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Elhannon W. Murphy (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1808 d. 1863-05-01

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Farmer in Clay County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Clay County in 1850. Farmer in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons, including Permelia, Amanda, and Matilda, in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain from September 22, 1861, to May 1, 1863. Died of chronic diarrhea while in service in Cairo, Illinois, on May 1, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky District, p. 98B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Manchester, p. 153.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky District, p. 4.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 5.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Clay County Births, 1856, p. 3.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Clay County Births, 1859, p. 2.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0216.

Find A Grave, "E W Murphy (Unknown-1863)," Memorial #22920304, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22920304 (accessed August 11, 2020).

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Murphy, Elhannon W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202464 (November 12, 2026).

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