Elijah Murphree (? – 1821) He appears in the 1820 census of Feliciana Parish, Louisiana as head of a household of two males 16-26 and one male 26-45.An 1821 power of attorney (see below) names sons Elijah (deceased) and Uriah, and sons-in-law John Stephens and Jeremiah Field. Neither of the two known sons appears in the 1810 census as head of household, though one of them must have been elsewhere. Of the eight apparent children, I can identify only four. The censuses make it clear that all of his children were born before the 1790 census. In 1810, only one son aged 26-45 remained at home, though there is no sign in Pendleton of the other sons. The 1800 census shows three males in the household (10-16, 16-26, and 26-46), suggesting two of the 1790 household’s males were elsewhere or dead, and three daughters, suggesting that one had married or died. The Secona Baptist church records show James and Ruth as members through 1817 when James Murphree’s recantation was rejected and Ruth Murphree was censured for leaving her husband. 7 Interestingly, she applied for the pension based on the service of her first husband rather than of her second. His widow, Rutha (Rutha Davis the widow of John Hudgins), applied for a Revolutionary pension based on her first husband’s service, stating she and James “Murphy” had married in December 1803 and that James died in 1831. 6 His first wife was apparently still alive for the 1800 census, but must have died shortly thereafter. 5 His first recorded purchase of land there is 250 acres deeded to him by William Murphree in 1795. In the 1790 census (taken in 1791) he was enumerated with most of the family in the first census of Pendleton District, South Carolina. It’s not clear where James lived after selling his land, but he witnessed a deed in Chatham County in 1784. 3 Milly’s maiden name is unknown, but they must have married some years earlier in order to have sons over 16 by 1790. On 1 October 1779, James Murphree and his wife “Mille” sold that same parcel to Arthur Jones. By 1769 he was maintaining his own household, as his father’s will left him “the plantation where on he now lives” which was the 180 acres his father had purchased in 1765 from James Kirksey. James and four of his brothers are listed in a 1772 militia list in Chatham County. 2 He was apparently still under 21 on 1 January 1762, for he was surely one of the tithables to his father that year. 1 He must have been born not long after 1741, however, because he witnessed the deed by William Blye to Daniel Murphree on 25 August 1762. He was not tithable in 1757, thus was born in 1741 or later. James Murphree (c1741 – 1831) Either he or William was probably the eldest son.
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