James Murphree served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: unknown Mustered out: unknown Side: CSA Regiment(s): Company K, 17th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
1850 US Census:
Name: James P. Murphey
Age: 24 (b. abt 1826);
Birthplace: Alabama;
Residence: Western Division, Chickasaw County, Mississippi;
Occupation: Farmer
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1860 US Census:
Name: James P. Murphree;
Age: 25 (b. abt 1825);
Birthplace: Alabama;
Residence: Calhoun, Mississippi;
Occupation: farmer
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1870 US Census:
Name: James Murphree;
Age: 45 (b. abt 1825);
Birthplace: Alabama;
Residence: Township 13 Range 1 West, Calhoun, Mississippi;
Occupation: farmer
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1900 US Census:
Name: Jas. P. Murphree;
Birth: Jan 1825;
Birthplace: Alabama;
Residence: Beat 2, Calhoun, Mississippi;
Marital status: widowed;
Relationship to head of household: father-in-law;
In household of Robt. L. Ruth[4]
Burial record for James P. Murphree:
Birth: 22 Jan 1825;
Death: 29 Oct 1905;
Burial: Rocky Mount Cemetery, Reid, Calhoun County, Mississippi;
Inscription: Co K 17 Miss Inf CSA;
Find A Grave: Memorial #54157814
William Josiah Patterson ... was married February 14, 1867, in Calhoun County to Mary Jane Murphree, daughter of James Pleasant Murphree and Sarah Ann Henderson Murphree. His wife's family is of Irish descent.
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Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-2CD : 12 April 2016), James P Murphey, Chickasaw county, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 693, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
~1.56%Michael Cannon :
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