[notes on Murphys in "History of North Carolina", by Wheeler]

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Chapter XXXIX
Hertford County
...formed as early as 1759 from Chowan, Bertie & Northampton Cos....

...Her delegates to the Convention at Hillsboro', Aug. 21st, 1775 were
William Murfree, Lawrence Baker, Matthew Brickle, Day Ridly, and George
Wynns.
Her delegates to Halifax, April 4th, 1776 were Robert Sumner, Matthew
Brickle, and Lawrence Baker....
Her delegates to the Congress at Halifax, on Nov. 12th 1776, which 
formed our Constitution, were Lawrence Baker, William Murfree, Robert
Sumner, Day Ridly, and James Wright.

Hardy Mufree resided in this county, from whom Murfreesboro', in this
county, derives its name, and also a town of the same name in the
State of Tennessee.....
His Son, William Hardy Murfree, was born in this county; educated at
Chapel Hill, where he graduated in 1801, and studied law...
About 1825 he removed to Tennessee, and died in Nashville soon after,
where he left one son, William Law Murfree.