That area in the northern part of present Cherokee County would have been York County then. The York County SCGenWeb pages have some good census resources listed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~scyork/Census/index.html and http://www.rootsweb.com/~scyork/ Also look at the Census Search page of the York SCGenWeb Archives project at http://www.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/scyork/scyork.pl I didn't find Martha Murphy there but the other names may ring a bell for you. -----Original Message----- From: JCBridges@erols.com [mailto:JCBridges@erols.com] Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 12:45 PM To: SCCHEROK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCCherok-L] Martha Murphy Posted on: Cherokee Co. SC Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/SC/Cherokee/78 Surname: Bridges, Murphy, Ross, McMurry ------------------------- I'm looking for info on my g-grandmother - MARTHA PAMEHILIA MURPHY, b 24 Oct 1854 (SC)? d 28 Feb 1937 Shelby, Cleveland Co., NC. She married THOMAS HENRY BRIDGES 30 Jun 1872. They lived in what is now the Kings Mountain NC area and are buried in the Bethelehem Baptist Church cemetery beside each other. I'm trying to find out who MARTHA's parents were and where she was from. ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog