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Richard Ivey Murray1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

born about 1798, died 15 August 1875

Family: Agness Moore (born 7 March 1806, died 29 July 1853)

Facts and Notes

  • Birth: 1 May 17977
  • Birth: About 1798; Georgia, USABGO; Census records show different birthplaces for Ricard Murray. The places given by his children over several decades of census records include Georgia (at least 10 instances), Ireland (at least three instances), and Alabama (at least once). In the 1850 (59 years old) and 1870 (79 years old) census’s Richard Murray answered that he was born Georgia.3,1,7
  • Marriage: 2 January 1822; Agness Moore9
  • Residence: 1830; Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, USABGO2
  • Residence: 1840; Fayette County, Alabama, USABGO6
  • Residence: 1850; Beat 3 Division 16, Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama, USABG; Age: 521
  • Occupation: 1850; Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama, USABGO; Farmer1
  • Residence: 1866; Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, USABGO4
  • Residence: 1866; Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, USABGO5
  • Residence: 1870; San Saba, San Saba County, Texas, USABGO; Age: 723
  • Death: 15 August 18757
  • Burial: After 15 August 1875; Steens, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USABGO7

Citations

  1. [S475] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18343370&indiv=try, Year: 1850; Census Place: Beat 3 Division 16, Fayette, Alabama; Roll: M432_5; Page: 30B; Image: 254, Record for Richard J Murray (incorrectly entered as "Richard J Mary")
  2. [S371] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1830usfedcenancestry&h=1016132&indiv=try, 1830; Census Place: Fayette, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 3; Page: 197; Family History Library Film: 0002330, Record for Richard J Murray
  3. [S410] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=5318794&indiv=try, Year: 1870; Census Place: San Saba, San Saba, Texas; Roll: M593_1604; Page: 5A; Image: 245; Family History Library Film: 553103, Record for George B. Cooke
  4. [S569] Ancestry.com, Alabama State Census, 1820-1866, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=AlabamaCensus&h=645012&indiv=try, Record for R I Murry
  5. [S569] Ancestry.com, Alabama State Census, 1820-1866, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=AlabamaCensus&h=646924&indiv=try, Record for R T Murry
  6. [S427] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=1708962&indiv=try, Year: 1840; Census Place: Fayette, Alabama; Roll: 4; Page: 191; Image: 1061; Family History Library Film: 0002332, Record for R I Marry
  7. [S403] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=4434323&indiv=try, Record for Richard Ivey Murray
  8. Several census records have transcribed Richard Murray's middle initial as a "J." However, after much internal deliberation (and a few old handwriting courses), I believe most of the "J" transcriptions are erroneous transcriptions of the letter "I," and that Richard "J" Murray and Richard "I" Murray refer to the same person.
  9. [S711] FamilySearch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWF2-VH3, Familysearch; Ancestral File Number SXXJ-G8,, entry for Agnes Moore; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWF2-VH3; accessed 2 February 2016