Luther P Phillips (1835 - 1862)

Born 21 Oct 1835 in Georgia, USA

Husband of Nancy A (Cates) Phillips — married 5 Oct 1854 in Marshall Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas, USA

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1862 at age 27 in Yocum Creek, Carroll, Arkansas, USA

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Biography

Luther P Phillips

BIRTH DATE:

Assume 21 Oct 1835, based on the following:

1) born about 1836, per 1st enlistment in Civil War

2) born about 1834, per 2nd enlistment in Civil War

3) born 21 Oct 1835, per gravestone inscription

4) born 18 Oct 1834, per undocumented source

BIRTH PLACE:

Assume birth place is probably Georgia, based on the following:

1) child James says father born in GA, per census 1900,1910,1920

2) child Emsley says father born in GA, per census in 1880

3) child Mary says father born in GA, per census in 1880

Note: possibly born in/near Calhoun County, GA, per birthplace of son James.

DEATH:

Assume 15 Nov 1862, Yocum Creek, Carroll Co., Arkansas, based on following:

1) killed in action 15 Nov 1862, at Yocum Creek Arkansas (per muster cards)

2) killed in action, 13 Nov 1862, at Yocum Creek Arkansas (per muster cards)

3) died 15 Nov 1862 Yocum Creek (on most documents in wife's pension file)

4) died 21 Nov 1862 Yocum Creek (on one document in wife's pension file)

5) gravestone inscription “15 Nov 1862, Killed and buried at Yocum Creek”

MARRIAGE:

Groom: Luther P Phillips

Bride: Nancy A Cates

Source: widow's pension file on fold3.com, Phillips, Luther P (WC137519)

Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1854

Marriage Place: Marshall Prairie, Carroll County, Arkansas

Officiated by: Rev. McCarver

Sources

BURIAL

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial# 90132809 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Luther P. Phillips

Inscription: Pvt Co K, 1 Ark Cav

Birth: 21 Oct 1835

Death: 15 Nov 1862

Inscription: Killed and buried at Yocum Creek

Gravestone Location: Western Grove Cemetery, Western Grove, Newton Co. AR

Created by: Bobby and Carol Babin E...

Record added: May 14, 2012

NOTE:

Buried first in St Paul's Cem. Madison Co., AR, moved later to Western Grove Cem. Newton Co., AR. [per undocumented source]

MILITARY

Source: Muster Cards at Fold3.com

Name: Luther P Phillips

Age: 25 [about 1836]

Service: Private, 18th (Marmaduke's) Infantry, Arkansas - Confederate

Enlisted: from Little Rock, Arkansas, 19 Dec 1861, by Capt Ira G Robertson

Muster-in: 19 Dec 1861

Source: Muster Cards at Fold3.com

Name: Luther P Phillips

Age: 28 [about 1834]

Service: Private, Co. K, 1st Reg't, Arkansas Cavalry - Union

Enlisted: from Carroll Co., Arkansas, on 25 Jul 1862, for 3 years

Muster-in: Springfield, Missouri, on 7 Aug 1862

Remarks: mustered by Lieut. Col James K Mills

Remarks: killed at Yocum Creek, Missouri, 15 Nov 1862

Remarks: killed in action, 13 Nov 1862, at Yocum Creek Arkansas

Remarks: killed in action 15 Nov 1862, at Yocum Creek Arkansas

[Notice the descripency on date and state, where he died]

[Also, notice that his wife's Widow Pension shows different death dates]

Primary Source: Kie Oldham Papers, 1860-1875, Arkansas History Commission

Secondary Source: The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, VOl. XVII, Spring, 1958, No. 1, page 82

Secondary Source: Find-A-Grave Memorial # 90132809

[I have not seen the primary source. Summary is from secondary sources]

Summary:

Arrseted in 1861 for being a member of "Peace Society".

Luther, along with 76 others, were put in chains in November of 1861 in Searcy Co., Arkansas, by the Confederate Army and taken by foot to Little Rock, Arkansas, 125 miles where they were given the choice to be hanged or join the Confederate Army.

WIDOW PENSION

Source: Fold3.com

Civil War "Widows' Pensions"

Phillips, Luther P (WC137519)

Note: there are 74 pages of detailed documents in the Widow Pension file.

All pension information below has been summarized from the 74 pages in Fold3.

Pension Certificate: No. 137519

Initial pension application: 1864

Further declarations and affidavits: 1866

More affidavits: 1869

Pension approved: 16 Dec 1869, for $8 per month

Pension increased to $20/mth in 1916, and $25/mth in 1917.

Additional documents: 1919 & 1920, after death of Nancy

Soldier: Luther P Phillips

Service: Pvt, Co. K, 1st Reg't, Arkansas Calvery

Note: Nancy's application says Luther was a Sargent

Birth: not listed on any of the documentes

Death: 15 Nov 1862 (on most documents)

Death: 1864 (on Nancy's initial application)

Death: 21 Nov 1862 (listed on one document)

Place of Death: Yocum Creek (descripencies between Missouri or Arkansas)

Cause of Death: gun shot from the ranks of the enemy

Widow: Nancy Phillips, maiden name Cates

Marriage date: 5 Oct 1854 (some documents show 4 Oct 1854)

Marriage Location: Marshall Prairie, Carroll Co., Arkansas, by Rev. McCarver

Residence in 1864, 1866, and 1869: Carroll County, Arkansas

Residence in 1916: Penelope Texas, RFD #1 [Hill County]

Birth: 26 Aug 1836

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Tennessee [note: all census records says MS]

Death: 1 Nov 1919

Last pension payment: 4 Aug 1919

Nancy's pension address: Penelope Texas, RR1 [Hill County]

Place of Death: in house of granddaughter Mrs. E.C. Blankinship, the daughter of James

Residence at Death: living with son James T Phillips (per son James)

Mailing address of son James: RFD #1, Abbott, Texas [Hill County]

Remarks: Nancy owned no property at time of death, and only living child was James.

