Solomon L. Murphree ^{3 4 5}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, Solomon was a farmer in Blount County, Alabama. He had real estate valued at $600. At the time of the 1880 census, Solomon was living in Blount County, Alabama, with his daughter Phoebe and her husband Elias Bynum and their family.

From the plaque at Solomon and Euterpsy's graves:

Solomon, born in Pendleton District, S.C., to Daniel Murphree and Pheraby Bynum had six brothers and a sister. His grandfather was the Solomon Murphree who came from Tenn. to Blount County in 1818, for whom Murphree's Valley was named.

Euterpsy was the first person buried in this cemetery. Born to Frazier Brindley and Phoebe Riggs in Franklin County, GA., she came to Blount County in 1819 with her widowed mother, two brothers and six sisters. She and Solomon married in 1823, reared five sons and four daughters: Daniel, Asa, Lurinda, James, Phoeba, Jessie, Mace, Pheraby, and Martha.

Euterpsy died during a rainy season. After two graves opened in the old cemetery filled with water, Solomon's neighbor, John D. Amberson, said that Euterpsy could be buried on his rocky hill where he would give four acres of land for a cemetery. A grave was opened there and Euterpsy was buried after dark. Later the hill also became the site of the new church building.

Plaque was erected in 1964.

  Additional Information:

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 27372358.

Solomon married Euterpsey Brindley on 22 Aug 1823 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States.^{1 2} (Euterpsey Brindley was born on 7 Feb 1808 in , Franklin County, Georgia,^{6 7} died on 21 Apr 1874 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States ^{6 7} and was buried in Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama, United States ^{9 10}.)