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Some Phillips information from newsgroups and correspondence is presented here to try to pull it together and help those who are researching Phillips in Tennessee.
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Subj: Re: Phillips/TN cousins book  Date: 98-05-17
From: [email protected] (Gene Phillips)
To: [email protected] (Genny1)
At 08:43 AM 5/16/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Gene:
> Thanks for the prompt response...
>Got a question--did you check on the Phillips info from the index only, or did you happen to go page by page looking?
> I don't own the book, but had borrowed a copy from a friend some time ago but did not make a note of the Phillips info at that time. But I found a lot of the names in the book were not indexed, such as some of the marriage records, etc
> But it is a fantastic book, anyway.
> My Phillips - Ezekiel I. or J., was born 1778 in Maryland, then was in Robertson Co TN by early 1800's. I have not yet found his father, or brothers,etc. There are lots of references to Isaac, and to Philip Phillips, and then to Mann Phillips in the early records of that area, but I have not found anything to tie him in to any of them.
> Thanks again, appreciate the help.
>I will add a link to your page when I get back in and edit my links page at:
>https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tngenny1/genweb.html
> Nancy Phillips Goodman in Hendersonville, TN

I used the index. I didn't have time to go over it closely. The public library has it, but doesn't check out books from its genealogy section. I need to go back to it because I am also related to the Armstrongs in the book.  
I can't connect my William H Phillips to any of the earliest Phillips in Davidson County. In another book "Pioneers of Davidson County", the following names are mentioned: Samuel Phillips, Joseph Phillips, Wm Phillips, Michael Philips, John Phillips (2 times) and Benjamin Phillips. Most of the names were mentioned as part of the Militia companies in the area at the time. Then we come to Philip Phillips. From what I have found of him, he appears to be the big time real estate agent in Davidson County. He appears many times in another book I read concerning land deeds in Davidson County. If the weather is bad on my next day off, I will be going back to the library to go over Tennessee Cousins again.
Did you know there is also a companion book, "Carolina Cousins"?
Gene
Gene Phillips
Home Page: http://www.telepath.com/dataman/
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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 18:24:04 -0600  
From: Anne Proctor <[email protected]>
To: Dale Jones <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Phillips Genealogy
Dale Jones wrote:
> I'm looking for info on John Phillips and his descendants. I believe he was in the Revolutionary War, and received a pension while living in Kentucky.
Other than this I don't know much. Any help or direction would be appreciated.
Dale Jones   Email: [email protected]
> Descendants of John Phillips

> 1 John Phillips b: Abt. 1735 in Cecil County, Maryland d: in Christian County, Kentucky . +Margaret (Peggy) McReadon
...... 2 Nathan Phillips b: March 23, 1773 in Lancaster County Pa. d: March 05, 1844 in Cabarrus County, N.C.
.......... +Hannah Jane Rounceval b: March 17, 1774 in Rowan County, N.C. d: May 18, 1849 in Cabarrus County, N.C.
.............. 3 Margaret McReadon Phillips b: May 22, 1803
.................. +John Mccellan
.............. 3 Sara Rounceval Phillips b: October 02, 1805
.................. +William W. McLarty
.............. 3 Jane M. Phillips b: November 1807
.................. +Solomon Harris
.............. 3 Hannah Bernice Phillips b: January 18, 1810
.................. +Samuel W. Newell
.............. 3 Nathan Gano Phillips b: January 18, 1810
.................. +Prudence Sample Morrison
.............. 3 Mary Ann Phillips b: February 29, 1812
.................. +Columbus Spears
.............. 3 Josiah Leroy Phillips b: July 04, 1818 in Cabarrus County, N.C. d: March 11, 1894 in Water Valley, Mississippi
.................. +Margaret Ann Wilson b: March 15, 1821 in Mecklenburg Co. N.C. d: June 21, 1886 in Mississippi

