These are members of the Gibson Lanier and related families buried at Murphy Cemetery in Colquitt County, GA. The information was recorded on February 7, 1999, by Virginia Lanier Perry and Harold Lanier, great-niece and great-nephew of Gibson Lanier. The transcription was provided by Katherine Lanier Ricker, daughter of Virginia Lanier Perry. Names are linked to tombstone photos taken by Lowell Turner Berenguer. Note that some of the photos are large files.
There is also a historical marker for Murphy Settlement at Murphy Cemetery.
| Name | Birth date | Death date | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley, Gibson Bryant | 3/18/1902 | 9/20/1969 | Grandson of Gibson and Elizabeth Sloan Lanier |
| Bradley, Jewel Baldwin | 6/15/1908 | 1/29/1997 | Wife of Gibson Bryant Bradley |
| Bradley, J. Edward | 8/4/1868 | 10/8/1935 | Husband of Fannie M. Bradley |
| Bradley, Fannie M. | 9/28/1872 | 7/23/1913 | Daughter of Gibson and Elizabeth Sloan Lanier |
| Carlton, James A. | 11/26/1878 | 1/1/1961 | Husband of Bertha Murphy Carlton |
| Carlton, Bertha Murphy | 8/2/1884 | 5/6/1962 | Wife of James A. Carlton |
| Carlton, John D. | 2/18/1891 | 6/27/1916 | Husband of Sarah Louvenia Hutchinson Carlton |
| Carlton, Sarah Louvenia Hutchinson | 12/16/1853 | 8/12/1934 | Wife of John D. Carlton |
| Lanier, Gibson | 2/2/1911 age 74 | He was born in 1841. Confederate Marker | |
| Lanier, Eliz. Sloan | Elizabeth Sloan Lanier, wife of Gibson Lanier, is buried here beside him. She was born 1837 and died 1920. | ||
| Lanier, Clower | 2/18/1880 | 10/5/1948 | Son of Gibson and Elizabeth Sloan Lanier |
| Lanier, Nettie Lane | 1886 | 1981 | She was wife of Clower |
| Lanier, Murphy B. | 4/25/1910 | 3/26/1989 | Son of Clower and Nettie Lane Lanier |
| Lanier, Mildred Smith | 12/6/1914 | 12/1/1977 | Wife of Murphy B. Lanier |
| Lanier, John W. | 11/22/1867 | 8/27/1933 | Son of Gibson and Elizabeth Sloan Lanier |
| Lanier, Leila P. | 8/12/1866 | 12/1/1922 | Wife of John W. Lanier; her maiden name was Parham. |
| Lanier, Infant Son | 10/1/1909 | Entire inscription reads: "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Clower Lanier Born & Died 10/1/1909" | |
| Parker, Minnie Lee Bradley | 3/21/1893 | 3/23/1982 | Daughter of James Edward and Fannie Lanier Bradley |
| Pierce, William T. | 8/27/1862 | 12/5/1934 | "Uncle Billy," husband of Priscilla Lanier; his actual birth year was 1862 |
| Pierce, Priscilla Lanier | 3/29/1866 | 12/9/1930 | Daughter of Gibson and Elizabeth Sloan Lanier; her actual birth day was Mar 27 |
| Pierce, Homer H. | 12/18/1893 | 7/29/1914 | Brother of William T. Pierce. |
| Pierce, Herman Thomas | 6/3/1891 | 12/30/1961 | Son of William T. & Priscilla Lanier Pierce. |
| Pierce, Touchton Dalton Birdie Martin | 1895 | Wife of Thomas Herman Pierce | |
| Pierce (Infant) | Inscription: "Son of L. L. Pierce & Wife" Luther Littleton Pierce was son of William T. & Priscilla Lanier Pierce. | ||
| Plymel, Barry | 10/5/1870 | 7/10/1939 | Husband of Sally Amanda Lanier |
| Plymel, Sally Amanda Lanier | 9/3/1870 | 1/26/1963 | Daughter of Gibson and Elizabeth Sloan Lanier |
| Turner, Grace Lanier | 1/5/1930 | 4/19/1988 | Great-niece of Gibson and Elizabeth Sloan Lanier |
| Turner, Virgil Woodfin | 11/26/1895 | 8/11/1976 | Husband of Cora Bradley Turner |
| Turner, Cora Bradley | 4/28/1900 | 6/13/1991 | Daughter of James Edward and Fannie Lanier Bradley |
| Murphy, Lemuel W. | 2/24/1887 | 3/12/1972 | Brother of Bertha Murphy Carlton |
| Murphy, Esmer V. | 3/21/1894 | 1/4/1975 | Wife of Lemuel W. Murphy |
The following surveyed April 2002 by Lowell Turner Berenguer. Commentary in collaboration with Katherine Lanier Ricker. Names are linked to tombstone photos taken by Lowell Turner Berenguer. Note that some of the photos are large files.
