Joseph P. Murray

Birth Date

c1833

Death Date

1864-05-13

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and sailor. North Carolina native. Married to Juellda Phipps Murray in Clay County, Kentucky, on April 6, 1850. Father of Catherine Murray, Sarah Murray, Celia F. Murray, John W. Murray, Martha J. Murray, Mary A. Murray, and Moozy A. Murray. Resident of Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal and first sergeant from September 22, 1861, to July 4, 1862. Reported as deserted near Bell County, Kentucky, on July 4, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 136A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 17.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, Coyle, p. 186B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film 007728051.
“Murray, Joseph P.,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0216.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Roll 343, Application 373199.

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