THE FAMILIES OF THOMAS H. PHILLIPS:
Thomas H. Phillips was born about 1794
in North Carolina. He was the son of unknown parents, possibly one of the families
in Rowan or Stokes Co., NC (John Phillips?). Thomas was married twice.
Martha
Pitts was born on December 13, 1789 in North Carolina. She was the daughter of
Isaac or Samuel Pitts, who were brothers from Stokes Co., NC.
Mary Nichols
was born about 1798 in Tennessee. She was the daughter of unknown parents. She
was possibly the housekeeper for Thomas & Martha Phillips, although that is
not confirmed. My source for Mary's last name is a family chart that came down
through the line of their son Amos, and it now is in the possession of Matt Phillips
of Alexandria, VA.
Thomas H. Phillips' first marriage:
 | Thomas H. Phillips & Martha Pitts | Thomas
H. Phillips & Martha Pitts were married on Dec. 19, 1816 in Rowan NC and
they had at least 7 children. Thomas Phillips is listed on Stokes Co., NC tax
lists in 1816 & 1818 as owning 45 acres, and in 1818 there is a household
headed by Aaron Phillips nearby that has 115 acres. There is a household headed
by Thomas Phillips on the 1820 census of Stokes Co., NC that has numbers that
would fit this family, and there are several other Phillips and Pitts families
in the same county. In 1820 Thomas is listed as having 115 acres, possibly bought
from Aaron Phillips although there is no deed registered. On May 15, 1821, Thomas
mortgaged his land as he had to pay $80 by March 1, 1822 to Andrew Lindsay, who
was a general store owner in nearby Guilford Co., NC. Apparently Thomas paid the
money, but on August 7, 1822 he sold his land to neighbor John Kinnaman for $160.
Thomas Phillips doesn't appear on tax lists in Stokes Co., NC in 1823, or any
year after that. Thomas moved to Jennings Co., Indiana sometime between 1823 to
1826. Family stories vary - some say that Thomas went alone and lived in a cabin
there, and that Martha later joined (or "found") him. Other family stories
state that they went together. Thomas & Martha had a son born sometime between
1820 to 1826; this son died before 1829 when he drowned in a stream where he had
been fishing or playing. They also had son born in 1826 - he is listed on the
1850 census as being born in IN, and on the 1860 census as being born in NC, but
I think he was born in Indiana. In 1829 the family was all living together in
Indiana, but the marriage had apparently come to an end. In 1829 Thomas left Martha
with a woman named Mary Nichols, and he started a second family. Thomas
took two of his children (Easter & Green Berry) with him when he left - family
story indicates that he also was going to take his oldest son John Thomas, but
that John T. jumped out of the wagon and ran back to his mother. Thomas &
Mary moved to Illinois & then settled in Missouri. (see below for notes
for Thomas and more information on this second marriage). Martha remained
in Indiana with the other children, and she was remarried to John Stagg in 1833.
The family is listed on the 1840 census of Jennings Co., IN. At that time Martha
was age 50 and John Stagg was age 80. John Stagg died between 1840 to 1850, and
Martha is listed on the 1850 census of Spencer, Jennings Co., IN. Martha Pitts
Phillips Stagg died on July 02, 1856 in probably Jennings Co., Indiana. I
give credit for the majority of information I have on Thomas H. Phillips first
marriage and descendants to John Phillips, formerly of Cabin John Maryland, and
also to Ken & Lucille Phillips of Raytown, Missouri. |
The Children of Thomas H. Phillips & Martha Pitts:
| Betsy Phillips | Elizabeth "Betsy" Phillips was born
on Nov. 15, 1817 in North Carolina. There is a household headed by Thomas
Phillips on the 1820 census of Stokes Co., NC that has a female the right age
to be Betsy, age 2. Her parents are no longer listed on Stokes Co., NC tax lists
in 1823 or after, and they probably moved to from North Carolina to Indiana in
1823, when Betsy was about age 6. In 1829 when she was about age 12, her father
went west, leaving her with her mother in Jennings County, Indiana. In 1833, her
mother married John Stagg, and Betsy probably lived with them until she married.