| Name | Birth date | Death date | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley, [Don]na S. [piece missing from stone at beginning of first name] | 1880 | 1963 | Daughter of William T. and Lucinda Coston Sloan, Second wife of James E. Bradley. She died 22 June 1963. |
| Bradley, John Hubert | 10/8/1903 | 11/1/1987 | Son of James Edward Bradley, husband of Reba Turner Bradley |
| Bradley, Reba Turner | 4/30/1913 | 10/4/1977 | Reba Lucille, daughter of William Monroe and Magnolia Virginia Turner, wife of John Hubert Bradley |
| Carlton, Bertha M. | 8/2/1884 | 5/6/1962 | Bertha Ophelia Murphy, daughter of George Washington Murphy and Mary Magoline "Maggi" Rosencrantz Murphy; wife of James A. Carlton |
| Carlton, Elisha A. | 10/11/1854 | 12/13/1935 | Elisha Alderman Carlton, son of Stephen Carlton and Sarah Wells; husband of Elizabeth J. Murphy |
| Carlton, Elizabeth J. Murphy | 2/14/1858 | 6/27/1933 | Daughter of James Murphy and Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Murphy Murphy; wife of Elisha |
| Carlton, Irene C. | 9/11/1892 | 10/27/1943 | Irene Courtney Griner, daughter of William Mack Griner and Lillie Maude Smithwick Griner; wife of Thurston A. |
| Carlton, James A. | 11/26/1878 | 1/1/1961 | Husband of Bertha Murphy |
| Carlton, Thurston A. | 5/22/1892 | 7/31/1949 | Son of Elisha Alderman Carlton and Elizabeth Jane "Betsy" Murphy Carlton; husband of Irene C. |
| Christie, Bob Henry | 9/22/1923 | 2/3/1978 | Husband of Marcelle; 2nd Lt., US Army, WW II |
| Christie, Marcelle Murphy | 2/28/1926 | 3/6/1997 | Wife of Bob Henry |
| Dunlap, Alice Gray | 7/31/1852 | 2/8/1937 | Alice Gray Andrews, daughter of Gray Andrews and his wife Alice; wife of John T. Dunlap |
| Dunlap, John T. | 10/17/1851 | 7/2/1920 | Husband of Alice Gray Dunlap |
| Hegwood, Benjamin F. | 12/27/1925 | 10/23/1999 | Husband of June Sloan (daughter of Eugene Edwin Sloan and Lillian Newsome Sloan |
| Hegwood, June Sloan | 2/10/1934 | Daughter of Eugene Edwin "Gene" Sloan and Lillian Newsome Sloan; wife of Benjamin F. Hegwood; died 11/15/1999 | |
| Hunnicutt, Frances Browning Sloan | 11/07/1926 | 6/21/2000 | Daughter of Luke Browning, widow of Homer W. Sloan |
| Kennedy, Adelyn Dooley | 4/21/1897 | 10/11/1992 | Wife of Arch Randolph Kennedy |
| Kennedy, Arch Randolph | 4/14/1889 | 4/10/1953 | Son of John Thomas Kennedy and Serena McDonald Kennedy; uncle of Grace Lanier Turner; husband of Adelyn Dooley |
| McCarthy, Donald E. | 8/9/1919 | 7/11/1995 | Donald Edward McCarthy, husband of Doris Pauline Turner McCarthy |
| McCarthy, Doris Turner | 7/31/1916 | 4/22/1970 | Doris Pauline Turner, daughter of William Monroe and Magnolia Virginia Turner, wife of Donald E. McCarthy |
| McCarthy, Edward Dennis | 5/12/1887 | 9/8/1976 | Father of Donald E. McCarthy, husband of Ruby |
