WILLIAM H. MURFREE

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'William Hardy Murfree' (1781 - 1827) a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Hertford County, North Carolina, October 2, 1781; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1801; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Edenton, North Carolina; also interested in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1805 and 1812; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Fourteenth Congress); moved from Murfreesboro, North Carolina, to his estate in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1823 and died there on January 19, 1827; interment in Murfree Cemetery, northwest of Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn. Uncle of David W. Dickinson.

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