Phillips of Beaufort and Pitt Counties

Pitt County is the home of Dr. Howard Phillips and almost all the research for

this county is his. Howard has published a book on the Thomas Phillips family

of Pitt County, but at this date he has not been able to prove the father of

Thomas. Pitt was formed from Beaufort in l762.

A. Beaufort County Deed Books

l. Book p 42l - Thomas Phillips of Hyde County sold a tract of land to

Ezekiel Weeks Nov l72l

2. Book 3 p l3 - Amy Jackson deeded a tract of land to William Phillips -

June l749

3. Book 3 p 254 - John Phillips sold a tract of land to James Parmer in

June of l756

4. Book 3 p 323 - Lemuel Cookson et al deed a tract of land to William

Phillips - June l757

5. Book 4 p 90 - Michael Phillips (carpenter) to John Wallis (planter) land

the N side of S. dividing creek called Prices Neck beginning near mouth of the

great branch and with James Bonds' line westerly to another branch - l765

6. Jonathan Phillips sold land to following Grantees:

a. to John Woodard Sept l778 - Book 5 p 6

b. to John Eborn - June l794 - Book 7 p 63

c. to Michael Blount - Mar l796 - Book 7 p 2l8

d. to Wm Cowell - Dec l799 - Book l p 6l

e. to Michael Blount - Mar l796 - Book 9 p 55

f. to John Gaylord et al - Dec l802 - Book 2 & 3 p 538

NOTE: He was often referred to as John which has been very confusing MMM and

indeed the Archives has placed his estate records in the jacket of John

Phillips Sr. of Craven County although it should be Hyde County

7. Book 6 p 4l3 - Isaac Phillips sold a tract of land to John Rainer Dec

l791

8. Book l4 p 539 - a bill of sale from Thomas Phillips and wife Susanna to

Jeremiah G. Respress - Feb l822

9. Book 2l p 4ll - Bryan Phillips sold a tract of land to Thomas Phillips

Extux Sept l842 -

l0. Peter Pritchett (or) Michael Phillips - l766

ll. Simon Pritchett (or) Michael Phillips - l764

l2. Book 4 p l95 - l767 - Roger Ormond, Sheriff of Beaufort of the one

part, and William Phillips of the same county of the other part "whereas Benjamin

Cookson late of said county died possessed of a tract of land hereinafter

mentioned, Aquila Sugg of Edgecombe County merchant in Pitt County did recover of

Alexander Stewart, administrator of said Cookson deceased, one judgement for l0

pounds l7 shillings debt and 5 pounds cost.

B. Early AM Series Beaufort County - Michael l764, Robert l755, Robert l758,

William l764

C. Beaufort Wills

l. William l740 - son Samuel, sister Ann Williams, wife Elizabeth

2. William - l769 - wife Mary, Isaac, Henry, William, Elizabeth, Ann,

Sarah

D. Pitt Deed Book, Court Records etc

l. Book 0 p 39l - John and Rachel Phillips of Craven County bought l00 A in

Pitt on or near Mouth of greater Contentnea Creek in l757. They sold this land

l5 Dec l797 as they had moved to S.C. It was sold to Joel Patrick for 70 lbs -

wit was Walter Dunn and Rachel Phillips

Note: Howard has a copy of this Deed and thinks the John who sold the property

was the son of John and Rachel. The location of the property was where the

Thomas and Isabelle family was; however, we know John son of Thomas stayed in

Craven County and l757 was too early for a grandchild. Could this be one of the

earlier John's found in Craven County or just someone who moved in and out? I am

inclined to think the l757 date was incorrect and we can't find a deed for it

in Craven, Beaufort, or Dobbs. Also note that in the Craven Deeds, we find a

Rachel Phillips giving everything she possessed to her daughter Courtey in l797.

A unindexed deed could be in Craven in Books l-5 and I still haven't gone

through those Books yet.