Betsy married John M. Arbuckle on Sept. 3, 1835 in Jennings Co., IN and
they had 11 children. The family is on the 1850 census of Spencer, Jennings Co.,
IN. In Jan 1857, Betsy and John Arbuckle moved to a farm near Brownsburg, Hendricks
Co., IN. The family is listed on the 1860 & 1870 censuses of Brown Twp., Hendricks
Co., IN. John died in 1871 and Betsy lived with some of her sons until her death.
She is on the 1880 census of Brown, Hendricks Co., IN. Elizabeth "Betsy"
Phillips Arbuckle died on Feb 14, 1891 in Brownsburg, Hendricks Co., Indiana.
Children of John Arbuckle and Elizabeth "Betsy" Phillips
are Alexander (1836), John Wesley (1838), William Riley (1840), Nancy (1843).
Francis Marion (1844), Martha (1846), Melvina (1848), Washington (1852), George
Franklin (1853), Emeline Esther (1857) and Matthew (1860). Notes for Elizabeth "Betsy" Phillips Arbuckle |
 | John T. Phillips | John Thomas Phillips was born Feb. 05,
1819 in North Carolina. There is a household headed by Thomas Phillips on
the 1820 census of Stokes Co., NC that has a male the right age to be John Thomas,
age 1. His parents are no longer listed on Stokes Co., NC tax lists in 1823 or
after, and they probably moved to from North Carolina to Indiana in 1823, when
John T. was about age 4. John's father left his mother about 1829, taking two
of his siblings with him - according to family story he also wanted to take John,
but John (who was about age 10) jumped off the wagon and ran back to his mother.
John worked at a general store in Paris; his poverty was noticed on Christmas
1831 by a farmer named Robert "Robin" Smith. Two days later John became
apprenticed to Robin Smith, and went to live with him and his family. The Smith's
raised him like a son, and taught him to read and write. John went to visit his
father sometime between 1840-1842, but according to family story they were cool
to him, and he never went back. John married Emeline Courtney, daughter
of Archie Courtney, on Oct 20, 1842 in Jefferson Co., IN. They had 5 children.
John & Emeline were fervent Methodists. They probably were not tall, as two
of their sons were 5'6". Sometime in the 1840's the family moved to Scott
Co., IN. They are in Jennings, Scott Co., IN on the 1850 census, and bought land
in Scott County in 1854. John's mother died in 1856 and he bought more land at
that time. They are listed on the censuses of Jennings, Scott Co, IN in 1850 &1860,
and on the censuses of Johnson, Scott Co, IN in 1870 & 1880. John Thomas
Phillips died on November 13, 1881, probably in Scott Co., Indiana. He and
Emeline both contracted typhoid while caring for their son Almond & his wife
who also had the disease - only Almond survived. Children of John Thomas Phillips
& Emeline Courtney are James Harvey (1843), William Riley (1845), John Almond
(1848), George Addison (1852) and Mary Easter (1866). The Family of John Thomas Phillips & Emeline Courtney Notes for John Thomas Phillips |
 | Easter Phillips | Easter P. Phillips was born in 1820 in NC.
Her parents are no longer listed on Stokes Co., NC tax lists in 1823 or after,
and they probably moved to from North Carolina to Indiana in 1823, when Easter
was about age 3. Her father took her with him when he left her mother about 1929
and went west with a woman named Mary Nichols. I have not found the family on
the 1830 census at this time, but they had sons born in Illinois in 1830 &
1832. The family had moved from Illinois to Missouri sometime between 1832 to
1835. Easter married Robert Reed Feaster on December 17, 1835 in Cole Co.,
MO and they had 10 children. The family is listed on the 1840 census of Greene
Co., MO living next door to the household of Thomas H. Phillips. Robert &
Easter moved to neighboring Lawrence Co., MO sometime between 1840 to 1850. The
family is listed on the 1850 census of Ozark Twp, Lawrence Co., MO. Robert Feaster
died in 1856, and his will was probated in Barry Co., MO. (Easter's father Thomas
had died in 1852, and his will was also probated in Barry Co., MO.) Easter is
listed on the 1860, 1870 & 1880 censuses of Buck Prairie Twp., Lawrence Co.,
MO. Easter Phillips died on December 17, 1897 in northern Barry Co., Missouri.