Dale,
Following is a copy of info I found years ago. (Where, can't remember), but I felt that my line was with the Phillips line in Cecil County Maryland. This John Phillips may be your's, I think my GGGgrandfather was William.
In any case maybe someone out there might get a new line to follow and at the very least more files to check on and some interesting reading on the Phillips family.
Happy Hunting,
Anne
Anne Proctor <[email protected]>

The Phillips Family of Old Buncombe
One of the Phillips/Philips families of Buncombe County originated in Cecil County, Maryland.
Reuben Phillips and his wife Catherine moved from Cecil County to Frederick County Maryland in 1753 and then in 1769 sold their Frederick County lands and moved to Rowan County, North Carolina.
Reuben and Catherine's children included: John, William, Levi, Reuben, Jr., Jesse, Jonas and Adam.
During the Revolution, John, William, Levi and Adam served in the militia, while Reuben was Road Overseer, and Jesse was Constable. Adam moved in 1789 to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and then in 1803 to Buncombe County where he rented a farm on Turkey Creek for about a year.  
In the fall of 1803, Adam purchased some unimproved land on the Beaver Dams of Hominey Creek, and moved into it on the tenth of March 1804. He lived here with his wife Hannah (Bailey) Phillips and children, Eli A., Elizabeth, Elisha, Reuben, Mary Ann, Catherine and Hiram. Adam was of the Methodist faith, and in 1806 Daniel Asbury who was the Presiding Elder of a nearby district, visited the Phillips home, and he sent a Methodist preacher named Jesse Richardson, who preached round the neighborhood, and often stayed in the Phillips house. Adam was appointed Class Leader for the Methodist Society in Buncombe County, and kept that position for over 40 years. Adam had taught school while living in Mecklenburg County, and in 1810 his son Reuben, though only a youth of 14, was given a job as schoolteacher on the Swannanoa river near Adam's new home on Whitson Creek, (now Haw Creek). Adam and his family had moved to Whitson Creek in 1809 to get nearer civilization because the neighborhood around Hominey Creek was full of rowdies and had "No church, no school and no Sabbath" as Reuben states in his autobiography.
Adam's son Eli was married in 1809 and lived near Adam and his new wife Sarah. In the following years, other of Adam and Hannah's children were married: Elisha in 1810; Elizabeth in 1814; Reuben in 1819; and the other children as they became old enough.
In 1825, Eli and Reuben made an exploratory trip to the newly opened Creek Indian lands in Habersham County, Georgia, and in the spring of 1826 they moved there with their families. Their sister Mary Ann who had married Joseph Wilson Pharr, a Methodist minister, followed shortly. In 1832, their youngest brother Hiram who married Nancy Vaughn of Clarksville joined them and moved to that town where be became a doctor of medicine.
Elizabeth was now Elizabeth Wells, Catherine had married James Bell and had a son George Hamilton Bell who was a prominent episcopal minister in Buncombe County. Adam's son Elisha now lived in Haywood County, and raised a large family in that county, outliving three wives in the process. Elisha's son Sewell became one of the more prominent ministers of Tennessee before his death in 1896. Many of Adam's sons, grandsons, and great grandsons became Methodist preachers, teachers, or often both, and his daughter Catherine Bell was a well-known teacher in Asheville for many years.
Hannah died in 1848, and Adam lived with his daughters Elizabeth and Catherine. He was given a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War, and also a Bounty Land Warrant. He died December 29, 1858 aged 96 years and two days, and is buried in Bethesda Cemetery on Haw Creek Asheville, on the land he owned for many years.
Many of his descendants still live in Buncombe, Haywood and other Western North Carolina counties, and many have been prominent citizens in their own right.
It is likely that Adam's brothers John and William also lived for a time in Buncombe County before they moved on the Tennessee and Kentucky.  Adam's Father Reuben and brother Levi took their families to Oglethrope County, Georgia about 1786 and in 1793 Jesse and Reuben Jr. left Rowan County also. Jesse evidently went to Tennessee, while Reuben Jr. settled in Wilkes County, North Carolina where he died in 1813 or 1814
By John Wesley Phillips
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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 20:58:12 -0800
From: Susan Morris <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Samuel Monroe Phillips
Does anyone have any info on PHILLIPS in Tennessee? Looking for my grandfather, Samuel Monroe PHILLIPS.  
His parents: Edward and Victoria (Tulser) PHILLIPS. Samuel was born in April 1892-1895, possibly in Rutherford County, TN.  
He enlisted in the army in 1913. At that time he gave his residence as Readyville, TN. He served during WWI in Washington State. He married Virginia Kesinger in 1919 in Spokane, WA. He died in 1935 in Spokane, WA.
May have had a brother, Harry PHILLIPS.
There may be a relationship with Lee PHILLIPS found in the 1900 Rutherford Co., TN census. In the same household there was Vick (sister) born 1870 and a nephew (Sampson) born April 1896.
I've been searching for 20 yrs. for this family. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Susan Phillips Morris
EMAIL: [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:05:34 -0700
From: Devorah <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: PHILLIPS, MARYLAND > NC > TENNESSEE > ARKANSAS > CA
I'm looking for info on PHILLIPS from Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee to Arkansas to California. If you are searching PHILLIPS in these states please email me. I'd like to exchange data. My email is [email protected]
The direct line I am working on is as follows. Devorah
Thomas PHILLIPS Sr---unk where born or died
Thomas PHILLIPS Jr---unk where born or died
Reuben PHILLIPS------born Cecil Co, Maryland, died Oglethorpe Co, Ga
William PHILLIPS Sr--born NC or Tennessee, died Tennessee
Reuben PHILLIPS Sr---born Rowan Co, Tennessee, died Arkansas
Reuben PHILLIPS Jr---born Overton Co, Tennessee, died Kingston, Arkansas
John PHILLIPS--------born Overton Co, Tennessee, died Madison Co, Arkansas
Carl PHILLIPS--------born Huntsville, Arkansas, died Stockton, Ca
John Carl PHILLIPS---born Omak, Washington
Lisa Ann PHILLIPS----born Oroville, California
Jewel Ellen PHILLIPS-born Oroville, California
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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997
From: Gene Phillips
Reply TO: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: PHILLIPS 1850 Census for Davidson Co TN.
The following Phillips were enumerated in the 1850 census.
The information after the names is age, sex and state of birth.  

