Editing Murfreesboro, North Carolina (section)

===Colonial era to the American Revolution===
The first known deed to property in the area is a land grant dated November 5, 1714, made to Henry Wheeler for a tract on the [[Meherrin River]] which included what is now Murfreesboro. Several other transactions quickly followed, and in 1735 Joseph Parker founded the Meherrin Church. It is the second-oldest Baptist church in North Carolina<ref name=stephenson/> (now known as Meherrin Baptist Church).

On May 27, 1746, James Jordon Scott sold {{convert|150|acre|km2}} on the Meherrin River (part of Wheeler's original grant) to an Irish immigrant, William Murfree from [[Nansemond County, Virginia]]. On December 12, 1754, the General Assembly designated Murfree's Landing as a King's Landing, where imports and exports would be inspected by a representative of the King.<ref name=stephenson/>