My distant great grandparents were James Murphey killed at the battle of Eutaw Springs South Carolina in 1781.
His wife Mary died and all the children were bound out in Rowan County North Carolina
Children
James, William, Archibald, Sarah could be other children.
strangers and family members alike are trying to convince me that James died in rev war leaveing no children of any kind.
there full of malarkey.
dads entire family cant all be wrong here.
this has been handed down generation after generation that James son of alexander in Philadelphia pa is in fact our family to us all.
And have generation after generation telling us kids
kids all that our greatest grandfather William was bound out as his father James Murphey Murphy was killed in rev war 1781 battle of Eutaw springs South Carolina.
The letter e was dropped from our Murphey name making it Murphy only.
Col Archibald even reported James Murphey died with out benefit of no children.
1781 battle of Eutaw springs SC
I would not exist today if this were so from col Archibald a lawyer son of Archibald who married a debow.
son of Alexander Murphey born in Ireland 1690-1695
My William was raised by Uncle James Murphey also born in Ireland brother to alexander Murphey born in Ireland.
My grandfather Henry Clinton Murphy born 08-20-1865 in Monticelo Drew Co Ark and son of Hugh Thomas Murphy enlisted CSA 1862 in Monticelo ark.
We have never found Hugh Thomas Murphy any where after civil war. fath of ten. married childhood sweetheart Martha Jane Skipper bout 1845 henry Co Alabama.
Son Henry gets his name from Henry County Alabama.
Henry was H,T,Murphys son.