Will some some of the rest of you get into this discussion? I do have a bare touch of Murphy information but nothing that is helpful to this problem. I should mention here that I do not live in Lincoln county, indeed I do not even live in NC. I have lived in NC only briefly. None of my ancestors come from there or ever lived there. My collection of information about the area derives from my research on my husbands family, who all were from NC and who spent their entire lives there. Many of the families in and around the Lincoln, Catawba, Rowan, Iredell area are intertwined so I have covered or touched on a lot of them. Almost anyone who does research in this Piedmont area of NC has had the same experience. Indeed, anyone who has researched families anywhere and found them imbedded for generations has the same experience. Agnes C. On 2/22/05 1:04 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:20:48 EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NCLINCOLN] Lincoln Co Records - Agnes > > Agnes, John Murphy was born in North Carolina in 1766. I'm not sure of > course, but I'd say it was near or in Tyrone or Lincoln Co. He married > Hannah McNamare in Lincoln Co. 10/6/1786. > > I am also not certain of this - just a genealogical hunch, but I do feel > John's family was one of Owen Murphy's sons - either James or William. Owen > Murphy's Will is dated December 1775, and his wife Abigail signed executor > with her son James in January 1776. I am wondering if Abigail returned to her > old country after Owen's death. Just a thought. In Owen's Will, he mentions > grandson John. > > My John Murphy Sr. was a Methodist Minister, and his son John Jr. from his > first marriage to Hannah, was a Baptist Minister. > > My John Murphy Sr. and Hannah McNamare Murphy moved into Kentucky, then at > some point were in Indiana, then back to Eastern Kentucky. After Hannah's > death, John married Lucy Hughes, a much younger woman. I descend from John's > marriage to Lucy Hughes. Lucy was born in McMinn Co., TN. > > I plan to come to Lincoln County sometime this summer, the good Lord willing. > > Crystal Murphy > Kentucky >

Agnes wrote: >Will some some of the rest of you get into this discussion? I do have a bare touch of Murphy information but nothing that is helpful to this problem. > I'll chime in, although I am not a Murphy researcher at all. >>Crystal Murphy <[email protected]> wrote to <[email protected]> >>Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:20:48 EST >> >>John Murphy was born in North Carolina in 1766. I'm not sure of course, but I'd say it was near or in Tyrone or Lincoln Co. He married Hannah McNamare in Lincoln Co. 10/6/1786. >> If John Murphy was born 1766 then he was not born in either Tryon or Lincoln County, but could, of course, have been born in the area which later became Tryon or Lincoln County. Tryon Courty was formed from part of Mecklenburg County in 1768. Lincoln County was created from part of Tryon in 1779. >>I am also not certain of this - just a genealogical hunch, but I do feel John's family was one of Owen Murphy's sons - either James or William. Owen Murphy's Will is dated December 1775, and his wife Abigail signed executor with her son James in January 1776. I am wondering if Abigail returned to her old country after Owen's death. Just a thought. In Owen's Will, he mentions grandson John. >> Your hunch is probably right about John Murphy's descent. . Owen Murphy's 1775 Tryon County will names his wife Abigail, his son James, his eldest son William, and his grandson John. Owen's will names his wife and son as co-executors, but Abigail relinquished her share of the responsibility to her son James. Abstracts of William Murphy's will and of James Murphy's will were published by Grace Turner and Miles S. Philbeck, Jr., *Lincoln County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts 1779-1910* (Philbeck and Turner: 1986), 880, 881. William Murphey's undated will names his wife Elisabeth, and his son John. The will entered probate October 1779. James Murphey's September 1785 will names his wife Elizabeth, mother Abigale, sons William and Moses. James Murphy's will entered probate October 1785. It would not be logical for Abigail Murphy to leave her children and return to "her old country." She had lifetime rights to all of Owen Murphy's personal property and the house. According to James Murphey's 1785 will, mother Abigail is still around; probably living in her usual homestead. Unfortunately, none of the Murphy fellows (Owen, William, or James) have extant estates papers. A John Murphy has estates papers dated 1828 but no will. Good luck! Kathy Sullivan