Children listed in 1869 certification of Nancy Phillip's Bible.

James Turner Phillips, born 27 May 1856

Mary Arminta Phillips, born 25 Sep 1858

Emsley Wharton Phillips, born 18 Aug 1860

Children listed in 1869 affidavid by midwife, Rebecca Jones:

James T Phillips, born 27 May 1856, in Calhoun Co., Georgia

Mary A Phillips, born 25 Sep 1858, in Searcy Co., Arkansas

Emsley W Phillips, born 18 Aug 1860, in Carroll Co., Arknasas

Nancy's pension declaration in 1866 shows an additional child:

Margaret ?Louisa Phillips, born 25 May 1862, died Oct 1864.

Nancy's spelling is different for child Emsley; spelling middle name as HORTAN.

Nancy signed this particular document with an X; indicating she was illiterate.

However, there are other documents in the file where she signs her name.

The pension file includes a two-page letter from James Cates (father of Nancy) to the Commissioner of Pensions, dated Sept 1869. I am paraphrasing, but the letter is basically urging them to expedite the pension process, that had taken 5 years. It is interesting that the pension was finally approved a few months later, in Dec 1869.

CENSUS / TIMELINE

1854: marriage of Luther P Phillips and Nancy A Cates, in Carroll Co, AR

1856: birth of child, James Turner Phillips, in Calhoun Co, Georgia

1858: birth of child, Mary Arminta Phillips, in Searcy Co, Alabama

1860: cannot locate census

1860: birth of child, Emsley Wharton Phillips, in Carroll Co, Arkansas

1861: Luther enlisted in Civil War, from Little Rock, Pulaski Co, Arkansas

1862: Luther re-enlisted in Civil War, from Springfield, Green Co, Missouri

1862: birth of child, Margaret ?Louise Phillips, (location unknown)

1862: death of Luther, killed in action, at Yocum Creek, Carroll Co, Arkansas

CHILDREN

JAMES TURNER:

mother's Pension, says James Turner Phillips, b. 27 May 1856, Calhoun Co., GA

1876 marriage(1): J F Phillips, M A Evens, 16 January 1876, Newton, Arkansas

1880 census: Newton, AR, J.T. Phillips 24 GA,GA,TN, Manerva Phillips 22 AR

........ living next to mother

1900 census: Hill, Texas, James T Phillip 44 GA,GA,MS, Nervia A 42 AR

1910 census: Hill, Texas, James C Phillips 53 GA,GA,TN, Minerva 51 AR

1911 wife(1): M A Phillips (1859-1911) - Find A Grave# 68049520

1912 marriage(2): J. T. Phillips, Mina Ring, 13 October 1912, Hill, Texas

1920 census: Hill, Texas, James T Phillips 63 GA,GA,TN, Nina 39 AR

1928 burial: James T Phillips (1856-1928) - Find A Grave# 146787085

1962 wife(2): Nina Ring Lefever (1880-1962) - Find A Grave# 89751090

........ death record informant: daughter Ophelia Phillips Lefever

MARY ARMINTA:

mother's Pension says Mary Arminta Phillips, b. 25 Sep 1858, Searcy Co., AL

1878 marriage: M A Phillips, James Akin, 13 Jan 1878, Boone, Arkansas

1880 census: Newton, AR, Mary Akin 21 AR,GA,MS (widowed, living w/parents)

1895 burial: Mary A. Phillips Akins(1858-1895) - Find A Grave# 49280257

1900 husband: Pottawatomie, OK, James Akins 42 AR (widowed, 3 children)

1910 husband: Pottawatomie, OK, James Akin 53 AR, Jeanie Akin 40 (2nd wife)

EMSLEY WHARTON:

mother's Pension says Emsley Wharton Phillips, b. 18 Aug 1860, Carroll Co., AR

Note: mother's Widow Pension confirms Emsley is not living in 1919.

1889 marriage: E W Phillips, M A Shields, 22 Dec 1889, Boone, Arkansas

1900 ???

1905 burial: Emsley Wharton Phillips (1861-1905) - Find A Grave # 28497456

1910 census: Newton, AR, Martha A Phillips 45 IN,OH,IN (widowed, 6 children)

1920 census: Newton, AR, Mattie Phillips 53 IN,IN,IN (widowed, one child)

........ living next to son Charles w/wife Vina

1930 census: Newton, AR, Mattie Philips 70 AR,AR,AR (living w/son Charles)

1940 census: Newton, AR, Mattie Phillips 74 IN (living w/son Charles)

1953 burial: Martha Ann Shields Phillips (1865-1953) - Find A Grave # 28496933

MARGARET L:

mother's Pension says Margaret ?Louise Phillips, b. 25 May 1862, d. Oct 1864

1864 Burial: Margaret Phillips(1862-1864) - Find A Grave Memorial# 25215169