Children of Robert Reed Feaster & Easter Phillips are Sarah (1836), James
(1838), Martha Ann (1840), Thomas Jefferson (1842), Levi (1844), John (1846),
William Henry (1848), Mary Jane (1851), Malinda (1853) and Isaac "Ike"
(1855). Notes for Easter Phillips Feaster |
| Unknown Son Phillips | Unknown Son Phillips was born between 1821 to 1825 in North Carolina or Indiana. His parents probably moved from North Carolina to Indiana about 1823. Family story is that this unknown son drowned in a river where he was fishing or playing. Unknown Son Phillips died sometime before 1829 in NC or IN. He was age 8 or younger at the time of his death. |
| Isaac Phillips | Isaac Phillips was born on February
15, 1826, in North Carolina or Indiana. I believe it was probably Indiana,
as his parents are not listed on Stokes Co., NC tax lists in 1823 or after, and
they probably moved from North Carolina to Indiana about that time. Isaac's father
left his mother about 1829 when Isaac was about age 3. I have not found her or
the children on the 1830 census at this time. His mother remarried John Stagg
in 1833. There is a male the right age to be Isaac, age 14, in the household of
John Stagg on the 1840 census of Jennings Co., IN. John Stagg died in 1846, and
Isaac is listed at age 24 (born Indiana) with his mother on the 1850 census of
Spencer, Jennings Co., IN, living next door to his sister Elizabeth Phillips Arbuckle
and her family. Isaac married Patience sometime between 1850 to 1860, and
they are listed on the 1860 census of Montgomery, Jennings Co., IN. In 1860 Isaac
is listed as being age 34, born in North Carolina. I do not find any record of
children for this marriage. Patience died or they divorced between 1860-1869,
and Isaac was remarried on October 10, 1869 to Barbara Jane Farley in Meigs,
Ohio. At the time of their marriage, Isaac was age 43 and Barbara Jane was age
21. On all census records after his marriage, Isaac lists an age that indicates
an 1828 birth year, and also lists his birthplace as Ohio - I'm not sure why he
lists the wrong birthplace, but I believe he started listing himself as being
a few years younger than his actual age because his wife was so much younger.
Isaac and Barbara Jane had 8 children. They lived in Kansas briefly; they are
on the August 5, 1870 census of LeRoy, Coffey Co., Kansas, and their son James
was born in Kansas on October 18, 1870. They returned to Ohio by March 17, 1874
when their daughter Cora Nebraska was born, and census records indicate they stayed
in Ohio after that. The family is listed on the 1880 census of Columbia, Meigs,
OH, and on the 1900 & 1910 census censuses of Knox, Vinton Co., OH. Isaac
Phillips died on December 25, 1914 in Vinton Co., Ohio. Children of Isaac
Phillips and Barbara Jane Farley are James Ai (1870), Cora Nebraska (1874), Rhoda
(1876), Genevra (1878), John Oliver (1881), Gertrude (1884), Thomas (1888) and
Mattie Viola (1891). |
| Green Berry Phillips | Green Berry Phillips was born in 1827 in
Indiana. In 1829, when he was about 2 years old, his father left his mother
to begin a new family with second wife Mary Nichols, and he took Green Berry &
his older sister Easter with him. I have not found the family on the 1830 census
at this time, but they had sons born in Illinois in 1830 & 1832. The family
had moved from Illinois to Missouri sometime between 1832 to 1835. Green Berry's
sister Easter was married in Cole Co., MO in 1835, and there is a male the right
age to be Green Berry in the household of Thomas H. Phillips on the the 1840 census
of Greene Co., MO, living next door to Easter and her new husband Robert Feaster.
