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From: Mark Murphy <>
Subject: [Fwd: [MURPHY-L] Miles P. Murphy]
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:00:51 -0600

Also, Miles P. was an apparent gambler who was fined often for gaming. Court
minutes excerpts to come....
Mark
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/

"V. Murphy" wrote:

> The following was copied from "Maury County, Tennessee Historical Sketches"
> by Garret
>
> copied as found:
> MILES P. MURPHY MauryDemocrat,______April 1889 (date torn off, possibly the
> last paper of this month.)
> Miles P. Murphy was born in Rutherford county, Tenn., Nov. 25th, 1808, and
> moved to Maury county with his parents in 1809; married Miss Elenor Ja.
> Cynthia Mack, Feb. 5th, 1835. By this union they had six children, three
> boys and three girls. One daughter died in infancy; the second married
> James Harris, with whom she lived till their oldest children were grown.
> She has been dead about four years. The third daughter married A. A.
> Morrow, she died about eight years ago. The oldest son Elder W. N. Murphy
> is one of our most substantial citizens; the second son M. P. Murphy, Jr.,
> and R. C. Murphy, the third, are among our most substantial farmers, noted
> for their industry and thrigt.....
> Miles P. Murphy was born of Scotch-Irish parentage, and was noted
> throughout this community as one of the hardest working farmers of the
> neighborhood...He was a member of the Christian Church at Bethel 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 occured very suddenly while
> sitting in his chair in his apprently (sic) usual healt, without any
> perceptible pain, supposed to be from hear disease, superinduced by
> rheumatism, from which he had long suffered. His death occured Jan. 5th,
> 1875. Thus passed away another good, faithful citizen. (Signed) W. H.
>
> (Note: a later paper identified the Southport correspondent as W. R. H.
> Matthews
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Murphy" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:30 PM
> Subject: [MURPHY-L] Murphys & others in "Court Minutes of Granville County
> North Carolina, 1746-1820", by Zae Hargett Gwynn
>
> > The most exciting being:
> > "p. 285 May Court 1820
> > Daniel MURPHY begat bastard on the body of Polly MURPHY and must pay
> > support of them. "
> >
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> >
> > -Mark
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Mark A. Murphy

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