It was not necessarily an indication of his place of origin, most communities regularly used currency from European countries since in 1775 there was no USA and each state or community used whatever monies they could get their hands on in their trade. Some even used Indian wampum, or such like. Owen Murphy apparently had on hand some shillings and shared them in his will. Agnes C. On 12/6/04 9:00 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:28:53 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCLINCOLN] Re: Calling ALL MURPHYs > > Owen Murphy, Will dated December 1775 - Lincoln Co., NC ......... he > mentions "one shilling of Old England" .........would that indicate his > origin?