Green Berry is listed at age 22 on the 1850 census of Boone Twp., Greene Co.,
MO with his father & stepmother. Green Berry married Sarah Catherine Grantham
on Feb. 27, 1851 and they had one daughter. Sarah died about 1852. Green remarried
to Clotilla E. Mulinax on July 08, 1855 in Greene Co., MO, and they had
4 children. Green & Clotilla are listed on the 1860 census of Cass Twp., Greene
Co., MO. Green Berry was a lawyer by occupation, and he once finished a distant
third when he ran for the Missouri state legislature. When the Civil War reached
Missouri in 1863, Green Berry was made a captain of Company C, 74th Regiment of
the Missouri Militia. Holcombe's History of Greene County, Missouri (1883) states
that Green Berry was "prominent in the defense of Springfield", and
has a lengthy account of Green Berry's murder in 1866 by "Regulators",
who were vigilantes composed of both Union and Confederate soldiers who looted
and killed after the Civil War was over. Green Berry Phillip was murdered on
May 23, 1866 in Greene Co,. MO. At the time, Clotilla was pregnant with their
last daughter, Mellie. Clotilla Phillips is listed on the 1870 census of Boone
Twp., Greene Co., MO. Clotilla was remarried to Tom Jones about 1872, and
they had 4 more children. Clotilla Mulinax Phillips Jones died on October 27,
1899 in Oklahoma. Children of Green Berry Phillips & Clotilla Mulinax are
Amanda (1858), Louise (1861), Thomas Lincoln "Link"(1863) and Melcena
(1866). Notes for Green Berry Phillips |
| Martha Phillips | Martha Phillips was born on February 12, 1828
in IN or NC. At the time her parents were living in Indiana, but family members
have indicated she was born in NC. When Martha was an infant her father left her
mother & moved west. I have not found the mother or children on the 1830 census
at this time. Her mother was remarried to John Stagg in 1833, and Martha lived
with her mother & stepfather until her marriage. There is a female the right
age to be Martha, age 12, in the household of John Stagg on the 1840 census of
Jennings Co., IN. John Stagg died in July of 1846, and Martha married Alexander
Arbuckle on December 31, 1846 in Jennings Co., IN. They had 3 children. The
family is listed on 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880 censuses of Montgomery Twp., Jennings
Co., IN.township censuses in 1860-80. Alex' mother, Catherine, 65, lived with
the family in 1860. The 1880 census lists Martha's place of birth as North Carolina,
her father's as Georgia and her mother's as North Carolina. Considering that her
father was born in North Carolina, perhaps Alex or someone besides Martha talked
to the census taker. Alex died August 5, 1895. In 1900 Martha lived with son Ellison
and his family in Montgomery township. The census taker noted that she's had three
children, two of whom were still living, and that she could read and write. She
is still living with Ellison on the 1910 census of Marion Twp., Jennings Co.,
IN. I have not found her at this time on the 1920 census. Martha Phillips Arbuckle
died in Crothersville, Jackson Co., IN on December 28, 1926. She was 97 years,
10 months and 16 days old. She was buried beside Alex on December 30 in the Coffee
Creek Cemetery just west of Paris Crossing, Jennings Co., IN. Children of Alexander
Arbuckle and Martha Phillips are Elizabeth Esther (1847), Sarah (1850) and Ellison
(1853). Notes for Martha Phillips |
Thomas H. Phillips' second marriage:
| Thomas H. Phillips & Mary Nichols | Thomas
H. Phillips left his first wife Martha about 1829 in Indiana, and he and a woman
named Mary Nichols started a new family. I have not found a marriage record
for them - I also do not know if there is a divorce record for Thomas H. and his
first wife, although she did remarry in 1833 after he was gone. Thomas took two
of his children (Easter & Green Berry) with him when he left. Thomas &
Mary had sons born in 1830 & 1832 in IL, and then they moved to MO soon after
that. Daughter Easter was married in 1835 in Cole Co., MO, and Thomas & Mary
had daughters born in MO in 1836 & 1838. Land Patent records show 2 patents
granted to Thomas H. Phillips of Cole Co., MO on Jan. 10, 1840, and 2 more patents
granted to Thomas H. Phillips of Cooper Co., MO on Nov. 10, 1841. The family is
listed on the 1840 & 1850 censuses of Greene Co., MO, and in 1850 they were
living in Boone Twp., Greene Co., MO. Thomas H. died in 1854 in Barry Co.,
MO. There were some legal battles after his death between the heirs from the
first and second families. Mary is listed as age 62 on the 1860 census Center
Township, Greene Co., MO, living with her married daughter Malinda Mason. I have
not found Mary on the 1870 census at this time, and she may have died between
1860 to 1870. |
The Children of Thomas H. Phillips & Mary Nichols:
| Annanias Phillips | Annanias T. Phillips was born in 1830 in IL.
