DARLINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - BIBLE RECORDS - PARROTT Family ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives by: Francis R Hodges (fhodges@flsouthern.edu) 1 Apr 1998 ---------------------------------------- Parrott Family Bible Records Note: Simon B. Parrott was one of five sons (probably the youngest) of John Parrott (ca. 1730-1791) and Elizabeth Oxley (ca. 1740-1820/30), who moved from Bertie County, NC, to that part of Dobbs County, NC, included in present-day Lenoir. He may have been named for a neighbor of the family, Capt. Simon Bright (ca. 1734-1776), a prominent colonial official and early patriot of the American Revolution, who died about the time Simon Parrott was born. Around 1803, Simon married Bramley Murphrey, daughter of Jethro Murphrey and Penelope Ward (see below - Murphrey family Bible records.) In the 1830's, the couple moved from Lenoir County to the Swift Creek region of the Darlington District of South Carolina. Simon died there in 1860, in his eighty-fourth year, leaving an estate of nearly 3,000 acres of land and more than 100 slaves; his widow, Bramley, died the following year, age seventy-six. The following information is from a Bible formerly in the possession of a Mrs. Lee, who lived near Early Crossroads, Darlington Co., SC. Additional information comes from the will (1854) and codicil (1859) of Simon Parrott Simon Parrott - born Nov. 5, 1776 - died Sept., 1860 Bramley Murphrey - born 6 September 1785 - d. Oct., 1861 Children of Simon and Bramley Murphrey Parrott John M. Parrott - born June 14, 1804 - died Dec. 14, 1839 - married Rebecca A. Isler Elizabeth M. Parrott - born Jan. 21, 1806 - married John McNeese Mary (Polly) Parrott - born Oct. 10, 1808 - died April 10, 1842 - married James Arendell Hodges Oliver Parrott - born July 14, 1811 - married Sarah Kennedy Simon Parrott - born Oct. 3, 1813 (died an infant?) Penelope Parrott - born Nov. 10, 1814 - married (1) Blaney McNeese, (2) James Howle - died 1914 (age 96 years) Louisa Parrott - born June 15, 1815 - never married Julia Ann Parrott - born June 26, 1820 - died Nov. 20, 1820 Jesse Willis Parrott - born Feb. 6, 1822; died March 10, 1912 - married (1) Barbara Flinn (md. Nov. 26, 1846), and (2) Mary Haliburton Murphrey Family Bible Records Note: Jethro Murphrey, R. S., was the youngest son of Captain John Murphrey (d. 1776) and Elizabeth (Harrison?) Murphrey (d. 1788) who moved to Dobbs County, NC, from south-eastern Virginia in the 1730's or 1740's. (Records from old family Bible formerly in the possession of Miss Ella May Early, Darlington, SC, deceased, 1977) Jethro Murphrey was born March, 1755 Penelope I. Ward was born Jan. 26, 1766 Jesse Murphrey, son of Jethro and Sarah (his first wife) was born May 27, 1777. Children of Jethro and Penelope Ward Murphrey Elizabeth - born March 23, 1783 Bramley - born Sept 6,1785 Nancy - born May 2, 1787 Polly - born August 18, 1789 Penelope - born May 22, 1791 Willis - born April 6, 1796 Bennett W. - born April 11, 1798 Louisa - born Sept. 7, 1804 Avry Murphrey wife of Willis was born Dec. 14, 1799 Avry Murphrey their daughter was born Aug. 22, 1819 Willis and Avry were married Oct. 22, 1818 **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************