MURPHEY (CHARLES) CEMETERY, SCOTTS MILL/SOUTHPORT ROAD.

Murphey Grave Locator Maps

In Scott's Mill community, Located off of Southport Road, about half way between the Mack Benderman Rd. and Haley Lane, on the right (south) hand side you will find box 1574 Southport Road. The gravel lane at this location dead ends at the Benderman Historic House. The gravestone is approximately 25' from the front porch of the old Benderman place. 

MURPHEY, Charles, 3 Jun 1770 - 20 Jan 1852. 81-07-17.

Only one tombstone was found to be inscribed, a few other fieldstones were found but were not inscribed markers, 1965 & 1988.

Delorme Mapping service has this cemetery pegged as being in the southeast corner of the intersection of the Mack Benderman and Scotts Mill Road. Clearly that is incorrect. The correct coordinates on the Delorme 3-D  Topographical Map of Tennessee are, Longitude: N35 Degrees 29.262'. Latitude: W87 Degrees 8.191. Single stones like this are in grave danger of falling and sinking below the ground unless an alert local person keeps track of the stone and can and is willing to point it out to visitors. Hopefully the map coordinates here can help if this happens to this stone.

I wonder if this Charles Murphey is the father of the Charles A. Murphey buried in the C.A. Murphey Cemetery about 1 mile southeast of this place. W.A. 10/19/2007

Published also in these books:
They Passed This Way, page A-61, Evelyn B. Shackelford & Marise P. Lightfoot, 1965
Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries by Fred Lee Hawkins, Jr., page 631, Listed 8 Feb 1988. 

Information and photo supplied by Judy Benderman Forgos on 17 Mar 2008. The gravestone photo, used with permission, was taken by a cousin of Judy in Oct. 2006 and the tree in the background is a large Magnolia Tree. The property is still in the Benderman family. A Benderman Family Reunion is held every year, and for the last three years relatives have gathered for a bring-your-own lunch at the Porter's Chapel Church and afterward are invited to visit the home place and cave.

Note from Wayne Austin, the Administrator: If you visited this Murphy/Murphey cemetery site previous to Mar 18, 2008 you found a listing and many questions about the location of this cemetery. Thanks to Judy Forgos and her cousin all the questions have been nailed down. Today we find a much improved publication with accurate map locations and a memorial photo. Thanks to Judy Benderman Forgos & her reunion cousins. Spelling was changed from "Murphy" to "Murphey" , due to reflect what is on the tombstone.