Ellis Murphree ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, Ellis was a farmer in Blount County, Alabama. He had real estate valued at $1000. The oldest sons, Daniel and Stephen were also farming. At the time of the 1860 census, Ellis was a farmer in Blount County, Alabama. He had real estate valued at $2000 and personal assets of $7100. Stephen A. Blakely, 19, and J. D. Blakely, 16, were listed in his household. (These were most likely his nephews, Stephen Allison Blakely and his brother James Daniel Blakely, sons of Ellis's sister Celia.) at the time of the 1870 census, Ellis was farming in Blount County, Alabama. The post office was Blountsville. He had real estate valued at $1500 and personal assets of $3300.

Ellis married Jane Allgood, daughter of Barnett Holloway Allgood and Frances Dean, on 12 Aug 1825. (Jane Allgood was born on 22 May 1805 in , Spartanburg County, South Carolina,⁵ died on 14 Mar 1884 in Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁵ and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Chepultepec, Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁶.)