The preeminent Franklin Co. NC(et al.) historian, Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. has graciously consented to letting me post excerpts from his wonderful books to my website. Though these are mostly Murphy(r)(ey) related, there are other associated names of interest. I'll be posting these over the next few weeks. Mark Murphy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/