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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. I, page 135
MURPHY HILL CHURCH CEMETERY (ELLIS-SULLIVAN)
LOCATION: Section 4-2S-1W - NE SE NW. This small plot is located behind the Murphy Hill Baptist Church on Murphy Hill Road.
SULLIVAN, RANDOLPH - In memory of Randolph Sullivan, a native of Lawrence County, S. Carolina, who departed this life 2 1850 in the 62 year of his age .
(Note: The "2 1850” may have represented "February, 1850". This was a box tomb but it was broken and lying on the ground in pieces.
SULLIVAN, MARY - In memory of Mary Sullivan, consort of Randolph Sullivan, Decd., born in Lawrence Cty., S. Carolina, Nov. 9, 1789, departed this life Apr. 29, 1863 in the 74 year of her age. (Box tomb)
Census, Nov. 6, 1850:
Sullivan, Randolph (61) S. C., farmer, $5320.
Polly (60) S. C.
Mary (24) Ala. -M- Wm. Mc. D. Taylor 11-12-1851(MB-4B).
Emerly (22) "
Arabella (20) "
Benj. (17) " student
Hamilton, Eliza (18) Ark.
ELLIS, JAMES B. - Nov. 30, 1821 - March 6, 1884
ELLIS, NANCY - Wife of J. B. Ellis - Aug. 1, 1824 - Nov. 28, 1881
Census, Nov. 6, 1850:
Ellis, James (27) Ala., farmer - $1200. ) James B. Ellis -M- Nancy Nancy (26) " ) Sullivan 1-13-1847 (MB-4A).
Benj. ( 1) "
ELLIS, EMMA L. - Wife of B. R. Ellis. Sept. 29, 1848 - March 6, 1886
ELLIS, NANCY A. - Nov. 9, 1864 - Sept. 2, 1868
ELLIS, MARY A. - Oct. 25, 1859 - Aug. 24, 1876
NOTE: An elderly resident of the community told me that at one time there were at least 15 tomb stones in this cemetery. The Ellis markers are uprights.
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