Murphy Cemetery
Contributed by Jean Wells
Directions
Take Highway 62W from Greenville to Highway 189, turn left. Go about 4 miles to the Greens Chapel Road and turn right. Go about 6 miles. The cemetery is located on the old Justus Murphey farm, 1.3 miles past Greens Chapel Church, and ¼ mile East of the road.
Mr. Lawson Murphy, Jean Wells, John Wells, Kevin Wells, Beth Jones, Joetta Brown, Dwayne Brown, Joy Ragland and Brenda Webster visited this cemetery on November 24, 2005
Photos of tombstones by Joseph Dwayne Brown and Jean Wells November 24, 2005
1978 photo by Joetta Brown
Transcription
- Nannie Pace Lile
1867 - 1893
Nannie Roma Pace was the daughter of William Ledfeter Pace and July Ann Sherrod Murphey. Nannie married 16 October 1884 to Thomas Jefferson Lile. - Thomas C. Murphey
July 6, 1861 - April 19, 1883
Thomas Columbus Murphey was the son of Thomas Murphey and July Ann Sherrod. - Julia A. Pace
November 20, 1863 - January 18, 1864
“Departed this life”
Age 1 month, 23 days
Julia was the daughter of William Ledfeter Pace and July Ann Sherrod Murphey. - July A. Pace
Wife of W.L. PACE
June 2, 1831 - April 2, 1880
July Ann was the daughter of James Jolly Sherrod and Mary Thornsberry. July Ann married (1) Thomas Murphy 21 March 1850; (2) William Ledfeter Pace 7 February 1863. William Pace is buried at Judges Chapel Cemetery in Christian Co., Kentucky. - Thomas Murphey
February 22, 1825 - April 9, 1862
“Departed this life”
Thomas was the son of Jesse Murphey and Poly Cross Randolph. He married (1) Mary Ann Cooper 6 June 1845; (2) July Ann Sherrod 21 March 1850. - Laurah Murphey
March 22, 1851 - March 25, 1851
“Departed this life”
Age 3 days
Laurah was the daughter of Thomas Murphey and July Ann Sherrod. - Frances Spurlin
November 17, 1829 - January 7, 1906
Frances was the daughter of Jesse Murphey and Poly Cross Randolph. She married 4 March 1847 to John Lindsay Spurlin. - John Lindsay Spurlin
September 28, 1822 - July 7, 1866
John Lindsey Spurlin was the son of John Spurlin and Rebecca Utley. He was the husband of Frances Murphey. He drowned in Murphey Lake trying to save a friend. - Jesse Murphey
1781 - 1846
Fannie Murphey
Died 1822
Jesse Murphey was the son of Thomas Murphey, who died in Pitt Co., North Carolina. Jesse was married three times: (1) Fannie; (2) Polly Cross Randolph 4 March 1824; (3) Susannah Davis 21 September 1837. Susannah D. Murphey married John Arnold 7 August 1855 at Rockport, Indiana.
Jesse Murphey settled this land in 1805 and was one of the well-known early settlers of the neighborhood. The land is still owned by his descendants. - Poly Cross Murphey
Died 1836
Poly was the daughter of William and Rebecca Cross. She married (1) Robert Mason Randolph Sr. 10 November 1809; (2) Jesse Murphey 4 March 1824. - W.O. Randolph
Co. K 11th Ky. Inf.
William Oates Randolph, born about 1834 in Muhlenberg County and died about 1866, was the son of Ashford Dowden Randolph and Geraldine Mancrief Oates and the grandson of Poly Cross Randolph. - T.F. Spurlin
Detail of T.F. Spurlin Tombstone Inscription
March 11, 1848 - November 16, 1890
Theodore F. Spurlin was the son of John Lindsey Spurlin and Frances Murphy. - Murphey Slave
Tombstone for a slave owned by Jesse Murphey
From Otta A. Rothert's A History of Muhlenberg County Page 118:
“The slave referred to was “one Negro woman-Leah” bought on December 5, 1814 for $350.00 by Jesse Murphey who paid about half in cash and the balance in pork and lard.” It is uncertain whether this is the same slave. - Claudie F. Murphey
January 31, 1896 - September 17, 1896
Claudie was the daughter of Samuel W. Murphey and Jackie L. Corley. - Lena L. Laswell
Died June 30, 1887
Age 2 years
Daughter of D. & P. Laswell
Lena was the daughter of Douglas Laswell and Prinsetta (Prince) Spurlin.