| McCarthy, Ruby Barnes | 7/3/1901 | 5/5/1976 | Wife of Edward, mother of Donald |
| Murphy, Adell H. | 4/17/1895 | 4/27/1971 | Wife of Marvin "Boss" Murphy |
| Murphy, Annie Carr | 2/23/1870 | 5/15/1944 | Anna Helena Hortense "Annie" Carr, wife of Thomas Iverson Murphy |
| Murphy, Audrey L[illian] | 9/18/1900 | 6/9/1919 | Daughter of Calvin Murphy and Mary Alice Ricks Murphy |
| Murphy, Ben | 8/6/1847 | Nov 1922 | Husband of Kitty; Benjamin J., son of Lenfel Calvin Murphy |
| Murphy, Charlie H. | 7/31/1888 | 6/19/1958 | Charles Herbert Murphy, husband of Rosa P. |
| Murphy, Corbett C. | 8/26/1896 | 8/4/1974 | Corbett Celester, son of James . "Jim" Murphy and Navy Ricks Murphy; husband of Nora G. |
| Murphy, Eula Florence Abercrombie | 8/11/1897 | 10/30/1993 | Wife of Ollie |
| Murphy, Eunice Lowrey | 2/23/1921 | 5/27/1985 | |
| Murphy, Floria Redding | 1880 | 156 | Daughter of Thomas C. Redding; wife of W. Pack Murphy |
| Murphy, George W. | 12/9/1862 | 10/14/1950 | George Washington Murphy, husband of Maggie Rosencrantz; son of James Murphy and Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Murphy Murphy |
| Murphy, Gordon | 1907 | 1935 | Son of W. Pack Murphy and Floria Redding Murphy |
| Murphy, Infant | 8/18/1912 | Child of Marvin and Adell, presumably | |
| Murphy, Infant of T. I. And H.A. | 2/13/1909 | 2/13/1909 | Thomas Iverson and Annie Carr Murphy's child |
| Murphy, Jacqueline | 3/17/1951 | 3/17/1951 | "Infant daughter of Christine and Harold Murphy" ? Van Harold Murphy Sr. and Christine Carlton Murphy. |
| Murphy, Kay Jean | 1/21/1644 | 8/7/1952 | Daughter of Vayden |
| Murphy, Kitty | 7/19/1856 | Nov 1954 | Kitty Andrews, wife of Ben |
| Murphy, Laverne Marvin | 11/23/1918 | 12/25/1988 | Husband of Mable |
| Murphy, Liller M. | 3/02/1887 | 7/30/1968 | Wife of Union G. Murphy |
| Murphy, Lois B. | Wife of Thermon | ||
| Murphy, M_____ B. [couldn't read] | Nov 18 [53?] | Oct 1918 ? | |
| Murphy, Mable Johnson | 4/6/1917 | 7/10/1986 | Wife of Laverne Marvin |
| Murphy, Maggie Rosencrantz | 5/10/1858 | 8/25/1955 | Mary Magoline Rosencrantz, wife of George W. Murphy; daughter of Joseph A. Rosencrantz and Mary Ann "Polly" Sloan Rosencrantz |
| Murphy, Marvin D. | 1890 | 1963 | "Boss"; son of Union B. and Nancy Vienna Rosencrantz Murphy; husband of Adell |
| Murphy, Mary Blanche | 2/11/1902 | 3/18/1994 | Mary Blanche McInnis, wife of Theron |
| Murphy, Mollie Bradley | 1/25/1895 | 5/2/1981 | Daughter of James Edward Bradley and Fannie M. Lanier, sister of John Hubert Bradley; wife of Noah Clifton Bradley |
| Murphy, Nancy Mae Carlton | 5/8/1892 | 11/9/1967 | Wife of Ward |
| Murphy, Noah Clifton | 2/8/1894 | 2/15/1981 | Son of Jessie Murphy and Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" Gay; husband of Mollie Bradley (daughter of James Edward and Fannie Lanier) |