Civil District #3
HH#522  
America 32 -F-VA
Martha 24-F-VA
Nancy-6-F-TN

HH#532
William S 28-M-TN
Sarah 38-F-TN
Louisa A 5-F-TN
Burrell 3-M-TN

HH#669
W B 44-M-TN
Mary 43-F-TN
Leonard 17-M-TN
Samuel 14-M-TN

Subdivision #2
HH#2
William 47-M-TN (my -ggg-gf)
Elizabeth 46-F-TN
Benjamine 21-M-TN (my gg-gf)
Rebecca 19-F-TN
George 17-M-TN
William 13-M-TN
Andrew 11-M-TN
Emma 3-F-TN

HH#13
James 50-M-VA
Susan 53-F-VA
James 15-M-TN

HH#51
George 34-M-TN
Sophena 25-F-TN
Samuel 11-M-TN
Sarah 9-F-TN
Susan 7-F-TN
Nancy 5-F-TN
Mary 3-F-TN
Martha 4mos-F-TN

HH#557
Peter 24-M-TN (Enumerated with Cannon Tucker)

HH#585 (Tennessee State Penitentiary)
Peyton 39-M-TN (Murder)
Nelson 31-M-TN (Rape)

HH#707
Benjamin 40-M-VA
Harriet 46-F-VA
Sarah 19-F-VA
Benjamin 17-M-TN
Lucy 14-F-TN
William 12-M-TN
Richard 10-M-TN
Emily 8-F-TN