His parents moved from Illinois to Missouri sometime between 1832-1835, before
he was age 5. His half-sister Easter married Robert Feaster in Cole Co. MO in
1835. There is a male the right age to be Annanias, age 10, in the household of
Thomas H. Phillips on the 1840 census of Greene Co., MO. Annanias is listed with
his parents at age 20, on the 1850 census of Boone Twp., Greene Co., MO. Annanias
married Delia Ann Kelley on May 15, 1853 in Greene Co., MO and they had
5 children. There are land patents for Annanias in Greene Co., MO for 80 acres
in 1854 & 40 acres in 1856. The family is on the 1860 census of Ozark Twp.,
Lawrence Co., MO; they are on the 1861-1863 tax rolls for Lawrence County, on
the delinquent tax list in 1866, and are still listed in Ozark Twp on the 1870
census.Annanias Phillips died on August 18, 1873 in Lawrence Co., MO from
fumes in a well he was digging - at the time their children were ages 6 to 19.
Delia Ann died in August of 1879 of dysentery. She is listed on the 1880
Mortality Schedule for Buck Prairie Twp, Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO as (no name
given) Phillips (female) age 43. On the 1880 census their children Thomas &
Pernia are living with their older sister Mary Phillips Hampton & her husband.
I have not been able to find their daughters Martha or Millie Jane in 1880, but
they are listed as heirs in their grandfather Kelley's probate papers in 1891.
Children of Annanias Phillips & Delia Kelley are Martha Adaline (1854), Mary
(1856), Thomas Wesley (1860), Millie (1863) and Pernia (1866). The Family of Annanias Phillips & Delia Kelley Notes for Annanias Phillips Notes for Delia Ann Kelley |
| Ebenezer Phillips | Ebenezer Phillips was born in 1832 in IL.
His parents moved to MO by 1836 when he was about age 4, and they are listed on
the 1840 census of Greene Co., MO. Ebenezer is listed with his parents on the
1850 census of Boone Twp., Greene Co., MO. Ebenezer married Lucinda Breeden
on Feb. 28, 1851, and they had 12 children. The family is on the 1860 census of
Ozark Township, Lawrence Co., MO. They are listed on the 1870 & 1880 censuses
of Center Twp., Greene Co., MO. Ebenezer Phillips died on February 08, 1896
in Lawrence Co., MO. Lucinda is listed as a head of household on the 1900
census of Ozark Twp., Lawrence Co., MO. She is listed as living with her married
daughter Amanda Viola Bean on the 1910 census of Center Twp., Greene Co., MO and
also listed as living with her married daughter Dora (Sarah E.) Hash on the 1910
census of Ozark Twp., Lawrence Co., MO. Lucinda died on July 11, 1914 in Lawrence
Co., MO. Children of Ebenezer Phillips & Lucinda Breeden are William
(1853), Francis (1856), Serilda (1858), Thomas (1860), Sarah Eldora (1863), James
(1866), Robert (1868), F. E. (1873), Celia (1876), Amanda (1878) and James (1888). Notes for Ebenezer Phillips |
| Mary Jane Phillips | Mary Jane Phillips was born in 1836 in Cole
or Greene Co., MO. Her parents are listed on the 1840 census of Greene Co.,
MO. She is listed as Mary, age 14, with her parents on the 1850 census of Boone
Twp., Greene Co., MO. Her father died in 1854 when she was about age 18. Mary
married William P. Brown on Oct 17, 1858 in Lawrence Co., MO. They were
married by G. B. Phillips, who is probably Mary Jane's half-brother, Green Berry.
