Murfreesboro NC: Genealogical Notes at LVA

Note: The National Genealogical Society's "Conference In the States" is being held in Richmond Virginia this week (May 16-19, 2007) !

In honor of that event, I thought I'd include some Murfreesboro NC genealogical material found at The Library of Virginia:

• Mary Priscilla Hill - Place of residence at the time of her death: Murfreesboro NC
  (Richmond Enquirer, May 24, 1831)
• Lizzie Trader Carter (of Murfreesboro NC) married William J. Echols (of Senatobia MS) in Memphis TN
  (Petersburg VA Daily Progress, October 19, 1871)
• W.W. Edwards (of Murfreesboro NC) married Martha A. White (of Elizabeth City NC)
  (Petersburg VA Daily Democrat, August 25, 1856)
• Professor William M. Jones (of Murfreesboro NC) married Pattie J. Lee (of Nansemond County)
  (Petersburg VA Index, December 28, 1868)
• Married- In Murfreesboro, N.C. on Apr. 2, by Rev. Henry Hines, Capt. Edward Murphy, to Miss Martha Cook of Northampton County, N.C.
  (American Beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser , April 9, 1836)
• Smith, Dora. Race: Black. Gender: Female. Date of death: July 12, 1888. Age at death:
  9 month(s). Place of birth: Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Source of information: Southampton County Death Records, 1888.
• Died- Near Murfreesboro, N.C. on October 2, Mrs. Mary Long, wife of Henry W. Long.
  (Visitor and Telegraph, October 31, 1829. )
• Married- In Murfreesboro, N.C. on Oct. 14, by Rev. James Dey, F. M. Capehart, to Miss Martha Cowper, both of that place.
  (Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald, October 25, 1830. )
• Died- In Washington on Oct. 15, at the residence of the Secretary of the Navy, Rev. Daniel Southall, of Murfreesboro’, N.C.
  (Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald, October 18, 1830. )
• Married- On Apr. 14, Dr. Samuel Jordan Wheeler, of Murfreesboro, N.C., to Miss Lucinda Pugh Bond, daughter of Lewis Bond, of Bertie County, N.C.
  (American Beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser, April 23, 1836. )
• Married- In Murfreesboro, N.C. on Thursday, May 12, by James Wells, Dr. Euclid Borland, to Miss Elizabeth R. Moore, only daughter of Captain Augustus Moore.
  (American Beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser, May 19, 1836. )
• Married- In Murfreesboro, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 6, by Rev. James Wells, Bowers H. Wade, to Miss Elizabeth Cowpen, all of that place.
  (Virginia Gazette, September 13, 1836. )
• Married- In Murfreesboro, N.C. on Thursday (June 28), by Rev. William Neil, Dr. Godwin C. Moore, to Miss Julia Monroe Wheeler, daughter of John Wheeler.
  (American Beacon and Virginia and North-Carolina Gazette, July 3, 1832.)
• Married- In Washington City, on Monday, March 29, John H. Wheeler, of Murfreesboro’, N.C. to Miss Mary Brown, only dau. of O. B. Brown.
  (Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald, April 23, 1830.)
• Married- In Murfreesboro, N.C. on December 10, by Rev. William Neil, Mr Joseph Exum, to Miss Esther Roberts.
  (Visitor and Telegraph, December 25, 1829.)
• Married- In Washington, D.C. on April 29, John H. Wheeler, of Murfreesboro, N.C. to Mary Brown, daughter of O. B. Brown.
  (Southern Religious Telegraph, May 1, 1830. )
• Barrett, Lewis A. Race: White. Gender: Male. Date of death: July 12, 1873. Place of death: Franklin Township. Cause of death: Cholera Infantum. Age at death: 1 year(s).
  Place of birth: Murfreesboro, North Carolina.
• Kelly, Thomas. Race: Black. Gender: Male. Date of death: November 25, 1882. Place of death: District #1. Age at death: 1 year(s). Place of birth: Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Source of information: Southampton County Death Records, 1882.