NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11184: NELSON CO – SQUIRE MURPHY – Murphy, Young, Sousley, Cheser, Curry, Connell, Raymond, Shirley, Roby, Bean, Hagan #11184: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Ed. Nelson Co. SQUIRE MURPHY was born February 1, 1820. His father, Robert Murphy, also a native of Nelson County, died about 1875. He was the son of Gabriel Murphy, a native of Maryland, one of the first settlers on Cox’s Creek, and an Indian fighter, who, alternately with his neighbors, assisted in guarding and cutting their crops in time of Indian depredations. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died about 1841, aged over eighty years. His offspring were Gabriel, Abraham, Robert, Isaac, Elizabeth (Young), Polly (Sousley), Kitty (Cheser) and Sarah (Curry). Robert married Lucy Connell, who died in 1881, at the age of sixty-eight years, and from their union sprang Maria (Raymond) and our subject as above. . In February 1841, Squire Murphy was married to Miss Mary P., daughter of Joshua and Polly Shirley, of Nelson County (Born in 1818,k and died in 1847), and to them were born William Henry, Mary Eliza (Roby), and Sarah Margaret (Bean). Mr. Murphy was next married, in 1849, to Miss Juliet, daughter of Aquilla Hagan, of Nelson County (born in 1818), and from this union there has been no issue. Squire Murphy has severed twenty-two years as magistrate and member of the court of claims of Nelson County, and was also sheriff for six years; since the organization of the Agricultural Association, he has been either president, vice president or director. Mr. Murphy had an even start in life, but by industry, economy, and attention to business, has secured a comfortable competency. He is a farmer, trader and stock raiser, owning over 1,300 acres of land on Cox’s Creek, Nelson County, where he was born, much of which is in a high state of cultivation. He also owns a half interest in a distillery, with a capacity of 250 bushels of corn per day. He lost seven slaves by the late war. In politics Mr. Murphy is a Democrat. "Sound not heard is silence. History not recorded is lost."   Colonel Sandi Gorin