Enoch Phelps (abt. 1774 - 1848)

Born about 1774 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Son of Moses Phelps and Miriam (Davis) Phelps

Descendants

Died 1848 at about age 74 in Newton County, Mississippi, United States of America

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Biography

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On 09 September of 1799 Enoch Phelps bought 175 acres on the headwaters of Turkey Creek on the Savannah River from James Barrentine of Edgefield County, SC for $150.00 described thus - beginning at a post oak corner running thence N 15 E 57 to a lightwood stake running thence south 26 E 38 to red oak corner running thence in a straight line to a poplar corner on said Barrentine's homestead, thence N45 W30 to the beginning corner, bonded on the south by James Barrentine, west by Singletons, north by John Ryan, east by Swearingen and suveyed for said Barrentine on the 10th day of Oct 1792 and granted on the 4th cay of Mar 1793. Enoch lived here for about 12 years then appears to have sold it, excepting the cemetery, by deed to one Ezekial McLendon on 29 Sep 1811.

He appears on the census' of Edgefield County, South Carolina for 1800-

M)-10:1, 26-45:1

F)-10:1 26-45:1^[1]

1810 (page 59)-

M)-10:2, 10-26:1, 26-45:1

F)-10:2, 10-20:2, 26-45:1^[2]

and 1820 (page 90)-

M)-10;1, 10-16:2, 45+:1

F)-10:3, 10-16:1, 16-26:1, 45+:1^[3]

Enoch purchased 59 acres lying on the east side of Shaw Creek, waters of Edisto River on 10 Nov 1815 from Edward Vann, oringally granted to Peter Hilliard.^{[citation needed]} We also find Enoch bought 320 acres on Shaw Creek 09 Mar 1814 from Isaac Kirkland.^{[citation needed]}

On 04 Feb 1815 Enoch Phelps and his wife Mary were admitted by letter to Philippi Baptist Church in Edgefield County, South Carolina.^[4] He was dismissed from Philippi on 05 Oct 1818.^[4] Additional entries in the earliest record book of Philippi Baptist Church for church business also indicates the following:

• August 1817, Joshua Monk and Enoch Phelps appointed brethern to the Association at Providence Church.^[4]
• 03 Oct 1818 Enoch Phelps and wife do obtain letters of dismission from this church^[4]
• 20 Apr 1819 Enoch Phelps and his wife received by letter and Enoch Phelps and Joshua Monk appointed as Deacons of this church.^[4]
• 23 Jul 1819 Prescoat Bush and Enoch Phelps appointed as delegates to the Association and ordained as Deacon.^[4]
• 25 Dec 1829 Enoch Phelps appointed Clerk for this church^[4]
• 26 Aug 1820 Matthew Melton and Enoch Phelps appointed as delegates to the Association^[4]
• 24 Sep 1820 Bretheren Matthew Melton and Enoch Phelps appointed to bear Petition of brother Peter Galaway to the Rocky Spring Church.^[4]
• 24 MAR 1821 brother Enoch Phelps appointed to talk with Bary Franklin before our next conference.^[4]
• 25 Aug 1821 brethren J. I. Whitehead and E. Phelps chosen as our delegates to the Association.^[4]
• 27 Oct 1821 Enoch Phelps and wife obtain letters of dismission from this church.^[4]

Enoch was living in Dallas County, AL by 1823 as he was received by letter on 05 Jul 1823 into Town Creek Baptist Church there. He was named by Abigail Jones as her lawful agent to sell property she owned in Edgefield County, SC later that same year. This Power of Attorney was witnessed by Shadrack & Thomas Jones. My father in his research concluded that Abigail was likely Enoch's wife Mary's mother. So Shadrack and Thomas may have been Mary's brothers. In the Dallas County, AL Book for 1826-7 on page 434 Shadrack Jones signed an oath stating he witnessed Abigail's signature on the foregoing document. Shadrack signed this statement on 08 Jul 1826 in Dallas County.

IMildred Brewer Russell's 1951 work on this history of Hayneville, AL there is a section entitled "Hayneville's First Settlers" which reads-

Few names of Hayneville's pioneers survive. ...Enoch Spruill Phelps, his son Jones, and his Roberts kinsmen, ... were among the first to locate on the swamp-surrounded sandbank on which the village was founded.^[5]

Another section in the Russell's work is entitled "Cemeteries" and describes Hayneville's first burial ground as being located on South Commerce Street, stating 60-70 people are said to be buried there. And "In the northeastern corner, formerly shaded by a large cedar tree, are the graves, four or five in number, of the Phelps-Jones family."^[5]

On 08 Jan 1824 a deed appears wherein Enoch Phelps sells 185 acres of land at the headwaters of Shaw Creek on the Edisto Rier in Edgefield County, SC (noted as land originally granted to Abigail Jones) to one Thomas DeLoach. This is the aforementioned property Abigail had entrusted Enoch as POA to sell on her behalf.

On 12 May 1826 in Dallas County Deed Book A is the bond wherein Enoch was commissioned as Constable.

On 02 Feb 1828 Enoch and Mary were dismissed by letter from Town Creek Baptist Church in Dallas County, Alabama.

