Editing Murphy, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Jan Davidson]] {{ndash}} folklorist who was the longest serving director of the John C. Campbell Folk School<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Jan Davidson |url=https://www.blueridgemusicnc.com/listen-and-learn/artists/jan-davidson/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina}}</ref>
*[[Abraham Enloe]] (1762–1841) {{ndash}} remains interred at Harshaw Chapel in downtown Murphy, NC. Alleged to be the biological father of US President [[Abraham Lincoln]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Joyner |first1=Charles |title=Was Abraham Lincoln born in western North Carolina? |url=https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/carolina-people/was-abraham-lincoln-born-in-western-north-carolina |website=Carolina Country |date=February 2003}}</ref>
*[[Preston Henn]] {{ndash}} founder of the [[Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop]] and race car driver
*[[Junaluska]] {{ndash}} 19th-century Cherokee hero famous for actions at Battle of Horseshoe Bend, born in what is now Murphy
*[[Jason Harley Kloepfer]]{{dash}}unarmed man shot by [[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian]] Police [[SWAT]] Team
*[[Carl Pickens]] {{ndash}} 1992 [[NFL]] Offensive Rookie of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-offensive-rookie-of-the-year-award.htm|title=AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Winners|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref> Two-time [[Pro Bowl]] selection with the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] and former [[All-American]] wide receiver for the [[Tennessee Volunteers]].  Led Murphy High School to state football championships in 1986 and 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/04/100in100_cherokee/|title=100 in 100: Cherokee County's Carl Pickens, Pro Bowl receiver|date=April 14, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Eric Rudolph]] {{ndash}} Best known as the 1996 [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|Centennial Olympic Park bomber]], caught and arrested in Murphy in 2003 by rookie police officer Jeffrey Scott Postell; now serving multiple life sentences in [[ADX Florence]]. Originally from Florida.
*[[Phil Voyles]] {{ndash}} former [[MLB]] player for the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Phil Voyles Player Card | website=The Baseball Cube | date=May 12, 1900 | url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=19253 | access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Hedy West]] {{ndash}} noted 1960s-era folksinger and songwriter,  Murphy High School graduate<ref>{{cite book | author=Foxfire Fund Inc | last2=Phillips | first2=J. | title=Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia | publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | series=Foxfire Series | year=2018 | isbn=978-0-525-43629-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_ZvDwAAQBAJ | access-date=December 24, 2020 }}</ref>