PVT Solomon Murphree Sr.
BIRTH 1757
Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH 15 Sep 1854 (aged 96–97)
Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
BURIAL Eulaton United Methodist Church Cemetery
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
Son of Daniel Murphree and Sarah Dempsey; (some children also documented in Bible, see attached)
With unknown wife:
*Rebecca Elizabeth Murphree 1779-1843 [m. Rev. Asa Bynum]
*Daniel "Log Cabin" Murphree 1781-1851
With wife, ELIZABETH BETSEY GUNN, m. 29 - Oct - 1781 • Orange Co NC:
*Mary MURPHREE 1783–1857 [m. Easley], buried in this cemetery
Edith "Eady" MURPHREE 1786–1859 [m. Stephens]
*Rhoda "Rody" Murphree 1788-1874 [m. John Wesley Bynum]
*Marian Miriam MURPHREE 1789–1831 [m. W. Easley]
With wife, Sarah Ward?, father of:
Hannah MURPHREE 1791–1852 [m. J. Ellis]
Elizabeth MURPHREE 1793–1850, unmarried
Sarah MURPHREE 1796–1871 [m. Faust]
*Nancy (Ellis) MURPHREE 1798–1857 [m. B. Ellis], not in family bible but accepted in DAR records
Married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Channing PRATOR 1795 – 1838 in 1823; parents of:
*Solomon L MURPHREE Jr 1825 – 1893
Dicy Murphree 1826 – 1838
Anne Murphree 1828 – ? [m. Burden/Burton]
Emily Murphree 1830 – 1831, infant
*children documented in DAR records
VETERAN: Revolutionary War
"Solomon Murphree enlisted as a soldier in the Revolution in NC, August 5, 1779 for the duration of the war. Private Solomon Murphree served in the 10th Regiment, Blount's Company under Colonel Abraham Shepherd and received pay for his service in the Salisburg District. For his service in the Revolutionary War, Solomon Murphree was granted 150 acres between Washington's and Horner's line on Sinking Creek."
References: "Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama"
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8501884/solomon_murphree
