MURPHEY, Charles

1799 - 1861  (61 years)

• Name	MURPHEY, Charles
  Birth	8 May 1799	Hurricane Creek, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	1851–1853	Washington, District of Columbia, United States   [1]
  	Member of the U.S. Congress
  	US Congressman. He was elected to represent Georgia's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853. He was a member of the Unionist Party.
  Residence	26 Jul 1860	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [2]
  	Attorney at law
  Death	16 Jan 1861	DeKalb County, Georgia, United States   [1]
  Burial	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Address: Decatur Cemetery
  Person ID	I8332	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	MURPHEY, Roger Jr.,   b. 1768, Orange County, North Carolina, United States d. 7 Sep 1854, Cass County, Georgia, United States (Age 86 years)
  Mother	WILSON, Nancy,   b. 1771, Pennsylvania d. 23 Oct 1854, Cass County, Georgia, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Bef Apr 1790
  	Based on 1790 Census
  Residence	Apr 1790	Laurens County, South Carolina, United States   [4]
  	Shows one male 16 and upward and one female. Roger would have been 22 and Nancy, 19.
  Residence	16 Oct 1850	Division 12, Cass County, Georgia, United States   [5]
  	Farmer
  	Cass County, Georgia was renamed in 1861 to Bartow County.
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	WORD, Eliza
  Marriage	Bef 1835
  Children	1. MURPHEY, Laura Jane,   b. 6 May 1835, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 9 Aug 1836, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 1 year)   2. MURPHEY, Eliza Caroline,   b. 22 Oct 1839, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 4 Jan 1917, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

  Family 2	ANDERSON, Catherine,   b. 15 Oct 1816   d. 18 Nov 1852 (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1847  [1]
  Residence	1850	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [1, 6]
  	Lawyer
  Children	1. MURPHEY, Virgil Word,   b. 12 Apr 1848, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 19 May 1848, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 0 years)   2. MURPHEY, Infant Son,   b. 4 Jul 1849, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 4 Jul 1849, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 0 years)   3. MURPHEY, Infant Daughter,   b. 13 Dec 1851, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 16 Dec 1851, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 0 years)   4. MURPHEY, Charles A,   b. 6 Mar 1852, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 16 Sep 1852, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F2400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Murphey (May 9, 1799 – January 16, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia. He was born in Anderson, South Carolina. He attended the country schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He began his practice in Decatur, Georgia. We would serve as clerk of the superior court of De Kalb County, Georgia, from 1825 to 1827, as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1839 through 1841, and as a member of the Georgia Senate in 1842, 1845, 1849–1850, and 1855–56. He was elected as a Unionist to the 32nd Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). Upon leaving the Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He would also serve as a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore. He died in Decatur, Georgia, on January 16, 1861. He was interred in Decatur City Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S418] Descendants of Roger Murphy. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Panthersville District, DeKalb County, Georgia Page 121 Dwelling 883. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 7114819. [S303] 1790 Federal Census, Laurens County, South Carolina Ancestry.com page 4 of 13. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Divn. 12, Cass County, Georgia. [S102] Cer, Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia; Roll: M432_67; Page: 198A; Image: 508.