Re: Sarah LYNDE m.Joseph Phillips (1734-1800
-
In reply to:
Re: Sarah LYNDE m.Joseph Phillips (1734-1800
Robert Fleming 6/09/12
Natalie:I have some of the documents you listed.I am so glad you are arranging them all in chronological order -- it's difficult to distinguish my Col. Joseph Phillips (b.1766) who died in Clarke Co (or Monroe CO), AL, and the Joseph Phillips I believe to be his father.
Here are some of my notes -- The Joseph Phillips who married Jane Walker is definitely my ancestor but some of the dates make it difficult to distinguish which Joseph Phillips it is!
Natalie: I have footnotes for most of the references if you'd like to have them. Can send to your e-mail (this message won't allow the footnotes to show).
Captain Joseph4 Phillips, son of Harriet Horne and William3 Phillips (William2, Thomas1), born in 1734 in Surry CO, VA; married Sarah Lynde.He served as a minuteman under Col. Elijah Clarke and received a grant of 550 acres in Washington County, Georgia, for his war services and died in Morgan County, GA, in 1800.Listed among Oconee River Frontier (Greene County) settlers with a stockade, later fort, mill, ferry, and fishery were:Zachariah, Joseph, and William Phillips.Zachariah and Joseph operated a grist mill, a ferry, and a fishery near Joseph Phillips' fort at the confluence of the Appalachee-Oconee River.Joseph4 Phillips built a toll bridge across the Oconee River but died soon after, in 1809,according to one writer, although others give his date of death as 1800.
In the Tuesday, 13 JUL 1773, Court of Oyer & Terminer records for Surry County, North Carolina, Joseph Phillips is listed as one of 12 jurors hearing criminal cases.(If this is our Joseph Phillips, then this had to be the one born in 1734 who died in 1800 because his son, Joseph, born in 1766, would have been only 7 years old in 1773).
This Joseph Phillips in Surry County, N. C., could be our ancestor because the list of bondsmen for the defendant in one case before the Jury includes 2 men named Horn, Richard and John Horn,and wehave been told that Joseph's father, William Phillips, married Harriet Horn.
On 8 NOV 1784, Joseph Phillips was granted 400 acres on the Ogeechee River adjoining William Daniell, which he sold on 12 JAN 1786 to Joshua Harris.The deed reflects both grantor and grantee as residents of Wilkes County in 1786 and one of the witnesses is William Fitzpatrick, J.P.
A land act was passed by the Georgia legislature on 25 FEB 1784 primarily to "create and open up Franklin and Washington counties," and set the sales price of land in those two counties at three shillings per acre with a large section of what later became Greene County "reserved exclusively for bounty grants to men who had served in the Continental Line or Navy, as distinguished from citizens, refugees or militiamen."
On 12 JAN 1786, Joseph Phillips of Wilkes County, for 100 pounds sterling, deeded 400 acres in Wilkes County on the Ogechee bounded on the southeast by Few, northeast by William Down and Samuel Harris, northeast by Greer, originally granted to Joseph Phillips on 8 NOV 1784; witnesses were James Furlow, Thomas Harris, George Clough, and William Fitzpatrick, J.P.; the deed was recorded 6 JUL 1789.
The first Sheriff of Greene County in 1786 was Joseph Phillips.Greene County, Georgia, was organized in FEB, 1786, out of Washington County.Joseph Phillips is listed as one of the headright and bounty grant recipients in Greene County between 1790-1795.A Greene County historian describes the Greene County area as:
"The lands of Greene County originally laid along both sides of the Oconee River from near Athens to where the Apalachee empties into it, and then along the North bank to about opposite Milledgeville.It also followed the Apalachee River up to about where High Shoals is located, then North to Cherokee Corner.The line then ran East, and is fairly well defined by the Athens branch of the Georgia Railroad from Arnoldsville in Oglethorpe County to Union Point.From Union Point, the county line followed the Ogeechee River East, to a point somewhere below Jewels Mills.Thence south-east, to a point on the Oconee just below Milledgeville."
On 2 NOV 1786, Joseph Phillips purchased from James Stewart, Robert Stewart, Charles Stewart, and Lydia Stewart Davis, heirs of John Stewart, deceased, of Wilkes County, 287½ acres on the Oconee River in Greene County, adjoining Zachariah Phillips, which the decedent had been granted on 22 NOV 1785.
