James Murrow b. Abt 1762 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA d. 1843 Parke County, Indiana, USA: Murrow Genealogy Pages

Abt 1762 - 1843 (81 years)

Name	James Murrow
Birth	Abt 1762	Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Gender	Male
Death	1843	Parke County, Indiana, USA
Burial	Parke, Indiana
Person ID	I275	Murrow
Last Modified	16 Oct 2026

Family Rebecca Wallingford, b. Abt 1766, Berkeley, James, Virginia, USA d. 1828, Mason County, Kentucky, USA (Age 62 years) [1]

Marriage Between 1783 and 1784 Virginia, USA

Notes

8 children per 1942 book GROUP 111; 5 more sons (Samuel, David, Michael, Thomas, Richard) per Skaggs files, unverified. Rebecca is the great-grandmother line: her dau. Amy Blue m. Charles Murrow Sr - double cousins with the Blue line below.

Children

	1. Thomas Murrow, b. 1780, Mason, Kentucky, United States d. 1813 (Age 33 years)
	2. Rachel Murrow, b. 1798, Mason County, Kentucky, USA d. 1839, Parke County, Indiana, USA (Age 41 years)
	3. Samuel Murrow, b. 1783, Mason, Kentucky, United States d. Yes, date unknown
	4. James H. Murrow, Jr., b. 1785, Virginia, USA d. 1813 (Age 28 years)
	5. Nicholas Wallingford Murrow, b. 18 Jan 1787, Virginia, USA d. 11 Apr 1873, Millport, Knox, Missouri, USA (Age 86 years)
	6. Joseph F. Murrow, b. 1789, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1816, Mason County, Kentucky, USA (Age 27 years)
	7. David Murrow, b. 1789, Virginia, USA d. Dec 1832 (Age 43 years)
	8. Michael Murrow, b. 1792, Virginia, USA
	9. Charles Harlan Murrow, Sr, b. 18 Nov 1794, Virginia, USA d. 5 Jan 1880, Polk City, Polk, Iowa, USA (Age 85 years)
	10. Richard Murrow, b. 1797
	11. Prudence Murrow, b. Abt 1796, Mason Co., Kentucky d. 1838, Parke, Indiana, United States (Age 42 years)
	12. Sarah Murrow, b. 17 Apr 1800, Mason County, Kentucky, USA d. 1833, Parke County, Indiana, USA (Age 32 years)
	13. Benjamin Lewis Murrow, b. 29 Aug 1802, Fleming, Letcher, Kentucky, USA d. 13 Apr 1878, Union, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States (Age 75 years)

Family ID F77 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 Oct 2026

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1762 - Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
	Marriage - Between 1783 and 1784 - Virginia, USA
	Death - 1843 - Parke County, Indiana, USA
	Burial - - Parke, Indiana

Notes

Patriarch of the Kentucky-branch Murrows. Parents unknown in all free sources. NEHGR 1:375-379 "First Murrows in America" is the 1651/52 Scotch prisoner list (Neile/Jonas/James/John Murrow) - no proven link.
BIOGRAPHY: Went from Virginia to Indiana and then his children went on toIowa in 1843 where most of them homesteaded, becoming farmers.
Named "James Murrow" in the 1942 Wallingford book, the DAR file for application #896295 and the research master. "James Madison Murrow" (kept as an alternate name) is the name of his grandson b. 1826 and appears to come from imported trees.

[S57] Hermes Agent for Rob Murrow, Extension research reports (Sep 2026), ~/Desktop/genealogy/reports/extension-{dutch,scottish,colonial,ontario,michigan}.md, (8 Sep 2026), extension-colonial.md.
[S500003] Joyce Murrow, Murrow Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV6PJL3YB7TVECMIPPYRRZSIKVELY-1500654/james-murrow (Reliability: 3).
Added by confirming a Smart Match
[S500012] Judi Lewis, Lewis Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV6ODU2YYSRL62A5DMYGWV3CWDHQQ-7007107/james-madison-murrow (Reliability: 3).
Added by confirming a Smart Match
[S500010] Bob Blue, WALLINGFORD Web Site, 3 Oct 2026, James MURROW (Reliability: 3).
Added via a Smart Match

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