James Murfee (1749 - 1794)

Born 1749 in Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Chadwick — married 4 Apr 1774 in Guilford, North Carolina

Descendants

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Biography

• Name: James Murphew
• Spouse: Betty Chadwick
• Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1774
• Marriage County: Guilford
• Marriage State: North Carolina

• Account of estate of JAMES MURPHREY by John PINNELL in right of his wife Rebekah MURPHEY. Covers 1797-1799. MURPHEY had died intestate. Persons mentioned: Unity MURPHREY(a distribute of James MURPHEY's estate), James COGGIN(whose wife Levina was one of the distributes of the estate), Levina MURPHEY(before here marriage to James COGGIN), Wm. WEBB, Thos. LANIER. Examined March Court, 1801 by Jas. SEAWELL, Will. JONES.
• James died without leaving a will. His widow married John Pinnell who became guardian of the estate. At the time of his death his two daughters Unity and Levina were old enough to be mentioned in the estate proceedings, while his sons James and Sion were still minors, and therefore not mentioned in this record.

• In a book of Bute Co. Land Plats 1773-1778 it shows:
• p 155 #1096, p159, John Smart and wife, Sarah Smart, of Franklin Co. to William Leonard of same, April 16, 1791, for 100 pounds 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 baring date Oct. 25, 1753. Witness Jas. Carlile, James MURPHEY, Frederick Leonard.

• p 170 #1192, p17, Peter Smart and wife, Sarah Smart, of Franklin Co. to James MURPHREY of same, April 16, 1791, for 20 pounds. VA money a 20 acre plantation lying on south side of Sandy Creek adjoining said James MURPHREY and Arthur MURPHREY 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. Note: Bute Co. was divided and part of it became part of Franklin Co.

Sources

• Murphy and related family excerpts from "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 [with permission from Dr. Bradley]

Page 116 of will Book B, page 29 in book

• Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Bond date 16 Nov 1774 Bond #000058193

• North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Image Num 001424

County Guilford Record #02 317 Bondsman John Underhill Witness Alex McClaran

• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses.

• North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MC8S-2S6 : accessed 30 May 2019), entry for James Murphy; submitted by mjmblack846813 [identity withheld for privacy]; no source information is available.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Murfee-78 created through the import of Madelon's Info_2012-08-26.ged.ged on Aug 26, 2012 by Madelon David.