District #21
HH#17
William D 46-M-TN
Elizabeth 46-F-Ireland
Milbery C 17-F-TN
Mary B 14-F-TN
Joseph 12-M-TN
Margaret 9-F-TN
Daniel D 7-M-TN
William D 6-M-TN
Millbery 87-F-TN

HH#18
William 41-M-OH
Sarah 21-F-TN
Clairbone H 3-F-TN
Mary A 1-F-TN

Gene Phillips
Reply TO: [email protected]
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From: Carl Phillips <[email protected]>
To: "PHILLIPS family genealogy list" <[email protected]>
Subject: John PHILLIPS in Tennessee  Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996
Need information re: John PHILLIPS who received North Carolina land grants of 640 acres on Bledsoe Creek and 640 acres on north side of Cumberland River in what is now Wilson or Sumner County Tennessee.
Carl in Calif
HOME PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4723/HOMEPAGE.HTM
NOTE: this link is no longer valid
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From: Dataman <[email protected]>
To: "Phillips Family discussion list" <[email protected]>
Subject: PHILLIPS, MANN
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996
I am sure I saw a request on here for information on Mann PHILLIPS. I can't find the message. He received 2 land grants in Davidson Co TN in 1787. If he is yours send me a message and I will relay the facts I have to you
Gene

Hi Everyone,
I know I got these marriages at the above web-site. I forget now who told me about it. Anyway, some of them are alpha, some groom;s name, some bride's names. ... Enjoy.
Betty (Phillips) Distad
[email protected]

PHILLIPS, E B Miss marr. CULLEY, M E on 09-FEB-1864
PHILLIPS, Mary E marr. DAVIS, Thomas on 26-MAR-1862

Tennessee Blount County
Dun, Elizabeth married Phillips, Josiah on 24 Feb 1820
Phillips, Tabitha married Roork, Samuel on 06 Sep 1816
Phillips, Abraham married Wheeler, Nancy on 07 Nov 1822
Phillips, Isaac married Plumer, Margaret on 24 Dec 1822
Phillips, Anne married Shelton, Joseph on 30 Jul 1818

Tennessee Davidson County
Phillips, Sarah married Young, David on 27 Dec 1796
Phillips, Sally married Williams, William on 05 Feb 1807
Mcfaddin, Polly married Phillips, John on 26 Jul 1808
Martin, Thomas married Phillips, Patsy on 24 Sep 1809
Phillips, Polly married Williams, Elisha on 30 May 1814
Phillips, Margaret T married Williams, Isaiah F. on 15 Dec 1814,
Phillips, Ann married Williams, Jno. S. on 21 Aug 1816
Huggins, Elizabeth married Phillips, Mark on 26 Aug 1819
Phillips, David married Phillips, Sally on 17 Sep 1819
Brown, Bazzell married Phillips, Elizabeth on 04 Oct 1819
Blair, Thomas married Phillips, Betsy on 19 Jul 1823
Maxwell, Elizabeth married Phillips, William H. on 19 Aug 1824

Tennessee Grainger County
Hunnycut, Jinny married Phillips, William on 31 Jan 1802
Phillips, Elizabeth married Shelton, Joel on 13 Jul 1802
Martin, Winefred married Phillips, Nathan on 21 Apr 1803,

Tennessee Greene County
Phillips, Clemons married Turner, Agnes on 11 Jul 1787
Phillips, Ezra married Randolf, Hannah on 15 Sep 1787
Phillips, John married Rose, Sarah on 20 Jun 1789
Phillips, Elizabeth married Pratt, William on 21 Jun 1801
Phillips, Sarah married West, Charles on 23 Apr 1803
Loyd, Robinson married Phillips, Phoebe on 30 Dec 1807
Phillips, John married Rightsell, Barbara on 20 Oct 1810
Campbell, Fanny married Phillips, George on 15 Mar 1814
Phillips, Micajah married Smiley, Polly on 18 Jul 1818
Phillips, Pleasant married Robertson, Lucinda on 31 Oct 1818
Phillips, Thomas married Rightsell, Caty on 06 Nov 1821
Mitchell, Polly married Phillips, Charles on 08 Mar 1825