Description of land - NS Neuse near mouth of Contentney beginning at a pine at

Peters corner and runs from thence south 80 degrees east one hundred and forty

poles to a hickory from thence north 37 east 34 poles to a pine in Geusns line

from thence north forty five west with his line one hundred poles to his corner

a pine then north 75 west one hundred and forty poles to a pine then south

thirty two East two hundred poles to the first station adj to either Patrick or

Peters corner - Howard says hard to read

2. Deed Book N p l67- 2 May l786 - James May sold 3l8 A to Thomas Wallis -

Henry Phillips and Wm Wallis were wit

3. Deed Book O p 207 - John McGlohan (or) Jeremiah McGlohon (ee) NS Little

Contentnea Creek - Thomas Phillips corner noted - part of patent formerly

granted to Joseph Jackson Sr - 27 April l898

4. Book E - John Phillips (ee) - l805

5. Book EE - p l78 - Benj Briley (or) John Briley (ee) - adj Thomas

Flanekin, Manuel Baker, Alfred Moye, Thomas Phillips, James Flanekin - l5 Dec l827

6. Book GG p 468 - Warren Wallace (or) Gaston Phillips (ee) - l5 A adj Benj

Briley, Benj Streeter, Elbert Moye, Sally Flannikin - l7 March l835

7. Book MM p 44 - Matthew Carr to Thomas Phillips, Jr. - 60 A of land on E

side of Reedy Branch. Thomas Phillips Sr former owner of land - adj to Wm G.

Phillips, Jesse Baker, Wm Baker, Allens, Joiners - l6 Feb l843

8. Book MM p 387 - Wm G Phillip sold to Thomas Phillips, Jr. 95 A of land

on E side of Reedy Branch adj Elizabeth Phillips formerly Thomas Sr's corner

near her dwelling...l5 March l847

9. Book L p 3l3 - Matthew Carr (or) Wm G. Phillips - ED Reedy Branch one

corner noted as formerly between Wm G. and Thomas now Thomas Jr. - l7 Feb l843

l0. Book MM p 452 - John G. Tugwell of the town of Brownville - Co of

Heywood, Tenn guardian of Wm, Thos, J. L., Seth M., John W. and Sarah A. F. Moore

minors under 2l children of Alfred Moore by his deceased wife Eliza Phillips dau

of Isaac Phillips late of Pitt county - also guardian to David Tugwell a minor

and son of my dec Mary Tugwell formerly Mary Phillips dau of said Isaac

Phillips - 24 June l850

ll. Book l4 (/) p 3l6 - Wm May (or) Thomas Phillips II (ee) - 80 A l Aug

l846 - John T. Phillips 29 Dec l885

l2. Book MM p 326 - Thomas Phillips (or) to his son Wm G. and his wife

Sally and children 25 A of land for a home - ES Reedy Branch and joined lands of

Eliza Phillips and Joseph Andrews - 24 Jan l850

l3. Book L 4 - p 3l0 - Gideon Allen gave Thomas Phillips a quit claim Deed

for all the land South and east of the dividing fence between them. Wit John

T. Phillips and John Allen - l0 Feb l852

l4. Book VV p 407 - Jesse Grizzard etus to Thomas Phillips Jr. 25 A of land

on Reedy Branch adj to Eliz Phillips l5 Jan l873

l5. Book L4 p 297 - Jessie Grizzard and wife Beedy (Obedience), Thomas

Phillips, Jr. and wife Bettie - A. G. Myrick and his wife Sally, Betsy (Eliza)

Phillips - all convey land to Thomas Phillips Sr providing he pays Betsy $60 for

the undivided interest of Lany (Larry) Phillips. The tract adjs Thomas Phillips -

l873

l6. Book L-4 - p 320 - agreement on Boundary lines between Thomas Phillips

and Mary his wife and Arsena Joyner, etc - 26 Jan l877

l7. Will of Mary M. Phillips Hearn wife of John Hearne - 4 Dec l859

brother William B. Phillips children - Richard, Peter, Benj, Amos, Solomon, John T.

