JOHN W. MURPHY

John Watson Murphy was born January 29, 1896. His ancestors came to Dade County before Civil War. John’s parents moved from Egypt Hollow, Georgia, near Whiteside, Tennessee, to Stewart Town near Byrd’s Chapel and reared their family there

John was treasurer of Dade County from 1940 to 1948. He was tax collector from 1952 until he retired in 1972.

John P. Murphy was born October 13, 1848; C. Q. Murphy was born October 22, 1950;  M.E.E. Murphy was born December 5, 1855; Q.R. Murphy, Jr. was born November 9, 1915; Marion Coen Murphy was born January 18, 1919; Nancy Elizabeth Murphy was born April 13, 1875; Joseph William Murphy was born September 16, 1877; Albert Richison Murphy was born January 9, 1880; Walter Murphy was born November 30, 1881; Quillian Rufus Murphy was born March 25, 1884; Sallie Matilda Murphy was born September 13, 1889; Mary Edwina Murphy was born July 1, 1892; Zenophen Benne Murphy was born December 31, 1877; Gertrude Murphy was born April 2, 1912; married March 17, 1931.

DEATHS

Albert Richison Murphy died December 20, 1880; Walter Murphy died September 11, 1884; Martha Ann Murphy died April 14, 1885; John P. Murphy died September 4, 1920; Joseph Varnell Stewart died February 13, 1923; Virginia Elizabeth Stewart Murphy died March 19, 1930; Sallie Matilda Murphy died February 10, 1908; (Uncle Joe died March 12, 1957) just as written in Bible; William I. Stewart died October 15, 1921; Matilda Pittman died October 15, 1921; L. B. Burnett died May 10, 1920.(Used by permission HISTORY OF DADE COUNTY GEORGIA by Retired Senior Volunteer Program, 1981).