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Note: (I.) Uriah Murphy/Morphew (~ 1780 to >1840) married 1st to Anna Fairchild in 1806, Nancy is another name for Anna. Census and Other Records for Uriah Morphew: 1804 Wilkes County, N.C. witness for Moses Hull versus Landrine Eggers Trial 1810 Wilkes County, North Carolina with wife and two daughters 1811 White County, Tennessee tax list as Uriah Murphy ? Is this our Morphew??? 1812-1814 War: Private Uriah Murphey enlisted in Major John Chiles' Battalion, Mounted Gunmen, East Tennessee. John Chiles was from Knox County and was probably where his troops were recruited. Also there was a Private Uriah C. Murphey in Colonel Thomas H. Benton's 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, who may or may not be the same Uriah. 1814, April 3: Noted delinquent on Knox County taxes; "tax release" in 1815. 1830 Possibly Uriah is in the Roane County household of Elizabeth Murphy, the same county where his brothers Obediah Morphew and Silas Morphew lived. Earlier U.S. Census records from 1790 to 1820 for Eastern Tennessee were destroyed in a fire(s 1840 Roane County, Tennessee census record. Uriah Murphy, a wife, and one son, who could possibly be Hiram Morphew. Other children have left the nest. Oddly enough, yearly tax records do not pick him up, but taxes for these years are strange: i.e. tax imposed for use of State such as gold watches, jewelry, plates, paintings, slaves. 1850 Roane County, Tennessee census record: Nancy Murphy (1782/83) is living with the family of Hiram Murphy (Morphew). This is the only evidence we have that Uriah married a second time, unless this is another name for his first wife. Too little is known about Uriah and family records are needed to clarify the information. Children of Uriah Morphew + Anna Fairchild (probably) are badly understood, and may include: William Murphey Daughter Murphy Charlotte Murphey Sarah J. Murphy Hiram Murphy
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