Tennessee Jefferson County
Phillips, Rebecca married Rightsell, John on 29 Sep 1809

Tennessee Maury County
Hall, David married Phillips, Hannah on 17 Jan 1810

Tennessee Roane County
Hewitt, Robert married Phillips, Rebeckah on 13 Mar 1810
Bowers, Kitty married Phillips, Reuben on 22 Dec 1810
Phillips, Clemmon married Prewitt, Drusilla on 16 Jul 1811
Bower, William married Phillips, Betsy on 07 Jul 1814
Bowman, John married Phillips, Peggy on 23 Apr 1816
Fike, Nancy married Phillips, David C. on 07 Mar 1820
Branham, William married Phillips, Nancy on 12 Jan 1822

Tennessee Rutherford County
Counts, Phillips married Jones, Littleberry on 11 Mar 1818
Phillips, Elenor married Vancleif, Stephen on 01 Feb 1819
Gilchrist, Daniel married Phillips, Nancy on 29 Dec 1819
Knox, Peggy married Phillips, David S. on 16 Feb 1825
Davis, Mary married Phillips, William B. on 20 Oct 1825

Tennessee Sumner County
House, Charlotte married Phillips, Isaac on 08 Jan 1800
Melton, Celia married Phillips, Ebbin on 18 May 1812
Corder, Lewis married Phillips, Rebecca on 11 Sep 1817
Marcum, Sally married Phillips, John W. on 23 May 1818
Phillips, Rachel married Vaughn, Mathew on 22 Aug 1818
Phillips, Rebecca married Taylor, James on 16 Jan 1821
Phillips, Noah married Troffilsted, Lucinda on 28 Jun 1822
Lay, Eliza married Watkins, Phillips on 13 Oct 1823

Tennessee Washington County
Mccardell, John married Phillips, Sara
Bacon, Jane married Phillips, Royal on 14 Jan 1819
Phillips, Jacob married White, Elizabeth on 27 Jan 1824

Tennessee Williamson County
Chambers, Ann married Phillips, Joel on 08 Jun 1806
Phillips, Izrael married Tillman, Martha on 28 Aug 1810
Hines, Owen married Phillips, Polly on 27 Feb 1812
Baker, Abraham married Phillips, Rebecca on 30 Apr 1812
Gant, Joel married Phillips, Sarah on 27 May 1816
Edwards, Nancy married Phillips, Ivy on 19 Oct 1816
Phillips, Jane married Vaughan, John on 24 Jun 1819
Barnes, Horatio married Phillips, Polly on 20 Apr 1820

Tennessee Wilson County
Phillips, John married Scott, Elizabeth on 06 Jan 1806
Phillips, Polly married Winsett, Amos on 03 May 1806
Phillips, Joseph married Williams, Martha on 14 Oct 1812
Finney, Andrew married Phillips, Nancy on 15 Jan 1815
Carlin, Sally married Phillips, John on 14 Mar 1816
Oakley, John married Phillips, Sally on 01 Jul 1816
Phillips, Joseph married Wheeler, Ann on 31 Aug 1816
Hannes, Enoch P. married Phillips, Elizabeth on 21 Jan 1817
Phillips, William married Waters, Nancy on 10 Aug 1819
Lawrence, Sally married Phillips, Thomas on 28 Aug 1819
Phillips, David married Waters, Polly on 14 Dec 1820
Phillips, Finetta married Sweat, Uriah on 27 Feb 1821
Phillips, George married Turner, Lucinda on 31 Mar 1822
Bass, Archamack married Phillips, Rachael on 18 Jun 1822
Adams, Ruth married Phillips, Peter on 12 Sep 1822

I extracted the information given here in case it helps someone researching Phillips...this is not my Phillips line; but maybe it will be of use to some of you...

