In a message dated 01/29/2000 5:20:44 PM Central Standard Time, philly@netusa1.net writes: You might write to the Owen Co GEn Soc & their Libr to see if one of their volunteers could find something Norma Ooley Herman > : Murphy of Indiana > > > I have a court case of 1858 Owen Co, IN. in which John and Hugh Murphy > were > >sentenced to prison for manslaughter. They began serving their sentences of > >10 yrs. in Dec 1858. I received copies of their admittance to prison and > >their release, but haven't been able to find out what the charge for > >manslaughter was about. Hugh names his brother Perry on his prison record > and John's record says he's marr with 1 child and also names John's father > as William Murphy. > Hugh Murphy b.1830 was the s/o Thomas Murphy, and John Murphy b. abt 1834-39 > was the s/o William Murphy. I think Thomas & William Murphy were > brother-in-laws although unproven. I assume the manslaughter crime that Hugh > and John Murphy were sent to prison for was the same crime-- but I've not > been able to find anything on what the actual crime was about. Both men were > sentenced from Owen Co, IN to 10yrs of prison. I have their prison records-- > but it only says sentenced for manslaughter. John's father William Murphy > lived in Putnam Co/1850 census-- and in Clay Co on the 1860 census-- 1870 > Morgan-- 1880 Owen Co, IN. > Thomas Murphy was listed on the 1840 & 1860 Putnam Co cen - 1870 Owen Co cen > where he died after 1880 census. Thomas had also lived in Morgan Co at one > time and some of the family lived in Monroe Co, IN at one time or another. > Thomas Murphy and his sons are missing on the 1850 census. The trial may > have only taken place in Owen Co-- and the actual crime committed somewhere > else; as you can see the Murphy families moved around alot. Owen Co has no > records on the trial only the fact that they were sent to prison from there. > I welcome any ideas. Thomas was my gr gr gr grdfather. Can anyone help > with this? > Thanks, K Hembree >