and Mary Susan Phillips - all got money - items to Eliza K Petman, Peter Royal,

Malissa Edwards and Margaret Hern - nephew Alfred Joyner, Sister Susan Joyner,

sister Malissa Edwards, Margaret Edwards, Elisa and Eliza Grizzard

NOTE: Who was this? These are the names that show up in Lenoir County

l8. Book 3 p l29 - Executor of Thomas Phillips estate transferred 45 A to

Thomas' son Theophilus. adj to Eliza Phillips - l5 Oct l879

l9. Book N 4 p 400 - Jesse Smith and wife Emalissa Phillips, Theophilus

Phillip and his wife Eliza to Nannie Joyner adj Eliza and J. T. Phillips l886

20. Theophilus Phillips sold 45 A to his brother John Thomas - l886

E. MARRIAGE RECORDS OF PITT

l. Wm Phillips md Mary Caswright - l5 June l787

2. Alice Phillips md William Claudius Jackson born l849 in Pitt Co

3. Gatlin Phillips married Mary Finters 20 April l858 - Marriage Records of

Pitt

4. Jesse Grizzard married Beady Phillips l7 Oct l865 by George Joyner presyter

of Christian Church - Marriage Records - Pitt County

5. Jesse Grizzard maried Martha DeLoach 28 Oct l866 - married by Caleb Cannon -

Marriage Records - Pitt County

6. Thomas son of Gaston (Wm. G) and Sallie Phillips md Bettie dau of Wm Barber

and Rhoda Ross 6 July l87l - Marriage Records - Pitt County

7. Theophilus Offie (27) son of Thomas Phillips and Mary Best md Eliza (22)

daughter of Levi and Mary Hill 7 Nov l878 in Farmville - Marriage Records Pitt

County

8. John Thomas Phillips married a number of people - he must have been a

preacher

9. Alonza (33) son of Gatlin and Mary Phillips md Alice E. (23) dau of W. B.

and Penelope Garris - 24 Nov l897 in Contentnea - Marriage Records Pitt Co

F. CENSUS RECORDS OF PITT

l. l790 Census - Mary Phillips - l male child

2. Elizabeth Phillips 25, was listed under B. A. Baker in the l860 U. S.

Census

3. John Phillips 2l, listed as an overseer under M. C. Carr in the l860 Census

G. COURT RECORDS OF DIFFERENT KINDS

Made no notes where this information came from

l. Trial Docket - Court - l850-57 - Sally Phillips vs heirs at law of Isaac

Phillips petition for Dower - Nov l849 - Pub order in Raleigh Times for 6 weeks

2. Archives - Pitt Co Records - l5 of Mar l860 - hearing was conducted in the

Court of Pleas to establish the content of the Last Will and Testament of

Elizabeth Phillips, dec - suit between Alfred Moye adj vs Eliza E., Wm G., Thomas

Phillips and Priscilla Grizzard wife of Jesse - Will probated Aug 56 and she left

all her estate to her dau Eliza E. with exception of one bed left to Eliza

daughter dau to Wm G.

