Barren-Mercer County KyArchives Biographies.....Murrell, Peter 1823 - 
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Source: The Jubilee History and Biographical Sketches of the [Black] Liberty Association, G. R. Ford. Printed and Published by Times Publishing Company of Smith's Grove, Ky., 1916. Also taken from Barren's Black Roots, Vol. 3, Michelle B. Gorin, (C) May 1993. Used by permission.
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REV. PETER MURRELL, of Glasgow, Barren county, Ky., was born in A. D. 1823. 
he professed a hope in Christ in the time of slavery under the white 
people's revival, conducted by Rev. N. G. Terry. He remained in that church 
some years, and on the fourth Saturday in May, 1843, a
committee was chosen to investigate about "branching off" the negroes. In 
June of the same year the committee reported that it did not consider it 
adviseable. This question was brought up and discussed a number of times, 
but nothing definite was done until April 1867, when Peter Murrell, of 
color, as ordained for the ministry, N. G. Terry delivered the charge, then 
the "branch off" took place and "uncle" Rev. P. Murrell's church was 
organized and began with 69 members. Rev. Murrell was the greater cause of 
the Liberty Association being organized and was
Moderator of it until his death, with the exception of one year. For his 
intellectual ability concerning the Bible, his equal was hard to find 
anywhere in any race, therefore, he may be called the Bible key. The greater 
number of churches in the Liberty Association were partly organized by him, 
therefore he may be called the father of the
Association. He was married twice, and was the father of at least five 
children to my knowledge, namely, Bell, John, James, Sammy and Josephine. 
Sammy is now the secretary of the Sunday School Convention. He was pastor of 
three churches at his death, Glasgow, Bearwallow and Cave City.


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