brumphill Parish, Culpeper Co. Dated 14 Mar 1770; proven 20 Aug 1770. Legatees: Wife, Mary Norman. Sons: John Norman, Courtney Norman, Reuben Norman, Benjamin Norman, Ezekiel Norman, William Norman. Daughter: Amey Murphey. "Rest of estate equally amongst five youngest children." Exr: Thomas Jordan, Sebasten Hatter(?), Edwin Hickman. Wts: Edwin Hickman, James Hickman, Joseph Boggess. Account of Sale of Estate of Courtney Norman, dec'd. to 05 Nov 1771. Purchasers: . Richard Murffie . William Murffie .Miles Murffie . Miles Murphey ____________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+444985134+F Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:58:33 -0700 From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] .Culpepper Co. Va Hello to Murphy Who Listmongers and all recipients: Welcome back Kathleen! Phyllis wrote earlier about a Culpeper List....I think that would be a good idea. I have been unable to find further family members of Thomas (1744), with sons William and David. I am sure there were more children, and by comparing notes we could probably make some reasonable assumptions at least. Such as: Did they marry sisters/cousins? Did they marry near the same time frame? Did they witness deeds, wills etc together? Family first names in common? Children names? What do others think? Is it too wide of a focus to be successful? I have absolutely no idea of how many Culpeper Murphys might turn up. Mary Allen Valentine Murphy _____________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+442981718+F Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 07:28:35 -0500 From: Virginia Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] .Culpepper Co. Va The Miles Murphy I am researching wrote his will 11 Dec. 1819 and it was executed Aug. 1821. He mentioned daughters Sally and Patsy Murphy and Nancy Harden. His other children had left him and already received their part. Will was in Rockingham Co., N.C. My husband's ancestor was Nathaniel Green Murphy, son of Miles. Nathaniel migrated to Tn. ca 1804. V. Murphy PHYLLIS MURPHY wrote: > .I am also researching Murphy in Culpepper Co. Va. before 1800. I saw that > Miles Murphy was there before 1800, my Bayliss Murphy was born in Culpepper > Co. in 1792. I think I also saw another Murphy in Culpepper Co. Do you think > someone would like to start a list of Murphy in this Co. before 1800 or around > that time. How come so many were in this county? Do you think they are all > related to each other. > I found a estate of a Sylvester Murphy in 1792 for Culpepper Co. Can't find > any of his children. But my Bayliss named one of his Children Sylvester > Murphy. > > Phyllis Murphy > Broken Arrow, Oklahoma _______________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1998+8801252269+F Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 11:33:36 EST From: FMcki88439 To: Murphy-L@rootsweb.com Cc: CWright283@aol.com Message-ID: Subject: [MURPHY-L] Willis Murphy-Wilkinson Cnty, MS and Sabine Cnty, TX ....Willis Murphy m. Priscilla Dixon.... One of my grandmother's [Exa Evaleen Drawhorn] sisters, Rosa Azzie Drawhorn, indicated in a written statement that "my father's mother was the daughter of Willis Murphy, son of Mary and George Murphy who came from Maidenhead, England." ............ ______________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+11262790737+F Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 22:05:59 -0400 From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Murphy's in North Carolina Dear Leila: Here's what I have on Cumberland NC. Hope it helps. By the way, by now most Murphy-ites know that I'm always looking for research data so that I have something to pass along when people ask. Any research you can pass along might help one of us. Beverly Cumberland NC(formed 1754 from Bladen County) Colonial Records of NC John Murphy on petition to his Excellency, Joseph Martin, Esquire, Governor & Com. in Chief of the Province of NC. From Campbelltown, Cumberland Co. NC. 13 Mar 1772. An Abstract of NC Wills from about 1760 to about 1800 Fred A. Olds Cumberland County: 1801 - Murphy, John: Epha (wife; Esther, John and Cornelius; Mary Baker (daughter) Margaret Burnside (daughter); Nancy Dale(?) (daughter) Jenny McNeill (daughter). Some Cumberland Marriages D.B. Murphy to Crissilla A. McKeithan on 19 Jan 1846. Daniel Murphy to Elizabeth Blue on 27 Feb 1812. James Murphy to Barbara MacMillan on 18 Aug 1807. Jesse Murphy to Polly Ingram on 24 Jan 1804. Jno. W. Murphy to Martha Baker on 25 Dec 1838. John Murphy to Jannet Howie on 10 Feb 1814. John W. Murphy to M.J. McLeran on 24 Mar 1847. Richard Murphy to Wyltha Butler on 02 Nov 1819. Robert Murphy to Jane Blake on 05 Mar 1812. Thomas Murphy to Marey Baker on 23 May 1807. Thomas R. Murphy to Rachel P. Watson on 26 Jul 1830. William Murphy to Mary Jane Blue on 05 Feb 1825. William Murphy Family Cemetery Located about 1 3/4 miles southsoutheast of Eastover (intersection of U.S. Route 301 and Middle Road) in Eastover Township. From S.R. 1831 (Baywood Road), west 0.37 miles on S.R. 1832 (Murphy Road), south 0.24 miles on a dirt road past house, east about 50 yards on high ground in woods. Fourteen marked graves, last burial 1942. 1. Mary J. (Blue) Murphy 29 Nov 1803 - 26 Sep 1887 aged 83 yrs. 9 mos. 27 days. 2. Broken stone (William Murphy) with footstone "W.M." 3. Infant daughter of J.C. & M. Culbreth 25 Apr 1920 4. Erected by Mrs. M.J. Murphy in memory of her son Wellington Murphy. Killed in the War 14 Mar 1865 aged 24 years, 2 months, 12 days. 5. John Culbreth 17 Apr 1838 - 22 Feb 1917 Mary Eliza Murphy, his wife, 14 Nov 1844 - 5 Feb 1886. Erected by their children. Mary Keith, 2nd wife 29 Nov 1844 - 5 May 1927 6. Albert M. Culbreth 20 Mar 1876 - 24 Nov 1942 7. William Murphy 27 Dec 1831 - 28 Dec 1915 8. Mary E. Baker, wife of William Murphy 29 Mar 1851 - 22 May 1915 9. H.H. Culbreth 1840 - 10 May 1922 age 82 yrs. 10. Unreadable temporary marker. 11. Henrietta Murphy 20 Mar 1833 - 2 Mar 1911 12. Julius Leroy Culbreth d. 18 Dec 1937 aged 70 yrs. 4 mos. 27 days JOHN MURPHY FAMILY CEMETERY Located about 2 miles southwest of Wade in Eastover Township. From U.S. Route 301, northwest 0.45 miles on S.R. 1719 (Rich Walker Road), south 30 yards in edge of woods. Partially fenced. Abandoned. 1. James Wright Murphy 17 Nov 1830 10 Apr 1861 2. Thomas Wright Murphy 20 Jan 1830 16 Oct 1846 3. Charity Wright Murphy 2 Jan 1791 1 May 1873 4. Jennet Howie Murphy 10 Jun 1782 14 Sep 1819 5. John Murphy 8 Dec 1781 6 Dec 1865 _____________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1998+10011512551+F Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:31:40 -0400 (EDT) From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199804271831.OAA10501@onramp.freeway.net> Subject: [MURPHY-L] Murphy/Virginia Wills Virginia Wills & Administrations 1632-1800 An Index of Wills Recorded in Local Courts of Virginia 1632-1800, and of Administrations on Estates Shown by Inventories of the Estates of Intestates Recorded in Will (and other) Books of Local Courts Compiled by: Clayton Torrence (extracts of entries for all spellings of Murphy) MURFEE Daniel Stafford 1705(i) Jno. Norfolk 1675(w) Richard Southampton 1782(i) Richard Southampton 1789(w) Simon Southampton 1796(w) MURFEY Patrick Shenandoah 1787(i) Simon Surry 1754(w) MURFFEY Bryant Westmoreland 1715(i) Elizabeth Westmoreland 1721(i) William Westmoreland 1719(i) MURFREE Sarah Isle of Wight 1742(w) Simon Southampton 1796(i) MURFREY John Isle of Wight 1721(w) MURPHEE James Southampton 1782(w) MURPHERY William, Jr. Isle of Wight 1715(i) MURPHEW Daniel Northumberland 1711(i) MURPHEY Jno. Halifax 1787(i) John Isle of Wight 1772(w) John Isle of Wight 1788(w) Margaret Northumberland 1771(i) Thomas Frederick 1750(i) Thomas Northumberland 1753(i) William Northumberland 1750/1(i) MURPHIE Darbie Northumberland 1748(i) MURPHREE James Southampton 1783(i) MURPHREY William Isle of Wight 1789(w) MURPHRY Michael Isle of Wight 1747(i) MURPHY Bridget Northampton 1734(i) Daniel Northampton 1741(w) Daniel Augusta 1752(a) Darby Frederick 1769(w) Henry Frederick 1753(a) James Westmoreland 1745/6(i) James Henrico 1794(i) Jno. Westmoreland 1742(w) Jno. Westmoreland 1750(w) Jno. Augusta 1764(i) Jno. Mecklenburg 1771(w) John Berkeley 1799(w) Maurice Westmoreland 1741(i) Michael Loudoun 1785(w) Samuel Amherst 1770(a) Sarah Isle of Wight 1787(w) Silvester Culpeper 1792(i) Thomas Bedford 1778(w) William Berkeley 1782(i) End of MURPHY-D Digest V98 Issue #80 ________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+9822403647+F Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:51:48 -0400 From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199908272051.QAA24920@srv1.ptsk.mi.freeway.net> Subject: [MURPHY-L] Murphy . . . I have researched Rutherford TN fairly well and have narrowed the Murphys (of all spellings) down to three groups. The Murfrees that include Col. Hardy Murfree; Miles and Ezekiel who seem to have come out of Pittsylvania and Rockingham VA; and my line, John Greene Murphey who is the son of Archibald from Caswell NC (and I'm fairly sure your Fannie does not fit). Following are a few Rutherford TN records. Anything you can add would be appreciated. Beverly White (bwhite@freeway.net) Rutherford County Tennessee (formed 1803 from Davidson County) Deed Abstracts Vol. 1 1804-1810, by: Henry G. Wray DB B:129 - Thomas N. Breckell to Hardy Murfree. 640 acres. Indenture 18 Jul 1805 between Thomas N. Breckell and Hardy Murfree, both of Hartford Co. NC. Land as described in Deed 127. Wts: James Copeland; Thomas Gurtey. Hartford Co. Aug Term 1804. Acknowledged by grantor. J.F. Dickerson, Clerk. Registered Miles Jurnegan. James Morse, Presiding Justice of the Court. DB B:131 - Demsey Jenkins to Hardy Murfree. 320 acres. Indenture between Demsey Jenkins and Hardy Murfree, both of Hartford Co. NC. Land as described in Deed #130. Wts: George Cryer; Thomas Deanes. Registered State NC, Hartford County. J.F. Dickerson, Clerk. Registered Miles Jurnegan. James Morse, Presiding Justice of the Court. DB B:133 - John Butler to Hardy Murfree. 228 acres. Indenture 1798 between John Butler of Bertie Co. NC and Hardy Murfree of Hertford Co. NC. Land as described in Deed #132. Wts: Ezekiel White. State NC Hertford Co. Nov. Term 1804. Jo. F. Dickerson Clerk. James Morse, Presiding Justice of the Court. Several more similar entries. County Court Minutes 1811-1815 , by: Carol Wells Apr 1812: Deeds - John Wills to Hardy Murfree dated 15 Jun 1805. Ezekiel Murphy of Rutherford Co., Tn. gave Power of Attorney to James Blackley of Pittsylvania Co., Va. to sell for him a tract of land on both sides of Long Branch and Pole Ridge Branch containing 272 acres and also another tract joining the above land. Dated 1 Aug. 1808. 04 Feb 1809: Inv. Samuel McCulloch. Buyers . . . A. L. Murphrey . . . 1810 Census: Ezekiel Murphy is only one by that surname on 1810 Rutherford TN census. He is shown being between ages 26 to 45, wife same, one male 10-16, one male under 10, one female under 10 and 2 slaves. July 1811: Williams & wife vs. Joseph Burnett, adm. Dispute referred to award of Edmund Owen . . . Wm. Murfrey . . . Their award . . . shall be the Judgement of this Court. July 1811: Alexander Murphy vs. Obediah M. Benge. Plf by John E. Beck aty intends no further to prosecute; defendant recovers his costs. Oct 1811: Wm Williams & wife vs. Joseph Burnett adm. Dispute referred to award of . . . Wm. Murphy . . . Jan 1812: Appoint Daniel Parker to oversee road in stead of Abner Johns, from Wilsons shoals to widow Caswells plantation with hands: . . James Murphy . . . Jul 1813: Bill/Sale Joseph F. Dickinson & David Dickinson, attys for Wm. H. Murfree to Burwell Ganaway for four Negroes Henry, Pattey, Alfred & Delpha, proven by Gilliam Moloy and Walker Ganaway. Jul 1813: Order Ezekiel Murphy to oversee road from Williamson County line to where it intersects Nashville road at Robert Smith's lane with hands. Jan 1814: Order Ezekiel Murfree oversee road with hands. Jan 1814: Deed Joseph F. Dickinson and David Dickinson (next words written over) H. Murfree to John Henderson. Benjamin McCulloch and Bennett Smith made oath they saw said David Dickinson attorney as aforesaid sign, seal and deliver same. Jan 1814: Order David Rankin . . . Murfrees hands at Murfrees Spring . work under John Jetton as overseer of a road. Jul 1814: Order Abraham Prim oversee road from Williamson Countyto where it intersects Nashville road at Robert Smiths lane in room of Ezekiel Murphy with hands. Oct 1814: Order following hands allowed to Abraham Princen in addition to those already allowed: . . . Ezekiel Murphy . . . 07 Nov 1814: Inv. Joseph McLaughlin. Buyers . . . William Murphey April 1815: Order Jesse Brashear . . . mark a road from north east part of the town upon the dividing line between James Mannay and Mathias B. Murfree and from Murfree's north east corner to Readys Mill. April 1815: John Smith vs John Smith. Jury . . . Matthias B. Murfey. 11 Apr 1815: Inv. James Henderson. In debt to estate James Murfey Apr 1815: Appoint Mathias B. Murfree to oversee road from fork to Murfreesborough with his hands, Frak Burtons; exempt from working any other road. Jul 1815: John Brashear, Alexander McEwen, Jacob Wright, Charles Ready, and James S. Jetton apptd last term to mark a road on dividing line between James Mornays (Manney?) and Mathias B. Murfree and from Murfrees corner to Readys Mill, make report: begin on dividing line between James Manney and Mathias B. Murfree to Murfrees corner, thence to Widow Locks, to Double Springs, thence to where W Gable formerly lived, thence to Pybass's, thence to where Renshaw and Readys roads come together, thence with Readys road to intersection with old road from Readys to Jefferson. Oct 1815: Order Fredk Barfield and Abner Johns Esqrs. examine Mrs. Sarah Maney apart from her husband, Doct. Jas Maney touching her consent to deed to Matthias B. Murfee. Oct 1815: Deed from James Maney and wife Sally M. Maney to Mathias B. Murfree, two tracts in Montgomery County, 128 acres and 275 acres ackd. Appoint Fredk Barfield and Abner Johns to examine Sally M. Maney apart from her husband touching her execution of said deed. (Fredk Barfield and Abner Johns make return they took private examination of Sally M. Maney, she saith she freely executed said deed. Oct 1815: Deed from James Maney and Sally M. Maney to Mathias B. Murfree 1508 acres (as above) Feb/Mar 1816: Sale William Dickinson. Administrator, Matthias B. Murfree. 22 Apr 1817: Settlement/James Henderson: Owing debt to the estate . . . James Murphy . . . 24 May 1817: Add'I. Inv./Joseph Wallace: Buyers . . . Bazil Murphey. 26 Mar 1818: Sale/David Keas. Buyers . . . John G. Murfee Mar 1818: Settlement/William Dickinson. Administrator Matthias B. Murfree. Jun 1818: Sale/Samuel Dunaway. Buyers . . . Bazel Murphey. Dec 1818: Inv./Thomas Washington. Owing debt to estate . . . Ezekiel Murfree. 31 Mar 1819: Sale/David Jones. Buyers . . . Joseph Murphey . . . 21 Jun 1819: Inv./John Fisher. Owing debt to estate . . . M. Murfrey 15 Nov 1820: Will/Owen Edwards. Landowner adjoining estate: ??? Murphey. 20 Dec 1820: Settlement/Thomas Washington. Owing debt to estate . . . J. C. Murphey 05Jul 1821: Inv./Littleberry S. Harwell or Hartwell. Owing debt to estate . . . William Murfree . Matt Murphrey 21 Nov 1822: Sales/William Henderson. Buyers . . . M. B. Murfree Apr 1824: Inv. & Sales/John Carter. Buyers . . . John G. Murphey 04 Jun 1824: Will of Charles Statham . . . land deeded to me by William Hill, Elijah Murfree . . 10 Sep 1824: Will/Alexander Jordan. Wts: Jno.G. Murphey 08 Jun 1825: Inv. Sales/Abraham Prim. Buyers . . . John Murfree Jul 1825: Inv. Sale/Dr. John M. King. Buyers . . . M. B. Murfree 18 Nov 1825: Will of William Lytle Sr. Landowner usually adjoining estate . . . M. Murfree . . . 02 Jan 1826: Div. of Estate of Richard W. Caswell. Commissioners: M. B. Murfree . . . 11 Jan 1826: Settlement/John Carter. Commissioner - J. G. Murphy. 11 Apr 1826: Inv. Sales/James Norman: Administrator: John Murphey; Buyers: Miles Murphey, John Murphey . . . Ezekiel Murphey, Joseph Murphey. 25 Nov 1826: Inv. Sales/William Powell. Buyers..... M. B. Murfree Sep & Dec 1826: Inv. of Sales/Henry Window . . . Buyers..... D. Murphry . . J. Murphry . . . 05 Sep 1827: Inv/Sales/James Mathis. Buyers . . . John C. Murphey Misc. Rutherford County TN Murpfree, Mathias B. 25 Jan 1817 sold land in Montgomery Co., TN to James Maney. He also sold land in Smith Co, TN. (Rutherford TN, Co Ct Min. K/204-5). Murfree, Wm. H. Died before 15 Feb 1830 when the executors, Matthias B. Murfree, James Maney, Thomas Maney and Wm. Maney, sold land in Montgomery Co., Tn to Armistead Rogers. (Rutherford TN, Co Ct Min, M/202). Murphy, Archibald died bef 16 Sept 1819 when John G. Murphy, one of the heirs, pet. for appraisal of a tract of land that had been divised by the decd in trust for the use of his heirs. (Rutherford TN,CoCt Min, N/318) Nimrod Menifee to value I acre where Hardy Murphy wants to build a grist mill, July 1807. Some Rutherford County Marriages: Ann Murphy to Benjamin Jarratt on 11 Feb 1825. Elizabeth Murphy to Richard Spann on 06 Mar 1854 Ezekiel Murphy to Louisa Jones on 27 Dec 1835. Levi Reeves, bm. By: John Fletcher, JP. John Murphy to Louisa W. Edwards on 14 Nov 1831. By: Peyton Smith. John Murphey to Elizabeth R. Parish on 28 Dec 1839. John G. Murphey to Sarah A. Lehue on 04 Jan 1839. Josephine Murphy to John R. Blake on 19 Feb 1857. Julia Ann Murphy to G.C. Wray on 28 Aug 1858. Louisa Murphy to Thomas Jarratt on 17 Oct 1850. Louisa Murphy to G.M.C. Jones. Mary Murphy to Daniel Jarrett on 03 Feb 1869. Mary E. Murphy to J.H. Butler on 17 May 1865. Mary E. Murphy to James Phillips on 10Aug 1865. Mary J. Murphy to Cornelius Phillips on 13 Dec 1837. Nancy G. Murphy to William Lassiter on 17 Feb 1845. Nathaniel G. Murphy to Eliza V. Morris on 26 Nov 1833 by Peyton Smith MG. W. J. Lyle. Vinnie Murphy to Henry Caswell on 11 Jan 1870. Wayne W. Murphy to Ann M. Windrow on 10 Jan 1835. William A. Haney, bm. Miles P. Murfree to Elizabeth Maxwsell on 06 Nov 1829. John Brockman, bm. State of Tennessee )County of Rutherford ) To any regular minister of the Gospel having the care of souls, or to any Justice of the Peace. These are to authorize you or either of you to solemnize the rites of matrimony between James K. Murphy and Louisa Mofs, agreeably to an act of Assembly in such case made and provided; provided always that the said Louisa be an actual resident in this County, otherwise these shall be null and void and shall not be accorded any license or authority to you or either of you for the purpose aforesaid more than though the same had never been prayed or granted. Given in the City of Murfreesboro this 30th October 1863. John James, Clerk by J. E. Dromgode, D.C. Jas. K. Murphey ) to ) M. Bond Louisa Mofs ) executed the 30th of Oct 1864. Bible Record: James Peyton Murphey was born in the year AD October 30 day 1820. Susan Elizabeth Murphey was born in the year AD March 23 day 1832. Miles Pinkney Murphey was born in the year AD January 14 day 1834. Susan Elizabeth Murphey was born in the year AD November 22, 1835. Joseph Edmund Murphey was born in the year AD March 1841. Miles P. Murphey ----- departed this life ---- the 14 1854. J. Peyton Murphey departed this life on 25 July 1863. Joseph E. Murphey died 20, 1863, fighting bravely at Chickamaugua. Albert M. Maxwell departed this life Nov 23, 1869. Elizabeth Murphey departed this life Sept the 3, 1872. Suzan E. Morgan departed this life February 5th 1886. Miles P. Murphey was married to Elizabeth Maxwell, the daughter of John and Jane D. Covington in the year AD 2 day 1829. G.C. (Grandville Crockett) Wray was married to Julyann America Murphey in the year of our lord July the 28th day 1858. Miles T. Murphey Junior was married to Isabela T. Miles in the year of our lord February the 16 day 1869. Miles P. Murphey born in the year AD July 19 day 1788. Elizabeth Murphey, the wife of Miles P. Murphey was born AD July 13 day 1789. Albert Madison Maxwell was born in the year AD November 1 day 1818. John Anderson Maxwell was born in the year AD 3 day December 1820. Martha Jane Maxwell was born 1 day January 1823. Mary Wilhamz Maxwell was born 17 day January of 1825. William Franklin Maxwell was born 22 day of March 182?? Murfreesboro Minitor, 28 Nov 1868 - Unknown Confederate Grave: Location today unknown. In 1868 this grave was located on the J.K.P. Murphy place near Murfreesboro. This was the grave of a Georgia soldier. Mr. Murphy advertised in the local paper about the grave, as he wanted to move the body and hoped someone would claim it. Grave was marked: F.A. H. Company G, 37th Georgia. Rutherford Rifles: Murfree, Hal, enlisted April 1861; discharged in Virginia in 1861. Murfree, J.B., enlisted April 1861; promoted to surgeon and transferred to Medical Department in 1861. Record from the Murfree Family Bible, copied by Miss Annie Campbell in 1937 Births: Col. Hardy Murfree, was born the 5th of June 1752. Died 6th of April 1809. William Hardy Murfree, was born the 2nd of Oct. 1781, Hertford Co. NC, son of Hardy Murfree and Sally Murfree, his wife. Elizabeth Mary Murfree, daughter of James Maney and Mary Maney, his wife, was born in Hertford Co. NC on the 28th of October 1787. William Law Murfee, son of William H. and Elizabeth M. Murfree, was born on the 19th day of July 1817, Hertford Co. NC. Sally Brichell Murfree (daughter of William H. and Elizabeth M. Murfree) was born September 1821, Hertford Co. NC. Elizabeth Maney Murfree (daughter of William H. and Elizabeth M. Murfree) was born on the 13th July 1826, Williamson Co. Tenn. Fanny Murfree, daughter of William L. and F. Priscilla Murfree, was born August 2 AD, 1846. Mary Noailles Murfree, daughter of William L. and F. Priscilla Murfree, was born January 24, 1850. William Law Murfree, Jr., son of William L. and Fanny Priscilla Murfree, was born on Tuesday, March 26th, 1854. Marriages: William Hardy Murfree and Elizabeth Mary Maney were married in NC AD 1808. Married on the 22nd day of November AD 1843, near Murfreesboro Tenn. William Law Murfree, Esq. to Miss Fanny Priscilla, daughter of David Dickinson Esq. and Fanny Noailles Dickinson. Married on the 7th day of December 1881, William Law Murfree, Jr. to Miss Louise, daughter of John Knostman, Esq. Deaths: Elizabeth Mary Murfree, consort of William H. Murfree, departed this life on the 13th day of July AD 1826 in the 39th year of her age. Williamson Co. Tenn. William H. Murfree, departed this life on the 19th day of January AD 1827. In the 41st year of his age. William Law Murfree departed this life August 23, 1892, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. William Law Murfree, Jr. departed this life Jan. 25, 1902, at Boulder, Colorado. Fanny Priscilla Dickinson Murfree, departed this life September 19, 1902 at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Aged eighty-six years. Mary Noalles Murfree, Daughter of William Law Murfree and Fanny Priscilla Dickinson Murfree, departed this life July 31, 1922, Murfreesboro, Tenn. -------------------------------- End of MURPHY-D Digest V99 Issue #285 ************************************* ________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+393840806+F Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 19:28:43 -0700 From: "Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com There is also a Miles Murphy (Murphrey) in the 1790 census for Sampson Co., NC, along with Michael, William, Richard and Charles. This Michael Murphrey is believed to be the son of Capt. John Murphrey and Elizabeth Harrison of Isle of Wight VA. ..... Michael Murphey Deeds of Duplin-Sampson Co. 1782 Michael Murphey to Richard Murphey.. 50 pds for 150 Acres 1785 Miles Murphey to Richard Murphey.. 100pds for 180 Acres 1779 Michael Murphey to Miles Murphey.. 20 pds for 180 Acres..... ___________________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+11702892676+F Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:25:56 -0700 From: "Tony & Sue (Skay) Abruscato" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Hi Beverly: Yes it was me who posted the land records, but I still don't have the full citations on them, but this is what I have been able to find out about the Murphy/Murphrey's of Duplin/Sampson Co., NC. Colony of N.C. Deeds: p.423. #6000.p.399. MICHAEL MURPHY, 23 April 1762, 456 ac. in Duplin Co. on the west side of the 6 Runs between Thomas Pugh and Jacob Chesnut joining marsh and the swamp. p.501. #7051. p.39. MICHAEL MURPHY, Feb. 15, 1764, 45 ac. in Duplin on the west side of Seal Run, joining Jacob Chesnut, James Gaylor, Samuel Webster, and a pond. The birth date I have for Michael Murphrey (ca 1735), son of Capt. John Murphrey and Elizabeth Harrison, does look like it could fit for this particular Michael Murphy (also listed as Murphrey on some records). It also places him in Duplin Co., NC in 1762, the year of birth for Richard Murphy (of Amite and Simpson Co., MS), guardian to Willis, Willie and Mary Jane Murphrey, orphans of Richard Murphrey, dec'd of Sampson Co., NC. I believe (but have not proved) that Richard and Miles are sons of Michael Murphrey by his marriage, prior to Mary Parker. Murphy/Murphrey marriages for Duplin Co., NC: Michael Murphy m. Mary Parker, 5-23-1778; Miles Murphey and John Chestnutt bondsmen. William Murphey m. Susannah Parker 9-13-1779, Robert Chestnutt, Michael Murphey bondsmen. Michael Murphey Jr. m. Betsey Jones 1-17-1779, Joseph Scott bondsman (this is either Joseph Scott (Sr.), or Joseph Scott his son. I believe this could be the Michael Murphy we find in Wilkinson Co., MS, also with a son Willis. Joseph Scott (Sr.) is the father of Jerusha Scott, who is listed in her brother's will as Jerusha Murphrey. Joseph Scott's son-in-law Willis Magee became guardian of Willis, Willie and Mary Jane Murphrey in 1808 Sampson Co., NC. Willis Magee, along with Jesse Page (married to Asha Murphy, daughter of Jerusha) were listed in Amite Co., MS in the 1810 census. Sept. 1810, Richard Murphy of Amite Co., MS became guardian of these orphans. Although I do believe this family of Michael Murphrey is out of the Isle of Wight Murphreys, I'm not totally convinced he is the son of Capt. John Murphrey and Elizabeth Harrison. Early records of Duplin Co., NC, also puts Alexander Chestnutt into the picture, tying him to Michael Murphrey in various Duplin documents. He was married to Sarah Murphrey, daughter of John and Sarah Murphrey of Isle of Wight. This John was the uncle to Capt. John Murphrey, and also had a son Michael, along with John, Charles, William, and daughters, Frances, Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary and Jane. Other then the listing in the census for Sampson Co., NC the marriage document listing Miles as a bondsman for Michael Murphrey, and the listing of the deed, I have not found any other documentation listing Miles. Our Willis Murphrey did have a grandson names Miles, so I do believe it is a family name. Sue _________________________ Murphy Listkeepers: MURPHY ONLY (no first name) Anyone with Murphys with no first name, send 'em in to me! They could be my Murphy!! Cheryl L. Higgins (cwhitnah@netmeg.net) ALEXANDER MURPHY I am particularly interested in info. regarding any ALEXANDER MURPHY/MURPHEY names, esp. born before 1800. Please send that info. to me: Kathy Gregory at Thank you. ARCHIBALD MURPHY I'm Rena Sue Shampton and I host the Archibald Murphy Who List. I post whenever I get a new Archibald. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened in many weeks. renasue@gte.net CHARLES MURPHY My name is Debra Carter and I host the Charles Murphy list. I will post any info I receive on Friday nights.Please email me privately with any Charles you have for the list tara37@comsys.net EDWARD MURPHY I'm Allison White (allyoop8@home.com) and I am the keeper of the Edward Murphy who list. I was posting the list once a week when input was fairly regular. There was a long gap with no input, so no list. But, after another memo about the list, received six new Edwards, and a list was posted this past weekend. SO! Are there any more Edwards out there? Keep them rolling in... FRANCIS MURPHY Sherry Reichert SReich7509@aol.com JACOB MURPHY Hi, I'm Sue Gillen and I am the keeper of the Jacob MURPHY List. I will post regularly to keep everyone informed. Email your info to Eireniko@aol.com JAMES MURPHY I'm Barbara Bower, and I host the James Murphy Who? List, which is posted every Friday night. Please email me personnally - not the list - with any James Murphy's you'd like to include. I can be reached at JOHN MURPHY Hi, I am Cathy Murphy-Maijer and I host the John Murphy List. I post these on Mondays. Please email me at camm@gte.net. Thanks. JOSEPH MURPHY Hi to all I am Carla Murphy and keeper of the Joseph MURPHY who list. If you have any additions please e-mail me privately. I post when I have new activity, if in the case where there is no activity for awhile I will post. Thanks Carla MATHEW ~ MADISON MURPHY and variant spellings This list is being maintained by Lori Ann at MsDredbud@aol.com. Send your listings to Lori Ann in a format such as: Name: Birthdate: Place: Death date: Place: Spouse: Parents: Children: Notes: PATRICK MURPHY Send your Patty's my way. First or second name! Posting abt every month, depending on activity. I'm on the road a lot so don't get worried if you don't hear from me. Marilyn Murphy - mmacmurph@aol.com PAUL MURPHY Hi all! My name is Beth Murphy, and I am the coordinator of the Paul Murphy Who? List. Please send me your Paul Murphy's in the following format, and I will post your information chronologically. The list will go out every Tuesday. Beth Name: Birthdate: Place: Death date: Place: Spouse: Parents: Children: Notes: RICHARD MURPHY Jim Murphy is handling the Richard Murphy Who? List Send him your data... Name: Birthdate: Place: Death date: Place: Spouse: Parents: Children: Notes: j@usa.net SAMUEL MURPHY I am Audrey at abford1@erols.com and I am going to take the Samuel Murphy Who? list. Please submit your Samuels to me in a format such as: Name: Birthdate: Place: Spouse: Parents: Children: Notes: Since I am new at this, don't expect too much, but I will pass along anything I receive. Thank you. THOMAS MURPHY I'm Joanie Hartman, and I host the THOMAS MURPHY WHO LIST, which is posted on Sunday. Please email me directly at jet2jeth@earthlink.net-not the list - with any Thomas Murphy's you'd like to include. TIMOTHY MURPHY I will post any additional entries in a timely manner. Looking forward to receiving ALL the Tim's there are. Len Chapel (writer46@hotmail.com) WILLIAM MURPHY I'm Kathleen Baxter, and I am keeping the William Murphy list. Please email me directly at with any additions and/or updates. MURPHY WHO? LISTMONGER LIST. This list is kept by Marilyn M. Murphy (listkeeper of Patrick) @ mmacmurph@aol.com. If you feel led to keep a list and your interested Murphy already has a keeper, I will be happy to pass this one on to you. Meanwhile, if you are keeping a list, send me your contact info or corrections directly. Thanks. MMM Disclaimer: It is not the intention of the listkeepers to use these lists for any other purpose other than information for MURPHY- L@rootsweb.com. However, you need to be aware, the internet is a vulnerable medium, and we cannot guarantee the information will not be used elsewhere. A reminder: personal information regarding living relatives should not be submitted. (except you if you wish) Don't mean to scare anyone off, just want to make sure everyone knows the risks we are all working with. Thanks, The Listkeepers ALABAMA Gina M aladdin@iti2.net County CORK, IRELAND Susan "Clanny" Murphy clanny@ireland.com DUBLIN, IRELAND Aileen Murphy Zsenyuk zsenyukwp@msn.com KERRY (COUNTY), IRELAND Edel - Buena Park, CA edel_codd@hotmail.com ILLINOIS Marilyn M. Murphy, Ft Worth TX MMacMurph@aol.com KILKENNY, (COUNTY) IRELAND Dorothy Pearce DPearce2@aol.com LEITRIM (COUNTY), IRELAND Tom Murphy - Concord NH tjmurphy@landmarknet.net LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Dennis Murphy dws@teleport.com MISSISSIPPI Amanda Tate Murphy, Brandon, MS AMANDAMURF@aol.com MISSOURI Sharon Murphey W. - Dallas TX sharon@worthey.net NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA john Murphy JohnPaulMurphy@worldnet.att.net NEW YORK CITY Dorothy Pearce DPearce2@aol.com NORTH CAROLINA Amy Murphy amurphy868@earthlink.net TENNESSEE LaRinda Middleton LaRinda1@aol.com 'VIRGINIA Barbara Bower, Yorktown, VA bbower@widomaker.com WEXFORD (COUNTY), IRELAND Edel - Buena Park, CA edel_codd@hotmail.com Location: (Townland/Township/County-Parish/State/etc): Name: Born: Died: Parents - Father: Mother: Married: Children: Special Events and Notes: (keep somewhat limited) Contact: (your name and email) _____________________ ________________________ Subject: [MURPHY-L] Who was this Murphy killed by Indians Resent-Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 06:50:24 -0800 Resent-From: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 06:52:25 -0800 From: Becky Dahl In the George Washington papers Series 4 dated May 7 1774 pg. 199 to 201. Valentine Crawford to Washington, Jacob's Creek, 1774: Dear Sir, I am sorry to inform you the Indians have stopped all the gentlemen from going down the river. In the first place, they killed one MURPHY, a trader, & wounded another, then robbed their canoe. Does anyone know who this Murphy was who the Indians killed? Any information on this would be appreciated. Thanks so much. Becky Murphy Dahl _______________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+8421981183+F Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 20:18:07 -0500 From: Virginia Murphy To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Miles Murphy of Rockingham Co., N. C. mentions his daughters, Sally Murphy, Patsy Murphy, Nancy Harden and also John Brockman who could possibly be his son-in-law. His other children had left and had already gotten their part. I do know he had a son, Nathaniel. Other children, I do not know yet. Wayne White wrote: > Do you have the names of the children of Miles Murphy? > -----Original Message----- > From: Bartina Peoples > To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, May 22, 1999 12:51 AM > Subject: [MURPHY-L] Miles MURPHY > >I am searching for descendants of Miles Murphy b Abt 1734 married Milly >NORMAN b Abt 1738. In 1777 Miles resided in Culpeper Co. VA. He was a >tenant of Manor of Leads, Fauquier Co. VA (had been Prince Wm Co.) also in >this county were Clement Norman and Jesse Norman, possible connected to his >wife Milly. Bartina Peoples Clement >www.sirinet.net/~lgarris/peoples _________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+88233628+F Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:42:30 -0500 From: "Bargerhuff & Hembree" To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MURPHY-L] Indiana Murphys, Wayne Co Data 1810 Wayne Co, IN census Murphy, Joshua IN WAYNE CO. 000 1810 1820 Wayne Co, IN census Murphey, Hugh IN WAYNE CO. RICHMOND 242 1820 Murphey, James IN WAYNE CO. RICHMOND 262 1820 Murphey, Miles IN WAYNE CO. 158 1820 Murphy, Joshua IN WAYNE CO. 178 1820 Murphy, Robert IN WAYNE CO. 160 1820 1830 Wayne Co, IN census Murphy, Hugh IN WAYNE CO. GREEN TWP 119 1830 Murphy, William IN WAYNE CO. GREEN TWP 115 1830 Murry, William IN WAYNE CO. GREEN TWP 118 1830 Mufphy, Joshua IN WAYNE CO. GREEN TWP 109 1830 1840 Wayne Co, IN Census Murphy, Elizabeth IN WAYNE CO. RICHMOND 343 1840 Murphy, Hugh IN WAYNE CO. JEFFERSON TWP 266 1840 Murphy, James IN WAYNE CO. JEFFERSON TWP 266 1840 Murphy, John IN WAYNE CO. GREEN TWP 285 1840 Murphy, Joshua IN WAYNE CO. CLAY TWP 294 1840 Murphy, Margaret IN WAYNE CO. GREEN TWP 285 1840 Murphy, Robert IN WAYNE CO. WASHINGTON TWP 360 1840 Murphy, Ross IN WAYNE CO. CENTRE TWP 261 1840 Murphy, Sarah IN WAYNE CO. JEFFERSON TWP 264 1840 Murphy, Thomas IN WAYNE CO. GREEN TWP 284 1840 Murphy, William IN WAYNE CO. PERRY TWP 273 1840 Wayne Co, IN marriages: MURPHY ALBERT WHITINGER ROSANNA Wayne 6-7-1814 MURPHY AMOS MARTINDALE HANNAH Wayne 4-30-1835/ See Miami Co, Indiana info MURPHY ANNY UNDERHILL JOHN Wayne 7-18-1846 MURPHY DAVID JACKSON SARAH Wayne 4-6-1843 MURPHY JAMES RUSSEL ANNA Wayne 11-14-1824 MURPHY JAMES FRAZER JANE Wayne 5-17-1832 MURPHY JAMES THOMPSON ELIZABETH Wayne 8-17-1826 MURPHY JESSE MENDENHALL REBECCA A Wayne 11-3-1847 MURPHY JOHN ELWELL HULDAH Wayne 9-22-1846 MURPHY JOHN REEDER SARAH Wayne 4-30-1829 MURPHY JONATHAN SILVER CHARLOTTE ANN Wayne 6-4-1832 MURPHY LYDIA BRADBURY JOHN Wayne 1-16-1826 LIC MURPHY MARY ATKINSON ARK Wayne 2-25-1847 MURPHY MARY ANN HOLLAND WILLIAM Wayne 2-16-1841 MURPHY NANCY JACKSON ENOCH Wayne 3-31-1842 MURPHY NATHAN ABSHEAR MARY Wayne 7-2-1835 MURPHY OLINDA BOGUE BENJAMIN Wayne 11-17-1850 MURPHY ROBERT BURGESS SALLY Wayne 3-6-1818 LIC MURPHY SARAH MELLETT JOHN Wayne 12-16-1841 MURPHY WILLIAM CANADAY ANNE Wayne 10-7-1832 MURPHEY BETSEY PETTY DANIEL Wayne 7-4-1819 MURPHEY WILLIAM BREECHER ELIZABETH Wayne 5-22-1823 WAYNE CO, IN LAND DEEDS James Murphey 24 Apr 1820 Brookville, Wayne Co, IN-- No data WAYNE CO,IN DATA "History of Wayne Co,IN" Book p. In the east part of the township, James Odell, about 1813 or 1814, settled on the farm where Wm. Coffin resides. Samuel and Joseph Evans on land now owned by John Bean, of Green township, son-in-law of Joseph Evans, and Ransom Cheeseman. In 1814, Miles Murphy settled one mile southeast of town. John Baldwin, from North Carolina, in 1825, bought the farm of Murphy, it being that on which his son Jonathan Baldwin resides. He had four sons, Jonathan, Isaac, David, and Caleb. Jonathan married Mary Ann, daughter of Jesse Albertson. James Porter settled early near the Friends' meeting-house. Moses Martindale, brother of James, where Alfred Underhill resides. Wm. Young, land owned by Josiah Clawson. Benj. Angell, on land on the township line, now owned by Alfred Underhill. In 1814, John Pierson settled where Henry Atkinson resides. About 1815, Martin Martindale, son-in-law of Pierson, on land lately owned by E. Harvey, now by David Fowler. Wm. Beall, adjoining the township line, where he still lives. Joseph Thornburg where Daniel Williams lives. Benj. Albertson, on land now owned by John Bond, Jun., one mile south-east of town. Owen Branson, on part of the land now owned by I. McDonald and Thomas Adams's heirs. In the south-east part of the township, Jonathan Cloud settled where now his son Joseph Cloud resides. Wm. Pike, on land now owned by the heirs of his son Stephen Pike. Isaiah Frazier, first, and afterward Jonathan Mendenhall, on land now owned by Lewis Bailey and Henry Franklin. John Hunt, after him Israel Gause, on land now owned by Isaac Gause and Mrs. E. Brashure. In the vicinity of Washington, south and west, were Jesse Bond, who, after a residence of six years near Richmond, settled a mile south of town in 1813; lands now owned by his sons Nathan, Wm. C., and the heirs of his son Robert. Benj. Hall, lessee of Henry Stidham, on land now owned by Larkin EXCERPTS p.196 Miles Murphy settled one mile southeast of town. John Baldwin, from North Carolina, in 1825, bought the farm of Murphy, it being that on which his son Jonathan Baldwin resides. In the south-east part of the township, Jonathan Cloud settled where now his son Joseph Cloud resides. Have query on Murphy & Cloud in data somewhere--check out!! p.274 Hugh Murphy settled 2 miles north-east from town, where J. Funk resides. Samuel Pollard, of Ky., 2 1/2 miles from town; land now owned by E. Petty and Joel Replogle. Isaac McLanahan, near and southeast of town; land now owned by David Lantz. p.262 The town of Dublin was laid out by Harmon Davis. The original plat, made out and signed by him as proprietor, was recorded Jan. 29, 1830. Additions have since been made as follows: First, by Robert Murphy and Eli Brown, trustees for Dempsey Boswell & Sons; p.223 In the east part of the township, George Johnson, son of William, settled on land now owned by Thomas Edwards. Levi Jessup, 2 m. south- east of town, on land now owned in part by Elisha and Samuel Pitts, and Jonathan Haisley. Joshua Murphy, from N. C., where Harvey Harris now lives. Jacob ________________________ http://www.genealogy.org/~ajmorris/misc/va1785hf.htm 1785 HALIFAX COUNTY VA HEADS OF FAMILIES {Contributed by Martin Adamson} (last name, first name, white souls, dwellings, other buildings) Murphy, Edward, 10, 0, 7 Murphy, John, 5, 2, 10 Murphy, James, 6, 1, 0 Crews, Jesse, 3, 0, 0 Crews, Peter, 7, 1, 5 Crews, John, 6, 1, 0 Crews, David, 8, 0, 2 Crews, Joseph, 8, 0, 2 Crews, John, 5, 0, 0 Crews, Redman, 2, 0, 0 Crews John, 4, 0, 0 ________________________ http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/surrykr.htm#m 1790 SURRY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS 1 = FREE WHITE MALES OVER 16 [born before 1774] 2 = FREE WHITE MALES UNDER 16 [born 1774-1790] 3 = FREE WHITE FEMALES 4 = OTHER FREE PERSONS 5 = SLAVES Murphy James 1 0 1 0 0 Murphy Joseph 1 2 4 0 0 Murphy Joseph 1 1 1 0 0 Murphy Richard 1 0 2 0 4 ______________________ http://www.rootsweb.com/~takelley/culp1810/c1810m.htm Name NameofHeadofFamily Freewhitemalesunder10 Freewhitemalesof10&under16 Freewhitemalesof16&under26(includingheadsoffamilies) Freewhitemalesof26&under45(includingheadsoffamilies) Freewhitemalesof45&up(includingheadsoffamilies) Freewhitefemalesunder10 Freewhitefemalesof10&under16(includingheadsoffamilies) Freewhitefemalesof16&under26(includingheadsoffamilies) Freewhitefemalesof26&under45(includingheadsoffamilies) Freewhitefemalesof45&up(includingheadsoffamilies) AllotherfreepersonsexceptIndiansnottaxed Slaves MURPHY, BAILEY 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MURPHY, ELIZA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MURPHY, JNO B. 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MURPHY, MARGARET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MURPHY, WM 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 ________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1997+81108737+F Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 17:48:04 -0400 (EDT) From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <970823174803_689610269@emout01.mail.aol.com> Subject: Re: Daniel Murphree If anyone has lineage for the Miles P. Murphy/Murfree (various spellings here) or for Hardy Murfee of Murfreesboro, TN fame that would be nice....If any of the Murphys connect to Covington, Austin, Maxwell, Kirby, Haynes, Porter contact me..TXJEAN..these families came from Pittsylvania County, Virginia prior into Rutherford Co., TN. TXJEAN ________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1998+330371229+F Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:13:44 EDT From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1ce14a0b.36041078@aol.com> Subject: Re: Re: [MURPHY-L] No Subject Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Here is information from "Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrant and Surveys" for Berkeley County: JOHN MURPHY, assignee (in 1781) of Valentine Murphy of Frederick; 26 May 1773-27 Aug 1775; 38 1/2 a on Back Creek ca. 7 miles above mouth; adj. John Murphy, Willm Irwin, Saml Cornwall, Hugh Lyle. CC - John Murphy & Thos Hamilton. Present - JOhn Davenport & Jno Murphy, Senr. Surv. Richard Rigg. VALENTINE MURPHY, 25 Mar 1774 - 25 Aug 1775; 197 a on Back Creek; adj. his own, John Murphy, James Robinson, Wm Irwin, Robt Snodgrass, Aaron Jenkins, Jno Robinson, Jams Steuart, Robt Jackson, Hugh Lyle, Wm Boggs. CC - John Murphy, Junr & Marmeduke . Surv. Richard Rigg. Janet ________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1998+482557506+F [for much later research-mm] Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 20:53:21 -0700 From: Finegan To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3647B8B1.7A73@mssl.uswest.net> Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Timothy Murphy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ned, Have you tried the Inchigeelagh Cork Co. Church records? Lucy is very prevalent there and I have run across several Murphy's in my research. Macroom is about 5 miles from Inchigeelagh. The Inchigeelagh church records are available at the LDS library. I have Lucy in my background and have found them in Inchigeelagh. Good Luck, Alice Finnegan Ned Hilleren wrote: > > I am seeking info on my great-great grandfather, Timothy Murphy born abt. > 1789 in Ireland, possibly Cork county. ..... ________________________ http://www.gwheeler.com/ahnentaf.htm Elizabeth Perrena Murphy was born on 15 Oct 1815 in Tennessee, died after 1880 and was buried in Nixa, Christian Co, Missouri. Nathaniel G. Murphy was born in Virginia and died on 03 Dec 1830 in Maury Co, Tennessee. Mary "Polly" Mack was born in 1770 in Prince Edward Co, Virginia and died on 01 Jan 1862 in Maury Co, Tennessee. Miles Murphy was born about 1725 in Ireland. John Mack was born in 1740 in Scotland, died in 1814 in Maury Co, Tennessee and was buried in McCains, Maury Co, Tennessee. Sarah Burnett was born about 1741 in Pennsylvania and died in 1825 in Maury Co, Tennessee. _______________ http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen035.htm Confed. pension record-TN NAME: Murphy, Miles PENSION #: S10389 COUNTY: Rutherford UNIT: 21st (Carter's) Cav. _____________________ http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dlis/barm/Florida_CSA_Pension_Files.htm Confed. pension application-Florida A01034, MURPHY, Miles Jones, 10th Regt Inf, Maria (Cohen), Duval Co, 1907,12 pgs ____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/pasquotank/wills/estind .txt PASQUOTANK, NC Estate Records Index Loose Files C.R. 075.508.110 Murphy, Joseph 1778 Murphy, Mary 1857 Murphy, William C. 1854 (also Charles W. Brothers) Murphy, William 1807 ______________________ http://data.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?DB=REVWARMUSTER&GS=MURPHY&DATAB&&fh=150 Database: Revolutionary War Muster Rolls, 1775-83 Surname Given Name Rank ROLL-BOX MURPHY MILES CAPT 34 The records in this database were taken from Record Group 93 M246 in the National Archives (a total of 138 rolls of microfilm). _______________________ http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/showmsg.asp?forumid=31732&ms gnum=1065&gs=1 Ezekiel Murphy, early 1800's Rutherford Co. TN Posted by: June French Message: Need information on Ezekiel Murphy. Married Louisa T. Jones 1835. Children of this marriage, Harrison T., Louisa V. Ezekiel M. _________________________ http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/showmsg.asp?forumid=31732&ms gnum=1483&gs=1 Friday, July 21, 2000 Subject: Murphy, Ezekiel m (1) (2Louise P. Jones) Posted by: STEPHANIE JONES Message: Looking for information on Ezekiel Murphy Children by 1st wife *John m Elizabeth Parrish *Annie *Wayne *Caroline Children by 2 Louise Parrish Jones *Harrison Gaines *Sam Houston *Victoria Murphy (Snell) *Ezekel (Ike) _______________________ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/MurphyBios/76 Posted by Shelby Vancor on Sat, 24 Jun 2000 My greatgrandfather was Dempsey Murphy (1880 - 1933)lived in Lenoir County North Carolina, his father was William Murphy (1846 - 1885) lived in Greene County NC, his father is my major major brick wall. His name was Dixon Murphrey born 1817 in Greene Co. NC. He is married to Gideon Ann, unusual name, unknown last name. I can not find out any info on Dixon anywhere or who his parents were! Somebody please help! He is not listed in the 1860 census, but his wife two sons William and Joseph are. Thanks for any advice, hints, clues etc. _______________________ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/MurphyBios/73 Posted by Sharon Church on Mon, 22 May 2000 I am looking for the parents and siblings of WILLIAM MURPHY b. 1825, married Mary A. EIDSON b. 1824, Sumner Co.TN. They moved from McNairy Co.TN in 1847 to Titus, now Morris Co. TX. iaw the 1860 & 1870 Titus County censuses, there were three children born; JOHN WESLEY MURPHY b. 1853, moved to DeKalb TX, died young WILLIAM TRAVIS MURPHY b. 1855, and MARY EMILY MURPHY b. 5-26- 1856, d. 3-11-1940, marr. 1872 to JOHN SANDERS ROGERS, also from McNairy C. TN and from NC before 1837. The Rogers and Murphy families lived "between the creeks"; that would be White Oak Creek and Sulphur River, (those families were often referred to as Creekers). John S. and Mary Rogers had three surviving children, John Sanders Rogers Jr b. 1873, Robert Calvin Rogers born 1880, my grandfather, and Mary Emma Rogers b. 1879. Please contact me if you have any information. Thank you. _____________________ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Murphy/56 Posted by Ken Murphy on Wed, 27 Jan 1999 Looking for information on William Murphy (1750-1804) Born and died in Duplin County, North Carolina Married Elizabeth Wells in 1770 5 children; 2 boys and 3 girls Grandson, Henry Murphy (1797-1890) moved to Thomas County, Georgia (now Colquitt County) _______________________ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/MurphyWill/9 Will of Daniel Murphree-10 Nov, 1769 Orange Co.,NC; wife-Sarah Sons listed: James, Daniel, John, Levi, Solomon, Moses, David, William. Daughters listed: Elizabeth, Sarah Blyth,Milley ,Edey, Mary _________________________ Subject: Re: Miles Murphy Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:02:55 -0500 From: smeservy@edge.net (Steven Meservy) Reply-To: smeservy@mail.edge.net Organization: House of Meservy To: Mark Murphy Mark, This is real quick.Will write more later.Dave Murphy wound up in the "poor house", and Ezekiel stayed over in Murfreesboro/Rutherford CoTn.He did not move here with his brother Nathaniel Green Murphy. Let me try to go through some stuff tonight. Trying to get my taxes out. I always file late. I do a lot of research. Maybe I got William B.Murphy some where and I don't know it. I don't mind looking. Went into the S.A.R on John Mack. I put up a tombstone/Gov't marker at his grave in McCains,Tn just down the road.Will try to help you. God Bless, Steve in Columbia,Tn P.S. My line is on Family Tree Maker.Like I said my mom was a Murphy. _____________________________ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8563/pedigr5.htm an Ezekiel Murphy, b. 1791, is son of a Roger Murphy, Jr, b. 1767 OrangeCo.NC 12 Roger MURPHY Jr. Born:c1767 William B.'s father or Uncle? Place:Orange Co., NC Was Roger senior brother of Miles? Marr:c1790 Place: Died:9 Sept 1854 Place:Cass Co (now Bartow), GA | 6 Ezekiel MURPHY Born:26 Dec 1791 William B.'s brother or cousin? Place:South Carolina Marr:1813 Place:South Carolina ? Died:(will) 1 Aug 1867 Place:Anderson Co., SC ________________________ http://www.waynet.wayne.in.us/community/Greens_Fork/GreensForkhistory .htm Early History of Greens Fork, Indiana Miles Murphy came in 1814, and in 1825, sold his farm to John Baldwin, from North Carolina. _________________________ http://genweb.net/~inripley/1820/m-names.html 1820 census Indiana NAME LAST, FIRST Pg. # on Microfilm County MURPHEY, Albert 217Wayne MURPHEY, James 212Washington MURPHEY, James J 134Orange MURPHEY, John 274AJefferson MURPHEY, Daniel 215Washington MURPHEY, John 95Spencer MURPHEY, John 327Randolph MURPHEY, Samuel 263AJackson MURPHRY, Peter 112Martin MURPHRY, Miles 159Wayne MURPHY, Robert 107Sullivan MURPHY, Abraham 150Perry MURPHY, Hugh 243Wayne MURPHY, James 8Clark MURPHY, James 315Posey MURPHY, James 263Wayne MURPHY, John 218Franklin MURPHY, Joseph 210Franklin MURPHY, Joshua 179Wayne MURPHY, Nathaniel 210Franklin MURPHY, Alex 121Monroe MURPHY, Robert 161Wayne MURPHY, Samuel 195Franklin MURPHY, William 62Dearborn MURPHY, William 284AJefferson _______________________ NC microfilm roll 32 1800 NC Census, vol. 4 head/FWM:10 16 26 45 45+/FWF:10 16 26 45 45+/colored persons(not indians)/slaves Onslow County p.166 William Murphey/1 1 0 1 0 /2 3 0 0 0 /0 /0 p.174 Jacob Murphrey/0 1 0 1 0 /3 1 1 0 0/ 0/ 3 p.175 Daniel Murphrey/1 0 0 1 0 /1 1 0 0 1 /0 /0 p. 179 J[?] Murphrey/ 3 0 0 1 0 /0 0 0 0 1 /0 /0 p.180 Jacob Murphrey/ 0 0 1 0 0 /0 0 1 0 0 /0 /0 Joseph Murphrey/ 3 0 1 0 1 /0 1 0 0 1 /0 /2 p.181 [?possibly M or A]Murphrey/ 0 0 0 0 1 /1 0 0 0 0 /0 /0 [marks not clear] Moore County/Fayetteville District p. 39 Samuel Dark/1 1 1 0 1 /4 0 2 0 1 /0 /0 Pitt County p.240 Spencer Murphy/ 1 0 0 1 0 /3 0 1 0 0 /0 /5 p.249 Thomas Murphey/ 2 0 0 0 1 /1 2 3 0 1 /0 /0 James Murphey/ 0 0 1 0 0 /1 0 1 0 0 /0 /0 JeSse Murphey/ 0 0 1 0 0 /1 0 0 1 0 /0 /2 Robeson County p.397 Duncan Murphey/ 2 0 0 0 1 /1 0 0 1 0 /0 /2 p.398 Archibald Murphey/ 1 1 2 0 1 /0 1 2 0 1 /0 /1 Neill Murphey/ 0 0 3 0 1 /0 2 1 0 1 /0 /0 p.405 John Murphrey/ 0 0 0 1 0 /0 0 1 0 0 /0 /0 Neill Murphrey/ 0 0 1 0 1 /0 0 1 0 0 /0 /0 p.407 Angus Murphrey/ 0 0 1 0 0 /0 0 0 0 0 /0 /0 Rockingham County p.450 Ezekiel Murphy/ 1 0 0 1 0 /0 0 1 0 0 /1 /0 p.464 Gabriel Murphy/ 0 0 1 0 0 /1 0 1 0 0 /0 /0 p.474 William Murphy/ 3 0 0 1 0 /0 0 1 1 0 /0 /0 _________________________ http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen035.htm NAME: Murphey, James PENSION #: S16683 COUNTY: Hawkins UNIT: 31st Inf. NAME: Murphey, John Coleman. WIDOW: Murphey, Mary PENSION #: W10324 COUNTY: Robertson NAME: Murphey, John Wesley PENSION #: S732 COUNTY: Houston UNIT: 14th Inf. NAME: Murphree, James D. PENSION #: S305 COUNTY: Hickman UNIT: 42nd Inf. NAME: Murphy, D.F. PENSION #: S2275 COUNTY: Warren UNIT: 4th Cav. NAME: Murphy, H.C. PENSION #: S13964 COUNTY: Robertson UNIT: 18th Inf. NAME: Murphy, Isah Franklin. WIDOW: Murphy, Sarah Lucinda PENSION #: W841 COUNTY: Marshall NAME: Murphy, J.K.P. PENSION #: S10860 COUNTY: Rutherford UNIT: 2nd Ala. Inf. NAME: Murphy, J.K.P. WIDOW: Murphy, Fannie PENSION #: W5112 COUNTY: Rutherford NAME: Murphy, J.W. PENSION #: S1123 COUNTY: Houston UNIT: 14th Inf. NAME: Murphy, Jeremiah PENSION #: S120 COUNTY: Jefferson UNIT: 2nd Inf. NAME: Murphy, Jerry PENSION #: S762 COUNTY: Jefferson UNIT: 2nd (Walker's) Inf. NAME: Murphy, John Milton. WIDOW: Murphy, Molly Grace PENSION #: W10828 COUNTY: Shelby NAME: Murphy, John S. PENSION #: S7239 COUNTY: Smith UNIT: 4th (McLemore's) Cav. NAME: Murphy, John S. WIDOW: Murphy, Malissa PENSION #: W3472 COUNTY: Smith NAME: Murphy, John Wesley. WIDOW: Murphy, Martha Ann PENSION #: W849 COUNTY: Houston NAME: Murphy, Miles PENSION #: S10389 COUNTY: Rutherford UNIT: 21st (Carter's) Cav. NAME: Murphy, Moses PENSION #: S284 COUNTY: Madison UNIT: 6th Inf. NAME: Murphy, Moses. WIDOW: Murphy, Mary PENSION #: W1308 COUNTY: White NAME: Murphy, Robert S. PENSION #: S1561 COUNTY: Obion UNIT: 12th Ky. Inf. NAME: Murphy, William G. WIDOW: Murphy, Martha Francis PENSION #: W614 COUNTY: Robertson _______________ http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/mumz.htm MURPHY, Miles Miles was in NC c 1800. His son Nathaniel G.MURPHY left NC & moved to Rutherford Co.Tn. William MURPHY his bro stayed there. Nathaniel G. MURPHY moved to Maury Co.Tn where the family has remained. Nathaniel G. MURPHY's son was a Miles P.Murphy who m a MACK, dau of a John MACK,Rev.War soldier. smeservy@edge.net 1296 _______________________ http://www.angelfire.com/ar/clanakins/ ANDREW AKIN, born in the early 1700's, was married to PEGGY BASS. My line descends from their son, JAMES AKIN, born 1755. James married MARY MURPHY, born 1760 in Culpepper(Culpeper?), VA. She was the daughter of MILES MURPHY and MILLY NORMAN MURPHY. ___________________________ http://www.newcastlein.com/museum/MoreMuseum.html Many portraits of early Henry County citizens appear throughout the museum. Included are ...., and Miles Murphy, the most successful merchant in Henry County in the mid 1800s. ________________________ http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccumber/1820Cumbercensus.htm Cumberland County, NC 1820 Census (Not including Fayetteville Town) Key: FREE WHITE MALES FREE WHITE FEMALES Column A - Under 10 Column G - Under 10 Column B - 10-16 Column H - 10-16 Column C - 16-18 Column I - 16-26 Column D - 16-26 Column J - 26-45 Column E - 26-45 Column K - 45 and over Column F - 45 and over *Foreigner(s) not naturalized living in the household HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD A B C D E F G H I J K Capt. Howil's District - District 4 MURPHY, Thos. 2-0-0-0-1-1 1-0-0-1-1 MURPHY, John 0-0-1-1-1-0 1-0-0-0-0 MURPHREY, Rachel 0-1-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-1 MURPHREY, John 2-1-0-0-1-0 2-0-1-0-0 Capt. Evans District - District 8 MURPHEY, William 0-0-0-0-1-0 0-0-0-1-0 Capt. Gillis's District - District 9 MURPHY, John 0-0-0-0-0-1 0-0-1-0-1 _______________________________ http://www.genealogy.org/~ajmorris/us/us.htm 1790 SURRY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA CENSUS Murphy James 1 0 1 0 0 Murphy Joseph 1 2 4 0 0 Murphy Joseph 1 1 1 0 0 Murphy Richard 1 0 2 0 4 ____________________________________ Name: Charles A. MURPHY Sex: M Birth: 1815 in Tenn. Death: in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn Event: Census 1840 1840 Maury Co., TN Event: Census 1850 1850 Maury Co., TN Event: Name1 Evert - don't think this is correct Note: 1840 Maury Co., TN census: C. A. Murphey (it is written with an e); 328; 1 Male 20/30; 1 Female 15/20 1850 Maury Co., TN census: C. Murphy (no e); age 38 b. TN Farmer; Value of real est. owned $2000; Jane R. 29 b. TN; Zebulon 9 TN; John S. 7 TN; Charles M. 4 TN; Emeline E. 2 TN; Maury Co.; Dwelling and Family 1492 page 695 handwritten, 348 stamped on page. Zebulon and John S. showed they attended school. Father: Charles MURPHY b: BET. 1760 - 1770 Marriage 1 Jane ROBINSON b: BET. 1821 - 1822 in Mt. Pleasant, Tn Name: Charles MURPHY Sex: M Birth: BET. 1760 - 1770 Death: BEF. 1850 Residence: 1814 1814 came to Maury Co., TN Event: Census 1830 1830Note: 1830 Census: Charles Murphey (spelled with an e); Maury Co., TN; 339; Males: 1 age 15/20; 1 - 20/30; 1 60/70 Females: 1 - 20/30; 1 - 40/50 1840 Maury, Co., TN census: Charles Murphy (no e); Maur; 329; Males: 1 age70/80; Females 1 age 50/60 ___________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marri ages/marr5.txt 19 Jul 1841 Ezekiel age 68 md Mary Thurman age 41. Mary signed for self. Sur.-William T. Lea (makes Ezekiel born 1773 or 1774?like E. Murphy.b 1774) ___________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+225137928439+F Pre-1914 court papers located in the Circuit Court for the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia, are being processed for archival storage and microfilming. STYLE : Wisharts vs Murphy PLAINTIFF(s) : William Wishart; Sidney Wishart DEFENDANT(s) : William Murphy DEPONENT(s) : Michael Wallace PLACES MENTIONED : Stafford; King George REMARK(s) : Death - Rev. John Wishart - in 1774 Deed - Joseph Waugh to Thomas Gregg - Stafford - 1707 @ Plat - Gregg's land - Stafford - 1757 Plat - land of Joseph Waugh - 1000 acres on Potomac Creek Will - John Wishart - King George - 1774 CITATION : Wisharts vs Murphy / 1802 / CR-DC-L / 564-61 ___________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+258541499045+F Chronological List of Events for Peter Stanley Hite, c1760-1827 - Halifax Co. VA. Seth has given Benjamin a certain tract of about 64 acres of land in Halifax Co. on the south side of Hico Creek, bounded by John Murphy, Howard Hurst{LDS}, Pinson's branch, Byrd, Thomas Wiler. signed: Seth (X) PettyPool, Haden Pryor, Ginor (X) Roach, Martha (X) Crook, John Whit(X) , Fredrick Tally(X) ;4 Mar 1773, recorded: 17 June 1773--- ______________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+3598172268+F Murphy vs. Taggart, Admr.--O. S. 11; N. S. 4--Bill filed in Hampshire, 18th May, 1793. On 1st September, 1782, Francis Taggart leased a tract of land from James Murphy until Robert French, a child of James's wife by her first husband, came of age. James went to Ireland to transact some business. James's wife was Mary. Murphy and Taggart were kinsmen. April, 1796, abates by death of complainant and revived in name of Lucy Taggart & Edward Dyer, Admrs. Decree 18th June, 1799, in favor of Patrick Baker & Lucy, his wife, late Lucy Taggart. ____________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+3387509454+F 1801--March 7, Daniel Murphy and John Aston, surety. Daniel Murphy and Margaret Aston, daughter of above John Aston. 1785, _____ __--By Saml. Shannon, V. D. M.: James Mulinx and Mary Arbocast; March 2d, John Montgomery and Sarah Hicklin; March 16th, James Murphy and Susanna Harper; _________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+42110129909+F MAY 18, 1780. (232) George Jameson appointed road surveyor from County Line to William Murphy's plantation, and Thomas Nelson from William Murphy's to James Mitchell's. ___________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+43110380363+F SEPTEMBER, 1763. Gilbert vs. Murphy.--John Murphy, living at Connalloges, near 41. _______________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+43210413228+F MAY, 1762 (A). James Litsler vs. Robert Murphy.--Elizabeth Moore married Robert Murphy between 1761-62. ____________________________ The following few sections are from Charles Demastus, but some do not match up with my records, including those I have referenced. Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:31:08 EDT From:Demastus@aol.com To:murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu In a message dated 09/21/2000 11:40:00 AM Central Daylight Time, murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu writes: <<2. John Calvin MURPHEY (b. 2/25/1838, TN; d.2/28/1907, TX) married Nancy Almeda CASKEY> Descendants of John Coffey Caskey 1 John Coffey CASKEY b: 13 Aug 1814 in Lancaster District, SC d: 5 May 1891 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX . +Adeline TOMLINSON b: 7 Jul 1812 in Maury Co, TN m: 31 Jul 1834 in Maury Co, TN d: 28 Nov 1891 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX Father: Jesse TOMLINSON Mother: Nancy ALLEN 2 William Jefferson CASKEY b: 25 Aug 1836 in Maury Co, TN d: 26 Jan 1909 in Salado, Bell Co, TX .. +Sarah Rebecca CHAPMAN b: 7 Jun 1839 in SC m: 8 Sep 1857 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: 22 Jan 1909 in Salado, Bell Co, TX Father: Thomas Powe CHAPMAN 2 Nancy Alemeda CASKEY b: 19 Nov 1838 in Maury Co, TN d: 20 Jun 1923 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX .. +Phillip Henry ADAMS b: 4 Mar 1829 in Newburyport, Essex Co, MA m: 12 May 1856 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: 26 Nov 1923 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX Father: Philip ADAMS Mother: Mary Atkinson GOODWIN 2 George DeCalb CASKEY b: 30 Mar 1840 in Maury Co, TN d: 7 Feb 1920 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX .. +Keziah J. WALES b: 8 Aug 1847 m: 2 Dec 1862 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: 6 Nov 1894 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX *2nd Wife of George DeCalb Caskey: .. +Cordelia KING b: Dec 1850 in TN m: Aft. 1890 2 Sarah Vianna CASKEY b: 1 Apr 1842 in Maury Co, TN d: 11 Oct 1884 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX .. +Bartley S. GRAY b: 22 May 1837 m: 11 Nov 1856 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: 25 Apr 1920 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX Father: Keziah GRAY 2 Elizabeth Hazeltine CASKEY b: 30 Jul 1843 in Maury Co, TN d: 12 May 1921 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX .. +Thomas Daniel Scales WHITTENBURG b: 29 Dec 1839 m: 24 Aug 1859 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: 2 Oct 1906 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX Father: Andrew J. WHITTENBURG Mother: Anna LONG 2 Mildred Ann CASKEY b: 3 Dec 1844 in Maury Co, TN d: 12 Apr 1866 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX .. +James T. WALES b: 5 Aug 1843 m: 6 Sep 1865 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: 24 Sep 1907 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX 2 Mary Lucinda CASKEY b: 31 Jan 1847 in Maury Co, TN d: 6 Jul 1904 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX .. +Peter M. MCCASKILL b: 1844 m: 8 Apr 1876 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: 1927 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX 2 Martha M. CASKEY b: 26 Jan 1851 in Maury Co, TN d: 3 Oct 1919 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX .. +John Marcus SKAGGS b: 1848 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX m: 21 Mar 1872 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX *2nd Husband of Martha M. Caskey: .. +W. H. CABELL b: in Florence, Williamson Co, TX m: Abt. 1885 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: in Florence, Williamson Co, TX 2 John Sidney CASKEY b: 1 Sep 1857 in Bastrop Co, TXd: in TX .. +Julia NORTHFLEET b: Jan 1861 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX m: in Florence, Williamson Co, TX d: in TX Direct Descendants of John Caskey 1 John CASKEY b: Abt. 1750 in Irelandd: 1810 in Maury Co, TN . +Margaret COFFEE b: in Ireland d: 15 May 1835 in Campbell's Station, Maury Co, TN Father: Hugh M. COFFEY Mother: Margaret ___ 2 Samuel CASKEY b: 1790 in Lancaster Dist., SC d: 15 Sep 1841 in near Petersburg, Lincoln Co, TN .. +Nancy Agnes COFFEY b: 1795 in Lancaster Co, SC m: 12 Dec 1811 in SC d: 22 Nov 1883 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX Father: John COFFEY Mother: Esther GIVENS 3 John Coffey CASKEY b: 13 Aug 1814 in Lancaster District, SC d: 5 May 1891 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX ...+Adeline TOMLINSON b: 7 Jul 1812 in Maury Co, TN m: 31 Jul 1834 in Maury Co, TN d: 28 Nov 1891 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX Father: Jesse TOMLINSON Mother: Nancy ALLEN 4 Nancy Alemeda CASKEY b: 19 Nov 1838 in Maury Co, TN d: 20 Jun 1923 in Florence, Williamson Co, TX Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:30:29 EDT From: Demastus@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu In a message dated 09/21/2000 11:40:00 AM Central Daylight Time, murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu writes: <<2. Joseph Hill MURPHEY (b. 3/10/1837 Maury, TN; d. 3/11/1889 Hill Co. TX) married Mary Anne CREWS (b. 9/9/1847, Maury TN; d. 9/23/1932 Hubbard TX)> Descendants of Wesley E. Crews 1 Wesley E. CREWS b: 1821 in Granville Co, NCd: 21 Jun 1894 in Columbia, Maury Co, TN . +Nancy W. COLLIER b: 6 Feb 1822 in Granville Co, NC m: 23 Jan 1840 in Maury Co, TN d: 23 Nov 1895 in Maury Co, TN 2 Joseph Littleberry CREWS b: 7 Sep 1845 in Maury Co, TN d: 23 Aug 1916 in Glendale, Maury Co, TN .. +Malinda Caroline WRIGHT b: 17 Apr 1845 in Maury Co, TN m: 13 Jul 1864 in Maury Co, TN d: 9 Aug 1923 in Maury Co, TN 2 Ella CREWS .. +William Rufus DILLEHAY b: 1858d: 1945 Father: James Pullard DILLEHAY Mother: Eliza Ann DIAL 2 Archie Thomas CREWS b: 29 Oct 1849 d: 2 Apr 1920 in east of Wilson, Lynn Co, TX .. +Roena Elizabeth DENTON b: 19 Mar 1854 in Maury Co, TN m: 31 Oct 1872 in Maury Co, TN d: 24 Dec 1893 in Maury Co, TN Father: William Cord DENTON Mother: Parthena COLLIER *2nd Wife of Archie Thomas Crews: .. +Mary Ellen GREEN m: 19 Feb 1895 in Maury Co, TN 2 Andrew Fletcher CREWS 2 William James CREWS 2 Sarah E. CREWS 2 Mary Ann CREWS 2 Albert CREWS 2 Louann CREWS 2 Emma CREWS ____________________________ Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] John Mack Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:10:04 EDT From: Beeandbop@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark, This isn't from Maury Co., but I found in a book on Rockingham will abstrcts an undated will (listed in a section of wills dated from 1784 to 1796) for Aquilla Wilson, wife not named. Sons were named Jesse, Abel, John, Amos, and Aquilla Wilson. Daughters were Hannah Payne (and her three daughters), Ann Vinent (not spelled Vincent), Betty Brooch and Sarah MACKE, along with her son Aquilla MACKE. Exrs. were wife, sons: Abel Wilson and John Wilson and William Bethell. You might have that and you probably have the marriages of John Mack to Sally V. Mack in Maury on Feb. 24, 1819 (license dated previous day). Joseph P. Crosswait married Mary Roberta (Polly) Mack on Mar. 14 , 1825, and John Mack was the Minister of the Gospel. John A. Mack to Sarah S. Mack, Feb. 5, 1829 (license dated the previous day). Those are all the marriages with John Mack references. If you don't have the Mack marriages from Maury and want the other given names, just let me know. Shirley ____________________ Subject: Miles MURPHY Date: hu, 21 Sep 2000 11:21:28 EDT From: Demastus@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu CC: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com Miles Murphy, born in the north of Ireland about 1725, was one of the first bearing this family name to reach the American frontier. He came of Protestant stock and was known to be living at Sampson County, North Carolina in 1790. Later members of the family moved to Bethel in Maury County, middle Tennessee and belonged to the Christian Church there. [following is challenged] The son and six grandsons of Daniel Murphy who moved from the north of Ireland to Charles County in Maryland about 1710 were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Daniel died soon after arriving in America, but when the call to arms came his son Daniel, known as Daniel Sen, and grandsons Daniel Jun., Abraham, Joseph, Zachariah, Zephaniah and Hezekiah responded. Hezakiah was wounded in action. As their Old Testament names convey the Murphys were a strongly religious family, well-versed in the teachings of the Bible. Several generations of the family settled in Maryland, but later some members moved to Overton and Jackson counties in Tennessee. (From: "The Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee" by Bill Kennedy p. 164) ____________________________________________________________ _____ In Richard's Murphy's Rev. war pension records he stated he was born in Dupeland Co., (Duplin) NC in 1762. He stated he served in the war under a William Dixon as a fifer. In the 1790 census for Sampson Co., formed out of Duplin in 1784, listed were William, Michael, Miles, Richard, Charles Murphey and an Edward Murphrey. Michael Murphy married Mary Parker in 1778, Miles Murphey and John Chestnutt were bondsman. A William Murphy married a Susannah Parker in 1779, Michael Murphy bondsman. The name Miles has shown up in Willis' as well. It is believed (but not proved to me) that Michael is the son of Capt. John Murphrey and Elizabeth Harrison of Greene Co., NC and Isle of Wight, VA. The earliest Murphy records we find for Duplin Co., is for Michael Murphy in 1762, the same year of Richard's birth. We know that Richard had a daughter Mary and we believe he also had a son Daniel, but have been unable to prove Daniel. Although we usually see the spelling of Murphy listed in records, the family name was actually Murphrey. The families associated with Michael Murphy in Sampson Co., NC are the same surnames associated with the Murphrey's in Isle of Wight VA. sueskay@pacbell.net (Sue (Skay) Abruscato) ________________ John Mack Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 00:13:18 EDT From: Demastus@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu CC: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com JOHN MACK, EARLY SETTLER IN MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE Wm. Mack's father was (with but little doubt, if any) named John Mack. The inscription on the slab of native limestone which covers the grave of this man, in a deserted private cemetery on a knoll, now in a cattle pasture, reads thus: "Sacred to the memory of / JOHN MACK / The first of his name in this state / Born in Scotland in 1710 / Died in the 71st year of his age / An honest man, the noblest work of God." Out on U.S. Hwy. 31, Columbia to Pulaski and about a half-mile from the gravesite, is a marker erected in recent years by the Tennessee Historical Commission. The marker reads: "First Settler. One-half mile east is the grave / John Mack, who reportedly set- / tled here in 1776 or shortly after. / A blockhouse and stockade were / built around the spring a few yards beyond the cemetery. Other / relatives and descendants are / also buried here." It is likely that the marker was erected after 1948, the year Judge Hugh Lee Webster (retired) of Columbia discovered the forsaken graves. In 1957 Judge Webster led a movement in vain to persuade the Tennessee Historical Society to purchase the land around John Mack's settlement--thought now to be the earliest in Middle Tennessee--for a historical park. According to research done by Judge Webster, there was, before 1780 in the vicinity of the spot that was soon to be John Mack's gravesite, a settlement known as "Walker's" shown on a very old map now in Williamsburg, Va. This settlement is credited to the famous Dr. Thomas Walker, leading member of the Loyal Land Company, which in 1749 was granted the right "by the Virginia Council to survey and enter 800,000 acres of land on the west waters." Dr. Walker explored for years thereafter in the southwest wilderness of Virginia and what is now northwestern Tennessee, and as far as the Cumberland River in an area now the upper half of Tennessee, but then claimed by both Virginia and N. Carolina. (It was Dr. Walker who in 1750 discovered the "cave gap" in the Appalachian Mountains and named it Cumberland Gap for the king's son, Duke of Cumberland. Did he also name the Cumberland River?) Judge Webster's research uncovered in the National Archives of Washington, D.C., the record of John Mack's Revolutionary War service in the First Virginia State Regiment, and the payment of a bounty before March 15, 1779. In one place he says the bounty was paid in the sum of $150 cash. Judge Webster believes that John Mack then travelled southwestward along the route Dr. Walker had followed earlier and settled near Walker's furthest penetration, on land still belonging to the Cherokee Indians. The spot was long known as the Cave Spring because the water, flowing out of the limestone bluff, used to run about 40 to 60 feet before it emptied into a cave at the foot of the "graveyard" hill. (Today, the spring has a pump-house over it.) It was about 1948 that Judge Webster discovered this historic spot for himself and began further investigations regarding John Mack, b. 1710, Scotland. He talked with many old-timers, one of whom was Bedford Matthews, then 82 years of age, "the first offspring of W.R.H. 'Little Bob' Matthews to be born after the Civil War, and named Bedford Leroy in honor of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, under whom his father fought four years." Bedford Matthews, all his life a resident of the community around Walker's and Hopewell, recalled stories told him of the early settlement; how his great-grandfather John Mack built a blockhouse at the cave spring, known as Walker's, and enclosed the spring and branch inside a palisade; how, after other settlers came in, all the neighbors would run to the palisade and blockhouse when Indians would attack them. According to Judge Webster, "The graveyard was legally laid off by the owners of the land, Robert Mack, a son, and James Mack, a grandson, on the 22nd day of June, 1831," when they deeded the land for "the consideration of establishing a place that shall always be free for and consecrated to religious worship as hereinafter is more fully expressed." The conveyance was in special trust that the three-acre plot be used for preaching and religious worship free for the use of all denominations of Christians, especially the Reformed or Reforming kind." (This is not the deed which set up a place of worship on 40 poles of McCain's land, as that indenture was made Dec. 20, 1817 between Eli McCain, owner of the land, and Wm. Mack, John H. Zolicoffer, Adam R. Alexander, trustees.) It is interesting to note that, according to Judge Webster's writings, this land around the cave spring and John Mack's gravesite was once a part of the grant made by North Carolina before that state gave up claim in 1789 to territories now in Tennessee. In 1811 John Mack's heirs got quit claims from John Davidson of part of an entry of 1784, and from an attorney for the heirs of Elijah Robertson. Naturally, John Mack did not have title to the land when he settled on it, because it was in an area not yet ceded by Cherokee Indians to either the U.S. or North Carolina. (From "Crosthwaite Chronicles") JOHN MACK, THE IMMIGRANT In a small grove of trees on a knoll down a lane, one-half mile east of a historical marker, near McCains in Maury County, Tennessee, is an old family cemetery. Here are found the graves of John Mack, the immigrant from Scotland, and his wife, Sarah. The historical marker reads: "FIRST SETTLER - One-half mile east is the grave of John Mack, who reportedly settled here in 1781 or shortly after. A blockhouse and stockade were built around the spring a few yards beyond the cemetery. Other relatives and descendants are also buried here." The above date is one example of incorrect information concerning John Mack, as will be shown later. The inscription on John Mack's grave stone reads: "Sacred to the Memory of John Mack The first of the Name in this State He was born in Scotland in 1740 Died in the 74th Year of his age An honest man the Noblest Work of God" Adjoining the above grave is the grave of Sarah Mack. The stone marker is broken, but the inscription reads: "Sacred to the Memory of Sarah the only Wife of John Mack She was born in Pennsylvania and Died in the 83rd Year of her Life A Pious Woman" Two family traditions concerning John Mack of Scotland are: (1) he bartered for Sarah, as his bride in Pennsylvania, in exchange for tobacco ("O Brave Pioneer," Sara Sprott Morrow, 1975); (2) he was a doctor (Pete Nance, Shreveport, Louisiana, Letter, 17 Aug 1975). No proof of these stories has been found. Further, this John Mack is not connected with the Mack family associated with Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader. The earliest legal record found for John Mack, the Scottish immigrant, was his marriage bond in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1766. The following is a copy: Know all men by these presents that we John Mack and Sarah Burnett of Prince Edward County are held and firmly bound unto said Lord King George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King Defender of the faith, and for the sum of Fifty Pounds current money to be paid to our Lord King, his heirs and successors to the which payment will truly be made. We bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals this second day of September 1766. Whereas a marriage is intended to be solemnized between the said bound John Mack and Sarah Burnett the condition of this right obligation to is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same, then this obligation to be void else remain in full force. Clerk's name illegible John Barksdale John Mack John Mack was still a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1771 when he was sued by one Henry Caldwell. His brother-in-law James Burnett came from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to appear as a witness for John. When John Mack won the case, he was ordered by the court to pay James Burnett's costs "for two days and once 100 miles." This amount to be equal the value of 350 pounds of tobacco. (From the files of Dr. J.C. Burnett, Kankakee, Illinois) By 1772 John Mack was living in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He paid 25 pounds for 140 acres of land lying on both sides of Sugartree Creek in May 1772. The land was purchased from Dutton Lain, and James Burnett with John and James Cox witnessed the deed. (Pittsylvania County Deeds, Book 3, pp. 6-8) John Mack received a bounty of $150 for his military service in the 1st Virginia State Regiment. He served in General Muhlenburg's Brigade from 2 February to 15 March 1779 during the Revolutionary War. (Military Records, National Archives, Washington, D.C., No. 25 M) On 3 October 1780 John Mack sold the 140 acres along Sugartree Creek that he had bought from Dutton Lain in 1772. Benjamin Croley purchased it for 60 pounds. Both he and Mack lived in Pittsylvania County. Sarah Mack was a cosignor with her husband. (Pittsylvania County Deeds, Book 6, p. 92) In the 1790 North Carolina census John Mack is found on the same page as his son James Mack in Salisbury District (Rockingham County). This proves the historical marker in Maury County, Tennessee to be incorrect. On 10 August 1792 John Mack of Rockingham County, N.C., bought for 80 pounds a tract of 300 acres of land north of Sandy River in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, from Simon Adams of the same county. Witnesses were: Gilbert Burnett and George Hawkins (brothers-in-law of John Mack), John Mack, Jr., George Cunningham, and John Wilson. (Pittsylvania County Deeds, Book 9, p. 265). We believe John Mack moved back to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, after 1792. In 1794 he witnessed a deed between his brother-in-law, Henry Burnett, and Mary Shields in Pittsylvania County. He is not shown in the North Carolina census for 1800. On 15 October 1805 John Mack, Sr. was surety for the marriage of his son Constantine Mack in Pittsylvania County. Some time between 1805-1810 John Mack, Sr. came to Tennessee. It seems likely he may have come to Rutherford County, Tennessee, with his son William in the spring of 1808. Possibly he came to Wilson County, Tennessee, which adjoins Rutherford, with William Burnett, Sarah's nephew, before June 1807. By 1810 John Mack appears in early court records in Maury County, Tennessee. On 5 February 1813 Washington L. Hannum and others in Davidson County, Tennessee, sold to John Mack, Sr., John Mack, Jr., James H. Mack, and Constantine Mack of Maury County, Tennessee, for $380 a tract of 95 acres on Little Bigby, part of Elijah Robertson's original grant (Deed Book E., p. 264. Reg. 7 April 1814, Maury County, Tennessee). Some sources suggest the Macks were squatters on this land earlier. John Mack, Sr. drew up his will on 31 May 1813. (Will Book 8. p. 6, Maury County). Misreading of his will caused speculation that there were children not named therein. We secured a copy of the original paper on which the will was written from Box M in the Maury County Courthouse. This exact copy resolved the confusion about the "other children." On 8 January 1814 John Mack (Sr.) was the witness in Maury County to the will of Thomas Parker. Some time later in 1814 John Mack, the immigrant, died in his 74th year. WILL OF JOHN MACK, SR., 31 MAY 1813, MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE In the name of God Almighty, amen. I, John Mack of Maury County, State of Tennessee, being in common health and full exercise of my reason, but calling to mind the uncertainty of Life and certainty of Death, and being desirous while in that state to settle my worldly affairs, do make and publish this my last will and Testament, Revoking and declaring void all others that I may have made heretofore. First, when it shall please God to call my Spirit hence, I request that my Body may be decently Buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned, hoping in Christ that they may be joyfully reunited at the last day. Secondly, it is my will that all my just debts be paid in case I should owe any. Thirdly, all my household furniture and plantation tools of every kind together with my part of the tract that I live on at present lying on the waters of the Little Tombigby, I leave to my loving wife Sarah Mack for and during the term of her natural life to use, sell, or dispose of the personal goods as she may have occasion without account, and to take the profits of the land. And after her decease my will is that my son Constantine Mack shall have and hold the above mentioned half of Land to him and his Heirs forever; as also all the residuum of the afore mentioned Personal chattles on the condition that he takes care of his mother. Fourthly, all my stock of horses, cows, and hogs together with all and singular my rights, credits, dues, and lands coming from or being in the State of Virginia, as also all the cash of which I may die possessed, I leave and bequeath to be equally divided between James Mack, John Mack, Jr., Polly Murphy, Robert Mack, William Mack, James H. Mack, and Sally Nance my other children. And I do hereby appoint Robert Mack and William Mack the Executors of this my last will and Testament. In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 31st day of May 1813. John Mack Andrew Boyd James Boyd Copied from the original will found in Box M in loose papers in Maury County Courthouse, Columbia, Tennessee. Also recorded in Book B. Maury County Wills, p. 6. MACK HEIRS APPOINT AN ATTORNEY TO SELL VIRGINIA PROPERTY 1 NOVEMBER 1816, DEED BOOK 21, pp. 33,34, PITTSYLVANIA CO. Know all men by these presents that we, James Mack, John Mack, Nathaniel Murphy and Polly Murphy, Robert Mack, William Mack, James H. Mack, Constantine Mack, and Sally Nance, heirs and divesees of John Mack, Sr. decd. of the County of Maury and state of Tennessee, for good and legal causes us unto moving, have and do by these make and appoint James Blair, of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia, our true and lawful attorney for us in our name as the heirs, has offered to settle and adjust all matters in controversary between us as heirs of the said John Mack, Sr. decd., and the heirs and legal representatives of Champion Napier whether in their own name or as representatives of said Napier, decd., or whether against our ancestors John Mack, decd., or against any attorney of his as far as claims or controversies may relate to any contracts between our said ancestor and the Champion Napier, decd., and for us in our names to convey a certain tract of land situated in the said county of Pittsylvania sold by our ancestors to said Napier by Decd. of general warranter or otherwise as said contract may require, and for us in our names to demand and receive all monies due us and to give and receive receipts and acquittances in and concerning the same so as to effectuate a full and complete settlement of all said disputes agreeable to justice and the true intent of said father John Mack, Sr., decd., or by any attorney of his legally appointed for him and in his behalf, and as such we recognize George Adams, Esquire, of said county. And in short we do hereby authorize our attorney James Blair for us and in our names to do all and everything in and concerning the premises aforesaid which we all or any of us might lawfully do were we personally present. In testimony of which we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 1st day of November 1816. James Mack John Mack Polly Murphy Robert Mack William Mack James H. Mack Sally Nance Constantine Mack Nathaniel (X) Murphy MACK HEIRS SELL PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA TO NAPIER FAMILY 14 MAY 1817, DEED BOOK 21, pp. 91-93, PITTSYLVANIA CO. This indenture made and entered into 14th day of May and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and seventeen Between James Blair of the County of Pittsylvania and state of Virginia acting attorney for the heirs and representatives of John Mack, deceased, of the County of Maury, State of Tennessee-Namely, James Mack, John Mack, Nathaniel Murphy and Polly Murphy, his wife, Robert Mack, William Mack, James Harvey Mack, Constantine Mack, and Sally Nance, each of the state aforesaid of one part, and John M. Napier, David L. Napier, Winfred C. Napier, his wife, Samuel L. Napier and Elizabeth C. B____?, legal heirs and representatives of Champion Napier, deceased, the County of Pittsylvania and state of Virginia of the other part, witnesseth that the said James Blair, acting attorney for the legal heirs and representatives aforesaid, doth by these presents for the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars in hand paid by the heirs and representatives of Champion Napier, deceased, to the heirs and representatives of said John Mack, deceased, the receipt of which said James Blair, attorney for the above Heirs and representatives of John Mack, deceased, doth hereby acknowledge hath bargained, sold, and confer unto the mentioned heirs and representatives of Champion Napier, deceased, one certain tract or parcel of land lying in the County of Pittsylvania and of Virginia aforesaid, and on Sandy River and bounded by the following lines to wit: Beginning at a white oak stump below the falls of Sandy River, thence north thirty degrees, east three hundred and twenty poles crossing two branches to a red oak, thence the said line south seventy degrees, east ninety-one poles crossing a branch to a white oak, thence south five degrees, west thirty-two poles to a red oak, thence on Sandy River bank down said river as it meanders to the beginning, which tract or parcel of land aforesaid containing by estimation three hundred acres, be the same more or less. James Blair, attorney for Mack's heirs aforesaid, doth forever warrant and defend unto said heirs and representatives and the aforesaid heirs forever to have and to hold quiet and peaceable possession forever uncontested with all and singular together with ways and minerals, heredetaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging forever. In Testimony whereof I, said James Blair, attorney for the heirs and representatives of John Mack, deceased, aforesaid have hereunto set their hands and affixed the seal the day and year above mentioned. Signed, sealed, and delivered in presents of: Samuel Harvey, William (X) Morris, Drury Blair, James Mack, John Mack, Nathaniel Murphy, Polly Murphy, Robert Mack, William Mack, James Harvey Mack, Constantine Mack, Sally Nance By James Blair, their attorney in fact At a court held for Pittsylvania County the 21st day of July 1817. This indenture from James Blair, attorney, to John Napier, David Napier, and Samuel Napier was presented in court and acknowledged by the said James Blair, attorney as aforesaid, to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded. Teste Will Turnstall, Clk. (source: "TO HOPE, TO LABOR, AND SO TO LIVE-Descendants of John Mack (1740-1814), With Some Allied Families: WILSON, McKNITT, BREVARD, POLK, REESE, HUDSON, BURNETT" c. 1980 Mary P. Engels, 1024 Hicky, Forrest City, Arkansas Research (B.J. Miller): p. 592 of Maury County Cemeteries, per Audrey J. Massey (jeangen@ro.com) says that Mack Cemetery is south on Pulaski Pike one mile south of McCains, turn east on farm lane; locked gate at beginning of lane. Cemetery is behind barn about 1/4 mile from pike on John Cothran place. DAR Patriot Index, Vo. II has him b. c 1750 Scotland, died 1 Nov 1816 TN m. Sarah Burnett and was a soldier for VA. _________________________ From "Maury County Tennessee, History & Families", Garrett& Lightfoot, Turner Publishing, Paducah, KY, Maury Co. Historical Society, 1998. Nathaniel came to Maury with John Mack's family from NC-VA line. Property in Henry Co. VA & Rockingham Co. NC. 1st Miles Murphy came from Ireland about 1725 with his son Miles. Second Miles had at least 3 sons (at least) Ezekiel(Zeke), David(Dave) and Nathaniel(Nat)(b. 1778). [Charles Demastus says Nat's brothers were Charles & James] Nat had Miles Pinkney Sr. (b. 1808) who had M.P. Jr., Robert Constantine and William Nathaniel. Zeke, Dave and Nat all had a son named Miles and came to TN from NC. Settled near Southport, Gile/Maury Co. line. Santa Fe formerly Benton, after Thomas Benton, US Senator. John Hart Benton, respected citizen of area. ___________________________ CENSUS YEAR: 1790 STATE: NC COUNTY: Rockingham MICROFILM#: M637-7 ENUMERATOR: Thos. Henderson ======================================================= ========================= |FREE WHITE |ALL |Males | |OTHER HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD |16 |to | |FREE PG# LAST NAMEFIRST NAME |up |16 Females|Persons|slaves 528B MURPHY Archibald 1 1 3 . 