Hertford County NC
(formed 1759 from Bertie, Chowan, Northampton & Gates Counties)

Colonial Records of NC
Vol. 9:  Wm. Murfrey, sheriff.  1771.

Reminescences & Memoirs by John H. Wheeler
	The year 1767, says Moore in his chronicles of Hertford County, saw the 
nucleus of a beautiful village, perched on the lofty banks of the Meherrin River, 
in this county.  For years previous it had been a favorite shipping point from 
which Captains Meredith and Anderson had conducted, on their own vessels, a steady 
and lucrative trade with different foreign sea-ports.  In 1768 the Legislature 
incorporated the town of Murfreesboro, with William Murfree, Patrick Brown, 
Redmond Hackett, William Vaughan and John Parker as Commissioners.

	The first house erected was the residence of William Murfree, which stands 
near the landing, just beside the churchyard.  The venerable and useful Aunt Peggy 
Weaver was long the occupant of this ancient edifice.  She to has doubtless gone, and . . .

	The Murfree family is of English origin.  William Murfree, born in 1730, 
was the founder of the family.  He was a man of influence and respectability, and 
took a decided stand in defence of the liberties of the country, when threatened by 
royal authority.  He represented the county in the Provincial Congress that met at 
Halifax in November 1776, which body formed our State Constitution.  He married Mary 
Moore, by whom he had several children:  Hardy, the founder of Murfreesboro in NC, 
as also of a village of the same name in TN; James; William; Sarah, who married Samuel 
Cryer; Patty, who married Benjamin Banks; Betty, who married Richard Andrews; and 
Nancy, who married Jonathan Roberts.

	


4/9/02 - from the files of:	Hertford NC
Beverly Cunningham White