Possible children of Joseph4 Phillips (1734-1800) and Sarah Lynde:
49iiAlice5 Phillips
50iiiJohn5 Phillips
51ivJoel5 Phillips
52vZachariah5 Phillips
53viMark5 Phillips
+ 54 vii Joseph5 Phillips (1766-ca.1823)
Among those awarded headrights and bounty grants between 1790 and 1795 in Greene County was Joseph Phillips.In a listing of Head Rights Granted to Citizens of Greene County, certified to as correct (with the State of Georgia Seal) by Secretary of State A. C. Barnett at Milledgeville, in JUN, 1867, are included the following for Joseph Phillips:
575 acres, (no location) in 1789;
120 acres, (no location) in1797;
400 acres, Ogeechee River, in 1800.
Washington County, GA, was the ninth county in the State, established 25 FEB 1784 from the 1 NOV 1783 Creek Cession (County seat:Sandersville).The purpose of organizing the county was to give homes to patriots who offered themselves and all they possessed in the defense of Georgia during the Revolution.Soldiers from the Carolinas and Virginia and some direct from Ireland and Scotland aided in driving the British and the Tories from the sparsely settled territory of Georgia.Grants of 250 acres were issued to all soldiers who desired to settle in Washington County.The land was to be free from taxation for a period of years.
On 4 DEC 1787, William Phillips sold to Joseph Phillips, both of Greene CO, 200 acres in Wilkes CO, GA.
Joseph Phillips was on the 1789 tax list for Georgia.On 10 JAN 1789, Joseph Phillips and wife, Jane, of Greene CO, deeded to Edward Gresham 200 acres in Wilkes CO; witnesses were Andrew and Phebe McBride.There is no surviving Georgia 1790 census.However, the statistics from the census survived which show the total population for each county.Greene County, formed in 1786 from the original county of Washington (county seat of Greensboro) had a population of 5,405 in 1790.
On 11 APR 1793, Joseph Phillips and wife, Jane, of Greene County, formerly Washington, deeded (for 50 pounds) 287½ acres of land in that county adjoining the Oconee River to George Clough; witnesses to the deed were Jonathan Wallace, Zach[ariah] Phillips and William Fitzpatrick, J. P.; the deed was recorded 15 MAY 1793.
Among Greene County Grand Jurors serving for the SEP term, 1796, were Joseph Phillips, Rene Fitzpatrick, and John Harrison.
On 7 MAY 1797, Abraham McAlhattan applied for letters of administration on the estate of Tarrence Burns, deceased, in Greene County, and an inventory and appraisement of the estate was submitted by Sylvanus Walker, David Carson, and Joseph Phillips.
On 16 NOV 1797, Joseph Phillips of Greene County deeded for $300 to David Lewis of Wilkes County 120 acres on the Oconee adjoining the lines of Clayton, Finley, Hays, Daniel, Polk, and Walker; witnesses were William Greer, A. J.; deed was recorded 17 JUL 1802.
Benjamin Hawkins, Indian agent, noted in his "Sketch of the Creek County" that on 9 JUL 1798 he went to the square and wrote Col. Joseph Phillips.
On 16 MAR 1799, Joseph Phillips of Greene CO sold to Adam Carson for $350 a slave girl named Hanah, age 20, “healthy and sound.”The deed was signed by Joseph Phillips and witnessed by J. Coleman and William Greer, A. J., and recorded 18 MAR 1799.
On 18 JUL 1800, Booth Fitzpatrick of Greene County deeded for $300 to Joseph Phillips of Greene County 125 acres on the Appalachee River originally granted to Fitzpatrick adjoining Andrew Patrick and James Ware; William Hutchinson and Zachariah Phillips witnessed the deed on 28 AUG 1800 before William Fitzpatrick, Esq., J.P., which was recorded on 1 SEP 1801.
Notices appearing in Georgia newspapers reflect that Joseph Phillips was serving as a Justice of the Peace in Greene County, Georgia, in 1802.The notices also indicate that the Creek Indians were stealing livestock from the white settlers in Greene County in the 1780's and burning or otherwise destroying other personal property and houses of the settlers.
In 1801, Colonel Joseph Phillips was listed as one of the twelve largest taxpayers in Greene County, Georgia.
On 1 DEC 1801, land in Greene County bounded by Allen Stewart, Zachariah Phillips, and Joseph Phillips, was sold on the first Tuesday in DEC by Sheriff Rene Fitzpatrick of Greene County to William Fitzpatrick, which was witnessed by Joseph Phillips, J. P.