| Murphy, Nora G. | 4/21/1897 | 10/13/1980 | Nora Agnes Griner, wife of Corbett C. |
| Murphy, Ollie Van | 10/20/1895 | 1/28/1992 | Son of Benjamin J. and Kitty Andrews Murphy; husband of Eula |
| Murphy, Rana or Ranee A. | 6/23/1933 | 8/30/1935 | [First name difficult to read] |
| Murphy, Rosa P. | 6/21/1894 | 4/1/1988 | Rosa Irene Pittman, wife of Charlie H. |
| Murphy, Thermon J. | 7/23/1980 | 8/21/1991 | Husband of Lois |
| Murphy, Theron Dewrell | 3/1/1900 | 12/8/1971 | Son of James R. and Navy Ricks Murphy, husband of Mary Blanche |
| Murphy, Thomas Howard | 1904 | 1991 | Son of W. Pack and Floria Redding Murphy; born 04/07/1904, died 08/15/1991 |
| Murphy, Thomas Iverson | 9/1/1875 | 9/22/1950 | Son of Calvin Murphy and Mary Alice Ricks Murphy, husband of Annie Carr |
| Murphy, Union B. | 1867 | 1955 | Union Byrd Murphy, son of James Murphy and Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Murphy Murphy |
| Murphy, Union G. | 5/29/1882 | 2/20/1966 | Union Gordon "Judge" Murphy, son of Calvin Murphy and Mary Alice Ricks Murphy; husband of Liller M. |
| Murphy, Van Harold, Sr. | 1/3/1919 | 3/28/1981 | Son of Ollie Van Murphy and Eula Florence Abercrombie Murphy, WWII marker |
| Murphy, Vayden L. | 9/4/1922 | 9/4/1996 | Son of Charlie H. and Rosa P. |
| Murphy, W. Pack | 1861 | 1935 | William Patrick "Pack" Murphy, son of James Murphy and Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Murphy Murphy |
| Murphy, Ward E. | 12/21/1892 | 6/2/1962 | Son of Timothy R. Murphy and Ella Frances Rogers Murphy, Husband of Nancy Mae Carlton |
| Pierce, Beulah | 8/22/1888 | 9/1/1975 | Beulah Lane, daughter of Bryant and Mollie Lane; wife of Will, sister of Byrtle (Mrs. Luther G.) Lanier and Nettie (Mrs. Clower L.) Lanier |
| Pierce, Will | 8/6/1886 | 6/9/1949 | William Gibson Pierce, son of William Thomas and Priscilla Lanier Pierce; husband of Beulah |
| Roache, Blanche Murphy | 2/13/1912 | 12/24/2002 | Daughter of Thomas Iverson Murphy and Annie Carr Murphy |
| Rosencrantz, "Bill" W. R. | 1872 | 1937 | Son of Joseph and Polly |
| Rosencrantz, Joseph Henry | 12/11/1870 | 5/19/1938 | Son of Joseph A. Rosencrantz and Mary Ann "Polly" Sloan Rosencrantz; husband of Rosaretta |
| Rosencrantz, Polly Ann Sloan | 2/4/1846 | 10/22/1925 | Carved on the stone: Wife of Joseph Rosencrantz, Whose grave has been lost. Private, Co H 29th Regt, Ga. Inf. Oct 1 1861 until May 10 1865, Wounded Sep 19 1863, Chickamauga, Ga, Died July 28 1870 as a result of wounds |
| Rosencrantz, Rosaretta | 3/11/1877 | 12/13/1960 | Wife of Joseph Henry |
| Russell, Baby | ? | ? | Infant of John and Ophelia Dunlap Russell, grandchild of John T. and Alice Gray Dunlap. |
| Shaw, Stella D. | 3/20/1888 | 2/??/1915 | Daughter of John T. and Alice Gray Dunlap |
| Sloan, Esther L. | 7/18/1892 | 4/4/1962 | Wife of Jasper N. |