Enoch and son Enoch S. appear in the 03 Jan 1828 issue of The Selma Courier in a "List of letters remaining in the Post Office st Cahawba, Alabama, for the quarter ending Dec. 31st 1827: .. Enoch S. Phelps, Enoch Phelps..."^[6]

Enoch and son Enoch S are in Lowndes County, Alabama on the 1830 census with Enoch having the following household members-

M)5-10A:2, 15-20:1, 50-60:1

F)10-15:2, 15-20:1, 30-40:1, 70-80:1^[7]

By 1838 the family has moved West into Mississippi where we find Enoch and his son Enoch S. on the census for 1840 in Newton County, Enoch's household consists at this time of the following members:

M)15-20:2, 60-70:1

F)5-10:1, 30-40:1, 50-60:1^[8]

During the 1830s and 40s, he appears on the Newton County, MS Tax Rolls as follows-

• 1838-Enoch Phelps, 4 slaves, no poll $2.50
• 1839-E. Phelps, 5 slaves, $4.37
• 1840-Enoch Phelps - 5 slaves, $3.12
• 1841-Enoch Phelps, 290 acres valued at $363, no poll, 5 cattle, 5 slaves, $4.70 3/4
• 1842-Enoch Phelps, 5 slaves $3.75
• 1843-Enoch Phelps, 5 slaves, $3.75
• 1847-Enoch Phelps, 2 cows over 20 head (.01 each); 10 slaves under 60 (.60 each). $6.02

As shown on the tax records noted above, Enoch first purchased land in Newton County, Mississippi in 1841 on the 27th of February. The parcels covered a large area of Section 13 in Township 8 North Range 10 East including the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4, the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4, the entire SE 1/4, the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4, as well as the southerly adjoining areas of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and the entire NE quarter of Section 24 and an adjoining area described as the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 18 of Township 8 North Range 11 East.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRH-YC1 : accessed 17 August 2017), Enock Felps, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 186, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 181,422.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH23-8H1 : accessed 17 August 2017), Enoch Phelps, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 59, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 62; FHL microfilm 181,421.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL7-9M5 : accessed 17 August 2017), Enoch Phelps, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 118; FHL microfilm 162,021.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Philippi Baptist Church Records. Earliest Book of Records. Edgefield County, South Carolina. As shown to me by the current pastor on a personal visit there in Sep 2022. Unnumbered pages at front of volume naming members received and members dismissed and numbered pages of church business 4, 5, 6, 7.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Lowndes Court House: A chronicle of Hayneville, an Alabama Black Belt village, 1820-1900. by Mildred Brewer Russell. 1951. pp5, 56-57.
6. ↑ Selma Courier. 03 Jan 1828, p3.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-GGZ : 18 August 2015), Enoch Phelps, Lowndes, Alabama, United States; citing 271, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 2,330.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-NV6 : 24 August 2015), Enoch Philps, Newton, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 141, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 216; FHL microfilm 14,841.
9. ↑ Family Maps of Newton County, Mississippi. Deluxe Edition. Gregory A. Boyd, JD. Arphax Publishing Company. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. pp.46, 51, 62.
10. ↑ Craft, Myrtis S, George Mason and Melvin Tingle. Book of Original Entries - Land Records of Newton County, Mississippi. 1998. Carrollton, Mississippi. Repository-Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas. p48

• Deed, Edgefield Co., SC Book F James Barrentine to Enoch Phelps, 09 Sep 1799.
• Abigail Jones, Power of Attorney to Enoch Phelps, Dallas County, AL 23 Dec 1823.
• Enoch Phelps, Dallas County, AL Deed to Thomas DeLoach, 08 Jan 1824.
• Enoch Phelps, Dallas Co., AL Deed to Pheby Randolph-

Enoch Phelps to Pheby Randolph.

Deed, State of South Carolina, Edgefield District

Know all men by these presents that I, Enoch Phelps, of the State of Alabama, Dallas County, in consideration of $200.00 paid by said Pheby Randolph of the state and district aforesaid, do grant, etc unto her that parcel of land containing 120 acres more or less, situate in said district and being on the south side of Shaw Creek and having such marks s the original plat represents. The above land was grant ed the 5th day of Jun 1786 and recorded in Grant book IIII [4? or JJJJ?] page 624 and begins at a water oak thence running south 38 E to a post oak corner thence S 42E to a black jack thence as the course may be to a big pine. These agreen on by Enoch Phelps and Philips Shipes thence up the main course of hte creek to the beginning corner. Signed and acknwoledged this 11th day of April A.D. 1826

Enoch Phelps in the presence of Thomas DeLoach and Hampton Mims

• Membership list of Town Creek Baptist Church, Dallas (now Lowndes) County, Alabama.
• Church records of Phillip Baptist Church, Johnston, South Carolina.
• Enoch Phelps fgs with sources
• Micellaneous Alabama Newspaper Abstracts Volume I. Michael Kelsey, Nancy Graff Floyd & Ginny Guinn Parsons. Heritage Books Inc., 1995. p62.
• Dallas County, AL Deed Book A, bond, Enoch Phelps, Constable
• Civil Commissions and Appointments file. Alabama State Archives. Volume 1 page 69, Civil Register of County Officers (1819-32)

Enoch S Phelps, Constable, commissioned 10 May 1826.

• Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia 1785-1820. Mary G. Bryan.

Felps, Enoch - p53.