Samuel MURPHY

1779 - 1821  (42 years)

• Name	Samuel MURPHY
  Birth	30 Mar 1779	Bedford County, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Aug 1821	Brownstown, Jackson County, IN
  Notes	(1) Source: Orvill Paller : SAMUEL MURPHY . . . b 30 Mar 1779 Bedford Co. VA, d 8 Aug 1821 Brownstown, Jackson Co. IN . . . , was a son of John Murphy Sr and Katy Bates; married Mary "Polly" Leftwich (daughter of Uriah Leftwich . . . ) on 17 Jan 1799 in Bedford Co. VA. The obituary of his son Samuel Jennings Murphy states that the son came with his father to Salem, Washington Co. IN in 1819, and soon thereafter came to Brownstown where the father died in 1823. The obituary of his son George Haden Murphy states that the father died in 1822, along with several other members of the family. Based upon the birth places of their children, Samuel and Polly left Virginia after 1810, passed through Kentucky about 1814 and arrived in Indiana by 1819. They appeared in the 1820 census of Jackson Co. IN. Polly shows up without Samuel in the 1830 census of Jackson County, living next door to her daughter Elizabeth. By 1850, Polly was living with her son George H. Murphy in Jackson Co. In 1860 she was living with her daughter Mary G. (Murphy) Fenly Woody. The obituary of their son James L. Murphy indicates that Polly and Samuel had twelve children, six girls and six boys. More information on Samuel and Polly Murphy is provided in a biography of their son Samuel Jennings Murphy, from Portrait and biographical record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa Counties, Iowa: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, also biographies of the presidents of the United States (1893), pages 214-215, and is given in the following two paragraphs. This suggests that John Murphy Sr, father of Samuel Murphy, was born in England and emigrated to Virginia, where he acquired about 600 acres of land and a large number of slaves. John is said to have freed 100 slaves (apparently for religious reasons) at the time of the War of 1812. He actually freed them 24 Dec 1792. . . . John was said to have been a Whig and a Methodist, but he left the Methodist church because it advocated slavery, which no longer suited him. The Whig part is doubtful, since John Murphy died in 1819, while the American Whig party was not formed until 1834. Other information about John Murphy Sr is also subject to doubt, since it is based upon the undocumented memory of Samuel J. Murphy, who was about four years old when he moved hundreds of miles from where John Murphy Sr lived. Samuel Murphy was a shoemaker by trade and followed that occupation in Virginia until after the War of 1812, when he went, with a six-horse team, across the mountains to Mercer County, Kentucky. Soon after his arrival, all his property was destroyed by fire, and a few years later he moved to Jackson County, Indiana, where he continued as a shoemaker. He was said to have been a Whig. Polly Leftwich was said to have borne her husband thirteen children, but reared only seven to maturity. She died when over eighty years of age and was buried in the city cemetery of Seymour IN. Their children are: . . . [1] Lewis Fletcher Murphy, b ca 1800 Bedford Co. VA; married Cyrene Congleton on 27 Dec 1823 (marriage license date) in Jackson Co. IN and, Rachel Wells on 12 Dec 1832 (marriage license date) in Jackson Co. IN. . . . [2] Katherine Murphy, b ca 1802 Bedford Co. VA, d 25 Jul 1846 Jackson Co. IN, buried Brownstown City Cemetery, Brownstown, Jackson Co. IN; married John Cole Vermilya (b 11 Sep 1803 Delaware Co. NY, d 12 Jan 1897 Tama Co. IA) in 1823 in Jackson Co. IN (according to husband's obituary). . . . [3] Elizabeth S. "Betsy" Murphy, b ca 1804 Bedford Co. VA, d by 12 May 1836 Jackson Co. IN; married (1) Samuel Stanley (b 9 Jul 1794 Guilford, NC, d 24 Apr 1828 Jackson Co. IN, buried Brownstown City Cemetery, Brownstown, Jackson Co. IN) on 4 Feb 1824 in Jackson Co. IN and, (2) Reason (or Rezin) A. Redman (b 14 Sept 1810 in Indiana, d 6 Oct 1889 Jackson Co. IN, buried Fairview Cemetery, Brownstown IN) on 27 Jan 1830 in Jackson Co. IN). . . . [4] Nancy S. Murphy, b ca 1806 Bedford Co. VA, d Jackson Co. IN; prob married Gabriel Woodmansee on 21 Jan 1830 in Jackson Co IN. Her brother Samuel Jennings Murphy's obituary does not mention Nancy, but does mention her sisters Mrs. R. A. Redman, Mrs. Katherine Vermilya, and Mrs. Polly Woody. . . . [5] James L. Murphy, b 20 Jul 1808 Bedford Co. VA, d 20 Mar 1876 Jackson Co. IN, buried Lanning Spur Cemetery, Carr Twp, Jackson Co. IN; married (1) Mary "Polly" Ann Woody (b 28 June 1814 in Kentucky, d 16 Mar 1866, buried Lanning Spur Cemetery) on 2 July 1832 in Jackson Co. IN. and, (2) Sarah L. ? (b ca 1820 in Indiana) ca 1869/70. . . . [6] Samuel Jennings Murphy, b 1 Feb 1810 Bedford Co. VA, d 6 Apr 1897 Marengo, Iowa Co. IA; married (1) Elizabeth Warner (b 22 May 1810 Frederick Co. MD, d 29 Jan 1840 Jackson Co. IN, buried Crane Hill Cemetery [now called the Douglas/Durland Cemetery], Brownstown, Jackson Co, alongside an unnamed infant) on 13 Feb 1831 in Jackson Co. IN and, (2) Sophia Hayes Umbarger (b 20 Dec 1825 Washington Co. IN, d 6 Feb 1912 in Marengo, Iowa Co. IA) on 6 Aug 1842 in Jackson Co. IN. . . . [7] George Haden Murphy, b Feb 1814 Mercer Co. KY near Harrodsburg, Mercer Co. KY, d 10 May 1896 Seymour, Jackson Co. IN; married Lydia Warner (b 25 Dec 1818 in Maryland, d 5 Feb 1896 [date of her obituary] Seymour, Jackson Co. IN, daughter of Abraham Warner) on 28 Jan 1837 at Cranestown, Jackson Co. IN, in a small log hut at the home of his brother Samuel Jennings Murphy. . . . [8] Mary S. Murphy, b 20 Jul 1818 Salem, Washington Co. IN, d 5 May 1874 Jackson Co. IN, buried Lanning Spur Cemetery beside her second husband; married (1) Dr. Isaac Fenley (b ca 1804, d 16 Jul 1849 Columbus, Bartholomew Co. IN, buried Columbus City Cemetery) on 3 Dec 1832 in Jackson Co. IN and, (2) Washington L. Woody (b 10 Sep 1816 Fleming Co. KY, d 11 Sep 1879 Jackson Co. IN, buried Lanning Spur Cemetery) on 26 Jan 1853 in Columbus, Bartholomew Co IN. . . . [9] Unknown daughter Murphy. . . . [10] Unknown daughter Murphy. . . . [11] Unknown son Murphy. . . . [12] Unknown son Murphy. . . .
  Person ID	I8351	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John MURPHY, Sr.,   b. 14 Aug 1738, Ireland d. 9 Oct 1819, Bedford County, VA (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Katy BATES,   b. 15 Feb 1753, Essex County, VA d. Aft 1833 (Age > 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1770	Bedford County, VA
  Family ID	F3417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary LEFTWICH,   b. 1773, VA d. 1867, Jackson County, IN (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1799	Bedford County, VA
  Notes	(1) Source: Orvill Paller : At the time of the wedding, Samuel Murphy was underage and required his father's consent.
  Children	1. Lewis Fletcher MURPHY,   b. Abt 1800, Bedford County, VA d. Bef 10 Jun 1842, Jackson County, IN (Age ~ 42 years)   2. Katherine MURPHY,   b. Abt 1802, Bedford County, VA d. 25 Jul 1846, Jackson County, IN (Age ~ 44 years)   3. Elizabeth S. MURPHY,   b. Abt 1804, Bedford County, VA d. Bef 12 May 1836, Jackson County, IN (Age ~ 32 years)   4. Nancy S. MURPHY,   b. Abt 1806, Bedford County, VA d. Jackson County, IN   5. James L. MURPHY,   b. 20 Jul 1808, Bedford County, VA d. 20 Mar 1876, Jackson County, IN (Age 67 years)   6. Samuel Jennings MURPHY,   b. 1 Feb 1810, Bedford County, VA d. 6 Apr 1897, Marengo, Iowa County, IA (Age 87 years)   7. George Haden MURPHY,   b. Feb 1814, Mercer County, KY d. 10 May 1896, Seymour, Jackson County, IN (Age ~ 82 years)   8. Mary S. MURPHY,   b. 20 Jul 1818, Salem, Washington County, IN d. 5 May 1874, Jackson County, IN (Age 55 years)   9. --- MURPHY   10. --- MURPHY   11. --- MURPHY   12. --- MURPHY
  Family ID	F4031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024