Reece, Murphy Section 20 ID # 200109 Photograph for replacement tombstone #200152 is listed below
Murphy Reece
Inscription worn away
Documentation U.S. Census 1850 Davidson County, TN. Murphy Reese 66 head of household Rebecca Reese 50 Margaret H, 15 & Wm. G., 23
1908 Plat: Reese (faint) Section 20 WP Lot 19 Lot owner: Birchett/Burgess Lot Card: Section 20 WP Lot 19 Purchased by Birchett “Reese” shown at gravesite near border of Central avenue Interment Book: June 25, 1854 Murphy Reece 66 Years old Male White Died of Cholera Central (avenue)
Tennessee Deaths 1874-1955 Died July 20, 1887 Nashville Rebecca Reese 90 Years Buried at City Cemetery [Error]
- Not listed in City Cemetery Interment Books
- Buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Section 4 Lot 55
No Tombstone identified for Murphy Reece in 1908 Survey
In 2014, headstone & footstone for Murphy Reece located by the City Cemetery Interment location and Lot Card information.
Survey Report: 10-3-2014
Replacement Tombstone ID # 200152
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Murphy Reece
Born Abt 1781, Wake County, North Carolina Died 22 June 1854, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Buried Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
War of 1812 Veteran
Private, 2nd Regiment (Colonel William Higgins), Tennessee Mounted Volunteers. He served under Captains John Hill and Joseph Kirkpatrick.
Private, 24th U.S. Infantry (Tennessee) Serving under Captain Jones.
Murphy Reece enlisted October 1814 (Wilson County TN) at the age of 33, for a period of 5 years, under Captain Jones. He was discharged (inability/disabled) on 10 July 1816. Murphy filed for an invalid/disabled pension in July of 1850 and his service records were proven. He died 4 years later from cholera at the age of 73.
Marsha Hardy Fagnani 4th Great Granddaughter June 2014
Sources/Documentation In files; NARA military scanned records and documents (fold3.com). Tennessee State Library and Archives; Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units During the War of 1812, Prepared by Tom Kanon, TSLA. Fletch Coke, (interment records and burial location June 2014).
Pension Records Widow’s Original, WO #490 Widow’s Certificate, WC #6590 Rebecca Rowland Reece, Widow of Murphy Reece
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