On 4 FEB 1802, Joseph Phillips, "Esquire, of Greene County," and Jane, his wife, deeded for $1,000 to Robinson & Smith, merchants, 150 acres of land bounded on the north and east by Allin Stewart's land, on the south and west by Zachariah Phillips, and on the other side by the said Joseph Phillips' other lands, between which and the tract described "runs the road from Greensborough to Phillips' ferry on the river Oconee."Witnesses were Charles Dane and Joseph Pollard, and Jane Phillips relinquished her dower rights on 26 AUG 1802 in the Clerk's office before E. Park, J. P., when the deed was recorded.
Minutes of the Greene County Superior Court show Joseph Phillips serving as a Grand Juror in 1803.
The birth date of Joseph Phillips and Jane Walker Phillips' youngest son, James Ray, 16 JAN 1804, suggests that Jane Walker Phillips possibly died around that time (possibly at James Ray's birth).Joseph afterwards married before 14 DEC 1811 (2) Patsy Hall in Greene CO, GA; their two oldest children, Frances and John Clarke, were born in GA, and the younger children were born in Mississippi Territory (AL).
On 8 DEC 1804, Joseph Phillips wrote to E. Park on the subject of Indian depredations.
Joseph Phillips was buying and selling land.On 1 DEC 1807, Daniel Touchstone of Glynn CO, GA, sold to Joseph Phillips of Baldwin CO, GA, for $800, Lot 366, consisting of 202-1/2 acres in the 4th District, Baldwin CO,adjoining on the Northeast Lot 376, N.W. Lot 365, S.W. Lot 347, and S.E. by Lot 367.Witnesses:Tyree G. Dabney, Pascal Harrison, Greene CO; proved by Tyree G. Dabney 2 DEC 1807, A. Hayes, J.P. Recorded 3 JUL 1809.
Records (unbound papers) of courts in Clarke CO, GA, contain a case filed by Joseph Phillips against Robert Stuart in 1808.
On 6 SEP 1808, John Clark of Edgefield District, SC, executed a Power of Attorney, in Columbia CO, appointing Joseph Phillips of Morgan CO, GA, to procure and defend title to a lot drawn in Clark’s name in the 4th District of Baldwin CO (now Morgan CO), Lot 377, and for Joseph Phillips to recover the lot.Witnesses:J. McCarrel, Ja. Cannon.Proved by James Cannon who saw John Clarke sign and James McCarrell witness and recorded 13 FEB 1809 by Samuel Black, J.P.
On 13 JAN 1809, Elijah Wyatt of Morgan CO sold to Henry Carleton, Ezekiel Park, John Fielder, Joseph Phillips, James Nickelson, and James Cunningham for $200, 25 acres, including part of the town of Madison as laid out by Lewis McLean, part of Lot 35, 5th District of Baldwin, when drawn, now Morgan CO.Witnesses:Edward Coxe, D. Haynie, Jno. Nisbet, Clk.Recorded 15 JUN 1809.
On 19 JAN 1809, Johnson Porter of Oglethorpe CO, sold to James H. Nickelson, James Cunningham, and Ezekiel E. Park of Greene CO, and Henry Carleton, Joseph Phillips, and John Fielder of Morgan CO, for $1,000, 202-1/2 acres, Lot 36, 5th District of formerly Baldwin CO, adjoined on NE by Lot 33, NW by Lot 37, SW by Lot 23, SE by Lot 35, in fee simple.Witnesses:A. Heard, A. B. Fannin, John Armor, J.P.Recorded 9 DEC 1809.
On 2 AUG 1809, Robert Jackson of Wilkinson CO, sold to Joseph Phillips of Morgan CO, for $1000, Lot 374, 202-1/2 acres in Morgan CO, formerly Baldwin, 4th District, originally granted to Robert Burton and sold by him to Robert Jackson.Witnesses:Starling Grimes, John Fort, Greene CO; proved by Starling Grimes 12 OCT 1810, John Armor, J.P.; recorded 28 DEC 1810.
