Rhoda Bynum

• Ref: MH Family Tree record.

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• Updated from MyHeritage Match via son Tapley Bynum by SmartCopy: Sep 4 2014, 18:09:40 UTC

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• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 11 2016, 19:32:47 UTC
• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 6 2017, 19:20:28 UTC

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Daughter of Sarah Ward and Solomon L. Murphree Wife of John Bynum m. 1805 (son of Cynthia Easley and Isaac Newton Bynum, Sr)

Mother of 1. Asa Bynum b. 1806 2. Tapley Bynum b. 1809 3. Louvisa (Bynum) Reneau b. 1811 4. Daniel Bynum b. 1813 5. James Bynum b. 1816 6. William M. Bynum b. 1818 7. Nancy (Bynum) Morton b. 1821 8. Mary Serena (Bynum) Murphree b. 1828 9. Cynthia Kessiah (Bynum) Farley b. 1832

Cemetery info provided by Marvelle Rhoda was the first Murphree to marry into the Bynum family as recorded in the Volume One Historical Sketches of the Bynum Family by J. E. Bynum, Oneonta, Alabama 1916. No tombstone could be found.

"I walked the Mountain Peak Cemetery yesterday and did not find the grave of Rhoda Murphree Bynum. There are several Bynums buried there but this grave is either unmarked or not there. It is a very old cemetery with many broken and missing stones." (provided by a volunteer)

"Her oldest son, the Reverend Asa Bynum, who is buried at Mt. Peak Cemetery, did not start out in Mt. Peak. He was one of the founders of the Oak Branch Methodist Church in the now extinct community of Oak Branch, Texas. The church began in his home in 1870, with brush arbor camp meetings taking place by 1873. By 1875 the church and burial grounds were established by land donated by William Claunch. According to Jasper E. Bynum's "Historical Sketches of the Bynum Family" (pub. 1916), Asa was still associated with the Oak Branch Church at the time of his death in 1886. Since Rhoda appears to have died shortly after their arrival in Ellis County, (most accounts agree it was about 1874-1875) it is more likely that her burial took place at Oak Branch. Also, since all of her children were associated with this church and the adjoining cemetery, it begs the question, why would Rhoda have been buried elsewhere? Asa was buried in Mt. Peak because that's where his first wife was buried. Unfortunately, the markers at Oak Branch have not fared well. There are large open stretches of unmarked graves. Her son James are buried in the cemetery with empty spaces on either side of them. I know that some of the burials at Mt. Peak took place as early as 1876, so that it is not impossible that her burial place is there. The bottom line is that we will never know for sure what happened to Rhoda, but when taking all evidence into consideration, Oak Branch seems a more likely spot." (provided by Randell Tarin) Inscription: UNMARKED GRAVE

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 20 2017, 23:10:16 UTC
• Residence: Blout county, Blount, Alabama, United States - 1850
• Residence: Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama, United States - 1860
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 31 2019, 12:28:06 UTC

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• Residence: Blout county, Blount, Alabama, United States - 1850
• Residence: Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama, United States - 1860
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 31 2019, 18:25:39 UTC

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8245959/rhoda-bynum

Daughter of Sarah Ward and Solomon L. Murphree Wife of John Bynum m. 1805 (son of Cynthia Easley and Isaac Newton Bynum, Sr)

Mother of 1. Asa Bynum b. 1806 2. Tapley Bynum b. 1809 3. Louvisa (Bynum) Reneau b. 1811 4. Daniel Bynum b. 1813 5. James Bynum b. 1816 6. William M. Bynum b. 1818 7. Nancy (Bynum) Morton b. 1821 8. Mary Serena (Bynum) Murphree b. 1828 9. Cynthia Kessiah (Bynum) Farley b. 1832

Cemetery info provided by Marvelle Rhoda was the first Murphree to marry into the Bynum family as recorded in the Volume One Historical Sketches of the Bynum Family by J. E. Bynum, Oneonta, Alabama 1916. No tombstone could be found.

"I walked the Mountain Peak Cemetery yesterday and did not find the grave of Rhoda Murphree Bynum. There are several Bynums buried there but this grave is either unmarked or not there. It is a very old cemetery with many broken and missing stones." (provided by a volunteer)

"Her oldest son, the Reverend Asa Bynum, who is buried at Mt. Peak Cemetery, did not start out in Mt. Peak. He was one of the founders of the Oak Branch Methodist Church in the now extinct community of Oak Branch, Texas. The church began in his home in 1870, with brush arbor camp meetings taking place by 1873. By 1875 the church and burial grounds were established by land donated by William Claunch. According to Jasper E. Bynum's "Historical Sketches of the Bynum Family" (pub. 1916), Asa was still associated with the Oak Branch Church at the time of his death in 1886. Since Rhoda appears to have died shortly after their arrival in Ellis County, (most accounts agree it was about 1874-1875) it is more likely that her burial took place at Oak Branch. Also, since all of her children were associated with this church and the adjoining cemetery, it begs the question, why would Rhoda have been buried elsewhere? Asa was buried in Mt. Peak because that's where his first wife was buried. Unfortunately, the markers at Oak Branch have not fared well. There are large open stretches of unmarked graves. Her son James are buried in the cemetery with empty spaces on either side of them. I know that some of the burials at Mt. Peak took place as early as 1876, so that it is not impossible that her burial place is there. The bottom line is that we will never know for sure what happened to Rhoda, but when taking all evidence into consideration, Oak Branch seems a more likely spot." (provided by Randell Tarin)

Family Members Parents Photo Solomon Murphree 1757–1854

Spouse Photo John Lewis Bynum 1784–1868

Siblings Rebecca Elizabeth Murphree Bynum 1779–1843

Photo Daniel Alexander Murphree 1781–1851

Nancy Murphree Burdin 1824–1919

Photo Solomon L. Murphree 1825–1893

Children Photo Asa Bynum 1806–1886

Photo Tapley Bynum 1809–1864

Photo Louvisa Bynum Reneau 1811–1898

Photo James Bynum 1816–1890

Photo William M. Bynum 1818–1903

Photo Martha Nancy Bynum Morton 1819–1906

Cynthia Keziah Bynum Farley 1832–1913

• *************** from father's findagrave page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8501884/solomon-murphree

(From the YADKIN COUNTY and CASWELL COUNTY RootsWeb Page) "THE MURPHREE QUARTERLY", vol II, #6, p 90: "Old Solomon's Corner" by Paul Murphree: "Old Solomon Murphree was born probably in 1757 and died after 23 November 1852, near Anniston, AL, about 60 miles from our home. In 1817, Solomon with his daughter Rhoda and son-in-law John Bynum started for Alabama. Solomon and Rhoda and the children stopped in Tennessee for the winter while John and a Negro slave, Uncle Dick, came to Alabama. They stopped in what is now Murphree's Valley, built a cabin and cleared some farm land. The next spring, 1818, John went back to Tennessee for his wife and children and father-in-law Solomon. I have not been able to find out just what year Solomon went on to what is now Calhoun County, near Anniston, Alabama."