William & Mary Jane had at least 5 children. The family is listed on the 1860
& 1870 censuses of Ozark Twp., Lawrence Co., MO. In 1860 they are living next
door to the families of Mary Jane's brothers, Annanias & Ebenezer. Based on
birth places of their children, the family moved from Missouri to Arkansas sometime
between 1873 to 1877. Mary Jane Phillips Brown probably died between 1877 to
1879 in Arkansas. William has the children and is remarried to someone else
on the 1880 census of Spadra, Johnson Co., AR. Children of William P. Brown &
Mary Jane Phillips are Sarah (1861), William Henry (1867), Lucinda (1866), Ida
(1873) and Hester (1877). Notes for Mary Jane Phillips Brown |
| Malinda Phillips | Malinda Phillips was born December
1837 in Cole or Greene Co., MO. There is a female the right age to be Malinda,
age 2, in the household of Thomas H. Phillips on the 1840 census of Greene Co.,
MO. She is listed with her parents as Malinda, age 12, on the 1850 census of Boone
Twp., Greene Co., MO. Her father died in 1854 when she was about age 16. Malinda
married Nathaniel Mason on March 04, 1859 in Lawrence Co., Missouri and
they had 4 children. The family is listed on the 1860 census of Center Twp., and
the 1870 census of Cass Twp., both in Greene Co., MO. (In 1860 Malinda's mother
& brother Amos are also living with them.) In 1880 the family is living in
North Springfield, Greene Co., MO. Malinda divorced Nathaniel Mason on July 24,
1880 in Greene Co., Missouri. Malinda remarried J. P. F. Jennings on December
8, 1880 in Greene Co., Missouri. Mr. Jennings died in December 1890. Malinda Jennings
is listed as head of household on the 1900 census of N. Campbell Twp. Springfield,
Greene Co., MO with son Valentine Mason. At that time she is listed as being widowed
& having 4 births with 4 surviving children. Malinda Phillips Mason Jennings
in February 1907, probably in Greene Co., MO. She was buried February 15,
1907 in the Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri. Children of
Nathaniel Mason & Malinda Phillips are James Buchanon (1860), Jemison (1862),
Marion Sebastian (1865) and Valentine (1869). |
| Amos Phillips | Amos Thomas Phillips was born on March 26, 1844
in Greene Co., MO. He is listed with his parents at age 6 on the 1850 census
of Boone Twp., Greene Co., MO. His father died in 1854 when he was about age 10,
and he and his mother are living with his married sister Malinda Phillips Mason
& her family on the 1860 census of Center Twp., Greene Co., MO. Amos married
Susan C. Coble on March 18, 1863 in Greene Co., MO and they had 7 children.
The family is listed on the 1870 census of Ozark Twp, Lawrence Co., MO - Amos'
name is mistakenly listed as Annias T. Phillips (his brother Annanias, also listed
as Annias T., is living in the same town.) The family is on the 1880, 1900, 1910
& 1920 censuses of Cass Township, Greene Co., MO. Amos Thomas Phillips
died on Feb. 8 1926 in Polk Co., MO. The death certificate lists cause of
death as influenza. Susan Phillips was the informant; she put "don't know"
for the names of Amos' parents. Susan's address at that time is listed as Flemington,
MO. Amos is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Children of Amos Thomas Phillips &
Susan Coble are Dollie (1865), Daniel Thomas (1871), John (1876), Columbus (1877),
Bamma (1879), Eben (1881) and Charles (1883). Notes for Amos Thomas Phillips |