3. David Phillips and wife Mary and other petition the Court for partition

Trail Docket l858-63

4. Trial Docket - l858-63 p 64 - Gatlin Phillips and wife vs G. Hoyt Feb

Court l859

5. Trial Docket - l858-63 - Ordered by Court that Will G. Phillips be

appointed Administrator of estate of John M. Phillips

6. Trail Docket - l858-63 - Thomas Phillips appeared on Court list in Nov

Court l862

7. Trial Docket - l858-63 - W. G. Phillips Juror Aug l862

8. Trial Docket - l858-3 - Gideon Allen Administrator of W. G. Phillips dec

returns his inventory

9. Trial Docket - l858-63 - July l863 Court - Thomas Phillips returned

inventory of John M. Phillips

l0. Trial Docket - l858-63 - Sarah Phillips petitions court for support

H. MISC

l. l8l5 Tax List for Pitt County - Thomas Phillips - one tract of land l5 A -

value of property was $ll.25 for which he was taxed 75 �. He was listed as the

only taxable in his household. No slaves. Immediate neighbors were Thomas and

James Flaniken, Asa Baker - Archives - Fibre Box Records

2. Deposition of Mrs. Pherebe Phillips - RE: her son Curtis being heir of

Joseph Phillips - Curtis of Pitt Co - Journal of N.C. Genealogy - p l056

3. Isaac Phillips married Sarah Wallis daughter of Thomas Wallis ...brothers

Anthony Wallis, John Wallis, William G. Wallis

4. Sherrod Tyson Cemetery - Elizabeth J. wife of Thomas Phillips - b 4 Nov

l848 - d 23 July l9l5

5. Acca Elizabeth Phillips - md 4 Dec l878 Berry Ashley House, Jr. - N. C.

Historical Society

NOTES ON ONE PITT FAILY - FROM HOWARD PHILLIPS

Although there are earlier Phillips records in Beaufort County, I will start

with William who left a Will in l769.

William Phillips md Ann Cookson (formerly md to Henry Cookson - file C. R.

024.298 Vol l p 42 N. C. Archives)

a. Isaac Phillips - sold land left by his father - Deed of sale from Isaac

Phillips to John Rainer - 2 June l785, Beaufort County.

b. John Phillips

c. Henry Phillips - moved to Pitt County - Henry Phillips, the son of

William and Ann Cookon Phillips, was in Pitt County as early as l785 as he witnessed

a deed that year. He purchased 80 a of land in l789 on Hurley Branch (Book M p

362). Hurley Branch is located between present day Falkland and Kings

Crossroads. Henry Phillips likely died before the l790 Census as there is no record of

him after that period. In the l790 Census, Mary Phillip was listed with one

male child under l0 years of age and likely was Henry's wife. The male child

probably was Isaac Phillips. Mary also appeared in the l800 Census. Tracing the

location of her neighbors as listed in the Censuses through land records,

places Mary on or near Henry Phillips' land. Since no other Phillips live in the

vicinity at that time, the evidence seems to support these conclusions.

Mary or Isaac did not appear in the l8l0 Census. It is likely Mary remarried

and Isaac was not yet 2l. Isaac likely reached his majority soon after the

l8l0 Census as he sold his father Henry Phillips' land the 9th of May l8l2. (Book

V p l6l) Isaac remained in the vicinity. He married Sarah Wallace, the

daughter of a neighbor (Book DD p 276). He also bought land from two of his

brother-in-laws, John and William Wallace (Book T, p l86)

Isaac died about l847. His wife petitioned for her dower rights in l850

(Book MM p 390) Only two children have been identified as the progeny of Isaac

and Sarah Wallace Phillips. Mary Phillips married John G. Tugwell and moved to

Brownsville, Heywood County, Tenn. Elizabeth Phillips married Alfred Moore.

They moved to the same area of Tennessee as the Tugwells.

l. Isaac Phillips - md Sarah Wallace

a. Mary Phillips - md John G. Tugwell - moved to Tenn

b. Elizabeth Phillips - d l845 in Tenn md Alfred Moore - bc l8l3 - d

l887 - buried Nutbrush, Tenn - information from Mrs. Jesse Coleman of Midland,

Texas says Isaac's name was Thomas Isaac

l. William B. Moore

2. Isaac Moore - b l837

3. Seth Martin Moore - b 3l Aug l838 - d 25 Dec l9l6 in Texas

4. John Alfred Moore - b l842

5. Sarah Moore - b l845 - died young

d. William Phillips - md a Caswright -

e. Elizabeth Phillips

f. Ann Phillips - md Jos Biggs - 20 Feb l787 - Some Colonial and

Revolutionary Families by Marilou B. Smallwood

g. Sarah Phillips

ASA PHILLIPS

Howard writes I am trying to establish his identity. He sold land in the

vicinty of my grandfather in l834. He was in the l820 and l830 Census of Pitt

County. An Asa Phillips was in Tyrrel County in l8l0. My theory is, after

selling land in Pitt County, he moved to Greene and died before the l840 Census.

Asa Phillips from Greene County was killed in the Civil War. This was likely a

son.

PETER PHILLIPS

I also found a Peter Phillip listed in the l830 Pitt County Census next to Asa.

This is the first time I have discovered this listing. It is not in the index

and is listed on two lines instead of the normal one line. How was he related

to Asa?