In a message dated 10/22/2002 8:02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Beverly White" <bwhite@freeway.net> writes: >Although I have researched this line for almost twenty years, I am new to this list.  I descend from Archibald Murphey by way of his son, John Greene, who migrated to Rutherford County TN in 1817. > >I am compiling a lengthy genealogy of this family and would love to hear from other descendants.  I would also love to hear from someone who can help me with the relationships of the SCOTTS that married into this family. > >Beverly White >bwhite@freeway.net Hello Beverly, I had sent you the following, which warrents at least one correction on my part: Hello Beverly, Except for my main line, I have not done much research on the Swifts during the later part of the nineteenth century.  But I do know that John Swift, son of my William Park Swift and his wife, Sarah Tate, did marry a Pheobe Mott and settled in Georgia.  Sarah Tate Swift made a deed of gift to each her children: "Deed of gift document of Sarah Swift to her children, 1 January 1832, clarifies the names of her children."  In the deed of gift to her son, she gave the state of residence for  him as Georgia.  I  strongly suspect that visits were made among the various family groups back and forth from Georgia.  Families would take their visiting relatives to church with them, and they would have plenty of opportunities to get acquainted, as visits would usually be no less than a month at a time. I recently acquired a copy of a transcription of the diaries of Alfred Fielder of Tennessee [compiled by Ann York Franklin] whose mother was Susannah Waddy Swift, and a sister to John, and when Alfred served in the Civil War, he was often close enough during some of his liberty periods, that he would visit his Swift relatives in Alamance County and Caswell.  My ancestress, Frances Tate Swift, was his mother's sister; she was married to John Windsor Tapscott, and Alfred wrote in his diaries about spending time with the family and attending church services at various churches in the neighborhood.  For him the religious instruction was important, but also provided many opportunities to visit with family and friends. I don't know how Samuel Murphy related to Alexander Murphey of Caswell, but he was married to Sarah Gwyn, daughter(THIS SHOULD BE GRANDDAUGHTER) of Sarah Rice and Hugh Gwyn.  Sarah was a cousin(THIS SHOULD BE GRANDNEICE) of Rebecca Rice Windsor, grandmother of John Windsor Tapscott.   This could have been a case of distant cousins marrying, in the case of Samuel Murphey and Helen Swift.  Do you have any information on Helen's parentage, and Samuel's? Best regards, John Fox Winston Salem, NC