I'm sending this to you Maury TN folks also because there is some Leonard & Collins info here as well, who came to Maury from Franklin NC with Murpheys and others. I don't know any of the TX Murphys in 1850, mine were still in Maury Co. then, but I'm sure Beverly has helped someone with this. =============== Beverly White's "Murphys in the 1850 Texas Census Index" Murphys in "Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Franklin County, NC, 1779-1797" by Joseph Watson ================ Mark A. Murphy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/ "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."-Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.