| Sloan, Eugene E. | 7/29/1906 | 1/7/1994 | Eugene Edwin "Gene" Sloan, son of Isaac S. Sloan and Ada Mann Sloan; husband of Lillian N. |
| Sloan, Homer W. | 1/19/1926 | 6/25/1958 | Son of Charles Homer Sloan and Julia Giles Sloan |
| Sloan, Jasper N. | 2/6/1880 | 5/25/1959 | Husband of Esther L. |
| Sloan, Lillian N. | 2/26/1910 | 7/24/1998 | Lillian Newsome, daughter of Vard Newsome and Bell McCullough; wife of Eugene E. |
| Sloan, Lucinda | "age 93". Lucinda Coston, wife of W. T. Born abt 1840, died 11 Jan 1931 | ||
| Sloan, Marion B. | 5/21/1906 | 8/13/1968 | Marion Bruce, son of John Linton Sloan and Florence Lanier; husband [divorced] of Willie Magnolia Turner Sloan. On his stone: Georgia, PFC US Army, World War II |
| Sloan, Mary Etta | 9/19/1863 | 3/23/1930 | Mary Etta Parker, mother of Newton Sloan |
| Sloan, Mittie Hart | 9/07/1897 | 1/24/1987 | Wife of William Baker Sloan |
| Sloan, Newton | 2/1/1897 | 5/22/1980 | Son of John Sloan and Mary Etta Parker Sloan; husband of Priscilla Odom Sloan |
| Sloan, Priscilla Odom | 6/10/1898 | 10/17/1977 | Wife of Newton Sloan |
| Sloan, Sallie | 1871 | 1962 | |
| Sloan, W. Gordon | 6/07/1913 | 5/24/1997 | Son of Henry David Sloan and Ruth Murphy Sloan |
| Sloan, W. T. | "age [??]" William Taylor Sloan, son of William Hardee Sloan and Elizabeth Zilpha McFail. He was born abt 1848 and died 06 Oct 1938. | ||
| Sloan, William Baker | 12/04/1883 | 5/15/1971 | Son of William Taylor Sloan and Lucinda Coston Sloan; husband of Mittie Hart |
| Sloan, Willie M. | 2/19/1907 | 7/31/1958 | Willie Magnolia Turner, divorced wife of Marion B. Sloan; daughter of William Monroe Turner and Magnolia Virginia Turner |
| Sloan?? | Next to Marion is a round stone, with only the following, hand carved: "Dec 4 1932" This is believed to be the infant of Marion Bruce Sloan and Willie Magnolia Turner Sloan.
Update, 1/29/08: This is Constant M. Sloan, born 29 Sep 1932, died 03 Dec 1932, buried 04 Dec 1932. Dates and name obtained from Florida death certificate. | ||
| Turner, Alyne Murphy | 8/19/1906 | 12/10/1993 | Enna Alyne, daughter of George Washington Murphy and Mary Magoline "Maggi" Rosencrantz Murphy; wife of Hubert Owen Turner |
| Turner, Hubert Owen | 3/8/1901 | 3/29/1980 | Son of William Monroe and Magnolia Virginia Turner, husband of Enna Alyne Murphy Turner |
| Turner, Magnolia Virginia | 8/7/1875 | 4/20/1940 | Magnolia Virginia Morris, wife of William Monroe Turner, mother of Virgil, Hubert, Otis, Reba, Doris, and Willie |
| Turner, Otis Guy | 9/29/1905 | 2/7/1970 | Son of William Monroe and Magnolia Virginia Turner, husband of [Living] Murphy |
| Turner, William Monroe | 3/27/1873 | 4/28/1951 | Father of Virgil, Hubert, and Otis Turner, Reba Turner Bradley, Doris Turner McCarthy, and Willie M. Sloan |
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