Individual Details
Levi Murray
(1758 - 1846)
Events
| Birth | 1758 |  |  | ||
| Emigration | County Donegal, Ireland | | | ||
| Military | Abt 1776 | | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Centre County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Residence | 1801 | Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1810 | Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1820 | Potter twp, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1840 | Gregg Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Death | Brush Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | ||
| Death | 1846 | Gregg Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Burial | Gregg Township, Madisonburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Blyler (1765 - 1836) |
| Child | William Murray (1789 - 1866) |
| Child | George Murray (1791 - 1879) |
| Child | Peter Murray (1797 - 1871) |
| Child | Levi Murray (1803 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Murray ( - ) |
| Child | James Murray ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
This number is very suspect.Emigration
The first Murray in this line came from County Donegal in Ireland and settled in Bucks County, and erected a tannery at New Berlin, now Union County. In 1801 he settled upon the top of Nittany Mountain, where he built a tannery and dug vats. His family consisted of five sons, and five daughters. He enlisted in the American army and fought in the Revolution. He is buried at Madisonburg.In 1801 Levi was living in Potter township, which embraced the western half of Gregg all of Potter and eastern half of Harris.
Military
Served in Van Herr's Light Dragoons, Provost GuardCensus
Levi Murray not listed in Centre County.Residence
Listed as an inhabitant of Potter township in 1801.George Murray, a native of Bucks County, accompanied his father, Levi Murray, and settled upon Nittany Mountain, in Potter township.
Census
Levi Murray household, Males, 1 under 10, 1 between 10 and 16, 3 between 16 and 26, 1 over 45; females 1 under 10, 2 between 10 and 16, 1 over 45.Census
Levi Murry1 male 16 to 18
1 male 16 to 26
2 male 26 to 45
1 male over 45
1 female 10 to 16
1 female 16 to 26
1 female over 45
Census
Levi Murray household,1 male between 40 adn 50 years,
1 male between 50 and 60 years,
1 male between 80 and 90 years;
1 female between 30 and 40 years.
Death
He died in Brush Valley at age of 88.Death
born 20 Oct 1758 in Pennsylvaniadiath 1846 Gregg twp Centre County
Burial Madisonburg Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery
Spouse Elizabeth Blyler Memorial 63477690
Burial
Information gathered by the Sons of the American Revolution.Endnotes
1. , (: , ), Centre County Heritage State College, Pennsylvania, Centre County Historical Society, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Volumne I through Volume 11, 1975, Himes Printing company, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania, page 81.
2. , Newspaper articles, , Levi Murray, History of Boalsburg, by Myrtle Magarel, 30 Nov 1938..
3. , (: , ), History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania by John Blair Linn, Louis H Everts, 1883, 6th printing 1990, 406.
4. , (: , ), Centre County Heritage State College, Pennsylvania, Centre County Historical Society, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Volumne I through Volume 11, 1975, Himes Printing company, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania, page 81.
5. , (: , ), History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania by John Blair Linn, Louis H Everts, 1883, 6th printing 1990,page 322.
6. 1810 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Potter twp, page 256, line 3, Levi Murray, NARA micropublication M252, roll 46.
7. 1820 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, PotterTwp, line 14, page 268, Levi Murry, NARA micropublication M33, roll 98.
8. 1840 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Gregg twp, page 113, Levi Murray, NARA micropublication M904, roll 451.
9. , (: , ), History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania by John Blair Linn, Louis H Everts, 1883, 6th printing 1990, page 374.
10. , (: , ), Centre County Heritage State College, Pennsylvania, Centre County Historical Society, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Volumne I through Volume 11, 1975, Himes Printing company, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania, page 81.
11. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : accessed ), Memorial 43946056.
12. , (: , ), Centre County Heritage State College, Pennsylvania, Centre County Historical Society, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Volumne I through Volume 11, 1975, Himes Printing company, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania, page 81.