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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER WILLIAM MURPHY



BURIAL SITE:

Enon Cemetery, near Morrisville, Polk County, Missouri.

From Springfield, go 21 miles north on Highway 13 to the intersection of Highway U, which is about 7 miles north of Brighton and 4 miles south of Bolivar. Turn left (west) on U and go 2 miles. Then the road will curve south. Continue on U going south for 2 more miles until you reach Highway UU. Go (right) west on UU about a mile, and take the first dirt road left (south). Go south about a mile until you see the first dirt road going right (west). Turn here and go about another 1/2 mile, following the signs to Enon Missionary Baptist Church. The road will dead end at the church and Enon Cemetery.

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TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION AT ENON CEMETERY:
WM. MURPHY
WADE’S N.C. MIL
REV. WAR


BORN
MAR. 31, 1760
DIED
AUG. 15, 1850

*William Murphy has a Commemorative Plaque placed by the DAR at his grave in the Enon Cemetery southwest of Bolivar, Missouri. The ceremony was under the sponsorship of the Mary Wade Strother Chapter DAR of Salina, Kansas and the Meyongo Chapter DAR of Buffalo Missouri.

DAR Marker:
[DAR insignia at top]
REVOLUTIONARY
SOLDIER
WILLIAM MURPHY
1760-1850
PLACED BY
MARY WADE STROTHER
MEYONGO CHAPTERS DAR

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William Murphy was born March 31, 1760 at Anson, North Carolina, the son of Daniel Murphy, an Irishman. William grew to manhood near the town of Waidsborough (now Wadesboro) in Anson County, North Carolina. He enlisted in the Continental Army during the War for independence. His Revolutionary War application states that his commander was Col. Wade of the North Carolina Militia. He served on four different occasions before being discharged on July 1782.

William Murphy stated he was drafted for 3 months in 1781 and again in 1782. Following this in 1782 he volunteered for 3 months. He served in the North Carolina Militia under Regiment Commander Col. Waid, and his Company Commander was Capt. Fair. In 1793 in Tennessee, Wm. Murphy volunteered and served under Col. Sevier during a Cherokee Indiana uprising.

When asked about his age when he applied for a Pension in the Rev War William Murphy stated: "I was born in Anson Co., North Carolina the 31 March 1760, and I have a record of my age in my possession. When I was called into the Service of my country, I lived in Anson Co., North Carolina and on the 15 Oct 1782 removed to Greene Co., Tennessee, where I remained one year, then I removed to Jefferson Co. Tennessee where I now live."

William received a Pension for his service in the Revolutionary War. He can be found on the Tennessee Pension Roll of 1835. His pension was later transferred from Tennessee to Missouri.

Around 1782 he married Nancy Hornbeak (Hornback) at Anson, North Carolina. She was the daughter of John and Jane Hornbeak.

On October 15, 1782, William Murphy moved to East Tennessee with his wife’s parents, the Hornbeak family, and settled 25 miles east of Knoxville, when it was still a territory. There in 1793 he fought to protect the community from an Indian uprising.

William’s wife, Nancy, passed away in 1833. By 1841 William Murphy was living in Missouri with his guardian Samuel Box (his son-in-law) and drawing his Revolutionary War pension. William lived for several more years and passed away on August 16, 1850 in Polk County, Missouri at 90 years of age. He is buried in the Enon Cemetery southwest of Bolivar, Missouri and near Morrisville, Missouri. The Mary Wade Strother Chapter DAR of Salina, Kansas and the Meyongo Chapter DAR of Buffalo, Missouri, marked his grave with a DAR marker sometime around 1992.


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Last updated May 15, 2005.


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