528B MACKJohn 2 4 3 . . 528B MACKJames1 2 1 . . 528B WILSON Aquilla 3 3 2 . 5 528B WILSON James2 2 6 . 2 528B WILSON Thomas 2 . 4 . 4 528B MURPHY Miles4 5 7 . . 528B MURPHY William 1 . 3 . . 533B MURPHY John 1 2 1 . . ______________________________________ Matrimony Creek Baptist Church-Rockingham Co. N.C. Matrimony Church was once part of the Strawberry Association of Va. and JamesRAY and others from Marribone Baptist Church, Henry Co. Va. came to visit thischurch Feb. 19, 1791. This church is in Rockingham Co. N.C. almost up to the Henry Co. Va. bord er and almost over to the Stokes Co. N.C. line. This is only a partial listing, records are available at University of N.C. at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. Sept. 1776 Members: John Murphy and wife Margret May 17, 1794: William Murphy Nov. 19, 1814 Archibald Murphy ___________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marri ages/1700-1799.txt marriages 12 Feb 1799 Murphy, Ezekiel Smith, Martha 20 Oct 1790 Watson, George Murphy, Peggy 17 Oct 1792 Watson, Shemia Murphy, Elizabeth __________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/pittsylvania/court/book 7.txt Mixed Probate Records, Pittsylvania County, VA Book 7, 1821-1824 Murphy, William D. ___________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+673185022926+F NC marriages "MURPHY","Alice","JAMESON","Isaac",5,"Mar","1825","Mecklenburg Co.","NC" "MURPHY","Archibald","MC KENNEY","Mary",30,"Mar","1798","Mecklenburg Co.","NC" "MURPHY","John","CARR","Margaret",5,"Nov","1786","Guilford Co.","NC" "MURPHY","Joseph","CHADWICK","Betty",16,"Nov","1774","Guilford Co.","NC" "MURPHY","Solo","GUION","Betsy",29,"Oct","1781","Orange Co.","NC" "MURPHY","Timothy","BALLARD","Milley",4,"Jan","1774","Guilford Co.","NC" ___________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+648177048575+F SAMPSON CO, NC 1790 CENSUS FAYETTE DISTRICT File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Alice Tatum Subject: 1790 Sampson county, Fayette dis pt 1 1790 SAMPSON COUNTY FAYETTE DISTRICT 1st# is for free white males 16 years and upwards including heads of families 2nd# is for free white males under 16 years 3rd# is for free white females including heads of families 4th# is for all other free persons 4th# is for slaves Murphrey,Charles........................1-4-7-0-0 Murphy, William............................1-2-4-0-1 Murphy, Miles....................................2-2-3-0-2 Murphy, Richard................................1-3-2-0-0 Murphy, Michael................................2-3-4-0-0 ________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+192534032890+F HARDEMAN COUNTY, TN - VITALS - Marriage Records, 1824-1950, McHenry - Myrick Murphy, Andrew L. Brenard, Elizabeth Dec 1828 Murphy, Charles Harvey, Emily Dec 1828 Murphy, Eli Tuttle, Rebecca Jul 1826 Murphy, Ethan Broils, Mary Feb 1828 Murphy, James Harvey, Elizabeth Oct 1843 Murphy, Leben Nesbit, Selina Dec 1829 Murphy, Tilman Smithwick, Sarah C. Oct 1845 Murphy, Walter M. Smith, Martha A.F. Jan 1844 Murphy, William Brown, Charlotte Nov 1843 ___________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+160928610689+F GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES MURPHEY, Catharine FOX, Paton on 05-MAR-1830 MURPHREY, Thos B CARROLL, Harriett H on 04-AUG-1832 MURPHY, Benjamin W CRAFTON, Martha M on 25-AUG- 1835 MURPHY, Elizabeth HOGG, Sterling B on 12-DEC-1831 MURPHY, Eveline M COLLINS, Lerry on 08-JAN-1853 MURPHY, Malinda THOMAS, David on 25-FEB-1828 MURPHY, Manervia S THOMAS, Alfred A on 29-SEP-1841 MURPHY, William ADAMS, Rebecca on 09-MAY-1838 _____________________________________- http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+287262983030+F MCNAIRY COUNTY TN - CENSUS RECORDS -1850 Pudey district 690 Murphy William 53 m farmer NC x 2 51a 4 690 Murphy Sarah 48 f NC x 2 51a 5 690 Murphy Mary 19 f NC 2 51a 6 690 Murphy William 17 m farmer NC x 2 51a 7 690 Murphy Betsey 13 f NC 2 51a 8 690 Murphy Rachel 11 f NC 2 51a 9 690 Murphy Jane 6 f NC 2 51a 10 690 Murphy Nathan 3 m TN 2 51a 11 ___________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+285762247851+F MCNAIRY COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - LAUGHLIN CEMETERY Murphy, Mary I May 9, 1856-Dec ? 1860 dau of W.B. & J.J. Murphy Murphy, William H Oct 1, 1817-Feb 10, 1876 W.R.M. no other information _____________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+554362935840+F PASQUOTANK, NC Estate Records Index Loose Files Murphy, Joseph 1778 Murphy, Mary 1857 Murphy, William C. 1854 (also Charles W. Brothers) Murphy, William 1807 _________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+209124142032+F This census is from Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2 I 1790 census North Carolina Craven County Newbern District 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families 2nd # free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females and head of families 4th # all other free persons 5th # slaves Murphy, Edward, 1,2,3,1,0 Murphy, William, 4,1,6,0,5 Murphy, Sarah, 1,0,3,0,0 _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+210824386825+F CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - Deeds - PHILLIPS FAMILY COLLECTION. BOOK 2l a. p 54 - 4 Feb l769 - John Peters (or) Jacob Blount (ee) FO Joseph Hardy (?) Pat l759 - road to Peter's Ferry - on Contenney - both sides of Grindal Creek - adj William Nunn - l45 ac - wit William Murphy, William Dubarly ____________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+269528870801+F Franklin County NC - CENSUS - Halifax District, Franklin County 1790 Census Franklin County Halifax District 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families 2nd # free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females and head of families 4th # all other free persons 5th # slaves Murphy, William............................1-2-8-0-0 Murphy, Nicholas.........................1-3-6-0-4 Murphy, James.............................1-2-8-0-0 Murphry, Arthur.............................1-1-1-0-0 Murphry, James.............................3-0-3-0-1 Hight,Harbert...................................3-3-6-0-2 Hight, John......................................1-2-1-0-0 Hight, John sr..................................1-0-1-0-10 Hight, William..................................1-2-4-0-0 Hight, Robert...................................2-3-4-1-3 _______________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+535461587015+F Murphy, William Susan Hart 13 Sept. 1819 David Clark [w[ Jos. A. woods __________________________ "Maury County, Tennessee Newspapers (Abstracts) 1810-1844", compiled by Jill Knight Garrett, 1965. Columbia Observer, June 5, 1835. Married- James H. Reese to Miss Elizabeth P. Murphy. April 14, 1836. "We fear our young friend from Randolph, David Murfee, as noble and daring a spirit as ever marched to the field of battle, poured out his youthful blood on the walls of the Alamo. Capt. Peacock was there sick, and young Murfee, at last account, was attending him, the Capt. died, and the brave young hero we are pained to think has fallen.." Columbia Beacon, Friday Feb. 4, 1848 Democratic Meeting in Columbia- Monday, 7th inst. Delegates to the convention to be in Lawrenceburg: District 5- Wm. B. Murphy, Gen. D.L. Whitaker, M.D. Whitaker ________________________ __________________________ http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/showmsg.asp?forumid=31732&ms gnum=733&gs=1 Message #733 Friday, March 03, 2000 Subject: William B. Murphy Posted by: Betty Dabbbs Message: Anyone have any information on William who was born in N. Carolina and came to Tennessee before 1830. He married Mary(Polly)Benton. He had a brother who went to Washington County Mississippi. This brother possibly never married. William was born c.1800 per census records. Replies: William Murphy - Mary Murphy (Campo) 4/17/00 _________________________ ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/dickens/cemetery/spur.txt Spur Memorial Cemetery--Dickens County, Texas RECORDS BY: Lillian Grace Nay Name Maiden Name Obit Section/block/lot Birth/Death dates Owner of Lot Bowman S.R. Obit Old24 6 02-25-1862 01-08-1944 Ray SandersBowman, S.R. Bowman Susan Mae Murphy Obit Old 24 6 02-01-1876 07-05- 1945 Ray SandersBowman, Susan Mae Murphy Murphy Joseph Albert Obit B 12BS1/2 6 09-17-1873 05-27-1946 J.A.Murphy Murphy, Joseph Albert Murphy Maggie Mae Hendryx B 12BS1/2 6 08-19-1887 09-23-1968 J.A.Murphy Murphy, Maggie Mae Hendryx ___________________ Mark: Please feel free to look me up if you should come this way. I am the mayor here but most of the time work from my home: 402 N. Waco Avenue, Dawson, Tx 76639 Yvonne Davis Woods There are Murphys who still live in Hubbard (about 6 miles west of Dawson). We have a Murphy (from the old family) who owns part of a grain business here in Dawson. It is JPM Enterprises. This company has played a very important roll in the lives of the people who work the Blackland Prairie here. Liberty Hill is located just northwest of the present town of Dawson. It is just off Hwy 31 which runs from points of East Texas thru to Waco. Many of the early settlers who came to these parts camped there -- My ggrandparents included. Liberty Hill Cemetery and Spring Hill Cemetery are two of the oldest cemeteries in this part of Navarro County. Yvonne Subject: Re: Crews Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:23:48 -0500 From: "Ray Woods" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 , 2 , 3 Mark: My ggrandfather William Robertson settled here in Navarro County near the town of Dawson. I have a record where he purchased l &3/4 acres of land from the Stansell survey . This was one of the very oldest surveys in these parts. Later, he sold some land here in the town of Dawson to a Jefferson A. Davis who incidentally was another who came from TN. This one was a brother to my grandfather John Buchanan Davis. Yvonne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Murphy" To: "Ray Woods" Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:56 PM Subject: Re: Crews > Thanks. > This might be a clue that opens some doors in my investigations. > I'll let you know if I find out any more. > Do you know where in Texas William Robertson and family settled? Wasn't Navarro or Hill counties was it? > > Ray Woods wrote: >> I only know the wagon master's name was (I believe) Joe Crews. He might > have been married to one of my grandmother's older sisters: Martha or Nancy> Robertson. I know there was a son whose name was Charlie Crews and he lived> with my grandmother for a number of years. He called her "Aunt Lee" so she> must have been his aunt. I was told that this wagon master Crews had > brought settlers to these parts of the country before, came back to TN and> told my great grandfather William Robertson about the land here and he > decided to bring his family out with the next wagon train. My grandmother> was the youngest child in the family and she was 6 years old when they made> the trip. She remembered walking behind the wagon during the day and sleeping beneath the stars at night. >> Wish I knew more about this. >> Yvonne > raywoods@airmail.net > > Mark A. Murphy > http://genforum.genealogy.com/tn/messages/10061.html Re: William Robertson married Margret Walker Posted by: Yvonne Davis WoodsDate: September 05, 2000 at 14:22:09 In Reply to: Re: William Robertson married Margret Walker by Mark A. Murphy Mark: What was your familys name? There was also a Wilks family who came thru at the time the others came. They all camped out around a place called Spring Hill and then moved closer to what is now the town of Dawson. This is where they all ended up. Yvonne _____________________________ Subject: Re: Crews Date:Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:43:53 -0500 From:"Ray Woods" To: "Mark Murphy" References: 1 I only know the wagon master's name was (I believe) Joe Crews. He might have been married to one of my grandmother's older sisters: Martha or Nancy Robertson. I know there was a son whose name was Charlie Crews and he lived with my grandmother for a number of years. He called her "Aunt Lee" so she must have been his aunt. I was told that this wagon master Crews had brought settlers to these parts of the country before, came back to TN and told my great grandfather William Robertson about the land here and he decided to bring his family out with the next wagon train. My grandmother was the youngest child in the family and she was 6 years old when they made the trip. She remembered walking behind the wagon during the day and sleeping beneath the stars at night. Wish I knew more about this. Yvonne raywoods@airmail.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Murphy" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:42 PM Subject: Crews > I saw your post at: > http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/addforum.cgi?tn/maury > My grandfather and ggrandfather's family came to Texas in 1875 with some > CREWS, HILLs and others (from Maury Co. TN). Do you have any > information on this wagon train? Thanks. > Mark A. Murphy _________________________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/addforum.cgi?tn/maury William Robertson married Margret Walker Posted by: Yvonne Davis WoodsDate: June 04, 2000 at 19:36:13 William Robertson & Margret Walker were married in Tenn and moved to Texas in a wagon train around 1875. The wagon train was driven by a man by the name of Crews. _________________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/addforum.cgi?tn/maury Re: Murphy/Murphey Caswell to TN Posted by: Dee Reynolds Date: April 16, 2000 at 08:07:57 In Reply to: Re: Murphy/Murphey Caswell to TN by Wilma Liles caswell county, nc MURPHY: alexander married polley smith 29 aug 1815 herndon harrelson,jr bondsman/witness jno. married polly corder 11 feb 1803 joseph mccain bond/wit john m. sarah terrell 10 apr.1804 james murphy bond/wit joseph m. sally kennon 27 oct 1800 john cobb bond/wit william m. lucy terel 2 mar.1798 gabriel murphey bond/wit gabriel jr. m. clarey hearndon 4 feb 1788 nimrod mcintosh bond/wit thats' all up to 1820. dee _________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/tn/blount/census/1850/pg0 105a.txt CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: BLOUNT DIVISION: Civil Dist 14 REEL NO: 871 PAGE NO: 106A REFERENCE: 3RD DAYOF DECEMBER, 1850 ======================================================= ========================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAMEAGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ======================================================= =========================36 1564 1564 MURPHY ISAAC31 M GUN SMITH TEN 37 1564 1564 MURPHY ELIZAB 31 F TEN 38 1564 1564 MURPHY JOHN 9 M TEN X 39 1564 1564 MURPHY DIANNA 7 F TEN X 40 1564 1564 MURPHY TABITHA 5 F TEN 41 1564 1564 MURPHY EDWD 3 M TEN 42 1564 1564 BOLING JOHN 18 M TEN _______________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+157329277054+F CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1810 CENSUS,PART 3 OF 4 MURPHY, WM 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 MURPHY, BAILEY 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 MURPHY, ELIZA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 MURPHY, JNO B. 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 MURPHY, MARGARET0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 ____________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+87716296342+F Botetourt County, VA - 1810 Federal Census; Part 2, Pages 633 - 667 PG# LINE LAST NAMEFIRST NAME & INI M< 10 10-16 16-26 26- 45 45 F< 10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45 FREE SLAVE REMARKS 640 23 MURPHY JNO. 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 641 7 MURPHY NIXON 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 643 16 MURPHY THOs. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ____________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/duplin/census/dupcen.t xt 1784-1786 STATE CENSUS OF NC Duplin-Sampson County SURNAME Given COUNT District MURPHY Timothy 0-3-1-5-5 Stallin's MURPHY Wm.1-1-4-1-1 Stallin's ________________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/duplin/deeds/miscdeed. txt Duplin Co., NC - Misc. Abstract Deeds 3A 503 Stephen Herring to Daniel Murphy, both of Duplin Co., 31 Oct 1804, for 125 silver dollars 100A on the waters of Rockfish, beg. at a maple at the mouth of Peg's Marsh Branch, adj. the lines of Moore, Timothy Murphy & John Matthis, to Matthis's Mill Branch, being part of a survey of 300A granted by patent to William Murphy dec'd. Wit: Thomas Lanier, Timothy Murphy. Oct. Ct. 1808. ___________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/duplin/wills/miswill1.tx t Miscellaneous Duplin County Will Abstracts 449. ROUSE, Phillip (CR.035.801.10/A-415) 10 Oct 1784 - Oct Court 1784 son MARTAIN one horse, bridle and Sadle and gun, twenty five head of Cattle Consisting of Cows, Calves and other young Cattle, ten head of sheep, two kittles, two falling axes, one bed and furnerture, two basens and seven plates with all my Stock of hogs more or less, one hand mill, one pair of Iren Wegges, one plow; ELIZABETH my youngest Daughter two Cows and Calves, six new plats, one set of tea Cups and sosers, one feather bed and furnerture, one fring pan, one mug extr: not named wit: EPHRAIM GARRASON, ADONIJAH GARRISON signed Phillip (sign) Rouse PRESSELLAH MURPHY one pot, one bason, two plats; BARBARY SHEPARD one shilling starling _____________________________________ http://www.census-online.com/transcript/tn/greene/188B.html CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ...PHONE:931-379-3662 (apparently not active) 504 FLORIDA AVE MOUNT PLEASANT TN 38474-1408 US POST OFFICE ...PHONE:931-987-2286 2349 CULLEOKA HWY CULLEOKA TN, 38451-9998 US POST OFFICE ...PHONE:931-379-3285 201 N MAIN ST MOUNT PLEASANT TN, 38474-1300 ________________________________ http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1999+15633890315+F Sharon Saulmon-Texblossom@aol.com Joseph Murphey, son of Daniel Murphey born 15 June 1773 in Charles Co., MD. He died about 1834 in Overton Co., TN. He married two times, 1st to Hannah Bracken about 1793 in Caswell Co., NC. He and Hannah had 2 children John B. Murphy born 1795 in Caswell Co., NC and Martha Ector Murphy born 1797 in Caswell Co., NC. Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Bracken and Martha Ector. His 2nd wife was Sarah "Sally" Cannon, they married 27 Oct 1800, daughter of Joel W. Cannon. Sally was born in Caswell Co., NC and died in Overton Co., TN between 1850-60. Their children: William b. about 1804 in NC, Thomas J. b. 11 Feb 1805 in NC, Branson G. b. 1806 in NC, Joseph Gillentine b. 15 May 1807 in NC, Hannah B. b. 1811 in Caswell Co., NC ________________________________ Subject: Miles MURPHY Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:19:09 EDT From: Demastus@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Miles Murphy, born in the north of Ireland about 1725, was one of the first bearing this family name to reach the American frontier. He came of Protestant stock and was known to be living at Sampson County, North Carolina in 1790. Later members of the family moved to Bethel in Maury County, middle Tennessee and belonged to the Christian Church there. The son and six grandsons of Daniel Murphy who moved from the north of Ireland to Charles County in Maryland about 1710 were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Daniel died soon after arriving in America, but when the call to arms came his son Daniel, known as Daniel Sen, and grandsons Daniel Jun., Abraham, Joseph, Zachariah, Zephaniah and Hezekiah responded. Hezakiah was wounded in action. As their Old Testament names convey the Murphys were a strongly religious family, well-versed in the teachings of the Bible. Several generations of the family settled in Maryland, but later some members moved to Overton and Jackson counties in Tennessee. (From: "The Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee" by Bill Kennedy p. 164) In Richard's Murphy's Rev. war pension records he stated he was born in Dupeland Co., (Duplin) NC in 1762. He stated he served in the war under a William Dixon as a fifer. In the 1790 census for Sampson Co., formed out of Duplin in 1784, listed were William, Michael, Miles, Richard, Charles Murphey and an Edward Murphrey. Michael Murphy married Mary Parker in 1778, Miles Murphey and John Chestnutt were bondsman. A William Murphy married a Susannah Parker in 1779, Michael Murphy bondsman. The name Miles has shown up in Willis' line as well. It is believed (but not proved to me) that Michael is the son of Capt. John Murphrey and Elizabeth Harrison of Greene Co., NC and Isle of Wight, VA. The earliest Murphy records we find for Duplin Co., is for Michael Murphy in 1762, the same year of Richard's birth. We know that Richard had a daughter Mary and we believe he also had a son Daniel, but have been unable to prove Daniel. Although we usually see the spelling of Murphy listed in records, the family name was actually Murphrey. The families associated with Michael Murphy in Sampson Co., NC are the same surnames associated with the Murphrey's in Isle of Wight VA. sueskay@pacbell.net (Sue (Skay) Abruscato) _____________________________ Subject: Nathaniel G. MURPHY Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:19:38 EDT From: Demastus@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Nathaniel Murphy, son of Miles, married Mary "Polly" Mack, a daughter of John Mack, who, although Scottish-born, is believed to have arrived in America with his family from Ireland. Mack served with the 1st Virginia State Regiment in the Revolutionary War and he settled in both North Carolina and Virginia. Nathaniel Murphy lived in both Maury and Rutherford Counties in Tennessee and members of the family had gallant service for the Confederacy in the Civil War. The Murphys - Macks prospered in farming in Middle Tennessee and a number distinguished themselves in public life. (From: "The Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee" by Bill Kennedy p. 164) Nathaniel Murphy - The Murphy family was living in Maury County, Tennessee, by 1813. On 8 January 1814 John Mack and Nathaniel Murphy were witnesses to the will of Thomas Parker. In November 1814 Nathan(iel) G. Murphy and James H. Mack bought 95 acres of land from John Mack, Jr. (Deed Book F. p. 168, Maury County). David Love sold 140 acres to Nathaniel Murphy on 29 March 1819. (Deed Book H, p. 43). In February 1822 N.G. Murphy bought 140 acres from Robert Mack. (Deed Book J, p. 720). On 15 June 1822 Nathaniel G. Murphy bought for $800 a 140 acre tract from Nathaniel Murphy. (Deed Book J, p. 381). One source lists both parties as living in North Carolina; another says both were living in Maury County. We believe they were father and son; the elder Nathaniel being from North Carolina. In Obion County, Tennessee, in the 1850 census, Household 137, is a Nathaniel Murphy, age 41, born in North Carolina, who may have been a son of Nathaniel G. Murphy. Nathaniel G. Murphy died intestate ca. 3 December 1830, and Robert Mack was the administrator of his estate. Polly Mack Murphy is thought to have survived her husband, but the date of her death is unknown. ____________________________ http://www.tngennet.org/maury/biotext.htm John Mack, born in Scotland about 1740-42, married Sarah Burnett (1741 PA - 1825 Maury Co., TN) on 9 September 1766 in Prince Edward Co., VA. During the Revolutionary War, Mack served in the 1st Virginia State Regiment. Sometime between 1805 - 1810, and perhaps earlier, he came to Tennessee. By 1810, John Mack appears in early court records in Maury County. His will was written on 31 May 1813. Children of John and Sarah Burnett Mack were: James (1767-1852), m. Sarah Wilson John, Jr. (1769-1855), m. Polly Garner Robert (1772-1865), m. Sarah M. Brown William (1775-1861), m. Mary (Polly) Blair James Harvey (1778-1837) Constantine, m. Nancy Burnett Sarah Louise (Sally), m. Bird Nance Mary "Polly" (abt 1770, Prince Edward Co., VA - 1 Jan 1862, Maury Co., TN), m. Nathaniel G. Murphy (b. VA, d. 3 Dec 1830, Maury Co.) (Nathaniel G. Murphy was the son of Miles Murphy, born in Ireland about 1725) John Mack is buried in the Mack Family Cemetery at McCains in Maury Co., TN. The inscription on his large box tomb reads: "John Mack, 1740-1814, The First of his name in this state. He was born in Scotland in 1740 and died in the 74th year of his age. An honest man, the noblest work of God." The inscription on the tombstone of his wife, Sarah, reads: "Sarah Mack, b. in Pennsylvania, d. in 83rd year of her age. The only wife of John Mack." An Historic Marker near the cemetery, now destroyed, once read: "First Settler. One half mile east is the grave of John Mack, who reportedly settled here in 1776 or shortly after (1776 possibly disproven by record of service in the Revolution out of VA). A blockhouse or stockade was built around the spring a few yards beyond the cemetery. Other relatives and descendants are also buried here." (Note: There are six tombstones with inscriptions and 10-12 fieldstones.) Submitted by: Charles Allen Demastus 546 White Ash Dr. Southaven, MS 38671-5409 (601) 342-0878 Reuben Rieves and his wife, Hannah, came to Maury Co., TN in 1803 from South Carolina. Reuben may have been a Revolutionary soldier, but no record has been found as of this date. Their children were: Joel, John C., Joshua, Purify (m. William H. Flaniken), Sally (m. William Smith), Elijah (1790-1872), m. Mary Stallings), Sidney King (1806-?), m. Sarah Caroline Nicholson), and Thomas Jefferson (1805, SC-Dec 1871, Maury Co., TN), m. 1827 in Maury County to Sarah Bernetta "Sallie" Murphy. Sallie was born 1807 in Tennessee and died 1886 in Maury County. Thomas Jefferson Rieves was a farmer and timber worker. Both he and wife Sallie, as well as some of the Rieves children and grandchildren, are buried in the Rieves Cemetery, located a short distance from the Duck River Bridge in Maury County. Children of Thomas Jefferson and Sallie Murphy Rieves were: Martha Elizabeth (1832-1894), m. John Griffin Nancy America (1837-1922), m. James L. Toombs Elija Napolean Bonaparte (1839- 1934, ), m. Mary Catherine Anthony (E.N.B. Rieves was in Co. H. 1st Tenn Inf and Co. K, 48th Tenn Inf, CSA.) Sara Ann (1843-1915), m. Larkin S. Lamar Eleanor Eudora (1845-1871) Emily J. (1848-?) Nathaniel Green (6 Feb 1835, Maury Co.-17 Aug 1907, Maury Co.), m. on 11 Jan 1866 in Maury County to Susan Alice Crawford (16 Nov 1849, TN - 7 Nov 1916). Susan was dau. of Charles D. and Susan E. Crawford. Green "Devil Horse" Rieves was in Co. H., 1st Tenn Inf, CSA, and is mentioned in Sam Watkins' Co. Aytch. Children of Green and Susan Crawford Rieves were: Grover Cleveland, m. Nona Spanivelle Sarah May (1867-?), m. J.J. Loftin Ellis (1868-1929) Frank M. (1870-1933), m. Claudine Ward Walter Clifford, m. Ida Watson Conner, m. Jennie Fox J.Clayton (1877-1955), m. Annie Oliver Marshall N. (1882-1954), m. Bertha Hamlin Annie Lou (22 Aug 1879, Maury Co.-17 Oct 1965, FL), m. on 31 Dec 1896 to William Alexander Demastus in Maury County. William (22 Aug 1875, Maury Co. - 13 Aug 1943, FL) and his nephew, William Houston Demastus, ran a shop in Culleoka, TN in the 1920s. They shod horses, put wheels on wagons, sold gas from their gas pump and were automobile mechanics. ______________________________ Subject: James MURPHEY Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:46:54 -0400 From: Ron Bean To: Murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark, Here is some information on James MURHPHY of Pittsylvania Co. VA and Robertson Co. TN. I wish that I could identify his parents. James MURPHEY b. bef 1775 d. 1829 Robertson County, Tennessee, m. 25 Dec 1795 Shenandoah Co. VA to Margaret HANAGAN. Margaret HANAGAN b. c 1775 VA, d. aft 1829 probably in Robertson Co. TN. Their children: 1. Benjamin MURPHEY b. 15 Aug 1804 Pittsylvania Co. VA, d. 1863 Robertson Co. TN, m. bef 1826 to Lavina FISER (1803-1871) 2. James MURPHEY b. 28 May 1801 Pittsylvania Co. VA, d. 24 Jun 1859, Robertson Co. TN, m. c 1828 to Nancy L. last name unknown (1806-1890) 3. William MURPHEY 4. John MURPHEY 5. Barbara G. MURPHEY m. 13 Oct 1831 to A. MATHERS 6. Sally MURPHEY m. Nathan ADAMS 7. Cassandra MURPHEY b. Pittsylvania Co. VA, d. 1872, m. William W. DRAUGHON (1805-1843) I hope that this information helps. If you can add information or offer any corrections, I would be appreciative. Virginia R. Bean _________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/murphy/messages/162.html Posted by: James Murphy Date: May 03, 1998 at 19:03:15 I am attempting to learn what I can of William Murphy who died in Chester County SC 1795 - wife Marthaw and children Elizabeth Murphy m. John Kidd; Jenney Murphy; Sarah Murphy; William Murphy; James Murphy; and Mary Murphy m. John Watters. Family left area 1820-1830 and I would like to share information. Please contact. Jim Murphy ______________________ From: MarniBugQuilts@aol.com To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com page 25-26 Brown - Inventory of Thomas Brown, deceased, recorded 26 August 1829. Sold on Saturday, 23 February 1828; receipts on Wiley P. Richardson, James S. Steele, Elijah Kirkman, Drury Morris, Wright W. Manning, Sm. C. Hill, James Allen. Buyers: Lurany Brown, R. A. L. Wilkes, John Kerr, William L. Leonard, William Horgie, Balam Metcalf, Francis Wheatley, Andrew M. Kerr, William Murphy, John Thombs. Signed Balaam Metcalf, administrator. ______________________ From: Demastus@aol.com To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com Descendants of Reuben Rieves 1 Reuben RIEVES b: 1776 in SC d: 1816 in Maury Co, TN . +Hannah ______ m: 1787 in SC . 2 Joel RIEVES d: Bef. 1825 . 2 John C. RIEVES . 2 Joshua RIEVES . 2 Purify RIEVES ..... +William H. FLANIKEN m: 5 Dec 1837 in Maury Co, TN . 2 Sally RIEVES ..... +William SMITH m: 1819 in Maury Co, TN . 2 Elijah REEVES b: 1790 in SC d: May 1872 in Maury Co, TN ..... +Mary (Polly) STALLINGS b: 1800 in GA m: 14 Jul 1819 in Maury . 2 Thomas Jefferson RIEVES b: 1805 in SC d: Dec 1871 in Maury Co, TN ..... +Sarah Bernetta (Sallie) MURPHY b: 1807 in TN m: 1827 in Maury Co, TN d: 1886 in Maury Co, TN Father: Nathaniel G. MURPHY Mother: Mary (Polly) MACK . 2 Sidney King RIEVES b: 1806 ..... +Sarah Caroline NICHOLSON b: 1810 ______________________________________ From: "Sharon Worthey" Reply-To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Name:William Murphy Location: Farmington, St. Francois County Born: March 12, 1759 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia Died: November 2, 1833 in Farmington Father:Rev. William Murphy Mother: Martha Hodges Married: Rachel Henderson on Nolichucky River, TN on January 26, 1782 Children: Delilah Sarah, John Crowford, Mary Hodges, Martha Hodges, Elizabeth Barton, William Eccles, James Henderson, Kiturah Beavers, Frances Menifee, Sarah Barton, David Henderson, Henderson & Dubart Murphy. Notes: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Lloyd_D_Ellis/MURPHY/index.htm http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lloyde Contact: Lloyd D. Ellis lellis148@aol.com Name:William Sr. MURPHY Married: Elizabeth ?; Rachel Henderson Children: William MURPHY Jr. Born: March 12, 1759, Pittsylvania Co., VA Died: November 02, 1834, Bentonville,,Missouri Contact: Barry Crocker Vacaville, CA bcrocker@cwnet.com http://home.cwnet.com/bcrocker Name:Murphy or Murphey, William Married: Rachel Henderson 26Jan 1782 on the Nolichucky River in the part of NC that became Greene Co. TN and she was born 15 Nov1746. Born 12 May 1759 in Pittsylvania Co. VA Died: 02 Nov 1833 St Francois Co MO Children: John Croford born 16 Oct 1782; Mary Hodges born 22 Jun 1784; Marthy Hodges born 29May 1786 and died 26 Oct 1803; Elizabeth Barton born 16 Apr 1788; Wm. Eccles born 08 May 1790 and died 29 Aug 1810; Delilah Sarah born 14 May 1792, James Henderson born 19 May 1759; Keturah Beavers born 09 Apr 1796; Francis Menifee born 23 May 1798 and died in May 1808; Sarah Barton born 07 Jan 1800; David Henderson born 12 Jun 1802; Henderson born 01 Sep 180? and the youngest child (name not given) was born May 1806. Notes:NC and VA Line. Rachel, W9680; lived in Bedford Co. VA at enlistment., Soldier applied 07 May 1833 St. Francis Co. MO, widow applied there 07 Apr 1841; In 1833 soldier stated he served with Lt. John Murphy of Washington Co. NC (relationship not stated). In 1833 a Joseph Murphy aged 72 of St. Francis Co. MO stated he and soldier lived together during the Rev. In 1833 a Wm. Murphy Jr. was a presiding justice for St. Francis Co. MO and in 1841 Richard Murphy was a JP for said county and in 1841 a David Murphy made affidavit in said county but their relationship to soldier's family was not given. In 1842 soldier's half brother David Murphy, who was born 23 Apr 1770, made affidavit in St. Francis Co. MO. In 1844 a Henderson Murphy made affidavit in St. Francis Co. MO (but no relationship was stated). Source: "Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files" http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=helen9275&id=I20722236 Jones-Price-Sims Family Tree 537 total entries, last updated Mon Jun 26 18:06:24 2000 Helen Price Jones Jones-Price-Sims Geneology ID: I20722236 Name: Joseph Hill MURPHY Sex: M Note: Taken from "Some Crews Quarters" By Thomas Randolph Crews, Chapter 5. Published in 1998. Mary and Joseph moved to Hubbard, Tx. and had at least eight children. Marriage 1 Mary Anne CREWS b: Sept. 9, 1847 in Maury County, Tn http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ohyeah&id=I1949 Burleson/Farley Family 4604 total entries, last updated Thu May 25 07:17:25 2000 Crystal Burleson ID: I1949 Name: Joseph Hill MURPHY Given Name: Joseph Hill Surname: MURPHYSex: M Marriage 1 Mary Ann CREWS b: 9 SEP 1847 Married: 14 MAY 1868 in ,Maury,TN _________________________________ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=helen9275&id=I20721826 ID: I20721826 Name: Mary Anne CREWS Sex: F Birth: Sept. 9, 1847 in Maury County, Tn Death: in Hubbard, Tx Note: Taken from "Some Crews Quarters" By Thomas Randolph Crews, Chapter 5. Published in 1998. Father: Wesley E. CREWS b: 1821 in Raglands district of Granville Co, NC Mother: Nancy Lue COLLIER b: Feb. 6, 1822 in Glendale, Tn Marriage 1 Joseph Hill MURPHY http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=helen9275&id=I20173003 ID: I20173003 Name: Wesley E. CREWS Sex: M Birth: 1821 in Raglands district of Granville Co, NC Death: June 21,1894 in Buried in Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetary in Maury County Tn Father: Littleberry CREWS b: 1787 or 1788 in Granville County, NC Mother: ELIZABETH EARL Marriage 1 Nancy Lue COLLIER b: Feb. 6, 1822 in Glendale, Tn Married: Jan.23, 1840 in Maury County, Tn Children 1. Lue (Lou) Anne CREWS b: June 25, 1857 in Culeoka, TN (Hurricane Switch) 2. William James CREWS b: Sept. 28, 1841 in Maury County, Tx 3. Sarah Elizabeth CREWS b: July 15, 1843 in Maury County, Tx 4. Joseph Littleberry CREWS b: in Maury County, Tn 5. Mary Anne CREWS b: Sept. 9, 1847 in Maury County, Tn 6. Archie Thomas CREWS b: Oct. 29, 1849 in Maury County, TN 7. Albert Wesley CREWS b: April 23, 1853 in Maury County, Tn 8. Andrew Fletcher CREWS b: July 13, 1856 in Maury County, Tn 9. Martha Ella CREWS b: Feb. 13,1861 in Maury County, Tn 10. Emily CREWS b: July 11, 1863 in Maury County, Tn __________________________________ Subject: Re: [TNGILES-L] Cherokee in Giles Co, TN Resent-Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:53:55 -0800 Resent-From: TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:53:37 EST From: KANDSANDER@aol.com To: TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com In a message dated 1/30/01 10:16:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, linc@ldd.net writes: << Were there Cherokees in Giles TN prior to 1840-1850. If so how do you find out if your family that may have been on the census could have been Cherokee descent? > There were definitely Cherokees in Giles Co. prior to 1849. The Cherokees sold it in the Cherokee Cession of January 7, 1806. The Chickasaw Cession of July 23, 1805 included Giles Co. The Chickasaw retained rights to some of the land until Sept. 20, 1816. Schweitzer's Tenn. research book says there was a special 1835 census of Cherokees living in TN (available at TN State Lib. and Nat. Archives). ______________ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=m_wilson&id=I268 Hart/Ritchie/Raymond/Wilson ancestors 6178 total entries, last updated Wed Jul 26 18:22:12 2000 Marcia Wilson Consider this a work in progress. Much is yet unproven. Inquiries welcome. ID: I268 Name: Jane MURPHY Sex: F Birth: 1800/1804 in of Pittsylvania Co, VA Death: 1838 in Maury Co, TN Change Date: 2 JUL 2000 Father: Thomas MURPHY Mother: Anne Marriage 1 Robert Thomas (John Robert) RITCHIE b: ABT 1797 in VA Married: 27 DEC 1817 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Children 1. James W. RITCHIE b: ABT 1819 in VA 2. John A. RITCHIE b: ABT 1820 in (ca 1821 ) 3. Thomas W. (William Thomas ) RITCHIE b: 18 JUL 1827 in VA 4. Martha Jane RITCHIE b: ABT 1832 in TN (Nashville, Davidson Co, TN 5. Robert G. RITCHIE b: ABT 1834 in TN 6. Isaac Hill RITCHIE b: 14 OCT 1836 in Mooresville, Marshall Co, TN ________________________________ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monicap&id=I19410 D: I19410 Name: Harriet A. Murphy Sex: F Birth: 25 MAY 1852 in Maury County, Tennessee Death: 19 DEC 1924 in Maury County, Tennessee Marriage 1 Samuel Newton Wantland b: 24 MAR 1854 in Maury County, Tennessee Married: 21 APR 1881 Children 1. Henry Anderson Wantland b: 23 MAR 1885 ________________________________ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kempf&id=I0896 Jeff Kempf ID: I0896 Name: Gabriel MURPHEY 1 Sex: MBirth: WFT Est. 1749-1776 1 Death: WFT Est. 1799-1863 in by 1823 in Jackson Co.,TN (see below) 1 Reference Number: 896 Marriage 1 Ruth PEREGOY b: 1776 Married: 7 NOV 1794 in Henry Co., VA 1 Sources: 1.Title: World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 Author: Broderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: February 9, 1996 Note: Customer pedigree. Media: Family Archive CD Page: Tree #4617 Text: Date of Import: Mar 18, 1999 ________________________________ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smhg&id=I07923 Susan Gaddis ID: I07923 Name: MARK A. MURPHY Sex: M Birth: 8 MAR 1753 in North Carolina Death: 12 FEB 1830 in Union Co. S.C. Fact 1: buried in Mark Murphy Cemetery, Union Co. S.C. Fact 2: 1800 listed as HH in Union Co. census;roll50p.237 Fact 3: will recorded in Union Co. Bk. B 1815-1849 Fact 4: served in Militia after fall of Charleston Father: SIMON MURPHY b: 1732 in Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA Mother: SARAH DUKE b: 19 MAR 1732/33 in Brunswick Co. VA Marriage 1 HOLLY ANN DUKE b: 27 FEB 1767 in 96 District, Union Co. S.C. Married: 19 MAR 1786 in 96 District, Union Co., S.C. Children 1. Lidia Murphy 2. Damaris Murphy b: 8 APR 1787 in Union Co. S.C. 3. Simon Peter Murphy b: 14 JUN 1790 in Union Co. S.C. 4. Miriam (Lydia?) Murphy b: 20 OCT 1792 5. John Mark Murphy b: 2 MAR 1795 in Union Co. S.C. 6. Joseph Drury Murphy b: 3 FEB 1798 in Union Co. S.C. 7. William Pharis Murphy b: 26 NOV 1800 in Union Co. S.C. 8. Sarah Murphy b: 13 JUN 1803 in Union Co., SC 9. Jeremiah "Jerry" Bird Murphy b: 3 MAR 1805 in Union Co. S.C. 10. Elizabeth Murphy b: 1 JUN 1807 in Union Co. S.C. 11. Emanuel Masters Murphy b: 15 SEP 1809 in Union Co. S.C. 12. LEMUEL MAJOR MURPHY b: 4 OCT 1812 in Union Co., South Carolina http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dianey1&id=I0639 ID: I0639 Name: Samuel MURPHY Sex: M Birth: ABT. 1796 in NC Death: BET. 1850 - 1860 in Sevier Co., TN Note: 1. GENDEX - http://paulw.ne.mediaone.net/html/fam00261.htm - April 28, 1998 2. CD 403, @1997, Broderbund Software, Inc., Yates Publishing. 3. CD V727-01, Vol 27, World Family Tree, dated (c)1998, Broderbund Software, Inc., Pedigree #1889. 4. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/dat97.htm, April 7, 1999. Marriage 1 Mary Polly HATCHER b: ABT. 1801 in Sevier Co., TN Married: ABT. 1827 in Sevier Co., TN Note: 1. GENDEX - http://paulw.ne.mediaone.net/html/fam00261.htm - April 28, 1998. 2. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/dat97.htm, April 7, 1999. ________________________________ http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csawheeler.html 6th (WHEELER'S) TENNESSEE CAVALRY REGIMENT Also called 1st and 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Organized May, 1862, by consolidation of 2nd (Biffie's) and 11th (Gordon's) Battalions; reorganized June 12, 1862; paroled May 3, 1865 at Charlotte, North Carolina. There was a considerable amount of confusion as to the number and nomenclature of practically all Tennessee cavalry organizations, but the record of this regiment seems to be the most confused of all. When first organized it was called the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, but as its first colonel was J. B. Biffie, formerly lieutenant colonel, 2nd Battalion, it was sometimes referred to as 2nd (Biffie's) Regiment. As reorganized under Colonel James T. Wheeler, it was known in the field, all muster rolls made out as, and paroled as 1st (Wheeler's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. However, the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, on September 12, 1862 ordered that it be known as the 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, as there were already rolls on file for one 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. In the Official Records it was sometimes listed as the 1st, sometimes as the 1st (6th) and occasionally as the 6th Tennessee Cavalry. To make confusion worse confounded, the company letters, as shown in the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office records, do not agree with the company letters shown on the muster rolls. For the sake of clarity, it will be referred to as the 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in this sketch, as there were several other regiments known as the 1st. FIELD OFFICERS Colonels-Jacob B. Biffie, James T. Wheeler Lieutenant Colonels-W. W. Gordon, James H. Lewis Majors-William S. Hawkins, Joseph I. Dobbins CAPTAINS-George M. V. Kinzer, Co. "A". Formerly "D", 2nd Battalion. James M. Minnis, Co. "B". Formerly "F", 2nd Battalion. Edward E. Buchanan, Thomas B. Wilson, Co. "C"Formerly "C", 11th Battalion. Edward L. Ensley, Leonard K. Hooper, Co. "D". Formerly "D", 11th Battalion, plus some men from "F", 11th Battalion. James H. Polk, Co. "E". Formerly "A", 2nd Battalion. Asa G. Freeman, Co. "F". Formerly "F", 2nd Battalion. James M. Mitchell, William R. Duncan, Co. "G". Formerly "B", 2nd Battalion. Robert N. Jones, Co. "H". Formerly "B", 11th Battalion. James H. Lewis (to lieutenant colonel), Hartwell F. Barham, Co. "I". Formerly "C", 2nd Battalion. James T. Wheeler (to colonel), William 0. Bennett, David C. Myers, Co. "K". Formerly "A", 11th Battalion. Companies "B" and "C" were temporarily consolidated under Captain Thomas B. Wilson on May 25, 1863, and mustered as one company from September 1 to December 31, 1863. The two companies were detached March 20, 1864 to serve as Escort for Major General C. L. Stevenson. Co. "F" was detached as Escort Company for Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong in September 1862; then served as escort for Major General Earl Van Dorn until his death on May 7, 1863, and then as Escort to the Brigade Commander until October, 1863. The regiment was cut off by the Federal forces when General Bragg evacuated Corinth in May, 1862, but cut it's way through and followed the Army to Tupelo, Mississippi, and on July 21, 1862 was assigned to the Army of the West with orders to report to Major General Sterling Price. A part of the regiment, under Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong, was engaged at Middleton, and at Britton's Lane, near Denmark, on August 31, and September 1, 1862. The regiment took part in the campaign in North Mississippi during the rest of 1862, and on January 18, 1863 was reported with 430 men, as part of the forces assigned to Major General Earl Van Dorn. On January 20, Brigadier General W. H. Jackson's Division, of Van Dorn's Department, 2nd Brigade, was reported as composed of the 3rd Arkansas, Ballentine's Mississippi, 2nd Missouri, and 6th Tennessee Regiments. On February 2, the regiment, along with the 3rd Arkansas, 4th Mississippi, and a regiment from Montgomery, Alabama, was listed in Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong's Brigade. As part of this brigade, it moved to Spring Hill in February, 1863, and in March was with Brigadier General N. B. Forrest in the action around Brentwood. In this affair, the 6th, under Lieutenant Colonel Lewis, raided to within two and a half to three miles of Nashville, and made a half circuit of Nashville from the Franklin to the Charlotte Pike. At this time, Sanders' Battalion had replaced the regiment from Montgomery as a member of the brigade, and on July 31, Woodward's 2nd Kentucky Regiment had replaced the 4th Mississippi and McDonald's Battalion from Forrest's Old Regiment had been added in place of Sanders' Battalion. The regiment retreated with the Army to Chattanooga in July, 1863, and took station at Post Oak Springs, Roane County, in August. It rejoined the main army for the Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20, serving under General Wheeler on the left for the first day, and under General Forrest, on the right, on the second day. It then moved back to East Tennessee on September 24, and was engaged at Charleston on the 26th, pursuing the enemy to Philadelphia, Tennessee. It then crossed the Tennessee River under Major General Joseph Wheeler on the 30th, and went with him on his raid through Middle Tennessee, recrossing the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals. During this raid, the brigade was under the command of Colonel Wheeler, with Lieutenant Colonel Lewis commanding the regiment. On October 31, in the reorganization of the Army of Tennessee, the regiment was reported in Brigadier General H. B. Davidson's Brigade, of Major General John A. Wharton's Division, composed of the 1st (Carter's), 2nd (Ashby's), 4th (McLemore's), 6th (Wheeler's) and 11th (Holman's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiments. On December 31, a company report showed it in winter quarters near Cave Spring, Georgia, although a Federal report dated December 28 stated the 2nd, 3rd and 6th Regiments under Colonel Wheeler were at Rome, Georgia, excavafing and building barracks. On April 30, 1864, the regiment was reported in Brigadier General W. Y. C. Humes Division, with Colonel Wheeler in command of a brigade composed of the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th Regiments, and 9th Battalion under Major Akin. On July 10, the brigade, now commanded by Colonel Ashby, was reported as composed of 2nd, 5th, 6th Regiments and the 9th Battalion, and was known as Ashby's Brigade from this time on. A regimental report dated December 31, 1864 at Hardeeville, South Carolina, gives a record of its activities from June 30 until December 31. "Since last mustered the regiment has been almost continuously on the march. After participating in the capture and dispersion of enemy raiding parties in the rear of our lines around Atlanta, Georgia in the month of July, the regiment left Covington, Georgia on August 11 and marched to the rear of the enemy lines at Dalton, Georgia, from thence to the neighborhood of Knoxville, assisting in all service done by General Wheeler's Cavalry in the destruction of railroads and cutting enemy communications in his rear. "Marched from vicinity of Knoxville over the Cumberland Mountains to a point near Nashville, Tennessee, having met the enemy at various points; from there to Florence, Alabama, crossing the Tennessee River at Colbert Shoals, being in all about 800 miles. About September 20, the regiment having been temporarily transferred to General Forrest, recrossed the Tennessee River and participated in various engagements and captures made by him in North Alabama, and Middle Tennessee. Recrossed the Tennessee River October 8, and marched into West Tennessee, thence to Corinth, Mississippi. Left Corinth about October 12 under orders to report to General Wheeler in North Georgia. Marched through Gadsden, Alabama, and thence by way of La Grange, Georgia to Griffin, to vicinity of Savannah, participating in all engagements of Wheeler's Cavalry against Sherman's command. The command has been almost continuously in the saddle, fighting, and on duty in front of the enemy, and has marched in the aggregate more than 2000 miles." In the meantime, Colonel Wheeler, with a commissioned officer from each company was ordered to return to Middle Tennessee with Hood's Army for the purpose of obtaining recruits for the regiment, leaving Lieutenant Colonel Lewis in command of the regiment. On December 5, General Hood ordered: "Colonel James T. Wheeler and Major J. H. Akin will report with their commands to Major General Forrest, commanding the Cavalry, for temporary duty." On January 20, 1865, after Hood's disastrous Tennessee Campaign, General Forrest, in Mississippi, instructed Brigadier General James R. Chalmers: "Retain Holman's, DeMoss's, Biffie's and Russelrs Regiments, and send Wheeler's and 4th Tennessee, and all other parts of regiments, or detachments, whose commands may be in Georgia." Meanwhile, a Federal report stated a prisoner from the 6th had reported that Ashby's Brigade had crossed into South Carolina on December 7, and on January 15, 1865 was on duty near Grahamsville, South Carolina. On January 31, 1865, Ashby's Brigade, with the same members, was reported in Humes' Division of Lieutenant General William J. Hardee's Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. On April 9, 1865, in the reorganization of Joseph E. Johnston's Army in North Carolina, these same regiments were reported in Lieutenant General Wade Hampton's command. Lieutenant Colonel Lewis, in Linrlsley's Annals, stated the regiment under his command took part in the Battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, North Carolina, and in one final skirmish on the road from Chapel Hill to Raleigh, North Carolina, and was paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina on May 3, 1865, at which place Colonel Wheeler, with about 200 recruits from Middle Tennessee, rejoined the command. In the meantime, Colonel Wheeler, with the troops under his command, had been ordered on April 5 to keep between the Federal raiders and Danville, Virginia. On April 8, Colonel Wheeler reported "I am now on the pike between Henry Courthouse and Danville, Virginia." On the same date, he was instructed: "General Walker has orders to return your regiment to the command as soon as it can be dispensed with. Collect your detachment at Danville and Hillsboro." Lieutenant Colonel Lewis stated that on May 4, one day after the parole was supposed to have been consummated, this detachment had an engagement with a brigade of Federal Cavalry at Henry Courthouse, neither party having been advised that the war was over. Private Edwards, of Captain Barham's Co. "I" was killed here; by a singular coincidence Private George W. Barham, of the same company, was the first man killed, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in October, 1861, these being the first and last casualties in the Army of Tennessee. This unit history was extracted from Tennesseans in the Civil War, Vol 1. Copyrighted (c) 1964 by the "Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee" and is published here with their permission. This history may not be republished for any reason without the written permission of the copyright owner. ________________________________ http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/cvlwar/cavalry.htm 11th Tn Cavalry Battalion 6th (1st) Tn Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Gordon's 11th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion was officially organized on January 8, 1862, composed of six companies, including two from Giles County. At that time there were no cavalry commands large enough to be accepted into service as a regiment. Giles Countians served in this battalion: Company A - Captain James T. Wheeler, organized December 9, 1861, men from Giles County. Company B - Captain William Wallace Gordon, organized December 10, 1861, men from Giles County. Captain Gordon was promoted to the command of the battalion and replaced by Captain W. H. Abernathy. This battalion of cavalry was a short-lived organization and very little is known about its activities. This battalion was attached to the brigade commanded by Brigadier General W. H. Carroll of General Zollicoffer's command, with whom it was regularly on duty, and retired with Johnston's army to Corinth, Mississippi. It participated in the battle of Shiloh, and was on outpost duty and scout services during all the arduous campaign from Shiloh to Corinth. On April 28, 1862, the battalion, with 32 officers, 357 men present for duty, 408 present, and 469 present and absent, was reported in Brigadier General William N. R. Beall's Brigade, in the Army of Mississippi, at Corinth, Mississippi. In May, 1862, at Corinth, Mississippi, the 2nd (Biffle's) and 11th (Gordon's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalions were consolidated to form the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. However, there was already a 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in the Confederate Army and the official designation of this regiment was changed to the 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. It continued to be known as the 1st Tennessee Cavalry in the field throughout the war, causing much confusion in its records. The 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was first commanded by Colonel Jacob Biffle. At the organization of the regiment, Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Gordon was assigned to duty as Lieutenant Colonel, but declined the position and resigned his commission. The two companies of men from Giles County were now designated: Company H - (formerly Co. B, 11th Bn) Captain Robert N. Jones. Company K - (formerly Co. A, 11th Bn) Captain William O. Bennett. The regiment was cut off by the Federal forces when General Bragg evacuated Corinth in May, 1862, but cut it's way through and followed the army to Tupelo, Mississippi, and on July 21, 1862, was assigned to the Army of West with orders to report to Major General Sterling Price. A part of the regiment, under Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong, was engaged at Middleton, and at Britton's Lane, near Denmark, on August 31, and September 1, 1862. In July, 1862, the regiment was reorganized and Giles Countian James T. Wheeler was elected Colonel. The regiment was known as Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment throughout the remainder of the war. The regiment took part in the campaign in North Mississippi during the rest of 1862, including the Battle of Iuka in September and the Battle of Corinth on the 5th and 6th of October. The regiment was very poorly armed, many of the men had nothing by double-barreled shotguns,with the ordinary sporting percussion cap. The rain by day, and the cold damp ground upon which the boys rested at night, rendered these guns almost useless. Colonel Wheeler was wounded at Holly Springs in December, and was disabled from service until the following May. On January 18, 1863, the regiment was reported with 430 men, as part of the forces assigned to Major General Earl Van Dorn. On January 20, 1863, Brigadier General W. H. Jackson's Division, of Van Dorn's Department, 2nd brigade was reported as composed of the 3rd Arkansas, Ballentine's Mississippi (John Goff Ballentine), 2nd Missouri, and 6th Tennessee Regiments. On February 2, the regiment, along with the 3rd Arkansas, 4th Mississippi, and a regiment from Montgomery, Alabama, was listed in Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong's Brigade. As part of this brigade, it moved to Spring Hill, Tennessee, in February, 1863, and in March was with Brigadier General N. B. Forrest in the action around Thompson's Station and Brentwood. In this affair, the 6th, under Lieutenant Colonel James H. Lewis, raided to within two and a half to three miles of Nashville and made a half circuit of Nashville from the Franklin to the Charlotte Pike. The regiment captured a splendid set of silver instruments - twenty-four pieces - most of which were kept by the regimental band during the remainder of the war. Early in May, 1863, General Van Dorn was killed at Spring Hill, Tenn., and General Forrest, having returned from what was known as Streight's raid, assumed command of all the cavalry in the vicinity of Spring Hill. This regiment escorted General Van Dorn's remains to the place of burial in the cemetery at Columbia, Tenn. The regiment brought up the rear as Bragg's Army of Tennessee retreated to Chattanooga in July, 1863, and took station at Post Oak Springs, Roane County, in August. It rejoined the main army for the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, serving under General Wheeler on the left for the first day, and under General Forrest, on the right, on the second day. Wheeler's 6th Tennessee Cavalry assisted in the pursuit of Rosecrans' army to Chattanooga, and then marched back into East Tennessee. They assisted in the capture of an army train of more than one thousand wagons with its convoy of 1500 men. The wagons were loaded with supplies for the Federal army, then almost in a state of siege at Chattanooga.The regiment moved to McMinnville, Murfreesboro, and Wartrace, then crossed the Duck River and, under the command of Major General Joe Wheeler, participated in the Battle of Farmington in October. They retreated southward and crossed the Tennessee River near the mouth of the Elk River, at Muscle Shoals, having passed through Giles County. The regiment then moved eastward, across northern Alabama, back to the vicinity of Chattanooga and retreated with the Army of Tennessee to winter headquarters at Dalton, Georgia. In the early summer of 1864, Wheeler's 6th Tennessee Cavalry participated in Confederate General Joe Johnston's retreat to Atlanta, fighting at Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, and at Atlanta. During this struggle the regiment was again and again dismounted and took the place of infantry in the trenches. General Wheeler then marched to Covington, Georgia, 40 miles south of Atlanta. From this place, on the 10th of August, the regiment moved with General Wheeler's command to the rear of Sherman's army to Dalton, Georgia, Cleveland, Athens, and around Knoxville, then crossed the mountains to Sparta, in Middle Tennessee. At one point the regiment was more than two hundred miles behind enemy lines. They moved on to Franklin, tearing up the track of the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, destroying trestles and bridges; also the Nashville and Decatur railroad, cutting Sherman's and Thomas' lines of communication. They passed west of Columbia by way of Lynnville and Lawrenceburg, fording the Tennessee River at Colbert Shoals, below Florence, Alabama. Colonel James Wheeler asked General Joe Wheeler for permission to join General Forrest on his raid into Middle Tennessee in September, 1864. General Wheeler at first declined the request, but later allowed Wheeler's 6th Tennessee Cavalry to join Forrest's command. The Giles County boys, at least what remained of them, were returning home. At Athens, Alabama, Colonel Wheeler played a significant part in Forrest's deception that led to the surrender of the Federal garrison. As part of his bluff, General Forrest addressed Colonel Wheeler as General Wheeler and together they convinced the Union commander that their command was much larger than it actually was. The command moved with Forrest, aided in capturing a force of 400 men guarding the bridge at Elk River, on the Nashville and Decatur road, and all the stockades on the road as far as Pulaski, where the Federals had collected several thousand men to oppose Forrest; thence to the neighborhood of Shelbyville and Wartrace. The command crossed the Tennessee River near Florence, Alabama. The regiment went with Forrest to Corinth, Mississippi, then parted from Forrest with reluctance and moved to LaGrange, Georgia, where they rejoined Wheeler's command about the 25th of November, 1864. The command moved with General Wheeler to Griffin, Georgia, where it first encountered General Sherman on his "march to the sea." They followed Sherman, making frequent attacks on his massive army, but to no avail. They crossed into South Carolina, then moved into North Carolina, where they participated in the battles at Averysboro and Bentonville. The Battle of Bentonville was the last of the war in which the Army of Tennessee was engaged. It was fought on the 19th and 20th of March, 1865. On the 26th of April, 1865, the battle-flag of the Confederacy was furled, as far as the Army of Tennessee was concerned. Wheeler's 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 3, 1865. ___________________ Subject: Re: looking for information on Rock. Co. Books Resent-Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:39:06 -0800 Resent-From: NCROCKHA-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 04:39:02 EST From: Eperkins2@aol.com To: NCROCKHA-L@rootsweb.com In a message dated 1/10/01 2:37:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, Senegal2@triad.rr.com writes: > Are there any books available on the early families of Rockingham County, Note on the formation of North Carolina counties: Guilford County was formed from Orange & Rowan Co., NC, 1771 Surry County was formed from Rowan County, NC, 1771. Rockingham County was formed from Guilford Co., NC, 1785. Stokes County was formed from Surry County, NC, 1789. Forsyth County was formed from Stokes Co., NC, 1849. Below I have compiled a list of books available for the Rockingham and Stokes Co., NC area. You may contact me for more information on prices and how to order as it is quite a large list of information. Elvin Perkins, Jr. Email: Eperkins2@aol.com President, The Genealogical Society of Rockingham & Stokes Co. Research Books for Rockingham and Stokes County, NC: Bible Records of Rockingham Co., NC, Vol. I Bible Records of Rockingham Co., NC, Vol. II Cemetery Records of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, NC, Vol. I - out of print Cemetery Records of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, NC, Vol. II Cemetery Records of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, NC, Vol. III Cemetery Records of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, NC, Vol. IV Cemetery Records of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, NC, Vol. V Greenview Cemetery, A Survey, Reidsville, NC Rockingham Co., NC Marriage License Index, White Males 1867 - 1899 Rockingham Co., NC Marriage License Index, White Females 1867 - 1899 [Black marriages indexed separately during the time period are planned for future publication.] The 1850 Federal Census of Rockingham Co., NC The 1860 Federal Census of Rockingham Co., NC The 1870 Federal Census of Rockingham Co., NC, Vol. I The 1870 Federal Census of Rockingham Co., NC, Vol. II The 1880 Federal Census of Rockingham Co., NC, Part I The 1880 Federal Census of Rockingham Co., NC, Part II - planned publication in 2001 The 1860 Federal Census of Stokes Co., NC The 1870 Federal Census of Stokes Co., NC The First Families of Mayodan, NC, 1900 (Rockingham Co.) Confederate Pensioners and Widows of Rockingham Co., NC Confederate Pensioners and Widows of Stokes Co., NC Marriage Licenses of Stokes County, NC 1839 - 1887 [Note the word "licenses" in title: Marriage "bonds" before 1869 are not included and only a few "licenses" exist prior to 1869. Most records in this volume are 1869 - 1887.] Marriage Licenses of Stokes County, NC 1888 - 1900 Journal of The Genealogical Society of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, NC The Heritage of Rockingham County, NC, 759 pages with photographs, pub. 1983, Hard bound. [Contains sketches of Rockingham County history, families, places and events. Probably the most sought after book in this county but is out of print and no longer available. Copies located in area libraries.] The Journal of Rockingham County History and Genealogy Postcards from Rockingham County, NC [Contains a variety of picture post cards from various time periods in Rockingham Co., NC] Rockingham County Historical Map to 1800 [Color map documents early settlers, land grants, trails, county sites, etc.] Rockingham County, NC Will Abstracts, Vol. Two, 1865 - 1915 Rockingham Co., NC Deed Abstracts, 1785 - 1800 Rockingham Co., NC Will Abstracts, Vol. I, 1785 - 1865 Early Families of the NC Counties of Rockingham and Stokes With Revolutionary Service, Vol. I Early Families of the NC Counties of Rockingham and Stokes With Revolutionary Service, Vol. II Stokes Co., NC Deeds, 1787- 1797, Vols 1 & 2 Stokes Co., NC Wills, 1790 - 1864, Vols. 1 - 4 1790 & 1800 Stokes Co., NC Census 1810 Stokes Co., NC Census Stokes Co., NC 1830 Federal Census Stokes Co., NC 1840 Federal Census The 1850 Federal Census and Supplementary Schedules of Stokes Co., NC Death Notices from the People's Press, Salem, NC 1851 - 1892 [This book contains death announcements appearing in the People's Press in Forsyth County, NC and the surrounding area including some residents of Stokes Co. A few notices appear from areas farther away.] The Heritage of Stokes Co., NC, Vol. I The Heritage of Stokes Co., NC, Vol. II ________________ http://winshop.com.au/merv/mottos.htm family motto Murphy fortis et hospitalis strong and hospitable _________________ http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ask06dec002.html#10 IRISH FORCED EMIGRATION Emigrants from Ireland to America, 1735-1743 by Frances McDonnell lists a Hugh McNamee as the subject of enforced emigration. I am quite sure the English did not just ship him over here and turn him loose. There must have been some kind of bondage involved and therefore a record of such. Where would I find such records? Since this is the only Hugh McNamee I can find as a migrant to this country I may have to claim him as my ancestor. Hopefully his crime was only a minor one. From: Ernest Alf Irish political prisons were often deported, with some being sent to America, primarily to Virginia and Maryland until 1775. Some of our Irish ancestors were considered rogues, vagabonds and felons; some were shipped to America because of religious beliefs, and some came as indentured servants. In order to find the records that might answer your questions, focus on the county court records in the colony where your ancestor resided early on. Additional information on this subject can be found in Abbot Emerson Smith's Colonistsin Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776. ______________________________ http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen035.htm#pt35 NAME: Murphey, James PENSION #: S16683 COUNTY: Hawkins UNIT: 31st Inf. NAME: Murphy, Isah Franklin. [is this Isaiah F. Murphey?] WIDOW: Murphy, Sarah Lucinda PENSION #: W841 COUNTY: Marshall NAME: Murphy, William G. WIDOW: Murphy, Martha Francis PENSION #: W614 COUNTY: Robertson __________________ http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckimages/Tn1798.gif http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckimages/tn1821.gif http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckimages/tn1840.gif old tennessee maps _____________________ Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Confederate pension applications Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:07:19 EDT From: SolomonMar@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu In a message dated 07/31/2000 3:54:46 PM Central Daylight Time, murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu writes: NAME: Murphy, Isah Franklin. [is this Isaiah F. Murphey, b. 1835?] WIDOW: Murphy, Sarah Lucinda PENSION #: W841 COUNTY: Marshall The above is Sarah Lucinda Mitchell Murphey, born Marshall County, died 1914, Marshall County, widow of Isaiah Franklin Murphey, born 1834, Wilson County, Tn., married 1865, Marshall County, Tn. died 1899, Marshall County, Tn. She lived in Marshall County at the time of application. <<<>>> The above is Martha Frances Elliott Murphey, born 1837, Robertson County, Tn., widow of William George Murphey, born 1836, Robertson County, Tn., married Robertson County, died 1863, Alabama. She lived in Robertson County at the time of application. I don't have any information on the other two you had listed. Mary Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Confederate pension applications Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:46:07 EDT From: SolomonMar@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark: I don't have any connection to either of the listings. I have the book "Tennessee Confederate Widows And Their Families" abstracted by Edna Wiefering, edited by Charles A. Sherrill. This is where the information came from. The pension records are on microfilm at the Tennessee State Archives. Mary http://www.combs-families.org/~combs/records/nc-rowa.htm Rowan Co NC was organized from Anson Co in 1753; and the mother of more than a score of later North Carolina Counties (not to mention all of Tennessee). 1768 Rowan County Tax List of Gideon Wright Joseph Murphey 1 (Rowan County, North Carolina Tax Lists 1757-1800, Annotated Transcriptions, Jo White Linn, self-published, Salisbury, NC,1995, pp. 104- 5 (CRX 222, Rowan County, North Carolina State Archives) Note: Most of this list is alphabetical by given name. The names beginning with Daniel BOON were probably "add-ons." _____________________________________ http://www.combs-families.org/~combs/records/sc-green.htm 24 Jun 1799 (Pendleton SC DB E:14-15) June 24, 1799. I, Bennett Combs of Greenville Dist., S. C., for $600, sold to Jacob LIGHT of Pendleton Co., 170 acs. on 12 Mile River, b/b Wm. MURPHREE, Caleb BOYD, Geo. THOMPSON, Saml. EARLE. Wit; Jas. JETT, Abin (X) LIGHT. Dolley (+) Combs, wife of Bennett Combs, released dower to John WILSON, J. P., Mar. 31, 1799 (marked through) 1800. Abin LIGHT made oath to Henry BURCH, J. P., June 24, 1799. Rec. June 24, 1799. (Pendleton District, South Carolina, Deeds, 1790-1806. Betty Willie) _________________________________ http://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/cody/tory/ridge1.htm William Ridge, Loose Estate Records (1785), Surry County, North Carolina Account Ledger of William Cook (Endorsement) Report of Committee on William Ridges Estate Aug 1786. Recorded. (Header) The Estate of William Ridge, Dec'd 1786 Dec 1st. To the following articles furnish'd the Widow and Orphans with to wit , Pound-Shilling-Pence To 4 Barrels of Corn at 20/ Bar'., 4 - 0- 0 To fodder to winter cow and calf0-10-0 To 2 Broad Hoes 10/ Each 1-0-0 To 2 1/2 Bushels Potaotoe Plantings @ 4/ 0-10-0 To Paid Sheriff the tax on 200 acres, tax Land for 3 years at 5/ Poll year 0- 15-0 To Paid Sheriff his tax on 200 acres of 3 years 0-12-0 For 1 Bush'l salt 16/ & 1 bush corn 4/ 0-8-0 To 2 1/2 bushels of Corn at 3/ Bushel0-7-6 To 2 Bushels of Wheat at 4/ 0-8-0 1789 To Travelling to Montgomery Court house in Virginia to take Depo's Wit. 5 Days at 8/ Day 2-0-0 To travelling to State Georgia to take Depositions 17 Days at 8/ Day 6-16-0 1790 Feb 20 To travelling to Henry County Virginia to take Depo's 3 Days at 8/ Day (unreadable) 1788 Aug'st 9 To Paid Rezia Jervis for sum of five witnesses to take Depo's 0-10-0 To Paid Lawyer Sharp 1/2 of his fee 1-0-0 1790 Nov Term To Paid the following witnesses agreeable to Order of Court Joseph Murphy 48 miles 8 days 3-2-8 Richard Murphy 120 miles 11 do 1-14-4 Rezia Jervis 128 miles 13 do 3-14-8 West Moseley 30 miles 7 do 1-168 Zachariah Ray 60 miles 6 do 2-0-08 ______________________________________ http://genweb.net/~doctor/history/gdspbedf.shtml BEDFORD COUNTY lies in the great Central Basin of Tennessee. The prevailing rocks are limestone generally thinly bedded and flaggy, but with some fine building stone. The limestones belong to the Nashville and Lebanon formations, limestones low geological series. West of Shelbyville excellent building stone abounds. Two other varieties of limestone are found in the county, called white rock and sandstone or fire rock. The white rock, found in the northwest corner of the county, bears a good polish and makes a good appearance in buildings, standing the weather well. The sandstone or fire rock occurs in thick beds eight miles west of Shelbyville, and is coarse, soft and easily worked, but in thin slabs is flexible. The sandstones which cover the knobs are of little value. The surface of the county is undulating and is interspersed with hills and valleys. West of the road that leads from Shelbyville to Murfreesboro, and north of Duck River,the country is comparatively flat, and east of this road it is undulating, with lines of rounded hills. These hills rise in some instances to an elevation of 200 or 300 feet, and are usually capped with sandstones, and together with the slopes and crests, are heavily wooded. The soil is comminuted limestone and sandstone, with an intermingling of rich black humus, and is exceedingly fertile, durable and generous. South of Duck River, and running west as far as Sinking Creek, the surface continues much the same, while west of Sinking Creek the hills rise much higher than anywhere else in the county. Gentry Hill is about 850 feet above the valley lands below. Another hill, and probably the most noted elevation in this part of the country, is Horse Mountain, three miles east of Shelbyville and in plain view from the town. One side of Horse Mountain is heavily timbered, while on the other flourishes an excellent vineyard. At the base of the mountain is a fine spring, and which years ago was the location of a camp ground. During the late war Horse Mountain was used as a signal station by both the Northern and Southern armies. Zinc or copper was supposed to exist in the mountain, and during the war a party of Federal soldiers leased the property for a term of years, and had an Indiana geologist make a visit to the mountain for inspection. Nothing ever came of the venture. There are several varieties of soils, different in color and productiveness. They may for convenience be called the mulatto, the red and the black. The mulatto predominates and is the characteristic soil of the county, and the best of clover, wheat, oats, sweet potatoes and cotton grow well on it. The red soil is confined chiefly to the cedar belt, on the north side of Duck River. The black soil is found upon all streams and on the hill sides. Corn, wheat, oats, cotton, clover, potatoes and all the grasses grow well in the county, and all kinds of fruit, such as apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries and all the smaller fruits and berries, grow in abundance. The timber of the county is made up of ash, poplar, walnut, butternut, elm, buckeye, sugar, maple, oaks, red bud, sumac, dogwood, hickory, beech, box elder, gum, cedar and mulberry. The streams of the county are Duck River (which runs nearly centrally through the county from east to west. Its tributaries from the south are Norman, Shipman, Thompson, Little Flat, Big Flat, Sugar, Powell and Sinking Creeks; from the north, Noah Fork,Garrison Fork, Wartrace Fork, Butler Creek, Fall Creek, North Fork and Clem Creek. All of these streams furnish good water-power, particularly Duck River. In the east and southeast part of the county numerous springs of excellent water are to befound, while in the level part they are not so frequent. Upon the formation of Bedford County, in 1807, the territory embraced in her boundaries was made up of dense canebrakes and vast forests, both almost impenetrable, and was but sparsely settled. From information gleaned from such men as Nimrod Burrow and Thomas S. Word, Esqs., of Flat Creek, and J. E. Scruggs, Esq., of Fairfield, who are among, if not the oldest citizens now living, the writer is of the opinion that the first settlement of the county was made about 1805 and 1806, as follows: Clement Cannon settled near the present site of Shelbyville, in the Seventh District; Philip Burrow, William, Wilbourn and Freeman Burrow settled on Thompson Creek, in the Twenty- fifth District; John Blackwell settled near Three Forks of Duck River; Capt. Mat Martin and brother, Barkley, and William McMahan settled on Garrison Fork of Duck River, in the First District. The above settlements were all made at about the same time, and if any were made prior to them, no information of the same can now be found. Among the other early settlers were Cuthbert Word, Samuel Card, Thomas Knott' Robert Snoddy James Eddy, William Hix, Robert Hastings, Henry Hastings, Nathan Hubbard, Stephen Hastings, William Haslett, William Burrow, Banks Burrow, Joseph Hickenbotham, Thomas Gibson, Hazen Blair, John Casteel, Michael Holt, Joseph Walk er, Joseph Erwin, William Crutcher, William Hickman, Henry Davis, Isaac Muse, Richard Muse, Anderson Davidson, Andrew Erwin, William Finch, Mrs. Mary Scruggs, William P. Finch, John Tillman, Christopher Shaw, "Salley" Sailors, Robert Furguson, Thomas Dean, Thomas Hudson, James Reagor, David Floyd, Michael Womack, william Pearson, and the Davises, Deerys, Eakins, Armstrongs, Stones, Caldwells, Burdetts, Galbraiths, Wades, Whitneys, McKissacks, Ruths, Hollands, Marshalls, Nelsons, Moores, Arnolds, Shrivers, Bomars, Mullines, Norvilles, Shaffners; Kings, Youngs, Kimbroes, Hooziers, Ewells, Halls, Hords, Ewings, Davidsons, Smiths, Vances, Stokes, Osborns, Finches, Scotts, Crouchs, Mosleys, Neils, Thomases, Peacocks, Woods, Fugetts, Hoovers, Suttons, Murfrees, Steeles, Harrises, Wilsons, Coopers, Tunes, Mortons, McCuistians, Clordeys, Greens, Browns, Fishers, Thompsons, Parsonses, Turrentines, Tilfords AIlisons, Lents, Blantons, Warners, Worthams, Atkinsons, Andersons, Sharons, Stallings, Sims, Brames, O'Neals, Coffeys, Gaunts, Stephensons, Drydens, Harrisons, Greers, Barretts, Whites, Gambills, Deans, Campbells, Williamses, Floyds, Pearsons, Bobos, Reids, Reeveses, Morgans, Parkers, McGills, Rays, Hastings, Dunaways, Dicksons, Allans. Landers, Landises, Anthonys, Enlisses and Maupins. The following persons were granted land lying in Bedford County by the State of North Carolina for military services during the Continental war, between the years 1785 and 1790: Amos Balch, 1,000 acres; George and Richard Martin, 3,000 acres; ThomasTalbot 2,000 acres; George Cathey, 2,500 acres; James Brandon, 1,000 acres; Robert Smith, 5000 acres. Between 1790 and 1800: John Sloan, 1,000 acres; Ruth Greer, 2,000 acres, James Grant, 5,000 acres; Stokely Donaldson, 1,000 acres; Samuel Patterson,2,400 acres; Ezekial Alexander, 1,000 acres. Between 1800 and 1810: Norton Pryor, 1,360 acres; David Justice. 