Page 72-73: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, compiled by Jeannette Tillotson Acklen; originally published, 1933, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Company for Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD.

Joseph Philips was an early settler, emigrated in 1891
(Note: this date is obviously a typo, and probably should be 1791)
with his wife, Milbrey Horn, from Edgecomb County, N.C. to Davidson County, (TN)
and settled six miles north of Nashville. His ancestry for several generations, both paternal and maternal, were natives of Edgecomb Province under the Colonial government.
"Joseph Philips served as guide for the Continental forces and participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Mathew Philips, brother of Joseph Philips, commanded a regiment of troops and died preceeding the Battle of Kings Mountain, from an overdraught of water."
Joseph Philips served as Justice for Davidson County in 1796. Joseph Philips was born in Edgecomb County NC, Oct 31, 1763; died in Davidson County, TN May 22, 1832; married 1785, Milbrey Horn, born in Edgecomb County NC, Dec 4, 1764, daughter of Henry Horn, Jr., second husband of Sarah Battle, Hiliard, widow, died in Davidson Co TN Dec 19, 1851.
Children:
Mary "Polly" Phillips, born Sept 6, 1788 in NC, died in Davidson Co, TN, April 11, 1813, married April 29, 1804 as first wife of Jesse Wharton.
Sarah "Sallie" Philips, born in NC, Aug 1, 1788 (note: this maybe should be 1789?),
died in Davidson Co TN, Jan 19, 1859; married Feb 11, 1807, William Williams,born April 15, 1776, died March 6, 1862.
Rebecca Philips, born in NC April 16, 1790; died in infancy.
Martha Philips, born in Davidson County Dec 11, 1792; married Thomas Martin.
Charlotte Phillips, born Nov 25, 1795; drowned in Cumberland River July 23,1811.
Henry Horn Philips, born Sept 5, 1797; died Oct 4, 1816, unmarried.
Margaret "Peggy" Thomas Philips, born Sept 20, 1799, died ___, 1844; married, 1815, Josiah Fredrick Williams.
Joseph Hooper Philips, born Jan 2, 1803, died in infancy.
William Duncan Philips, born June 1804, died June 5, 1879; married, first,
1825, Susan B. Clark; died without issue, married second, 1828, Eliza Dwyer,born Aug 3, 1801, in Ireland; died Nov. 10, 1871.
The homestead of Joseph Philips, six miles north of Nashville, TN., was known as "Sugar Tree Grove." He and his family are buried in private burial ground on his home place.
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They are not connected (that I know of) to my Ezekiel Phillips, born 1778 in MD and was in Robertson County by early 1800's; however, Ezekiel's son Preston D. Phillips, was born 1820 in Sumner County and was married in 1835 to Amanda Appleton in Davidson County TN...
I am still searching for more on Ezekiel's ancestry, and on Amanda Appleton.
Nancy Phillips Goodman in TN
Email: [email protected]

Davidson Co. TN Will Book 2, page 85-89
Will of Philip Philips
filed, Nov 27 1797
Wife Susanna Philips
son John, son James, daughter Eleanor, son Joseph, daughter Elizabeth
daughter Mary, daughter Nancy, son William.
Sarah James an orphan child brought up by my wife's sister Elizabeth.
Written Feb. 3, 1797.
Andrus Hynes and Michael Campbell of Nelson Co., KY & Howell Tatum of Davidson Co., executors

Paula Strahan
[email protected]
Fri Nov 6 04:56:05 1998

I just found out that my ancestor was Samuel PHILLIPS and wife Nancy who were early settlers of Davidson Co. Tenn. His son George Washington Phillips was born in 1816 in Davidson Co. Tenn. George married Susan WRIGHT and had three children (including my Samuel Wright Phillips). After Susan's death, George married her sister Sophenia Wright and had several more children. Does anyone know about "Old Samuel and wife Nancy" of Davidson Co. Tenn?

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