Orange County Indexed
The Murphy surname
The Murphy name in Orange County Indexed: 44 historical records, 13 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1904
most named in the 1810s
- Deeds 1764–1841
- Wills 1767–1849
- Marriages 1781–1904
- Court minutes 1803–1818
- In the chronology
- 1879 to 1990 13 people in 34 entries, most in the 1880s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 1 person, born 1839
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw River (1), Hillsborough (1), S Hico Creek (1), Sandy Creek (1), Country Line Creek (1), Reedy Fork of Hico Creek (1)
- Married into
- Corbett 1, Gates 1, Glenn 1, Gunn 1, McIntire 1, Moore 1, Whitmore 1, Smith 1, Terrell 1, Tate 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Holt 3, Moore 2, Parks 2, Hall 2, Scott 2
- People with a page here
- Joseph W. Murphy, Robert Thomas Murphy
- Spellings to try
- Murphey, Murphie, Murfey
- Search beyond these records
- Murphy in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Murphy there)
- Murphy in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 13 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Murphy, Bill 1 entry, 1990
- Murphy, Charles 1 entry, 1939
- Murphy, Francis 1 entry, 1958
- Murphy, George 1 entry, 1942
- Murphy, George H. 1 entry, 1924
- Murphy, J. D. 1 entry, 1879
- Murphy, Joseph W. 15 entries, 1880–1900
- Murphy, Mark 1 entry, 1981
- Murphy, R. J. 3 entries, 1957–1963
- Murphy, Robert Hulin, Sr. 1 entry, 1950
- Murphy, Robert J. 3 entries, 1954–1961
- Murphy, Samuel W. 1 entry, 1900
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Murphy, Walter 5 entries, 1925–1935
Show the 5 entries
- February 1925: The state House defeats the Poole antievolution resolution
- By February 16, 1930: Frank Graham circulates his Industrial Bill of Rights
- 1931–1936: Consolidating the University, 1931–1936
- October 12, 1932: University Day exercises honor Presidents Winston and Alderman and dedicate memorial tablets
- June 11, 1935: UNC trustees vote to move the engineering school from Chapel Hill to State College
In books and archives 2 headings
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Murphy family family, 1 work
- Murphy, Robert Thomas, 1839-1866. 1 work
In the historical records 44 records
5 deeds, 10 marriages, 21 court minutes and 8 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Murphy marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1774WillsWill of Thomas Dobbins
1780s
- 1781MarriagesMarriage bond: Solomon Murphy and Betsey Gunn
- 1789MarriagesMarriage bond: Thoms C Murphy and Hannah McIntire
1790s
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse Whitmore and Sarah Murphy
1800s
1810s
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Walter Galbraith, Robert Dixon & Mary his Wife & others to Archibald Murphy, proved by Jeremiah Holt.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Arch’d D Murphy as road overseer.
- 1812DeedsArchibald Campbell to Archibald D Murphy, 20 April 1812
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Archibald D Murphy to James Lewis, acknowledged in court.
- 1812Court minutesThe court appointed Thomas Scott as road overseer.
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Arch'd D Murphy to James S Smith, acknowledged in court.
- 1813Court minutesA D Murphy qualified as executor for Levi Pennington’s estate.
- 1813Court minutesArch’d D Murphy and James Patterson secured a stay of execution in Wm Williams’s action.
- 1814Court minutesDeed of Release, Arch'd D Murphy to Benjamin & William Rainey, proved by Michael Holt.
- 1818Court minutesJas Phillips and the other named applicants received licenses to retail spirits.
1820s
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: Isaac Glenn and Elizabeth Murphy
- 1827WillsWill of Rachel Armstrong
1830s
- 1833WillsWill of Richard Christmas
1840s
- 1841DeedsJohn Dunn & Rachel Dunn & Samuel Dunn to Jonathan Murphy, 2 February 1841
- 1841WillsWill of Samuel Scott
- 1843WillsWill of Peter F. Perry
- 1845WillsWill of John (x) Coble
- 1849WillsWill of Martin Murphy
1870s
- 1876MarriagesMarriage license: Jacob Murphy and Hanner Corbett
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: Henry J Moore and Mary J F Murphy
1890s
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: James G Tate and Sue E Murphy
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: James M Terrell and Mattie S Murphy
1900s
- 1904MarriagesMarriage license: Stephen F Gates and Fanny Murphy
Undated
- Court minutesTimothy Murphy replaced John Moore as road overseer.
- Court minutesJohn Bell replaced Timothy Murphy as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Martin Murphy to Wm. Parks to learn shoemaking.
- Court minutesDeed, Peter Hamlin to Gabriel Murphy, proved by William Murphey.
- Court minutesArch’d Murphy won principal, damages and costs against Rich’d Freeman and others after payment was rejected.
- Court minutesSarah Moore’s choice of Duncan Cameron as guardian was accepted, and he furnished bond.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of David R Robinson granted to Isaac Holt and Nathaniel Kerr; sureties Arch’d D Murphy and James Webb.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Sam’l O’Daniel damages and costs against Richard Stanford. An appeal was granted.
- Court minutesWilliam Anderson became guardian of John Anderson.
- Court minutesJohn Taylor renewed the statutory bonds for his duties as clerk, with four named securities approved by the court.
