DANIEL JEFFERSON MURLEY



DANIEL JEFFERSON MURLEY, son of William and Mary (Cane) Murley, was born in 1801 in Cumberland County, Kentucky. He died 19 February 1864 in Tishamingo County, Mississippi. He married about 1827 to NANCY SAVAGE, daughter of Hamilton and Elizabeth (Martin) Savage, born in 1801 in North Carolina and survived him as his widow.

Issue:
MARY "POLLY" MURLEY, born 1828 in Cumberland Co., KY and died 15 August 1896 and is buried in Piney Grove Cemetery in Hardeman County, Kentucky. She married Jeremiah Hooper.
WILLIAM HAMILTON MURLEY, born 1830 in Hardeman County, Tennessee and died 11 July 1863 in Confederate War Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He married 26 July 1848 to Nancy Brown.
ELIZABETH JANE MURLEY, born 1831 in Hardeman Co., TN, and is buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Bailey, Fannin County, Texas. She married 12 May 1853 in Tishamingo, MS to Green B Carter.
JOHN CLARKE MURLEY, born 17 February 1833 in Hardeman Co., TN and died 6 August 1913 in Silerton, Hardeman Co., TN. He married 8 Jun 1852 in Tishamingo Co., MS to Mary Jane Leath.
LEVIN MCDANIEL MURLEY, born October 1838 in Hardeman Co., TN and died 13 January 1931 in Lauderdale County, TN. He married 17 Mar 1855 in Tishamingo Co., MS to Amanda Catherine Kitchens.
JEFFERSON KASEY MURLEY born March 1839 in Hardeman Co., TN and died 1907 in Tishamingo Co., MS and is buried in Prentiss County, MS. He married 1.) Martha Doughtrey 2.) Miranda Kitchens.
JAMES MURLEY, born 1842 in Hardeman Co., TN. He married 30 January 1879 in Booneville, Prentiss Co., MS to Mary Elizabeth Praytor.
CYNTHIA ANN MURLEY, born 9 July 1843 in Hardeman Co., TN and died 28 August 1929 in Foss, Oklahoma. She married 12 September 1858 in Tishamingo Co., MS to Joseph Franklin Kitchens.
RUFUS NEWTON MURLEY, born 1844 in Hardeman Co., TN.
MARTIN S MURLEY, born 4 March 1846 and died in 1849 in Mississippi.


One knows that life in Cumberland County, KY in the 1820's would be a far cry from the easy life we know today. But at least one would be surrounded by friends and family that they grew up with. But at that time period the jump off into the wilderness of western Tennessee must have taken a bit of thought. We know not what pot of gold was depicted to have been there, but sometime after 1828 Daniel took his wife and their first child, along with his brother Hamilton and moved to Hardeman County, TN. We think perhaps he did this to please his wife, whose father had moved there in 1824. The Hamilton Savage family (an old Virginia family) could have exerted some influence on the young Daniel. But for whatever reason he chose, young Daniel settled in what is now Hardeman County, TN on land that is now know as Chickasaw State Park. The geography was very much like the area he had know back in Cumberland County, KY but without the great river he had grown up on. Life must have been difficult, he may not have even built a cabin. Some think he may have lived either with his in-laws or his brother. He only remained in Hardeman County until about 1845, for he appears in the 1850 Census of Tishamingo County, Mississippi. Not a great deal is know about Daniel. There is only 2 documents in the court records in Hardeman county pertaining to Daniel, being deeds of trust.
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