2,000 acres. Below is a list of those who received grants of land from the State of Tennessee between the years 1800 and 1810: George Doherty, 2,500 acres; Andrew Jackson, 320 acres; Thomas Overton and John Brahan, 640 acres; Malcom Gilchrist, 260 acres;John Bright; 1221/2 acres; James Greenlee, 300 acres; Tilman Dixon, 274 acres; James Bright, 45 acres, James Lewis, 2,000 acres; James Patton, 274 acres; Daniel Ship, 532 acres; John Baird, 2,500 acres; George W. Campbell, 730 acres; Thomas McCrery,1,000 acres; William Martin, 50 acres; John Smith, 1,000 acres; Ephraim Drake, 275 acres; John Coffee, 100 acres; Edward I Harris, 800 acres; Oliver Williams, 60 acres; Joseph Greer, 150 acres; Jesse Maxwell, 320 acres; Robert White, 1,000 acres;Aaron Cunningham, 640 acres. Probably the first mill erected in the county was the water-power corn-mill built by Mr. Goge, on the creek by that name, in about 1809 or 1810. Previous to the erection of this mill the pioneers carried their corn to Phillips' horse-power mill in Rutherford County,or reduced it to meal by means of the mortar. In about 1812 Joseph Walker erected a water- mill on Garrison Fork of Duck River, near where the town of Fairfield was afterward located, and David Shipman erected a water-mill at the head of the creek by that name. The Wilhoit and Germany mills on Duck River, both water-power, were built about 1814 or 1815. Other early mills were the Cannon Mill, at Shelbyville, on Duck River; Ledford's mill, on same river; James Sharp's mill, on Thompson Creek; John Sim's mill, on Duck River, two miles above Shelbyville; Henry Wiggins' mill, on Flat Creek, and Conway's and Pruitt's mills, on same creek; Horseley's mill and Crowell's mill, all of which were water- power, and Joshua Holt's water- power near Flat Creek. The mills of the present, outside of those located in the different towns heretofore mentioned, are as follows by districts: Third District, James Mullen's and N. C. Germany's corn-mills, water-power; Seventh District, Tune & Co.'s flour and corn-mill, waterpower on Duck River, and Wilhoit Mill, owned by Strick Parsons, on Duck River, waterpower; Eighth District, G. W. Gregory's saw and grist-mill, water- power, on Falling Creek; Ninth District, William Taylor's steam grist- mill; Tenth District, N. R. Taylor's horse-Power grist-mill; Eleventh District, John Hall's water-power saw, corn and flourmill, On Duck River, Fletcher Ray's water-power grist-mill on North Fork Creek, and Adams' & Simmons' steam saw-mill; Eighteenth District, J. N. Neeley's water-power corn-mill on Sinking Creek, R. M. Sikes' water-power corn-mill on Rock Creek, and Whitehead's steam corn-mill; Twenty-first District, F. M. Johnson's water- power corn-mill on Flat Creek and Eugene Blakemore's water-power corn- mill on Duck River; Twenty-third District, Hix Bros. water-power grist-mill on Flat Creek; Twenty-fifth District, Mrs. Smith's steam corn-mill, Joseph Wilhoit's water-power corn- mill on Duck River, and Jacob Anthony's water-power corn-mill on Thompson's Creek. One of the first cotton-gins in Bedford County was the Cannon Gin, near Shelbyville, built by Clement Cannon about 1812. Other early gins were those of John Tillman and Tom Mosley, in the Fairfield neighborhood, and later L. P. Fields had a gin in the same neighborhood. There were, no doubt, other early cotton-gins, but a faithful effort to learn whose they may have been and their location was unrewarded. The cotton-gins of the present are Taylor & Hester's, in the Tenth District, with which is also a carding machine; William Taylor's in the Ninth District; W. J. Loyd's cotton-gin and carding machine, in the Eighth District; George Vernatti's, in the Fifth District, and Mrs. Smith's gin and carding machine in the Twenty-fifth District. While there were no doubt a large number of still-houses in the early days, yet they all disappeared years ago, and with few exceptions have passed from the memory of the present citizens. One of the first, if not the first still was owned by Philip Burrow, father of Nimrod Burrow, Esq., and was situated near the present town of Flat Creek; John Holt also had a still at about the same time and in the same neighborhood. Other early stills were those of Nathan Evans in the Twentieth District, on Sugar Creek, and of Simpson Neice and Leslie Bobo in the Twenty-second District, on Flat Creek. Later on distilleries were established. The distilleries of the present are four in number, and are as follows: The Zach Thompson Distillery is the most extensive one in the county, is situated near the town of Wartrace, and full particulars of the same may be found in the history of that town; Marcus L. Rabey's distillery in the Twenty-second District, and Blakemore & Co.'s distillery, in the same district, each have a capacity of sixty gallons per day; T. F. Wooton's distillery, in the Twenty-fifth District, has a capacity of forty gallons per day, So it will he seen that whisky forms quite an item in the products and exports of Bedford County. In the early days the militia laws were in force in Bedford, as in all other counties in Tennessee. The early officers of the militia were Brig.-Gen. Robert Cannon; Cols. Samuel Mitchell, John A. Moore and S. B. Blackwell. The militia consisted of two battalions, which formed one regiment. Musters were held semi-annually. The battalion muster was held each spring on Sinking Creek, and the general (or regimental) muster was held in the fall at Shelbyville. The officers would bedeck themselves on muster day in close-fitting, homespun coat, half-moon hat, and presented a great sight as they would drill the rank and file, armed with shot-guns and cornstalks, accompanied by music from the piercing fife and drum. After the drill would begin the "fist and skull" fights, which would continue throughout the day. Bedford County was erected by an act of the General Assembly December 3, 1807, which act is as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that a new county be, and the same is, hereby established south and southwest of, and adjoining the county of Rutherford, by the name of Bedford, in memory of Thomas Bedford, deceased, which said county shall begin at the southwest corner of Rutherford and southeast corner of Williamson County, on the Duck River Ridge, and run thence with said Williamson County line to the line of the county of Maury; thence along the same southwardly to the south boundary of the State; thence eastwardly to the east boundary of Rutherford County; thence along the same to the ridge that divides the waters of Duck River from those of Cumberland; thence along the same westwardly to the east corner of Williamson County leaving Rutherford County its constitutional limits, and all that tract of country I included in the above described lines shall be included within the said county of Bedford." Section 2 of the act provides for the holding of the courts of the new county at the house of Mrs. Payne, near the head of Mulberry Creek, until the next General Assembley. The county was surveyed and organized in the early part of 1808, the courts being held at the place designated by the act creating the county. Of the courts, court house, etc., but little is now remembered, and as the county was reduced in limits the following year, thereby placing Mrs. Payne's residence and farm in a new county (Lincoln), the county seat was soon removed. On the 14th of November, 1809, the General Assembly, passed the following act, which reduced, materially, the limits of Bedford County, the territory taken in the, formation of Lincoln County: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that the lines an boundaries of Bedford County shall be as follows, to wit: Beginning on the northeast corner of Maury County and running south with the eastern boundary line thereof to the extreme height of the ridge dividing the waters of Duck River from the waters of Elk River; thence eastwardly to the extreme height of said ridge to the present eastern boundary line of the said county of Bedford; thence north to the south boundary line 0f Rutherford County; thence westwardly with the said line to the southern boundary line of Williamson County, and thence with the said line of Williamson County to the beginning." Section 2 of the act provides for the appointment of John Atkinson, William Woods, Bartlett Martin, Howell Dandy and Daniel McKissack as commissioners to locate a county site for the new county on Duck River, within two miles of the center of the county. Benjamin Bradford and John Lane were subsequently added to the above commission by the Legislature. The county was resurveyed by Malcom Gilchrist, and the county site was located temporarily at the house of Amos Balch, on the Lewisburg road, two and one-half miles southwest of the present county seat. In May, 1810, however, the county site was permanently located at Shelbyville, 100 acres of land being donated for that purpose by Clement Cannon. Amos Balch and William Galbreath each offered to donate to the commissioners fifty acres on which to locate the county seat, but as the site selected was more central and the donation more liberal their offers were rejected. Bedford County was materially reduced in territory by the formation in 1836 of Coffee County on the east, and again in 1837 by Marshall County on the west. At present Bedford County is bounded on the north by Rutherford County, northeast by Cannon County, east by the counties of Cannon and Coffee, south by the counties of Moore and Lincoln, west by Marshall County, and has an area of about 475 square miles, Originally the the county was divided into twenty-five civil districts, but upon the formation of Marshall County in 1837 a number of these districts were placed in that county, and other districts have since been merged into each other, and at present there are only nineteen districts, they being designated numerically as First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth. In 1810 the population of Bedford County was 8,242, and in 1830 had increased to 30,396. At that time it was the most populous county in the State. The formation of the new Counties referred to before and various other causes, reduced the population materially. and in I870 it amounted to only 24,333, and at present the population Is about 26,100. The voting population is about 4,500, and at the presidential election of 1884 Mr. Cleveland received in the county a majority of 171 votes over Mr. Blaine, though the usual Democratic majority far exceeds that given to Mr. Cleveland. Bedford County has a total area ot 332,800 acres, of which 203,511 were improved in 1885. During the above year the total value of property assessed for taxes was $5,183,560. There are in the county 741 town lots, at a total value of $522,515. The taxes of 1885 amounted as follows: Poll tax $7,508; State tax $13,787.41; county tax $11,489.51; school tax $21,295.41; road tax $4,399.84. The tax levy for 1886 was 20 cents on the $100 worth of property for county purposes; 20 cents on the $100 and $1 poll for school purposes; 11 cents on $100 for roads and highways. The cereal products of the county for 1885 were of corn 1,682,358 bushels; wheat 257,425 bushels; oats 87,408 bushels; rye 6,145 bushels, and of barley, 108 bushels. During the same year there was owned in the county live-stock as follows: 11,426 head of horses and mules, 14,188 head of cattle, 16,020 head of sheep and 46,251 head of hogs. The first court house was erected in 1810 or 1811. The building was of frame, very small, and stood on the northwest corner of the Public Square. A second building, this time of brick, was erected in a few years, and stood in the center of the Square. This building was destroyed by a tornado in 1830. In its stead was soon afterward erected a large brick court house on the site of the one destroyed, which stood until 1863, when it was destroyed by fire, together with a large portion of the county records. A party of Confederate soldiers bad taken quarters in the court house, and through their carelessness the building was set fire to and entirely destroyed. Upon the reopening of the courts after the war they were held in various buildings, principally in a hotel which stood on the south side of the Square, and in 1869 the erection of the present court house was begun, but was not completed until 1873. The building is one of the largest and handsomest court houses in the State, and was erected at a cost of about $120,000. It is of brick, with rock foundation. The principal court room is 40x90 feet in size; county court room, 20x40 feet, and chancery court room, 20x40 feet. The circuit and chancery court rooms are on the second floor, while the county court room and county officials' quarters, six in number, are on the first floor. Besides these there are four jury rooms, and in the basement are eight good rooms. Including the porches the building is 120 feet long and 91 feet wide. The pillars for the lower porches are of blue limestone, square, and in Ashler masonry, while those above are of cast iron, Corinthian in style. The building is surmounted by an elegant cupola, containing a clock and bell that cost $1,500. The building stands in the center of the Square, and is surrounded with a grassy plat, inclosed with a neat and substantial iron fence, erected on a stone base. Altogether it is a handsome edifice, and presents a striking appearance, and of which the citizens may well be proud. Several jails were erected by the county at different times, all of which were of small consequence, until the building of the present jail in 1866 at a cost of $35,000. The jail is a solid stone building, two stories in height, and is one of the most secure jails in the State. It is conveniently arranged into cells and corridors, and light and air are admitted through several long, narrow windows, through which the smallest person could not escape. It is one of the handsomest and most conspicuous buildings in Shelbyville. In 1832 the first poor asylum was established by the county. At that time 160 acres of land were purchased, lying in the Third District, three miles northeast from Shelbyville, adjoining Horse Mountain, on which were standing several log houses, which were fitted up for the accommodation of the county's poor. In 1883 two substantial frame houses of two rooms each, 16x18 feet, were erected at the asylum at a cost of $2,300. These buildings were burned in May, 1886, and new ones in their place are in course of construction, the county court having appropriated $2,500 for that purpose at its July meeting. Bedford County is traversed by numerous turnpikes or macadamized roads, a majority of which lead to and from the county seat. The average cost of these turnpikes was $1,500 per mile, and toll-gates are established every five miles, by means of which the expense of construction and maintenance of the pikes is derived. The turnpikes of this county, their establishment and the number of miles of each are as follows: Shelbyville, Murfreesboro & Nashville Pike, built in 1832, 12 miles; Shelbyville & Fayetteville Pike, built in 1852, 9 miles; Shelbyville & Lewisburg Pike, built in 1856, 11 miles; Shelbyville & Unionville and Shelbyville, Richmond & Petersburg Pikes, built in 1858, 18 miles of the former and 9 of the latter; Shelbyville & Fairfield Pike, built, part in 1859 and completed in 1865, 8 miles; Shelbyville. Flat Creek & Lynchburg Pike, built in 1875, 9 miles; Shelbyville & Fishing Ford Pike, built in 1875, 5 miles; Shelbyville & Tullahoma Pike, built in 1874, 10 miles; Shelbyville & Wetumpka Pike, built in 1881, 5 miles; Shelbyville & Versailles Pike, built in 1885, 8 miles; Wartrace & Beach Grove Pike, built in 1874, 6 miles; Bellbuckle & Flatwood Pike, built in 1882, 5 miles; Bellbuckle & Beach Grove Pike, built in 1882, 6 miles, and Bellbuckle & Liberty Gap Pike, built in I882, 5 miles. The bridges of importance of Bedford County, together with their cost and earliest time at which bridges were built, are as follows: Shelbyville bridge, across Duck River, built in 1832, present cost $2,000; Fairfield bridge, in the First District, across Garrison's Fork, built in 1856, present cost $1,000; Scull Camp Ford bridge, in the Seventh District, across Duck River, built in 1856, present cost $3,000; Warner's bridge, in the Seventh District, across Duck River, on the Shelbyville & Fishing Ford Pike, built in 1856, present cost $2,000; Hall's bridge, across Duck River, in the Eleventh District, built in 1875, present cost $2,000. Columbia Ford bridge, in the Eleventh District, across North Fork built in 1881, present cost $400; Unionville Turnpike bridge, across North Fork, built in 1860, present cost $500; Sugar bridge, in the Twenty-first District, across Sugar Creek, built In 1850, present cost $400; Fall Creek bridge, across Fall Creek, in the Eighth District, built in 1860, present cost $500; Flat Creek bridge, in the Seventh District, across Flat Creek, built in 1855, present cost $1,000; Flat Creek bridge, in the Seventh District, on Lewisburg Pike, built in 1850, present cost $800; Lynchburg Pike bridge, across Duck River, in the Seventh District, built in 1876, present cost $3,000, Fall Creek bridge, on the Columbia Pike, in the Eighth District, built in 1885, cost $400. There are numerous small bridges across small streams throughout the county, but are not of sufficient importance to be given special notice. The Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad has a branch leading from Wartrace to Shelbyville, eight miles in length, while the main line passes through the eastern portion of the county. This railroad, together with the various turnpikes, furnishes means for ample transportation for Bedford County, while, in addition, Duck River can be used for transporting lumber to a great extent. In point of agriculture, manufactures, stock and wealth Bedford County ranks with the best counties in the State, while in health, climate and educational facilities the county has few equals in any portion of the South. The records of the County Court of Bedford County do not extend farther back than 1848, those previous to that date having been destroyed with the court house in 1863 by fire. Beyond that date but little if anything of the transactions of the court can be ascertained at the present day. The first sessions of the court were held in 1808, at the house of Mrs. Payne, near the head of Mulberry Creek (now in Lincoln County), and the only record extant of those sessions is a marriage license issued by the county clerk to John Tillman and Rachael Martin. During portions of 1809 and 1810 the courts were held, as before mentioned, at Amos Balch's residence, from where they were removed to Shelbyville in the latter part of 1810. The first session of the court of which there remains any record was held in the court house at Shelbyville, beginning October 1, 1848, when the following justices were present: William Galbraith, chairman; John W. Norville, James Hoover, Newton C. Harris, Jacob Serley, Garrett Phillips, James Wortham, John W. Hamlin, Price C. Sterle, Dudley P. T. House, Joseph P. Thompson, John L. Cooper, James Foster, Joseph Anderson, Meredith Blanton, John O'Neil, Green T. Neeley, William Thompson, John A. Brown, Joshua Hall, B. F. Green, Isaac B. Holt, Herrod F. Holt, Lemuel Broadway, Joseph Hastings, James H. Miles, Kindred Pearson and William Taylor. The transactions of the court during 1848, or at least so much thereof of interest, were as follows: A commission of lunacy was appointed to inquire into the mental condition of Eliza Jane Gambell; Sarah Terry emancipated Bob and John, two of her slaves. The commissioners before appointed to let out the contract for building a bridge across Duck River, at or near Skull Camp Ford, made a report to the effect that the contract for said bridge had been awarded James Wortham, at the price of $1,700. The report was signed by E. J. Frierson, John T. Neil and William Galbraith, commissioners, which report was accepted by the court. The following election judges were appointed for the November, 1848, election: First District-William D. Clark, Anthony Thomas and Samuel McMahan; Second District-G. G. Osborn, John L. Davidson and Francis H. Keller; Third District-Henry Holt, John Shaffner and John A. Moore; Fourth District-John Norville, Robert Clarke and Nathan Chaffin; Fifth District-Andrew S. Lawrence, George W. Bell and William Weaver; Sixth District-James P. Couch, John Knott and Henry Brown; Seventh District-E. J. Frierson, George Davidson and Thomas Holland; Eighth District-Thomas Wheeler, Jacob Fisher and Robert Terry-, Ninth District- Ziza Moore, Jason Winsett and Absalom Landers; Tenth District-Alfred Ranson, Fredrick Balt and James Mankins; Eleventh District-William B. Phillips, Robert Rayson and Charles L. Byren; Eighteenth District-Fielding Bell, James Statling and James B. Jones; Nine- teenth District-William Wood, John Larne and James H. Curtis; Twentieth DistrictMiles Phillips, Jackson Wallace and Randolph Newson; Twenty-first District-Samuel Thompson, Richard Phillips and Herbert Smith; Twenty-second District-John C. Hix, Henry Dean and Arthur Campbell; Twenty-third District-James H. Miles, John Hastings and John Reed; Twenty- fourth District-Elisha Bobo, Watson Floyd and Thomas, Anderson; Twenty-fifth District-John Koonce, Levi Turner and Gabriel Maupin. The commissioners appointed for that purpose reported that they had let the contract for repairing the bridge across Wartrace Fork of Duck River to Henry Stephens for $79. The report was signed by Samuel Phillips, Philip Cable and Robert Chambers, commissioners, and was received by the court. The tax levy for 1849 was 8- 1/2 cents on each $100 worth of property for county purposes, 25 cents on each free poll, and licensed privileges one-fourth of the State tax. During that year William Presgrove and Nathaniel M. Wheeler were allowed $75 for building a bridge across North Fork of Duck River, on the Lower Nashville Road, near Presgrove's mill. The court ordered the census taken in 1851 by districts, which census Was as follows: First District, 93; Second District, 163; Third District, 187; Fourth District, 145; Fifth District, 164; Sixth District, 119; Seventh District, 232; Eighth District, 99; Ninth District, 160; Tenth District, 156; Eleventh District, 239; Eighteenth District, 177; Nineteenth District, 151; Twentieth District, 189; Twenty-first District, 109; Twenty-Second District, 209; Twenty-third District, 195; Twenty-fourth District, 205; Twenty- fifth District, 206. In 1853 John R. Eakin, A. Ervin and John Meyers, bridge commissioners, made a report that the bridge across Garrison Fork of Duck River, heretofore ordered built by the court, was complete, which report was received, the town of Wartrace Depot was incorporated; a bridge was ordered erected across Garrison Fork of Duck River at Wartrace. In May, 1866, the court passed an order for the erection of a new jail, and appropriated $15,000 for that purpose, and levied a tax of 10 cents on the $100 and 50 cents on each poll to raise the money. The following jail commissioners were appointed to prepare plans and award the contract for building the jail: Thomas C. Whiteside, AV. H. Wisdom, Joseph H. Thompson, William Galbraith, W. G. Cowan, Henry Cooper, AV. B. M. Brown, William Houston, Jr. and W. T. Tune. In July of the same year the court appropriated $6,000 more to be used in construction of the jail, and several additional appropriations for the same purpose were subsequently made. In October, 1869, the court ordered a new court house erected, and appointed Thomas H. Caldwell, H. P. Clearland, L. B. Knott, William Gosling and William P. Cowan a building committee to prepare plans, estimates and specifications, and award the contract for building the court house and superintend the same. The building was completed in 1872. In June, 1872, the court issued articles of incorporation to the town of Flat Creek. In 1873 the court appointed John R. Dean superintendent of the county schools. In 1874 the court ordered a new bridge built across Duck River, at Hall's mill, slid for that purpose appropriated $500. In 1883 an order for the erection of two buildings at the Poor Asylum, was passed by the court, said buildings to be of frame, two rooms each, 16x18 feet, and appropriated for the erection thereof $2,500. These buildings having been destroyed in 1886, the court at its last session appropriated $2,500 with which to replace them. Owing to the absence of the records it is impossible to give the term of years the different county officers served. but the following is a correct and complete list of the names of the officers in the manner in which they held office. Chairmen of County Court: John Atkinson, J. W. Hamlin, H. F. Holt, P. C. Steele, William Galbraith, R. L. Landers, John P. Hutton, Thomas J. Ogilvie, Richard H. Stem, B. F. Foster and John W. Thompson, the present incumbent. County Clerks: Thomas Moore, James McKissack, William D. Orr, Robert Hurst, A. Vannoy, J. H. O'Neal, Joseph H. Thompson, R. C. Couch, Robert L. Singleton and Will J. Muse, the present incumbent. The first sessions of the Circuit Court of Bedford County were held in 1808 at Mrs. Payne's house on Mulberry Creek, and were presided over by Hon. Thomas Stuart, circuit judge. Judge Stuart afterward held the courts at Amos Balch's, and was still on the Well when the county seat was located at Shelbyville. However, there remains no record of those early courts, the existing records beginning with December, 1853, at which time Hon. Westly W. Pepper was judge, John H. O'Neal was clerk and James W. Johnson was sheriff. The first grand jury was drawn in the following manner: the names of the venire were written on slips of paper and the papers placed in a hat, from whence thirteen names were drawn out by a child under ten years of age, and of the men whose names were thus selected was the grand jury composed. During the sessions of the court in 1853, Gilbert E. Holder was fined $200 and sent to jail for three months for carrying a bowie knife. John Record was fined $5 for gambling, and William Neil was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in penitentiary for larceny. in 1854 Martha Dobbins was granted a divorce from William Dobbins. John W. Nelson was fined $5 for malicious shooting. Isaac Williams for larceny, was sent to prison for one year, and Mary Low was fined $5 for permitting one of her slaves to live as a free person of color. In 1855 Isaac Parker pleaded guilty to a charge of libel, and was fined $5. William Ballard was sent to prison for three years on a charge of altering bank bills. James B. Phillips served a judgment of $2,500 against Robert Cannon, for slander and for committing murder, John Wilson was sent to prison for seven years. In 1855 W. H. was sent to the penitentiary for one year on a charge of larceny, and James Wagster, for disturbing public worship, was fined $10 and costs. In 1857 William P. Puckett was fined $25 for malicious stabbing, and Joel Criscoe was sent to the penitentiary for five years for larceny. In 1858 James Ripley, on a charge of murder, was sent to the penitentiary for twenty-one years; Frank Bagley, for arson, was given a sentence of six years, and Jesse Phillips, for incest, was sentenced to five years imprisonment. In 1859 Bob, a slave, upon conviction of manslaughter, received the following sentence: "That he receive 100 lashes upon the bare back, then be imprisoned for ten days, and then receive another 100 lashes upon the bare back, to be well laid on by the sheriff of Bedford County." There were no sessions of the court held during the late civil war. In 1864 Alexander Brown, for larceny, was sent to the penitentiary for one year; and on a similar charge, John Morton was sent up for three years. In 1865 Samuel Evans, Charles Ellison, Riley Kizer and Harriet Phillips, all colored, were convicted of larceny, and the first was sent to the penitentiary for one year; the second for three years; the third for. one year. and the last one was let off with one month's confinement in the county jail. In 1866 James Cheatham and Bush Varmory, were each sent to the penitentiary for fifteen years upon a charge of larceny and house-breaking. During that year James Brewer, Pinkney McDonald, Van McFarland, John Bomer, Jesse Barksdale and Mary Ann Stenston, all confined in the county jail on various charges, made their escape. In 1867 James Eakin, colored, was sent to the county jail for thirty days on a charge of larceny, and on a similar charge George Morgan was sent to the penitentiary for one year. In 1868 George Wood, Alexander Aldridge, Alan Jackson and Alexander Elkin, were given terms of imprisonment on charges of larceny. In 1869 Ann Jackson was again imprisoned On it charge of larceny, and on similar charges Arch Cook was sent to the penitentiary for twelve years; Abe Featherstone for two years and six months; Alfred Davis for ten Years; John Moore, ten years; Sarah Cannon, three years, and, for stealing a horse, John Brown was sent for ten years. In 1870, on charges of larceny, William King was sent to the penitentiary for ten Years; James Simmons three years, and Caroline Houston three months in jail. In 1871 William Hamilton was convicted of murder and imprisoned for eleven years; Elizabeth Kiser, for larceny, was sentenced to imprisonment in State prison for one year, but her sentence was co commuted to ten days in jail on account of her encientic condition; Edward Hilton, on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and on charges of larceny James Jones was given four years in the penitentiary; James Gregor, two years; Hal Germiny, three years; Charles Dyer, four years; Pal. Hamer, one year; Green Smith, two years, and Ida Kains one year. In 1872 James S. Robinson, Lewis Cannon and Henry Gambell were sentenced, respectively, to terms of seven, three and four years' imprisonment on charges of larceny. In 1873 John Daniel was sent to prison three years for larceny; Richard Wells, for murder, was sent for five years; and Mitch Pearson was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hung February 13, 1874. Pearson took an appeal to the supreme court, where the verdict of the lower court was reversed. He was again tried and convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to ten years imprisonment at hard labor. In 1874 John Fogelman, Henry Tillman, Jerry Meadows and David Nealey were convicted of larceny and all sent to the penitentiary for one year each. In 1875 William Campbell and Marion Shaffner were sent to the penitentiary for three and one years, respectively, for larceny, and Dr. Shannon, for horse-stealing, was sent to the penitentiary for twelve years. In 1876 Joseph Williams was sent to prison for two years, and William Barksdale was sent to jail six months on charges of larceny. Thomas Rippy, for murder, was given ten years; William Holder, for house-breaking, was given ten years; and Abraham McMahan and wife recovered $120 damages from Thomas McEwen for slander. In 1877 John Bourke, for house- breaking, and L. Jones, John T. Dean, John Holt, Henry Cannon, Emmet Thompson, Willis Dallis and Harrison Brown were imprisoned for larceny, and John Jones was sentenced to be hung October 4,1877, for murder. Jones appealed his cause to the supreme court and the decision was reversed, and upon standing trial a second time was sentenced to imprisonment for life. In 1878 Robert Dixon, Philip Shuman, John Miller and Bill Morton were sent to the penitentiary for one year each, and Lafayette Revis, for house- breaking, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and for arson Revis was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, the second sentence to go into effect upon expiration of the first. In 1879 Willis Frazier, for murder, was imprisoned for twelve years; and for larceny James Eakin, Henry Brown, James Waston and Jerry Ball, were sent to prison for one year each. In 1880 John Gaston, James Woodard and Lewis Thomas were given terms of imprisonment for larceny. In 1881 Mary Brown, Lula Thomas and Bob Chambers were given one year imprisonment in the penitentiary on charges of larceny. In 1882 Frank Atkinson, for horse-stealing, was sent to prison for three years; James Stewart, murder, five years; and Ambrose Tillman, one year; Louis Kiser, two and a half years; Anderson Sims, one year; Henry Beedy, three years; Henry Lovelace, four years; William Allison, one year; Harrison Williams, one year; Bob Webb, one year, and Lewis Castleman two years on charges of larceny. In 1883 Charles Elkins, for murder, was sent to the penitentiary for twenty years; Jim Gamble, arson, two years; James Warren, murder, three years; Nan Roberson, arson, two years; and for larceny Wylie Cbambers, Henry Amos, James Flack, R. C. Wyland, Tom Stamps and Tom Ganaway were each given one year imprisonment in the penitentiary. In 1884 Eliza Pepper, for murder, was sent to prison for life, and George Cross, John Cooper and Nelson Johns were given six and three years each, respectively, for horse-stealing; and Henry Mosley and George Stewart, for larceny, was sent up for one year each. In 1885 Carrie Cleveland, for murder, was sent to the penitentiary for three years, and William McGrew and Henry Carwell, for larceny, were each given one year. In 1886 Willis Rankin and Henry Lamb were sent to the penitentiary for one year each on charges of larceny, and Lamb was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on a charge of horse-stealing, his second sentence to commence upon expiration of the first. The judges who have served on the Bedford bench were Thomas Stuart, James C. Mitchell, Samuel Anderson, Hugh L. Davidson, Henry Cooper, J. W. Phillips, W. H. Williamson and Robert Cantrell, present incumbent. Attorney-generals: Alfred Balch, William B. Martin, Thomas Fletcher, James Fulton, Abraham Martin, E. J. Frierson, Thomas C. Whiteside, H. L. Davidson, William L. Martin, James L. Scudder, B. M. Till Dian, James W. Brien, William H. Wisener, Jr., James F. Stokes, M. W. McKnight and Lillard Thompson, present incumbent.Circuit clerks: Daniel McKissack, John T. Neil, Lewis Tillman, James H. Neil, J. M. Phillip, W. B. McBrame and John T. Cannon, present incumbent. The Chancery Court of Bedford County convened for the first time in 1836, with Hon. B. L. Ridley presiding as chancellor and Robert P. Harrison as clerk and master. The following is a list of the chancellors and clerks and masters: Chancellors--B. L. Ridley, Thomas H. Caldwell, John P. Steele, A. S. Marks, John Burton and E. D. Hancock, the present incumbent. Clerks and masters--Robert P. Harrison, Robert B, Davidson, W. J. Whilthorn, Lewis Tillman, Sr., Lewis Tillman, Jr., T. S. Steele, William H. Morgan and J. S. Butler, the present incumbent. Other county officers have been as follows, in the order given as to terms: Sheriffs--Benjamin Bradford, John Warner, John Wortham, John Warner, William Norville, K. L. Anderson, D. D. Arnold, James Mulins, J. M. Johnson, James Wortham, Garrett Phillips, R. B. Blackwell, Joseph Thompson, J. M. Dunaway, F. F. Fouville, J. J. Phillips, George P. Muse and D. W. Shriver, the present incumbent. Trustees--John W. Cobbs, William Ward, Peter E. Clardy, Daniel Hooser, S. B. Gordon, J. L. Goodrum, William McGill and J. L. Goodrum, the present incumbent. Registers--John Ake, Thomas Davis, A. Vannoy, D. B. Shriver, M. E. W. Dunaway, John W. Thompson, H. H. Holt and C. N. Allen, the present incumbent. School superintendents--John R. Dean, J. L. Hutson, William H. Whiteside and J. H. Allen, the present incumbent. Among the early distinguished members of the Bedford County bar were Abraham Martin. who was district attorney at one time, and who afterward removed to Montgomery. Ala., where he was elected to the bench; Archibald Yell, who afterward removed to Little Rock, Ark., and of which State he was elected governor and also representative in Congress, William B. Sutton; William Gilchrist; I. J. Frierson, a member of the Legislature at one time; William H. Wisener, at one time a member of the Legislature and speaker of the Lower House; Henry Cooper, who was judge of the circuit court for a number of years, and who was also a member of the Legislature and for several years president of the Lebanon Law School and United States senator for one term; Hugh L. Davidson, who for ten years was judge of the circuit court and attorney-general for one term, and Thomas C. Whitesides, who was district attorney for a while. The bar at present is composed of Edmund Cooper, who was a member of the Legislature one term, served one term as congressman, was first assistant secretary of the United States Treasury under President Johnson, and was also chosen by President Johnson as his private secretary; Thomas H. Caldwell, who was at one time chancellor of this division, attorney-general for the State, was a Grant and Colfax and Blaine and Logan presidential elector, and was Tennessee's State Commissioner to the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876; James A. Warder, who was United States district attorney, and is at present one of the nominees of the Republican party for supreme judge; R. B. Davidson; F. B. Ivey; Walter Bearden; Charles S. Ivey; Gen. Ernest Caldwell, who is the present member of the Legislature and who was commissioned a brigadier-general by Gov. Hawkins, and W. B. Bate. Not a few patriots of the Revolution were among the first settlers of Bedford County, among whom were Capt. Matt and Col. Barclay Martin, who, with five of their brothers, fought for seven years under Gen. Washington; Capt. Christopher Shaw, William Campbell and James Hurst, There were no doubt others, but their names have long since been forgotten, and of them there is no record. A full company was furnished by Bedford County to the war of 1812, which company was Present at the battle of New Orleans. Among the members of the company whose "allies have been preserved were William Hazlett, John Farrer, Michael Womack, James Gowan, John L. Neil Philip, James and William Burrow (brothers), John Casteel, William Woods, "Sallie" Sailors, William P. Finch, Robert Furguson, Andrew Mathus, Townsend Fugett, Wesley Rainwater, Benjamin Webb, Martin Hancock, J. L. W. Dillard, John Murphey, Moses Pruitt, John Pool and James Scott. The company was commanded by Capt. Barrett. When the Seminole or Florida war began in 1836, Bedford County promptly organized a full company, which, under the command of Capt. Hunter, participated in many of the engagements of that war. Among the volunteers of that war were Albert Smell, John Hudlow, John Stone, Standards Thomas, Abraham McMahan, Lewis Tillman and William Woods. Bedford County furnished one full company to the war of the United States and Mexico in 1846. The company was commanded by Capt. E. W. Frierson, and was mustered into the First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, at Nashville. The following are the survivors of the Mexican war who are living at present in Bedford County: James H. Neil, Samuel J. Warner, E. M. Lacy, Stanford Sutton, John B. Fuller, J. W. Buckaloo, C. W. Arnold and John D. Martin. Among those who volunteered from the county and who have since died, were C. C. Word, James Scudder, Berry Logan, Zechariah Lacy, Joel H. Burdette, Thomas G. Holland, Alexander Turrentine, Joshua B. Scott, William McNabb, Appleton Tucker, Chesley Arnold, Sullenger Holt, Stephen Jolly, John A. Moore and James L. Armstrong. Bedford County was divided on the great questions which led to the late civil war, and when the election was held June 8, 1861, to vote for or against separation from the Union and representation in a Confederate Congress, the county voted in the negative by a majority of nearly 200. When the time came for action the county furnished almost as many soldiers to the Northern as to the Southern army. Indeed, so loyal was Shelbyville to the Union as to earn for the town the name of "Little Boston," and being on the line of march of both armies, witnessed many movements and counter-movements of large bodies of troops, and though much damage was sustained to property and not a few lives lost, yet through the influence of prominent citizens on both sides the consequences were no more serious than could have been expected in time of war. In September, 1861, the "Shelbyville Rebels," the first Confederate company raised in the county, was organized by the election of A. S. Boon as captain. Immediately following this company, Confederate companies were organized as follows, all of which were mustered into the Forty-first Regiment of Tennessee Infantry: Scudder Rifles, Capt. W. C. Blanton, organized in the vicinity of Unionville; Erwin Guards, Capt. M. Payne, organized at Wartrace; Richmond Guards, Capt. Brown, organined in the vicinity of Richmond; a Flat Creek company, under Capt. Keith, and Capt. J. F. Neil's Bell Buckle company, also about half of Capt. Thomas Miller's company, which went from Marshall County, was made up from Bedford County by those living near the county line. During the same year a company was organized at Bell Buckle, and James Dennison elected captain, which joined the Second Regiment of Tennessee Infantry. During the summer of 1861 three companies were organized in the county, and joined the Seventeenth Regiment of Tennessee Infantry. They were as follows: a Flat Creek company, Capt. J. D. Hoyl; a Fairfield company, Capt. James L. Armstrong, and Capt. W. A. Landis' company, made up part in Bedford and part in Lincoln County. In 1862 a company of artillery was organized in Shelbyville, of which J. L. Burt was elected captain, and Capt, It. B. Blackwell also took out a company in that year. In 1862 Capt. Montgomery Little was deputized by Gen. Forrest to raise a company of 100 men to act as an escort to the daring cavalry commander, which company was to be mounted and known as "Forrest's Escorts." Capt. Little proceeded to Shelbyville where, October 6, 1862, he completed the organization of the Escorts. The company was composed of the picked men from Bedford, Rutherford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore Counties, and were provided with choice arms and the best horses the county afforded. On the above date the escort fell into line in front of the court house, on the south side, in Shelbyville, from which place they took up their line of march to Nashville, and from that time until the close of the war was with Gen. Forrest through all his campaigns. The Federal troops furnished by Bedford County were as follows: Those who were attached to the Fifth Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Capt. R. C. Couch's company, Capt. J. L. Hix's company, Capt. Robert C. Wortham's company and Capt. Rickman's company. Those of the Fourth Tennessee Regiment of Mounted Infantry: Capt. Jaynes Wortham's company and Capt. John W. Phillips's: and Capt. C. B. Word's company, of the Tenth Tennessee Mounted Infantry, known as Johnson's Guards. Throughout the war Shelbyville was infested with troops at short intervals, first the Confederates and then the Federals having possession. The same troops also visited Wartrace, and at that place entrenchments were thrown up by the Confederates, while the latter also dug a line of rifle pits around Shelbyville, extending from Horse Mountain to Duck River, and on the mountain both armies established signal stations at different times. The first troops to visit Shelbyville was a detachment of Confederates under command of Col. Gordon, during the summer of 1861. During 1862 troops visited the town as follows: Fourth Ohio Cavalry, Gen. Forrest's cavalry, Gen. Mitchell's division, Gen. Lytle's brigade, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of Infantry, Gen. Wood's division, the First Kentucky Cavalry and Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston's entire army corps, who came here on their retreat from Bowling Green, Ky. While here Gen. Johnston replenished his commissary department with about 30,000 head of hogs and a large quantity of beef. In April, 1863, Gen. Bragg's army was encamped in Shelbyville for a month or more. After the battle of Murfreesboro in December, Gen. Bragg retreated to Shelbyville, and going into camp remained until January, 1864. During 1864 Gen. Milroy's division, a Missouri regiment of infantry, under command of Col. Fox. and the One Hundred and Seventh New York Regiment of Infantry encamped in Shelbyville. At Wartrace, in April, 1862, the Forty-second Regiment Indiana Infantry, was attacked by Col. Starn's Regiment, when a sharp skirmish took place. In 1863 a lively skirmish occurred between the Fifth Tennessee Cavalry and the Confederate Cavalry under Gen. Wheeler at Wartrace, and in October following, Gen. Wheeler again had a brush with the Federal Cavalry, between 3,000 and 4,000 men being in the fight, two miles west of Shelbyville, in which quite a number were killed and wounded. On the 27th of June, 1863, four companies of the Fifth Tennessee made an attack on the Confederates who were holding Shelbyville. The Federals, commanded by Col. Bob Galbraith, advanced from Guy's Gap, and by the time Shelbyville was reached the Confederates were on the retreat. A running fight occurred on Martin Street, during which several were killed on the Confederate side. The Confederates retreated from the town and crossed Duck River at the Scull Camp bridge, at which point, being so closely pursued, they threw a large brass field-piece from the bridge into the river, and the cannon remains to this day in the mud at the bottom of the river. No lives were lost on the Federal side during the hot engagement. In May, 1864, twelve soldiers belonging to the Fourth Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Federal), were captured while guarding the Shelbyville depot, which was stored with hay, by Robert B. Blackwell, who was at the head of a company of bushwhackers. The depot and contents were burned, and the twelve soldiers escorted a short distance from town and shot. Shelbyville, the capital of Bedford County, is a beautiful town of about 3,500 inhabitants, situated on the east bank of Duck River, and almost surrounded by that winding stream, and at the terminus of the Shelbyville & Wartrace branch of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, sixty-three miles southeast from Nashville by rail, and fifty-five Miles as the "crow flies." The immediate surrounding country is most beautiful and picturesque, the town being enclosed between ranges of hills on the east, south and north. Shelbyville was established in 1810 by the commissioners appointed by the General Assembly to locate the county seat of Bedford County, The land upon which the town was located (100 acres) was donated to the commissioners by Clement Cannon, by deed dated May 2, 1810 and registered June 22, 1811. The town was at once laid off into lots and sold at auction to the highest bidder, and the county seat was then named Shelbyville, in honor of Col. Isaac Shelby, who commanded a regiment of 240 men in the storming of King's Mountain and capture of Col. Ferguson and the British Army under him October 7, 1780. Among those who purchased town lots of the commissioners were Archibald Alexander, Ben Brayford, Samuel Bell, Clement Cannon, George Cunningham, Daudy Howell, James Edde, Michael Fisher, Ben Gambell, Thomas Lordmore, William Lack, Lewis Marshall, Robert Murry, Joseph Mengee, William Newson, Abraham Thompson, Jonathan Webster, Joseph Woods, Joseph Walker, Henry Winro and many others. The streets of Shelbyville, all of which are macadamized, are ten in number, those running north and south being Martin, Brittain, Depot, High, Thompson, Cannon and Spring, and those running east and west are Dandy, Main and Bridge. The town was incorporated October 7, 1819, and has continued as an incorporated town up to the present. At the first municipal election, held on the first Monday in November, 1819, Thomas Davis, David McKissack, James A. McClure, Giles Burdett. William O. Whitney, John H. Anderson and Jacob Morton were elected aldermen, and by them Thomas Davis was chosen mayor and James Brittain recorder. The present municipal officers are as follows: Mayor, John W. Ruth; recorder, John W. Thompson; aldermen: First Ward, J. P. Ingle; Second Ward, W. A. Frost; Third Ward, S. J. McDowell; Fourth Ward, J. R. Burdett; Fifth Ward, J. T. Allison; Sixth Ward, Thomas L. Thompson; police: John Searcy, John Bartlett and Logan Harrison. The Shelbyville fire department was organized December 2, 1885. In 1883 a good steam fire- engine and a hook and ladder wagon was purchased by the town at a cost of $22,000. A steam force pump was also purchased at a cost of $800, which was placed at the mill of Lipscomb & Co. The Eakin Library, containing over 1,000 volumes of choice literature, was founded in 1881 by the widow of the late William S. Eakin, and from whom it takes its name. The first merchant of Shelbyville was James Decry, who opened a general merchandise store on the town site in 1809, one year before the location of the county seat. The first mill was a water-power corn-mill, and was built in about 1815 by Clement Cannon on Duck River, and a mill, known as the "Cannon Mill," is in operation on the same site at the present. The first blacksmith was Henry Tudale, and he was followed by Jeremiah Cunningham, Moses Marshall and Jacob Morton. The merchants of Shelbyville from 1810 up to 1840 were Benjamin Strickler, John Eakin, John and Spencer Eakin, Peter Donnelly, Hugh Wardlow, Robert Stephenson, J. C. and T. M. Caldwell, John A. Marrs Brittain & Escue, Thomas Doris, George Davidson, Alexander Eakin, Thomas Reed, W. B. Brame, Robert Mathews, Robert Moffitt, Wardlow & Thompson, John N. Porter, William Decry, John Cannon & Co., Davidson & Caldwell, and Davidson & Jett. Richard White and R. P. Harrison were the hotel proprietors of that period. The merchants of the forties were John Eakin, Eakin Bros., George Davidson, William G., J. C. & T. M. Caldwell, Robert Mathews, W. W. Wilhoit, Seahorn & McKinney, William S. Jett, Eakin & Moffitt, James H. Decry and T. M. Caldwell & Co. Merchants of the fifties: John C. Caldwell, Jr., C. P. Huston, Baskette & Stamps, Wilhoit Bros., Armstrong Bros., Baskette, Jett & Co., Cowan & Strickler, Caldwell, Cowan & Co., John Wilts, John Nering, Mitchell & Shepard, J. W. Wallace & Bro., Roan & Cable, and Mitchell & Sperry. Merchants of the sixties: Thomas W. Buchanan, O. Cowan, John F. Brown & Co., Mason, Vandy & Co., Corney & Neiley, H. Frankle & Co., R. C. White, Thomas J. Roan, C. A. Warren, Evans & Shepard, Horner & Co., Buchanan & Woods, Graves & Gillis, George B. Woods, John H. Wells, and Trollinger & Tune. With but few exceptions the merchants of the seventies were the same as during the sixties. The merchants of the present are as follows: Buchanan & Woods, J. S. Gillis, A. C. John & Co. and A. Frankle & Co., dry goods and notions; J. P. Brown and Rice & Sandusky, clothing; Allison & Hall and Leftwich & Co., dry goods and clothing: Mrs. Dalby, Mrs. Martha Rainbow and Mrs. E. Cleveland, milliners; C. A. Warrell, B. Dwiggins, Green & McGill, John Dayton & Co., E. W. Carney, G. N. Eakin, Morton Wilholt, Rutledge & Thompson, T. J. Warner, Hix Bros., Arnold Bros. and R. H. Whitman, groceries; W. R. Haynes & Co., furniture; C. W. Cunningham, books and stationery; F. H. Otte, merchant tailor; Evans & Shepard, Roan & McGrew and S. F. Knott, drugs; John W. Ruth & Son, jewelers; M. A. Rainbow, silversmith; A. J. Jarrell, tinware and stoves; O. Cowan & Co. and J. E. Decry, hardware; Foman & Son, tinware and groceries; Hope & Co., Eagle & Shaffner and W. M. Bryant & Co., grain dealers; H. C. Ryall, lumber dealer; Mathus & Low, commission merchants; N. J. Calhoon & Bro., marble works; M. L. Morton and E. W. Fuller, harness and saddles; J. H. Hix, C. D. Gunter, T. J. Jones, P. Freeman, W. V. Allen, Arnold Bros. and T. J. Warner, saloons; W. H. Caul, gunsmith; Benjamin C. Gregory, photographer; G. A. Cleveland, house and sign painter; John Ledbetter and Reidenbery & Turner, butchers; Jack Henderson, T. C. Ryall & Co., T. C. Allison, Hite & Taylor and Collins & Rankin, livery stables; R. M. Bowen, G. F. Davis and J. R. Hunter, shoe- makers. The only hotel of Shelbyville is the Evans House, J. C. Eakin, proprietor, which is a first-class hotel in every respect. James Brown and Simpson & Burkeen are the barbers. J. T. Landis will open a steam laundry, which is now in course of erection, during the fall. The manufactories of Shelbyville are as follows: The Victor Flouring-mill, built in 1880, present proprietors Lipscomb & Co., is situated on Duck River, and has water and steam-power; capacity 250 barrels of flour per day. The building is a large two-story brick, and the machinery is of the most improved pattern; the Cannon Mill (water-power), which stands directly across the river, is also owned by this company; the Shelbyville Flouring- mill, also situated on Duck River, was built some time during the sixties by Robert Dwiggins. The mill has changed hands frequently, and is at present operated by E. Shepard, trustee; the building is a three-story brick, and the capacity of the mill is 225 barrels per day; Mullins Mill, water-power, situated on Duck River, one mile east of Shelbyville, is owned by J. C. Tune; Shelbyville Carding Machine, established in 1884, owned by Burdett & Co.; Shelbyville Manufacturing Company (stock company), was established in 1883, manufacture hubs, spokes, rims, double and single trees, etc., twenty-five men employed regularly; L. H. Russ & Co., manufacturers of carriages, and the celebrated New South wagon; McDowell Bros., manufacturers of wagons and buggies and general blacksmith; Southern Machine Shops (owned by stock company), established in 1884; A. J. Trolinger, cooper shop; E. H. Kohl, repair shop; H. C. Ryall, planing-mill; W. F. Holman, tannery; J. C. Eakin, fruit evaporator and canning factory. Probably the most important manufactory in the county, and the only one of the kind in the county, is the Sylvan Cotton Mills, situated two miles southwest of Shelbyville. These Mills were established in 1852 by Gillen, Webb & Co., but are now owned and operated by a stock company. The mills were destroyed by fire in 1881, but were rebuilt on a larger scale inimediately thereafter. The present buildings are of brick, the main building being 50x186. feet, picker-room 40x56 feet and engine and boiler-room 40x60 feet; the machinery is all new and of modern make; the mills are provided with 3,680 spindles and 108 looms, and the daily capacity is 6,000 yards of drilling and sheeting. From 12,000 to 15,000 bails of Cotton are consumed annually, and between eighty and ninety operatives are given employment. All of the operatives reside in neat cottages in the vicinity of the mills, forming quite a village. A general store is kept by the company, from which the villagers draw their supplies. The Shelbyville Savings Bank was established in 1867 by A. W. Brockaway. From its establishment until 1873 William Gaslin was president and A. W. Brockaway was cashier. Brockaway was succeeded as cashier at that time by Dr. R. N. Wallace, and that gentleman was succeeded by his son, John R. Wallace. The bank suspended in September, 1885, with a capital stock of $40,000 and $120,000 on deposits, of which not over 20 per cent will be realized. The failure of the bank caused the failure of several business men. The National Bank of Shelbyville was established in November, 1874, by Edmund Cooper, who became president, with Albert Frierson, cashier, and B. B. Whitthorne, teller. Mr. Cooper is still president and Mr. Whitthorne is cashier and Edmund Cooper, Jr., is teller at present, capital stock $50,000. The Peoples' National Bank, with a capital of 460,000, has been' recently organized, with N. P. Evans as president and S. J. Walden. Jr., as cashier. A building for this bank is in course of erection, and the bank will be ready for business during the present fall. Shelbyville's secret societies are as follows: Shelbyville Benevolent Lodge, No. 122, F. & A. M., organized in 1819, suspended in 1833, and reorganized in 1847; Chosen Friends Lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. F., organized in 1845, suspended in 1885, and will be reorganized in the near future; Sons of Temperance Lodge, organized in 1846, suspended in 1860, and reorganized in 1867, as Shelbyville Lodge, No. 131, I. O. G. T.; Olive Branch Lodge, No. 4, A. O. U. W., organized in May, 1877; Duck River Lodge, No. 10, K. of H., organized in 1875; Corono Council, No. 426, Royal Arcanum, organized in December, 1879; Local Branch, No. 60, Iron Hall, organized in December, 1881; Y. M. C. A., organized in 1884. Colored secret societies. Duck River Lodge, No. 1947, 1. O. O. F., organized in May, 1879; Charity Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M. The physicians of Shelbyville who have practiced in the town and vicinity since 1880: Drs. James G. Barksdale, James Kincade, George W. Fogleman, Grant Whitney, ____Brazee, John Blakemore and Frank Blakemore; the present practicing physicians are Drs. J. H. McGrew, Thomas Lipscomb, R. F. Evans, C. A. Crunk, Swanson Nowling, S. M. Thompson, G. W. Moody, J. H. Christopher, N. B. Cable and Samuel J. McGrew. The practicing dentists are Drs. G. C. Sandusky, Edward Blakmore and J. P. McDonald. The schools of Shelbyville consist of a graded public school, Dixon Academy, Female Academy and the colored free schools. Shelbyville has seven white and four colored churches, as follows: Presbyterian, organized in 1815, and brick church erected in 1817. In 1856 the building was sold to the Catholic congregation and the present brick building erected at a cost of $10,000. In donating to the county the land upon which to locate a county seat Clement Cannon set apart a tract of ground upon which any denomination could have the privilege of erecting a house of worship. The Methodists took advantage of the free ground, and in 1820 erected a frame church. The building was destroyed by a severe storm in 1830. The congregation then abandoned the Cannon ground and erected a brick church in 1833, at a cost of $3,000. This building they sold, in 1881, to the Christian congregation and began at once the erection of the handsome brick edifice which is as yet incomplete, but in which services have been held for many years. This building has already cost about $12,000. The Baptist Church was organized in 1845, when a brick building was erected on the Cannon ground, the site of the old Methodist Church, at a cost of about $3,000. This church was destroyed by a wind-storm in 1870, and was rebuilt, at a cost of about $5,000. The Catholic Church was organized in 1855, and in 1856 the congregation purchased the old Presbyterian Church building, and the same is in use at present; the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized and a church erected in 1856. The building was destroyed in 1880. The congregation then purchased their present brick building from the Northern Methodists, which church was organized after the civil war, but disbanded The Episcopal Church was organized in 1853, and until 1861 held services in the Odd Fellows' hall. In 1860 the erection of the present brick church was begun. The ground was donated by William Gasling and the church was built by Hon. Edmund Cooper, as a memorial church to his first wife. The building cost $2,500. The Christian Church was organized in 1881, at which time the congregation purchased their present church from the Methodist Episcopal congregation. The colored churches are the First and Second Missionary Baptists, the African Methodist Episcopal South and the Union African Methodist Episcopal. The first newspaper published in Bedford County was the Shelbyville Herald, Theo F. Bradford, editor and proprietor. In 1821 the Herald was sold to _____ Iredell, and with that gentleman was afterward associated J. Newton, and together they conducted the paper until about 1830. The Western Freeman was next established in 1832, with H. M. as editor, and John H. Laird, publisher. In 1836 the Peoples' Advocate was established by William H. Wisener, who was both editor and proprietor. About the same time the Western Star was published by Granville Cook. In 1840 the Peoples' Advocate was succeeded by the Western Advocate, with John W. White as editor and publisher. In 1844 the Free Press was published by I. C. Brassfield, and contemporaneous with the Free Press was the Whig Advocate, published by John H. Laird. In 1848 the Star was published by R. C. Russ. From 1848 to 1862 the Expositor was published by James Russ, Jr., and Ralph S. Saunders. R. C. Russ published the Bedford Yeoman from 1850 to 1855, and during 1857 and 1858 the Constitutionalist was published by J. H. Baskette. About the same time the Herald of Truth, a Baptist paper, was published by Dr. R. W. Fain. From 1862 to 1863 J. H. Thompson and T. B. Laird published the Tri-weekly News, and from 1863 to 1866 T. B. Laird published the American Union. In 1865 the Republican was published by James Russ, with Lewis Tillman as editor. In 1871 the Bulletin was established by J. L. and J. B. Russ, and previously these gentlemen established the Commercial, which paper was published in 1870 by T. S. Steele and S. A. Cunningham. Two years thereafter the Rescue, which paper had been started a short time before, was merged into the Commercial, and R. C. Russ became editor and proprietor, and occupies that position at the present time. Besides the Commercial, the other papers of Shelbyville are the Gazette and Times. The Gazette was established in 1874 by J. B. and J. L. Russ. In 1880 A. L. Landis purchased the paper and conducted it for two years, and sold it to William A. Frost and William Russell. In 1884 Mr. Frost became sole editor and proprietor, and continues as such at the present. The Gazette is one of the most successful newspaper plants in the State. The office is supplied with an abundance of good material, and is equipped with a Campbell power news press and Gordon jobber. The Times was established by William Russell and D. M. Alford in the latter part of February, 1886, making its first issue on the 26th of that month, with Mr. Russell as editor and Mr. Alford as publisher. Although young in years, the Times is on a sound footing, and has evidently come with the determination of staying. All three of the papers are Democratic. The first agricultural society of Bedford County was organized in 1857, and the fairgrounds were located near Shelbyville. The first officers were as follows: President, Hugh L. Davidson; vice-presidents, R. H. Sims, G. G. Osborn, Thomas Lipscomb, W. W. Gill and Henry Dean; treasurer, Lewis Tillman; recording secretary, J. F. Cummings; corresponding secretary, John R. Eakin. At the close of the civil war the society wasreorganized as a stock company, and handsome and commodious buildings were erected on grounds just outside the incorporated limits of Shelbyville. Annual exhibitions are held, and the society has been deservedly successful. The present officers are as follows: President, J. J. Gill; vice- presidents, Oliver Cowan, Martin Euliss and T. C. Ryall; corresponding secretary, Ernst Caldwell; secretary and treasurer, John D. Hutton; general superintendent, C. N. Rice. In May, 1830, Shelbyville was swept by a terrible tornado, which destroyed the courthouse, the Methodist Church, and quite a number of other brick buildings, and killed and wounded a number of people. Those who were killed were James Newton, David Whitson, ____ Arnold, ____ Reideout and ____ Caldwell. The town has also been visited at three different times with Asiatic cholera, which caused a large number of deaths each time. The first visit was in June and July, 1833, the second in September, 1866, and the third in July, 1873. Wartrace, the second town of the county, is situated at the junction of the main line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad and the Shelbyville branch of that road, eight miles east from the latter place and fifty-five southwest from Nashville, and has a population of 800. The town dates its establishment from the time of the completion of the Nashville &Chattanooga Railroad in 1852. The land on which the town stands was originally owned by Rice Coffee, and Henry B. Coffee was the first citizen of the village. Among other early citizens were Robert Buchanan, John Stephens, N. C. Harris, W. H. Clark, W. B. Norville, G. W. Martin, R. P. Gallaway, John R. Coffee, W. T. Grim, Willis Pruitt, S. A. Prince, S. C. Mills, J. D. Payne, Robert Ervin, M. Payne, A. G. Garrett, A. M. Keller and J. W. Tillford. The town was incorporated in October, 1853, under the name of Wartrace Depot, and Daniel Stephens was the first mayor elected. With the exception of the years of the late war the corporation has remained in full force and effect, and the officers at the present are as follows: Mayor, Sidd Houston; board of aldermen, R. P. Maupin, B. 1. Hall, J. W. Haynes, R. V. Davidson and T. B. Davis; recorder, W. G. Wood; marshal, W. F. Hailey. Daniel Stephens and William Norville were the first merchants, they opening general stores in 1852. During the next eight years W. P. Green, Thomas Hart, W. K. Raibourn & Co. and Murphey & Stephens were the business men. From 1860 to 1870 the business men were Thomas Hart, L. P. Fields, Fields, Mackey & Co., D. Morris & Co., M. N. McKinney & Co., O. P. Arnold, J. A. Cortner & Co., Arnold Bros., B. W. Blanton, B. F. Davis & Co. and A. Murphey & Co. From 1870 to 1886 the merchants have been and are as follows: J. D. Houston, drugs; B. I. Hall, Davis & Co., Arnold Bros., B. W. Blanton and Cunningham, Davidson & Co., dry goods; Smith Bros., family groceries; C. B. Murphey, books and stationery; J. W. Haines, furniture and undertaker; W. E. Russell, tinware and stoves; A. Ogle, saddles and harness; Mrs. M. E. Clayton, milliner. The hotels are the Healan House, - Mrs. S. D. Healan & Son, proprietors, and the Chockley House, J. C. Chockley, proprietor. The town has two good livery stables, owned by J. W. Tillford and W. G. Petty. The banking house of B. F. Cleveland was established in 1882, of which B. F. Cleveland is president, and R. M. Cleveland is cashier. This establishment does a general banking business, and is of much benefit to Wartrace. The manufacturers of Wartrace are as follows: J. A. Cunningham & Co., flouring-mill, erected in 1880 at a cost of $12,000, and the Wartrace Mill Company, established in 1882, the building of which cost $18,000; these mills are supplied with modern machinery, and do a large custom and shipping business; Ellington Bros., saw and planing- mill, erected in 1885, with $3,000 capital invested; John Butner, wagon- maker and blacksmith, and Harry Erwin, John Price and W. A. Schwarts, general blacksmiths. Near Wartrace is situated the distillery of Zach Thompson, -which has been in active operation since 1883, though it has been in existence for about fifty years. This distillery has a capacity of between seventy-five and eighty -allons of whisky per day. The physicians who have practiced their profession in Wartrace from its establishment to the present have been as follows, in the order given: Drs. Walter H. Sims, W. T. Griswold, John M. Murry, T. H. Marder, A. S. Brown, R. F. Fletcher, H. K. Whitson and D. W. Duke. The secret societies are as follows: 1. O. O. F., established in 1850, and reorganized in 1885; K. of H., established in 1878; K. of L., established in 1878; R. A., established in 1861. A Masonic lodge was organized in 1874, but was abandoned after a period of about six years. Wartrace has splendid educational advantages. The Wartrace Academy was established in 1860, and has been continued every year since. In 1885 the present school building was erected. It is a large brick, two stories in height, and cost $5,000. There are five grades in the school, and the school term amounts to an average of ten months each year. The houses of worship of Wartrace are the Missionary Baptist, the congregation of which was organized in 1860, and the building was erected in 1870. It is a substantial frame, and cost about $1,500. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized and house erected in 1876, at a cost of $1,500. The colored denominations are Baptists and African Methodist Episcopals, both of which have meeting- houses. The business houses of Wartrace are all of brick, and present a handsome and substantial appearance. The railroad has a large brick depot, for both passengers and freight. Bellbuckle, the third town of the county, was founded in 1852 by A. D. Fugitt, the original owner of the land on which the town now stands. Bellbuckle takes its name from a small creek by that name, which runs near the town, and the creek derived its name from the fact of a representation of a bell and buckle, which are carved on a large beech tree, which stands near the head of the stream. The carving was discovered on the beech by the earliest settlers, and as to the carver; when the work was done, or the reason thereof, is one of the mysteries, though many traditions concerning the same have been handed down. Bellbuckle is situated on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railway, fifty-one miles southwest from Nashville, and ten miles northeast from Shelbyville, and has a population of about 800. The town was laid off into lots in 1854 and incorporated in 1856. During the war the corporation lapsed, but immediately thereafter a new charter was obtained, since when it has been in force and effect. The present town board is as follows: Mayor, S. P. Jones; aldermen: G. H. Miller, W. R. Muse, T. J. Oglevie, B. E. Thomas, Z. T. Beachboard and J. M. Freeman; George Moon, recorder; A. Melton, marshal. A. D. Fugitt opened a general store in Bellbuckle in 1852, being the first merchant. Clark & Miller, W. B. Norville, R. D. Rankin, W. R. Pearson and R. D. Blair, all of whom kept general stores, were the other business men of the fifties. The merchants of the sixties were Lamb & Weirback, W. C. Cooper, Norville & Beachboard, R. D. Blair & Son, Thomas & Claxton and R. D. Rankin, all general stores, while R. D. Wallace ran a flouring-mill. Between 1870 and 1880 the merchants were McFarrin Bros., Jamison & Miller, Haggard Bros., W. L. Garner, R. A. Hoover, T. J. Peacock, W. C. Cooper, J. F. Johnson , Johnson & Hite, W. P. Crawford, Oglevie & Crawford and B. E. Thomas, all of whom kept general stores, with the single exception of Thomas, who kept a stock of drugs in connection with the postoffice. The business men from 1880 and of the present are W. P. Crawford, T. J. Peacock, A. H. Newman, R. A. Hoover. J. W. Pattey and E. F. Gomer, general stores; D. W. Shiver & Co., A. L. Haggard and Howland Bros. family groceries; R. L. Justice, drugs and family groceries; B. E. Thomas, drugs and postoffice; and H. Hall, undertaker and cabinet-maker. The manufactories are represented as follows: R. F. Wallace & Co., plows and wheelwrights: George Bailey and Meldon Bros., blacksmiths and wagon- makers; W. S. Putnam, blacksmith and carriage-maker; R. F. Wallace, steam saw-mill and manufacturer of Wallace's patent double shovel. Bellbuckle has a large creamery, which was established in 1885 by a stock company with $5,000 capital. The creamery is supplied with milk from the numerous herds of fine milch cows in the neighborhood. It is fitted up with the latest improved machinery, and has a capacity of handling 6,000 pounds of milk per day. The one hotel of the town is conducted by Mrs. Winnett. The railroad company erected a good brick depot in 1862, which is in use at the present time. The streets run north and south and east and west, being continuations of the following pikes: Bellbuckle & Beach Grove Pike, leading east; Bellbuckle & Liberty Pike, leading north; Bellbuckle & Flatwood Pike, leading west, and a short pike leading into the Shelbyville & Fairfield Pike. The practicing physicians of the town have been in the order named: Drs. Smith Bowlin, T. C. McCrory, W. F. Long, T. C. Henson, W. F. Clairy, J. W. Acuff, W. R. Freeman, T. F. Frazill, and H. E. Finney, dentist. The secret societies of the town consist of Good Templar, Masonic and Odd Fellow, lodges of those fraternities being organized in 1860. The first school established in Bellbuckle, and one of the first in the county, was Salem Academy, which was founded in about 1820. Numerous changes were made in the Old school, and in 1880, when a handsome brick building was erected and the name of the school was changed to that of Bedford College (see chapter on schools of county). Besides this school the public common schools are conducted for a term of five months each Year.. An addition of importance to the schools of Bellbuckle, and also of the county, is the Webb School, which was recently removed to that place from Maury County, where it was known as the Kuleoka Institute (see school chapter). The colored school, which is taught five months in the year, is held in the colored church building. Bellbuckle is supplied with a number of good churches. The Methodist Episcopal Church, a handsome brick, was erected in 1878, at a cost of about $4,000; the Missionary Baptist Church (frame) was erected in 1873, at a cost of $1,500; the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was erected in 1883, is of brick, and cost $4,000; the Christian Church was erected ill 1883, is of frame, and cost $2,000. The colored churches are the Baptists and African Methodist Episcopal, both of which are frame buildings which cost each about $400. Flat Creek is situated seven miles southeast from Shelbyville in the Twenty-fourth District, and has a population of about 150 people. The town was founded in about 1840 upon a tract of school land known as the Sixteenth Section. The first merchant was Thomas Newson, who kept a general store as early as 1841 or 1842. Other early business men were Blanton & Co., Hall & Warnock, Crunk & Friend, Keith & Baker, Long & Morgan, Long & Watson, Evans & Keith, Dean & Keith, Brennon & Dean and Hudson & Co., and during the time of the above business men a Grange store was in operation for several years. The business men of the present are as follows: John E. Wood, Hudson & Co. and Hale Bros., general stores; J. H. Farran, groceries; and John Bryant, saddle., and harness. The Flat Creek Saw and Planing-mill war, established in 1870, by John D. Floyd, and is now owned by Phineas Hix. The blacksmiths are John Bryant, Nance Green and Matt Thomas. The early physicians of Flat Creek were Drs. J. Blakemore, Russ, Gordon, James Crunk, Shepard, Samuel Rager and Grizard and those of the present are Drs. Frost, Anderson Rager and Williams. Flat Creek has a chartered academy and also good common white and colored schools. The churches are as follows: Cumberland Presbyterian, built during the fifties at a cost of $1,000, frame; Methodist Episcopal South, built in 1885, and cost $1,000, frame; and Christian, built in 1870, and cost $1,500, frame. In 1850 the Primitive Baptists erected a large frame church, which was the first church in the town. This church passed into the hands of the Missionary Baptists, and afterward to the Separate Baptists, and that organization disbanding the church was abandoned, and while still standing and in a comparative state of preservation, is unused The Missionary Baptist (colored) congregation meets in the colored schoolhouse. Both the Masons and Odd Fellows have organizations in Flat Creek, both of which were established in 1850. Fairfield, fourteen miles northeast from Shelbyville, in the First and Second Districts, is one of the oldest towns in Bedford County. The town lies on both sides of Garrison Fork of Duck River, which stream is spanned by a large bridge at the town, and is distant from Wartrace four and a half miles and from Bellbuckle five miles. The land upon which the town was founded was owned by Dr. J. L. Armstrong and Henry Davis; that on the west side of the creek belonged to Dr. Armstrong and was called Petershurg; that on the east side by Mr. Davis and was called Fairfield. The two towns were laid off into lots, and the lots were sold some time in 1830. From 1835 to about 1850 Fairfield (the name of Petersburg was soon dropped) was one of the most flourishing towns in the county, and a large amount of business was annually transacted. The building of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railway destroyed the business to a great extent, and since that time the town has gradually but steadily declined, and at present there are not over fifty inhabitants. The early business men of Fairfield were Josephus Erwin, William Crutcher, William Hickman, Henry Davis, Isaac Miller, William Clark, Henry Davis, Jr., James Word, John West, - Marshall, David Brown, James Martin, - Miller and James Simms. Osborn & Bro. are the business men of the present. The blacksmiths are Osborn Bros. & Justice, James Martin and Buck Butner. H. A. Justice & Son have the one corn mill, which is on Garrison's Fork and is of water- power. The physicians of Fairfield and vicinity have been as follows: Drs. James L. Armstrong, Thomas B. Mosley, Needham King, Robert Singleton, George B. Sumner, David King, Allen Hall, J. B. Muse, Jack Morgan and Robert Morgan. Those of the present are Drs. Joshua Ganaway, Smith Bowlin, R. W. Kirch and S. K. Whitson, Fairfield has four churches-two white and two colored. The former are Missionary and "Hard Shell" Baptista, and the latter are Missionary Baptista and African Methodist Episcopal. The schools of the town are the Fairfield Academy (chartered), which enjoys an excellent reputation, and the colored free school. Unionville, situated in the Eleventh District, twelve miles northwest from Shelbyville, has a population of about 200, and is one of the most prosperous towns in Bedford County. Unionville was founded in about 1827 upon the lands of Meredith Blanton and James Roy, and derived its name from the uniting of two postoffices and establishing the same at that point. In 1828 Meredith Blanton erected a blacksmith shop, which shop has been operated continually from that time to the present by the Blanton family and is now owned by two grandsons of M. Blanton. The first business in the town was transacted by the firm of McGaffin, Rushing & Covington, who had a general store. Other early. business men, who were in the merchandise trade from that time until 1860, were William Collins, Blanton & Keller, Duggan, Moon & Barnes, Little, Brown & Denson and F. S. Smith * From 1860 to 1870 the merchants were Ganaway, Clary & Co., McCord & Ogilvie, Atkinsell & McCord, Peter Barnes, Williams & Landis, Williams & Moon, Landis & Bro., Gan. away & Henden, Duggan & Henden, B. F. Duggan, J. M. Moon, McLane & Bro Winsett & McLane, Winsett & Elkton and Winsett & Covington, From 1870 to 1880: Duggan & Clark, Duggan & Sons, T. N. McCord, J. A. Ganaway, Landis & Winsett, Covington & Landis, W. A. Ott, J. Covington, J. M. Moon, B. F. Duggan and H. R. Frierson. From 1880, including the present merchants: T. N. McCord, Blanton & Blanton, J. Covington, Covington & Blanton, H. R. Frierson and H. R. Freeman. The churches of Unionville are as follows: Methodist Protestant Church, erected in 1840 of logs, and rebuilt of frame on the same site in 1868, at a cost of about $1,500; Methodist Episcopal Church South, frame building, erected in 1856, and cost about $900; Cumberland Presbyterian Church, frame, erected in 1876, and cost $1,600; Christian Church, erected in 1878 at a cost of $1,000. The schools of the town consist of a chartered academy, at which school is taught ten months in the year, and the colored free school. The secret societies are the Masonic and Good Templars lodges, the former of which was organized in 1867, and the latter in 1885. The practicing physicians of the town are Drs. B. F. Duggan, S. S. Duggan and G. L. Landis. Normandy, at the mouth of Norman Creek, twelve miles east from Shelbyville, in the Twenty-fifth District; Richmond, in the Nineteenth District, ten miles southwest from Shelbyville; Palmetto, in the Eighteenth District, twelve miles west of Shelbyville; Rover, in the Tenth District. sixteen miles northwest from Shelbyville; Haley's Station, three miles south of Wartrace, on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railway, and Cortner's Station, six miles south of Wartrace, on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railway, are all flourishing villages of from twenty- five to fifty inhabitants each. Bedford County justly prides herself upon her splendid educational advantages, which, indeed, are surpassed by those of but few counties in Tennessee. Of the schools during the first ten years of the county's existence as such, there remains no record whatever, and from this fact one is led to believe that, while it is more than probable that schools were -taught in the county as early as 1805 or 1806, they were of an inferior order, and contributed but little to the education of the county. The first school taught in the county, Or at least the first one of any consequence and of which there is a record, was Mount Reserve Academy, which was established in about 1815 or 1816 by the Rev. George Newten, who came from North Carolina a few years previous to that time. The school was located three miles cast of the present site of Wartrace in a log house at the place now known as Bethsalem Presbyterian Church. Rev. Newton was a classic scholar. and taught with great success the English as well as the higher branches of a liberal education. This school continued at different periods until the civil war, when it was abandoned. The next school was Dixon Academy, which was established in Shelbyville in 1820, and which in its day, and even at the present, was a noted school. A thorough classical course was taught at the school by such teachers as Rev. Alexander Newton, Prof. James Jett, Prof. Blake and Prof. Gonigal, and many of the afterward prominent men of he county and State were educated there. The building was of log, and stood in the center of an eight-acre plot of ground, which ground was donated to the school by Clement Cannon Esq., one of the wealthy citizens of that day. The log building was subsequently weatherboarded, and in that shape the building rendered service until 1855, when the present commodious brick building was erected. The school has been in continuous operation (excepting vacations) from its establishment to the present, having been conducted all along as a subscription school. The present principal is Prof. - if. T. P. Brenon Who, in 1885. added a military department to the school, and the pupils are required to weal a neat uniform similar to those in use in the United States Regular Army. Contemporaneous with Dixon Academy was Salem Academy, which was established by Rev. Dr. Thurston near where now stands Bellbuckle in 1825. This school was taught in a double log house which was erected by the patrons of the school. Dr. Thurston was succeeded as teacher by Prof. Blake. In 1850 the school was removed to town and was known as the Bellbuckle Academy, of which Thomas B. Ivey was the first teacher. In 1870 the school was succeeded by Science Hill School, which was established by Prof. A. T. Crawford; and Science Hill was in turn succeeded by the present Bedford College it, 1880, when a handsome brick school building, costing $5,000, was erected. These schools were all a continuation of the old Salem Academy. In about 1828 or 1830 Mrs. James Jett. wife of Prof. Jett, of Dixon Academy, established an excellent female acad my a short distance east from Shelbyville, which was continued for about twelve years, until the death of Mrs. Jett. The next school of consequence was the Martin School in Fairfield, which was established by Abraham Martin in 1828. Mr. Martin was a very successful teacher, and for eight years conducted a celebrated school. At about the same time Rural Academy was established one mile east of Fairfield on the east side of Duck River, of which Rev. Baxter H. Ragsdale was the first teacher. The school continued until 1846. In 1837 Clark M. Comstack founded a classical school at Big Springs on Sugar Creek, which lie tauglit until 1846, when the school was abandoned. In 1840 the citizens of Shelbyville erected a building by subscription and founded a female academy, which was first taught by Prof. Alford Dashiall. The-school was run for about eighteen years, and the school building stands at the present, being occupied a a residence. The school was succeeded by the present female college, which was established in 1858, when the large brick building now in use was erected at a cost of $15,000. The school is now under the management of Prof. J. P. Hamilton, and is very successful. In 1846 the Baptists established a school about one mile south of Fairfield, of which Abraham Tillman was the first principal. This school continued until the breaking out of the civil war, and after the war the building was remodeled and has since been run as a public high school, of which Prof. Joseph Estill is the present principal instructor. The Shelbyville University was established in 1852, and continued about four years, Prof. Hamilton being the president. After the war the building, which was considerably ,damaged, was rebuilt, and the university was continued by- Prof. C. W. Jerome. The building, which stands and is in use at the present, is of brick, and cost about $1,200, exclusive of the ground, which was donated by Judge Davidson and -Moses Marshall, Esq. In about 1870 the building and grounds were purchased by the school directors of the Seventh Civil District and converted into a public high school. For the ensuing term seven teachers are employed for this school, and a most successful term is anticipated. The school is one of three white public schools in the Seventh District, one of which is at Sylvia Mills, and the other at Fairview. During the fifties Richmond, Fairfield and Unionville Academies (chartered), and a splendid school near Schaffner's Lutheran Church, known as the Jenkins School, were established, all of which are in use at the present. Wartrace Academy was chartered in 1860, Flat Creek Academy in 1875, Tumtine Academy in the Eleventh District, ill 1873, Center Grove Academy in the Ninth District, in 1878, and Liggett's Academy in the Eighteenth District, in 1880. The above is a list of the chartered academies of the county. The Webb School at Bellbuckle, was removed from Culleoka in the spring of 1886, and buildings are almost completed for the school. They are of frame, the main buildin- being one story in height, with two wing additions, affording a capacity for 150 to 200 students. The chapel has a floor area of forty-two square feet. W. R. Webb, A. M., and J. M. Webb, A. M., are the principals, while the school is owned by a stock company. A classical course is to be taught, and the school will no doubt prove very successful. Under a general law of the General Assembly, passed March 6, 1873, the present public school system was inaugurated. The number of pupils enrolled the first year in Bedford County was 5,432, and in 1876 the number enrolled was 6,062. On June 30, 1885, the scholastic population of the county was white male, 3,612; white female, 3,354; total 6,966; colored male, 1,484; colored female, 1,417; total 2,901; total white and colored male and female between the ages of six and twenty-one years, 9,867. For the same year there were teachers employed in the county as follows: white male, 50; white female, 39; colored male, 21; colored female, 16; total 126. Number of schools in the county: white, 63; colored, 31; total 94. Number of school districts in the county, 21. The different religious denominations were organized in Bedford County probably as early as 1806, and the Methodists and Presbyterians had camp grounds at different points in the county, where they would meet during the months of July, August and September. The Methodists had camp grounds at Salem, Steele's, Horse Mountain, Knight's and Holt's; the Presbyterians at Bethsalem, and later on, the Cumberland Presbyterians at Three Forks, Beech Grove and Hastings'. Probably the first meeting-house erected was Salem Church, which was built in about 1807 at Salem Camp Ground, one-half mile from the present town of Bellbuckle. The church was a log house, built of yellow poplar, unhewn logs, and the cane was cut, jogs cut and carried on the shoulders of men, and the-house built by the individual members of the church. The old building stood until about 1820, when it was replaced with a better log one, and in 1845 a substantial frame building was substituted for the log, and it is in use at the present time. In 1816 the Tennessee Annual Methodist Episcopal Conference was held at Salem Church. Other early Methodist Churches were Pleasant Garden, on Flat Creek, in the Twenty-fourth District, built in 1814; Holt's Camp Ground, near the Fayetteville Pike, in the Twenty-fourth District, built in 1823, and Mount Moriah, near Wartrace, built in 1823. In 1821 the Methodist Circuit extended from below Fayetteville to Hooker's Gap, and from four to five weeks were required to ride the circuit. Rev. John Brooks, one of the ablest of the Methodist Episcopal ministers, was the circuit rider. The Presbyterians erected their first church at Shelbyville in 1815, and their second and only other one at Bethsalem, near Wartrace, in 1816. New Hope, at Fairfield, was probably the first Baptist Church in the county, it having been erected in 1809, and though having been rebuilt several times is still in use. Keele's church, named for "Billy Keele," on Garrison's Fork, near Fairfield, was probably the first church erected by the Separate Baptists, some time in 1812 or 1813. The Cumberland Presbyterians erected their first churches at Three Forks about 1820, and at Hastings' Camp Ground about 1821. The Lutherans came into the county at an early day, and erected a church on Thompson Creek about 1826, though they were organized several years before that time. Their next church was Cedar Hill Church, in the Shaffner neighborhood. In 1846 the Christian Church was organized in the county, and in 1855 the Catholic Church was organized in Shelbyville. The Episcopal Church was organized in 1853 (see Shelbyville Churches). The Northern Methodists came into the county since the war, yet are very strong at the present, having eleven churches in the county and at Caldwell's Camp Ground, three miles from Shelbyville on the Unionville Pike, which was named in honor of Hon. Thomas H. Caldwell, of Shelbyville. The Duck River Bible Society, a very important adjunct of the churches, was organized at Shelbyville on the 16th of May, 1718, and has been in continuous operation up to the Present. The society is an auxiliary to the American Bible Society, which was organized in 1816, and the Duck River branch was one of the first organized. Its leading object is to distribute Holy Bibles to the needy and destitute. The churches of the present, outside of those in the towns already mentioned, are follows by civil district; Center, Cumberland Presbyterian; Shiloh, Methodist Episcopal South; Bethlehem, Primitive Baptist; Haley's Station, Methodist Episcopal South, and Union Ridge, African Methodist Episcopal, in the Second District. Mount Mariah, Methodist Episcopal South; Bethell, Methodist Episcopal South; Mount Olivell, Methodist Episcopal North; Phillipi, Methodist Episcipal North, in the Third District. Cross Roads, Christian, and Guy's Gap, Baptist, in the Fifth District. Whitesides Chapel, Methodist Episcopal South; Nance's Missionary Baptist; Hart's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal; Bellview and Browntown, Colored Missionary Baptists, in the Sixth District. Mount Pisgah, Primitive Baptist; North Fork, Missionary Baptist; Hickory Hill; Methodist Episcopal South, and Green Hill, Cumberland Presbyterian in the Eighth District. Blankenship, Methodist Episcopal South; Tarpley, Methodist Episcopall South, and Bethlehem, African Methodist Episcopal, in the Ninth District. Enon, Primitive Baptist; Rover (town), Missionary Baptist; Rover (town), Methodist Episcopal North; Cedar Grove, Methodist Episcopal; Mount Zion, Protestant Methodist Episcopal; Kingdom, Cumberland Presbyterian, and Poplar Grove, African Methodist Episcopal, in the Tenth District. Ray's Chapel, Protestant Methodist Episcopal; Crowell's Chapel, Lutheran; Pleasant Valley, Methodist Episcopal South; Zion's Hill, Methodist Episcopal North, and Corner Meeting-house and Thompson's Ford, both African Methodist Episcopal and Cumberland Presbyterian combined in the Eleventh District. United Presbyterian (at Palmetto); Zion, Primitive Baptist; Shiloh, Methodist Episcopal South; Dryden's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal South; Liggett Chapel, Methodist Episcopal North; Libourn, Methodist Episcopal North, and African Methodist Episcopal and Baptist, in the Eighteenth District. -Richmond (town), Christian, and Branchville, Methodist Episcopal South, in the Nineteenth District. Marvin's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal South; Big Springs, Missionary Baptist; Cottage Grove, Cumberland Presbyterian, and Knight's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal South, and one colored church each of Missionary Baptist and African Methodist Episcopal, in the Twentieth District. Center, Methodist Episcopal South, in the Twenty-first District. Mount Harmon, Methodist Episcopal and Separate Baptist combined, in the Twenty-second District. New Hope, Cumberland Presbyterian; Mount Pisgah, Methodist Episcopal South; Hickory Grove, Separate Baptist; Caldwell's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal North; St. Mark, Christian, and St. Mark, African Methodist Episcopal, in the Twenty-third District. Normandy (town), Methodist Episcopal South; Jenkins Chapel, Christian, and Mount Bethel, African Methodist Episcopal, in the Twenty- fifth District. Sylvan Mills, Methodist Episcopal North; Mission, Cumberland Presbyterian; Reed's Hill, Missionary Baptist; Fairview schoolhouse used by Methodist Episcopal, Baptist and Christian congregations; Robison's Hill, colored Missionary Baptist, and Elbethel, Colored Missionary Baptist. Source: The Goodspeed History of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford, Marshall Counties of Tennessee. Reprint from The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886. ___________________________ http://genweb.net/~doctor/history/gdspdlct.shtml LINCOLN COUNTY is bounded on the north by the counties of Marshall, Bedford, and Moore; on the east by Moore and Franklin; on the south by the State of Alabama; and on the west by Giles County. It lies almost wholly within the central basin of Middle Tennessee..... In December, 1823, Robert Dickson, Esq., was elected mayor. Vance Greer, R. H. McEwen, Chas. McKinney, Elliott Hickman, Joseph Commons and J. P. McConnell were elected aldermen; Wm. F. Mason, recorder; Vance Greer, treasurer, and Wm. Timmins, constable. In the thirties, the most prominent general merchants were Wm. Dye & Son. Napoleon Garner, Gilliland & Roseborough, Gilliland, Smith & Co., Martin & Murphy, and A. C. McEwen & Co. ___________________________ http://genweb.net/~doctor/history/widow1.htm The Haunted House of Hazel Green ...Alexander Jeffries, a widower and early settler from Madison County,... had started the plantation at Hazel Green long before be met Mrs. Routt. In 1817, he had bought from Archibald Patterson the northeast quarter of a section for $1,800., and had followed this the next year with the purchase of the east end of a quarter of an adjoining section from Thomas Murphy for $700. Both tracts were entered by these former owners in 1812. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/lincoln/census/1820/1820001a.txt John Murphy on Lincoln Co. 1820 Census ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/mcnairy/census/1830/pg00117.txt Census 1830 McNairy Co. p. 129, line 15 Sarah Murphy, head of household, 1 free white male 15-20, 1 free white female 15-20, 1 free white female 40-50. p. 133, line 25 John Murphy, head of household, free white males: 1 at 0-5yrs, 1 at 5-10yrs, 1 at 30-40yrs; free white females: 1 at 0-5 yrs, 2 at 5-10 yrs, 1 at 20-25 yrs. ___________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+303665746573+F Census_Year 1850 Microfilm # M432-895 State TN County Sevier PAGE_NO LINE_NO LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME AGE BIRTH_PLACE FILENAME 448A 20 MURPHEYJOHN30 TENNpg446a.txt 448A 21 MURPHEYCLERRISA 33 TENNpg446a.txt 448A 22 MURPHEYMICHEAL 12 TENNpg446a.txt 448A 23 MURPHEYTABITHA 10 TENNpg446a.txt 448A 24 MURPHEYELIZABETH8 TENNpg446a.txt 448A 25 MURPHEYMELEENY 5 TENNESSEEpg446a.txt 448A 26 MURPHEYANDERSON 3 TENNESSEEpg446a.txt 448A 27 MURPHEYMARGARET 9/12TENNESSEEpg446a.txt 411A 33 MURPHY ELIZABETH68 VIRGINIA pg408b.txt 411B 22 MURPHY SAMUEL 54 N. CAROLINA pg408b.txt 411B 23 MURPHY MARY48 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 411B 24 MURPHY HULDAH 27 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 411B 25 MURPHY DYFENY 20 pg408b.txt 411B 26 MURPHY MARY18 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 411B 27 MURPHY JAMES 14 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 411B 28 MURPHY ELIZABETH2 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 411B 40 MURPHY JOHN28 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 411B 41 MURPHY JANE23 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 411B 42 MURPHY JAMES 3 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412A 1 MURPHY MARY4/12TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412B 23 MURPHY DANIEL F.36 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412B 24 MURPHY MARTHA 30 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412B 25 MURPHY HARRISON 8 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412B 26 MURPHY MARY7 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412B 27 MURPHY SARAH 5 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412B 28 MURPHY WILLIAM 1 TENNESSEEpg408b.txt 412B 29 MURPHY DARKUS M.70 VIRGINIA pg408b.txt 443B 10 MURPHY JAMES 43 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt 443B 11 MURPHY POLLY 39 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt 443B 12 MURPHY CAMPBELL 19 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt 443B 13 MURPHY ARTER 17 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt 443B 14 MURPHY JOHN15 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt 443B 15 MURPHY SARAH 7 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt 443B 16 MURPHY MARY5 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt 443B 17 MURPHY REBECAH 2 TENNESSEEpg433b.txt http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+304366655882+F CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Sevier DIVISION: 12th Eastern Subdivision REEL NO: 432-895 PAGE NO: 448A REFERENCE: Enumerated on the 16th day of Oct, 1850 by Lemuel Duggan ======================================================= ===================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAMEAGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ======================================================= ========================= 20 868 868 MURPHEY JOHN 30 M FARMER TENN 21 868 868 MURPHEY CLERRISA 33 F TENN X 22 868 868 MURPHEY MICHEAL 12 M TENNX 23 868 868 MURPHEY TABITHA 10 F TENN 24 868 868 MURPHEY ELIZABETH 8 F TENN 25 868 868 MURPHEY MELEENY 5 F TENNESSEE 26 868 868 MURPHEY ANDERSON 3 M TENNESSEE 27 868 868 MURPHEY MARGARET 9/12 F TENNESSEE http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+290063963248+F Robertson Co TN Will Bk 17, pg 59 Letter of Estate, Mary BENTON 59) Mary BENTON Letter of Estate. Robertson County Court April Term 1860 Whereas it appears to the Court here that Mary BENTON is dec'd and having made no will or testament & application being made by S. H. BENTON to have Letters of Administration granted to him on the Etate of the said Mary BENTON dec'd he having given bond & security as by law in such case as required the Court therefore orders that he have Letters accordingly. These are therfore to aurthorize and confirm you S. H. BENTON to enter into & upon all & singular the goods & chattels rights & credits of said Mary BENTON dec'd & the same unto your possession take whatsoever the same may be found in the State & a true & perfect inventory thereof make entered into our issuing County Court on oath & all the just debts of the intestate pay so far as the said Estate will amount or extend the residue deliver to those who have a right thereunto by law, herein fail not. Witness R. H. MURPHEY Clerk of our said Court at office the 5th of April 1860 R.H. MURPHEY, Clerk __________________________- http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+4497540470+F p. 190 line 20 of the 1840 Carter Co. TN census William L. Murphey, head, white free: males 0-5 two, 5-10 one, 10-15 one, 30-40 one; Females 0-5 one, 20-30 one. No slaves, employed in manufacturing. _______________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+194441687252+F Transcriber's Note: Linda Viel has the original letter. [info added by L.Viel is enclosed in these brackets] Names/dates are from History of Johnson County 1986 revised 3-21-98 [From Rhoda Lavenia Crockett Berry 1862-1924] Mountain City Tenn. May 23 - 1905 [To] Mrs. Callie Eggers [Callie Louisa Shoun 1876-1942, dau. of Samuel E. Shoun and Mary R. McQuown, m. 1898 William Delaney Eggers] Dark Ridge, N.C. .........Laura Murphy [Lura J. McQuowm m. Elbert R. Murphey] still has a bad cough. She and her son Elbert [Elbert, Jr. b. 1884] both had bad cases of Typhoid fever last summer and fall........... _____________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+201645192299+F KNOX COUNTY, TN - MARRIAGES - Marriages, Mabe through Mythena MURPHEY, Mormen marr. WEAR, Wm Ron 04-SEP-1823 MURPHY, Abediah marr. BERRY, Maryon 18-MAR-1816 MURPHY, Adelia marr. SCATES, George on 16-APR-1863 MURPHY, Alexandermarr. GILLAM, Delila on 30-JAN-1810 MURPHY, Alexandermarr. JOHNSTON, Margaret on 20-JUN-1827 MURPHY, Alexandermarr. JOHNSTON, Margaret on 20-JUN-1829 MURPHY, Alexandermarr. WIGSBY, Sally W on 21-OCT-1860 MURPHY, Almyra C marr. ROBINSON, Wm on 13-JAN-1842 MURPHY, Andrew J marr. FORD, Rebeckah on 10-FEB-1835 MURPHY, Annemarr. MASSEY, Hughon 01-AUG-1818 MURPHY, Archibaldmarr. MONDAY, Polly on 12-NOV-1819 MURPHY, Archibaldmarr. MONDAY, Polly L on 13-NOV-1819 MURPHY, Arminah Lmarr. TINDLE, Franklin on 28-MAR-1841 MURPHY, Bertha marr. HARRIS, J L on 23-SEP-1873 MURPHY, Betty J marr. RIDENOUR, Patten H on 13-SEP-1866 MURPHY, Caroline V marr. SWABE, Charles Aon 05-SEP-1867 MURPHY, Daniel F marr. FORD, Martha on 10-JAN-1839 MURPHY, David marr. WELLS, May on 31-AUG-1875 MURPHY, Delila C marr. ALLEY, Thomas on 16-MAR-1848 MURPHY, Dennis marr. ROBERSON, Harriet on 13-FEB-1866 MURPHY, Dialtha Jmarr.BURNETT, Wm on 11-JAN-1854 MURPHY, Dicemarr. LUTTRELL, James on 01-DEC-1831 MURPHY, Dicie marr. LUTTRELL, James on 28-NOV-1831 MURPHY, Edward marr. ANDERSON, Margaret on 30-DEC-1865 MURPHY, Eliza marr. REEVES, F F on 23-NOV-1864 MURPHY, Elizabethmarr. MCCABE, Starkey on 29-MAY-1821 MURPHY, Elizabethmarr. SHANABERRY, Wm Mon 01-FEB-1849 MURPHY, Emily J marr. ANDERSON, Charles Won 23-DEC-1858 MURPHY, Frances marr. MAYS, Wm on 02-JAN-1878 MURPHY, Harriet Jane marr. BELL, Philip D on 21-AUG-1827 MURPHY, Hugh I marr. FORD, Rebecca on 09-FEB-1835 MURPHY, Hugh M marr. LARUE, Dicy M on 17-JAN-1866 MURPHY, Hugh M marr. WHITE, Sarah on 02-MAR-1841 MURPHY, James marr. HOWSER, Louisa Jane on 07-FEB-1839 MURPHY, James marr. LUTTRELL, Mary K on 30-JAN-1839 MURPHY, Janemarr. COLLUM, Bartimeuson 06-NOV-1849 MURPHY, Janemarr. WELLS, George on 08-JUL-1814 MURPHY, Janemarr. WELLS, George on 12-JUL-1814 MURPHY, Jer marr. MCGILL, Janeon 29-NOV-1862 MURPHY, Jerusha Hmarr. GIFFIN, John Claiborneon 16-MAY-1854 MURPHY, Johnmarr. GAULT, Elizabeth F on 14-OCT-1863 MURPHY, Johnmarr. GILLAM, Patsy on 31-DEC-1810 MURPHY, Johnmarr. MILLER, Mary E on 05-AUG-1858 MURPHY, Johnmarr. SLEMMONS, Viola on 12-FEB-1868 MURPHY, Judamarr. WASHINGTON, George on 21-NOV-1866 MURPHY, Lewis M marr.BUCKLEY, Frances Eon 21-JAN-1864 MURPHY, M J marr. KINZEL, E J on 07-APR-1870 MURPHY, Margaret marr.GOSSETT, Joelon 02-FEB-1826 MURPHY, Margaret Ann marr. YATES, B Dron 16-FEB-1854 MURPHY, Maria marr. GAULT, Thomas on 26-AUG-1828 MURPHY, Martha C marr. LAWSON, A J on 15-APR-1869 MURPHY, Martha H A marr. CRAIG, Hugh L on 14-DEC-1850 MURPHY, Martha M marr. HARRIS, Calvin S on 31-MAY-1832 MURPHY, Marymarr.KENNEDY, Johnon 17-NOV-1869 MURPHY, Marymarr. MCCAUGHAY, Hughon 24-OCT-1864 MURPHY, Mary Ann marr. MIKELS, Jacob on 04-APR-1829 MURPHY, Mary E marr. ROUSER, U A on 01-MAR-1860 MURPHY, Mary F marr. ADCOCK, Henry on 25-DEC-1856 MURPHY, Mary Janemarr. DANCER, Fredon 20-MAY-1875 MURPHY, Mary Lou marr. MCLEMORE, Thomas B on 08-MAY-1872 MURPHY, Melville W marr. WHITE, Martha on 25-OCT-1866 MURPHY, Miller G marr. BURKHART, Martha K on 01-AUG-1861 MURPHY, Nancy marr.AIRHART, Peter on 18-NOV-1824 MURPHY, Obediah marr. BERRY, Maryon 18-MAR-1816 MURPHY, Parmelia marr. MCCARROLL, Johnon 02-DEC-1834 MURPHY, Patsy marr. GAULT, Johnon 04-FEB-1824 MURPHY, Polly marr. DUDLEY, Francis N B on 25-DEC-1836 MURPHY, Polly marr. STIRLING, Samuel on 15-JAN-1807 MURPHY, Rachel E marr. ALLRED, H T on 20-SEP-1860 MURPHY, Rebecca Jmarr. KEEBLE, Manley on 18-AUG-1864 MURPHY, Richard Smarr. KING, Maria J on 12-JAN-1832 MURPHY, Richard Smarr. KING, Mariah J on 11-JAN-1832 MURPHY, Robert marr. HARRIS, Mary C on 28-DEC-1836 MURPHY, Robert marr. WEBB, Rebecca Aon 12-AUG-1858 MURPHY, Rutha marr. SMITH, Johnon 16-JUN-1836 MURPHY, Rutha marr. SMITH, Johnon 23-JUN-1836 MURPHY, Sarah marr. MONDAY, Brice Y on 26-JUL-1843 MURPHY, Sarah marr. RICHARDSON, Peter on 06-MAR-1868 MURPHY, Silas marr.CLAYTON, Matilda on 11-NOV-1823 MURPHY, Sterling C marr. ATKIN, Susan E on 08-OCT-1840 MURPHY, Tennesseemarr. DEZARN, Jordan on 26-AUG-1854 MURPHY, Thomas marr. LUTTRELL, Sarah on 25-OCT-1837 MURPHY, Thomas marr. LUTTRELL, Sarah on 26-OCT-1837 MURPHY, Thomas G marr. BICE, Esther F on 11-FEB-1866 MURPHY, Wm marr. CRAWFORD, Margaret A on 15-FEB-1849 MURPHY, Wm marr. EVANS, Lulaon 28-NOV-1900 MURPHY, Wm marr. JOHNSTON, Sally on 12-MAR-1823 MURPHY, Wm marr. MYNATT, Susan on 14-DEC-1865 ___________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+167331995611+F HARDEMAN COUNTY, TN - VITALS - Marriage Records, 1824-1950, McHenry - Myrick Murphey, Patrick Bagley, EmmaDec 1869 Murphy, AlbertFox, MalissaDec 1867 Murphy, AlbertSpight, Valeria Dec 1878 Murphy, Andrew L. Brenard, Elizabeth Dec 1828 Murphy, James Harvey, ElizabethOct 1843 ____________________________ http://members.surfsouth.com/~fgossett/topic28.htm TENNESSEE MURPHYS - MURPHEYS AND ALLIED FAMILIES VOLUME I BRACEYS, GOSSETTS, HEADS, JUSTICES, MITCHELLS, MORGANS MURPHEYS, MURPHYS, PARKERS, WINTERS, AND OTHERS FIRST EDITION BY MARION EMERSON MURPHY VICE ADMIRAL, U.S. NAVY, RETIRED _____________________________ BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+2674601785+F MURPHY, Caroline marr. CRUSE, Pryor on 10-AUG-1853 MURPHY, Cynthea marr. MCGHEE, Joseph on 09-JAN-1826 MURPHY, Elizabeth C marr. CAVEN, James W on 27-FEB-1834 MURPHY, Isaac A marr. DELOZIER, Elizabethon 03-OCT-1839 MURPHY, James marr. MCCARROLL, Maryon 02-SEP-1824 MURPHY, James marr. SMITH, Maryon 13-FEB-1831 MURPHY, James marr. WALKER, Maryon 02-OCT-1816 MURPHY, Janemarr. COLTER, Wm on 19-JUL-1846 MURPHY, Johnmarr.JOHNSON, Sally on 27-JAN-1846 MURPHY, Marymarr.BRADLEY, William on 24-JUN-1799 MURPHY, Mary C marr. HENRY, Samuel on 21-FEB-1850 MURPHY, Rebecca marr. CUPP, George on 07-SEP-1824 MURPHY, Sally marr. JULIAN, Johnon 05-AUG-1831 MURPHY, W C marr. MCBATH, Luretta on 10-SEP-1858 ___________________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+304066280269+F CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Sevier DIVISION: 12th Eastern Subdivision REEL NO: 432-895 PAGE NO: 411A REFERENCE: Enumerated on the 5th day of Sept, 1850 by Lemuel Duggan ======================================================= ========================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAMEAGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE 33 361 361 MURPHY ELIZABETH 68 F 200 VIRGINIA 22 365 365 MURPHY SAMUEL 54 M FARMER 575 N. CAROLINA X 23 365 365 MURPHY MARY 48 F TENNESSEE X 24 365 365 MURPHY HULDAH 27 F TENNESSEE 25 365 365 MURPHY DYFENY 20 F 26 365 365 MURPHY MARY 18 F TENNESSEE 27 365 365 MURPHY JAMES14 M TENNESSEE 28 365 365 MURPHY ELIZABETH 2 F TENNESSEE 40 367 367 MURPHY JOHN 28 M FARMER 125 TENNESSEE 41 367 367 MURPHY JANE 23 F TENNESSEE X 42 367 367 MURPHY JAMES3 M TENNESSEE 23 378 378 MURPHY DANIEL F. 36 M FARMER 200 TENNESSEE 24 378 378 MURPHY MARTHA 30 F TENNESSEE X 25 378 378 MURPHY HARRISON 8 M TENNESSEEX 26 378 378 MURPHY MARY 7 F TENNESSEEX 27 378 378 MURPHY SARAH5 F TENNESSEE 28 378 378 MURPHY WILLIAM 1 M TENNESSEE 29 378 378 MURPHY DARKUS M. 70 F VIRGINIA ___________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+270661663470+F CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Overton DIVISION: 3rd District REEL NO: M432-89 PAGE NO: 110a REFERENCE: Enumerated on the 19th day of Sept. 1850 by Henry Young. ======================================================= ========================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAMEAGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE ======================================================= ========================= 587 587 Murphy Thomas 44 M Farmer 800 NC 587 587 Murphy Malinda 42 F Ten. 587 587 Murphy Sarah75 F NC REMARKS: Handwritten page # 219 3 661 661 Murphy Joseph 43 M Farmer 400 NC 4 661 661 Murphy Pyerilla 28 F Ten. 5 661 661 Murphy Pyerilla 14 F Ten. 6 661 661 Murphy Thomas 12 M Ten. 7 661 661 Murphy Malinda 10 F Ten. 8 661 661 Murphy Josephine 3 F Ten. 9 661 661 Murphy Davis4/12 M Ten. ______________________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+3736606271+F Carroll Co TN Deed Bk J, pg 63 Robert B. GORDON To Joseph R. MURPHY 63)Know all men by these presents that I Robert B. GORDON of the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to me in hand paid before the ensealing of these hereof by Joseph R MURPHY of the same County and State the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained and sold and do hereby by these presents give grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Joseph R MURPHY his heirs and assigns forever the following described tract of land or parcel situated in the County of Carroll and State aforesaid on Mud Creek a branch of Sandy River and bounded as follows Beginning at a stake on Thomas DUNNs south boundary line running south one hundred poles to a stake and black jack pointers thence six and a half degrees north of east one post oak pointers thence north one hundred poles to said DUNNs south boundary line one hundred and sixty poles with said line to the beginning containing one hundred acres to have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises together with all the priviliges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Joseph R MURPHY his heirs and assigns forever And furthermore I the said Robert B GORDON for myself my heirs Executors and administrators do hereby covenant unto and with the said Joseph R MURPHY his heirs and assignss that before the ensealing and until hereof I am the true sole and lawful owner and possessor of the above granted and bargained premises in fee simple; that they are free from all encumbrances and that I have full power and lawful authority to convey the same to the said Joseph R MURPHY in manner aforesaid and will forever warrant and defend the same to him the said Joseph R MURPHY his heirs and against the lawful claims and demands of and all persons whomever. In witness whereof I the said R B GORDON have hereunto set my hand and seal this the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us S S PARKER Stephen JOHNSON signed, R. B. GORDON, seal ___________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+115220311593+F DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES MURPHY, Marymarr. DARROW, Benjamin on 18-JAN-1844 MURPHY, Richard marr.BURGESS, Araminta on 04-FEB-1843 MURPHY, Richard marr. SEWES, Mary E on 09-FEB-1838 MURPHY, Thomas marr. BARTER, Sarah on 02-APR-1840 ______________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+304266531844+F Sevier, TN 1850 Federal Census - File 5 of 7 10 804 804 MURPHY JAMES43 M FARMER 900 TENNESSEE 11 804 804 MURPHY POLLY39 F TENNESSEE 12 804 804 MURPHY CAMPBELL 19 M TENNESSEE 13 804 804 MURPHY ARTER17 M TENNESSEE 14 804 804 MURPHY JOHN 15 M TENNESSEE 15 804 804 MURPHY SARAH7 F TENNESSEE 16 804 804 MURPHY MARY 5 F TENNESSEE 17 804 804 MURPHY REBECAH 2 F TENNESSEE ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+2091693115+F BLEDSOE COUNTY, TN - 1850 U.S. CENSUS 25 538 538 Murphy Saml B. 28 M BlacksmithTN 26 538 538 Murphy Matilda 30 F TN 27 538 538 Murphy Sela J. 9 F TN X 28 538 538 Murphy Gusta** 6 M TN 29 538 538 Murphy John B. 4 M TN 30 538 538 Murphy Tennessee 2 F TN ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+2523785825+F Blount County, TN 1850 Federal Census 36 1564 1564 MURPHY ISAAC31 M GUN SMITH TEN 37 1564 1564 MURPHY ELIZAB 31 F TEN 38 1564 1564 MURPHY JOHN 9 M TEN X 39 1564 1564 MURPHY DIANNA 7 F TEN X 40 1564 1564 MURPHY TABITHA 5 F TEN 41 1564 1564 MURPHY EDWD 3 M TEN ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+222453676442+F Marion County, TN 1850 Federal Census 4 479 479 Murphy Burnett 52 M Farmer Virginia 5 479 479 Murphy Lucinda 41 F Meth TennesseeX 6 479 479 Murphy Euel D. 13 M Tennessee 7 479 479 Murphy Sarah12 F TennesseeX 8 479 479 Murphy William 9 M TennesseeX 9 479 479 Murphy Caroline 5 F Tennessee ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+168132282679+F HARDEMAN COUNTY, TN - MARRIAGES - Miscellaneous Marriages MURPHY Charlesto HARVEY Emily 1 Jan 1829 MURPHY Williamto BROWNCharlotte 13 Nov 1843 made bond ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+197341920296+F KNOX COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Murphy's Chapel Cemetery Located on Luttrell Rd. in east Knox County. Transcribed by Sherry Reed April 21, 2000 Murphy, Malinda 1835-1920 Murphy, Sally French 1862-1905 Murphy, Robert Filmore1854-1890 ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+121521968399+F Census_Year 1850 Microfilm # M432-877 State TN County DYER 34 161 161 MURPHY James25 M W Farmer 1,000TN 35 161 161 MURPHY N. 22 F W TN 36 161 161 MURPHY M. A.1 F W TN 37 161 161 MURPHY Wm 22 M W TN ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+126922739091+F FRANKLIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES MURPHY, Calester marr. EDDIE, Samuel D on 24-JAN-1868 MURPHY, Robert J marr. ESORIDGE, Francis on 17-DEC-1839 http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+261458783743+F TN Pension Roll of 1835 EDWARD MURPHY McMINN COUNTY PRIVATE VIRGINIA LINE $55.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $165.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED NOVEMBER 19, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 92 JOHN MURPHY JEFFERSON COUNTY PRIVATE NORTH CAROLINA LINE $28.33 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $84.99 AMOUNT RECEIVED JUNE 7, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 74 BARTHOLOMEW MURPHY PERRY COUNTY PRIVATE NORTH CAROLINA LINE $80.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $240.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED JANUARY 2, 1834 PENSION STARTED AGE 75 WILLIAM MURPHY JEFFERSON COUNTY 30.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $90.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED JULY 26, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 74 ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+269960939681+F Census_Year 1850 Microfilm # 432-892 State TN County Overton 11 523 524 Murphy Levi 40 M Farmer 3,000Tenn. 12 523 524 Murphy Keziah 30 F VA 13 523 524 Murphy Lucy 8 F Tenn. 14 523 524 Murphy Levi 1 M Tenn. ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+302965127563+F Census_Year 1830 Microfilm #M19-178 State Tennessee County Sevier District Enumerator George W. Porter p. 107 line 1 Joseph Murphy, 1 free white male 30-40, 1 fw female 15-20, 1 fw female 60-70 p. 108 line 10 Samuel Murphy, 1 fw male 30-40, 1 fw female 20-30, 2 fw females under 5, 1 fw fem 5-10 p. 108 line 12 Edward Murphy, 1 m under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 30-40. p. 108 line 14 Elisabeth Murphy, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 fem 5-10, 1 fem 15-20, 1 fem 50-60 ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+318870397922+F SUMNER COUNTY, TN - MISC - 1799 Petition for County Division Petitioners of Sumner County, TN dated 30 September 1799 to the House of Representatives 30 September 1799: The Honourable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee The Petition of a number of inhabitants of the upper end of Sumner County Eastwardly of Rocky Creek Respectively sheweth that from the great extent of said county we humbly conceive it ought to be divided into two separate and distinct counties we having advertised agreeable to law respecting the division of counties. We your petitioners beg leave to state your honourable body some of the hardships we labored under in our present situation, many of us having to attend courts and general assembly & other publick meetings at the distance of sixty and seventy miles which makes our local situation disagreeable from these reasons and many others........ could assign to your ...we beg leave to recommend to your honourable body to divide the said county of Sumner as follows: begining at a portion on the line which divides the State of Kentucky from this State which is a due south course will strike the head of the main fork of Rocky Creek and down the same to its confluence with the Cumberland River thence a South Southeast course to the INDIAN BOUNDARY and all that part of the said county lying Eastward from the above described line is the part we wish it in Justice think ought to be formed into a Separate county and we your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray. .... Michale Murphy John Murphy ..... et al. _________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+286363804568+F COURT RECORDS: Tuesday Morning, 4 Dec 1827; Gibson Co Tennessee, vol A, page 63: "The following were summoned to serve as Jurors of this term of court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions: Theophilus Williams, Wilson Brown, John Murphy, John W Buckner, Turner R Gibbs, William Ferguson, Overall Sanderson, Hesse L Ross, Squire Young, Daniel Conlee, Jeptha Billingsley, Samuel Patterson, Patterson Crockett, Owen Wood, Hardy Hunt, John Wilson, William T Webb, Marshal H sanders, William Mathews, Edmund Tidwell, John Parker, Thomas Brown & Isaac Jetton. James Turner & William B Howard, Constables." COURT RECORDS: Gibson County Tennessee, vol A, page 87: "Ordered that the following be a jury of view to mark a road from the highland where the Dresden &Huntingdon Road fork to the County line in a direction of Paris to wit: Elijah Billingsley Jr, Squire Young, Willis Brown (Boren), B. Baker, John Murphy, David L. Thomas, Jacob Mills, Jacob Brandbury." ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+304766837630+F SEVIER COUNTY, TN - DEATHS - 1860 Mortality Schedule Martha Murphy - age 1 1/2 - black, slave - born in Tenn - died in November Letty Murphy - age 7 - born in Tenn - died in September - after 12 days ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+2513672173+F CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: BLOUNT DIVISION: Civil Dist 11 REEL NO: 871 35 1346 1346 MURPHY CAROLINE 20 F TENNESS ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+3776617952+F Carroll Co TN Deed Bk C, pg 222 John MORGAN To Robert Boaz GORDON Note: See Deed Bk J, pg 63 - this same land was sold by Robert B GORDON to James MURPHY in 1837. ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+4477315987+F Census Year 1840 Microfilm#M704-518 StateTN County Carter District EnumeratorJohn Wright p. 171 line 2 Abraham Murphy M 0-5 1, M 5-10 2, M 20-30 1, M 40-50 1, F 10-15 1, F 20-30 1 employed in commerce ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+4657785576+F CARTER COUNTY is one of the extreme eastern Counties of the State. It is bounded on the north by Sullivan County, on the northeast and east by Johnson County, on the south by Unicoi County and the line of North Carolina, and on the west by Washington County. ...... Among the merchants from this time until 1860 were R. W. & Joseph Powell, Jefferson & John Powell. Folsom & Burrows, Isaac Tipton & William B Carter, J. K. Snapp, Jesse J. James, Rockhold & Wray and Murphy & Sons. ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+6019019064+F OBITUARIES Ten Mile Church: E.M. Ewing was born Nov. 25, 1830, died Sept. 9, 1909, age 78 years, 9 months, 14 days. Joined Shiloh Aug. 25, 1856, ordained deacon 1860. Married Mary Murphy Oct. 18, 1853, had 10 children, 5 of whom survive. ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+170633499823+F Census_Year - 1860 Microfilm # M653-1254 State - Tennessee County - Hardin Town/Township - 13 Civil District Post Office - Saltillo Enumerator - R. J. Wilkerson Enumeration Date - 9/1860 391B 1523 1573 Lucinda Murphy27F Househand NC ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+171133569493+F Census Year - 1870 Microfilm # - M593-1534 State - Tennessee County - Hardin Township - 13 Civil District Post Office - Savannah Enumerator - David D. Crook Enumeration Date - Aug 1870 476A11 11 Pinkney Murphy41M W Farm Laborer 800 AL ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+171533647241+F Census Year - 1870 Microfilm # - M593-1534 State - Tennessee County - Hardin Township - 13 Civil District Post Office - Savannah Enumerator - David D. Crook Enumeration Date - Aug 1870 480A71 71 James Murphy 65M W Farmer 2000 4000 NC http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+174634223148+F CENSUS YEAR: 1840 STATE: TN COUNTY: Haywood MICROFILM#: M704-522 Joseph Murphy 1 Male 10-15, 1 M 20-30, 1 M 50-60, 1 F 10-15,1F 20-30, 1 F 50-60. Slaves 2 males 0-10, 1 F 10-24, 1 F 36-55in Agriculture, 2 white over 20 were illiterate __________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+267260070944+Fd http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+267260070944+F State of Tennessee, Court of Pleas & Quarter Session Obion County,April term 1834 (p-72) April Term 1834 One tract of land containing 1500 acres entered in the name of William Murphy by entry number 432 lying in the 8 & 9th Range and 7th Section, 13th District--out of this report 102 acres paid in by McLemore which leaves 1398 acres reported. Taxes $15.72, Clerk's fee $1.40, Sheriff's fee $1.00, Printer's fee $1.50. ________________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+267360143194+F Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions State of Tennessee Obion County, April Term A. D. 1835, p.230 Hardy Murphy, one tract of 640 acres, entry number 364, being in 7 range & 9th section, 13thdistrict. Taxes $7.20, Clerks fees $1.40, Sheriffs fees $1.00, Printers fees $1.50. ____________________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+322470803367+F 1838 Warren County Tax List Stephen Murphy has one slave _________________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+325771510097+F Washington County List of Taxables A List of taxables for the Year 1790 taken by John Chesolm Esq. Dennis Murphy 1 white, 4 blacks, no land listed __________________ http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/ChathamBios?read=4 "Thus in 1790-1793 the [Sandy Creek Baptist] Association contained twelve churches and more than 900 members. It was strongest in Chatham County, but hardly less strong in Anson and Montgomery. Its ablest pastors were Elder Joseph Murphy of the Deep Creek church [in Surry Co.],.... ___________ http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Randolph?read=960 But the war was not yet over, when the members of one of these [Baptist] churches which had been located on Clinch River returned and reorganized as the church known as Glade Hollows [Baptist Church]. About the year 1780 eight Baptist preachers came and settled in this section. One of them was William Murphy, a brother of Joseph Murphy, who at this time was pastor of the [Baptist] churches on the Yadkin. He had been baptized at Deep River [Baptist] church, but had since labored for the most part in VA, where he had met with much success. __________ http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/MontgomeryBios?read =4 n a chapter entitled "Spread of Separate Baptists," G. W. Paschal in HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA BAPTISTS (published in 1930 by NC Baptist State Convention), Vol. I (1663-1805), describes a "colony" sentout to establish a church on Little River in then Anson County (in an area now in Montgomery County) NC: "Early in the year 1760 another colony went off from this same Deep River [Baptist] Church. [The first one wentto SC and established a church on Little River, a tributary of the Broad River, in August 1760 with Rev. PhilipMulky as their pastor.] This was composed of Joseph Murphy and wife, John Lee and wife, William Searsy andwife, Richrd Curtis and Susan Carr. Before their departure, they were constituted into a church and Joseph Murphy ordained [as] their minister. This Joseph Murphy and his brother William had come to this section from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where Joseph was born on April 1, 1734, and his brother William two years earlier. Both were converted and became members of the Deep River [Baptist] church in 1757, being baptized byElder Shubal Stearns. Both became preachers, but William--who returned to Virginia--did a more extensive work. They were known as the 'Murphy Boys' [see biographical skethch "Murphy Boys" Spotsylvania Co. VA]. In the ordination of Joseph as the pastor of the little traveling church, the venerable old father Shubal Stearns himself had a part, and it was probably under his direction that the little group were going forth to make their home and establish a church on Little River in what was then in the limits of Anson County, but in that part of it which in1777 was erected into the county of Montgomery. "This brings us to the constitution of that famous church. There was already a congregation, probably a branch ofthe Sandy Creek Church, worshiping here. As early as 1758 they had built a meeting house on land given for thepurpose by Thomas Ward. In this when the little band from Deep River arrived two years later, they at once found a home as a regularly constituted church. They doubtless gathered unto themselves all who had been converted and baptized by the preachers from Sandy Creek and any others of the Baptist faith who were in the neighborhood. They extended their labors through all that region both north and south of Rocky River so that in three years' time the home [central, original--not a church meeting in someone's home, as the term "home church" is used today, MM] church had increased to five hundred members, and in ten years they had four branches, one near; one at Rocky River; another at Jones's Creek and another on Mountain Creek, at each of which places a meeting house was erected. Before the end of this period, many of the members--disheartened by the oppression of the officers set over them by Governor Tryon--and, after the battle of Alamance, despairing of the redress of their wrongs of which they had complained, left their homes and the jurisdiction of Governor Tryon and sought refuge in other Provinces. In 1772 Morgan Edwards found the church reduced to a membership of forty-eight. He tells us the 'the vile Edmund Fanning' charged Joseph Murphy, their former pastor, with leading in the Regulator movement, but Edwards insists that the charge was false." The paragraphs above were taken from pp. 294-295. On p. 390, Paschal states: "We have seen that both Mulky and Marshall had preached at Congree. The result of their preaching was a group of churches which may be called the Congaree group. On November 30, 1766, the converts in this section were organized into a church by Rev. Joseph Murphy, at that time minister of the church at Little River in Anson Montgomery) County, N. C. Shortly afterwards, Joseph Reese, whom Mulky had baptized, was ordained pastor by Elders Oliver Hart and Evan Pugh, and with him as colleague Rev. John Newton, who had preached many years already in North Carolina (at Black River) where, says Edwards, his labors had been much blest." In his chapter on the "Sandy Creek Association," Paschal states (pp. 408- 411): "Elder Joseph Murphy was now pastor of Deep Creek in Surry County, which had only 25 members, but unlike other churches in this section continued with the Sandy Creek Association.... Thus in 1790-93 the Association contained twelve churches and more than nine hundred members. It was strongest in Chatham County, but hardly less strong in Anson and Montgomery. Its ablest pastors were Elder Joseph Murphy of the Deep Creek church, Elder Elnathan Davis [see biographical sketch, Pickens Co., SC] of the Haw River church, Elder George Pope of Abbott's Creek, Elder Daniel Gould of Pee Dee and Elder Edmund Lilly of Rocky River of Anson County....In 1793 the occasionalmeeting was at Uwharry in Montgomery County, on Augut 7. Elder Joseph Murphy preached the sermon, and Brother John Lawler was chosen Scribe (Clerk)...The churches of the Sandy Creek Association had some beliefs and practices peculiar to themselvs in the early years, some of which they retained for more than a quarter of a century. In the first years they held to the so-called nine Christian rites: namely, baptism [by immersion only, a Baptist distinctive, usually then in a river or creek, later a baptistry was included in church buildings], the Lord's supper [others call it Holy Communion or Eucharist; Baptists believe it is symbolic of Jesus' body and blood, MM], love-feasts [I think this means eating a meal together, potluck supper, fellowship meal at church, dinner on the grounds (pinic-style); whereas breaking bread together means partaking of the Lord's Supper, MM], laying-on of hands [in Baptist practice today, "laying on of hands" is done--during the ordination service for ministers and deacons--by already-ordained ministers and deacons; then, it was done on new converts as soon as they were water baptized (by immersion); 'laying on of hands' did not refer, in my opinion, to the method of praying for divine healing of the sick as practiced today by charasmatics and Pentecostals, MM], washing feet, anointing the sick [putting a few drops of olive or other oil on a person and praying for divine healing as in the Bible, James 5:14, MM], right hand of fellowship [please, Others, correct me if I'm wrong; I think this means thepractice of the whole congregation shaking hands with new church members, MM], kiss of charity [could someone else explain this one?], devoting of children [see explanation below]; and had ruling elders [see explanation below], eldereses, deaconesses, and weekly communion. [I think "weekly communion" means that they observed the Lord's Supper every Sunday, whereas others observed it regularly, but less often; however, since they use the term "Lord's Supper," not "communion" to refer to the Lord's Supper, perhaps "weekly communion" means the practice of meeting together every week, not less often, for worship and preaching, MM.] ....We are not, however, to infer that ruling elders and laying on of hands were peculiar to the Separate Baptists. An article on the laying on of hands is one of the American addditions in the Philadelphia Confession, being due to the strong Welsh influence....Most of the oldest [Baptist] churches in this country, whether General or Particular, according to Benedict [author of HISTORY OF BAPTISTS, 1848], practiced the laying on of hands on all newly baptized members. Many of the Particular Baptist churches of North Carolina held to the custom..." Paschal quotes Benedict in describing "dry christening": "One of these rites, that of devoting children, was very popular with the early Separate churches. [According to Benedict]: This rite was founded on the circumstance of parents bringing their chilren to Christ, etc....the minister either took [the infant] in his arms, or laid his hands on it, thanked God for his mercy, and invoked a blessing on the child, at which time it received its name. This rite, which by many was satirically called a dry christening, prevailed not only in the Sandy Creek Association but in many parts of Virginia....According to Devin, in the Grassy Creek church, and presumably in other Separate Baptist churches, the 'ruling elders' did not exercise the same functions as those of the same name in the Presbyterian churches of today. They were laymen [then as now, deacons are ordained, but still are considered laymen, not clergymen, MM] elected by each church for itself to assist the minister in the management of the church, withspiritual rather than temporal functions, and did not exercise more authority than any other member, differing from deacons little except in name." [In Baptist church polity, then and now, each member has a vote; even children, if baptized believers, can become church members and thus have the same voting power as any other member, incluing deacons. The submitter invites others to clarify or correct her comments. MM] On p. 393 Paschal opines: "When I come to the union of the two groups in North Carolina, I will discuss the contribution made by each group, the Separates and the Regulars, to the component body now known only bythe name of Baptists. I trust enough has been said here to indicate how the coming of the Separates with their enthusiastic evangelism was the decisive element in the wonderful increase of the Baptists in the South, andpractically in all the region west of the Alleghany Mountains." ___________________ http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Duplin?read=2 Seeking information on Michael, Miles, Richard and William Murphy/Murphrey of Duplin/Sampson Co., NC.How are these men related? Michael is reported to be the son of Capt. John Murphrey and Elizabeth Harrison of Isle of Wight VA. Especially seeking information on Richard Murphrey whose orphaned children, Willie, Willis and Mary Murphrey were put under guardianship of Willis Magee in May 1808, Sampson Co. Is Willis Magee's sister-in-law Jerusha Scott, who was listed as Jerusha Murphrey in her brother Jonathan Scott's will, the wife of Richard Murphrey and mother to these children? Jerusha was the daughter of Joseph Scott who died in Duplin Co. ______________ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Unknown?read=80 Posted by K. Hinson on Mon, 23 Feb 1998, at 8:23 a.m. Epaphroditus Benton born before 1758 NC, died about March 1829 Robertson County, TN, married Mary "Polly" ____. Children: James Morris, Mary, John, Green, Elizabeth, Eliza. Searching for information on ancestors of Epaphroditus and Mary "Polly" as well as descendants. I have lots of info on descendants of James Morris Benton to share with someone willing to exchange info. Please send message to khinson@umd5.umd.edu _________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+288163895331+F James Benton witnessed deed in 1811 Robertson Co. TN _________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+291864017128+F Mary Benton, sister of Malachi Krisle, mentioned in his will, 1856, Robertson Co. TN _________ http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+291764013043+F James Benton in will of John Krisle, 1842 Robertson Co. TN "I John KRISLE being of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following 1st I deposit in the hands of Malachi KRISLE the sum of three hundred dollars for the benefit of my daughter Polly wife of James BENTON for her to draw the lawful interest yearly during her life and at her death the principle to be divided among all her children that is the lawful heirs of her body. The balance of any Estate at my death it is my will and desire that it shall be equally divided among my seven children share and share about Except the one seventh part to my daughter Polly wife of James BENTON should be deposited in the hands of Ephraim and Malachi KRISLE to pay her the lawful interest thereon during her life and at her death the principle whatever it may be equally divided among all her children." ___________________________ Tennessee Odd Fellows Lodges Secretary, Grand Lodge TN Odd Fellows, 108 Oak Valley Dr, Nashville, TN 37207-2917, 615-227-6802, 01/95 _____________ http://www.fred.net/stevent/14TN/14tn.html THE 14th TENNESSEE REGIMENTAL HISTORY The regiment was organized May, 1861 at Camp Duncan, near Clarksville, Tennessee. Cheat Mountain Campaign Kanawha ValleyCampaign Seven Pines Mechanicsville Cold Harbor Frazier's Farm Cedar Run Second Manassas Ox Hill Harpers Ferry Sharpsburg Shepherdstown Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse Cold Harbor Petersburg Appomattox Court House Company C Murphey, Josiah Murphey, Robert H. - Sergeant Company E Murphey, John W. (also Co. F) Murphy, Thomas J. Company H Murphy, Robert F. Company I Murphey, Thomas J. Company K Murphey, R. C. "Ordeal by Fire" A History of the 14th TN Vol. Infantry Regiment, CSA by C. Wallace Cross, Jr. ____________________ http://www.ctaz.com/~shadgraf/research.htm Leslie Braddock DimmeTasse@seaerospace.com 1. Samuel Stitt b 1820 Harrisburg Penn. d 1885 Dickson County, Tennessee m Margaret Murphey (Murphy) _____________________ http://members.tripod.com/~billhyde/HYDE30.HTM#f1504 Husband: MURPHRY, William B. Wife: FLOWERS, Naomi L. born 31Oct1813 Tn __________________ http://www.ls.net/~newriver/tn/good-jct.htm Goodspeeds' History of Tennessee - Johnson County - 1887 Kemp Murphey, the most extensive merchant of this county, was born here July 21, 1841, and is the son of Abraham and Mary Murphy. The former was born in Orange County, N. C., May 18, 1796, and the latter in Caswall County, N.C. Abraham Murphey was the son of John Murphy, a native of Orange County, N. C., who immigrated to Claiborne County, Teno., in the year 1798, and died in his eighty-second year. He was married three times; first to Sarah Purvine in the year 1813, who bore him two sons and one daughter; secondly to Mary Walker, who bore him three sons; and thirdly to Catherine Wills, September 13,1857. He removed from Claiborne County, Tenn., to New Market, Jefferson Co., Teon., about the year 1833. Thence he removed to Eiizabethton, Carter Co., Teon., and engaged in the mercantile business; thence to Dugger's Ferry In the laet named county; thence into this (Johnson County), where he engaged in the manufacture of iron; and in merchandising, which two callings he pursued until the beginning of the war in 1861. After the war he settled at Mountain City, then called Taylorsville, and engaged in the mercantile business in partnership with two of his sons, Kemp and Elbert, under the firm name of Murphey & Sons. He retired from thefirm in the year 1875, after which the two brothers continued the business uritil July 27, 1884, when Elbert one of the brothers died, and since then Kemp, the surviving partner, has continued the business in his own name, and has carried a stock of $8,000, doing an annual business of $20,000. He also owns and operates a large tannery at Mountain City. He was educated at Holston College, New Market, Jefferson Co., Teun. In the late war he espoused the Union cause, and enlisted in Company B, Fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, and was captured at McMinnville, Tenn., in October, 1862, but was paroled and joined his command at Lexington, Ky. Re was mustered out at Knoxvilla, Tenn., in 1865. In 1869 he married Susan C. Wills, a daughter of James H. Wills, horn in April, 1853, in this county. They have seven children living. Ha and his wife are Methodists. His father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, from about the year 1822, continuously, up to his death, which occurred February 6, 1882. _____________________- http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/d-m10.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives Historical and Genealogical Information TENNESSEE DEATH INDEX 1908 - 1912 M : PART 10 ( Mosby - Mysung ) LAST FIRST COUNTYYEAR RECORD NAME NAME NUMBER Murphey Albert Williamson 1910 96176 Murphey Allie C. Wilson1911 97081 Murphey Charles Carter1910 6887 Murphey Emerson Robertson 1911 72337 Murphey Estella Robertson 1910 72120 Murphey F.M.Decatur 1911 21500 Murphey Harrett Carter1909 6886 Murphey JohnSmith 1911 86166 Murphey W.F.Montgomery 1909 65812 Murphfey Jane V. Bedford 1910 1428 Murphfey Minie R. Bedford 1910 1429 Murphrey Sallie Bedford 1909 1427 Murphry Captolia Bedford 1910 1464 Murphry Mary M. Bradley 1911 3877 Murphy[blank] Carroll 1909 5707 MurphyA.J.Obion 1911 67515 MurphyAmanda Hamblen 1909 32277 MurphyAnn Fayette 1908 24204 MurphyAnnie Bedford 1909 924 MurphyArlie Shelby1910 77682 MurphyBarney Monroe1911 63814 MurphyBaseHardeman 1910 38385 MurphyBessie Montgomery 1912 64690 MurphyBettie Farris Lincoln 1910 53783 MurphyC.C.Warren1911 91817 MurphyCairline Dekalb1912 21850 MurphyChanie Shelby1909 84189 MurphyCharley Madison 1909 58116 MurphyClifton Shelby1910 80901 MurphyDave Jr. Wilson1908 97160 MurphyDella Dickson 1909 22845 MurphyDilla Dickson 1910 22831 MurphyEarlMadison 1909 58115 MurphyEdith Davidson 1909 16339 MurphyEdith McMinn1910 57107 MurphyEligh Bedford 1908 1361 MurphyElizabethDavidson 1908 19237 MurphyElizbeth Sevier1908 75987 MurphyEllaShelby1912 80952 MurphyEthel Maury 1909 62901 MurphyEva Dickson 1909 22704 MurphyFelix Shelby1910 84454 MurphyG.R.Hamilton 1908 33436 MurphyGeorge Knox 1911 50958 MurphyGeorge Ella Rutherford 1912 73602 MurphyGeorgie Monroe1911 63815 MurphyH. (Mrs.) Henry 1910 43075 MurphyHenry Davidson 1912 20443 MurphyIke Bedford 1911 1265 MurphyInfant Henry 1910 43061 MurphyInfant of C.P.Hamilton 1908 36613 MurphyInfant of D.R.Knox 1908 48903 MurphyJ.L.Knox 1912 49457 MurphyJ.R.Davidson 1909 13345 MurphyJames Shelby1911 81789 MurphyJames Wayne 1911 93625 MurphyJames Davidson 1912 18520 MurphyJiles A. Tipton1910 89506 MurphyJoe Davidson 1912 13111 MurphyJohnShelby1910 85608 MurphyJohnCarroll 1911 6377 MurphyJohnDavidson 1911 18428 MurphyJoseph Shelby1912 76580 MurphyJulia Shelby1910 79845 MurphyJulySmith 1909 85763 MurphyLaura LeeMontgomery 1911 65886 MurphyLevyTipton1910 90134 MurphyLiddia Carter1910 6942 MurphyLizie Dyer 1910 23280 MurphyLizzie Cat Sevier1912 75840 MurphyLouise Davidson 1909 12590 MurphyLoy Unicoi1910 91168 MurphyLulaShelby1911 85460 MurphyMadison Knox 1909 51500 MurphyManella Davidson 1909 19058 MurphyMartha Monroe1908 64233 MurphyMaryHardin1909 39244 MurphyMaryDavidson 1912 12441 MurphyMary Hannah Hickman 1908 44817 MurphyMattie M.Madison 1909 59112 MurphyMichael Davidson 1912 20941 MurphyMillie Lawrence 1910 55824 MurphyMitadil Davidson 1911 18427 MurphyMollie Weakley 1910 94210 MurphyNancy Madison 1911 60181 MurphyNaoma Campbell 1910 4387 MurphyNoraKnox 1909 48902 MurphyPambrookeCheatham 1912 7429 MurphyPat Knox 1911 49563 MurphyR.E.Jackson 1911 46116 MurphyR.L.Giles 1910 28945 MurphyRea Maury 1911 61495 MurphySallie Hardeman 1909 38024 MurphySallie Hardeman 1911 38139 MurphyTheresa Davidson 1911 19615 MurphyV.F.Jackson 1908-12 46327 MurphyW.P.Shelby1909 84409 MurphyWalter Hamilton 1912 35347 MurphyWalter Hamilton 1912 36694 MurphyWilliam Hamilton 1909 36527 MurphyWilliam Davidson 1912 16117 MurphyWilliam ArchieBlount1909 3204 MurphyWillie Shelby1911 79872 MurphyWillmisa White 1910 95031 __________________ http://home.earthlink.net/~howardorjeff/1820.htm 1820 United States Census Robertson County Tennessee Only the head of household was given but the other members of the family and slaves are listed in age and sex groups. These groups are free white males; to 10 years, 10 to 16, 16 to 18, *16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 & up; free white females; to 10 years, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 & up. For an example James Sawyer has 1 male 10 to 16, 1 male 16 to 18, 2 males 16 to 26 and himself 45 & up; 2 females to 10, 1 female 10 to 16, 1 female 16 to 26 wife 26 to 45; 0 slaves. Note:*Males in the 16 to 18 age range will be repeated in the 16 to 26 age range. George Murphy 311201/22110/7 John Murphey 100010/30010/1 Lucy Murphey 200000/02010/0 George Murphey 000001/00001/0 Robertson Murphey 200010/10100/4 ________________ http://www.teesee.com/military/tattnallmuster-rolls/tattmcog.htm MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY G, 11th BATTALION GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. TATTNALL COUNTYTATTNALL INVINCIBLES Murphey, John (or Murphy) - 3rd Sergeant March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. G, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as 5th Sergeant. Received pay December 2,1863. No later record. _________________ http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/r/Ruffin,Thomas Manuscripts Department Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION #641 THOMAS RUFFIN PAPERS Inventory Thomas Ruffin, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, planter, and politician, served in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1813-1816; as judge of the Superior Court, 1816-1818; reporter of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1820-1822; and as judge of the Superior Court in 1825-1828. Ruffin became president of the State Bank of North Carolina in 1828. He was elected judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina in 1829 and became chief justice in 1833. He served as chief justice until 1852 and again 1858-1859. Ruffin was president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, 1854-1860. He was a delegate to the Washington Peace Conference and to the North Carolina Secession Convention in 1861. Murphey, Archibald D. (Archibald De Bow), 1777-1832. Thomas Ruffin was educated at Warrenton Academy, 1801-1803, in Warrenton, N.C. He attended Princeton University, 1803-1805, and received his A. B. He read law in Petersburg, Va., under David Robertson, 1806-1807, and in North Carolina under Archibald D. Murphy, 1807-1808. Ruffin was admitted to the bar and moved to Hillsborough, N.C., in 1809. 1820s Archibald D. Murphey's financial difficulties were the subject of many letters during this period. Ruffin received letters from J. May in Petersburg, George McNeill in Fayetteville, and Murphey's sons Victor Moreau Murphey and William D. Murphey, as well as from Murphey himself about Murphey's debts. Murphey also wrote to Ruffin about the sale of land he owned in North Carolina and Tennessee. Letters about legal business from Archibald D. Murphey discuss particular cases and the courts. Some letters in this subseries discuss the national government and politics. A long letter from A. D. Murphey, dated 8 January 1813, besides giving advice on legal cases, gives news of the war against Bonaparte and speculates on the prospects for a negotiated peace between England and the United States. On 3 June 1824, Archibald De Bow Murphey wrote to Ruffin from Haw River informing him of the "evil and barbarous" treatment of Ruffin's slaves by his overseer. Murphey said that the neighbors were commenting and that Ruffin's character as well as his interest were involved. The financial affairs of Archibald De Bow Murphey continue to be the subject of considerable correspondence in this subseries. Thomas Ruffin wrote to Samuel Dickins about land in Tennessee that had formerly been Murphey's. James McLemore and C. Bagge wrote to Ruffin about Murphey's affairs. Murphey himself wrote numerous letters to Ruffin about his health, his family, and his Tennessee lands. Also included here are some letters to Murphey from James Mebane and David Craighead about legal business. ____________________ http://www.afrigeneas.com/library/ncdeeds/1746-1828[a-g].html ENSLAVED ANCESTORS ABSTRACTED FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED BOOKS, 1746 - 1828 Bryant, Rowland to John Debow Murphey [son of his daughter Tabitha Murphey and her husband John G. Murphey] "...a certain Negro boy by the name of Green..." (DOG-1816, p. 183, book X) Fussell, John to William Murphy. "...a certain Negro man named Daniel about twenty five years old of a yellow complexion..." (BOS-1803, p. 243, book R) Gilliam, Leslie, administrator of John Ballard, deceased to William Murphey. "...man slave by the name of Tom about twenty years of age..." (BOS-1803, p. 281, book R) Samuel, Andrew to William Murphy [of Greene Co. AL] "...two Negroes named & called Adam & Isaac; Adam about eighteen years of age and Isaac about twenty one years of age... that Negro Isaac is to remain in the possession of the said Andrew during his life..." (BOS-1825, p. 406, book 2) http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/orange/school/unc1851.txt ORANGE COUNTY, NC - SCHOOLS - Graduates of the University of North Carolina, 1798-1851 1799 Archibald Debrow MURPHY 1801 William H. MURFEE 1802 William H. MURFEE 1821 William D. MURPHY 1823 Victor M. MURPHY 1848 Hardy MURFREE _________________________________________________ http://www.enoch.com/genealogy/Fulton.htm Fulton County, Kentucky Marriage Records Index January 1861 - March 1867 James R. Murphey Elizabeth A. Miles April 24 1865 ________________________ http://www.geocities.com:0080/Heartland/Meadows/8524/murphy.html Gabriel Murphy son of Gabriel Murphy Sr. Gabriel Murphey b. ca 1758 d. 1818 in Russell Co VA. married Nancy Clarissa Herndon/Harndon on 4 Feb. 1788 in Caswell Co. NC Nancy died 28 Dec. 1842 in Logan Co VA. Gabriel received land grants in Caswell Co NC and served in Lord Dunmore's War. He is in the Caswell Co NC census of 1790 & 1800. as well as earlier state censuses. Herndon Murphy is not a proven son of Gabriel but we do have some records linking them. So the possibility is there however we have a death record that states his father was John.b. ca 1799 in Logan Co VA. d. 17 Jan. 1854 on Tug River of white swelling at age 55. Wife: Mary (Polly), will probated Feb. 1855. Will Book 3, p. 174. Devises his property as follows: To his wife, Polly; to his sons, John and Henry; to two daughters (names not mentioned)One named Margaret. Death certificate indicates Herndon's father was John Murphy of Logan Co., VA. Henry was in Company "H", 22 Va Calvalry in Civil War _____________________________- http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen035.htm NAME: Murphey, James PENSION #: S16683 COUNTY: Hawkins UNIT: 31st Inf. NAME: Murphey, John Coleman. WIDOW: Murphey, Mary PENSION #: W10324 COUNTY: Robertson NAME: Murphey, John Wesley PENSION #: S732 COUNTY: Houston UNIT: 14th Inf. NAME: Murphy, D.F. PENSION #: S2275 COUNTY: Warren UNIT: 4th Cav. NAME: Murphy, H.C. PENSION #: S13964 COUNTY: Robertson UNIT: 18th Inf. NAME: Murphy, Isah Franklin. WIDOW: Murphy, Sarah Lucinda PENSION #: W841 COUNTY: Marshall NAME: Murphy, J.K.P. PENSION #: S10860 COUNTY: Rutherford UNIT: 2nd Ala. Inf. NAME: Murphy, J.K.P. WIDOW: Murphy, Fannie PENSION #: W5112 COUNTY: Rutherford NAME: Murphy, J.W. PENSION #: S1123 COUNTY: Houston UNIT: 14th Inf. NAME: Murphy, Jeremiah PENSION #: S120 COUNTY: Jefferson UNIT: 2nd Inf. NAME: Murphy, Jerry PENSION #: S762 COUNTY: Jefferson UNIT: 2nd (Walker's) Inf. NAME: Murphy, John Milton. WIDOW: Murphy, Molly Grace PENSION #: W10828 COUNTY: Shelby NAME: Murphy, John S. PENSION #: S7239 COUNTY: Smith UNIT: 4th (McLemore's) Cav. NAME: Murphy, John S. WIDOW: Murphy, Malissa PENSION #: W3472 COUNTY: Smith NAME: Murphy, John Wesley. WIDOW: Murphy, Martha Ann PENSION #: W849 COUNTY: Houston NAME: Murphy, Miles PENSION #: S10389 COUNTY: Rutherford UNIT: 21st (Carter's) Cav. NAME: Murphy, Moses PENSION #: S284 COUNTY: Madison UNIT: 6th Inf. NAME: Murphy, Moses. WIDOW: Murphy, Mary PENSION #: W1308 COUNTY: White NAME: Murphy, Robert S. PENSION #: S1561 COUNTY: Obion UNIT: 12th Ky. Inf. NAME: Murphy, William G. WIDOW: Murphy, Martha Francis PENSION #: W614 COUNTY: Robertson ______________________________________________ http://web.utk.edu/~ddonahue/decatur/bethel.htm BETHEL CEMETERY This cemetery is located on Liberty Road south of Scotts Hill. It is indicated near the upper left corner of the U.S.G.S. Thurman quadrangle (1972). Bethel is an old cemetery. The cemetery is still in use but is full. There are probably over 100 unmarked and fieldstone marked graves. This cemetery was recorded December 27, 1995. The cemetery was recorded by Blanche Tuten on March 28, 1976. Her record appears in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records by the Captain Nathaniel A. Wesson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, pp. 54-59. This is referred to as UDC transcription in the notes below. MURPHEY Louisa, 10/2/1825-5/22/1896 MURPHY James C., 1920-1979, "Father," military marker as footstone "US Army"; dates on military marker 6/22/1920-5/6/1979 John H., 10/31/1879-3/14/1960, "Father" footstone Martha K. Tye, 1796-after 1860 [replacement]/Daniel H., 1796-after 1850, "Son of Daniel Murphy, Sr., A.R.W.V., B. 1763 D. After 1840" Mary A., 5/1/1842-6/14/1921, "Mother"/T. J., 1/11/1838-1/22/1918, "Father" Sarah Murphy O'Neal, 1884-1971, "Descendant of Daniel Murphy A.R.W.V. b. N.C. 1763" [see O'Neal] _____________________________ http://www.familyhistoryhouse.com/Research/Murphree/david.htm Need to see Daniel Murphree's will, Chatham Co. NC 10 Nov 1769. [interesting Murphree research, could be connected. Could this David Murphree be uncle of William Benton Murphey? Murphree changed to Murphrey to Murphey to Murphy- David from Daniel in NC to SC to TN to AL] ______________ http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Fagan_Gowen.htm iii. ?Randall/ Randolph, born say 1765, a "poor Mulatto" ordered bound out in Isle of Wight County on 5 August 1773. He was ordered bound out to someone else on 7 May 1778 when he complained that John Murphey was misusing him [Orders 1772-80, 164, 421]. He was head of a Hertford County household of 3 "other free" in Captain Lewis' District in 1800, 6 in 1810 [NC:725], and 9 "free colored" in Northampton County in 1820 [NC:230]. _____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/granville/census/1810/ gran1810.txt GRANVILLE COUNTY, NC - CENSUS - 1810 Census Index Copyright 1994 by S-K Publications, genie@skpub.com This file was contributed for non-commercial, non-exclusive use in the USGenWeb Archives. This file is a surname index to the original, handwritten records on the census microfilm.The handwritten census is also available in book form from S-K Publicationshttp://www.skpub.com/genie/ MURPHY 130-140 _______________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rutherford/deeds/deed m2.txt Rutherford County, NC Deed Index "M" (cont.) - 1779-1917 Murphy, James / Alexander, William / Deed/29-31/426/1818 Murphy, Archibald / Martin, Thomas / Shf D/32-33/376/1821 Murphy, Archey / Howel, John / Deed/34/59/1822 Murphy, Archibald / Howell, John / Deed/34/63/1822 __________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/robeson/census/1790fa y.txt 1790 NC Robeson county Fayette district 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families 2nd #free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females and head of families 4th # all other free persons 5Th #slaves Murphy, William.................................1-0-0-0-0 pg 49 b Murphy, Edward...............................2-3-3-0-0 p 48c Murphy, Duncan................................1-0-0-0-0 p 48b Murphy, Arch'd..................................2-3-4-0-0 p48b Murphy, Niel.....................................1-3-5-0-0 p48 Murphy, Edward.................................3-2-3-0-0 ___________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/ncmarr/guilfmar.txt "MURPHY","Timothy","BALLARD","Milley",4,"January",1774,"Guilford Co.","NC" "MURPHY","Joseph","CHADWICK","Betty",16,"November",1774,"Guilf ord Co.","NC" "MURPHY","John","CARR","Margaret",5,"November",1786,"Guilford Co.","NC" _____________________________ other NC county censuses with Murphys (seems to be at least 1 William and 1 James in every census of every county) http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/cumberland/census/179 0/1790fay.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/surry/census/1790cens. txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/burke/census/1800/pg0 0766.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/anson/census/1790/179 0ansa.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/sampson/census/fay17 90.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/craven/census/crav179 0.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/franklin/census/frnk17 90.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/caswell/census/1790/17 90cswl.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/burke/census/1800/ind ex.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/chatham/census/1790/1 790chat.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/burke/census/morgandi s.txt (1790) http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rutherford/census/ruth1 800.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/granville/census/1810/ gran1810.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/hertford/census/1810/h rtfrd10.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/chatham/census/1810/c hat1810.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/wilkes/census/1820/wil kes20.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/richmond/census/1790/ 1790rich.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/census/nc/rockingham/17 90/pg0525.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/pitt/census/1790/1790c ensusPitt.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/pitt/census/1810/1810c ens.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/census/nc/ashe/1810/pg00 010.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/anson/census/1810/ans 1810.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/lincoln/census/1790/17 90cens.txt http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/halifax/census/178500 01.txt [lists John, James and Edward Murphy] http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/halifax/census/178200 01.txt [lists John, James, Edward, and William Murphy] _______________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/stokes/census/1810/pg 000135.txt Murphy David2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 00 0 Bever Island District (2 boys under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 girl under 10, 1 female 26-45) __________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/stokes/census/1820/pg 00353.txt Murphy David 11110121020 0 3 males to 10, 10-16,16-18,18-26,26-45, 45+; females to 10, 10-16, 16- 26,26-45,45+; 3 in agriculture ________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/census/nc/stokes/1830/pg 00261.txt Murphy David 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 male 10-15, 1 m 50-60, 2F 15-20, 1 F 50-60 no slaves _______________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/stokes/census/1790sals. txt 1790 census North Carolina Stokes County Salisbury District 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families 2nd #free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females and head of families 4th # all other free persons 5th # slaves Murphy, Stephen....................1 1 3 0 0 ___________________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/census/nc/stokes/1830/pg 00269.txt MurphySamuel 1 Male under 5, 1 20-30, 1 F 15-20 ______________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/robeson/census/1790fa y.txt Fayette District, Robeson County, NC - 1790 Census 1st # free white male of 16 years and upward including heads of families 2nd # free white males under 16 years 3rd # free white females including heads of families 4th # all other free persons 5th # slaves Murphy, Edward.................................3-2-3-0-0 Murphy, Niel.....................................1-3-5-0-0 Murphy, Arch'd..................................2-3-4-0-0 Murphy, Duncan................................1-0-0-0-0 Murphy, Edward...............................2-3-3-0-0 Murphy, William.................................1-0-0-0-0 ______________________ ______________ ________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/dobbs/taxlists/dobbs2.t xt 1769 Tax List - Dobbs County, NC MURPHY John son William2 MURPHY Michael 1 MURPHY John Jr. Anthony Lewis 2 _____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rowan/cemeteries/ncce mho.txt North Carolina Cemeteries - List from GNIS Search engine Feature Name St County Type Latitude Longitude 7.5' x 7.5' Map ------------------- -- -------------- ------ -------- --------- --------------- Murphy CemeteryNC Sampson cemete 343946N 0781340W Harrells Murphy CemeteryNC Carteret cemete 344721N 0762757W Davis Murphy CemeteryNC Johnston cemete 354011N 0781928W Flowers ________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/greene/bibles/gre0002.t xt GREENE CO, NC BIBLE - MATTHEW H. CARR File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Martha Marble mmarble@erols.com Matthew H. Carr and Sally R. Murphy was married June 24 A.D. 1819 ______________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/pasquotank/wills/estind 2.txt PASQUOTANK COUNTY, NC ESTATE RECORDS C.R. 075.508.110 Murphy, Joseph 1778 Murphy, Mary 1857 Murphy, William C. 1854 (also Charles W. Brothers) Murphy, William 1807 __________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rutherford/cemeteries/ murphy.txt MURPHY CEMETERY Rutherford County, NC Recorded April 20, 1980 Turn off Bill's Creek Road (SR 1008) on to Cedar Creek Road (SR 1312), go 2.3 miles, turn right on to Conner Road (SR 1316) for about 75 yards. The graves are on the left at the top of a hill in wooded area.In the Bill's Creek Community , Rt. 1, Lake Lure, NC. A thank you to Miles Philbeck, Bulletin Editor for The Genealogical Society Of Old Tryon County for giving us permission to use this survey. From Bulletin of Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County August 1996. There are 10 graves with fieldstones. Only has an inscription- A M 4 1843 _____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/cumberland/cemeteries/ jomurfac.txt CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC - CEMETERY - John Murphy Family Cemetery JOHN MURPHY FAMILY CEMETERY Located about 2 miles southwest of Wade in Eastover Township. From U.S. Route 301, northwest 0.45 miles on S.R. 1719 (Rich Walker Road), south 30 yards in edge of woods. Partially fenced. Abandoned. 1. James Wright Murphy 17 Nov 1830 - 10 Apr 1861 2. Thomas Wright Murphy 20 Jan 1830 - 16 Oct 1846 3. Charity Wright Murphy 2 Jan 1791 - 1 May 1873 4. Jennet Howie Murphy 10 Jun 1782 - 14 Sep 1819 5. John Murphy 8 Dec 1781 - 6 Dec 1865 __________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rutherford/deeds/deedb .txt Bedford, Jonas / Murphy, James / Deed/22-23/173/1804 Bedford, Jonas, Jr. / Murphy, James / Deed/22-23/327/1805 ___________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/military/1812roll.txt [several Murphys listed in war of 1812] MEMORANDA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE DETACHED MILITIA OF 1814 WERE CALLED INTO SERVICE AT NORFOLK, IN VIRGINIA, BY ORDERS ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER, 1814, TOWIT: GRANVILLE, WAKE, JOHNSON, FRANKLIN, WARREN, HALIFAX, SOUTHAMPTON, NASH, EDGECOMBE, MARTIN, BERTIE, HERTFORD, GATES, CHATHAM, ORANGE AND PERSON. ___________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/orange/wills/whitted05. txt ORANGE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Henry Whitted - 29 July 1824 Secondly, I give to my sister Eliza Jane Murphy my old family servant Will whom I bought at the sale of my mother's estate. ....unto my sister Eliza Jane Murphy & unto my brother James' children, William Nash Whitted & Thomasina Mary Whitted their heirs to be divided in the manner following that is to say, my sister to have one half of it & my nephew & niece the other half between them share & share alike. _____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/caswell/marriages/las00 01.txt NC Marriage Bond Caswell Co., NC Gabriel Murphy Jr. to Clarey Hearndon 4 February 1788 Transcribed by Sandra Lake Lassen, 1997 slassen@infoave.net From copy received from NC Archives, Dec. 1995 Know all men by these presents that we, Gabrial Murphey Junr & Nimrod McIntosh ~~ are held and firmly bound unto This Equally Saml. Johnston Esqr Govr in the Just and full Sum of five Hundred pounds to be paid unto the said Saml Johnston Esq his Successors & Assigns To the which payment is well and Truly To be made we bind ourselves and Heirs Exetrs and Assigns (Equally?) and Severally firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals and dated this 4th day of February anno Dom 1788 The Condition of This Obligaton is such that Whereas the above bounder Gabrial Murphey Jun. hath this day of the date hereof Obtained a License to be Joyned in Holy Matrimony with Clarey Hearndon & Therefore there Should be no Lawfull Impedement why the said Gabriel Murphey & Clarey Hearndon Should not be Joyned Together in Holy Matrimony then the above Obligation to be void Otherwise to remain in full fource & effect Signd Sealed & Delivered A. Murphey gabrill murphy Nimrod x Mcintosh his mark Compiler: Sandra Lake Lassen, 1499 Lakeside Dr., West Jefferson, NC 28694 internet: slassen@infoave.net ______________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/caswell/deeds/las0003.t xt Page 1 No. 1134 County Caswell Name: Murphey, Gabriel Acres: 450 Grant No.:1093 Issued: 27O Nov. 1793 Book No. 81 Page No. 260 Location: On Linches Creek ________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rockingham/church/roc kchr.txt Matrimony Creek Baptist Church Records May 17, 1794: William Murphy Sept. 1776 Members: John Murphy and wife Margret Nov. 19, 1814 Archibald Murphy __________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/richmond/census/1779t axe.txt RICHMOND COUNTY TAX LISTS 1779-1838 James Murphy Estate 300 John Murphy 400 __________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/wayne/voterlist/1779.tx t Wayne County, NC - 1779 Voter List (Old Dobbs) File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts It Was Not Easy To Vote in 1779 Kinston Daily Free Press Friday - November 2, 1962, Page 10 In 1779 the outlook for the success of the American Revolution had grown very dim. This year and the next were to be the darkest hours for the patriots. Kinston, the home town of Governor Richard Caswell, had become the de facto capital of the new State. Here the State's Board of War usually met in secret sessions. Sometimes the Council of State met here. Sessions of the General Assembly, being more a matter of public knowledge, usually were convened at larger and more heavily guarded towns. While the name of the town was changed from Kingston to Kinston by law in 1784, already by 1779 the patriots were calling it Kinston in derision of the King of England from whose title the original name derived. The vote in the general election in 1779 required the highest patriotic conviction. If the Revolutionary cause failed, each of these voters would be marked as among the rankest seditionists. For these were the men of Dobbs County who closest held to heart the pledge of the Declaration of Independence, the pledge of "our sacred honor." This list of Dobbs voters is complete but does not complete her roll of honor, for there were those who were away with the armies in the field and the women whose names do not appear on this list. Still, these are the fathers and brothers and staunch supporters of those who fought, and each of them deserves to be remembered. Even to those whose resolute patriotism stilled all fear of the possibility of danger in defeat, to vote was no easy matter. The voting place was at the old Dobbs County Courthouse erected near Walnut Creek about midway between present LaGrange and Goldsboro. Dobbs County included practically all of the areas now comprised in Lenoir, Greene and Wayne Counties, and it was from these areas that the voters came on horseback to cast the vote of freemen in a __ State. Because of the distances, the polls were open for two days, March 10th and 11th. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA At an election of one Senator and Two Members of the House of Commons to Represent the county of Dobbs held at the Court House the 10th and 11th of March, 1779, the following persons voted for Members of the House of Commons to wit: ..... Murphy, Jethro Murphy, John ...... _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/ncmarr/orangmar.txt OrangeCo.NC Marriage Records "MURPHY","Solo","GUION","Betsy",29,"October",1781,"Orange Co.","NC" _______________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/census/nc/stokes/1810/pg 000135.txt FREE WHITE MALES FREE WHITE FEMALES ALL Hand 10 16 2610 16 26 OTHERS Stamped Written HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD un to to to ovun to to to ov EXCEPT Pg# Ln# Pg#Last Name First Name 10 16 26 45 4510 16 26 45 45 INDIANS SLAVES DISTRICTS 138 31 589 Murphy David 2 0 0 1 01 0 0 1 0 00 Bever Island District _______________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/cumberland/court/court pl.txt CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS 1800-A list of people attending the estate sale of Daniel Campbell, deceased. John McKethan, Absalom Stricklin, Stephen Anderson, Henry King, Malcom Colquhoun, Molly Smith, John Campbell, John McQueen, John Colquhoun James McNeill, Gilbert McIntyre, Robert Norris, James Murphy, Colin Campbell, John Leathers and Hector Stewart. Estate Records 1758/1930 _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rockingham/vitals/jone s01.txt ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NC - VITALS - Jones Family Death Certificates Caroline Mansfield 5/5/1856 n.d. (63 yr. old) Spouse : (Widowed) Parents: John Murphy Caroline Murphy _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rutherford/census/1810 lz.txt 1810 M610 MURPHEY James M-252 042 118 NdRcd 1810 M610 MURPHY James M-252 042 120 NdRcd _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/craven/land/phillipsfam D.txt CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - Deeds - PHILLIPS FAMILY COLLECTION. BOOK 2l a. p 54 - 4 Feb l769 - John Peters (or) Jacob Blount (ee) FO Joseph Hardy (?) Pat l759 - road to Peter's Ferry - on Contenney - both sides of Grindal Creek - adj William Nunn - l45 ac - wit William Murphy, William Dubarly _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/orange/vitals/grooms4.t xt GroomBride Date of Bond Witness Wason, Alex. Nancy Murphey 14 Jan. 1799 David McCauless Whitmore, JesseSarah Murphy 6 Dec. 1795 Qulla Starrberry ____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/orange/vitals/grooms3.t xt GroomBride Date of Bond Witness Murfey, Thomas Nancy Graves 8 aug. 1783 Stephen Marit Murphey, Arch. Jeany Scott4 Nov. 1801 And. Flinn Murphey, Arch. Hannah Scott 13 Sept. 1830 Alex. Allen Murphey, Jonathan Elziabeth Whitted 15 May 1834 Wm. Murphey Murphey, Wm. Elizabeth Whitted 22 Oct. 1823 Thomas Scott Murphy, Martin Polly Smith9 Feb. 1805 John McDade Murphy, Thomas C. Hannah McIntire 10 June 1789 --- ----- ______________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/hyde/misc/hydemove.t xt McGOWANS: John B, McGowan William Magowne lived in St. Mary's Co., MD before moving to Perquimans Co., NC. He may have been the son, or grandson, of John Mackgowen, one of 90 servants transported on the Batchelor of Bristoll in Nov., 1674 from Bristol, England to St. Mary's, MD. The surnames of many of the other servants transported indicate Irish origin, i.e. O'Neil, O'Reilly, Roark, Murphy, Raney, etc. and more than twenty Mack's. ____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/mecklenburg/vitals/mar riage/meckmarr.txt JAMESONIsaacMURPHY Alice 5 Mar 1825 MURPHY Archibald McKENNEYMary30 Mar 1798 _______________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/guilford/church/brick.t xt GUILDFORD COUNTY, NC INDEX OF BRICK CHURCH RECORDS 1773 - 1820 MURPHYJohn Wm. Jr., 111 _________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/burke/census/morgandi s.txt 1792 - 1793 RICHMOND COUNTY SHERIFF'S TAX BOOK John Murphy (listed) ____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/orange/vitals/bonds181 9.txt Orange County NC Marriage Bonds Murphy, William Susan Hart 13 Sept. 1819 David Clark [w[ Jos. A. woods _____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rowan/court/sammons.t xt Power of Attorney - Braxton Sammons to Groves Sammons State of North Carolina, Rowan County} I John Murphy one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County do certify that John Giles is Clerk of our Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Rowan, and that all due faith and credit is due and ought to be paid to his offical act.Salisbury 6th February 1815. J.Murphy J.P. (Seal) ____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/guilford/newspapers/ti mesg07.txt April 20, 1861 Died: In Cumberland county, on the 10th instant, James W. Murphy, aged 33 years. ___________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/greene/court/edwshepe dw.txt GREENE COUNTY, NC - COURT - Edwards vs. Shepherd and Edwards, 1817. North Carolina Supreme Court, Case #1024: Winnefred Edwards -vs.- Shepherd and Edwards, 1817. Abstracted from the originals in the NC Archives, and contributed by Roger Kammerer and Elizabeth Ross. Col. Thomas Edwards died without issue in 1816 in Greene Co., NC, when he was shot and killed by a slave. His widow brought suit, in 1817, against the heirs of Thomas, as represented by administrator James Glascow SHEPHERD. Winnefred was engaged in the latter part of 1808 to be married to Col. Thomas Edwards, and was married January 1809. He died in 1816 and left no children. The court case listed the heirs: Theophilus Edwards, brother of Thomas Henry Edwards, brother of Thomas John HEATH and wife Sally, dau. of dec'd. bro. of Thomas, of Washington Co., GA Blaney HARPER and Elizabeth wife, sister of Thomas Edwards Molly HILL of Lenoir Co., NC, sister of Thomas Edwards Nancy SHEPPARD of Pitt Co., NC, sister of Thomas Edwards William MURPHY and wife Polly, dau. of dec'd. bro. of Thomas, of Washington Co., GA Children of dec'd. bro. of Thomas [not clear if same as above, or a different bro.]: Thomas Edwards John Edwards Isaac Edwards William Edwards Dempsey Edwards Sally Edwards Nancy Edwards Absala Edwards Joel ALTMAN and wife Elizabeth of Wayne Co., NC Benjamin HARDEE and Polly wife Children of Zilpha STANLY, a dec'd. sister of Thomas Edwards; all of South Carolina: John Stanly William Stanly Thomas Stanly James Stanly Mary Stanly Zilphia Stanly Elizabeth Stanly Sarah Stanly Matthew Stanly __________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/lenoir/records/jhbryan.t xt 2. WHITCHARD vs WILLIAMS NOTE: This appears to be Greene County according to the names - first names are not given WHITCHARD married WILLIAM'S daughter - WILLIAMS caused a separation - several people gave depositions - MRS. CROOM was present at the wedding about 1822 - WILLIAMS living in Washington Co, Georgia but was in NC that day and did not attend the wedding - MRS. WHITCHARD went to Georgia 2 years later --- she left her father & lived with her first (sic) husband --- WHITCHARD tried to cut her throat Depositions given (none attached) by HY BEST, ROBIN BEST, SHAD DIXON, THO. HOUSE, WM. MURPHY, WM. MOORE, MARY WILLAIMS, OBED DIXON, JAS GRIMSLEY There was a child _____________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/ships/forbay.txt Letter from Stephen Moore and John Barnwell to General N. Greene (From North Carolina State Records) PRISON SHIP FORBAY, CHARLES TOWN HARBOUR, 18th Mary, 1781 We have the honor of inclosing (sic) you a copy of a letter from Colonel balfour commandant of Charlestown, which was handed us immediately on our being put on board this ship. The letter speaking for itself needs no comment; your wisdom will best dictate the notice it merits. We just beg leave to observe that should it fall to the lot of all, or any of us, to be made victims, agreeable to the menaces therein contained, we have only to regret that our blood cannot be disposed of more to the advancement of the glorious cause to hwich we have adhered. A separate Roll of our names attends this letter. With the greatest respect, we are, Sir, Your most obedient and most H'ble Servants, STEPHEN MOORE, Lieut. Colo. No. Carolina Militia JOHN BARNWELL, Major So. Carolina Militia For ourselves and one hundred and thirty other Prisoners. To Major Gen'l N. Greene FORBAY PRISON SHIP, CHARLES TOWN, HARBOUR, 18th May, 1781 Roll of the Militia Prisoners on board said Ship: ............. Murphy, William............. (Note: These were doubtless prisoners mostly of the battle of Camden, Aug, 1780. Those of the two States cannot be separated, but the list is of interest in itself. - Ed.) ________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/bute/misc/safety1.txt Bute County Safety Committee Meeting Minutes 1775 - 1776 APPENDIX II Oaths of Allegiance to North Carolina Pittman Papers marked Misc. County Records 1774-1804 Before Captain Matthew Thomas Arthur Murphy James Murphy Morgan Murphy ______________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/lenoir/wills/sparrott.txt WILL, CODICIL, AND ESTATE INVENTORY OF SIMON PARROTT Note: Simon B. Parrott was born 5 November, 1776, in Dobbs County, NC. He was one of five sons (probably the youngest) of John Parrott (ca. 1730-1791) and Elizabeth Oxley (ca. 1740-1820/30), who had moved in the 1760's from Bertie County, NC, to that part of Dobbs County included in present-day Lenoir. He may have been named for a neighbor of the family, Capt. Simon Bright (ca 1734-1776), a prominent colonial official and an early patriot of the American Revolution, who died about the time Simon Parrott was born. Around 1803, Simon married Bramley Murphrey, born 6 September, 1785, the daughter of Jethro Murphrey (b. 1755) and Penelope Ward (b. 1766), and the grand-daughter of Capt. John Murphrey (d. 1776) and Elizabeth (Harrison?) (d. 1788), prominent residents of colonial Dobbs who moved to the region from Virginia in the 1740's and settled at "Beare Garden," a plantation near the site of present-day Snow Hill. Between 1804 and 1822, Simon and Bramley Parrott had nine children. notes J. E. Murphy $2 25/100 Aug 22 1858 Not Good D. R. Murphy 10 66/100 Not Good __________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/burke/bios/brkbios4.txt Col. WALTON... married ELIZA MURPHY (daughter of JOHN MURPHY and MARGARET AVERY) on Dec. 28, 1837 at "Willow Hill," which house is still standing near Canoe Creek (in 1924). ___________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/greene/records/glasgow V1793.txt voting record for John Murphy ____________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/caswell/wills/terrel01.tx t Caswell County, N.C. - WILLS - Abstracts for TERRELL Family Caswell County, NC Will written 8 Feb 1814 Proved July Court 1814 Page 21 John TERRELL wife: Ann TERRELL sons Jonathan TERRELL, Joseph TERRELL, James TERRELL daughters: Peggy TERRELL, Fanny TERRELL, Mary TERRELL, Lucy MURPHEY, Betsy HERNDON, Patsy MURPHEY, Sally MURPHEY, and Isabella MOORE Exe: sons Jonathan and James TERRELL Test: Isaac RAINEY, John CURRIE, and Betsy RAINY ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Caswell County, NC Will Book M written 5 July 1831 Proved 1832 Frances TERRELL Young James MURPHEY's wife sister: Lucey MURPHEY sister: Patsey MURPHEY sister: Salley MURPHEY sister: Mersy NELSON sister: Isabel MOORE brother: Jonathan TERRELL brother: James TERRELL Exec: brother James TERRELL Wit: Jonathan TERELL Sr and Jonathan TERELL Jr ________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/greene/wills/murpheye. txt Elizabeth Murphey will: copy found in the Frederick Lee Edwards Collection. Elizabeth Murphrey's will 25 Oct.1788 John Murphrey was registered as a taxpayer in Dobbs County, NC in 1769.John Murphrey died in 1776. Elizabeth Harrison Murphrey and John Murphrey became the parents of Jethro Murphrey in NC, March 1755. She made a will in Dobbs County, NC 25Oct. 1788. EVENT TEXT: "In the Name of The Most Holy Lord-Amen- I, Elizabeth Murphrey of the parish of St Patricks, Dobbs County State of North Carolina, being possessed of an ancient form but still retaining my right mind do here by make & Ordain this to be my last will and Testament in the manner following to wit: It is my first desire that these old bones of mine be taken from the place of my Demize to the graveyard hill on the Beare Garden plantation whereon I live & there be layd to rest beside my late husband & children. It is also my desire that my body be given a proper burial in the rights of the church of England which is the Faith to which I still adhere despite the pursecution of that Faith brot about by the late Unpleasant War. I ask that Revered Master Cuttin of Newbern be brot to this place to preach over my Mortal remains and for my Soul as there has not been a priest in this parish since the late war against the King. I grant all my lands in Dobbs County including the plantation whereon I live on Contentne river to my son John Murphrey only if he sell the place whereon he now lives to one of his brothers and moves to this place. He is also to get all my other property, both real and personal, save for some few items herein listed, including all my slaves to the number of 20 (except the mulatter girl Phebe) and is to sell what of them he deems necessary and the money arising from the sale to be added to that receved from the sell of his plantation and both sums be used to bring him & his family up out of the debts which he has occasioned of late by his late run of bad investments. I pray most earnestly that from this point on he learn to live a sober and industrious life in which frugality and good sence play a major part. It is my desire that my daughter in law, Polly Murphrey, for all the past favors she has showed me have my riding chair & harness, my mare called Sugar Lumpe and 1 ladies saddle.Also all my deft ware and all my jewelry and plate not otherwise devised. My son Jethro Murphrey is to have my picture which hangs in the dining room and the one of himself which is in the upper Hall and he is not to bother the pictures of myself and my late husband in the parlour or those of his grandparents in the lower hall, it being my desire that they go to my son John's children. He is also to have the Deerhall Track in Dobbs County on Louson Swamp adjoining Sugg and Howard. His wife Penny is to have the 3 Great enamaled Chargers and the bed and furniture which stands in the second best bedroom. Also the four silver bowls and the 12 dessart spoons marked EM & the diamond necklise & Drps. My grandson Ben Murphrey is to get one half of my books and my grandson William Murphrey the other half. My Sugg grandchildren are to have L 50 each and their mother to have the pictures of herself & her husband and the Landskap that hangs in the back parlour with what I have already given her. My daughter Nancy Caswell and her Heirs are to have the track of woodlands at Sandy Bottom adjoining Croom and the river & my mulatter girl Phebe, she to be extempt from those given to my son John. All my other heirs are to have each a lock of my hair & L 10. The picture of my daughter Lany is to be sent to Mr. Frederic Dickson of Rainbow who was much enamored of her while she lived. I hereby appoint my son John Murphrey and Mr. Murphrey DIckson the Executors to this my last will & Testament revoking all those I may have written. Signed sealed delivered & published by my own hand & in the presence of these wittnessed this 25 day of October in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eightyeight. Elizabeth Murphrey _______________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/rowan/vitals/rowmarr1. txt Ridings , James - Susannah Griggs (Green)(Consent of Joseph Murphey) 05-12-1768 _____________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/orange/vitals/whitted15 .txt Elizabeth *William Murphey 10/22/1823 _______________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/pittsylvania/census/hof h1782.txt 1782 Census of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Head of Household White Black Murphey, George 7 _______________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/fredericksburg/court/dc 1806.txt STYLE : Wisharts vs Murphey COMMENT : Damages for unauthorized used of plaintiffs land. PLAINTIFF(s) : William Wishart; Sidney Wishart DEFENDANT(s) : William Murphey PLACES MENTIONED : Stafford; King George REMARK(s) : Deed - Robert Turberville Waugh to William Murphey - 1791 @ CITATION : Wisharts vs Murphey / 1806? / CR-DC-L / 571-115 _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/misc/irishva.txt IRISH IMMIGRANTS TO VA 1760 Richard Murphey 400 Halifax ___________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/buckingham/misc/1785 petn.txt Residents Petition to VA House of Delegates, 1785 - Buckingham Co. VA Tho Jr [?] Murphey Joseph [?] Murphey _________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/va/princessanne/history/mi sc0002.txt Slave Owners in Princess Anne County, VA; William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1 in 1810 William Murphey 8 ______________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/tn/blount/cemeteries/carpe nt.txt Murphy, James P. Aug. 20, 1849 Apr. 3, 1925 FATHER Murphy, Mary J. Aug. 4, 1845July 03, 1924 MOTHER Murphy, Coy M. Aug. 1, 1896July 08, 1984 Happily Married 41 years Murphy, Lucy A. Oct. 29, 1898 Jan. 25, 1988 Murphy, J. Arthur Nov. 12, 1885 Dec. 28, 1901 Murphy, Nellie F. Aug. 14, 1903 Jan. 2, 1941 Murphy, Bart Lee Aug. 11, 1899 Sept. 11, 1985 Murphy, Ruel A. July 1, 1876Oct. 18, 1901 Murphy, John C. May 18, 1873Dec. 12, 1953 FATHER Murphy, Evelyn May 25, 1875Apr. 12, 1951 MOTHER _________________________________ http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/tn/blount/vitals/blountm.tx t MURPHY, Caroline marr. CRUSE, Pryor on 10-AUG-1853 MURPHY, Cynthea marr. MCGHEE, Joseph on 09-JAN-1826 MURPHY, Elizabeth C marr. CAVEN, James W on 27-FEB-1834 MURPHY, Isaac A marr. DELOZIER, Elizabethon 03-OCT-1839 MURPHY, James marr. MCCARROLL, Maryon 02-SEP-1824 MURPHY, James marr. SMITH, Maryon 13-FEB-1831 MURPHY, James marr. WALKER, Maryon 02-OCT-1816 MURPHY, Janemarr. COLTER, Wm on 19-JUL-1846 MURPHY, Johnmarr.JOHNSON, Sally on 27-JAN-1846 MURPHY, Marymarr.BRADLEY, William on 24-JUN-1799 MURPHY, Mary C marr. HENRY, Samuel on 21-FEB-1850 MURPHY, Rebecca marr. CUPP, George on 07-SEP-1824 MURPHY, Sally marr. JULIAN, Johnon 05-AUG-1831 MURPHY, W C marr. MCBATH, Luretta on 10-SEP-1858 _________________________ Nelson, Jodi L., ed. Portland Oregon Death Index, 1915-1924, Part 1, 2 & 3 of 4. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. Nelson, Jodi L., ed. Portland Oregon Death Index, 1915-1924, Part Two.[database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. Taken from a microfilm copy of Oregon Death Index, Portland, 1915-1924, A-Z at the Oregon State Archives in Salem, Reel # 297, Film #5000001. The Oregon State Vital Statistics Department compiled the original death index. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?db=portlandor1915&gs=hendrix&query=hendrix&DatabaseID=4 479&Title=Portland%2C+Oregon+Deaths%2C+1915- 24&DatabaseName=portlandor1915&SearchEngine=sse.dll&Server=search &Type=F Database: Portland, Oregon Deaths, 1915-24 Combined Matches: 3 Surname GivenName Month Day Year CertificateNumber HENDRIX FredM 8 6 1917 1403 HENDRIX MaryA 5 8 1919 1573 HENDRIX William 1 10 1924 115 _________________________ 1790 NC census Subject: the Murpheys Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:15:40 EDT From: MarniBugQuilts@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Gabriel Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Warren Image: 0056 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Warren Image: 0056 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Gabriel Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Warren Image: 0056 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Wilm Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Burke Image: 0060 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Jas Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Burke Image: 0061 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Jno Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Lincoln Image: 0079 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Jonathan Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Guilford Image: 0285 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Samuel Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Iredell Image: 0550 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Mecklenburg Image: 0536 Township: -0528 Roll: M637_7 John Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Mecklenburg Image: 0541 Township: -0528 Roll: M637_7 Fenla Murphey View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: New Hanover Image: 0374 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:13:55 EDT From: MarniBugQuilts@aol.com To: murphy@tiaer.tarleton.edu Mark I am more than happy to do this for you as I research Maury County Ritchie's and one of them married a Murphy. So it's always possible that you will run into information you can then share with me! John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Anson Image: 0443 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Daniel Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Anson Image: 0448 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Anson Image: 0448 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Cumberland Image: 0398 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Cumberland Image: 0399 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 James Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Cumberland Image: 0399 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Thomas Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Cumberland Image: 0399 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Thomas C Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Cumberland Image: 0406 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Richmond Image: 0440 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Edward Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Robeson Image: 0419 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Niel Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Robeson Image: 0419 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Archd Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Robeson Image: 0420 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Duncan Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Robeson Image: 0421 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Edward Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Robeson Image: 0423 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Robeson Image: 0426 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 William Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Sampson Image: 0412 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Miles Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Sampson Image: 0415 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Richard Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Sampson Image: 0415 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Michael Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Sampson Image: 0415 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 William Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Franklin Image: 0034 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Nicholas Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Franklin Image: 0034 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 James Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Franklin Image: 0034 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Archibald Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Warren Image: 0056 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Archabell Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Chatham Image: 0127 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Silas Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Burke Image: 0062 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Mary Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Wilkes Image: 0094 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Edward Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Craven Image: 0570 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 William Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Craven Image: 0570 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Sarah Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Craven Image: 0572 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Jones Image: 0568 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Thomas Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Pitt Image: 0584 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Archibald Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Rockingham Image: 0302 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Miles Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Rockingham Image: 0302 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 William Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Rockingham Image: 0302 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 John Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Rockingham Image: 0304 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Stephen Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Stokes Image: 0317 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Richard Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Surry Image: 0293 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Joseph Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Surry Image: 0293 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 Joseph Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Surry Image: 0295 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 James Murphy View Image Online, State: NC Year: 1790 County: Surry Image: 0297 Township: Unknown Township Roll: M637_7 I'd appreciate it if you would not comment on the list that I am copying and sending out this information from Ancestry.com. . . .I'm sure they don't want me to give you all this and keep you from having to pay. . .but then, sharing is what it's all about. Marcia ________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-genforum/addforum.cgi?tn/maury MURPHEY - NC (who are their children?) Posted by: Wilma Liles Date: September 17, 2000 at 06:37:37 Seeking the children's names of the following people: 1.Gabriel Murphey & Clarey Hearndon 2.Barzel Murphey & Elizabeth Fury 3.Archilbald Murphey & Mary McKinney 4.Archilbald DeBow Murphey & ? Thanks for any help you can give! Wilma Liles sffansliles@aol.com ___________________________ Posted by: Stacey Murphy Wilner Date: September 17, 2000 at 17:58:56 In Reply to: Re: MURPHEY - NC (who are their children?) by Wilma Liles Hello again Wilma, Here is what I have: Gabriel Murphey b.1768 Caroline, VA d. 1818 Russell Co., VA Clarey Herndon b. 1772 Caroline, VA d. 1842 Logan Co., VA John Murphey b. 1794 marr. Jane Ferrell Nancy Jane Murphey b. 1799 marr. Henry Cline Edmond Murphey b. 1803 marr. Susannah Clevenger in 1821; Polly Shortridge 1840 Died est. 1859 (murdered participating in a boxing match--great story here) Rachel Murphey est. 1805 ? marr. John Smith in 1821; think she died by 1830 James Murphey ???? Clarey Murphey (the younger) ??? Wish I had more--perhaps someone will share with us...Stacey ____________________________ Posted by: Stacey Murphy Wilner Date: September 17, 2000 at14:23:18 In Reply to: MURPHEY - NC (who are their children?) byWilma Liles Hello Wilma! I have the children for Clarissa and Gabriel. They are as follows: John, Nancy Jane, Edmond, Rachel, James and Clarey(the younger). John and Nancy Jane have been proven and widely accepted, the rest are "newly" discovered, based on this document: Oct 5th 1819 - Russell Co. Court Law Book #6 pg. 145 Edmund Murphy and Rachel Murphy orphans of Gabriel Murphey deceased with the approbation of the court made choice of Clarey Murphey for their guardian who together with Richard Jackson, he security entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of one hundred dollars with condition according to law. The court doth assign Clarey Murphy guardian to James Murphey and Clarey Murphey the younger, who are children of Gabriel Murphey deceased and thereupon the said Clarey Murphey with Richard Jackson her security entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of one hundred dollars with condition according to law. End of record I sent this document to several genealogists who interpreted the term "orphan" in this case to mean children of Gabriel. Evidently, older children were considered "orphans" in the death of their father, and someone else other than their mother could be appointed guardian. Keep me posted if you find children, or a relationship between the others! ____________________________________ Thanks for all the info! I am looking for the parents of a Thomas J. Murphey born abt. 1810 TN, I think his parents are from the Caswell CO,NC clan that came to Robertson CO,TN. Thanks,Wilma Liles _________________ Re: Gabriel & Clarissa,m1771,Caswell NC kids Posted by: TLM Date: September 17, 2000 at 15:32:53 In Reply to: Gabriel & Clarissa,m1771,Caswell NC kids by bill eckess Hi Bill, Could you possibly be looking for Gabriel (II) Murphy who married Clarissa Herndon b. abt 1771? They were married in Caswell Co NC on 4 Feb 1788. If so, I don't have a son named Joseph for this couple, but he might be one I've missed. I have Gabe and Clarey's children as: John, Herndon, Nancy Jane, James, Edmund, Rachel, and Clarissa. Wonder if we're talking about the same folks here or if the names are only coincidence? _____ Re: Gabriel & Clarissa,m1771,Caswell NC kids Posted by: Bill Eckess Date: September 17, 2000 at 20:38:43 In Reply to: Re: Gabriel & Clarissa,m1771,Caswell NC kids by TLMTara, I found my ggg gm Martha Ector Murphey b 1997 Caswell Co. NC to Joseph Murphey b 15 Jun 1773 Charles Co. MD and Hannah Bracken b 28 Aug 1777 Charles Co. MD. Picked up three AmRev. direct relatives. Thanks. _____________________ http://genforum.genealogy.com/my/ (rutherford Co. TN genforum) Stephanie Jones Murphy Date: June 28, 2000 at 18:41:56 Looking for information on the following: Lived or living in Rutherford County, TN Ezekiel (1) ? (2) Louisa P. (went to Texas) Children of Exekiel & 1st wife Wayne Annie Caroline John:1800-1872 m Elizabeth Parrish 1816 ______________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MURPHY+1998+5546371+F [Note- this is weird, but might contain some valuable info on history-mm] Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 10:46:25 EDT From: To: MURPHY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <2e72eb71.3583e242@aol.com> Subject: [MURPHY-L] 138 generations of Murphy from Adam to BARROWS Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit This is what I was given, I am in process of verify the monarchs, plus adding newer generations..will email any changes I do..Hopefully this will help someone, or maybe somone can help me..or if any one has questions, I will answer as best as I can..slowly, I will send the info for each one has I type it..I am typing from a book, and with limited time, so please be patient.. 1. Adam 2. Seth 3. Enos 4. Cainan 5. Mahalaleel 6.Jared 7. Enoch 8. Methuselah 9.Lamech 10.Noah 11. Japhet 12. Magog 13.Baoth-given Scythia by father Magog 14. Phoeniusa Farsaidh or Fenius Farsa-King of Scythia (ancient parts of Europe and Asia, now in Russia) 15. Niul-in Aeothena in Assyrian empire. Invited to Egypt because of great learning, given land and Pharoah's daughter Scota. Their posterity Scots. 16. Caodhal (Gathelus) or Gaodhal-cured of snake bite by Moses laying on a serpent. left green scar, so "glas" was added to name. Given promise that no venemous snakes would infest his posterity's abode" 17. Asruth- lived in Egypt. Governed his colony in peace during his life. 18. Sruth- in Egypt till father's death. forced to leave. went to Creta (now Candia). 19. Heber Scut- Irish meaning Scot. Lived in Creta (Candia) till after father died. went to Scythia. 20. Beouman 21. Ogaman 22. Tait 23. Agnon- Took to sea 24. Lamhifionn-on the sea after his father's death. Druid directed them to Ireland. Landed. 25. Heber Glunfionn-born in Getulia. His descendants were Kings for 150 to 300 years. 26. Agnan Fionn-King in Gothia or Getulia 27. Febric Glas- King in Gothia or Getulia 28. Nenuall-King in Gothia or Getulia 29. Nuadhad-" " " " " 30. Alladh- " " " " " 31. Arcadh- " " " " " 32. Deag - " " " " " 33. Brath-born in Gothia. Due to Druid's predicition, went to Spain and settled a colony in Galicia. 34. Breoghan-King of Galicia (old Kingdom, Spain, now provinces of La Coruna, Lugo, Orense and Pontevedra). 35 Bile 36. Milesius- King of Spain 37 Heremon- He and his brother Heber, first Milesian monarchs of Ireland 1699 B.C. These Milesian monarchs possessed and enjoyed Ireland for 2,885 years. 38. Irial Faidh- 10th Monarch (Faidh meaning "prophet") 39. Eithrial-11th Monarch. Slain 1650 B.C. 40. Foll Aich 41. Tigernmas-13th Monarch. died 1543 B.C. (introduced image worship to Ireland) 42. Enboath 43. Smiomghall 44. Fiacha Labhrainn-18th Monarch. died 1448 B.C. 45. Aongus Olmucach-20th Monarch 46. Main 47. Rotheachtach-22nd Monarch. Slain 1357 B.C. 48. Dein 49. Siorna Saoghalach-34th Monarch 50. Olioll Aolcheoin 51. Gialchadh-37th Monarch 52. Nuadhas Fionnfall-39th Monarch 53.Aedan Glas 54. Simeon Breac-44th Monarch 55. Muredach Bolgach-46th Monarch 56. Fiacha Tolgrach-55th Monarch 57. Duach Lacrach-59th Monarch 58. Eochaidh Buadhach 59. Ugaine Mor-66th Monarch of Ireland. Ugaine or Hugony the Great, married Caesair daughter of French King. Had 22 sons and 3 daughters. 60. Laeghaire Lorc-68th Monarch (brother of Cobathach-Caolbhreagh, ancestor of English Kings. Here we leave the Kings of England line) 61. Olioll Aine 62. Labradh Longseach 63. Olioll Bracan 64. A Eneas Ollamh-73rd Monarch 65. Breassal 66. Fergus Fortamhail-80th MonarchSlain 384 B.C. 67. Felim Fortuin 68. Crimthann Coscrach-85th Monarch 69. Mogh Art 70. Art 71. Allod or Olioll 72. Nuadh Falaid 73. Fearach Foghlas 74. Olioll Glas 75. Fiacha Fobrug 76. Breassal Breac 77. Luy 78. Sedna 79. Nuadhas Neacht-96th Monarch 80. Fergus Fairge 81. Ros 82. Fionn File (meaning a poet) 83. Conchobhar Abhraoidhruaidh-99th Monarch 84. Mogh Corb 85. Cu Corb- King Leinster 86. Niadh (nia) Corb 87. Cormac Gealtach 88. Felim Fiorurglas 89. Cathair Mor-109th Monarch of Ireland 90. Fiacha Baicheda 91. Breasal Bealach 92. Labrhadh-2d Christian King of Leinster (province in SE Irish Free State, 7, 580 square miles.) 93. Eanna Ceannsalach 94. 95 Felim 96 A Eneas 97. Muredach 98. Eochaidh- King of Leinster 99. Brandubh 100. Seicne (brother of Cineth who is no. 100 on the Dowling pedigree- O'Hart Vol. I, page 421) 101. Seagal (meaning rye) 102. Mochtighearna 103. Dungalach 104. Aodh Fionn 105. Alioll 106. Murcha 107. Aongus 108. Muir-acth--Muirchu (meaning a sea warrior) or Muircatha (meaning a sea battle) 109. Donsliabh or Dunslebhe 110. Donoch or Donchadh or Donogh 111. Donal Ruadh 112. Donal Ban 113. Dermod 114. Donoch 115. Donoch Oge 116. Cathal 117. Murtagh 118. Phelim 119. Donal 120. Eimin 121. Murtagh O'Morchoe 122. Teige 123. Art 124. Art Oge O'Morcho, son of Art--who was a younger brother of Conal Mor, who, temp, Henry VIII and Edward VI, was cheif of his Sept.,and was the ancestor of the Murphy families of Virginia,Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Alabama, and Utah, USA 125. Donal Oge 126. Conall O'Murphy 127Bryan O'Murphy--was one of the '49 offices (those who fought for Charles I and Charles II in wars of Ireland before June 5, 1649 A.D. 128. Daniel O'Murphy 129. Hugh O'Murphy--had one daughter, Catherine, and 5 sons: I. Lawrence II. Terence-a merchant in Dublin III. John-of whom the descending branch belongs to(generations 131- 138) IV. Daniel-attorney-lived in Dublin V. Andrew-was a sea captain. Emigrated to America, settled and died in Little York, PA. He Had one son, Samuel, who had a son Andrew, a M.E. Minister in Ohio. The daughter Catherine, Married a man named Mc Vey and lived near the town of Banbridge, in Ulster. 130. John Murphy--first of this branch of the Murphy family that omitted the O' prefix. Was educated for a catholic priest, became a protestant, joined Church of England, was disinherited. Lord Hillsboro gave him a life lease on 14 acres of land; was an auctioneer, collected toll on King's Highway; was married twice, first to Mary Campbell, a Scotch Presbyterian lady, red haired, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. Of his second wife and four daughters, we have no history. I. Daniel- unmarried when Hugh left Ireland II. Hugh- presently a protestant daughters of John---1st, Catherine; 2nd Mary. Their history unknown 131 Hugh Murphy-born March 5, 1756 in County Down, Ireland. died June 5, 1842 in Highland County, O. He was a weaver by trade. 5 feet 10 inches, massive frame, finely proportioned, nearly red hair, fair skin, blue eyes with heavy brows, bald head. He sailed for America on "Three Brothers" the first vessel to leave Newry Ireland after close of our Revolutionary War;was 3 months on voyage, landing at Phila delphia, PA., probably in January 1783. Saw Gen. Geo. Washington on parade a few days after his arrival in Philadelphia. A raw Irishman in a new country, with little means, war just closed, country badly torn up, he had to strike out and hustle for a living. He boated for awhile, went into Virginia where he married Mary Beatty, about 1790. Settled in Loudoun Co., thence to Frederick Co.; from there in 1800 to Fayette Co., PA, from there to Highland Co.,O November 1816 or 17, with all his family except one daughter, where he settled, clearing out a farm and living on it to near close of life. He was buried in Dunn's Chapel cemetary, Union Township, Highland Co.,Ohio. He was a member of church for ten or fifteen years before his death. Mary Beatty, his wife, daughter of Samuel Beatty and Sarah (nee Adams) was Burlington Co. Colony, N.J.,in 1764 and died in Highland Co., Ohio March 27, 1843. Her parents came to America several years before the Revolutionary war. His wife was of English blood and a cousin of John and Samuel Adams who took such active part in the Continental Congress, and were signers of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. The family were strict Presbyterians. This Hugh Murphy had four sons and four daughters. I. Samuel B. b.in Loudoun (or London not sure on exact spelling) Co.,VA June 17, 1791, married Ann Bevan and died in Fulton Co., IL in 1853. He moved from Ohio to IL in 1849 or '50. He served three months in the war of1812. Was a miller. He had 4 sons and 4 daughters: 1. Hugh-died in infancy 2. Washington-married Mariah Lake one son, Wyatt. Died in Ohio 3. Greenberry-married Jerusa Davis, had 8 or 9 daughters. Was a farmer 4. Alfred-married ? Beason, had issue, sons and daughters. A miller. Died in IL daughters of Samuel B. Murphy: 1st, Mary married Able George had issue,died in IL 2nd Lucinda,married ? Ansen, had issue 3rd Nancy,married Chris Spilker, had issue. 4th, Delila,unmarried, living in Chicago, IL Mar 1, 1905 II. John, son of Hugh, born in London Co., VA Nov. 25,1792, died in Highland Co.,OH Jan 10, 1845 of cancer; a farmer and a miller; married Nancy White, Jan 29, 1828. she died Feb. 20, 1893. He had 6 sons and 3 daughters. 1. Hugh-bornMar. 7, 1830, died Highland Co.,OH, April 15, 1901 married Mary Gibson; a merchant and banker at Lynchburg, OH; had issue, 4 sons and 2 daughters, to wit: Horace G.-born Jan 4, 1861, married twice; by first wife no issue; married Mary M. Roser, May 10, 1895, has issue, three sons and two daughters (does not list the children's info) Harry- born Feb 28, 1868-unmarried Dan E.- born Nov 25, 1869, married Alice Chaney, Mar 10,1902 Raymond P.- born Jan 13, 1871, married Nellie Britton, Dec 24, 1896 Daughters of Hugh: 1. Virginia-born April 9, 1864 died July 17, 1864 2. Jessie M.- born April15, 1873, married Albert Feike, Jan 6, 1899 2. Andrew B- born in Highland Co.,OH Oct 11, 1831 married Rachel E. Nixon, Feb 11, 1854. Died Apr 28, 1899, had issue. was a plasterer. 3. Daniel- born Jan 1, 1833, died Jan 24, 1905 in Highland Co.,OH. Married Mary J. Cashatt, had no issue. He served in 88th Ohio Vol. and as 1st Lieut. 27th U.S. (colored) V., in the civil war, was auditor of Highland Co., OH for six years 4. Samuel L- born Mar 22, 1840 died Oct 17, 1841 5. Francis M. (Jack) -born Feb 24, 1836 unmarried, lived in Lynchburg, OH 6. John W.- physician-born July 2, 1844 lived in Lynchburg,OH 132. James Murphy 133. Samuel Murphy 134. Andrew Grant Murphy 135. Ora Andrew Murphy 136. Ann Dee Murphy 137. Christopher Brian Barrows 138. Garrett Alexander Barrows -------------------------------- End of MURPHY-D Digest V98 Issue #110 ************************************* ____________________________________________________________ ____________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________ The following notes are emailed to me directly from the blessed Saint of Murphy, Beverly White, whose amazing research should be awarded a Nobel Prize at least. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ENTRIES FROM PUBLIC RECORDS (Mostly from Caswell NC) NOT PROVEN TO ARCHIBALD MURPHEY LINE Abstracts of Land Grants, Vol. Two, by Margaret M. Hofmann Patent Book 14:9 - #2493, Lord Granville to Joshua Nelms, 01 Mar 1762, 225 acres in Granville County on the Branches of Sandy Creek, joining Terrells corner, Pettys line, and Murphey's line (original record signed: Joshua Nelms. Wts: Jno. Linton, Thomas Canham, surveyed 10 Dec 1761. SCC: John Moglemny, Thomas Petty, Thos. Person, Surveyor.) Granville County Deed Book G: 09 May 1764 - Thomas Fussell to William Weaver for 25 pounds, 150 acres on S side of Sandy Creek. Wits: William Hobbs and John Murphee. North Carolina Colonial Records, Book 9, pp 809-810: circa 1773. In the petition to the State of North Carolina for the division of Orange County (to Caswell County), James, Alexander and Anthony Murphey signed. (Note: Unknown who Anthony might be . . . could this be Archibald? James possibly brother of Archibald and Alexander . . . but this entry unidentified) North Carolina Taxpayers 1701-1786, compiled by Clarence E. Ratcliff. Murphy Alexander 1777 Archibald Esq. 1777 Gabriel 1777 (worth 131 lbs 15 shilling, 2 pence) North Carolina Taxpayers 1679-1790, Vol. 2, compiled by Clarence E. Ratcliff. Murphy Alexander 1784 Archibald 1784 Gabriel 1786 Gabriel 1784 John 1786 John 1784 Thomas 1786 1777 Will/Deed Book A, Dec 1777: Inventory estate of Luke Murphey by Thos. Barnett. (see Halifax VA records). 1778 09 Mar 1778: Abraham Fulkerson enters 300 A on waters of Cain Creek; border: Alex'r Murphy, Daniel Doncan, and others; includes his own improvements. 09 Mar 1778: Gabriel Murphey enters 200 A; border: SW corner of John Curries line on Lynches Creek; includes my own improvement; claimed 02 May 1778 by Jno. Currie (Conie); warrant issued 23 Apr 1779 for this entry. 27 Jul 1778: John Hopper enters 100 A on both sides of Linches Creek; border: the land entered by Gabriel Murphy; includes his improvement where he lives. 1779 Land Grant: Gabriel Murphey, 450 acres on Linches Creek. 23 Apr 1779. 09 Jul 1779: Mary Murphey married James Akin in Caswell. Benjamin McIntosh, bondsman or witness. 12 Aug 1779. Gabriel Murphy enters 250 A on waters of Sandy & Linches Creeks; his own line, John Hopper & "others." 1780 Caswell County 1777-1792 contained eight districts. In 1792, Person County was formed from: St. Lawrence, Nash, St. Luke's and St. James Districts. Caswell County was left with Caswell, Richmond, St. David's and Gloucester Districts. Caswell County Tax Lists - 1780: Murphy, William Gloucester 310 acres 287.8.0 Miles 262 acres 886.0.0 Gabriel 340 acres 821.6.0 Alexander St. Lawrence 596.0.0 1781 Solomon Murphy married Betsey Gun/Guion on 29 Oct 1781 in Orange County. John Lynch, bondsman. 1783 Thomas Murfey to Nancey Graves in Orange County on 08 Aug 1783. Stephen Merit, bm. DB B:377 - State of NC, No. 566 - to Aaron Parker, 48 acres on Storm Creek adj. Mack, Gab Murphey, Curry, Daniel Parker. 13 Oct 1783. (Possibly Mackintosh) 1784 State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787 - Caswell County: Males Females Blacks 21-60 -21 & +60 all ages Murphey Gabriel Gloucester 1 3 8 0 John Gloucester 1 1 1 0 John St. Davids 1 2 1 0 N.E. St. Davids 0 0 0 0 Thomas Caswell 1 4 3 0 Timothy Caswell 0 3 1 10 Archibald Caswell DB E:177 - William Eakes of Caswell to John Harben of Guilford County NC, for 200 lbs., 200 acres adj. Atkinson, Nathan Rice, part of 1/2 of a tract granted Eaks by State. 16 Oct 1784. Wts: Jere Poston, John Murphey. DB C:150 - William Eak of Caswell to John Murphey of same, for 200 lbs., 200 acres adj. Atkinson, Walker, Jesse Oldham. Also signed by Mary Eak. 26 Oct 1784. Wts: Jere Poston, John Harben. DB D:72 - NC Land Grant No. 642 - to Alexander McIntosh, 300 acres on Storm Creek adj. James Hopper, John Hopper, Gabl. Murphey. 10 Nov. 1784. 1785 DB C:164 - Aaron Parker of Caswell to James Barton of Isle of White (Wight) VA, for 5 lbs., 48 acres on Storm Creek adj. Meek's line, Gab Murphey, Currie, James Ray. 28 Oct 1785. Wts: Richard Erwin, John Hopper. 1786 North Carolina State Census - 1786 Caswell County NC Murphey Gabriel Gloucester District John St. Davids John Gloucester Thomas Caswell DB F:312-3 - John Murphey and his wife Nancy (or Ann) of Caswell to Jeremiah Harden of same, for 80 lbs., 200 acres adj. Atinson, Rice, Walker, Jesse Oldham. 04 Nov. 1786. Wts: John Harden. 1787 DB H:319 - John Currie of Caswell to Gabriel Murphey of same, for 500 lbs. NC money, 28 acres on N. Hico. 06 Mar 1787. Wts: Hugh Currie, James Currie. Apprentice Bond: Lucy Murphy, 8, bound to John McMinneway. 18 Jul 1787. 1788 DB E:263 - James Hopper of Caswell to Richard Arnold of same, for 48 lbs., 200 acres on Storms and Negro Creeks adj. John Browning, the Orange County line, John Shy. 01 Jan 1788. Wts: Luke Prendergast, John Murphey. Gabriel Murphy, Jr. married Clarey Hearndon in CC on 04 Feb 1788. Nimrod McIntosh was bondsman. DB G:137 - James Barlow of Caswell to William Pleasant of same, for 80 lbs., 170 acres both sides Storm Creek adj. Pleasant, Mack, Gab Murphey. 28 Apr 1788. Wts: Nimrod Mackintosh, Jicajah Pleasant. Nancy Murphey married Nimrod McIntosh in CC on 15 Dec 1788. Hugh Currie was witness or bondsman. 1789 DB M:271 - State of NC, No. 975 - to Loyd Vanhook 200 acres on N. Hico adj. John Corder, Warrick, Murphey. 18 May 1789. Thomas C. Murphy married Hannah McIntire on 10 Jun 1789 in Orange County. John Currie - Will - 20 Nov 1789. Wife and her son James; Sons: James (Nunns Cabbin tract), Hugh Buckhill tract), William; daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Martha, Margaret. Exec: 3 sons. Wit: James Ray, Mary Currie Sen, Ann Murphey. Proved on oath of Mary Currie. 1790 North Carolina State Records - Taxpayers of Caswell County 1790 Murphy Archibald Richmond District Murphey Gabriel Gloucester District John Gloucester District Gabriel Gloucester District NC Genealogical Society Journal, Vol XIII, No. 4, Nov 1987 Power of Attorney from Archibald Murphey of Rockingham Co. NC, 22 Aug 1791, who appoints Robert Callaway, Esq., attorney, to receive said Murphey's Final Settlement as a soldier in the NC Continental Line for eighteen months. Test: Peter Watson. Sworn to before James Callaway, J.P. for Rockingham County NC. (note: this could be son of Timothy Murphy of York PA/Orange-Chatham NC) 1791 Sale of Estate of Ezekiel Dollarhide on 13 May 1791. Buyers: Gabriel Murphey. DB K:143 - Benjamin Douglass of Caswell to David Herndon of same, for 60 lbs., 100 acres on Linches Creek. 14 Dec 1791. Wts: Larkin Herndon, Gabriel Murphey. DB K:144 - Benjamin Douglass of Caswell to David Herndon of same, for 60 lbs. 100 acres on Linches Cr. 14 Dec 1791. Wts: Larkin Herndon, Gabriel Murphey. 1792 DB K:145 - David Herndon of Caswell to Larkin Herndon of same, for 50 lbs., 100 acres on N. Hico adj. John McMinuway. 10 May 1792. Wts: John Landers, James Murphey. DB G:339 - State of NC, No. 1066 - to John Currie, 180 acres on N. Hico adj. his own corner, John Dickey, Samuel Grier, Atkinson, Ralph Shaw, Murphey. 26 Nov 1792. 1793 DB H:258 - State of NC, No. 1093 - to Gabriel Murphey, 450 acres on Lynch's Creek adj. Curry. 26 Nov 1793. 1794 Oct Court 1794: Thomas Simmons will. 05 Oct 1794. Wife: Priscillah. Daughters: Martha, Priscilla, Keziah, Sarah and Hannah Graves. Sons: Thomas, Alexander. Exec: Thomas Graves and son Thomas Simmons. Wts: Charles Taylor, Butlar Murphey. 1795 DB H:439 - Gabriel Murphey Sen. of Caswell to Gabriel Murphey Jun. of same, for 50 lbs., 105 acres on Linches Creek, being part of 450 acres granted Murphey by State 26 Nov 1793. 20 Mar 1795. Wts: Dan Herndon, Larkin Herndon. 21 Mar 1795: James Murphey married Patsey Terrell in CC. Gabriel Murphey was witness or bondsman. (note: James and family remained in Caswell County) DB J:247 - Moses Parker of Green County GA to Aquilla Compton of Caswell, for 80 lbs., 200 acres on both sides Lynch's Creek adj. Walter Ellis, the county line, McMennamy. 07 Oct 1795. Wts: Gabriel Murphey, Richard W. Browning. Sale estate of John Mallory 16 Nov 1795. Sales to Butler Murphey. 1798 02 Mar 1798: William Murphey married Sarah Terel in Caswell. Gabriel Murphey Jr. was witness or bondsman. 1799 DB K:95 - William Graham Sen. of Caswell to James Perkins of same, for 250 lbs., 130 acres north side Hogan's Creek adj. William Graham Jr., Henry Dixon, deceased, the Moravian line to John's Branch. Wts: Richard Purins, Joseph Murphey, Jesse Purkins. 12 Jun 1799. DB L:206 - Thomas Cox of Caswell Co. to Nathaniel Murphy of Rockingham Co., N.C. for 100 pounds, 125 A on little Wolf Island Cr. adj. Robert Payne, Thomas Bastin. 16 Nov. 1799. Wts: J. Grant Jun., Robt. Meek, Robert Long. DB L:177 - Allotment of dower land to Hannah Graves, widow of Thomas Graves, deceased, 310 acres on east prong South Fork Country Line Creek adj. mill & still house, Thomas Yancey to prong called Yancey's fork of Country Line Creek. 26 Nov 1799. Commrs: Edmond Browning, J. Currie, Gabriel Murphey, Henry Turner, Gabriel Murphey Sen., Absolem Lea, W. Muzzall sheriff, John Currie, Richard Arnold, Daniel Melton, William Culberson, William Jopling, George Brown, Robt. Mitchell, surveyor. 1800 1800 Federal Census males 1755-1774 bef 1755 females Murphy 1-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+ 1-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+ Alex 1 1 1 1 Joseph 1 1 1 1 2 Arch'd. 1 1 2 1 James 1 1 1 1 Alex'dr. 1 1 1 Gabriel 1 1 1 1 2 2 William Sr. 1 1 1 1 1 Gabriel Jr. 2 1 1 1 1 Alex had 4 slaves; Joseph 3 slaves and Arch'd. 20 slaves. DB L:204 - Thomas Cox of Caswell Co. to Miles Murphy of same, for 70 pounds 75 A on Wolf Island Creek adj. Rockingham Co., line, said land sold Thomas Cox by John Challis, to line between Miles Murphy and his son, Nathaniel Murphy. 10 Jan. 1800. Wts: Richard Hill, J. Grant Jun., Isaac Hill. (see Rockingham records) 09 Feb 1800. Maryan Murphey married Edmund Browning. William Culbertson, witness or bondsman. 26 Aug 1800: Nancey Murphey married James Warrin in CC. Gabriel Murphey was witness or bondsman. 27 Oct 1800: Joseph Murphey married Sally Kennon in Caswell. John Cobb was bondsman or witness. 1801 DB M:80 - Aquilla Compton Sen. of Orange County NC, to Thomas Compton of Caswell, for 50 lbs., 100 acres both sides Linches Creek of N. Hico. 17 Feb. 1801. Wts: James Murphey, W. Muzzall. 24 Mar 1801. Elizabeth Murphey married Samuel Hopper. James Murphey, witness or bondsman. DB M:120-4 - William Muzzell sheriff to John Bracken - Robert King assignee of Paul Chapin who is assignee of William Price in suit against Benjamin Hardester for $400 damages to Joseph Bracken; Hardester not located; 145 acres his land adj. Miles Murphey, Isaac Durham, the Rockingham County line sold 18 Apr 1801 to John Bracken for 34 lbs. 13 sh. 7 costs; land also adj. Thomas Cox, Bastin. In 1800 Benjamin Hardester made appearance and confessed judgment. 18 Apr 1801. Wts: Alex Murphey. David Hardester mentioned as security. Sale estate of Buford Pleasant, dec'd taken 11 Nov 1801 by James Melton and William Pleasant, adm. Sales to: . . . Gabriel Murphey Jun. . . James Murphey . . . 1802 DB M:219 - Gabriel Murphy to James Murphy, both of Caswell Co. 100 pounds for 97 acres more or less. On Lynches Creek . . . beginning at a stake in the old line. Wts: Samuel Hopper, William Murphy. /s/ Gabriel Murphy. 18 Jan 1802. Acknowledged January Court 1802. DB M:171 - Gabriel Murphy (Sr.) to William Murphy, both of Caswell Co. $200. For 100 Acres on Linches Creek, beginning on the east side of the creek (one line crosses creek). 13 Jan 1802. Wts: Jno. Ray, Gabriel Murphy, Junr. /s/ Gabriel Murphy. Acknowledged, Jan Court 1802. DB M:332 - Loyd Vanhook of Person County and William Lea of Caswell, joint attorneys for Lawrence Vanhook, deceased, to Allen Cooper of Caswell, for $200, 125 acres on Panther Creek adj. Aron Vanhook, Thomas Vanhook, David Mitchell. 27 Nov 1802. Wts: Wm. Warren, Gabriel Murphey, L. Lea. 1803 Caswell County Taxables - 1803 Murphey Alex Caswell Dist. Nathaniel 115 acres Miles 75 acres James Gabriel Jas. 136 acres Murphy Gabriel Gloucester 150 acres William 100 acres James 97 acres Alexander 630 acres Arch Richmond Dist. 952 DB N:15-6 - Gabriel Murphy Senr. to Thomas Morris, both of Caswell Co. 100 pounds for 100 Acres on Lynches Creek; beginning on the west side of the creek. Wts: William Murphy, Patsy Salmon, James Murphy. /s/ Gabriel Murphy. 10 Jan 1803. Proved April Court 1803 by James Murphy. DB N:17: James Grant Jun. of Caswell Co. to John Hudnall of same for $1,000, 180 acres on Wolf Island & Hogans Creeks including 80 acres purchased of Robert Kimbrough & 100 acres of Timothy Ruark, adj. James Powell, Rockingham Co. line, Natl Murphy. 24 Jan. 1803 Wit: J. Lenox, Richard Hill, A. Coleman, Peter Williams. DB N:39-40 - Spencer Aris Moss of Caswell to Joseph Arnett of same, for 55 lbs. 6 sh. 8 p., 50 1/3 acres on Hogan's Creek adj. Christian Strader, William Moss. 25 Jan 1803. Wts: William Moss Jr., William Moss, James Murphey. 11 Feb 1803. Jno. Murphey married Polly Corder. Joseph McCain, witness or bondsman. DB Q:518 - Gabriel Murphey to Luke Pendergast, both of Caswell Co. $260.00 for 105 Acres on the waters of Lynches Creek; also mentions an unnamed branch. Wts: James Murray, James Turner (his mark) /s/ Gabriel Murphey. 29 Mar 1803. Proved October Court 1812 by James Murray. DB N:86-7 - William Greyham of Caswell to Heirs of Berryman Greham, deceased, 67 acres on Hogan's Creek adj. James Perkins Sen., Joseph Murphey. 17 Sep 1803. Wts: John Cobb, Thomas Weatherford, John Greyham. DB N:87-8 - William Greyham of Caswell to Heirs of Berryman Greyham, deceased, for 62 lbs. paid by Berryman Greyham, deceased, 67 acres on Hogan's Creek adj. James Perkins, Joseph Murphey. 17 Sep 1803. Wts: John Cobb, Thomas Weatherford, John Greyhan. 21 Sep 1803: Barzel Murphey married Elizabeth Fury in CC. William McIntosh was witness or bondsman. DB N:111-2 - William Graham Jun. of Caswell to Sary (Sarah) Graham (Gresham), for 70 lbs., 67 acres on Hogan's Creek adj. Samuel Bracken. 29 Dec 1803. Wts: Jos. Murphey, Preston Graham. 1804 DB O:28-9 - John Wells of Caswell to John Murphey of same, for 60 lbs, 48 acres on Storm Creek adj. Mack. 05 Jan 1804. Wts: James Murphey, Gabriel Murphey. DB O:39 - Richard Ransom of Caswell to Ibzan Rice of same, for $26 & 2/3, 20 acres south fork Moon's Creek adj. Somers, William Atkins. 26 Jan 1804. Wts: Joseph Murphey, Julius Sanders. 10 Apr 1804: John Murphey married Sarah Terrell in Caswell. James Murphey was witness or bondsman. DB O:101 - Luke Pendergast to Gabriel Murphy. 105 pounds for 150 Acres on Negro Creek, also mentons: John Pleasant's corner, the old line, the high water mark. Wts: James Murray, George Horton. /s/ Luke Pendergast. 27 Apr 1804. Proved July Court 1805. DB O:71 - Miles Murphy of Caswell Co. to John Norman of Rockingham Co., N.C. for $125, 75 A on Wolf Island Cr. in Rockingham Co., line adj. survey for John Challis, Nat Murphy, son of Miles Murphy. 30 July 1804. Witness: Drury Smith, Nathaniel Murphy. (see Rockingham NC records) DB O:27-8 - Sarah Graeham of Caswell to Henry Durham of same, for 67 lbs., 63 1/2 acres on Hogan's Creek adj. Samuel Bracken, William Braeham. 25 Sep 1804. Wts: Jos. Murphey, Hinton Graeham. Will/Deed Book E, October 1804: Inv. Estate of William Murphey & sales on 25 Aug 1804. Among buyers: Lucy (Terrell) Murphey, widow; James Murphey, John Murphey, Josiah Thomas, Larkin Herndon, David Herndon, Erasmus Compton, Daniel Malone, Thomas Morris. 1805 DB O:150-1 - Thomas Prendergast of Caswell to Jerusha Vaughan exec. of male heirs of John Vaughan deceased, for $370, 296 acres on Negro & Storm Creeks said land part of grant to James Hopper from State and part fell to Robert Shy at death of his father adj. William Mitchell, Brice Collins, Ely Shy, James Murray. ---- 1805. Wts: Robert Parks, Gabriel Murphey. Inv. estate of John Vaughan by William Pleasant, Gabriel Murphey, Sen., and Thomas Prendergast. 1805. Martin Murphy married Polly Smith on 09 Feb 1805 in Orange County. John McDade, bondsman. 25 Mar 1805. Letters of attorney: Henry Stater to Wm. King to act in all business. Wts: James Orr, JP, Jos. Murphey. Insolvents for 1805 given in by Wm. Rainey, Esq. Sheriff: James Murphey. 1806 DB O:146 - Nathaniel Murphey of Caswell to Benjamin Norman formerly of Culpeper VA, for $2.50, 12 1/2 acres on Little Wolf Island Creek adj. Edward Mills, James Powell, John Hudnall, John Norman, John Bracken, Thomas Bastin. 23 Jan 1806. Wts: David Powell, Benjamin Norman Jr., Joseph Murphey. DB O:238-9 - Hugh Currie of Caswell to Bazzell Warren of same, for 115 lbs., 200 acres both sides Sandy Creek of N. Nico and adj. William McMennemy, Miles Wells, William Crossett, Robert Gray, James Currie, James Murphey, James Murray. 28 Jan 1806. Wts: James Murphey, James Currie. 1806: Inv. estate of John Vaughan by William Pleasant, Gabriel Murphey due from Jno. Hoomes. DB P:82-3 - Henry Durham of Caswell to Joseph Murphey of same, for $126, 60 1/2 acres adj. Samuel Bracken, William Greaham. 19 Aug 1806. Wts: Joel Cannon, John B. Murphey. DB P:264 - Gabriel Murphy to Brice Collins, both of Caswell Co. 150 pounds for 150 Acres on Negro Creek; also mentions: John Pleasant's corner and line; old line; high water mark. Wts: Samuel Everett, Sutton Ward, Quintin Anderson. /s/ Gabriel Murphy. 20 Oct 1806. Proved December Court 1808. Last Entry for Gabriel Murphy in Caswell County. Murphy, Gabril died bef 24 May 1808 when will was proven by Elijah Harp and Abraham Fitch. (Claiborne TN, County Ct Min, 3/193) (Could this be Gabriel Sr.?) Rev. War Pension Extract: Murphey, Gabriel: Wife: Clarissa, R7509. Soldier was born about 1756 and died in 1818 in Russel Co. VA. Soldier married Clarassa Harndon in Caswell Co. NC in 1771 and she died 28 Dec 1842, Logan Co. VA. A son, John Murphey applied 23 Dec 1858 age 64. (from Rev. War pension files). (Is this Gabriel Jr.?) DB P:58 - John Somers of Caswell to Joseph Murphey of same, for $500, 220 acres on Moon's Creek. 04 Nov 1806. Wts: Henry Dixon, John Johnson. DB P:8102 - John Somers of Caswell to Joseph Murphey of same, for $600, 50 acres north fork Moon's Creek adj. tract sold Thomas Davie by George Somers, including the mill. 04 Nov 1806. Wts: John Somers, Henry Dixon. 1807 DB P:99 - William Greaham (Greyham) of Caswell to Henton Greyham of same, for $200, 64 acres on Hogan's Creek adj. Hudnell, Wm. Weatherford, Benjamin Greaham. 04 Mar 1807. Wts: Joseph Murphey, John Greaham. DB R:70 - John Stamps sheriff to Alexander Paschall, whereas Joseph Murphey recovered judgment against Henry Durham, 67 acres of Durham sold to Paschall adj. Wyatt Stubblefield, William King, on Moon's Creek. 19 Sep 1807. Acknd. in open court. DB P:139-40 - Elizabeth Smythy of Caswell to John Murphey of same, for $200, 80 acres on Storm Creek adj. Murphey. 01 Dec 1807. Wts: Starling Warren, William Pleasant. 1808 Inv. estate of Elizabeth Smythe and sales to: . . . John Murphey . . . Nathaniel Malone . . . William Warren . . . John Terrell . . . William Pleasant. 1808 26 Sep 1808: Betsey Murphey married John Bauldwin in Caswell. Daniel Darby witness or bondsman. 1809 DB Q:336 - William Mitchell of Person County to Abraham Landers of Caswell, for $565, 226 acres adj. Wm. McMennaway, Colins. 25 Jun 1809. Wts: James Murphey, William Pleasant. DB R:99 - Samuel Smythy of Caswell to Hiram Lewis of same, for $400, 63 acres on Storm Creek adj. Starling Warren. 15 Sep 1809. Wts: Starling Warren, James Murphey. 1811 DB O:313 - Joseph Murphy of Caswell Co. to Nathaniel Murphy of same for $110, 67 A. on Hogans Cr. adj. Samuel Bracken, Peggy Bracken, Richard Grayham. 25 June 1811. 20 Dec 1811: Elizabeth Murphey married Hugh Cobb in CC. Joseph Bours was witness or bondsman at marriage. 1812 Will/Deed Book F: Samuel Bracken - Will - 18 Feb 1812 - Wife Rebecca (possibly Ector), son John (land bought of Peter Smith); daughters Jane Cobb, Margret Sanders; son Joseph; daughter Hannah Murphey, dec'd.; two grandchildren John Murphey and Martha Ector Murphey; daughters Izbell Blackwell, Martha Ector Haralson, Sina Uarca, Gripina Bracken. Exec: sons Joseph and John. Test: W. Morgan, Isaac King, Robert I. King. DB R:71 - Joseph Murphey of Caswell to Alexander Paschall of same, for $915, 270 acres north fork Moon's Creek adj. Jesse Carter. 25 Mar 1812. Wts: Jethro Brown, Elisha Paschall. 1813 DB R:39-40 - Nathaniel Murphy of Caswell Co. to Joseph Cobb of same for $110 67 A. on Hogans Cr. adj. Samuel Bracken's former corner, heirs of Berryman Greyham, Claiborn Dalton. 26 Apr. 1813. Wts: Jno. Cobb, Henry Cobb. DB R:68 - Loyd Vanhook of Person County to John Vanhook Jun. of same, for $300, 200 acres in Caswell on N. Hico adj. John Corder, Ary Atkinson, Murphey, Warrick. 01 Sep 1813. Acknd. in open Court. Benjamin Norman - Will (need date) son John Norman $1, Son, Weslley (land including house he lives in purchased by Nathaniel Murphy): etc. Jury determined orig. Will destroyed by James Norman, son of John & witnesses testified above was copy. 02 Dec 1813: Thomas Morris of Caswell Co. to James Murphy of same. $250.00 for 69 Acres "beginning at a hickory on the west side of Lynches Creek running . . . Wts: Thos Slade, Junr., B. Kemp. /s/ Thomas Morris. Proved April Term 1815. 1814 08 Feb 1814: Will of John Terrell written. Wife: Ann. Sons: Jonathan, Joseph, James (who got plantation after mother's death. Daughters: Peggy Mitchell, Fanny Murphey, Mercy/Mary Nelson, Betsy Herndon, Isabella Moore, Lucy Murphey, Patsy Murphey, Sally Murphey. Will/Deed Book F, Apr Court 1814: Levi Murphey, orphan, age 13 years the 26 June next, bound to Jonathan Terrell to learn art of planter. (note: son of Wm. Murphey and Lucy Terrell) 1815 Jul Court 1815 - Inventory of estate of John Hudnall of property specially willed (888 acres land); inventory property sold by George Courts and Elijah Withers; notes due on Josiah Womack, Miles Murphey Sen. & Jun., Richard Hill; accounts on Joseph Murphey, David Murphey, William Murphey and George Courts. (note: additional records of Miles and Nathaniel Murphey, see Rockingham NC, Rutherford & Maury TN) 1816 Person County Deeds: Nicholas Murphey to John Day, for $250, 100 acres being a part of 690 acres purchased of Murphey. 20 Mar 1816. Wit: Eli Tapp, Thos. Deney. Proved June 1820 on oath Eli Tapp. Hiram Lewis of CC to John Murphey of same, for $108, 63 acres both sides Stors Creek. 20 Nov 1816. Wit: Starting Warren, W. Kimbro. 1818 Book I pp.33-34 1821-182 Insolvents for 1818 Joseph Murphy. 1819 William Murphy married Susan Hart on 13 Sep 1819 in Orange County. David Clark, bondsman. 18 Nov 1819. Margaret Murphey married James E. Mitchell in Caswell. L.A. Landers, witness or bondsman. Rockingham NC WB A:257 - Miles Murphey. 11 Dec 1819. Probate Aug 1821. Daughters: Sally Murphey, Patsy Murphey, Nancy Harden, John Brockman. All the rest of my children. Exrs: John Brockman, Sally Murphey. Wts: James Rauley, Allen Nichols. 1820 1820 Federal Census (Caswell County) Murphy Joseph (1 male 25-45; 2 females 1-10; 1 female 26-45) Mrs. James (2 females 45+; 7 slaves) John (2 males 1-10; 2 males 10-16; 1 male 26-45; 2 females 1-10; 1 female 26-45; 4 slaves) Ann (1 female 26-45; 1 female 45+) James (3 males 1-10; 2 males 10-16; 1 male 16-18; 2 males 18-26; 1 male 45+; 1 female 10-16; 1 female 26-45; 3 slaves) Nathaniel (1 male 18-26; 1 female 1-10; 3 females 10-16; 2 females 16-26; 1 female 45+) Alexander (1 male 18-26; 1 male 45+; 1 female 26-45) (1775-1794) Edward (4 males 1-10; 1 male 10-16; 1 male 16-18; 1 male 18-26;1 female 1-10; 1 female 10-16; 1 female 26-45) Col. Alex. 3 males 1-10; 1 male 45+; 1 female 16-26; 1 female 26-45; 1 female 45+; 23 slaves) 1821 Allotment to Lucy Murphey her dower in land of William Murphey decd - 37 acres adj William Currie. 21 June 1821. 1822 George Greyham attorney in fact of John Greyham heir of Benjamin Greyham decd of Scott Co., VA, to Henry Cobb, for $67, 67 acres on Hogan's Cr adj James Perkins old line, Joseph Murphey old line. 12 April 1822. Wit: John Cobb, Sen., Wm. P. Martin. 11 Sep 1822. Alexandre Murphey married Sarah Graves in Caswell. Pleasant Rudd, witness or bondsman. 1823 James Murphey of Caswell to Bazzel Warren of same, for $200, 115 acres on Lynch's Creek. 04 Jan 1823. Wit: William Warren, Leathea Warren. 04 Jan 1823: James Murphey of Caswell Co. to Bozzell Warren of same. $200.00 for 115 acres on waters of Lynches Creek . . . "beginning at an ironwood on the east side of Lynches Creek . . . Wts: William Warren, Leathea Warren. /s/ James Murphey. Rosey Norman, Westly Norman, Isaac Nichols and Anny his wife all of Caswell to Joel Motley of same, for $160, 95 acres on Wolf Island Cr adj John Holloway, Bartlett Yancey, Lewis Whittemore, James Powell. 01 Feb 1823. Wit: Lewis Whittemore, Edward Murphey. Westly Norman of Caswell to his niece Sarah Murphey daughter of David Murphey of same, for his love as an uncle & for 25 cents, 5 A where Norman lives being land willed him by his father Benjamin Norman decd; Susannah Murphey mother of Sarah to have privilege of living on it as long as she pleases. 5 Feb 1823. Wit: Elijah Withers, John Nunnally. Proved July Court 1824. George Williamson sheriff to William Warren, Elijah Morton, William Lea, John C. Vanhook due to venditious exponas at instance of Joseph Currie against Thomas Henshaw and Wm. Currie and Wm. Mitchell at instance of Lea & Vanhook - for $495, 400 A of William Currie on Hico adj heirs of John Dickey decd, Jane Crossett, James Murphey. 4 Apr 1823. Acknd in open court. Power of attorney - Arthur Mitchell and Martha E. Mitchell his wife former Martha E. Murphey of Jackson Co., AL, to John B. Murphey of Overton Co., TN, to sell two tracts in CC devised to Martha E. Mitchell by her grandfather Samuel Bracken decd in his will. 11 Aug 1823. Martha Mitchell privately examined and freely acknowledged this power. Recorded Caswell Court April 1824. John B. Murphey of Overton Co., TN, for himself and as attorney for Arthur Mitchell and wife Martha E. Mitchell to Hugh Cobb of CC, for $470, 188 A on Moon's Creek adj Weatherford on Dixon's Rd, K . 4 Nov 1823. Wit. Henry Cobb,John Cobb Jnr., James Adkins. Nicholas Murphy married Jincy But in Rockingham County in 1823. 1824 19 Apr 1824: Articles of agreement between Fanney Murphey of Caswell Co. & James Murphey of same: Whereas Alexander Murphy late of said Co. . . . died seized and possessed of certain property and parties named above being his only heirs, do agree . . . the land held by Alexander Murphy supposed to contain 221 acres the above named Fanney Murphey to have the one half, including the mansion house being the North end of the land and one sorrel mare called Fly, one red Cow and yearling called Cherry; also all the household & kitchen furniture excepting one good bed & furniture & the same James Murphy . . . does relinquish all . . . claim in the above property and the said Fanney Murphey . . . agrees . . . to relinquish all her . . . interest in the one half of the cattle, one Cow & calf called Beaut, one heifer called Pink, also the Waggon and the above excepted Bed & furniture and that there being other property of said Alexander Murphey reserved for the payment of his debts, the said Fanny agrees and binds herself . . . and the said James Murphey agrees and binds himself to relinquish all his claim in his father Alexander Murphey's estate. Wts: Elijah Withers, J. Womack. /s/ Fanny Murphey and /s/ James Murphey. Proved by Josiah Womack in April Court 1825. 28 Aug 1824. Nancey Murphey married Aldridge Rudd in Caswell. Oliver Foulks, witness or bondsman. 14 Dec 1824. James Murphey married Ary Nunn in Caswell. John Nunnally, witness or bondsman. 27 Dec 1824. Mary Murphey married George Martin Jr. in Caswell. Aldridge Rudd, witness or bondsman. 1825 Div lands of William Murphey decd to heirs: 27 1/2 A to each; James Mitchell and wife Margaret; Sarah Murphey adj Wm. Currie; Levi Murphey adj James Currie; James Murphey; Elizabeth Murphey adj Josiah Thomas, James Currie, John Murphey. Each legatee part is $56.50. Proved Jan Court 1825. 11 Apr 1825. Frances Murphey married John Bauldwin in Caswell. Josiah Womack, witness or bondsman. Susan Murphey of Caswell (in debt to James P. Carbry for $8.55) to Major Brockman Sr., for $ 1, a sow & 7 pigs; walnut cupboard, chest, table, chairs. 15 Apr 1825. Wit: James W. Grant, John Nichols. Alexander Murphey of Caswell (in debt to William Kimbro for $34) to James Yancey, one bay horse, hogs, cattle, furniture. 15 June 1825. Wit: John Kimbrough. James Murphey in debt to Edward M. Jones for $207.10, to Richard Jones, for 50 cents, tract where he lives being his lawful part to property of Alexander Murphey decd father of James Murphey adj Garland Blackwell, Matthew Mills, Benjamin Elmore. 13 Jul 1825. Wit: Joseph Kind. Henry Humphrey. John Baldwin - Will - 08 Aug 1825: Daughter Susannah Murphey; sons Edmond, Clement and Barrett Baldwin; daughters Mary Ann Murphey and Delia Stratten; granddaughters Elizabeth Ann and Sarah (Murphey) daughters of Susannah; grandson Nathaniel Murphey; grandchildren Margery Murphey and William Henry Murphey, children of Mary Ann Murphey. Granddaughter Nancy Penick daughter of Mary Ann Murphey. Wife Fanny Baldwin. Exec: wife and son Clement. Wit: Wm. W. Price, Silvester McCubbins, Alford McCubbins. Fanny Baldwin qualified. (note: marriage not yet found explaining parents of Nathaniel Murphey . . . earlier records show Nathaniel to be son of Miles . . . Pittsylvania deed records show Miles' wife to be Martha) 11 Aug 1825. James Murphey married Frances Moor in Caswell. Stephen Murphey, witness or bondsman. Abel Foulks to Nathaniel Murphey, both of Caswell, for $50, 13 acres on Country Line Cr adj Ahart, Solomon Debow. 10 Sep 1825. Wit: Jas Yancey, MC Kimbrough. (note: Archibald's father in law was Solomon Debow, also the name of one of his sons in law). James Murphey in debt to Bazzel Warren for $187.50 with Samuel Grier assignee, to James Crossett, for $1, 115 A on Linches Cr. 23 Sept 1825. Wit. James E. Mitchell, James Murray. 23 Sep 1825: James Crowsett of one part and James Murphey Senr. of the other part . . . said James in consideration of entering security to a note to Bozzell Warren for $187.50 due the 25 Dec 1826 which sum he justly owes to Bozzell Warren . . . (property used as security: 115 acres on Lynches Creek). Wts: James E. Mitchell, James Murray. Proved January Court 1826. 26 Nov 1825: Martha Murphey married Henry Bauldwin in Caswell. Lewis V. Whittemore, witness or bondsman. 1826 John Murphey and wife Mary Ann Murphey to Isaac Durham of Caswell, for $20, 16.75 acres on Fishpond Cr being the sixth part of 100 A left to Margory Baldwin by her brother William Trigg and where John Baldwin & wife died - land then to go to her heirs. Wit: J. W. Grant, Corban Jackson. 18 Feb 1826. Mary Ann Murphey declares she freely executed deed. Thomas Malone to John Murphey Sen. Both of Caswell, for $97.25 debt due & for $1, 97 acres acres where Malone lives adj Wm. Mennamy. 22 May 1826. Wit: James Murphey. James E. Dickie of Caswell to Ephraim Burch of same, for $100, 38 acres on Panther Creek adj Bazzell Warren, William Crossett, Allen Cooper. 13 Nov 1826. Wit: James Murphey, Jno. Dickie. 1827 06 Jan 1827: Francis Baldwin & James Murphey to Garland Blackwell, all of Caswell Co. $87.15 1/2 for 37.7 Acres . . tract in Caswell Beginning at a persimmon Tree on the Bank of John's Branch in Garland Blackwell's line, then with his line 37 chains and 62 links to Bedford Brown's line, then with his line North 3 chains and 43 links to a red oak on a road . . . Wts: John Blackwell, Pickney Stubblefield. /s/ both grantors. Proved January Term 1827. 16 Feb 1827: At a call court began and held at the Caswell County Clerk's office for the purpose of granting an administration of the estate of James Murphey - granted specially until next court agreeable to the act of our general assembly. Joseph Murphey and wife Susannah Murphey to William W. Price all of Caswell, for $16, 16.75 acres on Fishpond Creek being the sixth part left to Margory Baldwin, wife of John Baldwin, during her natural life by her brother William Trigg. 08 Sep 1827. Acknd. in open court as Susannah Murphey freely executed deed. 05 Nov 1827. Stephen Murphey married Nancy Malone in Caswell. William Malone, witness or bondsman. 1828 Francis W. Walker, David Walker & James Murphey to Benjamin Elmore all of Caswell, for $185, 30.8 acres on Hogan's Creek adj Elmore, Matthew Mills. 07 Jul 1828. Wit: Lewis Whittemore, Francis Walker appeared in Court and declared she executed deed voluntarily. 1829 James Murphey (in debt to Benjamin Elmore for $51.27 1/2) to Garland Blackwell for $1, 20 acres to be surveyed of tract where he lives adj Benjamin Elmore and west of his shop. 18 Feb 1829. Wit: Elijah Withers, Jeremiah Beavers. Legatees of John Kimbrough dec'd of Caswell to John Wilson of same, for $40, all their interest in 10 acres Country Line Creek adj Wilson, Wm. Kimbrough, said tract willed to Mary Kimbrough widow of John Kimbrough for her life and then div to heirs, 22 Sept 1829. Signatures of William Kimbro for self and as agent for James Kimbro, Alexander Murphey, Jacob Graves, John Graves, Sally Murphey, Nancy Eubanks, Thomas Chandler, E. G. Kimbro, Duke W. Kimbro, A. G. Kimbro. Wit: Archibald Burk, Richard D. Gill. James Murphey of Caswell (in debt to Joseph King for $163.60) to Garland Blackwell, for $1, 80 acres on Hogan's Creel at John's Br adj Brown, McClary, Alexander Humphreys decd. 13 Nov 1829. Wit:. D. A. Mims, Benjamin Elmore. 1830 1830 Federal Census Murphy, James Jr. Levi Nathaniel Murphey, Alexander James James Sen. John Jr. John Sen. Stephen Susannah Elizabeth Murphey to John Murphey both of Caswell, for $68.75, 27 1/2 acres on Story Creek adj Josiah Thomas, Currie. 09 Aug 1830. Wit: Starling Warren, William Murphey. 07 Oct 1830. William Murphey married Mildred Kendrick in Caswell. Jonathan Murphey, witness or bondsman. Benjamin Elmore to Joseph K. Cobb both of Caswell, for $400, 119 acres on Hogan's Creek adj Thomas Weatherford, to John's Branch, James Murphey, Matthew Mills. 14 Oct 1830. Wit: Henry Cobb, Garland Blackwell. 1831 Thomas Boulden to Henry M. Clay, for $ 1000, all furniture, plantation tools, farm equipment; horses, about 31 cows, sheep; all crops; his interest to 10 shares Roanoke Navigation Stock; all property owned in Milton excepting lands and negroes he has sold to Clay, Bartlett Yancey, Warner Williams. 3 Jan 1818. Wit: Alex Murphey. Also debts on Jno. W. Glen, Wm. Irvine, Mark Willson. As Alexander Murphey is dead, his handwriting proved by Paul A. Haralson; as Thomas Boulden is dead, same proved by Haralson. Jan 1831. 14 Jan 1831. Jane Murphey married Howard Martin in Caswell. Henry Willis, witness or bondsman. Joshua Rudd to Nathaniel Murphey, both of Caswell, for $30, 12 acres being Lot #5 in div lands of Aldridge Rudd dec'd adj Jacob Ahart. 08 Feb 1831. Wit: P. A. Haralson, Henderson House, T. D. Johnston. William Anderson to William Warren, for $450, half of undivided tract formerly owned by Thos Slade Jr. decd. sold to both men under deed of trust - land on Hyco on Orange Co. line adj McKee, Currie, Wells, total of 227 A. 06 Apr 1831. Wit: James Murphey, Allen Cooper. 05 Jul 1831: Will of Frances Terrell written. Young James Murphey's wife; sister Lucey Murphey; other four sisters: Patsey Murphey, Salley Murphey, Mersy Nelson, Isabel Moore. Brothers: Jonathan & James. Exec. brother James Terrell. Wts: Jonathan Terrell Jr. & Sr. 1832 17 Apr 1832. Wm. Murphy of Pittsylvania VA married Charity Wynne, ward of Wm. Linn. Daniel S. Price, bondsman or witness. William Greenwood of Caswell (in debt to Nancy Whittemore of same for $34.70) to William Weatherford, for $1, livestock, horse bought at John Murphey sale, kitchen equipment, crops. 19 July 1832. Wit: C. Whittemore. Elijah Graves, Nancy L. Graves, & Elizabeth B. Graves all of Caswell to Elijah Martin of same whereas their father William Graves on 13 June 1816 deeded to Martin for $500, 200 acres on Country Line Creek adj Yancey, Alexander Murphey, Smith - and whereas William Graves sold to Elijah Martin on 8 Nov 1825 for $195.25 a tract adj the first adj Wilson - these tracts were allotted to Isabella Graves the wife of William Graves and mother to 3 grantors in div lands of her father Thos Graves decd - for payments made and $1, relinquishment all their rights & title to said tracts. 01 Sep 1832. Wit: Paul A. Haralson, Durrett Oliver. 1833 James Crossett to Jonathan Murphey both of Caswell, for $225, 150 1/2 acres, the tract where Crossett lives adj William Warren, James Currie, Nathaniel Jones, Haines. 04 Sep 1833. Wit: Samuel J. Gordon, D. D. Nutt. 1834 Jonathan Murphey to ---------------- on 15 May 1834 in Orange County. William Murphey, bondsman. 1835 Richard Fitzgerald (in debt to William Weatherford for $165.40) to Joseph K. Cobb, trustee, for $1, all his right and claim to estate of James Powel now of CC - said Fitzgerald was son of Nancy Fitzgerald decd who was daughter of James Powell - his interest being 1/2 of one legatee interest with nine legatees and 1099 A in Caswell and Rockingham Counties; 7 negroes: Simon, Giney, Moriah, et al, now in possession of James Powel for his life; cattle, furniture, equipment. 20 Feb 1835. Wit: James Murphey John Currie, Jr. to William Evans, both of Caswell, for $800, 186 acres on Storm Creek a branch of Hyco adj Abraham Landers, James Murrie. 29 Aug 1835. Wit: Johnathon Murphey, Rufus L. Evans, Thomas Peterson. Sarah Pleasant, Samuel Greer & wife Elizabeth, Richard Aldridge and wife Lucy, William Miles & wife Dolly, William Henslee & wife Mulberry all of Caswell; John Benson & wife Nancy of Orange Co. - to John Murphey of Caswell, for $331, 89 acres on Negro Creek adj Starling Warren, being part of that owned by Micajah Pleasant decd. 07 Nov 1835. Wit: Thos Prendergast, John C. Smith. Wives appeared in court and freely executed. Sarah Pleasant, Samuel Grier and wife Elizabeth, Richard Aldridge and wife Lucy, William Miles & wife Dolly, William Hensley & wife Melberry all of Caswell; John Brown & wife Nancy of Orange Co. - to William Murphey of Caswell, for $199.20, 80 acres on Negro Creek adj William Pleasant on the great rd. Said land part of tract of Micajah Pleasant decd and sold by his heirs. Wit: Tho Prendergast, John C. Smith. Female grantors examined apart from husbands and voluntarily executed deed. 1836 James E. Mitchell (in debt to Jonathan Murphey for $60.05 with Reuben Jones and Sieria G. Compton as securities) to Allen R. Cooper, trustee, for $5, livestock, blacksmith tools, furniture. 16 May 1836. Wit: Bluford Cooper, William Cooper. 1837 Call Court April 1837: James Murphy paid $6 to repair roof of Court House and for glazing in two window panes of glass. Call Court July 1837: . . Allowed James Murphey $6 for repairing roof of Court House. 1838 Call Court Jan 1838: Ordered that Thos C. Badgett & James Murphey be allowed $500 in part for the building of a new jail in this County which they have undertaken to build. 05 Jun 1838. Sena Murphey married Peter Shelton in Caswell. Lewis W. Withers, witness or bondsman. David Walker and Frances his wife & James Murphey to John Worsham all of Caswell, for $368.8 1, 105 1/2 acres on Hogan's Cr adj Matthew Mills, Joseph Cobb, to John's Br. 25 Jun 1838. Wit: William Stubblefield, Thos M. Womack. Privy exam of Frances Murphey, wife of David Walker, and she freely executed deed. 25 Jun 1838: David Walker & wife Frances and James Murphey of Caswell Co. to John Worsham of same $368.81 for 105 1/2 acres on waters of Hogans Creek; beginning Matthew Mills line; also mentions: Joseph Cobbs corner & with his line down a hollow to a spring branch; Johns' branch; persimmon & pointers Matthew Mills corner. signatures of all. Wts: Wm. Stubblefield; Thomas M. Womack. Proved July Court 1838. Samuel Greer to Thornton Baynes, both of Caswell, for $1200, 264 acres both sides Storm Creek adj Compton, to the ridge path, Pleasant. 17 Sep 1838. Wit: William Murphey, D. R. Murray. 1839 06 Feb 1839. William Murphey married Aartesia Pleasant in Caswell. Jonathan Murphey, witness or bondsman. 07 Mar 1839: Abraham Murphey married to Mary Walker in Caswell. William Kimbro Sr., witness or bondsman.. (note: Abraham son of John Murphey and Mary Fitch) (Abraham's second marriage; was a resident of TN at time of marriage to Mary Walker) Call Court Apr 1839: Ordered that the sheriff & county trustee to pay to Thos L. Badgett & James Murphey the balance of the money due them for building the new jail, deducting a credit of $9 for the locks of the old jail. Allotment to Elizabeth Roark, widow of Elisha Roark, decd. 26 acres of 78 acres total on McMinneway Creek of N. Hyco adj Yearby Warren, John Murphey, Jr., James McMinneway. 16 Oct 1839 1840 1840 Federal Census Murphy, James James James Charles B. Lucy (widow of Wm.) John Nathaniel William John Jr. Nathaniel Murphey (in debt to Thomas D. Johnston, for $85.56, for $50.25) to Henry Sawyer, for $1, 40 A adj Thomas W. Graves on Country Line Cr where he resides; cattle, furniture. 3 Feb 1840. Wit: Jas W. Neal, J. M. Brandon. 1841 01 Nov 1841. Nancy Murphey married William G. Wright in Caswell. Wm. B. Mann; John K. Brooks, witness/bondsmen. 1843 02 Mar 1843. James Murphey married Sarah Lovelace in Caswell. Samuel Page, witness or bondsman. Jul 1843: Bastardy Bonds, Caswell County - Mother/Elizabeth Willson. Bondsmen: Gabriel Murphey, Westley Warner, Martin Warren. 1846 19 Dec 1846. Lucinda Murphy married Andrew H. Smith in Caswell. Dudley Y. Murphy, bondsmen or witness. 23 Dec 1836. Bazel Murphey married Nancy Warren in Caswell. William Cooper, bondsman or witness. 1850 & later 1850 Federal Census house Name Age occupation #244 Murphy Barzilla 33 farmer Nancy 27 keeping house Warren M. 1 Frances 12 (prob. a niece) #241 Murphy John 53 farmer #182 Murphy Susan 71 Poor House-pauper #241 Murphy Lucy 68 Elizabeth 45 (died Apr 1860-consumption) Sallie 47 #241 Murphy John 67 farmer Lucy 28 John C. 25 Dudly Y. 22 #257 Murphy James 48 Sarah 25 #240 Murphy Francis 12 #208 Murphy William 18 ?? Murphy William 44 farmer Artisa 28 keeping house John C. 10 Mary F. 8 William A. 5 Susy R. 3 ?? Murphy James 76 farmer Nicy 40 Gabriel 38 Barzilla L. 13 Cook Posey 45 ?? Feb 1852. Thomas Murphey married Nancy Loveland. Joseph Lovelace, witness or bondsman. 28 Dec 1852. William M. Murphey married Mary Southard. Nelson Chapman, witness or bondsman. Will/Deed Book Q:643 - 1852, Property sold by James Malone & Micajah Pleasant, special adms. of James Murray, deceased. Sales to Jno. C. Murphey, Gabriel Murphey . . . Will/Deed Book R:151 - 1854 Inventory and sales of property sold of Wm. Turner, deceased, by F.L. Warren, adm. Sold 12 Nov 1853 to Wm. H. Crisp. Ezekial Sartin, D.Y. (Dudley Y.) Murphey, James S. Warren, Wm. Henry, Ambrose Nelson, Richard Hargis, Bazzel Murphey, James Porterfield, Archabald Oakley. 03 Jan 1854. 05 Dec 1853. Elizabeth F. Murphey married John M. McDade. Ashel McDade, witness or bondsman. Will/Deed Book R:174 -Acct of sale of slaves of estate of Fanney Murphey sold at Yanceyville 04 Jul 1854 by Thos. Bigelow adm. Sales to George Robertson, Thos. Y. Pool. Rec'd. $8.12 on her part of estate of Brittain Moore, decd. (note: Frances Moor, widow of James Murphey, md. 11 Aug 1825.) 08 Jan 1857. Mary M. Murphey married Washington Buchanan. Albert A. Malone, M.D., witness or bondsman. Will/Deed Book S:415 - 1861: James Murphy, Sen. Will written 26 Oct 1857. Son Gabriel Murphy (200 acres land on Lynch's Creek & Sandy Creek, also l/2 livestock). Dau. Nancy Murphey to have 114 acres land & dwelling house & all household furniture plus 1/2 of livestock. To 5 sons that have left and married, $2. apiece. Wit: Iverson G. Warren, Azariah Nelson. Henry J. Murphey to Mary J. Farrar on 20 Jun 1858 in Orange County. William F. Anderson, bondsman. 09 Oct 1858. William H. Murphy married Susan Ann L. Smith. Albert A. Malone, witness or bondsman. 1860 Federal Census #162 Murphy James 57 male T. 30 female L.F. 16 female I.B. 14 male M.A.13 female N.B. 9 male H.W. 3 male #164 Murphy T. 32 male N. 36 female G. 5 female L. 2 female #347 MurphyW.H. 28 male F.A. 20 female #1237 MurphyJames 80 male farmer Nicy 43 female Gabriel 41 male farmer B. 23 male farmer #1300 MurphyRhody 48 female #656 MurphyJohn Sr 76 male L. 38 female M.A. 21 female T.E. 17 female #1234 MurphySallie 56 female #1260 Murphy William 26 male Prissia 24 female Caswell NC Mortality Schedule (between June 1859 & June 1860) A. J. Murphy, aged 7 mos., male, born NC; died in March of pneumonia. James Murphy, 24 years, male, born NC; died in July, disease of spine. E. Murphy, age 54, female, born NC, died in April of consumption. 23 Nov 1860. Lilla Murphey married David H. Evans. Joshua Hightower, witness or bondsman. 23 Dec 1861. Susan Murphy married Robert Sanders. Nathan Canaday, witness or bondsman. Will/Deed Book T:284 - 1864: Inventory and sales property of John Murphey, Sen., decd. Sold 28 Oct 1863 by D. Y. Murphey, adm. Among buyers: Wm. Murphey, John C. Murphy, Gabriel Murphy, Caroline Murphey. 02 Apr 1865. Elizabeth Murphy married Charles Lewis. John Carter, witness or bondsman. Will/Deed Book T:284 - 1867: Acct current of D. Y. Murphy, adm. of John Murphy Sen., decd. Cash & bonds in Confederate Money $12,193.03; sales in greenbacks on 29 Dec 1864, to W. G. Wright, D. Evans, rent of plantation to F. L. Warren. 16 Dec 1865: Sales to Wm. Murphy, John Ashley, Wm. C. Wright, D. B. Warren, D. Evans. Sales of tobacco in Danville $487.93. 12 Apr 1866. Matilda A. Murphey married James Chatman. E.S. Cook, witness or bondsman. 08 Jul 1866. Harriet A. Murphey married Yancey Richmond. Squire Walker, witness or bondsman. 10 Sep 1866. Lewis Murphy married Louisa Thorp. Saml. P. Hill, witness or bondsman. 10 Oct 1866. Wiley Murphey married Sarah Richmond. Yancey Richmond, witness or bondsman. 1870 Federal Census #115 Murphy Gabriel 58 farmer Nicy 53 keeping house Susan 50 housekeeper #90 Murphy Sallie 66 #64 Murphy John 65 Fanny 64 #20 Murphy William 63 Amelia 49 John 29 Mary 25 William 24 James 21 Iverson 19 Milla(?) 77 #306 Murphy William 39 Susanna 31 Pittsylvania VA deed index shows deeds from several Caswell Murpheys (including Ezekiel, Nathaniel, Archibald D. and John G.) dating 1816 to 1831. Do not have all index pages showing Murpheys and Murphys. Extracts not yet acquired. See also Halifax VA records. See also Orange NC records. See also Rockingham NC records. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________ Pittsylvania VA (formed 1766 from Halifax) History of Pittsylvania County VA, by Clement Pg. 76-77. "In 1758 the General Assembly provided that the soldiers who had seen active service in the war should be paid. The following list of officers was given for Halifax, unfortunately the muster rolls were not preserved: (among others) Lt. Thomas Green; Nathaniel Terry, the balance of his pay for attending the militia and building three forts 29. Footnote to Terry: Nathaniel Terry was the son of Benjamin Terry whose will was dated 1760 and proven at Pittsylvania C.H. in 1771, naming sons Nathaniel, Benjamin, Peter, Joseph and Robert Terry: daughter Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah Terry; Lavinia King and Kezia Murphy; wife Elizabeth Irby (Terry) (note: this proves me wrong about saying Richard who married Kezia was son of Rev. Joseph Murphy, so must have been brother). (the will referred to above was not dated 1760 but 1769). Pg. 126-127. "The Separate Baptists believed in the immediate working of the spirit of God, and taught that those who earnestly sought god gave "evident tokens ofhis will." They spoke with deep feeling and strong gestures, and being deeply affected themselves, Semple says: "correspondent affections were felt by their pious hearers which were frequently expressed by tears, treblings, screams, and shouts and acclamations. *** And the people were astonished never having seen things in this wise." .... The first association was held in Jan 1760 at Shubal Steams church in NC, the Sandy River Meeting House, to which eight churchs sent delegates, two of which were in Virginia, the Dan River Church, represented by Samuel Harris and the Lunenburg County church represented by William Murphy. Samuel Harris of Pittsylvania County was the foremost man of Virginia in establishing the Baptist faith in this state and was so recognized and hed in high esteem. From 1771 until overcome by the frailties of age about 1790, Harris almost invariabley served as moderator of all meetings of the Association and general committees. When in 1774 it was decided that the church should have an apostolic head, Harris was chosen for the position and termed the "Apostle of Virginia". Samuel Harris was bom in Hanover Co., Jan 12, 1724. Semple said of him: "few men could boast more respectable parentage. When young he moved to Pittsylvania and as he advanced in age became a favorite with the people as well as with the rulers. He was appointed church warden (vestryman of the Established Church, Sheriff, ajustice of the peace, burgess for the County, Colonel ofthe militia, Captain of Mayo Fort and commissary for the fort and Army." His conversion to the Baptist faith is described by Semple: On one of his visits to the forts in his official capacity he rode up, splendidly attired in his military habit, as the people were collecting at a small house near Allen's Creek on the road leading from Booker's Ferry on Staunton River to Pittsylvania Courthouse (Peytonsburg's). 'What is to be done here, gentlemen?" said Harris. Preaching, Colonel" 'Who is to preach?' 'The Murphy boys, sir.' 'I believe I will stop and hear them" whereupon Harris dismounted." He was deeply affected by the preaching, and in great agony cast away sword and insignia of office. This probably occurred in 1757, for it was during the period of the French and Indian War; and he was baptized in 1758 by Elder Marshall. The following year, relinquishing all his wordly honors, he entered the ministry and gave himselfwholly to preaching. Harris devoted the first seven years of his labors to his own section and it was during these years that he with Dutton Lane and the Murphy boys carried the message through Henry, Patrick, Franklin and Bedford counties. These four counties became the Strawberry Association. About 1765 Harris widened his field and traveled extensively through Virginia and Carolina, exhorting the people and winning hosts of souls to the new faith. It is said "there is scarcely any place in Virginia in which he did not sow the Gospel seed." (more of this) Pg. 284-285. List of Land and Tithes Taken by Hugh Innes for Pittsylvania for 1767. William Murphy; Thomas Anderson & James Anderson, Benjamine Barten, Miller Dogget, Joshua Barton, David Barton, Isaac Barton. (the name Miller Dogget appears often with Murpheys, even in Missouri) Pg. 278-279. A List of Tithes Taken by Theop'l Lacy 10 June 1767 Richard Murphy and Bob Scott; Ambrose Haley and Ben Haley; Thomas Henderson, Edmond Hodges, Henry Bates, Isaac Bates, Henry Bates Jr, Mathew Steed & negro Samson. Pg. 284-285. List of Land and Tithes Taken by Hugh Innes for Pittsylvania for 1767. William Murphy; Thomas Anderson & James Anderson, Benjamine Barten, Miller Dogget, Joshua Barton, David Barton, Isaac Barton. Abstracts of Pittsylvania Wills 1767-1820, by Wills Pg. 3. 28 Dec. 1769. Pr: 26 Sept 1771. Benjamin Terry. of Camden Parish. Wife: Elizabeth Terry; so ns: Nathaniel, Benjamin, Peter, Joseph, Robert; Daughter Rozia Murphy (Kezia?), 2 negroes Harry and Phillis, to be divided at her decease between children she had by her former husband, James Scott and all the children she has or shall have by present husband, Richard Murphy. If Richard Murphy should not pay the children of James Scott what is or will be due them of their father's estate for which I am security for, it shall be paid out of the sale of the two negroes. Daughter Levinia Kind 2 negroes Abbey and Ivey during her natural life, then equally divided between her dau. Grace Terry and her children she has or may have by her husband Elijah King. To dau. Sarah Terry 3 negroes, old Jenny, Pompy, and Willey to her and her heirs. To dau. Elizabeth Buckingham 2 negroes Bailer and Melinder, not to be possessed until the death of my wife. To dau. Mary Terry 2 negros Cyner and Casshener, 1 side saddle, feather bed and furniture. Rest of estate to be sold and divided among all my children. Appoint wife Elizabeth Terry and sons Nathaniel and Benjamin as executors. William King. Benjamin (X) Terry. Wit. Theophilus Lacy, John King, William King. Pg. 62. Bk 2, pg. 47. Ragsdale from Murphey Murphy of Co. of Pittsylvania in Colony of Virginia of one part and William Ragsdale of Co. of Pittsylvania of other part ... for 40L ... that tract of land on Elkhorn Creek containing by estimation 200 acres being the same land said Richard Murphy purchased of Nathaniel Terry, Gent ... and was by said Nathaniel Terry by deed recorded in Court of County of Halifax conveyed to said Richard Murphy. Wit: R Williams, Jno. Wimbush, Theos. Lacey. S/Richard Deed, 22 Mar 1769 Nathaniel Terry, Gentl of Halifax Co of one part and James Murphey of Pittsylvania Co of other part ... for 20L current money of Virginia ... 173 acres it being part of a larger quantity granted to said Nathaniel Terry by patent ... in Leaks line thence by new dividing lines ... crossing the fork Branch of Elkhorn Creek ... in Glasscocks line along Leeks line.. crossing aforesd. Where on said James Murphey now lives be the same more or less. Wit: Isaac Read, Benj. Terry, Haynes Morgan, John Salmon. Rec: 28 Mar 1771. S/Nathaniel Terry (now it's appears that Rev. Wm. Murphy I, Rev. Joseph, Richard, and James were all brothers). Pg. 156. Bk 3, p. 325 Ragsdale from Murphy Deds, 8 May in 13th, year of our reign George the third by grace of God Great Brittain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c to Gideon Wright, Charles McHanally and Moses Martin Esqrs. Or any two of his majesty's Justices of the County of Surry.. whereas Richard Murphy by Indenture of Feoffment hath conveyed to William Ragsdale of Co. of Pittsylvania one certain tract of Land containing 200 acres and whereas Keziah, the wife of Richard, cannot conveniently travel to and from our said County Court of Pittsylvania . . . trusting to your faithful and provident circumspection in examining Keziah apart from her husband whether she freely relinquishes her right of dower. Will. Tunstall by virtue of above dedimus we have examined Keziah the wife of Richard Murphy apart from her husband . . .hereby certify did relinquish her right of dower. 12 Jul 1773. Gideon Wright; Charles McHanally; Moses Martin. Rec: 22 Jul 1773. Pg. 101. 2 April 1800; Pr. 21 July 1800. William Butcher, Sr. Wife: Jane, Sons: George, James, John, William, Isaac, dau. Lidda Butcher, dau. Elizabeth, Polly, Cassey Murphey, Phebe Davis, they have received their part. Youngest son, Benjamin. Wife Jane and son John executors. James Butcher and James Murphy, security for the executors. Pg. 122. 15 Dec. 1795. Pr: 15 April 1805. William Davis. Sister Lucy Davis, 100 acs where I now live, being part of a patent to John Graven, 25 Mar 1762, 3 84 acres more or less. Niece Ann Murphy, dau of my brother John Davis dec. 100 acres after death of my sister Lucy Davis. To hers of late brother John Davis, dec. the rest of the tract, excepting 4 acres. Four acres to the heirs of my deceased brother George Davis. To sister Lucy Davis, 100 acres joining the others granted to me, 360 acres total. To James Davis, son of John Davis, five pounds. To heirs of George Davis, dec. all the tract of land granted me, 360 acres but Lucy Davis to have free use of the 100 acres during her lifetime. Sister Lucy Davis, Nephew William Davis, son of dec. brother, George, executors. WilliamDavis. Wit: Wm. Burton, James Scoot, (Scott?) Wm. Scoot, Thomas Scoot, Levi Burton. Shadrack Boaz and John Murphy, security for Lucy Davis. Pg. 149. 25 Jan 1810. Pr: 19 Feb 18 1 0. Lucy (Luscey) Davis. To Elizabeth Storde a nego named Cloey. To Thomas Murphy and William Davis, the rest of my property and appoint them executors. Luscey Davis. Wit: Susanner Patten, Patsey Casey, homas Casey, John Lewis, Jacob Norten. Pg. 134. 1 Nov. 1806. Pr: 16 Feb. 1807. Henry Foard to oldest son, John, son Jarrald Foard, Elisha Foard, wife, Frances Foard, daus. Elisabeth Asher, Fathy Shelton and Polly Haley. Dau Sarah Murphy the nego Edy in her possession. Son John to pay son William $50. Nad son Elisha to pay son, Thomas $50. Beverly Barksdale, Wm. Thomson, John Shelton, and Washington Thomson appt. as executors. Henry Foard. Wit: Gideon Ragland Sr, Gideon Ragland Jr. William Ragland. Thomas Shelton, Gideon Ragland and James Murphy security for William Thomson. Pg. 234. 22 April 1818 Pr. 15 May 1820. James Sands Sr. Sons James Sands Jr. Dau. Margaret Murphy; dau. Elizabeth Sands and Mary Sands. Son-in-law James Murphey, executor James Sands Sr. Pg. 212. Wm. Murphy and Lewis Murphy witnessed will of James Curry, 28 Jan 1809 Pr. 19 Oct. 1812 and 20 July 1818. Pg. 223. 15 Feb. 1819. Wm. Murphey, Wiatt, Brown, Josiah Morton, Robert Ritchett, Robert Gourley. Wit will of Arthur Goolsby. Pittsylvania Co. VA Deed Books 1, 2 & 3, by Payne Pg. 3. (DB 1, p.25) Barton from Jones. Deed, 21 Jul 1767 Robert Jones of one part and Benjamin Barton of other part For 20L lawful money of Virginia ... 50 acres on both sides Pigg River, north side Island Run Down Pigg River as it meanders to walnut on north side of the river. Wit: Wm. Murphy, Sarah Murphy, Jeremiah Poor. (this is definitely Rev. Wm. 1, so he had married Sarah by 21 July 1767) Pg. 3. (Bk 1, p. 27). Jones Jr. from Jones Sr. 21 July 1767 Robert Jones Sr. of Halifax Co. in colony of Va of one part and Robert Jones Jr. of same county and colony ... for 90L lawful money of Va... 150 acres more or less in Pittslyvania Co. on both sides of Pigg River. Wit. Wm. Murphy, Sarah Murphy, Jeremiah Poor Rec. 24 July 1767. Pg. 5. Bk. 1, p. 5). Stephens from Bellew Deed, 24 July 1767 Stephen Bellew and Ann his wife of one part and Joshua Stephens of other part, all of Pittsylvania County ... 60 acres on south side Banister River for 5L current money ... beginning at James Logans line ... mouth of Allens Creek ... along Murphys line. S/Stephen Bellew L.S. Ann Bellew L. S. Wit: Elisha Dyer, James (x) Hodges, Wellcom William Hodges. Memorandum signed by: Elisha Dyer, Edmond (x) Hodges, Welcom W. Hodges. Pg. 7. (Bk 1, p. 55) Hodges from Dyer Deed, 23 Jul 1767 Elisha Dyer and Amey his wife of Halifax Co of one part and Welcome William Hodges of Pittsylvania Co of other part ... 100 acres south side Banister River.. for 5L current money ... beginning at Stephen Bellews upper comer in Murphy's line on the River Hill. Wit; Stephen Bellew, Edmond (X) Hodges, Joshua (T) Stephens Pg. 17. Bk 1, p. 130. Murphy from Caldwell James Caldwell for 16L paid by James Murphy make over to said Murphy one still and worm and three cows now in possession of said Caldwell ... if said debt shall be paid before June 1768 then this sale wll be void. Rec: 24 June 1768. S/James Caldwell L.S. Pg. 30. Bk 1, p. 280 Deed, 20 Mar 1769 Elles (Ellis?) from Jones. Robert Jones of Pittsylvania Co in Va and Joseph Elles of Co and colony aforesaid ... for 60L .. 164 acres on both sides of n. fork Pig river, it being part of a survey of 320 acres the patent dated 6 Sep 1760, Wit. Wm. Murphy, Francis Bird, Rec: 28 July 1769 Pg. 34. Bk. 1. P. 331 Dyer from Hodges Deed, 14 Feb 1769. Welcom William Hodges and Mary his wife of Pittsylvania County of one part and Elisha Dyer of said County ... 100 acres on South Side Bannister River ... in Murpheys line on south side Bannister River ... for 30L current money. Wit; Wm. Short, Wm Addams, Edmd Hodges, Sarah Hodges. Pg. 34. Bk 1, p. 337. Short from Hodges Deed 14 Feb 1769. Welcom William Hodges and Mary his wife of Pittsylvania Co of one part and Wm Short of aforesaid co. of other part 100 acres on n. side Banister River ... for 35L ... beginning at mouth of said Hodges Spring Branch, up said Branch to Murphys line, along Murphey line to Edmond Hodges comer in Murpheys line, along Hodges line to the River. Wit: Elisha Dyer, William Addame, Amy (x) Dyer. Wecom W. Hodges. Mary Hodges Rec: 25 Aug 1769. Pg. 37. Bk 1, p. 365. Eckhols from Murphey Deed, 16 apr 1769 William Murphey of Augusta Co in Va of one part and Jacob Eckhols at County of Bedford and colony of Virginia of other part.... For 15L lawful money ... 1 13 acres on both sides north fork of Gobbintown Creek.. land being first conveyed from Ishain Barnet the patent dated 10 Sep 1755. Wit: Jeremiah Morrow, Dorrity Murrow, Tully Choice. Wm. Murphey, L.S. Rec: 27 oct 1769. Pg. 37. Bk 1, p. 374. Hughes from Harris Deed, 26 Sep 1769. Samuel Harris of County of Pittsylvania of one part and John Wimbush and Archelius Hughes of said County of other part ... for 20L current money of Virginia Pg. 56. Land Surveys: William Murphey, 250 acres on Coles Creek of BIack Water River, June 23, 1769. Pg. 62. Bk 2, pg. 47. Ragsdale from Murphey Deed 17 Aug. 1770. Richard Murphy of Co. of Pittsylvania in Colony of Virginia of one part and William Ragsdale of Co. of Pittsylvania of other part ... for 40L ... that that tract of land on Elkhorn Creek containing by estimation 200 acres being the same land said Richard Murphy purchased of Nathaniel Terry, Gent ... and was by said Nathaniel Terry by deed recorded in Court of County of Halifax conveyed to said Richard Murphy. Wit: R Williams, Jno. Wimbush, Theos. Lacey. S/Richard Murphy L. S. Rec: 29 Nov 1770. Pg. 71. Bk 2, pg. 128 Murphey from Terry Deed, 22 Mar 1769 Nathaniel Terry, Gentl of Halifax Co of one part and James Murphey of Pittsylvania Co of other part ... for 20L current money of Virginia ... 173 acres it being part of a larger quantity granted to said Nathaniel Terry by patent ... in Leaks line thence by new dividing lines ... crossing the fork Branch of Elkhorn Creek ... in Glasscocks line III along leeks line.. crossing aforesd. Where on said James Murphey now lives be the same more or less. Wit: Isaac Read, Benj. Terry, Haynes Morgan, John Salmon. Rec: 28 Mar 1771. S/Nathaniel Terry Pg. 126. Bk. 3, p. 104. Morton from Hodges Deed 25 Oct 1771. Welcom William Hodges of Carolina province and Jehu Morton of Pittsylvania Co of other part ... for 150L current money ... 292 acres on a large branch of Allens Creek that makes out on the west side ... pointers of Joseph Eckhols' thence along Farris; line ... crossing a branch and said large branch to pine in Bakers line, along Bakers line. Wit: Wm. Short, Robt Bowmer, Joseph Robards. Cert: 26 Mar 1772, rec: 24 Sep 1772. Welcom W. Hodges L.S. Pg. 126. Bk 3, p. 106. Morton from Hodges Deed, 15 Oct 1771 Welcom William Hodges of Carolina Province of one part and Jehu Morton of Pittsylvania County of other part ... for 50L.... 40 acres on n side ofbanister River ... beginning at mouth of Spring Branch on William Shorts line, up the branch to Murpheys line, along his line to the River, down the River. Wit; William Short, Jos. Robards, Robin Bowmer. Cer; 26 mar 1772, rec: 24 Sep. 1772. Welcom W. Hodges L.S. Pg. 138. Bk 3, p. 194. Murphy from Ellis Deed, 29 Sep 1772 Joseph Elles of Pittsylvania Co and Colony of Va of one part and Wm. Murphy of County and Colony aforesaid of other part ... for 60L current money of Va ... Land on both sides n. fork of Pigg river .. on side of a stoney hill .. 164 acres being part of survey of 320 the patent dated Sep 1760. No witnesses Rec: 25 Mar 1773 Pg. 156. Bk 3, p. 325 Ragsdale from Murphy Deds, 8 May in 13' year of our reign George the third by grace of God Great Brittain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c to Gideon Wright, Charles McHanally and Moses Martin Esqrs. Or any two of his majestys Justices of the County of Surry... whereas Richard Murphy by Indenture of Feofftnent hath conveyed to William Ragsdale of Co. of Pittsylvania one certain tract of Land containing 200 acres and whereas Keziah the wife of Richard cannot conveniently travel to and from our said County Court of Pittsylvania .. trusting to your faithfull and provident circumspection in examing Keziah apart from her husband 11 whether she freely relinquishes her right of dower. Will. Tunstall by virtue of above dedimus we have examined Keziah the wife of Richd Murphy apart from her husband ..hereby certifie did relinquish her right of dower. 12 July 1773. Gideon Wright; Charles McHanally; Moses Martin. Rec: 22 July 1773. Pg. 162. Book 3, p. 373. Murdock & Co from Murphey Deed of Trust, 15 July 1773 James Murphey of Co. of Pittsylvania of one part and Thomas Murdock for James Murdock & Co of said County of other part ... for 5 9L 18 09 current money which James Murphey justly indebed to Thomas Murdock and Co ... and honestly desire to pay ... farther consideration of sum of 5 s. like money ... sell 200 acres of land upon a branch of Elkhorn Creek and joining the lands of James Leak Sr and Thomas Glasscock being the plantation whereon James Murphey now lives ... nevertheless after 25 Dec 1774 ... sell for best price. Wit: Dond. McNicole, Francis Henry, Rob. Farguson. Rec: 23 Sep. 1773. James Murphey L.S. Deed Book and Wills No. 5 1767-1780 pp 287-288: 22 Oct 1778. George Murphey bought from George Ridley, both of Pittsylvania County, 238 acres of land lying on both sides of Cherrystone Creek. The consideration was a "stallion, colt and 87 pounds 10 shillings." Wts: William Moon and two others (illegible) Grants No. 27, 1792-1793, pp 20-21: 14 Aug 1792 - George Murphey, in consideration of 15 shillings, received grant of land from Henry Lee, Esquire, Governor of VA, said grant comprising 140 acres on the branches of Cherrystone Creek. (This land joins George Murphey's other property.) Deed Book 11, 1796-1799, pp 181-182: 18 Sep 1797 - George Murphey and wife, Elizabeth, transfer to Thomas Turley of Pittsylvania County 38 acres of land on Cherrystone Creek, in consideration of 50 pounds. Deed Book 11, 1796-1799, pp 182-183: 16 Oct 1797 - George Murphey transfers to John Patterson of Pittsylvania County 200 acres of land on Cherrystone Creek in consideration of 100 pounds. The land is described as that on which "G. Murphey now lives." Deed Book 13, 1802-1804, pp 316-317: 30 June 1803 - Roberson Murphey of Pittsylvania County, acting under power of attorney for George Murphey Senior of Robertson County TN, in consideration of 30 pounds, transfers to Thomas Turley 140 acres of land on Cherrystone Creek. Court Orders, Book 5, p. 101: July Court 1784. George Murphey, plaintiff, secured judgement against Moses Sweeney Jr. in the amount of 40 shillings. GRANTOR INDEX TO DEEDS, TRUST DEEDS, LIENS ETC. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VA (incomplete record) Date Grantor Grantee Vol/Page 29 Nov 1770 Richard Murphy William Ragsdale 2/47 22 Jul 1773 Keziah Murphy (wife of Richard) Relinq. of Dower 3/325 28 Nov 1776 William Murphy Joseph Hale 4/272 20 May 1811 Polly (wife of Samuel) Murphy Relinq. of Dower 17/299 21 Feb 1814 John G. Murphy Francis Dabney - Trust 18/389 15 Aug 1814 Anne, Caty, Lewis, & John Murphey Sr. Burwell Law 18/514 19 Feb 1816 John Murphey Sr. William Murphey 19/374 18 Mar 1816 John G. & Tabitha Murphey George W. Marable 19/403 20 May 1816 Ezekiel & Martha Murphy William Walton 20/36 18 Nov 1816 John & Katy Murphy Sr. William Wilson 20/212 17 Mar 1817 William & Isabella Murphy Robert Wilson 20/359 17 Mar 1817 Lewis & Anne(y) Murphy Mathew Wills 20/373 17 Mar 1817 Lewis & Anna Murphy Robert Pearce 20/381 21 Apr 1817 Archibald D. & Jane Murphey Benjamin W.S. Cabell 20/392 19 May 1817 Nathaniel & Polley Murphey James Blair 21/33 (power of attorney) 21 Jul 1817 Nathaniel & Polley Murphy (by atty) John M. Napier 21/91 16 Mar 1818 Archibald D. & Jane Murphey Samuel Dabney 21/363 19 Apr 1819 William D. & Abigail Murphey Peter Cahall 22/251 17 May 1819 John & Katy Murphey Sr. James Lanier 22/275 16 Aug 1819 John & Kate Murphey Sr. William Wilson 22/390 16 Aug 1819 John G. & Tabitha Murphey Cert of Acknowledment 22/392 18 Oct 1819 William & Isabella Murphey John Pritchett 22/427 20 Dec 1819 John & Katy Murphey Sr. Relinq. of Dower 23/52 21 Feb 1820 William Murphey (Comr.) James Trahern 23/128 19 Oct 1820 James & Margaret Murphey William Clark 23/386 18 Apr 1823 William Murphy John Headen 25/322 20 Dec 1824 Archibald D. & Jane Murphey Thomas Ruffin 27/60 17 Nov 1828 James & Mary A. Murphey Isham Farmer Jr. 30/382 21 Feb 1831 Benjamin, John, James & Wm. Murphy (by Comr.) John K. Gregory 32/261 15 Sep 1834 William Murphy John B. Murphey 36/445 (Power of Attorney) 20 Oct 1834 William D. (Est), William, Lucy John B., Celia (by attorney) Samuel Hairston 37/8 20 Oct 1834 John B. (atty), Thomas J. Murphey Samuel Hairston 37/8 27 Oct 1834 James & Mary A. Murphey Thomas T. Williams 37/96 16 May 1842 Spencer & Martha M. Murphy John Bullington 46/40 15 May 1843 Stephen & Lucy Murphy George T. Berger - Trust 47/287 02 Apr 1845 Spencer Murphey Albert G. Pritchett Tr. 49/190 22 Jan 187? Paul Murphey Jessie L. Carter & wife 65/62 15 Nov 1873 Thomas Murphey, est. adm. Dick Strange 66/424 15 Dec 1873 Sally B. Murphey Redmond S. Burton 66/476 =============================== 2 April 1800; Probated 21 July 1800. Will of William Butcher, Sr. Wife: Jane, Sons: George, James, John, William, Isaac, dau. Lidda Butcher, dau. Elizabeth, Polly, Cassey Murphey, Phebe Davis, they have received their part. Youngest son, Benjamin. Wife Jane and son John executors. James Butcher and James Murphy, security for the executors. (James Murphy married Cassey Butcher in Loudoun VA circa 1795) (Phoebe Butcher married James Sands in 1798; perhaps she was first married to a Davis) 22 April 1818; Probated 15 May 1820. Will of James Sands Sr. Son, James Sands Jr.; Dau. Margaret Murphy; dau. Elizabeth Sands and Mary Sands. Son-in-law James Murphey, executor James Sands Sr. (James Sands married Phoebe Butcher in Loudoun VA on 29 Dec 1798) (James Murphy married Peggy Sands 29 Nov. 1806 in Pittsylvania) Deed Book 32, pp 261-263 THIS INDENTURE made this 18th day of January 1831 Between John Butcher, Temple B. Taylor and Polly his wife, Peyton Pigg and Susan his wife, Josiah Butcher, Phoebe Butcher, WILLIAM MURPHY, JOHN MURPHY, JAMES B. MURPHY, BENJAMIN MURPHY, William Butcher, James Sands & Phoeba his wife, George Butcher, Isaac Butcher, James Pickerald and Lydia his wife, & Haley Mustain & Elizabeth, his wife, heirs of Benjamin Butcher, Deceased, of the one part & who convey by Thompson Robertson, a Commissioner specially appointed by a decree of the County Court of Pittsylvania to convey on their behalf, and John K. Gregory of the other part, whereas a suit has heretofore been instituted in the County Court of Pittsylvania on the chancery side thereof by the above named John Butcher, Temple B. Taylor and Polly his wife, Peyton Pigg and Susan his wife, Josiah Butcher and Phoeba Butcher, plaintiffs, against the said WILLIAM MURPHY, JOHN B. MURPHY, JAMES MURPHY, BENJAMIN MURPHY, William Butcher, James Sands and Phoeba his wife, George Butcher, Isaac Butcher, James Pickerald and Lydia his wife, Haley Mustain & Elizabeth his wife, Defendants, which said suit was so proceeded in that at the December term of said Court in the year 1829, it decreed that Thompson Robertson, Richard Jones and James Adams should proceed to sell on a credit of one to two years the lands to which the said Benjamin Butcher died entitled, lying on White Thorn Creek, consisting of two parcels, the one containing eighty five acres and the other contgaining one hundred and fifty acres and whereas also the said Commissioners did on the 11th day of January 1830 by virtue of said decree proceed to sell to the highest bidder the lands aforesaid and the above named John K. Gregory became the purchaser thereof at the price of Six Hundred and thirty five Dollars which was accordingly reported by said Commissioners and whereas also the County Court aforesaid at its January term 1831 confirmed the sale and repot aforesaid and also decreed that the above named plaintiffs and defendants convey the above parcels of land to the said John K. Gregory by a good and sufficient deed and appointed the above named Thompson Robertson a Commissioner according to the act of assembly for such cases provided to execute said conveyance for and on their behalf. Now this Indenture witnesseth that for and in consideration of the premises and especially in consideration of the payment of the said sum of Six hundred & Thirty five Dollars at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, they the said parties to this Indenture of the first part have bargained and sold and by these presents do and each of them bargain and sell unto the said John K. Gregory, his heirs and assigns, two certain parcels of land lying in the County of Pittsylvania on both sides of White Thorn Creek, the one containing eighty five acres and the other containing one Hundred and fifty acres lying adjoining the lands of Thompson Robertson, Woodson Johnson, V.H. Shelton, John Butcher, and others, it being the lands to which Benjamin Butcher died entitled, together with all singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders yearly and other rents issued and profits thereof and off every part and parcel thereof To have and To hold the said parcels of land with the tenements, hereditaments and all & singular or the premises herein before mentioned or intended to be bargained and sold with ??? of their rights and appurtenances unto the said John K. Gregory, his heirs and assigns forever and the said John Butcher, Temple B. Taylor and Polley his wife, Peyton Pigg and Susan his wife, Josiah Butcher, Phoeba Butcher, WILLIAM MURPHEY, JOHN MURPHEY, JAMES MURPHY, BENJAMIN MURPHY, William Butcher, James Sands and Phoeba his wife, George Butcher, Isaac Butcher, James Pickerald and Lydia his wife, Haley Mustain & Elizabeth his wife, for themselves and their heirs the said parcels of land with all and singular the premises and appurtenances unto the said John K. Gregory, his heirs and assigns, free from the claim or claims of them and of all and every person or persons whatsoever claiming under, through or by them shall will and do warrant and forever defend by these presents. Signed, sealed & Delivered. Thompson Robertson (seal) A Commissioner who executes this Indenture for and on behalf of John Butcher, Temple B. Taylor and Polly his wife, Peyton Pigg and Susan his wife, Josiah Butcher, Phoeba Butcher, WM. MURPHY, JOHN MURPHY, JAMES MURPHY, BENJAMIN MURPHY, Wm. Butcher, James Sands & Phoeba his wife, George Butcher, Isaac Butcher, James Pickerald & Lydia his wife, Haley Mustain & Elizabeth his wife. In Presence of: Jacob T. Coles Thos. Sr. Hutchings John Davis (?) At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 21st day of February 1831. This Indenture from Thompson Robertson, Commissioner, to John K. Gregory was acknowledged by said Robertson to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded. Teste: Will. Turnstall, Cl. Lydia Butcher married James Pickeral on 17 Oct 1803 in Pittsylvania. Elizabeth Butcher married Haley Mustain on 19 Aug 1811 in Pittsylvania. Polly Butcher married Temple B. Taylor on 18 Aug 1817 in Pittsylvania. Susanna Butcher married Peyton Pigg on 01 Nov 1824 in Pittsylvania. George Butcher married Lucy Deboe on 30 Jan 1838 in Caswell. George Butcher married Sally Berrot on 10 Feb 1830 in Pittsylvania. Phebe Butcher married Meady Meade on 16 Dec 1833 in Pittsylvania. Josiah C. Butcher married Carmelia J. Fuller on 16 Oct 1837 in Pittsylvania ============================= Pittsylvania County Marriages 1767 to 1860 (from Virginia Murphy) William Murphy md. Abbe Cabill & Mar. 1786 Thomas Murphy md. Anne Davis 25 Dec. 1793 George Murphy m. Frances Jefferson 27 Mar 1794 (she was related to Thomas Jefferson) Ezekiel Murphy md. Martha Smith on 12 Feb 1799, bondsman John Smith, dtr. of Martha Smith Thomas Murphy md. Rebeckah Thacker* 30 July 1800 Bon. Reuben Thacker James Murphy md. Peggy Sands 29 Nov. 1806 Lewis Murphy md. Joanna Deer 1 April 1811 bondsman John Morton Isiah Morton, father??? Allen Murphy md. Rebecca Smothers 6 Mar. 1817 Pleasant Murphy md. Anna R. Shelton 16 Nov. 1818 daughter of William Shelton bondsman Vincent H. Shelton John Murphy md. Lucy Tiffin 14 April 1822 dau. of Thomas Tiffin bondsman Peter L. Tiffin John Murphy md. Nancy Hagood 6 Mar 1823 bondsman-Thomas Moody signer Lewis Hagood Spencer Murphy md. Martha M. Breedlove sign-Richard Breedlove Warren D. Murphy md. Elizabeth Dixon 24 July 1829 dau of William Dixon bondsman Peyton T. Dixon Thomas Murphy md. Theny Lewis 26 Mar 1833 bon-John Lewis Robert Murphy md. Martha Dalton 5 Feb. 1850 bon. James Keesee signer Booker Dalton John R. Murphy md. Susannah Childress 7 Oct. 1852 Henry H. Murphy md. Lucy Jane Cook 11 Dec 1856 William S. & Martha Ann Murphy William and Eliza Cook John W. Murphy md. Catherine Adams 11 Jan. 1860 Elizabeth Murphy md. John Thacker* 27 Feb. 1792 by Richard Elliott Elizabeth Murphy md Shemie Watson 17 Oct 1792 by Richard Elliott Jakey Murphy md. William Griffith 25 Jan. 1800 dau Thomas Murphy Sally Murphy md. Nathan Adams 13 Feb. 1809 by Thomas Payne Jane Murphy md. Robert Ritchey 27 Dec. 1817 bon Robert Ritchey dau of Thomas and Anna Sally Murphy md. James Spencer 19 Oct. 1819 bon. Wm. Ware sign. Wm. Murphy Elizabeth Murphy md. Elijah Robinson 17 Nov. 1823 dau. of Thomas. bon. Richard B. Beck Elenor Murphy md. George Booker 28 Sept. 1830 bon. Terrell Hogpar signer Abigail Murphy mother Ann Murphy md. Stephen S. Sutherland 12 Nov. 1832 dau of Thomas Murphy Almira Murphy md. James Dove 30 May 1840 dau. of Stephen Murphy bon. Joseph Barber md. by Joel T. Adams Louisa Murphy md. Jesse Keesee 21 Dec. 1846 bon Richard Keesee dau of Stephen Murphy Hariet Murphy md. John Martin 20 Dec. 1853 Synthia A. Murphy md. James V. Gray no date given 1860 William Mack md. Mary Blair 2 Oct. 1799 bon. George Blair >From Regina Roper (shkgclmt@gnv.fdt.net) Thomas Murphy Sr. married Anne Davis, daughter of John and Milly Davis, on 25 Dec 1793. He made his will 23 Oct 1837 and she was not mentioned, by name or in any other way. Last record found for Anne was 1820 census. Thomas made a hasty codicil to his will ten years later on 28 Aug 1947 and he died 16 Dec 1859 when these documents were probated. (circa 1770- 1859). His children in 1837, 1847 and 1850 were: Elizabeth Murphy, wife of Elijah Robinson. Jane Murphy, wife of Robert Ritchie. William Murphy - married Nancy D. Breedlove 01 Nov 1824. Spencer Murphy - married Martha M. Breedlove 03 Dec 1827; died circa 1849. Warren D. Murphy - married first Elizabeth Dixon; second Lucy Stacy. Lydia Murphy, spinster 1810-March 1872. John D. Murphy - married Nancy Hagood 06 Mar 1823. Thomas Murphy Jr. - married Theny Lewis 26 Mar 1833. Nancy "Ann" Murphy, wife of Stephen Sutherling. JOHN G. MURPHEY and TABITHA BRYANT MURPHY (s/o Col. Archibald Murphey of Caswell NC - Deed Book 18, pp. 389-390 THIS INDENTURE made this first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, Between JOHN G. MURPHEY of the Town of Danville, Pittsylvania, of the one part, and Francis Dabney of the town and County aforesaid of the other part. WITNESSETH, that whereas the said JOHN G. MURPHEY is justly indebted to Stephen D. Watkins of the County of Powhatan in the sum of Five Hundred dollars due by note bearing date of this day, with interest from the date hereof if not punctually paid on the first day of January eighteen hundred and fifteen the payment of which the said MURPHEY is honestly desirous of securing and paying unto the said Stephen D. Watkins, Now this indenture. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of these premises and for the further consideration of one dollar to the said MURPHEY in hand paid by the said by the said Francis Dabney at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the said JOHN G. MURPHEY hath granted, bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell to the said Francis Dabney two half acre lots of ground in the town of Danville known and designated in the place of said Town by numbers Six and Eight, together with all houses, enclosures and other improvements thereto belonging. In Trust nevertheless that if the said JOHN G. MURPHEY shall on the before mentioned first day of January in year 1815 will and truly pay, or cause to be paid to the said Stephen D. Watkins, his certain attorney, Executors, administrators or assigns, the before mentioned sum of Five hundred Dollars ~~ together with the expense of recording this Indenture and all contingent and necessary expense which may acrue on account of carrying this writing fully into effect, then this indenture shall be void and of no effect. But in default of the punctual payment to the said Stephen D. Watkins as aforesaid then the said Francis Dabney wherever he shall be thereunder required by the said Stephen D. Watkins sell for ready money the aforesaid Lotts of ground and improvements to the highest bidder having previously advertised the time and place of sake for the space of three weeks at least in one of the newspapers printed in Lynchburg and also advertise the same in the neighborhood of Danville and out of the proceeds of said sale the said Francis Dabney shall pay the said Stephen D. Watkins his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns the amount of his aforesaid debt, interest and expenses. And the surplus of the said proceeds, if any, the said Francis Dabney shall then pay to the said JOHN G. MURPHEY, his heirs, Executors, administrators or assigns. In testimony whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first above written. John G. Murphey (seal) Francis Dabney (seal) Signed, sealed and delivered in presents of: Thomas Stewart Gilby Benson William Linn John Guthertin At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 17th day of January 1814. This Deed of Trust from JOHN G. MURPHEY to Francis Dabney trustee to secure the payment of a debt due Stephen D. Watkins was presented in Court and proved by the oaths of two witnesses thereto subscribed to be the acts and deeds of the said MURPHEY and Dabney and another court held for the said county the 21st day of February in the year aforesaid the same was again presented in court and acknowledged by the subscribing parties to be their acts and deeds and ordered to be recorded. Teste Will Tunstall, CC Deed Book 19, pp 403-404 THIS INDENTURE made this twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & sixteen Between JOHN G. MURPHEY & TABITHA, his wife, of the Town of Danville, in the County of Pittsylvania & State of Virginia, of the one part, & George W. Marable of the County of Halifax & State aforesaid of the other. WITNESSETH that the said JOHN G. MURPHEY & TABITHA, his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand eight hundred Dollars by the said George W. Marable to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened and confirmed & do by these presents grant, bargain, sell, alien & confirm unto the said George W. Marable two lots of ground situated in the said Town of Danville & known & distinguished in the plan of the said Town by the numbers six & eight, containing half an acre each, be the same more or less together, with all houses including & other improvements thereon & all the right, title, interest, claim & demand of them the said JOHN G. MURPHEY & TABITHA, his wife, whether in ??? or equity in & to the same excepting nevertheless any claims or rights of dower which the wife of James Gatewood may have in the said lot number six in case she should survive the said James Gatewood her present husband. To have & to hold the said lots & appurtenances with all other the before granted premises unto him the said George W. Marable, his heirs & assigns forever to his & their own use & behoof forever, the said JOHN G. MURPHEY & TABITHA, his wife, do for themselves, their heirs, ?? & administrators, covenant & agree to & with the said George W. Marable, his heirs & assigns that they will warrant & forever defend the title to the before granted lots & premises to him the said George W. Marable, his heirs & assigns, with the exception of the claim or right of dower which the said Mrs. GAtewood may have in the lot number six in case she survives her present husband which claim of dower the said JOHN G. MURPHEY & TABITHA, his wife, do not oblige themselves to ??? or remove but in case the said Mrs. Gatewood should have a right of dower in the lot number eight the said JOHN G. MURPHEY & TABITHA, his wife, do hereby oblige themselves, their heirs ??? to clear out or remove the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said JOHN G. MURPHEY & TABITHA, his wife, have hereunto set their hands & affixed their seals on the day and year above written. JNO. G. MURPHEY (seal) TABBEY MURPHEY (seal) Witness: Jno. Noble John Ross Thomas Stewart Hugh P. Smithson Christian Allen At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 18th day of March 1816. This Indenture from JOHN G. MURPHEY and TABBEY, his wife, to George W. Marable was presented in Court & proved by the oaths of three subscribing witnesses to be the act and deed of the said JOHN G. MURPHEY and ordered to be recorded. Teste: Will Tunstall, Cl. Deed Book 22, pp 392-393 Pittsylvania County Court - TABITHA MURPHEY, apart from her husband, acknowledged that she freely executed the deed conveying property to George W. Marable. 16 Aug 1819. ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________ Rockingham NC (formed 1785 from Guilford County) Last Will and Testament of Miles Murphey State of North Carolina ) County of Rockingham ) In the name of God Amen. I, Miles Murphey, being of sound mind and memory and in my perfect senses ______________ to dispose of all my property in manner and form as follows: At the death and burial all my just debts paid. Item: I give my daughte, Sally Murphey, one bed and furniture. I give my daughter Patsey one bed and furniture. Item: I give my daughter Nancy Hansen (Harden?) one bed and furniture . As to the rest of my property be it of what nature soever, and of all and every description or nature after my decease, to be equally divided between my daughter Sally Murphey and my daughter Patsey Murphey., my daughter Nancy Hanson (Harden?) and Arthur Brockman as I consider all the rest of my children as they left me and have their parts and do appoint John Brockman and Sally Murphey executors of this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 11th day of December in the year of our Lord 1819. /s/ Miles (his mark) Murphey (seal) Probated Rockingham NC 1821 (John Brockman married Susannah Murphey) NC Genealogical Society Journal, Vol XIII, No. 4, Nov 1987 Power of Attorney from Archibald Murphey of Rockingham Co. NC, 22 Aug 1791, who appoints Robert Callaway, Esq., attorney, to receive said Murphey's Final Settlement as a soldier in the NC Continental Line for eighteen months. Test: Peter Watson. Sworn to before James Callaway, J.P. for Rockingham County NC. (this could be son of Timothy Murphey of Chatham NC) Some Rockingham County Marriages Ambrose Murphey to Sally Hopkins on 01 Dec 1834. Archibald Murphy to Nancy Hundly on 02 Oct 1830 Betsey Murphy to George W. Wall on 26 Nov 1839. Ellin Murphy to Acy G. Rice on 18 May 1856. John Murphy to Martha Gibbs on 01 Apr 1844 John Murphy to Sarah London on 01 May 1825. John Murphy Jr. to Elizabeth Hutson on 29 Jan 1851. John Murphy Sr. to Elizabeth Gibbs on 26 Feb 1852. July Ann Murphy to Stephen A. Walker on 22 May 1858. Mary Murphy to Jetson J. Astin on 27 Jul 1854. Micajah Murphey to Diannah Cabal on 02 May 183?? Nancy Murphy to Thomas A. Lea on 14 Jun 1852. Nathaniel Murphy to Elizabeth Robertson on 25 Jul 1846. Nathaniel P. Murphy to Charity Gilley on 31 Jan 1861. Nicholas Murphy to Jincy But in 1823. Paton Murphey to Nancy Dodson on 18 Jan 1816. Patsey Murphy to John Vernon on 14 Dec 1853. Richard Murphy to Elizabeth L. Eanes on 16 Nov 1853. Susannah Murphy to John Brockman on 01 Apr 1814. William Murphey to Elizabeth Cox on 07 Feb 1834. William Murphey to Clairy Murphey on 26 Mar 1850. William F. Murphey to Lucinda Jarrell on 22 Dec 1855. Some Stokes County Marriages Mary Murphy to Phillip Shouse on 26 Nov 1798. Samuel Murphy to Susannah Beiba on 09 Dec 1828. Rockingham N. C. Will Abstracts Vol 1 1785-1865 Nathaniel Harris; 13 Apr 1800. No probate date. Wife Nancy. Six sons: Jesse Harris, Thomas Harris, Webb Harris, Charles Harris, Edward Harris, Archer Harris. Daughters: Elizabeth Murphey, Elsey Cox, Polly Murphey, Elender Harris, Celah Harris. Exrs: Jesse Harris, Thomas Harris, Webb Harris. Wts: Edward Calahan, Darby Hopper, Jerey Hopper. John Glenn Sr. 14 Mar 1794. No probate date. Wife Sarah. Children: William, Mary, Salley, John, Abraham, Isaac, ----(blot of ink), Daniel, James, Elizabeth. Exrs: Wife Sarah, son William, son in law, Darby Ryan. Wts: John Jones, Rober Wall, Pacience Jones, David Murphey. WB A:3 - Martha Challes - 15 Mar 1801/May 1804. Son, John Challes. Susanna Dalton, Ann Stubblefield, Sarah Mills, Martha Smith, Fanny W. Smith, Jean Dalton, Patsy Dalton. Exrs: Drury Smith, Wyat Stubblefield.Witnesses: Ezekiel Murphy, John Norman, James Murphy. WB A:164 - Alsey Dodson. 15 Dec 1818. Probate May 1819. Grandaughter, Nancy Dodson, who intermarried with Yearly Paton Murphy. Afflicted daughter, Dolly Dodson. Exr: friend, William Jarrell Sen. Wts: Isaac Carter, Sally Dodson. WB A:257 - Miles Murphey. 11 Dec 1819. Probate Aug 1821. Daughters: Sally Murphey, Patsy Murphey, Nancy Harden, John Brockman. All the rest of my children. Exrs: John Brockman, Sally Murphey. Wts: James Rauley, Allen Nichols. (see transcript above) WB A:318 - John Walker. 13 Oct 1820. Probate Feb 1821. Wife, Mary Walter. Sons: Allen Walker, John Walker. Daus: Easther Mount, Peggy Jarrell, Mary Ann Beary, Elizabeth Walker, Citurean Walker, Prisilla Walker, Nancy Walker, Esse Amy Walker. Exrs: Friends, John Hutcherson, John Forest, William Jarrell, wife, Mary Walker. Wts: John Chappen, Nicholas Murphy. WB C:48 - Elijah Witty. 19 Dec 1846. Probate May 1847. Wife, Rebecca Witty. My four children: Sidney, Ezekiel, Irvin and Fewel. Exr: A discreet person to be appointed by the court. Wts: George T. De----?, Elizabeth Murphey, Ausalum Reed. Deed Abstracts 1785-1800, by Irene B. Webster DB A:28 - Abraham Jones, Jacob James & Sharod Brock, attorney for William James, to Nathaniel Harris for 50 pds., land on both sides Matrimony Creek adjoining his own land. Date torn. Anher Murphrey, Thos. Hairis, Jesse Hairis. DB A:118 - Isaac James of Lawrence Co. SC grants Power of Attorney to Nathaniel Harris in settlement with brothers, William James, Abraham James, Jacob James and mother, Susanna James, of estate of Abraham James, deceased. 18 Oct 1786. Archer Murphrey, Jesse Harris. DB C:184 - Isaac James and William James of Laurence Co. SC, to Nathaniel Harris for 50 pds VA money, 100 acres on Matrimony Creek, being land that Abraham James settled his son Isaac on, adjoining Abraham James. 11 Oct 1786. Archer Murphey, Jesse Harris. DB E:124 - John Hampton of Henry Co. VA to Namon Roberts for 100 pds, 120 acres on Whetstone Creek adjoining John Lemon, Sneed Strong. 04 Feb 1797. T. Garland, Archebald Murphey, Joseph Hoper. DB E:146 - James McCubbin to John Morehead of Pitsylvania Co. VA for 43 3/4 acres on Burchfields fork of Wolf Creek adjoining Peter Martin, William Patterson, Francis Patterson, being part of grant to John Simmons, then sold to said McCubbin. 18 Jul 1797. Sherwood Toney, Dudley Jones, James McCullough, Ezekiel Murphy. (born before 1776) Cemetery Records of Rockingham and Stokes Counties NC Reynolds Family Cemetery - Leadsville Twp, located on Country Club Drive which is across from Meadow Greene Country Club on Stadium Drive. Jesse O. Murphy, son of David & Annie 04 Jun 1900 05 Mar 1902. Mitchell Family Cemetery, located near Dillard Community. Edna E. Murphy Mitchell 28 Sep 1890 29 Jul 1934. Germantown United Methodist Church Cemetery Robert L. Murphy 19 Sep 1850 16 Jul 1925 Louise Hill Murphy 01 Apr 1860 28 Jul 1937 wife of R.L. Stokes County NC Wills, Volumes I-IV 1790-1864 20 Feb 1832: Will of Peter Hairston . . . mentions tract called DAVID MURPHEYS 200 acres . . . (note: Miles, Ezekiel and Nathaniel Murphy migrated to Rutherford and Maury Tennessee) ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________ Rutherford County Tennessee (formed 1803 from Davidson County) Deed Abstracts Vol. 1 1804-1810, by: Henry G. Wray DB B:129 - Thomas N. Breckell to Hardy Murfree. 640 acres. Indenture 18 Jul 1805 between Thomas N. Breckell and Hardy Murfree, both of Hartford Co. NC. Land as described in Deed 127. Wts: James Copeland; Thomas Gurtey. Hartford Co. Aug Term 1804. Acknowledged by grantor. J.F. Dickerson, Clerk. Registered Miles Jurnegan. James Morse, Presiding Justice of the Court. DB B:131 - Demsey Jenkins to Hardy Murfree. 320 acres. Indenture between Demsey Jenkins and Hardy Murfree, both of Hartford Co. NC. Land as described in Deed #130. Wts: George Cryer; Thomas Deanes. Registered State NC, Hartford County. J.F. Dickerson, Clerk. Registered Miles Jurnegan. James Morse, Presiding Justice of the Court. DB B:133 - John Butler to Hardy Murfree. 228 acres. Indenture 1798 between John Butler of Bertie Co. NC and Hardy Murfree of Hertford Co. NC. Land as described in Deed #132. Wts: Ezekiel White. State NC Hertford Co. Nov. Term 1804. Jo. F. Dickerson Clerk. James Morse, Presiding Justice of the Court. Several more similar entries. County Court Minutes 1811-1815 , by: Carol Wells Apr 1812: Deeds - John Wills to Hardy Murfree dated 15 Jun 1805. Ezekiel Murphy of Rutherford Co., Tn. gave Power of Attorney to James Blackley of Pittsylvania Co., Va. to sell for him a tract of land on both sides of Long Branch and Pole Ridge Branch containing 272 acres and also another tract joining the above land. Dated 1 Aug. 1808. 04 Feb 1809: Inv. Samuel McCulloch. Buyers . . . A. L. Murphrey . . . 1810 Census: Ezekiel Murphy is only one by that surname on 1810 Rutherford TN census. He is shown being between ages 26 to 45, wife same, one male 10-16, one male under 10, one female under 10 and 2 slaves. July 1811: Williams & wife vs. Joseph Burnett, adm. Dispute referred to award of Edmund Owen . . . Wm. Murfrey . . . Their award . . . shall be the Judgement of this Court. July 1811: Alexander Murphy vs. Obediah M. Benge. Plf by John E. Beck aty intends no further to prosecute; defendant recovers his costs. Oct 1811: Wm Williams & wife vs. Joseph Burnett adm. Dispute referred to award of . . . Wm. Murphy . . . Jan 1812: Appoint Daniel Parker to oversee road in stead of Abner Johns, from Wilsons shoals to widow Caswells plantation with hands: . . James Murphy . . . Jul 1813: Bill/Sale Joseph F. Dickinson & David Dickinson, attys for Wm. H. Murfree to Burwell Ganaway for four Negroes Henry, Pattey, Alfred & Delpha, proven by Gilliam Moloy and Walker Ganaway. Jul 1813: Order Ezekiel Murphy to oversee road from Williamson County line to where it intersects Nashville road at Robert Smith's lane with hands. Jan 1814: Order Ezekiel Murfree oversee road with hands. Jan 1814: Deed Joseph F. Dickinson and David Dickinson (next words written over) H. Murfree to John Henderson. Benjamin McCulloch and Bennett Smith made oath they saw said David Dickinson attorney as aforesaid sign, seal and deliver same. Jan 1814: Order David Rankin . . . Murfrees hands at Murfrees Spring . work under John Jetton as overseer of a road. Jul 1814: Order Abraham Prim oversee road from Williamson Countyto where it intersects Nashville road at Robert Smiths lane in room of Ezekiel Murphy with hands. Oct 1814: Order following hands allowed to Abraham Princen in addition to those already allowed: . . . Ezekiel Murphy . . . 07 Nov 1814: Inv. Joseph McLaughlin. Buyers . . . William Murphey April 1815: Order Jesse Brashear . . . mark a road from north east part of the town upon the dividing line between James Mannay and Mathias B. Murfree and from Murfree's north east corner to Readys Mill. April 1815: John Smith vs John Smith. Jury . . . Matthias B. Murfey. 11 Apr 1815: Inv. James Henderson. In debt to estate James Murfey Apr 1815: Appoint Mathias B. Murfree to oversee road from fork to Murfreesborough with his hands, Frak Burtons; exempt from working any other road. Jul 1815: John Brashear, Alexander McEwen, Jacob Wright, Charles Ready, and James S. Jetton apptd last term to mark a road on dividing line between James Mornays (Manney?) and Mathias B. Murfree and from Murfrees corner to Readys Mill, make report: begin on dividing line between James Manney and Mathias B. Murfree to Murfrees corner, thence to Widow Locks, to Double Springs, thence to where W Gable formerly lived, thence to Pybass's, thence to where Renshaw and Readys roads come together, thence with Readys road to intersection with old road from Readys to Jefferson. Oct 1815: Order Fredk Barfield and Abner Johns Esqrs. examine Mrs. Sarah Maney apart from her husband, Doct. Jas Maney touching her consent to deed to Matthias B. Murfee. Oct 1815: Deed from James Maney and wife Sally M. Maney to Mathias B. Murfree, two tracts in Montgomery County, 128 acres and 275 acres ackd. Appoint Fredk Barfield and Abner Johns to examine Sally M. Maney apart from her husband touching her execution of said deed. (Fredk Barfield and Abner Johns make return they took private examination of Sally M. Maney, she saith she freely executed said deed. Oct 1815: Deed from James Maney and Sally M. Maney to Mathias B. Murfree 1508 acres (as above) Feb/Mar 1816: Sale William Dickinson. Administrator, Matthias B. Murfree. 22 Apr 1817: Settlement/James Henderson: Owing debt to the estate . . . James Murphy . . . 24 May 1817: Add'I. Inv./Joseph Wallace: Buyers . . . Bazil Murphey. 26 Mar 1818: Sale/David Keas. Buyers . . . John G. Murfee Mar 1818: Settlement/William Dickinson. Administrator Matthias B. Murfree. Jun 1818: Sale/Samuel Dunaway. Buyers . . . Bazel Murphey. Dec 1818: Inv./Thomas Washington. Owing debt to estate . . . Ezekiel Murfree. 31 Mar 1819: Sale/David Jones. Buyers . . . Joseph Murphey . . . 21 Jun 1819: Inv./John Fisher. Owing debt to estate . . . M. Murfrey 15 Nov 1820: Will/Owen Edwards. Landowner adjoining estate: ??? Murphey. 20 Dec 1820: Settlement/Thomas Washington. Owing debt to estate . . . J. C. Murphey 05Jul 1821: Inv./Littleberry S. Harwell or Hartwell. Owing debt to estate . . . William Murfree . . . Matt Murphrey 21 Nov 1822: Sales/William Henderson. Buyers . . . M. B. Murfree Apr 1824: Inv. & Sales/John Carter. Buyers . . . John G. Murphey 04 Jun 1824: Will of Charles Statham . . . land deeded to me by William Hill, Elijah Murfree . . . 10 Sep 1824: Will/Alexander Jordan. Wts: Jno.G. Murphey 08 Jun 1825: Inv. Sales/Abraham Prim. Buyers . . . John Murfree Jul 1825: Inv. Sale/Dr. John M. King. Buyers . . . M. B. Murfree 18 Nov 1825: Will of William Lytle Sr. Landowner usually adjoining estate . . . M. Murfree . . . 02 Jan 1826: Div. of Estate of Richard W. Caswell. Commissioners: M. B. Murfree . . . 11 Jan 1826: Settlement/John Carter. Commissioner - J. G. Murphy. 11 Apr 1826: Inv. Sales/James Norman: Administrator: John Murphey; Buyers: Miles Murphey, John Murphey . . . Ezekiel Murphey, Joseph Murphey. 25 Nov 1826: Inv. Sales/William Powell. Buyers..... M. B. Murfree Sep & Dec 1826: Inv. of Sales/Henry Window . . . Buyers..... D. Murphry . . J. Murphry . . . 05 Sep 1827: Inv/Sales/James Mathis. Buyers . . . John C. Murphey Misc. Rutherford County TN Murpfree, Mathias B. 25 Jan 1817 sold land in Montgomery Co., TN to James Maney. He also sold land in Smith Co, TN. (Rutherford TN, Co Ct Min. K/204-5). Murfree, Wm. H. Died before 15 Feb 1830 when the executors, Matthias B. Murfree, James Maney, Thomas Maney and Wm. Maney, sold land in Montgomery Co., Tn to Armistead Rogers. (Rutherford TN, Co Ct Min, M/202). Murphy, Archibald died bef 16 Sept 1819 when John G. Murphy, one of the heirs, pet. for appraisal of a tract of land that had been divised by the decd in trust for the use of his heirs. (Rutherford TN,CoCt Min, N/318) Nimrod Menifee to value I acre where Hardy Murphy wants to build a grist mill, July 1807. Some Rutherford County Marriages: Ann Murphy to Benjamin Jarratt on 11 Feb 1825. Elizabeth Murphy to Richard Spann on 06 Mar 1854 Ezekiel Murphy to Louisa Jones on 27 Dec 1835. Levi Reeves, bm. By: John Fletcher, JP. John Murphy to Louisa W. Edwards on 14 Nov 1831. By: Peyton Smith. John Murphey to Elizabeth R. Parish on 28 Dec 1839. John G. Murphey to Sarah A. Lehue on 04 Jan 1839. Josephine Murphy to John R. Blake on 19 Feb 1857. Julia Ann Murphy to G.C. Wray on 28 Aug 1858. Louisa Murphy to Thomas Jarratt on 17 Oct 1850. Louisa Murphy to G.M.C. Jones. Mary Murphy to Daniel Jarrett on 03 Feb 1869. Mary E. Murphy to J.H. Butler on 17 May 1865. Mary E. Murphy to James Phillips on 10Aug 1865. Mary J. Murphy to Cornelius Phillips on 13 Dec 1837. Nancy G. Murphy to William Lassiter on 17 Feb 1845. Nathaniel G. Murphy to Eliza V. Morris on 26 Nov 1833 by Peyton Smith MG. W. J. Lyle. Vinnie Murphy to Henry Caswell on 11 Jan 1870. Wayne W. Murphy to Ann M. Windrow on 10 Jan 1835. William A. Haney, bm. Miles P. Murfree to Elizabeth Maxwsell on 06 Nov 1829. John Brockman, bm. History of Tennessee (From the Earliest Time to the Present . . . Goodspeed Publishing Co. Dr. James B. Murfree, an old and prominent physician of Murfreesboro TN is a native of this county, both 16 Sep 1835, and is the son of Matthias B. and Mary A. (Roberts) Murfree, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. The father was one of the first settlers of this county, from whose family the town of Murfreesboro derives its name His death occurred 15 Sep 1856. The mother died in July 1857. The subject of our sketch was reared on the farm and received his education at Union University, Murfreesboro, and received the degree of A.M. from that institution. At the age of 18 he was engaged in themercantile business for two years. In the summer of 1856 he commenced studying medicine with a view of making it a profession, and October 1856 entered the medical department of the University of Nashville. In 1857 Mr. Murfree entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, taking two courses of lectures. In March 1859 he graduated at the above college with the degree of M.D. He then returned home and began the practice of medicine which he continued until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company I, First Tennessee Volunteers, and served as a private until June, when he was appointed surgeon and was afterward ordered to Knoxville TN, and assigned to duty as assistant surgeon at that place. In September 1861, he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Confederate Army. At the close of the war he returned home and resumed the practice of medicine with good success up to the present date. Dr. Murfree is a Democrat in politics and served two terms as mayor of Murfreesboro during 1874-75. Himself and family was leading members of the Presbyterian Church. In 1862 Mr. Murfree was united in marriage to Miss Ada J. Talley, a native of this country and a daughter of Maj. P.C. Talley. To Mr. and Mrs. Murfree were born nine children: Hordy, Talley, Jane R., Ada J., James B., Fannie D., Libbie M., Mary R. and Matthias B., all of whom are living. Dr. Murfree is classed as one of the leading physicians of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County. Bible Record: James Peyton Murphey was born in the year AD October 30 day 1820. Susan Elizabeth Murphey was born in the year AD March 23 day 1832. Miles Pinkney Murphey was born in the year AD January 14 day 1834. Susan Elizabeth Murphey was born in the year AD November 22, 1835. Joseph Edmund Murphey was born in the year AD March 1841. Miles P. Murphey ----- departed this life ---- the 14 1854. J. Peyton Murphey departed this life on 25 July 1863. Joseph E. Murphey died 20, 1863, fighting bravely at Chickamaugua. Albert M. Maxwell departed this life Nov 23, 1869. Elizabeth Murphey departed this life Sept the 3, 1872. Suzan E. Morgan departed this life February 5th 1886. Miles P. Murphey was married to Elizabeth Maxwell, the daughter of John and Jane D. Covington in the year AD 2 day 1829. G.C. (Grandville Crockett) Wray was married to Julyann America Murphey in the year of our lord July the 28th day 1858. Miles T. Murphey Junior was married to Isabela T. Miles in the year of our lord February the 16 day 1869. Miles P. Murphey born in the year AD July 19 day 1788. Elizabeth Murphey, the wife of Miles P. Murphey was born AD July 13 day 1789. Albert Madison Maxwell was born in the year AD November 1 day 1818. John Anderson Maxwell was born in the year AD 3 day December 1820. Martha Jane Maxwell was born 1 day January 1823. Mary Wilhamz Maxwell was born 17 day January of 1825. William Franklin Maxwell was born 22 day of March 182?? Murfreesboro Minitor, 28 Nov 1868 - Unknown Confederate Grave: Location today unknown. In 1868 this grave was located on the J.K.P. Murphy place near Murfreesboro. This was the grave of a Georgia soldier. Mr. Murphy advertised in the local paper about the grave, as he wanted to move the body and hoped someone would claim it. Grave was marked: F.A. H. Company G, 37th Georgia. Rutherford Rifles: Murfree, Hal, enlisted April 1861; discharged in Virginia in 1861. Murfree, J.B., enlisted April 1861; promoted to surgeon and transferred to Medical Department in 1861. Record from the Murfree Family Bible, copied by Miss Annie Campbell in 1937 Births: Col. Hardy Murfree, was born the 5th of June 1752. Died 6th of April 1809. William Hardy Murfree, was born the 2nd of Oct. 1781, Hertford Co. NC, son of Hardy Murfree and Sally Murfree, his wife. Elizabeth Mary Murfree, daughter of James Maney and Mary Maney, his wife, was born in Hertford Co. NC on the 28th of October 1787. William Law Murfee, son of William H. and Elizabeth M. Murfree, was born on the 19th day of July 1817, Hertford Co. NC. Sally Brichell Murfree (daughter of William H. and Elizabeth M. Murfree) was born September 1821, Hertford Co. NC. Elizabeth Maney Murfree (daughter of William H. and Elizabeth M. Murfree) was born on the 13th July 1826, Williamson Co. Tenn. Fanny Murfree, daughter of William L. and F. Priscilla Murfree, was born August 2 AD, 1846. Mary Noailles Murfree, daughter of William L. and F. Priscilla Murfree, was born January 24, 1850. William Law Murfree, Jr., son of William L. and Fanny Priscilla Murfree, was born on Tuesday, March 26th, 1854. Marriages: William Hardy Murfree and Elizabeth Mary Maney were married in NC AD 1808. Married on the 22nd day of November AD 1843, near Murfreesboro Tenn. William Law Murfree, Esq. to Miss Fanny Priscilla, daughter of David Dickinson Esq. and Fanny Noailles Dickinson. Married on the 7th day of December 1881, William Law Murfree, Jr. to Miss Louise, daughter of John Knostman, Esq. Deaths: Elizabeth Mary Murfree, consort of William H. Murfree, departed this life on the 13th day of July AD 1826 in the 39th year of her age. Williamson Co. Tenn. William H. Murfree, departed this life on the 19th day of January AD 1827. In the 41st year of his age. William Law Murfree departed this life August 23, 1892, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. William Law Murfree, Jr. departed this life Jan. 25, 1902, at Boulder, Colorado. Fanny Priscilla Dickinson Murfree, departed this life September 19, 1902 at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Aged eighty-six years. Mary Noalles Murfree, Daughter of William Law Murfree and Fanny Priscilla Dickinson Murfree, departed this life July 31, 1922, Murfreesboro, Tenn. ____________________________________________________________ _________________________ Granville Co. NC (Beverly White) My line is Archibald Murphey from Caswell NC. Consequently I have spent years trying to determine whether there was any relationship between Gabriel Murphey and Archibald, but have never found any connection. The Caswell records that I sent also include some from Person County. I don't know that I've extracted every single Caswell record, but I've sure I've come close. The Caswell records that I sent you are all entries that do not directly tie into my own line. That's another 30 pages or so and the only research I'm a little protective of, although I will share it if it helps your search. Otherwise, feel free to share anything I send or post. Its all public records or published sources that I've "infringed." I have compiled it from time to time and its in a couple of libraries. One of these days I'll bring it up to date and make it available to whoever wants it. I've done that with another line. Granville records follow . . . another interest because my direct ancestor and his brother, Alexander, residents of Caswell, both married in Granville. They were brothers of Archibald DeBow Murphey of NC fame (but unfortunately no fortune to pass along). Let me know what else I can do, and I'm always grateful for any records people share with me. It goes into the hopper and gets shared as the occasion arises. Beverly p.s. I'm no expert, nor saint (patron or otherwise). Granville County NC (formed 1746 from Edgecomb - originally Glasgow) Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Granville NC 1746-1765 compiled by: Zae Hargett Gwynn Deed Book A May 18, 1750 - Robert Green of Surry Co., Virginia to John Murfey, eldest son of John Murphey the elder, a deed of gift of 300 acres of land in Granville Co., NC on N side of Tarr River with John Merfey the elder and his wife, Frances Merfey, for their lifetimes, then to the eldest son, John Merfey. Wits: Thomas Bobbitt, Hollom Sturdivant, William Bridges. May 18, 1750 - Robert Green of Surry Co., VA gave to William Merfey of Granville Co. NC for love, etc. 100 acres on NE side of Tarr River. Wts: Thomas Bobbitt, Hollam Sturdivant, William Bridges. (Note: William probable grandson of Robert Green) Deed Book E 1761/1762 four entries reflecting Simon Murph(e)y as witness. Deed F February 1, 1763 - James Sandland to Joseph Murfi for 75 pounds, 475 acres on Richland and Smiths Creeks (lines of Wade, Benton and Willis). Wits: Solomon Fuller, Nimrod Mitchell. 1762 - Simon Murphy witness to conveyance from Thomas Ray to Gabrill Ray. Deed Book G May 5, 1764 - Waugh Darnell to Joshua Ellis for 15 pds, 300 acres on Hawtree Creek at Pace's and Walker's lines. Wits: John Hicks, William Murphy. Signed by Waugh and Mary Darnell. May 9, 1764 - Thomas Fussell to William Weaver for 25 pounds, 150 acres on S side of Sandy Creek. Wits: William Hobbs and John Murphee. Abstracts of the Wills and Estate Records of Granville Co. NC 1746-1808 by: Zae Hargett Gwinn 22 May 1789 - John B. Smith of Prince Edward Co. VA appoints John Young of Granville Co. NC, attorney to collect that due him. Wts: Alexa. Murphy, Betsy Smith, Mary Smith. 19 Sep 1800 - proved Nov Court 1800 - Samuel Smith, Jr. wills to wife, Mary Smith, six negroes for her lifetime and their increase, and she may dispose of them as she wish to my children and grandchildren and if fails to do so in her life, then they are to be divided to the children later; to son Samuel . . . to daughter, Jenny Murphy, three negroes and their increase and at her death, to her children . . . Exrs: my wife, Mary Smith, sons, James Webb Smith, William Smith and Maurice Smith (my grandson Smith Murphy is to have a mare colt). Wts: Henry and Milley Pattillo (Rev. Henry Pattillo). 20 Jul 1803 - proved Aug. Court 1803 - John M. Pattway wills to his married sisters . . . to my friend William Murphy my chest of carpenter's and joiner's tools with condition that he has no account against me and that he will give to Joshua Mabry at the expiration of his apprenticeship 100 dollars worth of carpenter and joiner tools . . . Exrs: William Hunt, William Blackwell, and they to collect what due me and pay my debts as well from this estate. Wts: Fanny A. Taylor, Jane Mitchell, Lucy Lewis. Nov. Term 1807 - Richard Inge, William Murphy, Edmund Taylor, F.N.W. Burton, William Hawkins to view and value property in Williamsborough NC - Feb. Court 1808 - the proprietors' names were given . . . Some Granville Marriages: Alexander Murphey to Jenney Smith on 28 Mar 1797. Maurice Smith, bm. Jas.Smith, wit. Daniel Murphy to Holly Traylor on 04 Jan 1831. D.J. Cardwell, bm. Step. K.Sneed, wit. John G. Murphey to Tabitha Bryant on 18 Apr 1807. John M. Peace, bm. W.M.Sneed, wit. William Murphey to Mary Inge on 17 May 1804. Wm. Blackwell, bm. Step.Sneed, wit. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________ Mark, if you find out anything about this Daniel Murphey, I'd sure be interested. Beverly Orange County NC (formed 1752 from Bladen, Granville & Johnston Counties) Register of Orange County NC Deeds 1752-1768 and 1793 14 Aug 1764: Deed of Sale from Harmon Husbands to Roger Murfey, 200 acres, acknowledged. 14 May 1765: Deed of Sale from James Kirkley to Daniel Murphey, 180 acres. Wts: John Hally. 14 May 1765: Deed of Sale from Luke Bynum to Daniel Murphey, 175 acres. 12 Aug 1766: Deed of Sale from Roger Murphey Sr. to Roger Murphey Jr., 106 acres. Wts: Harmon Husband. 25 Oct 1768: Deed of Sale from Luke and Martha Bynum to William Blyth. 175 acres. Wts: David Murphey. 25 Oct 1768: Deed of Sale from James Hunter Underwood to Daniel Murphey. 180 acres. Wts: Danl. Murphey, Jr. 25 Oct 1768: Deed of Sale from John Wheelis to Jacob Rogers. 40 acres. Wts: Daniel Murphey. Orange County NC Wills by Shields Pg. 14. A-56. Will of John (x) Fields. Dated 16 Nov 1766, proved Feb. 1767. Wife (name not stated); son, John, one half of estate; son Roger, other half. Abeneasar Starnes and Ann Starnes, his wife, and Roger Murphy "should have the care of the child" the oldest to live with the Starnes; the younger to live with Roger Murphy, Sr. If Murphy should die, he is to live with Roger Murphy, Jr. Wts: William Ward, James Morgan, Roger Murphy, Jr., Rachel Fields. Last Will and Testament of Martin Murphey I, Martin Murphey of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say: First: That my executors (hereinafter named) shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations and friends and pay all funeral expenses together with my just debts, howsoever and to whomever owing out of the monies that may come into his hands as part or parcel of my estate. Item: I give and devise to my beloved wife, Polly (Smith) Murphey, the tract of land whereon I now live so as to include all improvements and appurtenances, to have and to hold to her the said Polly Murphey for and during the term of ner natural life in satisfaction for and in lieu of, her dower and thirds of and in all my real estate and at her decease to be disposed of as is hereinafter directed, also all my stock of all kinds; household and kitchen furniture, farming tools, shop tools, all the crop on hand, including all growing crops of all sorts, together with all my personal estate, to be hers during her natural life then to be disposed of as I shall hereinafter direct. Item: After the death of my wife, Polly Murphey, and the payment of all furneral expenses and her just debts, my will and desire is that all the property, both real and personal as is above willed and disposed of ____________ and is hereby bequeathed to Timpy (?) Barton to have and to hold to her and her heirs in fee simple forever. Item: And whereas the said Timpy (Tinisy) Barton is a minor. Therefore, my will and desire is that my friend, Henry Whitted, is hereby constituted and appointed Guardian of her, the said Timpy Barton, to have and to hold the custody and guardianship of her estate until she shall arrive at the full age of twenty one years. And lastly: I do hereby appoint my trusty friend, Henry Whitted, my lawful executor, to all intents and purposes to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part and every clause thereof, hereby revoking and disclaiming utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof, I the said Martin Murphey, do hereunto set my hand and seal the 26 day of September A.D. 1848. /s/ Martin Murphey (seal) Signed, Sealed and Delivered In Presence of Us: ____________ Jno. Lawes(?) Recorded Orange County NC May 1849 William Henry Whitted - 29 July 1824 I William Henry Whitted of the town of Hillsborough in North Carolina do make & publish this writing as my last will & testament.___ In the first place I direct all my just debts to be speedily paid out of my personal estate not herein specifically bequeathed. - Secondly, I give to my sister Eliza Jane Murphy my old family servant Will whom I bought at the sale of my mother's estate. -- Thirdly I give devise & bequeath to my wife Frances Whitted on equal half part of the whole of my estate, both real & personal after the payment of my debts; .. to her, her heirs, Executor of ..founded ....I give devise & bequeath to each child or children as I may have by said wife & leave living at my death or that may be born within the natural line of gestation after my death the other part of my estate, real & personal, after the payment of my debts to him, her or them and his, her or their heirs, executors ..... & forever. Fifthly, in case, however that no child should be born to me by my wife or if born he or she should die before me, my will is to give ..&.. I do hereby give & bequeath to my said wife in addition to the devise in the third clause of this will the following eight negro slaves, which I got by her,.....Charles & his wife Esther Charity ... Thomas, Delia, William & John & the increase of these my lifetime after the date of this will, and further in that case, I will devise & bequeath that half of my estate be given to my children by this fourth clause in this will excepting the half of the eight slaves specifically given herein to my wife....unto my sister Eliza Jane Murphy & unto my brother James' children, William Nash Whitted & Thomasina Mary Whitted their heirs to be divided in the manner following that is to say, my sister to have one half of it & my nephew & niece the other half between them share & share alike. Sixthly and in case I should have a child or children born unto me as aforesaid that shall survive me or be born after I am dead, then my will in that if there be two of them & one shall die under the age of twenty one years & without having a child living at his or her death the share of that one so dying shall go over to the survivor of them in absolute estate & further my will is that if I should have only one child as aforesaid & that one shall die after my death under the age of twenty one years & without leaving ... at his or her death; or if I have more than one child as aforesaid & all of them shall die under the age of twenty one years respectively & without having ....living...at his, her or their death as aforesaid, then if in these cases or within .... I give devise & bequeath the whole one half of my estate give by the fourth clause of this my will to my child or children unto my said sister Elize Jane & the said William Nash & Thomasina Mary than heirs of .... to be divided as aforesaid that is to say, my sister to have one half thereof to her & her heirs & my brother's two children to have the other half equally between them share & share alike: --- and it may be necessary to a just & equitable division of my estate that the same may be sold I do hereby give full power & authority to my executor to do in his own discretion & to convey the real estate in ...simple. I appoint my friend Dr. James Webb of Hillsboro the executor of this will; and in care of his death I do hereby appoint the excutor or executors of his will to execute the trust of this will & particularly in relation to the sale of my said estate. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of July 1824 in .... publish & declare by W.H. Whitted .....in ... before us, who attested it in this presence of him & of each other____ Thomas Ruffin James Child Codicil I give & bequeath to my wife Francis Whitted in addition to my other bequests five hundred dollars in money and my two bay horses to her & her heirs - witness my hand & seal December 8th 1824 Witness W. H. Whitted {seal} James Webb John ......... Orange County February term 1825 The executor of the foregoing last will and testament of William Henry Whitted was duly proved in open court by the oath of James Child & the codicil thereto subjoined by the oath of John .... two descriptive subscribers thereto ordered to be recorded at the same and said Webb the executor therein named qualified as such accordingly. Last Will and Testament of Daniel Murphree State of North Carolina ) County Of Orange ) In the Name of God Amen. The tenth day of November in the year of our Lord 1769, I, Daniel Murphree of the County Of Orange, Planter, being Sick and Weak in Body but of perfect Mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefore, calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and Knowing that is is appointed for all men once to Die, Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to Say Principally and first of all, I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it; and for my Body I Recommend it to Earth to be buried in a Christianlike and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting, but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First and foremost I lend to my Well Beloved Wife Sarah (Dempsey) Murphree the plantation whereon I now live and all my household goods and chattels after all my Just Debts is paid and some Legesses hereafter menshened. Item: I give to my Well beloved (son) James Murphree the plantation whereon he now lives. Item: I give to my Well beloved Son Daniel Murphree the land whereon he now lives. Item: I give to my Well beloved Son John Murphree the plantation that I bought of Demsey Rawls with half the land the other half I give to my Well beloved Son Levi Murphree, to be equally divided. Item: I give to my Well beloved Son Solomon Murphree a plantation that I made on the Earl Granvil's Land, with half the land that shall be saved when the office is open and the other half of the said land I give to my Well beloved Son Moses Murphree. Also I ordain that there shall be as much leavied out of my personal Estate as will make a Right to the Said Land when my Lord Granvil's office is open. Item: I give to my Well beloved Son David Murphree thirty pounds to be Raised or Leavid out of my Estate. Item: I give to my Well beloved Daughter Sarah Blyth five shillings. Item: I give to my Well beloved Daughter Milley Murphree ten pounds. Item: I give to my Well beloved Daughter Edey Murphree ten pounds. Item: I give to my Well beloved Daughter Mary Murphree ten pounds. Item: I give to my Well beloved Son William Murphree the Plantation Whereon I now live. Also I ordain James Murphree and William Murphree Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Also I ordain that if either of my childrin should Die without issue, their land or part shall fall to my younger Son David Murphree and if more than one should die without issue, their part to be divided amongst the rest, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testament, Wills, Legacies, Bequests and Executors by me in any way before this time named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and year above written. /s/Daniel Murphree (seal) Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of us: John (by his mark) Hatley (Jur.) Thomas (by his mark) Ward (Jur.) John Owen Note: This was copied from published source: "The Descendants of Daniel I. Murphree and Benjamin & Nancy Murphree Ellis" by O. D. Bates, 1974. No date of recording was given; inventory filed Nov. 1771. Some Orange County Marriages: Thomas Murfey to Nancey Graves on 08 Aug 1783. Stephen Merit, bm. Archibald D. Murphey to Jeany Scott on 04 Nov. 1801. And. Flinn, bm. Henry J. Murphey to Mary J. Farrar on 20 Jun 1858. William F. Anderson bm. Jonathan Murphey to ---------------- on 15 May 1834. William Murphey, bm. William Murphey to Elizabeth Whitted on 22 Oct 1823. Thomas Scott, bm. Martin Murphy to Polly Smith on 09 Feb 1805. John McDade, bm. Solomon Murphy to Betsey Gun/Guion on 29 Oct 1781. John Lynch, bm. Thomas C. Murphy to Hannah McIntire on 10 Jun 1789. William Murphy to Susan Hart on 13 Sep 1819. David Clark, bm. Hillsborough Presbyterian Church Cemetery Elizabeth J. Murphy, born 27 Nov 1803, departed this life October -- 1826 in the 23rd year of her age. Chapel Hill Cemetery Margarette Lynch Murphy, wife of Charles Lee Murphy, daughter of William & Margaret Kirkpatrick Lynch - 04 Feb 1898 - 14 Feb 1978. Charles Lee Murphy, husband of Margaret Lynch Murphy, son of John & Alice Wright Murphy - 19 Feb 1896 - 02 Sep 1945. Salisbury NC Roster of Texas DAR Pg. 1565. Murphey, Roger Jr., born ca. 1767, Orange Co. NC; d. 09 Sep 1854 (will 16 Feb 1854) Cass Co. (now Bartow) GA. Married ca 1790 Nancy Wilson, b. 1771 PA; died after 1854 in Cass Co. Resided 96 District, Laurens Co. SC. Children: Elizabeth, Ezekial, Charles, Moses, John, Mary, Lucinda, Bridget. (note: based on Fields Will, the Roger Murphy Jr. above must have been Roger III). GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NC 1798-1851. Taken from Historical Sketches of North Carolina by Col. John H. Wheeler published 1851 and re- printed 1925. 1798 William HINTON Alexander OSBORNE Samuel HINTON Edwin J. OSBORNE Hinton JAMES Adam SPRINGS Robert LOCKE 1799 Francis Nash Williams BURTON William Morgan SNEED William D. CRAWFORD William S. WEBB Andrew FLINN George W. LONG Archibald Debrow MURPHY Samuel A. HOLMES John PHIFER 1801 Thomas Gale AMIS John Davis HAWKINS Thomas Davis BENNEHAN Thomas D. KING John BRANCH Archibald LYTLE William McKenzie CLARKE William H. MURFEE Francis Little DANCY 1821 Nath. W. ALEXANDER Thompson M. JOHNSON Samuel J. ALVES Thomas J. LACEY Benj. F. BLACKLEDGE Willis M. LEE Robert H. COWAN William K. MEBANE Bryan CROOM Anderson MITCHELL Frederick J. CUTLER William S. MHOON John R.J. DANIEL William D. MURPHY Nicholas J. DRAKE Spencer O'BRIEN Robert GALLOWAY Edward G. PASTEUR Henry T. GARNETT Jos. H. SAUNDERS Nath. HARRISS William A. SHAW George W. HAYWOOD Samuel H. SMITH William R. HAYWOOD Jas. STAFFORD Samuel HEADEN James H. TAYLOR 1823 Samuel S. BELL Hugh MARTIN George T. BETTNER Benjamin T. MOORE Alex. M. BOYLAN Victor M. MURPHY Daniel W. COURTS Richmond M. PEARSON William S. CHAPMAN Jno. RAINS George F. DAVIDSON Benjamin S. RICKS Jas. H. DICKSON Mathias E. SAWYER John C. ELLERBE Alfred M. SCALES Robert B. GILLIAM Samuel STEWART Thomas G. GRAHAM Thomas SUMNER Isaac HALL James A. WASHINGTON Thomas B. HAYWOOD George WHITFIELD James K. LEITCH Robert P. WILLIAMSON Edmond L. MARTIN William L. WILLS Roster of Alumni from UNC Chapel Hill lists a William DeBow Murphey, graduated with BA in 1832; residence Orange Co. NC. ____________________________________________________________ ___ Subject: Gabriel Murphey Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:57:16 -0400 From: "Beverly White" To: "Mark Murphy" Here's some notes I've put together on the various Gabe Murpheys. Go all the way to the end for some things I found in early Virginia records . . . then let me know if you want those counties too. I'll incorporate the notes you sent on Caswell Murpheys. I think you'll find most of it already in my notes, but a few things don't look familiar. Beverly Nelson County KY (formed 1785 from Jefferson County) James Murphey of Nelson County, Ky. applied for a pension. He enlisted as a drummer in March 1777 to serve 3 years under William Cross, 4th Reg. Of Pa Line, commanded by Lt. Col. William Butler. Discharged Jan 1781 at Trenton, N.J. by Gen. Wayne and Irving. Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. In Davies Co. Ky, May 7,1821, James Murphy, aged 59, now resides in Davies Co. Wife is about 5O years of age, has two daughters, 17 and 14, one son 19 living with him. He is a shoemaker. Entered on pension rolls May 19, 1818, Nelson Co. Ky. Gabriel Murphey applied for pension Sept. 3, 1819, aged about 60. Enlisted Hampshire Co., Va, Sept. 1778, company commanded by Capt. Eastin, lst Va Reg, Continental Army. Discharged in NC Dec. 1781. Was in battles of Cowpens, Guilford, Eutaw Springs, Siege of Ninety Six and Battle of Camden. In Nelson Co., Ky on 7 July 1820, Gabriel Murphey, aged 59, a farmers wife 57, two children living with him. Gabriel Murphey of Nelson Co., Ky was a private in Reg. Commanded by Col. R. Parker of Va. line for 5 years, on pension roll of Ky Agency to commence on 3d of Sept. 1819. Murphy, Hezekiah: In Nelson KY on 13 Nov 1832. Soldier age 68, born circa 1764. Enlisted 1781 Montgomery Co. MD, mil. served under Lafayette. Soldier's father lived there; soldier born there; soldier moved 1788 to Loudon VA; 1793 moved back to his birth place; moved with his father to Nelson KY; soldier moved with his family in fall of 1831 to Lincoln MO and was living there 13 Nov 1832 but made application on said date in Nelson KY. On 28 Mar 1833 in Nelson KY, *Philip Murphy swore age circa 71, born circa 1762, enlisted with soldier and served with soldier. Charles Murphey in 1832 in Nelson KY swore for soldier. Rev Isaac Taylor and Samuel Carpenter sw same place for soldier. Soldier sw 27 Feb 1833 in Lincoln MO enlisted 1781. Soldier 31 Jul 1833 in Lincoln MO. Soldier married Sary Cotton born April 1831 in Nelson KY, sw. Isaac Taylor a Baptist minister. Widow Sary applied 30 Apr 1855 in Lincoln MO age 78, born circa 1777; and Francis Cake and E.D. Morris, of there, sw. for her. Soldier died 31 Jul 1842 in Nelson KY. * Philip Murphy, born circa 1762 enlisted and served with Hezekiah Murphy in Rev. War. He died 13 Sep 1841 in Nelson County, leaving a will. Wife: Elizabeth. Children: John; Richard L.; Charles; Samuel; William; Sally; Eleanor and Philip Jr.**. ** For additional data on a Philip Murphy and his brother Benjamin Murphy see Monroe Indiana records. It would appear that Philip, Charles and possibly Hezekiah Murphy were brothers and some confusion arises over descendants. Biographical Sketches SQUIRE MURPHY was born 01 February 1820. His father, Robert Murphy, also a native of Nelson County, died about 1875. He was the son of Gabriel Murphy, a native of Maryland, one of the first settlers on Cox's Creek, and an Indian fighter, who, alternately with his neighbors, assisted in guarding and cutting their crops in times of Indian depredations. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died about 1841, aged over eighty years. His offspring were: Gabriel, Abraham, Robert, Isaac, Elizabeth (Young), Polly (Sousley), Kitty (Cheser) and Sarah (Curry). Robert married Lucy Connell, who died in 1881, at the age of sixty eight years and from their union sprang Maria (Raymond), and our subject as above. In February 1841, Squire Murphy was married to Miss Mary P., daughter of Joshua and Polly Shirley, of Nelson County (born in 1818 and died in 1847), and to whom were born William Henry, Mary Eliza (Roby), and Sarah Margaret (Bean). Mr. Murphy was next married, in 1840, to Miss Juliet, daughter of Aquilla Hagan, of Nelson County (born in 1818), and from this union there has been no issue. Squire Murphy has served twenty two years as magistrate and member of the court of claims of Nelson County, and was also sheriff for six years; since the organization of the Agricultural Association, he has been either president, vice president or director. Mr. Murphy had an even start in life, but by industry, economy and attention to business, has secured a comfortable competency. He is a farmer, trader and stock raiser, owning over 1,300 acres of land on Cox's Creek, Nelson County, where he was born, much of which is in high state of cultivation. He also owns a half interest in a distillory, with a capacity of 250 bushels of corn per day. He lost eleven slaves in the late war. In politics, Mr. Murphy is a Democrat. Biographical Sketches CAPT. DAVID A. MURPHY, of Danville, the founder and for seven years the managing editor of The Danville (Ky) Tribune, was born on a farm near Shamrock, Adams County, Ohio, on 03 Apr 1842. His father, David Whittaker Murphy, was born in Salem County NJ in November 1800, and his mother, Cynthia Ann McCall was born in Scioto County, Ohio in April 1816, and David Asbury is the first born of their seven children. His parents sold the farm in 1849 and removed to Buena Vista, Scioto County, Ohio, a pretty village situated 100 miles above Cincinnati and on the right bank of the Ohio River. David Asbury Murphy was a close student from his childhood and in the public school he stood at the head of all the classes, and for many years was the champion of all the spelling matches in the schools. He was married to Miss Jennie M. Ball, the eldest daughter of David Ball, Esq., in All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, Ohio, by the rector, Rev. Erastus Durr, D.D., 18 September 1865. His wife, a regal Christian woman, is a descendant of George Washington's family. Capt. Murphy is now a member of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, and is one of the board of trustees. He was the superintendent of the Sunday school connected with that church in 1875 and 1870. He removed to Danville KY from Cincinnati OH 01 Jan 1880. "The Murphy Mansion", his palatial residence, is one of the best built houses in Danville, and the latch string is always out to his friends. In August 1862 Mr. D.A. Murphy enlisted in Company H, Eighty first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. Thomas Morton's regiment. He was mustered into the service at Camp Lima, Ohio, and went as a private "to the tented field." He was with Grant in Mississippi, McPherson in Tennessee, Thomas in Alabama, and Sherman in Georgia. In fifty battles and under fire one hundred days, he was never captured or injured. He was three times stoutly recommended by the officers of his regiment for promotion for "good conduct upon the battlefield." In January 1865 he was granted a furlough for thirty days. On arrival at Columbus OH he presented a letter from his division commander, Gen. John M. Corse, the hero of Allatoona Pass in Georgia, to Hon. John Brough, the governor of the Buckeye State in 1865, assuring the governor that "private D.A. Murphy would reflect credit upon any commission that might be given him". Gov. Brough immediately asked the Secretary of War to discharge private Murphy, which was done without delay, and gave him a commission as first lieutenant and adjutant of the One Hundred and Eighty fourth OH Infantry Volunteers, Col. Henry S. Commager's regiment. . . . During his services in the army, from sickness and frequent exposures, Capt. Murphy became quite deaf and to that extent he is crippled for life. . . . (note: no further data given on ancestry or family). Nelson County Taxpayers 1793-1799 Murphey: Charles, Hezekiah, James, John, Philip, Gabriel Some Nelson County Marriages Abraham Murphy to Nancy Robison on 12 Jan 1845. Abram Murphy to Nancy Robinson on 12 Jan 1846. Angeline Murphy to Hezakiah Barnard on 03 Dec 1836. Bryant Y. Murphy to Catherine Tennell on 04 May 1845. Burgess Murph(e)y to Lucinda Dyar on 04 Aug 1828. Charles Murph(e)y to Elenor Smither(s) on 26 Aug 1810. Eleanor Murphy to William Milton on 01 Apr 1822. Eliza Murphy to Newell Bewauchamp on 06 Apr 1833. Elizabeth Murphy to Walter Young on 01 Aug 1817. Elizabeth Murphy to James E. White on 21 May 1843. Elizabeth Murphy to Richard McKay on 16 Nov 1812. Elizabeth Murphy to William Humphrey on 17 Jul 1838. Felix G. Murphey to Mary E. May on 16 Jun 1828. Gabriel Murphy to Catharine Mahoney on 17 Nov 1845. Gabriel Murphy to Priscilla Thompson on 09 Nov 1840. Gabriel J. Murphy to Mahulda Counce on 10 Nov 1845. George W. Murphy to Mary Ann McManus on 15 Jan 1846. Hezekiah Murphy to Sary Cotton on 17 Apr 1794. Isaac H. Murphy to Mary Ann Fulkerson on 13 Sep 1850. Isaac H. Murphey to Maria Hibbs on 23 Sep 1829. James Murphy to Susan All on 06 Dec 1819. James Murphy to ---- Unsel on 30 Dec 1793. James W. Murphy to Mary Ann Vork on 03 May 1848. Jemima Murphy to Robert Hammond on 27 Dec 1827. John Murphy to Frances Murphy on 26 Dec 1844. John Murphy to Hannah Smithers on 24 Oct 1807. Lloyd L. Murphy to Pauline Caudiff on 26 May 1849. Margaret Murphey to Marmeduck Housely on 19 Mar 1801 (Sously in Squire Murphy bio) Margaret E. Murphy to William R. Marshall on 16 Feb 1837. Maria Murphy to George Raymon on 02 Jan 1839. Mary Murphy to Richard McKay on 11 Jun 1797. Mary E. Murphy to Nicholas Jenkins on 18 Aug 1842. Nancy Murphey to Stephen Buckler on 27 Oct 1835. Nancy Murphey to Samuel Ruby on 18 Sep 1821. Peggy Murphy to Levi Mills on 19 Aug 1814. Polly Murphy to McKinsey Baldwin on 30 Mar 1816. Philip Murphy to Jane Kenney on 24 Feb 1830. Philip Murphy to Eliza Jane Murphy on 16 Jan 1848. Philip Murphy to Mary Scott on 12 Mar 1836. Richard L. Murphy to Elizabeth Hobbs on 07 Dec 1837. Richard L. Murphey to Susanna Hobbs on 04 Mar 1810. Sally Murphy to John T. Redman on 10 Sep 1793. Squire Murphy to Julia Ann Hagan on 04 May 1846. Squire Murphy to Mary Shurley on 28 Feb 1839. Susan Murphy to James Tennell on 19 Dec 1843. Susannah Murphey to John Martin on 07 Feb 1825. Thomas S. Murphy to Mary Tenell on 23 Dec 1837. William L. Murphy to Elenor Bridwell on 10 May 1838. William Murphey to Ann O'Neal on 17 May 1824. Pike County KY (formed 1822 from Floyd County) Some Pike County Marriages: Gabriel Murphy to Hannah Phillips, d/o Zacharia, on 02 Mar 1848. Alexander Murphy to Biddy McCoy, d/o John, on 13 Apr 1848. MISCELLANEOUS GABRIEL MURPHEY NOTES: Claiborne Tennessee: (from Tennessee Tidbits) - Gabril Murphy died before 24 May 1808 when will was proven by Elijah Harp and Abraham Fitch. County Court Minutes 3/193. (note: last entry in Caswell records for Gabriel is in 1806). Henry County Virginia: Gabriel Murphy married Ruth Peregoy on 07 Nov 1794. A Genforum posting by tom8449@aol.com: Gabriel born 1773, died after 2850 in DeKalb TN; son Isaac N. Murphy born circa 1808 in KY, married Rachel Bullard. Prince William Virginia (formed 1727 from King Geo & Stafford Counties): At a Vestrey held at Quantico Vestrey house 28 Aug 1756 - Ordered that Lewis Reno pay Gabril Murphey & Wm. More, Undertakers of the Church at Redmons, the Tobacco levyed in his hands. Stafford County Virginia: Overwharton Parish Register: John Murphy, son of Gabriel and Mary Murphy, born 06 Sep 1740. Murphey, Gabriel: Clarissa, R7509. Soldier was born about 1756 and died in 1818 in Russel Co. VA. Soldier married Clarassa Harndon in Caswell Co. NC in 1771 and she died 28 Dec 1842, Logan Co. VA. A son, John Murphey applied 23 Dec 1858 age 64. (1) [Thank you Beverly!-mm] ____________________________________________________________ __________________________ 1635- Thomas Murfie comes to VA 1649- Edward Murferry comes to VA 1683- 3 Aug Richard Murphy of London a Merchant 1699- Richard Murphy sends apprentice to VA 1700 thru 1715 Daniel Murphy apparently shipped people Liverpool to VA 1717- Daniel Murphy b. Bertie Co. NC 1725- Miles1 Murphy came from Ireland or Scotland with a son named Miles2. 1735- Gabriel Murphy b. Caswell Co. NC -John Murphy owns land in Craven Co. NC 1736- Thomas & Jereme Murphy own land Craven Co. NC 1738- Jeremiah Murphy owns land in Craven Co. NC 1740- John Mack b. Scotland -George Murphey born. -John Murphey b. Caswell Co. NC 1742- 18 Dec. Archibald Murphey b. PA, d. 1817 Caswell NC -William Murphy b. Salem Co. NJ 1745- 4 Mar Craven Co. NC Will of Edmond Murphy, sons Benjamin, Josua & Edmund 1746- Craven Co. NC will of Thomas Murphy, sons Jeremiah, John, daughter Bridgett, wife Sarah 1748- Lunenburg, VA Census William, James, Archebel Murphey -5 Feb 1748/49 James Murphy & wife Isball, last of Great Britain, import themselves into Lunenburg Co., VA 1750- Wm Murphey b. Pittsylvania Co. VA, d. 1833- Sgt. in Rev. War -Lunenburg census James & William Murphey - 23 Sep James witness will of James Wakup, Lunenburg Co. VA 1751- Lunenburg Census- only William Murphey - 8 Oct Simon Murphy of Surry Co. NC bought 135 acres Southhampton Co. VA 1752- Halifax Co. formed from Lunenburg Co. VA -Orange Co. NC formed from Bladen, Granville & Johnston Cos. NC - Craven Co. NC Jeremiah Murphy Will to Thomas, wit. John Murphy 1753- John Murphy wit. will in Craven Co. NC 1754- Bedford Co. formed from Lunenburg Co. VA - Gabriel Murphy, Sr., son of John, b. Caroline Co. VA migrated to Caswell Co. NC, children possibly John, Gabriel, Jr., William, James, Barzel, Elizabeth, Mary & Nancy Jane 1755- 3 Oct Thomas Murphy land Craven Co. NC 135 acres 1756- Wm. Murphey began Bethel Baptist Church Halifax co.(Pittsylvania) VA 1757- Alexander Murphey d. York, PA- will names sons John, James, Archibald & Alexander, some daughters, brother James; sons left PA to Caswell (Orange) Co. NC; Alexander begat an Alexander, James begat a son John 1758- Sept. Bedford Co. VA Militia pay to James & Luke Murphy 1760- Richard Murphey owned 400 acres Halifax Co. VA -MARY MURPHY, b. 1760 Culpepper, VA, daughter of MILES MURPHY and MILLY (Amey?)NORMAN - 31 Mar William Murphy b. Anson Co. NC 1764- Lunenburg Co. VA tithe list includes Murpheys- James, William, William, Jr., John, Jon. Sr, Ben 1765- Charlotte & Mecklenburg Cos. formed from Lunenburg Co. VA 1766- John Mack md. Sarah Burnett, Prince Edward Co. VA -Pittsylvania Co. formed from Halifax Co. VA 1767- Roger Murphy, Jr. b. Orange Co. NC 1770- Miles Murphy on VA FAUQUIER CO. LEEDS MANOR 1770 RENT ROLL -3 June Charles Murphy b. d. 20 Jan 1852 -Nathaniel Green Murphey b. Prince Edward Co. VA 1771- John Mack sued in Prince Ed Co. VA -Account of Sale of Estate of Courtney Norman, Brumphill Parish, Culpeper Co. VA (daughter Amey Murphey) dec'd. to 05 Nov 1771. Purchasers: Richard Murffie,William Murffie, Miles Murffie, Miles Murphey, et al 1772- John Mack bought land in Pitt Co. VA -Edward only Murphey on Lunenburg Co. VA census 1773- Edward only Murphey on Lunenburg Co. VA census - John Murphey in Faquier Co. VA militia 1774- Edward only Murphey on Lunenburg Co. VA census 1775- Edward only Murphey on Lunenburg Co. VA census 1776- John Mack first reportedly comes to Maury Co. from NC/VA border area 1777- Miles Murphy on VA FAUQUIER CO. LEEDS MANOUR 1777 RENT ROLL -Arch DeBow Murphey b.; d. 1832 son of Archibald, brother of Alexander & John Greene 1778- 22 Oct George Murphey bought 238 acres on both sides of Cherrystone Creek, Pittsylvania Co. VA -Nathaniel Murphy born VA, son of Miles2 -Duplin-Sampson Co. Michael Murphy m. Mary Parker, 5/23/78; Miles Murphey/John Chestnutt bondsmen. 1779- John Mack in Revolutionary War -Duplin-Sampson Co. NC deed Michael Murphey to Miles Murphey 180 Acres. - July 9, James Akin m. Mary Murphey, Benj. McIntosh, wit. Caswell Co. NC 1780- John Mack sold land in Pittsylvania Co. VA 1781- John Mack possibly visiting in Maury Co. 1782- George Murphey on Pittsylvania Co. VA census-7 whites 1784- Sampson Co. NC taxpayer Murphys- Charles, Miles, Richard, John -1784-1787 Caswell Co. NC census Thomas Murphey 1 male 21-60, 4 m<20 or60, 4 f 1785- Duplin-Sampson Co. deed Miles Murphey to Richard Murphey 180 acres. - Halifax Co VA family Heads, Murphy- Edward 10 whites, John 5 whites, James 6 whites 1786- 14 Jun Pleasants Murphy b. Bedford Co. VA 1787- Dec 28, Winifred Hopper m. Richard Benton, John Murphey, wit. 1788- Miles P. Murphey born July 19. - Feb 5, Gabriel Murphey, Jr. m. Clarey Hearndon, Nimrod McIntosh wit. Caswell Co. NC - Dec 15, Nimrod McIntosh m. Nancey Murphey, Hugh Currie wit. Caswell Co. NC 1790- Census, Sampson Co. NC formed out of Duplin in 1784, listed were William, Michael, Miles, Richard, Charles Murphey and an Edward Murphrey. -Rockingham Census: MURPHY, Archibald, MACK, John, son MACK, James & families, WILSON, Aquilla (daughter-Sarah Mack); WILSON, James, WILSON,Thomas; MURPHY,Miles, MURPHY,William; MURPHY, John & families. 1791- Ezekiel Murphy born 26 Dec in SC, son of Roger, Jr. 1792- John Mack bought land in Pitt. Co. VA again, moved there prob. 1794- John Mack witnesses deed in Pitt. Co. VA-maybe living there again 1797- George Murphey moves from Pittsylvania Co. VA to Robertson Co. TN (sells land) 1798- William Murphey m. Lucy Terrell, Caswell Co. NC 1799- 12 Feb Murphy, Ezekiel md. Smith, Martha; Pittsylvania Co. VA 1800- William B. Murphy born, NC -No Miles Murphy/ey on Sampson/Rockinham Co. Census; -John Mack not on NC census. -Ezekiel Murphy on Rockingham NC census, age 16-26, woman 16- 26, boy<10 1801- Mar 24, Samuel Hopper m. Elizabeth Murphey, James Powell/Alex Murphey wit. 1803- Barzel Murphey m. Elizabeth Fury, William McIntosh wit. 1805- John Mack surety for his son Constantine's marriage Pitt Co. VA 1806- Nat Murphy sells land in Caswell Co. - Emedicus Murphey b. NC 1808- Miles Pinkney Murphy, Sr., son of Nat. born 20 Nov in Rutherford Co, TN. -John Mack reportedly comes to Rutherford/Wilson co. TN with son William -Sampson Co. NC, Richard Murphrey's orphaned children, Willie, Willis and Mary Murphrey put under guardianship of Willis Magee -Ezekiel Murphy of Rutherford Co.,Tn. gave Power of Attorney to James Blackley of Pittsylvania Co., Va. to sell for him a tract of land 1 Aug. 1809- Miles P. comes to Maury Co. as infant with Nat. family. 1810- John Mack in Maury co. Court records -Ezekiel Murphy only Murphy on 1810 Rutherford TN census. Is between ages 26 to 45, wife same, one male 10-16, one male under 10, one female under 10 and 2 slaves. 1811- Nat. Murphy living in Caswell Co. NC doing land deals. 1813- John Mack bought land on Little Bigby, Maury Co.TN -An Ezekiel Murphy, son of Roger,Jr. married Charity Martin, prob in SC. -Nat on several court records Maury Co. -Begins Ezekiel Murphy(Murfie,etc.) on road orders in Rutherford Co. TN 1814- Miles Murphy bought land in Greens Fork, Indiana. -John Mack2? & Nat Murphy witness will of Parker in Maury Co. John Mack1 dies(will May 1813). 1816- Nathaniel & Polly Mack Murphy in Maury Co.-heirs of John Mack appoint adm. of Pitt. Co. VA property 1817- John Mack heirs (including Nat&Polly of Maury) sell VA property to Napier 1820- Census for Indiana: Miles Murphry in Wayne county & a Nathaniel Murphy in Franklin county. -2 Miles Murphys on NC 1820 census, Sampson & Rockingham Counties. -Miles Murphy on GALLATIN CO. KY Census, p. 117 -George Murphey on Robertson Co. TN census as over 45 1821- Miles Murphy wrote his will 11 Dec. 1819, executed Aug. 1821. Daughters Sally and Patsy Murphy and Nancy Harden. Rockingham Co., N.C. 1822- Maury, Nat G. buys land from Nat 1825- Miles Murphy sold his Indiana farm to John Baldwin, from North Carolina. 1826- Rutherford Co. TN 11 Apr Inv.Sales/James Norman: Administrator: John Murphey; Buyers: Miles Murphey, John Murphey . . . Ezekiel Murphey, Joseph Murphey. 1832- Mississippi-C.R. Bass witnesses deed -MS- Deed Edm. P. Bass to C.R. Bass; -9 July- Dr. Edmund R. Bass Estate, brothers Isaac, Edwin, Giddeon, Jesse -Oct 1832- Jordan Bass, sec., Est. of Edm. P. Bass, LA by Council & Jesse 1833- Nathaniel G. Murphy(Jr?) m. Eliza V. Morris on 26 Nov. 1834- March-Miss.-Council R. Bass & Jesse Bass, Adm. est of Edmond R. Bass 1835- Ezekiel Murphy m. Louisa Jones on 27 Dec. 1837- Sept 13- Goodman (Giddeon) Bass died at residence of brother Jesse, Jackson, Miss. 1838- Wm. Wren dead, overseer of Council R. Bass 1840- William B. on Maury Census, 25th district, 30-40, female 30-40. 1841- Pitt.Co.VA An Ezekiel age 68 m. Mary Thurman age 41. 1848- Wm. B. Murphy delegate to Democratic convention district 5 Maury. 1850- William B. Murphey & family on Maury Co. TN Census. -Emeticus on Washington Co., MS Census- no family, is Overseer 1853- William B. bought land from Hosea Jameson, Dist 4 Maury. 1854- William B. bought land from William Leonard, Dist 5 Maury. -Miles P. Murphey dies. 1858- William B. sold land to John Holland, Dist 5 Maury. 1860- William B. on census, 59 years old. Wife not listed. -Census-Issa.Co. Miss.- Jesse Bass, b. VA. 1866- Mrs. E.P. Bass still alive (Miss.) 1867- William B. died Maury Co. Tn, will dated 25 Dec 1866. 1870- Pinkney Murphy, b. AL 1829, on Hardin Co. TN Census. 1879- Will of Council P. Bass, son of Eugenia, Sumner Co. TN- "Reidmont" plantation to Ella Bass Bate. ____________________________________________ Joseph Murphy List (interchanged with Murphey) Updated 2/7/01 archived at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/joem urph.txt Kept by: Mark Murphy murphy@tarleton.edu Please follow something like the format used below. All additions and substantiated corrections are welcome. Newest additions are on top. Name: Born: when & where Died: when & where Married: when & whom Parents: whom Children: Submitter: Comments: ******************************************************* Name: Joseph Murphy Born: 11 Sep 1859, KY Died: Married: 29 Aug 1882 to Julia Ann Fitts Parents: Children: Susan Eva (Apr. 6, 1884-Oct. 5, 1886), Lou Ida (b. Sept. 1, 1887), Charles Monroe (Sept. 26, 1890-Feb. 16, 1975) and Robert (Sept. 10, 1895-Apr. 23, 1927). Submitter: Sharon Saulmon, Texblossom@aol.com Comments: Father possibly D.C. (Daniel C.) ******************************************************* Name: Joseph Hill Murphey Born: 10 Mar 1837, Maury Co. TN Died: 11 Mar 1889, Hill Co. TX Married: 14 May 1868 to Mary Anne "Mollie" Crews Parents: William B. Murphey & Mary "Mollie" Benton Children: 1. Ada Malissa MURPHY (b. 3/4/1869 TN, d. 6/19/1925 Hubbard, TX) married Waymond A. LONG 2. William Wesley MURPHY (b.2/15/1870 TN, d. 12/8/1936 Stoneburg, TX) married Ella BOWMAN 3. Joseph Albert MURPHY (b. 9/17/1873 Culleoka, TN; d. 5/27/1946 Spur, TX) married Maggie Mae HENDRIX 4. Susan May MURPHY (b. 2/2/1876 Hubbard TX; d. 7/6/1945 Spur, TX) married John BOWMAN 5. Lillie Belle MURPHY (b. 1/17/1879 Hubbard, TX; d. 10/11/1946 Hubbard, TX) married Andrew Jackson HILL 6. Nannie B. MURPHY (b. 7/7/1881 Hubbard, TX; d. 2/26/1959 King, TX) married William Henry SUDDETH 7. Eva Lena MURPHY (b. 11/18/1884 Hubbard, TX, d. 5/26/1951 Hubbard, TX) 8. Minnie Ella MURPHY (b. 6/8/1887 Hubbard, TX, d. 2/25/1959 Benjamin, TX) married Dan WELLS Submitter: Mark A. Murphy, murphy@tarleton.edu Comments: Farmer, Civil War Veteran; for more visit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph ******************************************************** Name: Joseph Albert Murph(e)y Born: 17 Sep 1873, Culleoka, Maury Co. TN Died: 27 May 1946, Spur, Dickens Co. TX Married: 5 Dec 1905 to Maggie Mae Hendrix Parents: Joseph Hill Murphey & Mary Anne "Mollie" Crews Children: information withheld- some living Submitter: Mark A. Murphy, murphy@tarleton.edu Comments: for more visit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph Name spelled both ways, children also. ******************************************************** Name: Joseph Harold Murphy Born: 5 Sep 1908, Hubbard, Hill Co., TX Died: 21 Sep 1968, Freeport, Brazoria Co., TX Married: 22 Feb 1941 to Tressie Wright Parents: Joseph Albert Murphey & Maggie Mae Hendrix Children: Submitter: Mark A. Murphy, murphy@tarleton.edu Comments: for more visit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph ******************************************************** Name: Joseph Clifford Murphy Born: 1877 TN Died: 1959 Maury Co., TN Married: Parents: Charles M. Murphy & Susan E. McKissick Children: Submitter: Mark A. Murphy, murphy@tarleton.edu Comments: for more visit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph *********************************************************** Name: Joseph Edmund Murphy Born: Mar 1841 Died: 1863 Married: Parents: Miles P. Murphy (b.1788 VA) & Elizabeth Maxwell Children: Submitter: Mark A. Murphy, murphy@tarleton.edu Comments: Died fighting at Chickamaugua for more visit http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph ***************************************************** Name: Joseph C. Murphy Birthdate: November 15, 1849 Place: McDowell Co.., NC Died: April 15, 1925 Spouse: Susan Robinson Married: September 13,m 1868 Known Children: John W., William, Analiser, James Parents: John Murphy and Lavina Henline Submitter: B. Pitman E-mail: printer@m-y.net **************************************************** Name: Joseph Murphey Born: 15 Jun 1773, Charles Co. MD Died: abt 1834 Overton Co., TN Married: 1. abt 1793 to Hannah Bracken; 2. 27 Oct 1800 to Sarah "Sally" Cannon Parents: Daniel Murphey Children: 1st wife- John B., Martha Ector Murphy; 2nd wife- William B., Thomas J., Branson G., Joseph Gillentine, Hannah B. Submitter: Sharon Saulmon-Texblossom@aol.com Comments: ************************************************************** unrelated (I think) Murphys Henry County, In Query Forum [ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index (Use 'Back' if from a search list) ] [ Previous | Previous in Thread | Next ] MURPHEY / MURPHY NCHenry Co., IN Posted by Richard Wilson on Sat, 21 Oct 2000, in response to Murphey/Murphy families, posted by ginny on Tue, 02 Nov 1999 Surname: MURPHEY, MURPHY, SIVERS, EVANS, BURGESS, CARPENTER Ginny -- I have the MURPHEY/MURPHY line you seek. I am descended from Miles MURPHEY, Sr., who moved from N.C. to Wayne Co., IN, in 1811, and then to Henry Co. in 1822 with his wife Dorothy and their 10 surviving children (of 16). (I do not yet have all their names.) Here is the the MURPHEY line as I have it, back to the earliest MURFEY ancestor of whom I have information: Descendants of Michael Murfey Generation No. 1 1. Michael1 Murfey was of Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. He married Ann ___. She was of Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. Child of Michael Murfey and Ann is: + 2 i. Michael2 Murphy, born October 06, 1702 in prob. Pasquotank Co., North Carolina; died November 09, 1760 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. Generation No. 2 2. Michael2 Murphy (Michael1 Murfey) was born October 06, 1702 in prob. Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, and died November 09, 1760 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Sivers Abt. March 04, 1741/42 in Pasquotank M.M., Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. Child of Michael Murphy and Elizabeth Sivers is: + 3 i. Joseph3 Murphey, born Abt. 1742 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina; died Bef. January 1780 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. Generation No. 3 3. Joseph3 Murphey (Michael2 Murphy, Michael1 Murfey) was born Abt. 1742 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, and died Bef. January 1780 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. He married Martha ___ Abt. September 1769 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. Children of Joseph Murphey and Martha are: + 4 i. Miles4 Murphey, Sr., born October 08, 1770 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina; died March 08, 1847 in Henry Co., Indiana. 5 ii. Elizabeth Murphey. She married Joseph Nixon June 26, 1793 in Little River Mtg. House, Pasquotank M.M., Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. 6 iii. William Murphey. He married Martha Outland November 19, 1794 in Pasquotank M.M., Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. Generation No. 4 4. Miles4 Murphey, Sr. (Joseph3, Michael2 Murphy, Michael1 Murfey) was born October 08, 1770 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, and died March 08, 1847 in Henry Co., Indiana. He married (1) Dorothy Evans April 28, 1790 in Little River Mtg. Place, Pasquotank M.M., Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. She was born May 03, 1775 in poss. Carteret Co., North Carolina, and died October 18, 1838 in Henry Co., Indiana. He married (2) Mary Redding Aft. October 1838. Notes for Miles Murphey, Sr.: Will of Miles Murphey, Sr., dated 3 August 1842, Henry Co., as recorded in Indiana Will Records, vol. C, pp. 37-38 (LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film # 1887975), copy in Records of Richard R. Wilson, Clyde Hill, WA. More About Miles Murphey, Sr.: Burial: March 1847, Old North Fourteenth St. Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana Religion: March 17, 1832, Miles requested membership in Springfield M.M., Wayne Co., Ind., after his dismissal by Duck Creek M.M.; he was refused membership on 13 Aug. 1832; requested membership again on 17 Jan. 1835 and again refused Residence: 1800, Pasquotank Co., North Carolina Will: August 03, 1842, Will dated More About Dorothy Evans: Burial: October 1838, Old North Fourteenth St. Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana Children: Had 16 children, six of whom died in N.C. Children of Miles Murphey and Dorothy Evans are: 7 i. Thomas5 Murphey, born September 18, 1792 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. 8 ii. Martha Murphey, born September 11, 1794 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. 9 iii. Elizabeth Murphey, born June 20, 1795 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. + 10 iv. Robert Murphey, born September 05, 1796 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina; died April 19, 1876 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. 11 v. Lydia Murphey, born March 30, 1805 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina. + 12 vi. Col. Miles Murphey, Jr., born November 14, 1806 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina; died February 17, 1882 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. + 13 vii. Clement Murphey, born December 23, 1808 in North Carolina; died April 10, 1882 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. 14 viii. Eli Murphey, born May 05, 1811 in North Carolina; died September 11, 1877 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. He married Rebecca Carpenter 1835; died September 11, 1899 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. More About Eli Murphey: Burial: September 1877, South Mound Cem., New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana Will: April 1877, Will dated More About Rebecca Carpenter: Burial: September 1899, South Mound Cem., New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana 15 ix. Nathan Murphey, born 1813 in North Carolina. + 16 x. William Murphey, born January 31, 1814 in North Carolina; died Bef. June 11, 1892 in Henry Co., Indiana. 17 xi. David Murphey. Generation No. 5 10. Robert5 Murphey (Miles4, Joseph3, Michael2 Murphy, Michael1 Murfey) was born September 05, 1796 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, and died April 19, 1876 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. He married Sarah D. Burgess March 06, 1818 in Wayne Co., Indiana. She was born January 20, 1797 in North Carolina, and died in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. More About Robert Murphey: Burial: April 1876, Woodland Cem., Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Descent: Said to be desc. of Michael Murphy, 1702-1760, N.C. Occupation: 1850, Farmer Office: 1850, Census Taker (Ass't Marshal), Wayne Co., Indiana Probate: April 27, 1876, Letters of Administration granted to Ira Cook, Specl. Admin. Religion: June 29, 1816, Robert raised a Quaker; dismissed by Whitewater M.M., Wayne Co., IN, for military training & attendance & for marrying contrary to discipline Residence: 1850, Wayne Co., Indiana More About Sarah D. Burgess: Burial: prob. Woodland Cem., Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Children: Had 12 children Children of Robert Murphey and Sarah Burgess are: 18 i. Benjamin Franklin6 Murphey, born September 10, 1824 in Dublin, Wayne Co., Indiana; died April 14, 1883 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. He married (1) Mahala Elizabeth Swazey May 05, 1847 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana; born December 21, 1830; died April 11, 1862 in Middletown, Indiana. He married (2) Harriet D. Elliott February 25, 1864 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana; born December 05, 1827 in Centreville, Wayne Co., Indiana; died September 29, 1903 in New York, New York. More About Benjamin Franklin Murphey: Burial: Oak Woods Cem., Chicago, Illinois More About Mahala Elizabeth Swazey: Burial: South Mound Cem., New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana More About Harriet D. Elliott: Burial: Oak Woods Cem., Chicago, Illinois 19 ii. Olinda B. Murphey, born 1828 in Indiana. 20 iii. Miles M. Murphey, born 1830 in Henry Co., Indiana. + 21 iv. Sarah Jane Murphey, born November 11, 1833 in Henry Co., Indiana; died Abt. March 16, 1913 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. 22 v. Martha M. Murphey, born 1835 in Indiana. 23 vi. R. M. C. Murphey, born 1838 in Indiana. 12. Col. Miles5 Murphey, Jr. (Miles4, Joseph3, Michael2 Murphy, Michael1 Murfey) was born November 14, 1806 in Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, and died February 17, 1882 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. He married Elizabeth Carpenter October 10, 1830 in Henry Co., Indiana. She was born May 10, 1807 in New Jersey, and died November 30, 1890 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. More About Col. Miles Murphey, Jr.: Burial: February 1882, South Mound Cem., New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana Military service: 1831, Chosen Col., 48th Reg't of Indiana Militia Religion: February 01, 1827, Miles Jr. raised a Quaker; complained of in Duck Creek M.M. minutes for training with the militia; dismissed 3 May 1827 Will: January 25, 1882, Will dated More About Elizabeth Carpenter: Burial: December 1890, South Mound Cem., New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana Will: June 17, 1885, Will dated Children of Miles Murphey and Elizabeth Carpenter are: 24 i. De Witt Clinton6 Murphey, born April 22, 1831 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana; died December 16, 1838 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. 25 ii. Maria Louisa Murphey, born August 15, 1834 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana; died Aft. 1906. She married George Washington Goodwin September 01, 1852 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana; born September 28, 1824 in Portsmouth, Ohio; died April 02, 1900 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. 26 iii. Leander Elliott Murphey, born March 23, 1840 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana; died March 18, 1904 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. He married (1) Helen Mary Elliott May 26, 1863 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana; born July 21, 1842; died July 05, 1871 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. He married (2) Minnie Rosalia Bruske August 26, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois; born November 09, 1853 in Germany; died Aft. 1906. 13. Clement5 Murphey (Miles4, Joseph3, Michael2 Murphy, Michael1 Murfey) was born December 23, 1808 in North Carolina, and died April 10, 1882 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana. He married Huldah Bundy 1827 in Henry Co., Indiana. She was born in North Carolina. More About Clement Murphey: Will: May 1882, Will proved Children of Clement Murphey and Huldah Bundy are: 27 i. Joel6 Murphey. 28 ii. Hiram B. Murphey. 29 iii. Robert F. Murphey. 30 iv. Mary Murphey. 31 v. William C. Murphey. 32 vi. Miles E. Murphey. 33 vii. Eliza J. Murphey. 34 viii. Huldah E. Murphey. 35 ix. John F. Murphey. 36 x. Sophia G. Murphey. 16. William5 Murphey (Miles4, Joseph3, Michael2 Murphy, Michael1 Murfey) was born January 31, 1814 in North Carolina, and died Bef. June 11, 1892 in Henry Co., Indiana. He married Sarah L. Harvey. She was born in Henry Co., Indiana, and died February 08, 1876 in Henry Co., Indiana. More About William Murphey: Will: November 13, 1875, Will dated Children of William Murphey and Sarah Harvey are: 37 i. Evan Harvey6 Murphey, born October 02, 1845 in Henry Co., Indiana; died September 13, 1847 in Henry Co., Indiana. 38 ii. Mariah Louisa Murphey. 39 iii. Victoria Murphey. 40 iv. Ada Grace Murphey. 41 v. Elizabeth Ellen Murphey. 42 vi. Sophronia Jane Murphey. 43 vii. Absolom Warren Murphey. 44 viii. William Julian Murphey. Generation No. 6 21. Sarah Jane6 Murphey (Robert5, Miles4, Joseph3, Michael2 Murphy, Michael1 Murfey) was born November 11, 1833 in Henry Co., Indiana, and died Abt. March 16, 1913 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. She married Milton Wilson October 18, 1852 in Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana. He was born December 11, 1825 in Milford MM, Wayne Co., Indiana, and died December 16, 1912 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. More About Sarah Jane Murphey: Burial: March 1913, prob. Woodland Cem., Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Fact 1: 1913, Buried in Des Moines, Iowa More About Milton Wilson: Burial: December 1912, Woodland Cem., Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Clergyman: 1852, married by Samuel Hoshour, Friends' Minister Moved: 1856, Moved from Wayne Co., Indiana, to Madison Co., Iowa Property: 1856, Ent. land in Madison Co., Iowa Religion: March 26, 1853, Though a Quaker, Milton was reported in Milford M.M. records as marrying contrary to discipline (although wife Sarah Jane was a Quaker) and was dismissed Children of Sarah Murphey and Milton Wilson are: 45 i. Flora Maria7 Wilson, born June 11, 1858 in Earlham, Madison Co., Iowa; died September 03, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She married Colin McKenzie Pinkerton December 27, 1877 in Earlham, IA; born April 16, 1850 in Chili, Ohio; died February 07, 1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. More About Colin McKenzie Pinkerton: Occupation: School teacher 46 ii. Frank Wilson, born Abt. 1859 in Earlham, Madison Co., Iowa. 47 iii. Robert Wilson, born Abt. 1861 in Earlham, Madison Co., Iowa. More About Robert Wilson: Children: no children 48 iv. Mahala Wilson, born Abt. 1863 in Earlham, Madison Co., Iowa; died 1948. More About Mahala Wilson: Children: no children Fact 2: aka Mattie Wilson (died young) 49 v. Isaac Kinsey Wilson, born 1867 in Earlham, Madison Co., Iowa; died 1954 in near Los Angeles, California. He married Nellie Richards 1891 in Iowa; born November 19, 1867 in Lafayette Co., Wisconsin; died 1932 in near Los Angeles, California. More About Isaac Kinsey Wilson: Fact 1: 1892, Member, Iowa State House of Representatives (24th Gen. Assembly), from 28th Dist. Fact 2: 1910, Moved from Iowa to California Fact 3: 1888, Graduated Grinnell College, Iowa Fact 8: 1223 N. Mission Rd., Los Angeles More About Nellie Richards: Fact 1: 1888, Graduated Grinnell College, Iowa 50 vi. Matthew Wilson, born Abt. 1869 in Earlham, Madison Co., Iowa. 51 vii. Cora Wilson. She married Keeler. Ginny, please e-mail me if you would like my source information, gathered at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Much of it comes from Hinshaw's Encyc. of Quaker Geneal., as well as Henry Co. histories ca. 1880 and 1900. Richard Wilson rrwilson71@aol.com (office e-mail: rrw@hcmp.com) _________________________________ Posted by Don Blincoe, Sr. on Thu, 14 Oct 1999, in response to Murphy, James 1807, posted by Michelle Kristek on Thu, 14 Oct 1999 Surname: Murphy, Alder, Alden In, "Loudoun County, Virginia Marriages 1760-1850" by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr. Iberian Pub. Co., Athens, Ga., I have found the marriage of James Murphy and Anne H. Alder, 18 Oct., 1821; minister John Littlejohn. made his return 11 Feb., 1822. I hope this helps. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________ VERY ancient Murphy stuff http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1996+33046805484+F Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 04:19:55 GMT Reply-To: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List Sender: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List From: Stewart Baldwin Organization: auburn.campus.mci.net Subject: Eve of Leinster and Radnailt of Dublin In response to recent queries about Eve of Leinster, wife of Richard Strongbow, earl of Pembroke, I am posting her ancestry for ten generations, as complete as I currently have it. Eve of Leinster is an important "Gateway Ancestor", as descent from her is probably the best way for someone of English descent to get a large number of early Irish lines. Another important Gateway Ancestor for Ireland is Radnailt of Dublin, who is discussed after Eve's table. EVE of LEINSTER The first reasonable attempt to trace Eve's complete ancestry, of which I am aware, was the article "The Ancestry of Eve of Leinster," by Professor David Kelley, in "The Genealogist" vol. 1 pp. 4-27. (Turton's earlier attempt is far too unreliable to take seriously.) With the exception of Sadb (#25) and her ancestors, whom Kelley apparently overlooked, there is not much difference between my chart and the one given by Professor Kelley (except for format), as these generations belong to a period which is reasonably well documented. For the earlier period, however, there are considerable differences of opinion, and I think that Professor Kelley's opinion of the reliability of the very early Irish genealogies is much more optimistic than the general view which is represented in the modern scholarly literature, with which I tend to agree. A detailed discussion of these disagreements would require much more time than I have at the moment, but I will briefly comment below on the lines relevant to Eve's ancestry. As was discussed at length by Professor Kelley in his article, the most important source for the marriages and identification of mothers is the "Ban Senchus" [abbreviated BS] which lists a very large number of Irish women, with the names of their fathers, husbands, and children. The version we have now was probably written in the late twelfth century, but there are clear indications that there were earlier versions (late 10th or early 11th century) which were updated from time to time, so BS is an important primary source for the maternity of many individuals of Irish history. It was edited by Margaret Dobbs in Revue Celtique 47 (1930) 282-339, 48 (1931) 163-234, and 49 (1932) 437-489, of which the last is an every-name index to the first two. Since the page number is sufficient to indicate which volume, citations are in the form BS [page #('s)]. It must be kept in mind that divorce and remarriage was extremely common in early Ireland, so that it was the rule rather than the exception, and thus if you know that A was married to B and that A was the father of C, then it is never permissable to conclude that B was the mother of C unless there is also direct evidence of such a relationship between B and C. In all cases in the table below, the sources given explicitly name the mother as a parent of the given child. There are a number of other cases in which the father is known to have married someone who cannot be directly shown to be the mother of the relevant child, and the maternity is left as unknown in those cases. The main two other sources are the genealogies and the annals. The best early collection of Irish genealogies, the twelfth century manuscript Rawlinson B502, was edited by M. A. O'Brien in "Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae" (Dublin 1962), hereafter abbreviated CGH, which also includes variant readings from three other manuscripts, the Book of Leinster, the Book of Lecan, and the Book of Ballymote. In addition, the end of the book also edits all pedigrees which appear in the Book of Leinster but not in Rawlinson B502. Citations from CGH below will be from Rawlinson B502 unless "LL" appears, in which case it will be from the Book of Leinster. Citations from the annals below will be mainly obituaries, taken primarily from the Annals of Ulster [AU], but sometimes from the Annals of Tigernach [AT], the Chronicum Scotorum [CS], or the Annals of the Four Masters [AFM], generally in that order of preference. (Many of the obituaries appear in all four.) Some of these annals had mislabled years, so that the year given in the annal might be off by one or more years from the true date. For the period relevant to the chart, these chronological dislocations are well understood (but they are a serious problem for the very early part of Irish history), and all dates below include corrections to the true date. For example, the Annals of Ulster label the true year from 1014 on, but the year labels are one year off for earlier years. Thus 935AU below means that the entry appears in AU under the year 934, which has been corrected to the true year 935. Recommended secondary sources are the first two volumes of "The Gill History of Ireland" (vol. 1: "Ireland before the Vikings" and vol. 2: "Ireland before the Normans"), "Irish Kings and High Kings" by Francis John Byrne, and volume IX of "A New History of Ireland," which gives the genealogies and king lists. (Volume I, which will be the history before the Norman conquest, has not yet appeared so far as I know.) People who use the tables in the latter two books are warned that these tables sometimes give the traditional genealogy without trying to weed out all of the fabricated parts. The Leinster tables are particularly bad about this, and give the fabricated Leinster tribal genealogy, without warning that the earlier part should not be considered historically accurate. (However, a careful scholar will note chronological impossibilities in some of the relationships given in the Leinster tables in both Irish Kings and High Kings and the New History of Ireland.) The Gill History of Ireland is highly recommended for its realistic assessment of what the early records can actually prove. I have set the data out in a chart format, but have included the ancestor table numbers as a convenience to those who want to convert to that form. Capitalized "Mac" indicates a surname, whereas "mac" means "son of", and similarly for "Ua" and "ua" (grandson of, later written as O'). "King of" is abbreviated "k." Lines that continue earlier than the tenth generation are marked "->" and "*" means that a note appears after the chart, given by the ancestor number. "Ingen" is the Irish word for daughter. [Line width of at least 74 characters needed for chart to look right.] /512.Cinaed mac Cairpre, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 935AU->* /256.Cellach mac Cinaeda, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 947AFM. /128.Domnall mac Cellaig, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 974AU. /64.Diarmait mac Domnaill, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 996AU. /32.Donnchad Mael na mBo, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 1006AU. /16.Diarmait mac Mael na mBo, k. Laigin, d. 6 or 7 Feb 1072AU. | | /66.Gilla Patraic. | \33.Aife ingen Gilla Patraic. [BS 189, 228] | | /268.Ailill | | /134.Carlus mac Ailella, k. Ui Aeda Odba. | \67.Echrad ingen Carlusa. [BS 189, 228] /8.Murchad mac Diarmata, k. Laigin & Dublin, d. 1070AU. | | /624.Lachtnae mac Corcc->* | | /312.Lorcan mac Lachtnae. | | /156.Cennetig mac Lorcain, k. Thomond, d. 951AU. | | /78.Brian Boruma, k. Ireland, d. 23 Apr 1014AU. | | | | /628.Murchad.* | | | | /314.Urchad mac Murchada, k. West Connacht. | | | \157.Be Bind ingen Urchada. [BS 188, 227, 314, 338] | | /34.Donnchad mac Briain, k. Mumain (Munster), d. 1065AU. | | | | /632.Mael Morda mac Muirecain, d. 917AU->* | | | | /316.Finn mac Mael Morda, d. 923AU. | | | | /158.Murchad mac Finn, k. Laigin, d. 972AU. | | | \79.Gormlaith ingen Murchada, d. 1030AT. [BS 189, 227] | \17.Dirborgaill ingen Donnchada, D. 1080AU. [BS 190, 229] /4.Donnchad mac Murchada, k. Laigin, d. 1115AU. | | /18.NN Mac Bricc. | \9.Sadb ingen Mac Bricc.* /2.Diarmait Mac Murchada, k. Laigin (Leinster), d. 1171AU. | | /10.Gilla Michil or Cinaed Ua Braenain.* | \5.Orlaith ingen Ua Braenain. [BS 193, 198, 231] | | /22.Cearnachan Ua Gairbita, k. Ui Feilmeda. | \11.Uchdelb ingen Cearnachain Ua Gairbita. [BS 193, 198, 231] 1.Aife (Eve of Leinster) md. Richard Strongbow. [BS 232] | /768.Tuathal mac Augaire, k. Laigin, d. 958AU->* | /384.Dunlaing mac Tuathail, k. Laigin, d. 1014AU. | /192.Donncuan ua Tuathail, k. Laigin, d. 1016AU. | /96.Gilla Comgaill Ua Tuathail, d. 1041AU | /48.Gilla Coemgin Ua Tuathail, d. 1059AU. | /24.Donncuan Ua Tuathail. | /12.Gilla Comgaill Ua Tuathail, d. 1127AFM*. | | | /400.Donnchad Mael na mBo [same as #32]. | | | /200.Domnall Remar mac Mael na mBo, d. 1041AU. | | | | | /802.Domnall mac Faelain, k. Deisi Muman, d. 995CS->* | | | | \401.Mael Maidne ingen Domnaill. [BS 192] | | | /100.Donnchad mac Domnaill, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 1089CS. | | | /50.Mael Morda ua Domnaill, d. 1090AFM. | | | | | /202.NN Mac Faelain. | | | | \101.Cailleach ingen Mac Faelain. [BS193] | | \25.Sadb ingen Mael Morda Ua Domnaill.* | | | /816.Murchad mac Nuallain->* | | | /408.Dunlaing ua Nuallain. | | | /204.Mael Maud Ua Nuallain. | | | /102.Cele Ua Nuallain. | | \51.Luanmaisi ingen Ceile Ua Nuallain. [BS196] | /6.Muirchertach Ua Tuathail, k. Ui Muiredaig, d. 1164AT. \3.Mor ingen Muirchertaig Ua Tuathail. [BS 232] | /896.Cennetig mac Morda->* | /448.Cernach ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1018AT. | /224.Cinaed Ua Morda. | /112.Amargen Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1026AU. | | \225.Echrad ingen Carlusa [same as #67]. | /56.Faelan Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1069AFM. | /28.Amargen Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1097AT. | | | /114.Mac Dairgen Ua Thairmeascain. | | \57.Maelind ingen Meic Dairgin. [BS 195] | /14.Loigsech Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1149CS. | | \29.Gormlaith ingen Mac Carrach Calma?* \7.Cacht ingen Loigsig Ua Morda. [BS 232, 233] | /60.Dunlaing Ua Caellaide.* | /30.Finn Ua Caellaide, k. of half of Osraige. | | | /976.Cellach mac Cerbaill, k. Osraige, d. 908AU. | | | /488.Donnchad mac Cellaig, k. Osraige, d. 976AU.* | | | /244.Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada, k. Osraige, d. 996AU. | | | /122.Tadg mac Gilla Patraic, blinded 1027AU. | | \61.Dirborgaill ingen Taidg, d. 1098AT. [BS 190] \15.Gormlaith ingen Finn Ua Caellaide. [BS 233] Notes: 9. BS 194. See Kelley's Line XI for a suggestion as to her ancestry. I did not include it in my chart because it is still unproven. 10. His first name is uncertain. BS 193 gives it as Cinaed (Kenneth), while BS 198 and BS 231 give it as Gilla Michil. 12. Gilla Comgaill Ua Tuathail is given by Kelley as a king of Ui Muiredaig killed in 1119, but both title and date of death are wrong. Gilla Comgaill was abbot of Glendalough, and died in 1127. 25. BS 195, 196. Kelley overlooked this marriage in his article, which did not include Sadb's ancestors. 29. BS 198, 230. Carrach Calma was a nickname of Donnchad (d. 969), a great-grandson of the Ui Neill king Flann Sinna. (See Table 4 in the genealogies of volume IX of "A New History of Ireland.") BS 230 calls Gormlaith a daughter of Carrach Calma, which is obviously chronologically impossible, and it is clear that a word has accidently dropped from the account of BS 198, which calls her a daughter of Mac Carrach Calma, where "Mac" is clearly meant to indicate descendant rather than son. It is unfortunate that the exact line of descent from Carrach Calma is unknown, for it would give a descent from the Ui Neill kings of Ireland and their intermarriages. 60. BS sometimes uses Ua Cellaig rather than Ua Caellaide, confusing the two names. I have used the name as it appears in the Osraige tables in New History of Ireland, vol. IX. 488. The Osraige pedigree shows two men named Gilla Patraic, grandfather and grandson, who were both sons of a Donnchad, and the Ban Shenchus shows two marriages of a Donnchad of Osraige which produced a son named Gilla Patraic, but it is not clear which marriage belongs to which Donnchad [BS 189, 228]. I tend to agree with Kelley's suggestion that the wife of Donnchad (#488) was Aife, sister of Domnall mac Faelain of Deisi Muman (#820), but the identification is not certain. 512. See CGH 117a3 ff., Kelley's Line I. I am inclined to accept the Ui Cheinnselaig pedigree back only to Cinaed's father Cairpre mac Diarmata (d. 876) and Cairpre's father Diarmata (no further data), because the earlier part of the genealogy has discrepancies and chronological difficulties. I am unconvinced by Kelley's "correction" to this pedigree (at his generations 13-15). The first few generations given by Kelley are of doubtful historicity. 624. See CGH 152b22 ff., Kelley's Line XII. The earlier ancestry of this family is known to be a fabrication, but it can be accepted without much hesitation back to Lachtnae's great-great-grandfather Toirrdelbach (Kelley's generation 9), ancestor of the sept of Ui Toirrdelbaig. 628. See Kelley's Line XIII. I need to see more evidence before I accept any more generations prior to Murchad. 632. See CGH 117c36 ff. and 117d1 ff., Kelley's Line IV. The male line ancestry is the same as that of Tuathal mac Augaire [#768]. 768. See CGH 117c1 ff., Kelley's Line III. This line is very well documented back to the mid seventh century, and can probably be accepted back to Dunlaing (late fifth century? - Kelley's generation 5), who was ancestor of the sept of Ui Dunlainge. 802. See CGH 154d11 ff., Kelley's line XI. Domnall mac Faelain was the son of Faelan mac Cormaic, d. 966, king of Deisi Muman, and grandson of Cormac mac Mothla, d. 920, king of Deisi Muman (Kelley's generation 17). I am dubious about the earlier part, which is a string of unverifiable names. 816. See CGH LL337b19 ff., not in Kelley. The only earlier individual in the pedigree whom I have been able to identify in the annals is Fergus (d. 738AU) son of Moenach, king of Fotharta, who was six generations before Murchad. All the earlier generations appear to be unverifiable names. I am inclined to accept the pedigree back to the above Moenach, but the large number of unidentified intervening names between Cele and Fergus leaves open considerable possibilities for error. 896. See CGH LL337g11 ff., Kelley's Line VIII. The pedigree is just a string of names prior to Mescell, d. 799 (Kelley's generation 13), from whom the pedigree can probably be regarded as historical. 976. See CGH 117e39 ff., Kelley's Line X. Kelley suggests that the line might be valid "at least to the third century A.D.," but I can see no reasonable possibility that such a statement might be true for this or any other Irish family. The pedigree is quite solid back to the late seventh century, but the earlier dynastic history of Osraige is obscure, and confused further by the fact that another dynasty apparently occupied the throne in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. See the discussion in "Ireland before the Vikings", by Gearoid Mac Niocaill (Gill History of Ireland, vol. 1, Dublin 1972), especially pp. 84-86, 98- 99, 127, 129. RADNAILT of DUBLIN The other main "Gateway Ancestor" to Ireland is Radnailt, daughter of the Norse Dublin prince Amlaib by his wife Maelcorcre, daughter of Dunlaing mac Tuathail, king of Leinster, whose ancestry is given in the Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan (her son, ancestor of numerous Welsh and English families). Since most of her immediate ancestors were also ancestors of Eve of Leinster, it does not take much additional room to give her chart too. Eve of Leinster does not share Radnailt's Dublin Norse ancestors, who are given here to the earliest proven generation. /64.Imar (Ivar), k. Dublin (& York?), d. 873AU.* /32.NN mac Imar.* /16.Sitric (Sigtrygg) ua Imar, k. Dublin, d. 927AU. /8.Amlaib (Olaf) Cuaran, k. Dublin & York, d. 981AU. /4.Sitric (Sigtrygg) mac Amlaib, k. Dublin, d. 1042AU. | \9.Gormlaith ingen Murchada [#79 on Eve chart]. /2.Amlaib (Olaf) mac Sitric, d. 1034. | | /10.Brian Boruma, k. Ireland [#78 on Eve chart]. | \5.Slani ingen Briain.* 1.Radnailt, md. Cynan ap Iago. | /6.Dunlaing mac Tuathail, k. Laigin [#384 on Eve chart]. \3.Maelcorcre ingen Dunlaing.* Notes: 3. No Irish source mentions this marriage, or the marriage of Radnailt to Cynan ap Iago. While it would be nice to have confirmation of these marriages in a more contemporary source, there does not seem to be any good reason to doubt them. The close connections of Gruffudd ap Cynan with Dublin are well documented. 5. The twelfth century "Cogadh Gaedhel re Gailaibh" [ed. Todd, Rolls Series 48, London 1867], an independent source, confirms that Sitric was married to a daughter of Brian, but does not give her name, nor confirm that she was Amlaib's mother. 32. The contemporary records consistently refer to Sitric (Sigtrygg) as being a grandson of Imar (Ivar) without identifying his father. The possible identity of the intervening generation was discussed at length in this newsgroup some time ago. 64. There is no contemporary evidence for the parentage of Ivar. The mythical Ragnarr Lothbrok, his alleged father, is of very dubious historicity. If anyone sees any errors in the above (typographical or otherwise), please let me know. Stewart Baldwin ______________________________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1995+10511760936+F Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 13:08:35 GMT Reply-To: GEN-MEDIEVAL Sender: GEN-MEDIEVAL From: Kaare Albert Lie Organization: Oslonett public access Subject: Re: Who was Audna, wife of Lodvir Thorfinnson, Earl of Orkney? tony.gott@zetnet.co.uk (Tony Gott) wrote: >> There was a Cerbal, son of Lorcan, king of Leinster, who died in >> 967. He would also have been called Kjarval, king of the Irish - >> Kjarval Irekonge, in the sagas, and in my view he is the best >> candidate for the father of Edna (Audna), wife of Lodvir. >I think that this is the information which appears on Brian >Tompsett's page, but again I don't know his source. But Brian hasn't >followed the line any further back from Lorcan. The Annals of Ulster: 967: Cerball, son of Lorcan, heir designate of Laigin, was killed by Domnall, king of Brega. 943: Lorcan, son of Faelan, king of Laigin, was killed by the foreigners. 942: Faelan son of Muiredach, king of Laigin, dies. 885: Muiredach son of Bran, king of Laigin and superior of Cell Dara, fell asleep. Corpus Genealogiarum Hibernia, p. 14: Lorcan m. Faelain m. Muiredaig m. Broen m. Faelain m. Cellaich m. Dunchada m. Murchada Back to the Annals of Ulster. These are not indexed, so I have a feeling that I have missed one or more generations, but here we go again: 838: Bran son of Faelan, king of Laigin, dies. 776: Cellach son of Dunchad, king of Laigin, dies. 727: Murchad son of Bran, king of Laigin, dies. We may possibly still be in the realm of real history and real people. But once the Irish started writing genealogies, they never knew how to stop! So let us just go on for a while. In Corpus Gen. Hib., (p. 14) the Murchada at the bottom line connects to the following Murchada, son of Broen, which seems to agree with the Ann. of Ulster 727: Murchada m. Broen m. Conaill m. Faelain m. Comain m. Coripre m. Cormaicc m. Ailella m. Dunlaing m. Ennai Niad m. Bresail Belaig m. Fiachach m. Cathair Mair Corp. Gen. Hib., p. 15: Cathair Mair m. Fedelmid Fir Aurglais m. Cormaic Gelta Gaeth m. Niad-Cuirb m. Con-Corbb m. Moga-Corbb m. Conchobuir Abratruaid m. Find Filed m. Rossa Ruaid m. Fergusa Fairrge m. Nuadat Necht m. Setnai Sithbaicc m. Lugdach Luathfind m. Bresail Bricc Those who want to dive deeper into this orgy of Irish legendary past, will find 69 further generations back to Noah, of course via Eremon and Miled, on p. 16-17 in Corp.Gen.Hib. Kere ________________________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1996+30706338484+F ======================================================= ================== Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:00:26 -0500 Reply-To: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List Sender: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List From: Jared Olar Subject: Genealogy of Richard Strongbow's wife Aife of Leinster Comments: cc: Jared Olar In-Reply-To: <01I3NELVSB820096DH@ALPHA.NSULA.EDU> On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Bill Hunt wrote: > I am very interested in some of the threads being discussed, and > impressed with resources that seem to be available. I would appreciate > seeing some discussion of the following line(s). The information here was > gleaned from LDS Ancestral Files. I am interested to know if there is > acceptable authority for it. What you show seems to be attested reasonably well in early Irish sources. I will intersperse extracts from several sources below, along with occasional comments. > Oilliol, King of Leinster > | > Ugaire, King of Leinster > | > Tuathal, King of Leinster > | > Dunlaing, King of Leinster > | > Doncuan, King of Leinster This section of the pedigree is well-established. Compare it to the following from A NEW HISTORY OF IRELAND, vol. IX, "Maps, Genealogies, Lists," edited by T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, and F. J. Byrne, 1984, Genealogical Table 8, Kings of Leinster to 1171: The Ui Muiredaig Kings of Leinster: Ailill 869-71 | Augaire 909-17 | Tuathal 947-58 | Dunlaing 1014 | Donncuan 1014-16 King Donncuan's younger brothers Augair, Donnchad, and Murchad also reigned as Kings of Leinster after Donncuan's death. > | > Gillacomghall O'Toole > | > Gillacaemphin O'Toole > | > Doncuan O'Toole > | > Gillacomhall O'Toole > | > Murcertac O'Toole The above section of the pedigree is in perfect agreement with the one found in several early Irish genealogical compilations dating from the 1100's A.D. On page 12 of M. A. O'Brien's CORPUS GENEALOGIARUM HIBERNIAE, we find the following pedigree: "Genelach Hua Muiredaig" Dunlaing | Ailella | Augaire | Thuathal | Dunlaing ______________|_____________ | | Duinn-chuan Thuathal | | Gillai-Chomgaill Augaire (is e rucad o Chill Dara | co ro marbad 'sin Chuir- | riuch la Murchad macc | nDunlaing) | | | Gillai-Choemgin Lorccain | | Duinn-chuan Donnchada | | Gilla-Comgaill Augaire (comarbba Coemgin) | | | Muircertach Dunlaing | Tadc This establishes your "O'Toole" pedigree from your Oilioll, King of Leinster, down to your Murcertac O'Toole. However, in order to connect Muircheartach to More O'Toole, we must rely on late Irish genealogical texts. The earlier sources are silent about a marriage between Dermot MacMurrough and a daughter of Muircheartach mac Gilla-Comgall. The tradition of this marriage might be authentic--but then again, it could have been a later embellishment. Diarmait mac Murchada, King of Leinster | Morrough mac Murchada, m. Darbforgaill | Donnhada, King of Leinster | Enna, King of Leinster > | | > More O'Toole------------married ----Dermod mac Murrough, King of Leinster The pedigree of Dermot MacMurrough which you show here has only one mistake (a common one, so understandable). Dermot was the younger brother of King Enna, not Enna's son. The following pedigree is derived from CORPUS GENEALOGIARUM HIBERNIAE, page 10, and from A NEW HISTORY OF IRELAND, volume IX, Table 8: "Genelach Hua Ceinselaig" Donnchada Mael-na-mbo d.1006 ________________|___________________ | | Diarmait mac Mael-na-mbo Domnall Remar (High King) | 1042-1072 | ________|_____________________ | | | | Murchada Enna Donnchada 1052-70 1089-92 1075-89 | | Donnchada Diarmait 1098-1115 1092-98 ____|____________________ | | Enna Diarmait na nGall 1117-26 (Dermot of the Foreigners, or of the Norman-French) or Diarmait MacMurchada 1126-1171 Notice that Diarmait MacMurchada is NOT the same man as Diarmait mac Enna. > | > Eve (Aoife) mac Murrough, m. Richard "Strongbow" FitzGilbert de Clare > | > Isabel FitzGilbert De Clare, m. William Marshall > | > Isabel Marshall, m. Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester > | > Isabel de Clare, m. Robert "The Competitor" de Brus The remainder of this is well-established. ANCESTRAL ROOTS includes this lineage. You might also consult and compare the pedigrees appended to Geoffrey Keating's HISTORY OF IRELAND (1866 translation by John O'Mahony), or John O'Hart's IRISH PEDIGREES--but be *extremely* careful in using these sources. Jared Olar olar@eagle.uis.edu ____________________________________________________________ _______ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1996+40328084666+F Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 21:32:08 CET Reply-To: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List Sender: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List From: Kaj Malachowski Subject: Clare,Marshall,Bigod,Lacy,Joinville,Salm. Descendants!, I compiled it from various sources of unsure quality, so please don't use my letter as a source for you :->. Unfortunately I don't have access to many books, especially the recently published book about the de Lacy family. Thank you very much for any corrections: Brian Boruma, +battle Clontarf 23 IV 1014, "imperator Scottorum", 1002-14 ard-ri Erenn (= high-king of Ireland). I 1 x N.N. (previous wife, I don't know but maybe she is known?). I 2 x Gormlaith, +1030, daughter of Murchad mac Finn, I_______I king of Laigin (=Leinster). I 1 x Olaf "the Red", +981, king of Dublin. I 2 x (and div.) Mael Sechnaill II, *949, +1022, I 980-1002 and 1014-22 ard-ri of Ireland. I Donnchad mac Briain, +Rome 1065, king of Mumain (=Munster), #San Stefano Rotondo church in Rome. I x N.N. . I_____I I Dirborgaill ingen Donnchada (= "daughter of Donnchad"), +1080. I x Diarmait Mac Mael na mBo, +6 or 7 II 1072, I_____I king of Laigin (=Leinster). I Murchad mac Diarmata, +1070, king of Laigin (=Leinster) and Dublin, I x Sadb ingen Mac Bricc, daughter of N.N. Mac Bricc. I_____I I Donnchad mac Murchada, +1115, king of Laigin (=Leinster). I x Orlaith ingen Ua Braenain, daughter of (Gilla Michil?, I_____I or Cinaed?) Ua Braenain. I Diarmait Mac Murchada, +spring 1171, king of Laigin (=Leinster). I x Mor ingen Muirchertaig Ua Tuathail, daughter of Muirchertach I_____I Ua Tuathail, king of Ui Muiredaig. I Aife (=Eve) of Laigin (=Leinster), +1177. I x Waterford VIII/IX 1170 Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, +1176, I earl of Pembroke and Strigul. I____________________________I I Isabel de Clare, countess of Pembroke, *1172. I x 1189 William Marshall, the Protector, 3rd (4th?) earl I__________I of Pembroke, of Caversham, *1146, +14 V 1219. I Maud Marshall, +1248. I x Hugh Bigod, 3rd earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, hereditary I_____I Steward Of The Household, *before 1195, +II 1224/5. I Hugh Bigod, +1266. I 1 x Joan Burnet, daughter of Robert Burnet, I_______I 2 x Joan Stuteville, daughter of Nicholas Stuteville. I Ralph Bigod, x Berta Furnival, daughter of lord Furnival. daughter of the above Ralph Bigod?, or of his father Hugh Bigod?: Isabel Bigod. I 1 x Gilbert de Lacy, lord of Meath in Ireland, (son of Walter I I de Lacy, lord of Meath and his wife Margaret Braos?, I_______I or son of Hugh II de Lacy and Rose of Monmouth ???!), +during his father's life 1230. daughter of the above Gilbert de Lacy?, or of a Gautier de Lacy?: Mathilde de Lacy, +IV 1303. I 1 x Pierre de Geneve, 1244, 21 IX 1249+. I 2 x 1252 before 8 VIII: I Geoffroi de Joinville (Geneville), 1241 seigneur de Vaucouleurs, I I 1252 lord of Meath/Ireland, 1273 justiciar of Ireland, I___I 1308 clergyman in Trim, +21 X 1314. I Jeanne de Joinville, 1294. I x Johann I de Salm, 1292 count of Salm, 1280/1330. I_____I ancestors (if old books are good) of Kaj Malachowski (Warsaw, Poland). regards! - Kaj Malachowski, co-moderator of the Polish Genealogy List; from my Mom's computer sggmwwoy@plearn.bitnet, sggmwwoy@plearn.edu.pl; Miklaszewskiego 14/13, 02-776 Warszawa POLAND, tel. (48-22) 641 24 11; _________________________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1997+904718151395+F ======================================================= ================== Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 06:20:54 GMT Reply-To: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List Sender: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List From: Stewart Baldwin Organization: auburn.campus.mci.net Subject: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table, gen. 1-8 The following ancestor table for Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, prince of North Wales (d. 1240), for eight generations, is a work in progress which I plan to eventually extend to the earliest traceable generations. Since this is a very preliminary version, there will almost certainly be mistakes. The basic finding aid is Bartrum [BWG] (see sources at end), which cites the earliest source for the various genealogical claims (but does not attempt to isolate the correct claims from the false ones), many of which must them be rejected after these sources are examined more closely. Sources are given in brackets following each individual, using abbreviations which are given at the end. In general, I have rejected those cases in which the genealogy is a long string of unidentifiable names from a late source (usually with serious contradictions from one manuscript to another), but these places are clearly indicated for the benefit of those who want to go to Bartrum and check for themselves. For the most part, I have attempted to cite primary sources (usually, the earliest manuscript source), but there are a few cases where I have not yet had the chance to see the relevant material. Since this chart is quite long, please copy only the relevant part(s) of the chart if you wish to post a comment. Stewart Baldwin Generation 1: 1. Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, prince of North Wales, d. 1240 [AC.b 1240: "Obiit magnus Achilles secundus, dominus scilicet Lewelinus filius Gervaisi filii Owini Guynet, tunc princeps Walliae, ..."]. [ByT, MG.1, JC.28-29] Generation 2: 2. Iorwerth Drwyndwn ab Owain Gwynedd [MG.1, JC.28] 3. Margred ferch Madog [JC.29] Generation 3: 4. Owain Gwynedd, d. 1169, king of Gwynedd, 1137-69. [MG.1, JC.28] 5. Gwladus ferch Llywarch [ABT.2a] 6. Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys Fadog, d. 1160 [AC.b 1161: "Madoc Powysorum princeps obiit."] [MG.3, JC.29] 7. Unknown. [Note: Possibly Susanna ferch Gruffudd ap Cynan (sister of #4), who was wife of Madog ap Maredudd, but Madog is known to have had children by other women also, and Bartrum does not list a mother for Margred in his charts, indicating that the early sources do not identify Margred's mother. PF, vol. 1, pp. 119-124 state that Margred (Margaret) was daughter of Madog by Susanna, but this source also gives Madog a chronologically impossible second wife Maude who md. 2nd, John Fitz Alan, d. 1268, earl of Arundel, who lived a hundred years later, so PF cannot be considered reliable on this matter.] Generation 4: 8. Gruffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd, d. 1137 [AC.b 1137: "Grifinus filius Conani obiit."]. [GaC, MG.1, JC.28] 9. Angharad ferch Owain [ABT.5] 10. Llywarch ap Trahaern, active 1109-1124 [ByT] [ABT.2a] 11. Unknown [Note: Bartrum p. 354 gives Dyddgu ferch Iorwerth ap Cadwgan ab Elystan Glodrudd in this position, but his only source is the late visitation LD.ii.24, which names Dyddgu as the mother of another child of Llywarch, but not of Gwladus (#5). In addition, the sources given by Bartrum for Dyddgu's alleged father Iorwerth ap Cadwgan are all late 16th century or later, so Iorwerth's existence is also uncertain. In my opinion, this link should be regarded as dubious.] 12. Maredudd ap Bleddyn, d. 1132 (AC.b 1132: "Maredut filius Bledint dux Powisorum obiit.") [MG.3, JC.27] 13. Hunydd ferch Einudd [EWGT] 14-15. Unknown Generation 5: 16. Cynan ab Iago [JC.25, GaC] 17. Radnaillt of Dublin [GaC] [Note: The name of the wife of Cynan ap Iago, her parentage, and her mother's parentage are known only from GaC (and sources dependant on GaC). Although reservations have sometimes been expressed regarding this information, enough of the data from the pedigrees of Radnaillt are verified in Irish sources that I am inclined to regard the information as genuine.] 18. Owain ab Edwin, d. 1104 [AC.b 1104: "Owinus filius Edwinus obiit."], Welsh chieftan in Tegeingl. [ABT.2] 19. Morwyl ferch Ednywain Bendew? [ABT.2] [Note: She was the mother of Owain's son Gronwy, but it is not clear from the sources available to me whether or not any early source makes her mother of Angharad.] 20 Trahaern ap Caradog, of Arwystli, d. 1081 [AC], king of Gwynedd [ByT, ABT.2a] 21. Unknown. [According to BWG, she was Nest, daughter of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063), the first (and only) native king of all of Wales. Gruffudd did have a daughter named Nest, wife of Osbern Fitz Richard, but there is no evidence that she was also married to Trahaern ap Caradog, and no early source for a second daughter named Nest. The sources given by Bartrum for this link are all very late, the earliest being Lewys Dwnn's visitation of Wales which started in 1586 (LD.ii.107), and the other two cited sources being early 17th century manuscripts. LD.ii.107 has Nest marrying 1st Trahaern, and 2nd, the mythical Fleance son of Banquo (both characters in Shakespeare's Macbeth). I am inclined to regard the supposed marriage of Trahaern ap Caradog to a daughter of Gruffudd ap Llewelyn as a very late invention.] 22-23. Unknown 24. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, king of Gwynedd and Powys, d. 1075 [EWGT] 25. Haer ferch Cillin [EWGT] 26. Einudd [ap Morien? etc.], of Dyffrin Clwyd [EWGT] [Note: See BWG for supposed earlier generations. I am inclined to regard the generations prior to Einudd as dubious, because of the late sources and the lack identifiably historical individuals among the alleged ancestors.] 27-31. Unknown Generation 6: 32. Iago ab Idwal, d. 1039 [AC, AU], king of Gwynedd, [JC.25, see also DNB.10.408] 33. Unknown. {Note: BWG, citing a late 15th century source, gives her as Afandreg ferch Gwair ap Pill etc., a supposed descendant of the legendary Llywarch Hen. I consider this data doubtful.] 34. Amlaib mac Sitric, royal heir of Dublin, d. 1034 [AU] [GaC] 35. Maelcorcre ingen Dunlaing [GaC] [See note under #17] 36. Edwin ap Gronwy [Note: BWG cites PP.36(1), and I do not know the primary source for the name of Edwin's father, so I consider his ancestry tentative, until I see more regarding the sources.] 37. Iwerydd ferch Cynfyn. [ByT.1113-1116] 38? Ednywain Bendew I [ap Neinad?], living 1079. [Note: See the note under #19. The numerous different versions of his pedigree indicate that it is probably unreliable.] 39. Unknown. 40. Caradog. [Note: As father of Trahaern ap Caradog, only his first name is certain. The earlier names in the various versions of his pedigree (which vary widely from one manuscript source to another) are probably late inventions.] 41. Unknown. [Note: The Welsh annals (AC and ByT) refer to Trahaern ap Caradog as a cousin of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (#24), which has led to speculation that Trahaern's mother was perhaps a sister of Cynfyn ap Gwerystan (#48). However, although we can be reasonably certain that Trahaern and Bleddyn were cousins, this information is not enough to nail down the precise relationship.] 42-47. Unknown 48. Cynfyn ap Gwerystan [ByT, EWGT] (also #74) 49. Angharad ferch Maredudd [EWGT] 50. Cillin y Blaidd Rhudd [EWGT] 51-63. Unknown Generation 7: 64. Idwal ap Meuric, d. ca. 997 [AC], king of Gwynedd. [EWGT.JC.25, see also DNB 10, 412] 65-67. Unknown. 68. Sitric (Sigtrygg) mac Amlaib, k. Dublin, d. 1042 [AU]. 69. Slani ingen Briain [GaC] [See note under #17] 70. Dunlaing mac Tuathail, k. Laigin d. 958 [AU] [GaC] 71. Unknown. 72. Gronwy ab Einion [PP.36(1). See note under #36] 73. Unknown. 74. Cynfyn ap Gwerstan (same as #48) 75. Unknown [Note: She was a different person than Angharad ferch Maredudd (#49), as ByT.1113-1116 explicitly states that Iwerydd ferch Cynfyn (#37) was Cynfyn's daughter by a mother different from Angharad.] 76-95. Unknown 96. Gwerystan [EWGT. Since his name appears in ByT as a patronymic for Cynfyn, I am inclined to view the name as correct, but the earlier generations of his pedigree show wide variation, and are probably a late invention.] 97. Unknown [late sources make her Nest, daughter of Cadell ap Brochwel, king of Powys, which is chronologically impossible, so this appears to be a late invention designed to strengthen the claims of the descendants of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn to Powys.] 98. Maredudd ap Owain, d. 999 [AC] 99-127. Unknown Generation 8: 128. Meuric ab Idwal Voel, d. 986 [AC]. [JC.25, see also DNB 10, 412] 129-135. Unknown. 136. Amlaib (Olaf) Cuaran, k. Dublin & York, d. 981 [AU] 137. Gormlaith ingen Murchada, d. 1030 [AT]. [BS 189, 227] 138. Brian Boruma, k. Ireland, d. 23 Apr 1014 [AU]. 139. Unknown. [Brian was married several times, and no known source states which wife was Slani's mother.] 140. Tuathal mac Augaire, k. Laigin, d. 958 [AU] [CGH.117c1.ff] 141-143. Unknown. 144. Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda. d. 984 [AC] [See note under #36] 145-147. Unknown. 148-149. same as #96-97 150-195. Unknown. 196. Owain ap Hywel Dda, king of South Wales, d. 988 [AC] [HG] (also #288) 197? Angharad ferch Llywelyn? [EWGT - more research needed] 198-255. Unknown. SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS ABT = Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (late medieval), in EWGT, pp. 95-110. AC = Annales Cambriae AC.a = "A" MS. of AC (Harleian MS. 3859, fo. 190r-193r) AC.b = "B" MS. of AC (BL MS. Cotton Domitian A.1) AC.c = "C" MS. of AC (P.R.O. MS. E. 164/1) For a discussion of the compilation of these annals, see Kathleen Hughes, Celtic Britain in the Early Middle Ages (Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1980), pp. 67-100. The main body of these annals is contemporary from the year 796 on. The chronology of AC has not yet been adequately studied, and dates from AC could easily be off by a few years. MS. "A" was edited by E. Phillimore in "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859", in Y Cymmrodor 11 (1890/1) 133-75. All three manuscripts were edited by John William (ab Ithel) in "Annales Cambriae" (London, 1860, Rolls Series), but this edition is considered innacurate. (Adequate editions of the B and C manuscripts apparently still do not exist.) AT = Annals of Tigernach, edited by Whitley Stokes in Revue Celtique, vols. 16-18. AU = Annals of Ulster [edited by Hennessy, Dublin, 1887. The newer editeion edited by MacAirt and MacNiocaill is better, but I do not have access to it.] BS = The Ban Shenchus, edited by Margaret Dobbs in Revue Celtique vols. 47-49. BWG = Bartrum, P. C., "Welsh Genealogies, A.D. 300-1400" (8 vols., Cardiff, 1974, supplement vol., 1980) [available on microfiche from the Family History Library] ByT = Brut y Tywysogion, a set of annals which are Welsh translations of Latin annals closely related to the AC manuscripts. My citations come from the Red Book of Hergest version of ByT (the only version to which I have access), edited by Thomas Jones (Univ. of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1955). CGH = Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae, edited by M. A. O'Brien (Dublin, 1962). DNB = Dictionary of National Biography. EWGT = Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts, edited by P. C. Bartrum (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1966). HG = Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859, fo. 193r-195r (a copy made ca. 1100 of genealogies compiled probably between 954 and 988) GaC = Genealogies from the work generally known as "Hanes Gruffudd ap Cynan" (actually titled "Historia hen Gruffud vab Kenan vab Iago"), of which the earliest manuscript is Peniarth MS. 17 (mid-13th century), in EWGT, pp. 35-37. Although a composition of as early as ca. 1170 for the genealogies has been argued by some, Bartrum argues (EWGT p. 35) that there is no evidence that the pedigrees are earlier than the manuscript itself. JC = Jesus College MS. 20 (probably late 14th century), in EWGT, pp. 41-50. LD = Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches, 1586-1613, by Lewys Dwnn, edited with notes, by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (Llandovery, Wales, 1846, 2 vols.) MG = Mostyn MS. 117 (last quarter of 13th century), in EWGT, pp. 38-39. PF = "The History of the Princes ... of Powys Fadog" by J. Y. W. Lloyd (6 vols., London, 1881-7) PP = "Pedigrees of the Welsh Tribal Patriarchs" by P. C. Bartrum, in Nationary Library of Wlaes Journal, vol. 13, pp. 93-146 and vol. 15, pp. 157-166. [I have not yet seen this material.] ____________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1997+948219058591+F ======================================================= ================== Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 02:46:48 GMT Reply-To: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List Sender: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List From: Stewart Baldwin Organization: auburn.campus.mci.net Subject: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table, gen. 9-13 This posting continues my ancestor table for Llywelyn ap Iorwerth from where the first part left off, and includes generations 9 through 13. For abbreviations which do not appear at the end of this part, refer to the part having generations 1-8, which is available on Dejanews. The third part, with generations 14 through 18, is being posted at the same time that I am posting this part. Please keep in mind that this is still a preliminary version, and that errors are likely to occur. Stewart Baldwin Generation 9: 256. Idwal Voel ab Anarawd, d. 943 [AC], king of Gwynedd. [JC.25, see also DNB.10.412] 257. Unknown. [Note: Lewys Dwnn's visitation (LD.ii.100) gives Idwal's wife as Mereddon ferch Cadwr, but this late source cannot be trusted for such an early marriage.] 258-271. Unknown 272. Sitric (Sigtrygg) ua Imair, k. Dublin and York, d. 927 [AU]. 273. Unknown. [Note: Sitric married a sister of Aethelstan of England in 926, but it is not chronologically feasible for her to be the mother of Amlaib Cuaran.] 274. Murchad mac Finn, k. Laigin, d. 972 [AU] [CGH.117c36,54,117d5,LL337f21] 275. Unknown. 276. Cennetig mac Lorcain, k. Thomond, d. 951 [AU] {CGH.152b27,30,154a45,LL336d43] 277. Be Bind ingen Urchada. [BS.188,227,314,338] 278-279. Unknown. 280. Augaire mac Ailella, k. Laigin, d. 917 (killed in the Battle of Cennfuait by Sitric ua Imair, #272) [AU] {CGH.117c19] 281-287. Unknown. 288. Owain ap Hywel Dda (same as # 196) 289. (same as #197?) 290-391. Unknown or duplicated. 392. Hywel Dda ap Cadell, king of South Wales, d. 950 [AC]. [HG.1: "Higuel map Catell"] 393. Elen ferch Llywarch, d. 929 [AC.b: "Helena obiit"] [HG.2: "Elen merc Ioumarc" (a mistake for "Loumarc")] 394. Llywelyn ap Merfyn [EWGT - more research needed] 395-511. Unknown. Generation 10: 512. Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr, d. 916 [AU, AC], king of Gwynedd. [JC.25, see also DNB.10.412] 513-543. Unknown. 544. NN mac Imair. [Note: Sitric (Sigtrygg) is called a grandson of Imar (Ivar) in the Irish annals, but no satisfactory evidence has been advanced regarding the name of the intervening generation.] 545-547. Unknown. 548. Finn mac Mael Morda, royal heir of Laigin, d. 923 [AU] [CGH.117d6,LL337f22] 549-551. Unknown. 552. Lorcan mac Lachtnai [CGH.152b27,154a46,LL336d44] 553. Unknown. 554. Urchad mac Murchada, k. West Connacht, d. 945 [AU: "Aurchath"] 555. Unknown. [However, an intriguing statement by Margaret Dobbs in WUD (p. 204) suggests that it might be possible to fill in this blank by further research. Her statement appears to suggest that the maternal ancestry of Be Bind is to be found on "B.IV.2. fo. 52a. R.I.A.", which evidently refers to folio 52a of a manuscript called "B.IV.2" at the Royal Irish Academy. I do not know whether or not the contents of this manuscript have ever been published.] 556-559. Unknown. 560. Ailill mac Dunlaing, k. Laigin, d. 871 [AU] [CGH.117c21] 561-783. Unknown or duplicated. 784. Cadell ap Rhodri, king of South Wales, d. 910 [AC] [HG.1: "Catell map Rotri"] 785. Unknown. 786. Llywarch ap Hyfaidd, d. 904 [AC] [HG.2: "(L)oumarc map Himeyt" (see comment under #393)] 787. Unknown. 788. Merfyn ap Rhodri, d. 904 [EWGT - more research needed] 789-1023. Unknown. Generation 11: 1024. Rhodri Mawr, king of Gwynedd, d. 878 [AC, AU]. [JC.25] [HG.1: "Rotri map Mermin"] (also #1568, #1576) 1025. Unknown. [Note: JC.20-1 (a fourteenth century manuscript) gives Angharad ferch Meurig as the wife of Rhodri Mawr, and is the earliest known source to mention Angharad. Patrick Sims-Williams has argued persuasively (in SW) that Angharad is a late invention, and I find his arguments convincing. The same arguments apply to Rhodri's alleged mother Nest of Powys (below, #2049). Since Angharad probably never existed, the supposed line of descent from the kings of Ceredigion which has been traced through her is probably not valid.] 1026-1087. Unknown. 