MURFREE, William Hardy, (uncle of David W. Dickinson), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Hertford County, N.C., 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, N.C.; 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, N.C., to his estate in Williamson County, Tenn., in 1823 and died there on January 19, 1827; interment in Murfree Cemetery, northwest of Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

MURFREE, WILLIAM H., lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Hertford County, N. C. He served in the North Carolina state legislature in 1805; was a representative in congress from 1813 to 1817; and was a presidential elector in 1813. He died in Nashville, Tenn.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack]

MURFREE, William Hardy, representative, was born in Hertford county, N.C., Oct. 2, 1781; son of Hardy and Sally (Brickell) Murfree, and grandson of William and Mary (Moore) Murfree.  He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1801, was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of his profession.  He represented Hertford county in the North Carolina legislature in 1805, and 1812; was a presidential elector in the 13th and 14th congresses, 1813-17, where he supported Madison’s administration and the war of 1812.  He removed form Murfreesboro. N.C., in 1823 to his estate in Williamson county, Tenn., where he spent the rest of his life.  He was married in 1808 to Elizabeth Mary, daughter of James Maney of Hertford county, N.C.  He died in Nashville, Tenn., in 1827.
(Source: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF NOTABLE AMERICANS. Vol 3, Publ. 1904. Transcribed by Richard Ramos)