Joseph Phillips (1738 - 1837)

Born 9 May 1738 in Bladen, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Unknown Phillips — married 4 Feb 1762 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Husband of Philadelphia (Snell) Phillips — married 4 Mar 1762 in Surry County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1837 at age 99 in East Bend, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Revolutionary War Patriot

Soldier Joseph Phillips served with 4th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Joseph was born about 1738 and passed away about 1837

Joseph Phillips was born on 9 May 1738 to possibly Joseph Phillips and Mary Bennett in Bladen, North Carolina.

Joseph married Philadelphia Snell on 4 May 1762 in Orange, Colony of Virginia. They had thirteen children together

• Richard (1761–1835)
• Thomas H (1762–1874)
• Arswell (1763–1816)
• William (1763–1849)
• Dica (1764–)
• Joseph (1764–1835)
• Mary (1765–)
• Lewis (1766–)
• Edmund Edward (1767–1825)
• Jabish (1768–1837)
• John P (1774–1842)
• Jacob "Jake" Captain (1776–1842)
• Sarah (1776–1840)

Joseph passed away on 3 September 1837 possibly in East Bend, Yadkin, North Carolina.

By 1772, Joseph Phillips shows up in the records of North Carolina, then a resident of Surry (an area which went through several name changes over the pre-colonial years, named variously, Rowan, Bladen and Anson County).^[1]

He served in the American Revolutionary War, eventually attaining the rank of Captain.^[2] By 1783, he had received at least one land warrant for his service.^[3]

Revolutionary War

Capt. Joseph Phillips Known Regiment(s) Associated With: Known Year(s) as a Captain: Salisbury District Minutemen 1st Salisbury District Minutemen 4th NC Regiment Surry County Regiment 1775 1775-1776 1776-1778 1778-1780 Known Lieutenants: Known Ensigns: Known Sergeants: Known Corporals: William Knott Micajah Lewis James Shepherd William Slade Richard Varnum/Vernon Frederick Albarty Frederick Binkley William Meredith Charles Belew William Clack Francis Faulkner Henry Sellers Benjamin Smith Frederick Rigsby Hugh Robinson Known Privates, Drummers, Fifers, etc.: William Apperson Richard Bean Charles Belew Matthew Betts Thomas Bootle Joseph Brown Thomas Cadle William Clack William Conner Charles Dodson Christopher Eaton William Edgeman Levy Eldridge Francis Faulkner George Harrison Jacob Hilsabeck Isaac Holman Hall Hudson Levi Jarvis Reuben Johnson George Krieger James LaFoy William Lowe Leonard Loyd John Morgan Isaac Nicholson Andrew Patrick John Patrick William Patrick George Pettit Andrew Phillips Richard Phillips Samuel Reeves Frederick Rigsby Hugh Robinson William Shepard John Taylor George Thomason John Tilley Lewis Tilley Martin Wile Lewis Wolff Date(s): Known Battles / Skirmishes: 6/28/1776 Fort Moultrie (SC) 9/11/1777 Brandywine Creek (PA) 10/4/1777 Germantown (PA) 3/3/1779 Briar Creek (GA) 6/20/1780 Ramseur's Mill 7/21/1780 Colson's Mill 10/7/1780 Kings Mountain

Burial

Place: East Bend, Yadkin, North Carolina, USA

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890: Joseph Phillips, Residence: 1772 Surry County, NC: Ancestry Record 3566 #17319383.
2. ↑ U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783: Joseph Phillips: Ancestry Record 4282 #1730396. See also: "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch: 16 Mar 2018, Capt Joseph Phillips, 4th Military Regiment of NC, 1776.
3. ↑ North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843: Joseph Phillips, Civil: 25 Oct 1783: Ancestry Record 2885 #2745.

• The North Carolina Patriots
• J.D. Lewis, Little River SC
• Census, ancestry and Phillips Bible per Familysearch.org

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michael Thomas for creating WikiTree profile Phillips-8151 through the import of Cyndie-ancestors_2013-12-29.ged on 29 Dec 2013.