Daviess County KyArchives Wills.....Murphy, Daniel October 1854
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Source: Daviess County Ky Will Book C Page 74
Written: October 1854

Daviess County KY Will Book C page 74
Probated November 1854
I Daniel Murphy make this my last will and testament.  First it is my will 
that my family live out the present year on the farm I now live on and within 
one year from this time it is my will that all my estate real and personal 
shall be sold and converted to money and the proceeds to be held and used by 
my beloved wife Hariet for the maintenance and education of herself and our 
infant children during her widowhood, but if she marries then funds to be 
placed in the hands of a guardian for the purposes above mentioned and at her 
death to be equally divided between my children.  It is my will that my Negro 
man James shall be free after the death of my wife and myself.  I appoint my 
wife Harriet and Daniel M. Griffith my Executors of this my last will and 
testament.


Additional Comments:
History of Daviess County states that a T. Burgess shot a D. Murphy, the 
latter having died four days later, in October of 1854.   Daniel's will was 
probated in court November 1854. A search of the 1850 census shows that Daniel 
Murphy was the only Murphy living in the area with the first initial being D.  
Daniel's will was said to have been hastily written, which could explain why 
he doesn't name any of his children.

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