On 27 OCT 1809, James Ratclift of Warren CO, KY, sold to Joseph Phillips of Morgan CO, GA, for $800, in fee simple, Lot 365, 202-1/2 acres, in 4th District, Morgan CO, all sides 45 degrees, 45 chains; witnesses:Pascal Harrison, Andrew Walker, Richd. Ratliff, Morgan CO; proved 18 DEC 1810, by Pascal Harrison who saw James Ratliff sign, Jno. B. Whatley, J.P.[Pascal Harrison was Joseph Phillips’ son-in-law who married his oldest daughter, Elizabeth, my ancestor RVC].
On 3 APR 1810, Joseph Phillips (as the highest bidder) bought from Sheriff Martin P. Sparks of Morgan CO, GA, two properties foreclosed upon in Superior Court of Glynn CO, 20 MAR 1806 and 8 NOV 1806 (Turnbull & Marshall vs. Hendy D. Stone; and Joshua Moody vs. Hendry D. Stone), Lot 397 (45 acres), Lot 398 (64 acres) and Lot 399 (168 acres) – total of 277 acres (which had been granted to Henry D. Stone 1 FEB 1806).Witnesses to deed: Wm. Brown, J.I.C., Robert Still, J.P.; recorded 21 MAY 1810.
On the 1810 Morgan County, Georgia, tax digest, Joseph Phillips is listed in District 4 with Lot no. 365 of 202½ acres adjoining the Appalatcha River, Ratcliff, and Dean's land; and Lot 366 of 202½ acres adjoining.Morgan County had been separated from Baldwin County in 1807 but the 1810 tax list still reflected Baldwin County.
On 14 DEC 1811, Joseph Phillips and wife, Patsy, of Morgan CO, GA, sold to Hezekiah Jordan of Greensville CO, VA, for $6,000, six lots (Lots 375, 365, 366, 377, square surveys, and Lots 376 and 396 fractions, reserving 22 acres from the fractions and 3 acres from Lot 307 as previously sold to Grimes Nickelson & CO, 1000 acres) in the 4th District of Baldwin CO, now Morgan CO. Witnesses were Charles Freeman, Sterling Grimes, N.P., before Elias Crockett, J.P., recorded 17 DEC 1811.
The Georgia Legislature approved the incorporation of the "Oconee Navigation Company" in the early 1800's (to be supported by the Oconee Navigation Lottery) in order to open the river to navigation.Joseph Phillips was one of six persons appointed as a Director of the navigation company, who took his oath prescribed by the act at Greensboro on 27 DEC 1811.The legislature also authorized a survey of the Oconee and appropriated funds to remove the numerous obstacles to navigation in the river from Milledgeville to Scull Shoals with Barnett Shoals and Athens as the final objective, and the Oconee Navigation Company minutes indicate that boats were using the river from Milledgeville to the mouth of Fishing Creek by 31 JUL 1817.
On 23 AUG 1812, Joseph Phillips signed a release, relinquishing all his right to the negroes, Hannah and Jim, bought from Christopher Touchstone “some years past,” to the legal heirs or representatives of Touchstone.Witnesses to the release were Pascal Harrison and Edward Love of Morgan CO, proved by Pascal Harrison (who saw Joseph Phillips sign) before B. King, J.P., and recorded 23 AUG 1813.
In 1812 Samuel Dale, "removed Colonel Joseph Phillips and family to Point Jackson on the Tombigbee."Samuel Dale, was making regular trips with his wagon teams between Clarke CO and Savannah, GA,with loads of Indian produce and then returning with families from Georgia coming into the Mississippi Territory.Their route was along the road marked out through the Cherokee nation in 1803 which became in 1805 the Federal Road.That this was the route traveled by Colonel Joseph Phillips and his family along with General Sam Dale is indicated by the account of one historian that it was on this trip that General Dale learned from the half-breed Creek, Sam Manac (who operated a tavern/stage stop on the route where it crossed Pinchona Creek about 15 miles south of Montgomery) that the Creeks were securing arms from the Spaniards in Pensacola and getting prepared to attack the settlements in the forks of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers.
On 13 JAN 1813, Joseph Phillips of Washington CO, Mississippi Territory, signed a Power of Attorney, appointing Pascal Harrison of Morgan CO, GA, his attorney “to sell all lands belonging to me in this state.”Witnesses were Lewis Wynn, Samuel Dale of Jones CO, GA; proved by Lewis Wynn 9 FEB 1813 before Wm. Allen, J.P., and recorded 5 OCT 1813 in Jasper CO, GA.
More Replies:
-
Re: Sarah LYNDE m.Joseph Phillips (1734-1800
Robert Fleming 6/10/12