Murphy and related family excerpts from "Will Book A Franklin 
County, North Carolina 1785-1797 Wills Estates Records, Guardian 
Accounts" Abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1988 South 
Boston Virginia. [with permission from Dr. Bradley]

The first number in ( ) is the page number of the Will Book and the 
second number is the page number of the Abstract Book.

(1) 1 Inventory of estate of Amos SMART, decd. Included were 100
 acres.
Persons mentioned: Arthur MURPHY, James CARLILL. Peter SMART, 
admr. December 21, 1785.

(175) 38  Sale of estate of Edward CARLILE dec'd. December, 1794.  
Buyers were Elisah LANKFORD, Jas CARLILE, John ROSS, David 
MOORE, John HALL, Robert COGGIN, Atheston ANDREWS, Rob't 
ADAMS, Richd. RANSOM, Jas. STALLINGS, Jas. LEONARD, Wright 
STALLINGS, Green ANDREWS, Matthew SIMMONS, Thos. GRIGGS,
John JOHNSTON, Jordan JONES, Churll. ANDERSON, Jas. COLLINS, 
David MABRY, Thos. CROCKER, Benjamin WESTRAY, Peterson 
PERSON, John CARR, Selah GILLIAM, Eley ELEY, John LEONARD, 
Lewis MOORE, Exum WESTRAY, William MORRIS, Simon WESTRAY,
 Robt. COOPER, Ephraim GILLIAM, Jas. JONES, Arthur MURPHY, John 
JOHNSON, Jas. DAVIS, Sally GRAVES, Jno. CARR, William BRIDGES, 
Elisha CAREY, Eley ELEY, Jr., Robert CARR, Josiah ELEY, Jas. BYRD, 
Wm GANT, Jas. BRANTLEY. Eley ELEY and Lewis MOORE execrs.

(179) 38, Sale of estate of Elizabethy JONNAKIN decd. Buyers were 
Benjamin COOK, William MORRIS, James VINSON, Drewry GILLOM, 
John WATKINS, Henry COLLINS, James UPCHURCH, David SAWYERS, 
Nat GILLOM, Parker MURPHY, Titus EDWARDS, Henry JAMES. 
Joseph JONES execr. Undated.

(185)  39  "A List of the Inventorys of the Legatees of Christopher
STROTHER," Apparent legatees were John STROTHER; Garret GOODLOE
(who also received negro boy Bob, age 5-6); James MURPHREY; Bolling 
FELTS(who also received negro woman Chaney about 18 years, 1 girl 
Junor age about 2); Henry PARISH; Thomas FLOOD(who also received 
negro girl Esther age about 10 years); James STROTHER(who also received 
negro woman Sarah age about 36 years); Judd STROTHER; Eleanor 
STROTHER(who is listed as having received nothing in the inventory).  
October 2, 1795.  This divided inventory is said to have been given during 
Christopher STROTHER's lifetime. Commissioners were Simon WILLIAMS, 
Wm. CHRISTMAS, Thos. SHERROD, Thos. ARRENDAL, Jere. PERRY.

(192)  41 Dower of Rebecca MURFREE. Widow of James MURFREE. 115 acres,
bounds described mentioning William LEONARD's line. August 21, 1800. 
 Jurors were Robert L.WHITAKER, Jordan THOMAS, John WATKINS, 
Aron BLEDSOE, William BARNES, James COLLINS, Baxter RAGSDALE, 
Laurence ELEY, Jno. HUCKABY, Richd. HILL, Wm. COLLINS, Drury GILLIAM.

(211) 45 Guardian account or orphans of Lewis HILL dec'd. by Richd. HILL 
guardian. Covers 1797, 1798. Persons mentioned: Green HILL, John HALL, 
Richard HILL, Gilliam WATKINS, Thomas BASS, Athelston ANDREWS, 
Henry HILL, Robert COOPER, John JOHNSTON, James HUNT, Oran BASS,
 Lewis WEBB, Solomon HARRIS, John FOSTER, Micajah WELLS, Parker 
MURFREE, Frederick LEONARD, Sr., William KIRBY, Gray ANDREWS,
 Stephen GUPTON, William BRIDGES, David SEARS, Frederick DAVIS, 
Thomas STOKES, John WELLS, James DAVIS, Henry COLLINS, William 
GILLIAM, William MORRISS, Henry COLLINS, John WATKINS, Theophilus 
BASS, Marcus GILLIAM, Averit HIDE, William Clanton HILL. Examined
 March 15, 1798 by James GRAY, Thomas BRICKELL.

(213)  46  Account of estate of Christopher STROTHER dec'd., by James
STROTHER admr. Persons mentioned:  Thomas HASWELL, Benjamin 
WILLIAMS, Abraham MOSSES, John MITCHELL, Jacob HARTSFIELD, 
Benja. PERRY, Benja. ROBERTSON, Garrot GOODLOE, William BRINKLEY, 
Amistake RICHFILD, Judd STROTHER, James GREEN, Robert ADAMS, 
William FERRELL. Identified as legatees were James MURFREE, John 
STROTHER, Henry PARISH, Bolling FELTS, Judd STROTHER, Thomas 
FLOYD, Nelly STROTHER,  A negro man Tom mentioned in the record 
of the estate. Examined March 16, 1798, by John HUNT, James GRAY.