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Unity
Ann Murphy A Family Story Prsented by: Betty Barrow Richard 1675 > Simon 1 1700 > Simon II 1732> Mark 1763> Simon P 1790> Unity 1816 |
| I have taken the time to transcribe one of the writings in the "Descendants of Richard Murphy who Came from Ireland to the United States in the 16th century" Which was brought to the Genealogical Society for microfilming by Eva Murphy Pugh, 824 So. West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(This is from the copy that Jeannie McGary made and sent to me.)
Unity Ann Murphy b. July-10-1816 Union Co., S.C. d. Sept-4-1857 Fayette Co., Ga. m. Nathan Eason April-1-1845 in Fayette Co., Ga. by Patrick Allen Justice of Inferior Court. Nathan Eason b. Feb. 8, 1820 in Ga. killed March 30 1878 in Campbell Co.,
Ga. She is the daughter of Simon P. Murphy and Rebekah Harris (Simon P.) He being the son of Mark Murphy who was the son of Simon Murphy
II, of SC who was the son of Simon Murphy I who was the son of Richard Murphy, the 1st from Ireland. Nathan Eason was killed by someone and when his son Simon got there he was alive long enough to say it was a man by the name of Cook. This was the last word he could utter. Simon his son asked him how he new, he could not speak but merely throwed up both hands. They understood him to mean that he saw them by the flash of the gun. Perliner asked why it was they treated him thus. He said that they suspicioned him as being a deputy martial to inform on whiskey making but he told her that he was not. There was two men arrested on suspicion but nothing could be proven to substantiate a verdict of guilty, so they were set at liberty. After the death of his 1st wife, he married a Miss Nancy A.Bishop Mar. 4th 1858 in Fayette Co., Ga. Robert Holiday officiating. He had seven children by her. But she died and left him a widow with all those little ones to take care of. And when he was killed, this family was left to the care of Perliner, who struggled through poverty and law suits and brought them up good virteous men and women and at the time of my visit to them, the youngest one was a nice looking young lady of 14 years of age and all the rest of them were very nice looking young ladys, good looking and were also intelligent and were more on a stout form of lady instead of slender & delicate as we usually see our city ladies. Simon Eason tells me this, it was not Mr. Cook who shot his father. He new who it was but could not prove it on him. Therefore he was compelled to withhold the name. Mrs. Simon Eason tells me that one of the slugs past through the panel of the door and come near hiting his daughter Perliner. Mr. Eason had 21 bullets and slugs holes in his bowels." |
| Children of Unity &
Nathan :
1. Rebecak F Eason b. 3
Feb 1846 |