<< What Murrell or Merrell families were in Graves County at that time? >> H Pat....just happened to have the 1840 census right in front of me, helping someone else. Sorry to say the index does not list the surnames Murrell nor Merrell. The closest I found was David MERRIT, age 30-40, living alone, as head of house. Since these records were copied from hand-written pages, I thought the name was worth mentioning. Regards, Diane103@aol.com