1088. Imar (Ivar), k. Dublin (& York?), d. 873 [AU] 1089-1095. Unknown. 1096. Mael Morda mac Muirecain, k. Airther-Liphi, d. 917 (killed in the Battle of Cennfuait by Sitric ua Imair, #272) [AU] [CGH.117c38,d7,LL337f23] 1097-1103. Unknown. 1104. Lachtnae mac Cuircc [CGH.152b26,154a47,LL336d45] 1105-1107. Unknown. 1108. Murchad mac Moenaig, king of West Connaught, d. 896 [EL, citing the Annals of Innisfallen, to which I do not have access] [Note: In EL, p. 27, Kelley cites The O'Clery Book of Genealogies (Analecta Hibernica 18) (Dublin, 1951) for the ancestry of Murchad, a source to which I do not have access. I have listed the ancestors here as given by Kelley, but consider the information tentative, pending further research.] 1109-1119. Unknown. 1120. Dunlaing mac Muiredaig, k. Laigin, d. 869 [CS] [CGH.117c22] 1121-1567. Unknown or duplicated. 1568. Rhodri Mawr, king of Gwynedd (same as #1024) 1569. Unknown. [See note under #1025] 1572. Hyfaidd ap Bleiddig, king of Dyfed, d. 893 [AC] [HG.2: "Himeyt"] 1573-1575. Unknown. 1576. Rhodri Mawr, king of Gwynedd (same as #1024) 1577. Unknown. [See note under #1025] 1578-2047. Unknown. Generation 12: 2048. Merfyn Frych ap Gwriad, king of Gwynedd, d. 844 [AU, AC] [HG.1: "Mermin"] 2049. Unknown. [JC.18 gives her as Nest, daughter of king Cadell of Powys. She, like Angharad (#1025), appears to be a late invention, for reasons which are the same as for Angharad. See SW and the note under #1025. Since Nest probably never existed, the supposed line of descent through her from the kings of Powys is probably not valid.] 2050-2175. Unknown. 2176. Unknown. [Note: Some would place the mythical Ragnar Lothbrok in this position. My reasons for not considering Ragnar as a historical person have been explained in great detail in previous postings to this newsgroup.] 2177-2191. Unknown. 2192. Muirecan mac Diarmata, k. Laigin, d. 863 [AU] [CGH.117d8,LL337f23] 2193-2207. Unknown. 2208. Corcc mac Anluain [CGH.152b26,154a48,LL336d46] 2209-2215. Unknown. 2216. Moenach mac Flaithnia [see note under #1108] 2217-2239. Unknown. 2240. Muiredach mac Brain, half-king ("leth-ri") of Laigin, d. 818 [AU] [CGH.117c22] 2241. Etromma ingen Indellaig (or Finddelbaig) [CGH.LL316a45, WUD] 2242-3143. Unknown or duplicated. 3144. Bleiddig (or Bledri) [TYP no. 68, ByT] [Note: His son is listed in the Welsh triads as one of three kings who were sprung from villeins, so he was apparently of humble birth. No patronym is known for him.] 3145. Tangwystyl ferch Owain [HG.2: "Tancoystl merc Ouein"] 3146-4095. Unknown or duplicated. Generation 13: 4096. Gwriad, probably from the Isle of Man, and possibly the person named on an inscription ("CRUX GURIAT") on a cross in the Isle of Man which has been dated to the eighth or ninth century. [Note: The genealogy which purports to make Gwriad a direct male-line descendant of Llywarch Hen is almost certainly a late fabrication. It is more likely that his paternal ancestors were among those who are named in HG.4, but the exact line of descent (if any) is uncertain, and Gwriad's parentage must be regarded as unknown. See SW for a discussion of these issues.] 4097. Esyllt ferch Cynan Dindaethwy [HG.1: "Etthil merch Cinnan"] [Note: The best and earliest sources give her as the mother of Merfyn Frych. Later sources erroneously assign her as Merfyn's wife. For a discussion of this error, see SW.] 4098-4383. Unknown. 4384. Diarmait mac Ruadrach, k. Airther-Liphi, d. 832 [AU] [CGH.117d9,LL337f24] 4385-4415. Unknown. 4416. Anluan mac Mathgamna [CGH.152b25,154a49,LL336d47] 4417-4431. Unknown. 4432. Flaithnia mac Fiangalaig [see note under #1108] 4433-4479. Unknown. 4480. Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredaig, k. Laigin, d. 795 [AU] [CGH.117c24] 4481. Unknown. [Note: Bran was married to Ethne, who also d. 795 (AU), daughter of Domnall, king of Meath, but it is unknown if she was Muiredach's mother.] 4482. Indellach (or Finddelbach) mac Mac-Orbba (or Mac- Forba) [Note: See CGH.LL316a45, WUD. Variant readings on the different manuscripts make his name hard to determine.] 4483. Fidcossa [CGH.LL316a45] 4484-6289. Unknown or duplicated. 6290. Owain ap Maredudd, d. 811 [AC] [HG.2: "Ouein map Margetiud"] 6289-8191. Unknown or duplicated. End of Generation 13. Abbreviations: [See the first part for abbreviations not given here.] CS = Chronicon Scotorum, edited by W. Hennessy (London, Rolls Series 46, 1866) DCCD = D. O'Corrain, "Dal Cais - Church and Dynasty", Eriu 24 (1973), 52-63. EL = David H. Kelley, "The Ancestry of Eve of Leinster", The Genealogist 1 (1980), 4-27. EWGT = Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts, edited by P. C. Bartrum (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1966). HG = Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859, fo. 193r-195r (a copy made ca. 1100 of genealogies compiled probably between 954 and 988) [Note: I neglected to mention in the first part that these genealogies can be found in EWGT, pp. 9-13.] SW = Patrick Sims-Williams, "Historical Need and Literary Narrative: a Caveat from Ninth Century Wales", The Welsh History Review, 17 (1994), 1-40. TYP = Trioedd Ynys Prydein (The Welsh Triads), edited by Rachel Bromwich (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1978). WUD = Margaret E. Dobbs, "Women of the Ui Dunlainge of Leinster", The Irish Genealogist 1 (1940), 196-206. [Gives the text and translation of an Irish genealogical tract which was probably originally written in the eighth century (with later additions), giving the ancestry of the wives of several kings of Leinster (Laigin).] _______________________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1997+948119049979+F CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: log9708b) ======================================================= ================== Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 02:47:12 GMT Reply-To: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List Sender: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List From: Stewart Baldwin Organization: auburn.campus.mci.net Subject: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table, gen. 14-18 This posting continues my ancestor table for Llywelyn ap Iorwerth from where the second part left off, and includes generations 14 through 18. For abbreviations which do not appear at the end of this part, refer to the part having generations 1-8, which is available on Dejanews. The second part, with generations 9 through 13, is being posted at the same time that I am posting this part. Please keep in mind that this is still a preliminary version, and that errors are likely to occur. The next several generations tend to involve much more difficult problems than the generations already posted, and it will be at least a couple of months (perhaps longer) before I post the earlier generations starting with Generation 19. Stewart Baldwin Generation 14: 8192. Unknown. (see note under #4096) 8193. Unknown. 8194. Cynan Dindaethwy ap Rhodri Molwynog, k. Gwynedd, d. 816 [AC] [HG.1: "Cinnan map Rotri"] 8195-8768. Unknown. 8768. Ruaidri mac Faelain, k. Laigin, d. 785 [AU] [CGH.117d10,LL337f25] 8769-8831. Unknown. 8832. Mathgamain mac Tairdelbaig [CGH.152b23,154a50,LL336d48] 8833-8863. Unknown. 8864. Fiangalach mac Flainn Rodba [see note under #1108] 8865-8959. Unknown. 8960. Muiredach mac Murchada, k. Laigin, d. 760 [AU] [CGH.117c24,LL316a49, WUD] 8961-8963. Unknown. 8964. Mac-Orbba or Mac-Forba (of Ui Tellain Roirend?) [See note at #4482] 8965-12579. Unknown or duplicated. 12580. Maredudd ap Tewdws, king of Dyfed, d. 796 [AC] [HG.2: "Margetiut map Teudos"] [Note: His obituary is generally regarded as the earliest contemporary entry in the Annales Cambriae, the earlier entries having been inserted in the annals at a later date.] 12581-16383. Unknown or duplicated. Generation 15: 16384-16387. Unknown 16388. Rhodri Molwynog ab Idwal Iwrch, d. ca. 754 [AC] [HG.1: "Rotri map Iutguaul"] 16389-17535. Unknown. 17536. Faelan mac Murchada, k. Laigin, d. 738 [AU] [CGH.117c27,d11,LL337f26] 17537-17663. Unknown. 17664. Tairdelbach, ancestor of Ui Tardelbaig, a branch of the sept of In Deis Tuaiscirt (known as Dal Cais from the tenth century on) [CGH.152b9,23,154a51,LL336d49] [Note: The ancestry of the main branch of the Dal Cais can be accepted without much hesitation back to this individual, after whom the branch was named. Prior to that, the primary sources given in CGH disagree about the name of Tairdelbach's father (Aithirne in 152b9, Caidlene in 154a40 and LL336d34, Cathal in the Book of Lecan), and the problems have apparently not been adequately studied. O'Corrain (in DCCD) and Kelley (in EL) give different pedigrees for Tairdelbach, and neither supplies a reason for choosing the version that they give. The issue is further complicated by the fact that the early part of the Dal Cais pedigree is known to have been falsified after the previously insiginificant Dal Cais (formerly In Deis Tuaiscirt) attined importance in the tenth century, and they were falsely made into relatives of the Eoganachta. It may well be that reasonable proof could be obtained for a handful of earlier generations, but that would require studies which I have neither seen nor done.] 17665-17737. Unknown. 17738. Flann Rodba mac Amalgaid [see note under #1108] 17739-17919. Unknown. 17920. Murchad mac Brain Muit, k. Laigin, d. 727 [AU] [CGH.117d12,39,140b14,LL316a63,337f27, WUD] (also #35072) 17921. Conchenn ingen Cellaig Cualain, d. 943 [AU] [CGH.LL316a47, WUD] 17922-25159. Unknown or duplicated. 25160. Tewdos ap Rhain [HG.2: "Teudos map Regin"] 25161-32767. Unknown or duplicated. Generation 16: 32768-32776.Unknown. 32776. Idwal Iwrch ap Cadwaladr Fendigaid [HG.1: "Iutguaul map Catgualart"] 32777-35071. Unknown. 35072. Murchad mac Brain Muit, k. Laigin (same as #17920) 35073. Unknown [It is unknown whether or not she was the same person as #17921.] 35074-35475. Unknown. 35476. Amalgaid mac Cenn Faelad [see note under #1108] 35477-35839. Unknown. 35840. Bran Mut mac Conaill, k. Laigin, d. 693 [AU] [CGH.117c25,LL337f28, WUD] 35841. Almaith ingen Blathmaic [CGH.LL316a60, WUD] 35842. Cellach Cualann mac Gerthide, king of Laigin, d. 715 [AU] [CGH.125a12,19,20,LL316a48, WUD] 35843. Mugain ingen Failbi [CGH.LL316a52, WUD] 35844-50319. Unknown or duplicated. 50320. Rhain ap Cadwgon Trydelig [HG.2: "Regin map Catgocaun"] 50321-65535. Unknown or duplicated. Generation 17: 65536-65551. Unknown. 65552. Cadwaladr Fendigaid ap Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd, d. 664 or 682? (sources differ) [HG.1: "Catgualart map Cargollaun"] 65553-70951. Unknown or duplicated. 70952. Cenn Faelad mac Colcu, k. Connacht, d. 682 [AU] [see note under #1108] 70953-71679. Unknown. 71680. Conall mac Faelain [CGH.117d14,LL337f29, WUD] 71681. Condadil ingen Crundmael [CGH.LL316a65, WUD] 71682. Blathmac mac Eogain (of Dal Riata) [CGH.LL316a61, WUD] 71683. Etain ingen Mongain [CGH.LL316a61, WUD] 71684. Gerthide mac Dicolla Danae [CGH.125a13] 71685. Unknown. 71686. Failbe mac Domnaill (of Ui Bairrche) [CGH.121a50,122b17,LL316a51, WUD] 71687. Ethne ingen Crundmael [CGH.LL316a53, WUD] 71688-100639. Unknown or duplicated. 100640. Cadwgon Trydelig ap Cathen [HG.2: "Catgocaun map Cathen"] 100641-131071. Unknown or duplicated. Generation 18 131072-131103. Unknown. 131104. Cadwallon ap Cadfan, king of Gwynedd, d. 634 [AC] [HG.1: "Catgollaun ap Catman"] 131105. Unknown. [Note: Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his HRB.XII.14, states that Cadwallon married a sister of Penda, king of Mercia. However, Geoffrey is far too unreliable to be accepted as an authority on this matter.] 131106-141903. Unknown or duplicated. 141904. Colcu m. Aeda [see note under #1108] 141905-143359. Unknown. 143360. Faelan mac Colmain, king of Laigin, d. 666 [CS] [CGH.117c25] 143361. Sarnat ingen Eochada [CGH.LL316b4, WUD] 143362. Crundmael mac Finain [CGH.LL316a65] 143363. Unknown. 143364. Eogan mac Colmain (of Dal Riata) [CGH.LL316a60] 143365. Unknown. 143366. Mongan (of Dal Riata) [Note: His ancestry is unknown. Different manuscripts give his father's name as either Murchon or Bran. See CGH.LL316a61.] 143367. Unknown. 143368. Dicuill Danae mac Ronain Craich [CGH.125a14] 143369-143371. Unknown. 143372. Domnall mac Cormaic (of Ui Bairrche) [CGH.117a48,121ab48,122b7,18,LL316a51] 143373. Unknown. 143374. Crundmael mac Ronain, king of Laigin, d. 656 [AU] [CGH.117e7,LL316a53,c64,LL317a11,13,LL337b33, WUD] 143375. Failend ingen Suibne [CGH.LL316a55] 143376-201279. Unknown or duplicated. 201280. Cathen ap Gwlyddien [HG.2: "Cathen map Cloten"] 201279-262143. Unknown or duplicated. End of Generation 18 Abbreviations: [See the first part for abbreviations not given here.] CS = Chronicon Scotorum, edited by W. Hennessy (London, Rolls Series 46, 1866) DCCD = D. O'Corrain, "Dal Cais - Church and Dynasty", Eriu 24 (1973), 52-63. EL = David H. Kelley, "The Ancestry of Eve of Leinster", The Genealogist 1 (1980), 4-27. EWGT = Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts, edited by P. C. Bartrum (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1966). HG = Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859, fo. 193r-195r (a copy made ca. 1100 of genealogies compiled probably between 954 and 988) [Note: I neglected to mention in the first part that these genealogies can be found in EWGT, pp. 9-13.] HRB = Geoffrey of Monmounth's "Historia Regum Britanniae" SW = Patrick Sims-Williams, "Historical Need and Literary Narrative: a Caveat from Ninth Century Wales", The Welsh History Review, 17 (1994), 1-40. TYP = Trioedd Ynys Prydein (The Welsh Triads), edited by Rachel Bromwich (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1978). WUD = Margaret E. Dobbs, "Women of the Ui Dunlainge of Leinster", The Irish Genealogist 1 (1940), 196-206. [Gives the text and translation of an Irish genealogical tract which was probably originally written in the eighth century (with later additions), giving the ancestry of the wives of several kings of Leinster (Laigin).] ______________________________________________ http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GEN- MEDIEVAL+1997+29515683274+F Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 01:48:40 -0500 Reply-To: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List Sender: Medieval Genealogy Discussion List From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Re: Isabel de CLARE - Countess Strigoil Melissa Mytinger wrote: >Will someone kindly help me see the forest for the trees? I've Isabel's >parents as Richard Strongbow and Aoife Mac Murrough of Leicester. I now find >an Aoife MacMurchada. Same women? Mac Murchada is the older Irish form of Mac Murrough, so its the same name. Stewart Baldwin ________________________________________ ======================================================= ================== Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:28:08 GMT From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Re: Feminine Equivalent of Fitz jparsons@chass.utoronto.ca (John Carmi Parsons) wrote: >FWIW: >In medieval English record writing the name would appear (in Latin) as, e.g., >"Tom filius Piper" and in Anglo-Norman as "Tom le fiz Piper." In either >case, an accurate modern Englishing would therefore be "Tom fitz Piper." >Today, most British people of my acquaintance who use such surnames seem to >prefer capitalizing the "fitz" and joining it to the patronymic, but still >capitalizing the latter--i.e., FitzPiper. >But in general, a glance through the Toronto phonebook (some source!) shows >that, at least as far as Bell Canada is concerned, N. American or at least >Canadian usage would be Fitzpiper. >All of which leads me to second the comment below that it's largely a matter >of personal preference. For medieval genealogical purposes, IMHO, separating >the "fitz" from the patronymic might be advisable, if only because this usage >more accurately reflects the fact that we *are* dealing with patronymics. >That, at least, is what I do in my own records (where I abbrev. "fitz" to "f." >anyway). >John Parsons The analogous situation for Irish surnames is worth mentioning. In this case, there are the words "mac" (son of) and "ua" (grandson of, later given as "" - "o" with accent for those whose computers didn't print out the symbol correctly), which can either be used as a patronymic or as a surname. The modern convention which has developed for such names is to use lowercase (with a space in between) for patronymics (i.e., for cases in which the word in question is literally true), and capitalize in the case of surnames (i.e., for descent in a larger number of generations in which the literal translation would be false). To give an example with a well known family, Murchad mac Diarmata (Murchad son of Diarmait), who died 21 November 1070, was ancestor of the well known family of Mac Murchada (or MacMurrough). One of his sons was Donnchad mac Murchada (d. 1115, "Murchada" being the genetive form of the name which is "Murchad" in the nominative), and Donnchad's most famous son was the well known Diarmait Mac Murchada (often given in the Anglicized form of Dermot MacMurrough), whose actions set the stage for the Norman invasion of Ireland. In the case of "ua" surnames, the grandson of the man after whom the family was named would have his name spelled with a "ua" in the modern literature, whereas the later generations would be spelled using "Ua" (modern O). As for the space, my own observation from seeing many examples is that names given in native Irish form generally have the space, whereas Anglicized forms of the same name do not. Sometimes, you might see patronyms and surnames combined, so that the above Diarmait might be called "Diarmait mac Donnchada Mac Murchada" (as he is called in the list of Leinster kings in "The New History of Ireland"), with the "mac" giving his patronym and the "Mac" his surname. The convention for daughters is a bit more awkward, for the same reasons as for "Fitz". In my own postings on the subject, I have generally preferred to give women's patronyms in the form "X ingen Y" (i.e., "X daughter of Y", the "Y" being the genetive form of the father's name) in the period before surnames, because that is how the names usually appear in the primary records, and it is the exact analogue of the "X mac Y" which is usual for men. After surnames appear, it is more straightforward, so for example, the well known gateway ancestor "Eve of Leinster" (daughter of the above Diarmait Mac Murchada) would be "Aife Mac Murchada" (Anglicized as "Eve MacMurrough"), or "Aife ingen Diarmata Mac Murchada" if you want to give both her patronym and her surname. Of course, these conventions regarding capitals and lowercase are modern ones, and you would not expect to find them in the original documents themselves or in older scholarly works, and the convention will be routinely ignored in many modern secondary sources where the authors were either not aware of the convention, or did not understand it. It seems to me that a similar convention regarding "Fitz" might be useful. In the case where it is intended to be a patronymic, a lowercase "fitz" would be a good way of emphasizing the literal nature of the relationship. For daughters, why not "X filia Y" in the case where it is not a surname (assuming that the names usually appear in the primary records in that form)? Stewart Baldwin ______________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 20:27:49 GMT From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin On 27 July 1996, I posted the following item to this newsgroup. Since recent questions make this material relevant again and it has been some time since it was posted (and since I saw no objections to my suggestion that I repost it), I am reposting the item. Except for a couple of typographical errors, and some miscalculated ancestor numbers, which have been corrected, this is the same as the item which appeared on 27 July 1996. When I first posted this, I forgot to mention that the numerous diacritical marks have been omitted on this chart, due to the usual difficulty of transmitting special characters over the internet. Stewart Baldwin -------------------------------------- In response to recent queries about Eve of Leinster, wife of Richard Strongbow, earl of Pembroke, I am posting her ancestry for ten generations, as complete as I currently have it. Eve of Leinster is an important "Gateway Ancestor", as descent from her is probably the best way for someone of English descent to get a large number of early Irish lines. Another important Gateway Ancestor for Ireland is Radnailt of Dublin, who is discussed after Eve's table. EVE of LEINSTER The first reasonable attempt to trace Eve's complete ancestry, of which I am aware, was the article "The Ancestry of Eve of Leinster," by Professor David Kelley, in "The Genealogist" vol. 1 pp. 4-27. (Turton's earlier attempt is far too unreliable to take seriously.) With the exception of Sadb (#25) and her ancestors, whom Kelley apparently overlooked, there is not much difference between my chart and the one given by Professor Kelley (except for format), as these generations belong to a period which is reasonably well documented. For the earlier period, however, there are considerable differences of opinion, and I think that Professor Kelley's opinion of the reliability of the very early Irish genealogies is much more optimistic than the general view which is represented in the modern scholarly literature, with which I tend to agree. A detailed discussion of these disagreements would require much more time than I have at the moment, but I will briefly comment below on the lines relevant to Eve's ancestry. As was discussed at length by Professor Kelley in his article, the most important source for the marriages and identification of mothers is the "Ban Senchus" [abbreviated BS] which lists a very large number of Irish women, with the names of their fathers, husbands, and children. The version we have now was probably written in the late twelfth century, but there are clear indications that there were earlier versions (late 10th or early 11th century) which were updated from time to time, so BS is an important primary source for the maternity of many individuals of Irish history. It was edited by Margaret Dobbs in Revue Celtique 47 (1930) 282-339, 48 (1931) 163-234, and 49 (1932) 437-489, of which the last is an every-name index to the first two. Since the page number is sufficient to indicate which volume, citations are in the form BS [page #('s)]. It must be kept in mind that divorce and remarriage was extremely common in early Ireland, so that it was the rule rather than the exception, and thus if you know that A was married to B and that A was the father of C, then it is never permissable to conclude that B was the mother of C unless there is also direct evidence of such a relationship between B and C. In all cases in the table below, the sources given explicitly name the mother as a parent of the given child. There are a number of other cases in which the father is known to have married someone who cannot be directly shown to be the mother of the relevant child, and the maternity is left as unknown in those cases. The main two other sources are the genealogies and the annals. The best early collection of Irish genealogies, the twelfth century manuscript Rawlinson B502, was edited by M. A. O'Brien in "Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae" (Dublin 1962), hereafter abbreviated CGH, which also includes variant readings from three other manuscripts, the Book of Leinster, the Book of Lecan, and the Book of Ballymote. In addition, the end of the book also edits all pedigrees which appear in the Book of Leinster but not in Rawlinson B502. Citations from CGH below will be from Rawlinson B502 unless "LL" appears, in which case it will be from the Book of Leinster. Citations from the annals below will be mainly obituaries, taken primarily from the Annals of Ulster [AU], but sometimes from the Annals of Tigernach [AT], the Chronicum Scotorum [CS], or the Annals of the Four Masters [AFM], generally in that order of preference. (Many of the obituaries appear in all four.) Some of these annals had mislabled years, so that the year given in the annal might be off by one or more years from the true date. For the period relevant to the chart, these chronological dislocations are well understood (but they are a serious problem for the very early part of Irish history), and all dates below include corrections to the true date. For example, the Annals of Ulster label the true year from 1014 on, but the year labels are one year off for earlier years. Thus 935AU below means that the entry appears in AU under the year 934, which has been corrected to the true year 935. Recommended secondary sources are the first two volumes of "The Gill History of Ireland" (vol. 1: "Ireland before the Vikings" and vol. 2: "Ireland before the Normans"), "Irish Kings and High Kings" by Francis John Byrne, and volume IX of "A New History of Ireland," which gives the genealogies and king lists. (Volume I, which will be the history before the Norman conquest, has not yet appeared so far as I know.) People who use the tables in the latter two books are warned that these tables sometimes give the traditional genealogy without trying to weed out all of the fabricated parts. The Leinster tables are particularly bad about this, and give the fabricated Leinster tribal genealogy, without warning that the earlier part should not be considered historically accurate. (However, a careful scholar will note chronological impossibilities in some of the relationships given in the Leinster tables in both Irish Kings and High Kings and the New History of Ireland.) The Gill History of Ireland is highly recommended for its realistic assessment of what the early records can actually prove. I have set the data out in a chart format, but have included the ancestor table numbers as a convenience to those who want to convert to that form. Capitalized "Mac" indicates a surname, whereas "mac" means "son of", and similarly for "Ua" and "ua" (grandson of, later written as O'). "King of" is abbreviated "k." Lines that continue earlier than the tenth generation are marked "->" and "*" means that a note appears after the chart, given by the ancestor number. "Ingen" is the Irish word for daughter. [Line width of at least 74 characters needed for chart to look right.] /512.Cinaed mac Cairpre,k. Ui Cheinnselaig,d.935AU->* /256.Cellach mac Cinaeda, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d.947AFM. /128.Domnall mac Cellaig, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 974AU. /64.Diarmait mac Domnaill, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 996AU. /32.Donnchad Mael na mBo, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 1006AU. /16.Diarmait mac Mael na mBo, k. Laigin, d. 6 or 7 Feb 1072AU. | | /66.Gilla Patraic. | \33.Aife ingen Gilla Patraic. [BS 189, 228] | | /268.Ailill | | /134.Carlus mac Ailella, k. Ui Aeda Odba. | \67.Echrad ingen Carlusa. [BS 189, 228] /8.Murchad mac Diarmata, k. Laigin & Dublin, d. 1070AU. | | /544.Lachtnae mac Corcc->* | | /272.Lorcan mac Lachtnae. | | /136.Cennetig mac Lorcain, k. Thomond, d. 951AU. | | /68.Brian Boruma, k. Ireland, d. 23 Apr 1014AU. | | | | /548.Murchad.* | | | | /274.Urchad mac Murchada, k. West Connacht. | | | \137.Be Bind ingen Urchada. [BS 188, 227, 314, 338] | | /34.Donnchad mac Briain, k. Mumain (Munster), d. 1065AU. | | | | /552.Mael Morda mac Muirecain, d. 917AU->* | | | | /276.Finn mac Mael Morda, d. 923AU. | | | | /138.Murchad mac Finn, k. Laigin, d. 972AU. | | | \69.Gormlaith ingen Murchada, d. 1030AT. [BS 189, 227] | \17.Dirborgaill ingen Donnchada, D. 1080AU. [BS 190, 229] /4.Donnchad mac Murchada, k. Laigin, d. 1115AU. | | /18.NN Mac Bricc. | \9.Sadb ingen Mac Bricc.* /2.Diarmait Mac Murchada, k. Laigin (Leinster), d. 1171AU. | | /10.Gilla Michil or Cinaed Ua Braenain.* | \5.Orlaith ingen Ua Braenain. [BS 193, 198, 231] | | /22.Cearnachan Ua Gairbita, k. Ui Feilmeda. | \11.Uchdelb ingen Cearnachain Ua Gairbita. [BS 193, 198, 231] 1.Aife (Eve of Leinster) md. Richard Strongbow. [BS 232] | /768.Tuathal mac Augaire, k. Laigin, d. 958AU->* | /384.Dunlaing mac Tuathail, k. Laigin, d. 1014AU. | /192.Donncuan ua Tuathail, k. Laigin, d. 1016AU. | /96.Gilla Comgaill Ua Tuathail, d. 1041AU | /48.Gilla Coemgin Ua Tuathail, d. 1059AU. | /24.Donncuan Ua Tuathail. | /12.Gilla Comgaill Ua Tuathail, d. 1127AFM*. | | | /400.Donnchad Mael na mBo [same as #32]. | | | /200.Domnall Remar mac Mael na mBo, d. 1041AU. | | | | | /802.Domnall mac Faelain, k. Deisi Muman, d. 995CS->* | | | | \401.Mael Maidne ingen Domnaill. [BS 192] | | | /100.Donnchad mac Domnaill, k. Ui Cheinnselaig, d. 1089CS. | | | /50.Mael Morda ua Domnaill, d. 1090AFM. | | | | | /202.NN Mac Faelain. | | | | \101.Cailleach ingen Mac Faelain. [BS193] | | \25.Sadb ingen Mael Morda Ua Domnaill.* | | | /816.Murchad mac Nuallain->* | | | /408.Dunlaing ua Nuallain. | | | /204.Mael Maud Ua Nuallain. | | | /102.Cele Ua Nuallain. | | \51.Luanmaisi ingen Ceile Ua Nuallain. [BS196] | /6.Muirchertach Ua Tuathail, k. Ui Muiredaig, d. 1164AT. \3.Mor ingen Muirchertaig Ua Tuathail. [BS 232] | /896.Cennetig mac Morda->* | /448.Cernach ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1018AT. | /224.Cinaed Ua Morda. | /112.Amargen Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1026AU. | | \225.Echrad ingen Carlusa [same as #67]. | /56.Faelan Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1069AFM. | /28.Amargen Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1097AT. | | | /114.Mac Dairgen Ua Thairmeascain. | | \57.Maelind ingen Meic Dairgin. [BS 195] | /14.Loigsech Ua Morda, k. Loigsi, d. 1149CS. | | \29.Gormlaith ingen Mac Carrach Calma?* \7.Cacht ingen Loigsig Ua Morda. [BS 232, 233] | /60.Dunlaing Ua Caellaide.* | /30.Finn Ua Caellaide, k. of half of Osraige. | | | /976.Cellach mac Cerbaill, k. Osraige, d. 908AU. | | | /488.Donnchad mac Cellaig, k. Osraige, d. 976AU.* | | | /244.Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada, k. Osraige, d. 996AU. | | | /122.Tadg mac Gilla Patraic, blinded 1027AU. | | \61.Dirborgaill ingen Taidg, d. 1098AT. [BS 190] \15.Gormlaith ingen Finn Ua Caellaide. [BS 233] Notes: 9. BS 194. See Kelley's Line XI for a suggestion as to her ancestry. I did not include it in my chart because it is still unproven. 10. His first name is uncertain. BS 193 gives it as Cinaed (Kenneth), while BS 198 and BS 231 give it as Gilla Michil. 12. Gilla Comgaill Ua Tuathail is given by Kelley as a king of Ui Muiredaig killed in 1119, but both title and date of death are wrong. Gilla Comgaill was abbot of Glendalough, and died in 1127. 25. BS 195, 196. Kelley overlooked this marriage in his article, which did not include Sadb's ancestors. 29. BS 198, 230. Carrach Calma was a nickname of Donnchad (d. 969), a great-grandson of the Ui Neill king Flann Sinna. (See Table 4 in the genealogies of volume IX of "A New History of Ireland.") BS 230 calls Gormlaith a daughter of Carrach Calma, which is obviously chronologically impossible, and it is clear that a word has accidently dropped from the account of BS 198, which calls her a daughter of Mac Carrach Calma, where "Mac" is clearly meant to indicate descendant rather than son. It is unfortunate that the exact line of descent from Carrach Calma is unknown, for it would give a descent from the Ui Neill kings of Ireland and their intermarriages. 60. BS sometimes uses Ua Cellaig rather than Ua Caellaide, confusing the two names. I have used the name as it appears in the Osraige tables in New History of Ireland, vol. IX. 488. The Osraige pedigree shows two men named Gilla Patraic, grandfather and grandson, who were both sons of a Donnchad, and the Ban Shenchus shows two marriages of a Donnchad of Osraige which produced a son named Gilla Patraic, but it is not clear which marriage belongs to which Donnchad [BS 189, 228]. I tend to agree with Kelley's suggestion that the wife of Donnchad (#488) was Aife, sister of Domnall mac Faelain of Deisi Muman (#820), but the identification is not certain. 512. See CGH 117a3 ff., Kelley's Line I. I am inclined to accept the Ui Cheinnselaig pedigree back only to Cinaed's father Cairpre mac Diarmata (d. 876) and Cairpre's father Diarmait (no further data), because the earlier part of the genealogy has discrepancies and chronological difficulties. I am unconvinced by Kelley's "correction" to this pedigree (at his generations 13-15). The first few generations given by Kelley are of doubtful historicity. 544. See CGH 152b22 ff., Kelley's Line XII. The earlier ancestry of this family is known to be a fabrication, but it can be accepted without much hesitation back to Lachtnae's great-great-grandfather Toirrdelbach (Kelley's generation 9), ancestor of the sept of Ui Toirrdelbaig. 548. See Kelley's Line XIII. I need to see more evidence before I accept any more generations prior to Murchad. 552. See CGH 117c36 ff. and 117d1 ff., Kelley's Line IV. The male line ancestry is the same as that of Tuathal mac Augaire [#768]. 768. See CGH 117c1 ff., Kelley's Line III. This line is very well documented back to the mid seventh century, and can probably be accepted back to Dunlaing (late fifth century? - Kelley's generation 5), who was ancestor of the sept of Ui Dunlainge. 802. See CGH 154d11 ff., Kelley's line XI. Domnall mac Faelain was the son of Faelan mac Cormaic, d. 966, king of Deisi Muman, and grandson of Cormac mac Mothla, d. 920, king of Deisi Muman (Kelley's generation 17). I am dubious about the earlier part, which is a string of unverifiable names. 816. See CGH LL337b19 ff., not in Kelley. The only earlier individual in the pedigree whom I have been able to identify in the annals is Fergus (d. 738AU) son of Moenach, king of Fotharta, who was six generations before Murchad. All the earlier generations appear to be unverifiable names. I am inclined to accept the pedigree back to the above Moenach, but the large number of unidentified intervening names between Cele and Fergus leaves open considerable possibilities for error. 896. See CGH LL337g11 ff., Kelley's Line VIII. The pedigree is just a string of names prior to Mescell, d. 799 (Kelley's generation 13), from whom the pedigree can probably be regarded as historical. 976. See CGH 117e39 ff., Kelley's Line X. Kelley suggests that the line might be valid "at least to the third century A.D.," but I can see no reasonable possibility that such a statement might be true for this or any other Irish family. The pedigree is quite solid back to the late seventh century, but the earlier dynastic history of Osraige is obscure, and confused further by the fact that another dynasty apparently occupied the throne in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. See the discussion in "Ireland before the Vikings", by Gearoid Mac Niocaill (Gill History of Ireland, vol. 1, Dublin 1972), especially pp. 84-86, 98- 99, 127, 129. RADNAILT of DUBLIN The other main "Gateway Ancestor" to Ireland is Radnailt, daughter of the Norse Dublin prince Amlaib by his wife Maelcorcre, daughter of Dunlaing mac Tuathail, king of Leinster, whose ancestry is given in the Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan (her son, ancestor of numerous Welsh and English families). Since most of her immediate ancestors were also ancestors of Eve of Leinster, it does not take much additional room to give her chart too. Eve of Leinster does not share Radnailt's Dublin Norse ancestors, who are given here to the earliest proven generation. /64.Imar (Ivar), k. Dublin (& York?), d. 873AU.* /32.NN mac Imar.* /16.Sitric (Sigtrygg) ua Imar, k. Dublin, d. 927AU. /8.Amlaib (Olaf) Cuaran, k. Dublin & York, d. 981AU. /4.Sitric (Sigtrygg) mac Amlaib, k. Dublin, d. 1042AU. | \9.Gormlaith ingen Murchada [#69 on Eve chart]. /2.Amlaib (Olaf) mac Sitric, d. 1034. | | /10.Brian Boruma, k. Ireland [#68 on Eve chart]. | \5.Slani ingen Briain.* 1.Radnailt, md. Cynan ap Iago. | /6.Dunlaing mac Tuathail, k. Laigin [#384 on Eve chart]. \3.Maelcorcre ingen Dunlaing.* Notes: 3. No Irish source mentions this marriage, or the marriage of Radnailt to Cynan ap Iago. While it would be nice to have confirmation of these marriages in a more contemporary source, there does not seem to be any good reason to doubt them. The close connections of Gruffudd ap Cynan with Dublin are well documented. 5. The twelfth century "Cogadh Gaedhel re Gailaibh" [ed. Todd, Rolls Series 48, London 1867], an independent source, confirms that Sitric was married to a daughter of Brian, but does not give her name, nor confirm that she was Amlaib's mother. 32. The contemporary records consistently refer to Sitric (Sigtrygg) as being a grandson of Imar (Ivar) without identifying his father. The possible identity of the intervening generation was discussed at length in this newsgroup some time ago. 64. There is no contemporary evidence for the parentage of Ivar. The mythical Ragnarr Lothbrok, his alleged father, is of very dubious historicity. If anyone sees any errors in the above (typographical or otherwise), please let me know. Stewart Baldwin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:57:39 GMT From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Re: Brian Boruma's maternal relatives anfortas@geocities.com (Luke Stevens) wrote: >I've been sitting on this information for some time now with no further >progress, so I figure it's time to post what I have, an update to the >group on certain genealogical gleanings from B.IV.2 fo. 52 (a 17th >century manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy, discussed some time ago), >including two preliminary results of particular interest to those >descended from Eve of Leinster: >1. Brian Boruma's maternal grandmother and her ancestry. >2. that the mother of Conchobar, King of Connaught, d. 973, was Cres, > maternal aunt of Brian Boruma. >With a great deal of help from Stewart Baldwin I was able to read the >manuscript and extract the information into the following table. Males >are shown in capitals and females in lowercase, and the names are as >they appear in the MS. As always, view with a fixed width font. > CIOCHARAN ANGUILE MAONACH > | | | > Cianog = CRECHAN MURCHADH > _____|_____ | > | | | > MAOLMITHICH Osnadh = URCHADH > _________________|__________________________ > | | | | | > DONNCHADH CENDFAOLADH Be Binn Caoinech Cres > ____________________|____ = COSCCRACH [= TADG] > | | | | > BRIAN [Boruma] CONCHOBHAR LOCHLANN CONCHOBHAR, etc. >As I said, this is only preliminary. Before it can be accepted, an >expert will need to do a complete translation, clarifying some >ambiguities I encountered on the other children of Be Binn & Cres, and >estimate the date of composition of the poem, which ought to be closer >to the 11th century than the 17th if it is authentic. >Luke Stevens As a supplement to the above, here is some data on the paternal relatives of Be Binn (or Be Bind) which I recently dug up. Sources are The Book of Ballymote [BB], p. 90 (2nd and third columns), of which the original manuscript is available on FHL microfilm number 101014 (generally of poor quality due to overexposure during filming, but readable in the part relevant here), and the Annals of Ulster [AU], Inisfallen [AI], and the Four Masters [AFM]. [Accents omitted, use fixed width font, other usual comments, etc.] Note: Iarthair (West) Connacht and Ui Briuin Seola might just be two different names for the same kingdom, but they are given here as they appear in the records. Murchad mac Maenaig king of Iarthair Connacht d. 896 [AI] _______________|_________________________________ | | | Uroman (Auroman) Cleirchen mac Aurchad (Urchad/Erchad) mac mac Murchada Murchada, d. 912 [AU] Murchada, d. 945 [AU, AI] | king of Ui Briuin king of Iarthair Connacht | Seola [AU], Ui Briuin [AI] | ___________________________|_____ | | | | six sons [BB] Donnchad mac Aurchada Be Bind see above | d. 961 [AU], king of | for others | Ui Briuin Seola Brian V [First name given in Boruma later kings of AFM, but not in AU] Ui Briuin Seola/ Iarthair Connacht ------------------------------------------ Stewart Baldwin ______________________________ ------------------------------ Date: 24 Feb 1998 18:57:18 -0800 From: ED MANN Subject: Re: DeClare, Richard "Strongbow" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ahkreh wrote: > Hello. I am a new subscriber, and this is my first posting. So, please > excuse me if this has been covered exhaustively before. I've seen > conflicting information about Richard deClare and wives. One source > I've seen has wife as Eva O'Toole, and her lineage leading to King More > O'Toole to Gillacomghall d. 1056, to the Kings of Leinster, including > Bran d. 689 to Conal. > Another source has his wife as Eva McMurrough, d/o Dermot. Can > anyone help me with which is the correct one? Similarly, can anyone > verify the O'Toole ancestry to the Kings of Leinster? They're the same person. I've also seen it spelled Aiofe or Aoife. Direct Descendants of Murchad MacFinn of Leinster 1 Murchad MacFinn of Leinster d: 972 ref #: (175-1) 2 [1] Gormflaeth ingen Murchada MacFinn b: 1000 d: 1030 ref #: (175-1) *2nd Husband of [1] Gormflaeth ingen Murchada MacFinn: . +Brian Boru b: ca. 941 d: 1014 ref #: 175-1 3 Donnchad of Munster d: 1064 ref #: 175-2 4 Derb-Forgaill of Munster d: 1080 ref #: 175-3 .. +Diarmait MacMael nam Bo of Hy Kinsale d: 23 Feb 1071/72 ref #: (175-3) 5 Murchad d: 8 Dec 1070 ref #: 175-4 .. +Sabd ref #: (175-4) 6 Donnchad MacMurchada of Dublin d: 1115 ref #: 175-5 ... +Orlaith ref #: (175-5) 7 Dermot MacMurrough of Leinster b: 1100 d: 1 Jan 1170/71 ref #: 175-6 ... +More O'Toole b: ca. 1114 d: ca. 1191 ref #: (175-6) . 8 Aoife MacMurrough b: ca. 1141 d: Aft. 1185 ref #: 175-7 ______________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 07:09:02 GMT From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Re: DeClare, Richard "Strongbow" EDLMANN@MAIL2.LCIA.COM (ED MANN) wrote: >Direct Descendants of Murchad MacFinn of Leinster > > 1 Murchad MacFinn of Leinster d: 972 ref #: (175-1) > 2 [1] Gormflaeth ingen Murchada MacFinn b: 1000 d: 1030 ref #: >(175-1) [snip] Gormflaith's father died in 972, so 1000 could hardly be correct for her birthdate. (In fact, her son Sitric became king of Dublin in 989, probably as an adult, so it would be difficult to place her birth much later than 950) Also, her father's name should be written Murchad mac Finn [literally, Murchad son of Finn], not Murchad MacFinn. This may seem like a trivial complaint, but there is an important difference between the two. The word "mac" is capitalized when it is part of a surname, as in Mac Murchada (or MacMurrough, the surname borne by the descendants of another Murchad), but it should be left in lowercase when it is part of a patronymic, as in the case of Murchad mac Finn, who had no surname. Stewart Baldwin ________________________________________ Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 12:42:16 -0800 From: Darryl Scarff To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <35045428.7E93@albury.net.au> Subject: O'Scarflain... minor sept of McMurrough (Murchadha) sept. pre 1550. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit O'Scarflain..... Minor sub-sept of Mc Murrough (Murchada) sept. Confirmation sought on origins of O'Scarflain name in Ireland. I have been informed that..... "The Murchada sept, whose chief was the ruler of Leinster, became divided into branches which were known, not by the name of the sept, but by the distinguishing name of the branch .......... So that the name McMurrough itself was extinguished and the descendants of the sept now bear the names of the branches Kavanagh, Kinsella, Davis from Maldavid or Macdaviemore, O'Scarflain and Murphy from the Irish O'Murchadha, which came into usage in place of O'Morchoe with Kavanagh. This surname began as an epithet in Irish Caomhanach, attributed to one member of the MacMurrough family of Leinster and perpetuated among his descendants." Can any person confirm the above advice and quote a source? ______________________________ ------------------------------ ======================================================= ================== Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 07:10:44 GMT From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Re: Brian Boru's families smd49@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Suzanne Doig) wrote: >I am trying to sort out the children of Brian Boru/Boroimhe, High King >of Ireland, the mothers of those children, the order in which those >mothers married Brian, and the other marriages of those mothers. Below >is what I have so far. Most of the info is drawn from Stewart >Baldwin's informative posts on the ancestry of Eve of Leinster and >Radnaillt of Dublin. The other main source is Donough O'Brien 'History >of the O'Briens from Brian Boroimhe AD 1000 to AD 1945' (London, >1949). I cannot vouch for the information in this book as most >genealogical assertions for this period are not source-noted (info >from this book marked #). >WIVES OF BRIAN BORU - in what order??: In general, the Irish sources make it difficult to determine the order of marriages, even in cases when it is known which children were by which wife. >a) Echrad ingen Carlusa > i) Tadg mac Briain / Teige O'Brien; married Mor ingen Gilla > Brigte Ua Mael Muaid. Tadg died 1023. #Joint ruler of Munster > with half-brother Donnchad until murdered in 1023. >b) Gormlaith ingen Murchada, d. 1030 > i) Donnchad mac Briain / Donough O'Brien, King of Munster > 1014-1063; married (?2) Driella. Donnchad died in Rome in > 1064/1065. >c) Unknown wife/wives > i) Murchad mac Briain / Murrough O'Brien, born #c951; killed on > 23 April 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. #15 > year old son Turlough also killed in battle. > ii) #Conor/Conan O'Brien. > iii) #Flann O'Brien. > iv) Domnall mac Briain / Donald O'Brien, died in 1052. > v) Slani ingen Briain; married Sihtric 'Silkbeard' Olafsson, King > of Dublin (below). The article "Brian Boruma, King of Ireland" by John Ryan, in "North Munster Studies" (Thomond Archaelogical Society, Limerick, 1967), pp. 355-374, at pp. 365-6, lists Brian's wives as (1) Mr (or Mor with an accent on the "o" if that didn't print right), daughter of Eiden of the U Fiachrach Aidne, by whom he had Murchad, Conchobar [later form Conor - the form "Conan" is an error] and Flann; (2) Gormflaith, with the same child listed by you; (3) Echrad, with the same child listed by you; and (4) Dubchoblaig, daughter of king Cathal of Connacht, a political marriage late in life which produced no children. I do not know the sources for fourth wife given in this article, nor the evidence for the order in which the author places the wives. Echrad and Gormflaith both appear in the Ban Shenchus. (BS for short. See my Eve of Leinster posting for more details on that source.) Wife number 4 does not appear in the index to Dobbs's version of the Ban Shenchus, so the source (not stated by Ryan) is apparently some other genealogical document. One version of BS states that "Marcad & Concobur & Fland" were the sons of a daughter (unnamed) of Edin mac Clerig. This is right after mentioning that Gormflaith was the mother of Donnchad, so it is apparent that Brian's three sons of those names were intended, even though their father was not explicitly named in the manuscript. I do not know the source for the name of the first wife as supplied by Ryan. (By the way, Ryan give the identity of Brian's maternal grandfather incorrectly, so he could have been using unreliable late sources for the unconfirmed items.) >OTHER MARRIAGES OF BRIAN'S WIVES >* Echrad ingen Carlusa (daughter of Carlus mac Ailella, King ui Aeda >Odba) married [in what order?]: >a) Brian Boru > i) Tadg mac Briain / Teige O'Brien (above) >b) Gilla Patraic > i) Aife ingen Gilla Patraic; married Donnchad M el na mBo, King of > Ui Cheinnselaig. >c) Cinaed Ua Morda > i) Amargen Ua Morda, King of Loigsi; died 1026. One version of BS adds a son Domnall by the marriage to Cinaed. BS also gives Echrad a fourth marriage to Dunlaing mac Tuathail, king of Laigin (d. 1014 after a reign of less than one year), by whom she was mother of a son "Echdond" king of Laigin (perhaps same as Murchad, d. 1042?) and a daughter Aibeand, mother (by an unstated father) of Domnall Ua Fergail. >* Gormlaith ingen Murchada, died 1030, married [in what order?]: probably first to Olaf, then to Brian, going by their death dates. >a) Olaf Cuar n Sitricsson, King of Dublin, d. 981 > i) Sihtric 'Silkbeard' Olafsson, King of Dublin, died 1042; > married Slani ingen Briain (above) Sitric is the only known child of Olaf and Gormflaith. The only other child of Olaf whose mother's identity is known was his son and successor as king of Dublin, Glun Iarainn, whose mother was Olaf's wife Donnflaith (source: BS). None of the mothers of any other children of Olaf are identified in the sources. > ii) ?Gofraid Olafsson, died in 963. > iii) ?Dubgilla Probably just the same person as Dubgall > iv) ?Dubgall Olafsson, died in 1014. > v) ?Harald Olafsson, died in 999. >b) Brian Boru > i) Donnchad mac Briain (above) >c) ?? >d) ?? >e) ?? >f) ?? >Our Irish ancestors were clearly into family values - the more >families the more value! Keeping track of one's siblings, >half-siblings, and step-siblings must have been complicated in those >days. And we can be very grateful that we have the Ban Shenchus, which is our main source for all of these complicated Irish marriage entanglements. Stewart Baldwin ______________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 03:12:35 -0800 From: Darryl Scarff To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3510FDA3.C26@albury.net.au> Subject: Scarf/Scarfthe; Ireland; c.1580.......Anglicised version of O'SCARFLAIN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit SCARF / SCARFTHE; Ireland; c.1580; Anglicised version of O'SCARFLAIN. Possibly Old Norse or Norman surname in Ireland pre 1200. Available family information attests that my earliest "proveable" ancestor was Cormac Scarfthe, born c.1580, Thormond, Ireland. There is an earlier nominated, unprovable date of 1045. Various spellings have been found. O'Scarflain, Scarf, Scarff, Scarfe, Scharf, Scariff, Skarf, Scarth. I suspect that "SCHARF" is the gaelic spelling of "SCARF". Circa 1820 most of the Scarf people migrated to Canada leaving very few persons of the family resident in Ireland. Another group migrated to Australia 1845-1860. Family sources in U.S.A. have suggested the existence of records from Corcomroe Abbey which identify this family name. I seek contact with anyone who has encountered variations of this name in their researches. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following is a message I have placed on the Internet, plus a reply. >Confirmation sought on origins of O'SCARFLAIN name in Ireland. > >I have been informed that..... >"The Murchada sept, whose chief was the ruler of Leinster, became >divided into branches which were known, not by the name of the sept, >but by the distinguishing name of the branch .......... >So that the name McMurrough itself was extinguished and the >descendants of the sept now bear the names of the branches >Kavanagh, Kinsella, Davis from Maldavid or Macdaviemore, >O'Scarflain and Murphy from the Irish O'Murchadha, which came >into usage in place of O'Morchoe with Kavanagh. > >This surname began as an epithet in Irish Caomhanach, attributed to >one member of the MacMurrough family of Leinster and perpetuated >among his descendants." >Can any person confirm the above advice and quote a source?==== Reply: Donoch "MacMurogh" was the 3rd son of Murcha and King of Dublin and Leinster. Slain in 1115 by Donal O'Brien and the Danes at Dublin. He had 2 sons; Diarmuid and Murcha. From Murcha descended Davidson or MacDavy Mor. Donal Caomhanach was a son of Diarmuid-na-nGall ("of the foreigners"), also known as Dermod, who was the 58th Christian King of Leinster from 1135-1166. From Ceannsalach, descended the O'Kinselas. The MacMorough pedigree ends with these two. Murphy and Murrough were English translations of O'Moroghoe. Dermod was the one who invited the Anglo-Normans into Ireland to assist him in winning back his Kingship from the Monarch, Roderick O'Connor. Dermod's Kingdom passed into the hands of Strongbow's family after his death but the MacMoroughs again occupied much of their lands and held them almost undisputed for several centuries. "Irish Pedigrees" by John O'Hart. Vol. 1 Pat Traynor, in California's gold-rush country. tray@jps.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ My ancestral lineage follows. It can only be confirmed by documentation from John Scarf (born c.1780?) to present date. Earlier dates and persons arise from oral history. Cormac SCARTFH 1045 Ireland, Munster Cormac SCARFTHE1580 Ireland Ainmire SCARFH 1600 Ireland Eoghan SCARFH 1640 Ireland Eoghan SCARFE 1670 Ireland Padraig SCARFF 1700 Ireland [William SCARFE 1700 Ireland migrated /Lenon/ Isle of Man] J.F. SCARF 1720 Ireland Manth? Tomas SCARF 1760 Ireland [Eoin SCARF 1792 Ireland] John SCARF 1780? Ireland Beauchamp SCARF 1800 Ireland William SCARF 1835 Ireland Thomas SCARF 1870 Australia Thomas SCARFF 1906 Australia Darryl SCARFF 1940 Australia This family lived on the border of Co. Kilkenny and Co. Carlow from late 1700's onwards. Records show that they previously lived in Killarney, Co. Kerry c.1700 and also in the vicinity of Limerick, Co. Clare, circa 1500,(when the area was previously known as Thormond). Place of residence pre 1750 is unknown but is presumed to be in Leinster. The political circumstances of the Anglo-Irish would have been most uncertain in Leinster in the 16th.-17th.Century. The Scarfe name is found in Co.Wicklow c 1740. Present day descendants live in Co.Carlow, Co.Dublin, Co.Wicklow and Co.Tyrone. The name "Scarf" is believed to be an Old Norse name from the time of the Danish occupation of Limerick. There is an Old Norse name which is spelt "Skarf". The Old Norse word "skarfr" means "cormorant'. The name may also be of Norman origin. The Normans of Normandy were also of Viking origin. An ancestor may have been part of the forces who accompanied Strongbow and his Norman Knights during the English occupation of Leinster, Ireland in 1171. I suspect that this may be the time of the transfer of the Scarf family line from England to Ireland. I suspect that one of my presumed Norman ancestors married a descendant of the family of Donal Caomhanach, the illegitimate son of Diarmuid MacMurogh to give rise to the name O'Scarflain. With the termination of Brehon law, use of Irish clan names was forbidden and Irish names were anglicised. I believe that this would be the likely time that the name became Scarfthe, c.1550. The name Scarf, with variants, Scaife, Scarth, Scarfe is found in North Yorkshire, England, particularly around York, Leeds and Ripon. The brothers "Skardi" were the Viking founders of Scarborough, which meant "Skarf borough". The name is recorded in documents of the 13th. Century in the Assize rolls for Yorkshire, England. The spelling used was Scharf and Scarfe. Any guidance or thoughts would be appreciated! Darryl Scarff ______________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 01:38:18 GMT From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Surname of pre-conquest royal family Michelle.Murphy%EIH_FS@ccmail.team400.ie wrote: [much snipping] >Incidentally, in Ireland we call the form "mac..." (son of) a surname, even >though it NEVER passes through generations. Diarmuid Mac Murrough, King of >Leinster in Norman Times, was Diarmuid son of Murrough. Diarmuid's son would be >"mac Diarmuid". So although MacMurrough didn't pass through the generations, it >was still Diarmuid's surname. Similarly in Wales, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth could be >said to have the surname "ap Iorwerth", although his sons were "ap Llywelyn" not >"ap Iorwerth". Still, Welsh readers can comment as they will, but I can say for >certain that "Mac..." is seen as a surname in Ireland although it doesn't pass >through generations, so at least one facet of your argument may be inaccurate. The above is almost entirely false. First, the name of the father of Diarmait Mac Murchada (to give the Irish form of his name) was not Murchad, it was Donnchad mac Murchada, whose father was Murchad, ancestor of the Mac Murchada (MacMurrough) family. The Irish ceased using the pstronymic system in the tenth through the twelfth centuries, and adopted a surname system in which "Mac" and "Ua" (later O) were the usual prefixes. Once the surname system was established, they were inherited from father to son. Although Mac surnames were much less common than Ua/O surnames (in Ireland, that is, "Mac" surnames being the usual case in Scotland), they were inherited from father to son just like the Ua/O surnames (so Diarmait's male-line descendants had the surname Mac Murchada). It is a common mistake to confuse patronyms and surnames, but they are most definitely not the same thing. Thus, "ap Iorwerth" is a patronym, and not a surname. because it was not carried on by Llywelyn's descendants. For certain individuals, such as Diarmait's father Donnchad mac Murchada, the difference between surname and patronym is blurred, because his descendants did use the name "Mac Murchada", yet it was also his patronym (hence the use of the lowercase "m" in "mac" according to the modern convention), since he really was the son of the Murhcad who was ancestor to the Mac Murchada family. The formation of surnames was a complicated process, which took place at different times in different locations. For periods during which surnames were forming, there is often no clear boundary between a surname and a patronym or epithet/nickname.during the period that the surname was forming, but they are still different things. I am well aware of the fact that the dictionary also allows a second definition of the word "surname" other than the usual genealogical one, and that "nickname" would be a synonym under this other definition. If you stretched this other definition to the widest collection of concepts that it could possibly encompass, it might even be allowed to include patronyms. However, we are dealing with the field of GENEALOGY here, and therefore the genealogical definition of surname should hold precedence here. Stewart Baldwin ___________________________ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:39:58 GMT From: Stewart Baldwin Subject: Re: King Dermot MacMorrough Kavanaugh On 15 Aug 1999 12:48:38 -0700, piglet@cvtv.net (Pat Boothe & Brittany Koone) wrote: >Does anyone have information on this line: King Dermot MacMorrough >Kavanaugh,b.1110 in Leinster, Ireland and died 1170/71 in Dublin, >Ireland. Married Cacht? The line I was given goes: >Donnegad Murchada >Dermot MacMorrough Kavanaugh >Donnell >Mortough >Maurice >Murtough >Arthur More >Arthur Oge >Gerald >DonnellReac >Art Boy >Muircertach >Cathaoir >Donough >Brian Cahir >Morgan >Philemon Kavanaugh b. 1690 in Ireland d. 1730 in Culpeper County, VA. > >I would greatly appreciate any information, corrections, etc. > >Pat Boothe > Much of what you have appears on table 21 in volume 9 of the New History of Ireland, except that the names given above have a strange combination of native Irish forms and heavily Anglicized forms. At the top of the table, it should go: Donnchad mac Murchada (king of Leinster) [His father was the Murchad after whom the Mac Murchada (MacMurrough) family got its name.] | Diarmait Mac Murchada, king of Leinster, who should not be called "Kavanaugh", as that was a nickname of his son. | Domnall C em nach [C em nach = Irish form of Kavanaugh] | Domnall [note missing generation in your account] | Muirchertach [your "Mortough"], and so forth. However, the biggest problem with the above account would seem to be at the bottom of the table. The Cathaoir of your table died in 1538, so even if his son Donough (Donnchadh) had been posthumous (which seems unlikely), you would have to have three consecutive generations averaging more than 50 years each in order to make Donough a great-grandfather of Philemon. I suspect that some careless research has been made to connect Philemon in with the famous family of the name, and the evidence for those last few generations should be checked very carefully. Stewart Baldwin _____________________________ ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jan 1999 01:59:20 -0800 From: Luke Stevens Subject: Brian Boruma's maternal relatives - another source Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Quite by accident, I found something yesterday while trying to follow up on a reference that turned out to be wrong. ZCP 7 (1910) p.307-8 gives in a collection of miscellaneous historical excerpts a tract entitled "Crech n and Ciang", from RIA MS C.i.2 fo. 24, which I have posted at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2444/Crechan.txt According to the RIA MS catalogue, C.i.2 is of the 15/16th century. Clearly this was composed long before then, but I could not say whether it is 10th or 14th. In any case, it is older than the recension of the poem in B.iv.2, which had been the earliest source known to me to state these relationships. For those of you who understand less Middle Irish than I do (i.e. none), here is a chart. Men in caps, ladies in lowercase. Use a fixed-width font (duh!), and if your software can't handle the accent marks, tough! ANGAILE CICHARAN | | CRECHAN CIANTESTACH = Ciang | Osnad = ERCHAD mac MURCHADA __________|_________________________ | | CENNDIG = Bbinn = MAELSHECHLAINN mac ARGA Creisi = TADG | | king of Boirenn(?) | | |_________ _______________|______ | | | | | | BRIAN BORUMA LOCHLANN CONCUBUR CONCUBUR MAELRUANAID MUREDACH & seven sons whence Ui Lochlainn & Ui Conchubuair There is also a Cairell m. Curn in m. Trna, etc., mentioned, but from what I can read he only figures in the story as a clergyman to whom the (at first) childless couple Crech n & Ciang go. This is essentially the same chart I posted previously, with only spelling changes and no new names, except the children of Tadg, who were in B.iv.2 but not in a way that was entirely clear to me. Both of these match was is stated by O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees" (5th ed.), except that O'Hart calls Maelranaid "Maolruanaidh Mr", which makes me wonder if there is yet another source giving the epithet. Although I did not think to check before, I now looked in the catalogue of RIA MSS and found two other occurrences of the poem beginning "Ciang inghean Chacar in", both in MSS of the 18th century: A.iv.2, fo.51vo: "Cang inghean Chachar in", 17qq. 23.M.17, p.136, col.b: "Ciong inghean Chiocharain", 9qq. (?!) B.iv.2, fo.52m: "Cianocc inghean Chiocharain", 17qq. was the version discussed previously here. This MS is now known as RIA MS 1080. Luke Stevens ______________________________ ------------------------------ http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/culture/names/family/murphy.shtm Murphy The most numerous name in Ireland, Murphy is derived from O Murchada or O Murchu, meaning sea warrior. There are several septs, or clans, of Murphys. The most famous Murphy was Dermot MacMurrough, who invited the Normans to Ireland in the 12th century. The present chief of the name is David O'Morchoe, a farmer in Co. Wexford. The Irish version of Murphy was first anglicised to O'Morchoe, in the 16th century, and David O'Morchoe's grandfather changed his name to this version by deed poll in 1895. _________________________________________ Questions: apparently answered with Epiphany above- mm 5/8/01 tracking down William B. Murphey In trying to track down the parents of William B. Murphey, Virginia Bean sent me the family of James Murphy of Pittsylvania Co. VA, who died in Robertson Co. TN. Son of William B. is William G(George) b. Robertson Co. who married Martha Hammonds, b. Robertson Co. She applied as widow for confed pension in Robertson Co. James and Margaret had William, James, John, Benjamin, et.al., several who died in Robertson Co. Did not have info on William. Also, letter of Estate of Mary Benton 1860 in Robertson Co. (same?) ?? Could William B. be son of Zeke? married Pitt. Co. VA, 12 Feb 1799 Murphy, Ezekiel & Smith, Martha ??? Is James related to the elusive Nathaniel G., also PittVA>TN by way of NC? ??need 1810 census of Robertson, Maury, Marshall Co. and 1800 census of these and PittCo. William should be about 10 in 1810, so is not head of household. ??1820 William B about 20. ?? land granted to Gen. Greene of NC is in Maury Co. , have seen Nathaniel as Nathaniel Greene Murphy ??are we related to Greens? either VA or NC? William B. son of Ezekiel or David, brothers of Nathaniel? Charles also a brother of Nat? all sons of a Miles? 2 Miles Murphys on NC 1790 census, Sampson & Rockingham Counties. _____________________________________ Subject: Houx family Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 04:25:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Rmeuba@aol.com To: murphy@vms.tarleton.edu Houx Dear Mr. Murphy, I was given your website address and advised that you had a lot of information about the Houx families. You did list my husband's great-grandparents who were Will R. Houx and Lucy Lynn, married in Palo Pinto, TX in 1876. Will died in Altus, OK in 1913. This couple had three children who lived to be adults, Lula, Lloyd Ross, and Lillian. Lula who married J. W. McKee in 1897 in Palo Pinto, TX died about 1904 from an illness like spinal meningitis. Will wrote several poems in her memory. He and Lucy took her two little girls to raise. One little girl-Edith Lorraine- was my husband's mother. Our problem is that we cannot trace Will's parents. We know that he was born in Booneville, Cooper, MO and that he and his family moved to TX. Perhaps, he moved during the Civil War when the Houxes were divided as to their loyalties to the Union cause or the Confederates. Allegedly, one Houx joined Quantrill's Raiders. Will was born in 1853. WE have no knowledge where he went to school. He did work on a newspaper, perhaps as a compositor, in Mineral Wells, TX and held a similar job in Altus OK. His obit gives his middle name as "Robinson," but family members think that the middle name was "Ross" or "Russell." Do you have any info which would help us? Ruth Eubanks ______________________________ http://www.murphyfam.com/new_page_4.htm The coat of arms of Murphy of Muskerry (Cork / Kerry). This sept is said to be a branch of the Wexford sept, descended from Felim, a younger son of Eanna Cinsealach, progenitor of the Kinsella sept. Murphy is easily the commonest surname in Ireland: birth registration statistics indicate that of, a population of 4 millions, no less than approximately 55,000 are Murphys. The name, with which the prefix O (or more rarely Mac) is never used nowadays, may be either O Murchadha or Mac Murchadha in Irish and is derived from and old Irish word for "sea warrior". It arose independently in several parts of Ireland: there are, for example, indigenous septs so called in Counties Tyrone and Sligo, both these are unimportant in comparison with the great Murphy clan of Leinster. This was centred in Co. Wexford. The Chief of the Name is O'Morchoe, an otherwise obsolete form in English. Birth statistics indicate that Murphy is the commonest name in Co. Wexford and it also has first place in Co. Carlow. The Wexford Murphys were directly descended from the kings of Leinster. In the thirteenth century a descendant, Dermot MacMurrough, the warring King of Leinster, opened the floodgates to the Anglo-Normans. The Murphys descend from Dermot's brother Murrough. They took their surname from Murchadh or Murrough, grandfather of Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, and thus share their origin not only with the MacMurroughs but also with the Kinsellas, the Kavanaghs and the MacDavy Mores. Their territory lay in the barony of Ballaghkeen in Wexford, and was formerly known as Hy Felimy, from Felim, one of the sons of Eanna Cinsealaigh, the semi-legendary, fourth-century ruler of Leinster. Their chief seats in this area were at Morriscastle ('O Murchu's Castle'), Toberlamina, Oulart and Oularteigh. The last chief of the name to be elected by the old Gaelic method of tanistry was Murtagh, who in 1461 was granted the right to use English law, thus entitling him to pass on his possessions to his direct descendants. The arrangement lasted only until the late sixteenth century, when Donal Mor O'Morchoe (as the name was then anglicised) was overthrown, and virtually all his territory confiscated; most of his followers were scattered and settled in the surrounding counties, in Kilkenny and Carlow particularly. One branch, however, based at Oularteigh, did manage to retain their lands, and their succession continues unbroken down to the present. A branch of the Murphy family, originally from County Wexford, moved to County Tipperary when their lands were confiscated by Cromwell. A member of the family who saved the life of one of William III's entourage was granted a lease of lands at Ballymore, Cashel, County Tipperary, in 1689. Succeeding generations lived there until it was sold in 1848. The surname, however, is even more numerous today in Munster than in Leinster, particularly in Counties Cork and Kerry. This Munster sept, which is associated particularly with the barony of Muskerry, Co. Cork, is said to be a branch of the Kinsella section of the Wexford clan, descended from Felim, a younger son of Eanna Cinsealach. The Ulster sept of Murphy is still numerous but is now more common in the adjacent county of Armagh, where in fact it is first in the statistical list. A chief named Flaherty O'Murphy is recorded in the Annals of Tir Boghainne, i.e. the modem barony of Banagh in Co. Donegal, so that it will be seen that the Murphys were and are widespread in Ulster also. McMurphy, from Mac Murchadha ('son of Murchadh'), is exclusive to Ulster, where the family were part of the Cineal Eoghain, the tribal grouping claiming descent from Eoghan, himself a son of the fifth century founder of the Ui Neill dynasty, Niall of the Nine Hostages, who was reputedly responsible for the kidnapping of St Patrick to Ireland. These Ulster Murphys (or MacMuphys) were originally based in present day Co. Tyrone, in the area known as Muintir Birn, but were driven out by the O'Neills and settled in south Armagh, where they were subjects of the O'Neills of the Fews. In Ulster today, Murphy remains most numerous in Co. Armagh, though it is also to be found in great numbers in Fermanagh and Monaghan. Livingstone states that the Murphys of Fermanagh are in Gaelic Mac Murchu, descendants of Murchadh, a brother of Donn Mor Maguire. These MacMurphys were erenaghs of the church lands of Farnamullan and of Tullynagaorthainn, and anglicised their name to both Murphy and Morrow. The name of the Clan Donald sept of MacMurchie was made MacMurphy and Murphy in Arran and so it is likely that some of the name in Ulster will be of Scottish descent. As might be expected in the case of a name as numerous as Murphy the references to prominent persons of the name in the Annals are frequent throughout the centuries, both of the Leinster and the Ulster septs, for the most part to chiefs and soldiers; but there are others, for example, Domhnall Dall Ua Murchadha "chief sage of Leinster" who died in 1127. In most Irish families a definite thread runs through the generations. In the innumerable Murphys there is a whole skein to be unravelled. Murphys figured largely in the lists of the Irish Brigades in Europe. In the nineteenth century, for instance, there were Marshal le Baron O Murphy, Commandant of the Legion d'Honneur; Colonel le Chevalier O Murphy and l'Abbe Charles of the 3rd Regiment of Cuirassiers. Sean O Murchadha na Raithineach ("na Raithineach" after the Cork village of his birth), or John Murphy, born about 1700, was the last recognised head of the Blarney bards. Before him there was Daithi O Murchu, or David Murphy, the blind harpist who entertained Grace O Malley, known as Granuaile the pirate queen. Arthur Murphy (1727 - 1805) of Clonquin, County Roscommon, was educated in France, as was customary for those who could afford it. Not liking the commercial work offered him on his return to Ireland, he went to London. Lack of money turned him to acting and he made his debut in Covent Garden as Othello. This gave him an entree to London literary life, and soon essays, verse, translations, periodicals and plays were pouring from his pen. In 1761, with Garrick playing one of the principal parts, his play, The Way to Keep Him, was a great success at Drury Lane. It was produced in Dublin as recently as 1977. Arthur Murphy wanted to study law but entrance to the Bar was forbidden to actors. His influential friends, however, had this ban removed, enabling him to qualify and to practise law. It was said that his literary talent was more given to adaptation than to originality. All his life he worked hard and lived well, but was never out of debt. His elder brother James had adopted their mother's name, French, and, as James Murphy French (1725 - 59), he shared with Arthur the legal and literary life of London. John Murphy (1740 - 1820) of Cork went to London to study engraving. In time he became a master of the mezzotint and was commissioned to make plates for the nobility and the family of George III. Because of his allegiance to the United Irishmen, Denis Brownell Murphy was forced to leave Dublin in 1798. Safe in London he made a name as a miniaturist, even being appointed by royalty. His fame was surpassed by his daughter, Anna Brownell James, who was one of the early art historians. James Cavanagh Murphy (1750 - 1814) of Cork began work as a bricklayer, followed by study in a Dublin art school. He lived for a long while in Spain and Portugal, becoming an eminent authority on Iberian architecture. His advice was sought when London's House of Commons was being extended. Three Cork men have been successful sculptors. Thomas J. Murphy, born in 1881, son of John Murphy, also a sculptor, went to London where he had a very successful career. Seamus Murphy (1907 - 75), born near Mallow, County Cork, became a stone carver at 14 and later studied at the Cork School of Art, where he won a scholarship to Paris. He specialised in portrait eads and sculpted many leading Irishmen. He was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal ibernian Academy and his book, Stone Mad, published in 1950, has been made into a play. The Murphys have had a remarkable number of ecclesiastics. In the eighteenth century Edward Murphy was Archbishop of Dublin. John Murphy (1772 - 1848), Bishop of Cork, was a scholar who collected the largest private library in Ireland (the Murphys were given to book collecting). He sold most of this in London, except for 120 Irish manuscripts which he left to Maynooth College in County Kildare. Francis Murphy (1795 - 1858) from Navan, County Meath, went to Australia where he became Bishop of Adelaide. Reverend Canon Jeremiah Murphy (1840 - 1915) of Cork, who was ordained at Maynooth College, was an Irish speaker, traveller and writer. When he died, his library, which was sold in Cork, weighed fifteen tons. The most remarkable of the many ecclesiastics was John Murphy (1796 - 883) of the Cork distilling family. His youth was spent chasing rainbows, as midshipman, traveller in China and financier in London. In North America his work with the Hudson Bay Company brought him close to the Indians who made him an Indian Chief and named him "Black Eagle of the North". During a severe illness he had a vision and, as a result, went to the Beda College in Rome to study for the priesthood. Back again in his native Cork, Father John Murphy commissioned the fashionable architect Pugin, with generous contributions from Murphy's distilleries, to design the church of St. Peter and St Paul of which he was made an Archdeacon. His brother Francis Stack Murphy (1807 - 60) was a lawyer, a Member of Parliament for Cork and a scholar. He helped Francis Sylvester Mahony with literary contributions. His first cousin, Jeremiah Daniel Murphy (1806 - 24), a boy genius, mastered seven languages, wrote verse in various languages and contributed to intellectual magazines, but died very young. Two revered Murphys are the patriot priests, Father John Murphy and Father Michael Murphy. Father John (c. 1753 - 98) of Ferns, County Wexford, was a leader in the rising of 1798. He had been educated in Spain and was parish priest of Boolavogue. At first a loyalist, he became outraged by the savagery of the army and led his people in revolt. He was killed in action, as was his colleague, Father Michael. James Gracey Murphy (1808 - 96) of County Down, a Presbyterian minister, compiled Latin and Hebrew grammars and many biblical and philosophical studies. Reverend James E.P. Murphy of Cork (b. 1850), a Protestant, translated the four gospels into Irish. Reverend Hugh Davis Murphy (b. 1848), also of the Protestant faith, came from County Antrim and was chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The most notable woman bearing the Murphy name was the famous courtesan Marie Louise O Murphy (1737 - 1814), fifth daughter of an Irish soldier who had taken up shoemaking in Rouen, France. After his death, their mother brought the family to Paris where she traded in old clothes while finding her daughters work as actresses or models. Marie Louise posed for Boucher, a painter at court. He painted her so attractively that she came to the notice of Louis XV, who soon appointed her his mistress. Their child is supposed to have been General de Beaufranchet. She married three times and was divorced by her third husband, who was thirty years her junior. For a period during the reign of terror, she suffered imprisonment because of her royal connections. Patrick Murphy (b. 1834) of County Down achieved physical notoriety as the tallest man in Europe at eight feet and one inch. He was exhibited internationally, but died at the early age of 28. His embalmed remains were returned to County Down, to medical practitioners. Jeremiah James (b. 1795) of Lota Park died in 1851, at Pisa during a tour of Italy. The Neapolitan sailors refused to carry his coffin, fearing it would bring them bad luck, so the resourceful Murphys had the body shipped home from Naples inside an upright piano. He was buried in this in County Cork, three months later. The Murphys of Cork have been as famed for their alcohol as for their priests. In 1825, James Murphy of Ringmahon, Blackrock, County Cork, a Justice of the Peace, founded with his brothers the prosperous firm of James Murphy and Company, Distillers, while in 1854, James Jeremiah Murphy of Bellevue, Passage West, County Cork, and his brothers founded the firm of James J. Murphy, Brewers of Cork. In 1867, the James Murphy company merged with the Midleton and four neighbouring distillers to form Cork Distillers Ltd. In 1966, in another big merger, with Powers and Jamesons, they became Irish Distillers Ltd., now the biggest whiskey distillers in Ireland, with headquarters at Midleton, County Cork. The Murphy family is still represented on the board. This family has been prominent, too, in the world of sport. Frank Murphy, who won the Grand National riding Reynoldstown, was killed in the Second World War. Flora Murphy (b. 1932) was an international tennis champion. Patricia Ann (b. 1943) was a British ski champion. William Martin Murphy (1844 - 1921) of Bantry, County Cork, was one of Ireland's first business tycoons. He established railways, tramways and large department stores in Ireland, Britain and Africa. He founded the Irish Independent Group of newspapers. He was a Member of Parliament, but refused a knighthood offered him by Edward VII during his visit to Ireland in 1907. In the 1913 general strike in Dublin he led the employers, earning the obloquy of the workers, but he was not without philanthropic concern for the poor, of which there were many in Dublin. Thomas Murphy (b. 1935) of County Galway trained as a teacher, and is one of Ireland's leading playwrights. He was a recent director of Dublin's national theatre, The Abbey, and his play, The Gigli Concert, made a great impact. The Murphys are well represented in Australia, especially in law and medicine. Francis Murphy (1809 - 91) of Cork went to Sydney as a colonial surgeon. He settled there and took up farming and politics. He was knighted in 1860. In the United States of America there are probably more Murphys than in Ireland. Henry Cruse Murphy (1810 - 82) was the grandson of an Irish doctor who had emigrated to the New World. He practised law in Brooklyn and was its mayor for many years. He served in the state senate, and besides being a progressive promoter of such developments as railways and the Brooklyn Bridge, he was also a scholar and collected a fine library. John Murphy (1812 - 80) of Omagh, County Tyrone, was brought to the United States as a child. He too had that remarkable feeling for books typical of so many of the Murphys, and became a publisher. Murphy and Company specialised in publishing theological books at their headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. (The original Baltimore is in County Cork.) John Benjamin Murphy (1857 - 1916) was of Irish parentage. He became one of the leading professors of surgery in Chicago, and invented the famous Murphy Button which simplified abdominal operations. It was a different Murphy sept who were to advance the progress of temperance reform. Francis Murphy (1836 - 1907) of County Wexford arrived penniless in New York at the age of 16. For many years he led a dissipated life until a term in prison brought him into contact with a reformer, which led to his taking a pledge of total abstinence. He developed into a dynamic preacher in the cause of temperance, drawing thousands to his meetings and, it is said, causing the closure of 500 saloons in Allegheny and the adjoining counties. He carried his reform campaign to Canada, Australia and other countries. Tammany Hall, the New York headquarters of the Democratic Party, reached its peak under the leadership of Charles Francis Murphy (1858 - 1924). The son of poor Irish immigrants, he spent his childhood in East Side, New York. A man who could handle men, he worked his way up from the dockyards to become a successful politician and master of diplomacy. He made his fortune from real estate, and was held in esteem because of his remarkable aloofness from the various corrupting influences then prevalent. The father of Frank Murphy had emigrated to America and was jailed for his part in the Fenian attack on Canada. In 1933, Frank Murphy, who had studied law in Dublin and London, was Governor General of the Philippines, in 1936 he was Governor of his native Michigan, and in 1939 he was US Attorney-General. He died in 1949. Audie Murphy, who was born in Texas in 1924, earned more decorations han any other US soldier in the Second World War. Afterwards he became a star in films including Beyond Glory and To Hell and Back. He died in a plane crash in 1971. Michael Charles Murphy, who was born in Massachusetts of Irish parents, coached the US Olympic teams in the 1900s, and introduced the crouching start for athletes which is now used by printers everywhere. Priests, publicans, politicians and police are among Ireland's contributions to the New World. Two of New York's most able police commissioners have been Murphys. Thomas Murphy, a police commissioner of New York City in 1951, was afterwards a federal judge, and prosecutor at the Hiss trials. Michael J. Murphy, also a New York City police commissioner, led the drive against corruption in the 1960s. ------------------------ Bob's Birthday Wed. July 4th at the River we celebrated Uncle Bob's 80th birthday (Bob Fletcher). He told the story about a Ft. Worth cop friend of his named Red Davis whom he pulled a trick on once. Bob had a christlike figure which when reversed turned into a rubber, squirting phallus. One day he told Red that he was having trouble with his bladder and Red sympothized. Then Bob inconspicuously pulled the rubber device out of his pants and began squirting Red's shoes. Red was very angry and called some of his police buddies. They took Bob out to an abandoned lumber yard and started shooting at his feet to make him dance, but Bob ran off. They caught him and tied him to a post, then shot all around his feet to make him move them around. He didn't get shot. He pulled the rubber thing trick on Aunt Pearl once also, she jumped back and screamed, "my God Bob!" Judy Fletcher told me that when I was little, I went to a revival with Granny Murphy. The noises scared me and I screamed at her, "Granny Murphy, let's get outta here!"