Foster Phillips Family
First Generation
Children of Foster Phillips and Rachel Hunter
Mary Ann Phillips (1796)
Joseph Phillips (1797) m. Mary B. Davis (m. 1832)
John Phillips m. Mary Hauser (m. 1822)
Silas Phillips (?-1850) m. Elizabeth Scott (1810-1880), d/o Leonard Scott
Sarah (Sally) Phillips (?-1843) m. John Thomas Stockburger (m. 1829)
Elias Phillips (abt. 1805-aft. 1860) m. Maria Charlotte (1810-aft. 1860) (m. 1830)
Hillry H. Phillips (1825)
Richard Phillips and Joseph Phillips enumerated 1790 Stokes County Census, living next door to each other.
March 19, 1807. Will of Richard Phillips. Dec. Term 1816. To Foster Phillips, my brother's son, 50 acres Fishing Island and money to maintain me my lifetime and what is left put to use of his own children: Hezekiah Phillips, John Phillips, Jeremiah Cornelius, and John Cornelius. Executors: Foster Phillips and Hezekiah Phillips. Witnesses: Michael Spanehour, Senr. and Michael Spaehhour, Junr., Jurate. Signed Richard (X) Phillips.
Who is Nancy Phillips that married John Thomas Longino, 1788, Surry Co., NC? Bondsman John Thomas Longino, Record # 01 143, Bond # 000145950.
Children of Silas Phillips and Elizabeth Scott
Powell Phillips (1833-1833)
Leonard F. Phillips (1834-1874) m. Mariah/Maria Harper (1839-1912)
(Leonard is buried in the Boyer/Harper Family Cemetery, Lewisville, NC)
Nancy Parmelia Phillips (1831-1833)
Rachel E. Phillips (1837-1848)
Sarah Elvina (Elizabeth?) Phillips (1839-1842)
Elias Martin Phillips (1842-1862) (died at Petersburg, Civil War)
John Wilson Phillips (1844-1865) (died Point Lookout, Civil War)
Austin/Augustine Scott Phillips (1846-1901)
Samuel Haywood Jones Phillips (1848-1922) m. Laura Agusta Harper (1855-1903) (m. 1873)
When Leonard Scott died in 1838, he willed to his daughter Elizabeth Phillips, a bed, furniture and Negro Malinda.
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Children of Elias Phillips and Maria Charlotte
Mary A. E. Phillips (1830)
William R. Phillips (1835)
Foster W. Phillips (1839)
Joseph F. Phllips (1842)
Children of Samuel Haywood Phillips and Laura Agusta Harper
John Walter Phillips (1873-1942) (Jim Wells County, TX)
Silas Coston Phillips (1876-1924) m. Molly Key (Corpus Christi, TX)
Mariah Elizabeth Phillips (1878-1919)
William Monroe Phillips (1880-1970)
Martha Dewellar Phillips (1883-1884)
George Washington Phillips (1889-1947)
Lelar Belle Phillips (1892-1974)
Dellar May Phillips (1892-1963)
Ida Malinda Phillips (1891-1892)
Clarence Eugene Phillips (1894-1967) (Jim Wells Co. TX)
Authur Victor Phillips (twin Of Chester) (1898-1898)
Chester Everett Phillips (1898-1921)
Many thanks to Eddie S. Phillps for his contribution to the Foster Phillips page. Eddie extracted names, dates of birth and death from the Phillips Family Bible. Eddie's e-mail address is: EPHILLIPS1@stx.rr.com and would like to correspond with anyone interested in this Phillips family.
North Carolina Marriage Records
Surry County, NC Wills
Stokes County, NC Wills
Forsyth County, NC Census 1850, 1860
Forsyth County, NC Wills
Online information at Ancestry.com
On July 1, 1780, Christopher Kerby volunteered as a private at Surry Courthouse and served as a volunteer private of horse or dragoons in the company commanded by Captain James Shepherd. The company proceeded to Freemans ? on the Yadkin River, where his company was joined by companies commanded by Capt. Joseph Phillips and Capt. Minor Smith.
March 19, 1807. Will of Richard Phillips. Dec. Term 1816. To Foster Phillips, my brother's son, 50 acres Fishing Island and money to maintain me my lifetime and what is left put to use of his own children: Hezekiah Phillips, John Phillips, Jeremiah Cornelius, and John Cornelius. Executors: Foster Phillips and Hezekiah Phillips. Witnesses: Michael Spanehour, Senr. and Michael Spaehhour, Junr., Jurate. Signed Richard (X) Phillips.
Will of John Phillips. 30 April 1827 - June Term 1827. Wife Colley, money arising from sale of property coming to me from Samuel Cornelius. Daughters, Agnes and Peggy, when come of age 10 to receive equally. Mentions "legacy coming from my father." Witnesses: John Hunter, Sr., John Hunter and John Cornelius.
Some marriage records:
Ragel Hunter to Foster Phillips
Bond Date: 16 May 1795, Stokes County, NC
Record #: 02 239, Bondsman: Fredric Hauser, Bond #: 000140898
Mary Davis to Joseph Phillips
Bond Date: 18 Oct 1832, Surry County, NC
Record #: 01 183, Bondsman: Tyre Glenn, Bond #: 000146831
Jane Gordian to Groom: Mordecai Phillips
Bond Date: 30 Mar 1822, Stokes County, NC
Record #: 02 239, Bondsman: Joseph Phillips, Witness: Reuben D Goldin, Bond #: 000140900
Sarah Philips to Bartlett Creed
Bond Date: 08 Jan 1787, Surry County, NC
Record #: 01 050, Bondsman: Joseph Phillips, Bond #: 000143939