Reuben Phillips Sr (1725 - 1805)

Born 1725 in Cecil County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Howard) Phillips — married 1747 in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 1805 at about age 80 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA

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Biography:

Reuben Phillips Sr aka Philips

Born 1725 in Cecil County, Maryland, USA

Died 1800 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA

ANCESTORS:

Son of Thomas Phillips and Eleanor Mary (Sutton) Phillips

[brothers or sisters?]

Husband of Catherine (Howard) Phillips —married 1747 in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland.

DESCENDANTS:

Father of Thomas Phillips III, William Phillips, Levi Eli Phillips, Levi Phillips and Adam Philips.

1753: Reuben Phillips and his wife Catherine moved from Cecil County to Frederick County Maryland in 1753 and then in 1769 sold their Frederick County lands and moved to Rowan County, North Carolina.

During the Revolution,' John, William, Levi and Adam served in the militia, while Reuben was Road Overseer, and Jesse was Constable. Adam moved in 1789 to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and then in 1803 to Buncombe County where he rented a farm on Turkey Creek for about a year.

1803: In the fall of 1803, Adam purchased some unimproved land on the Beaver Dams of Hominy Creek, and moved into it on the tenth of March 1804. He lived here with his wife Hannah (Bailey) Phillips and children, Eli A., Elizabeth, Elisha, Reuben, Mary Ann, Catherine and Hiram. Adam was of the Methodist faith, and in 1806 Daniel Asbury who was the Presiding Elder of a nearby district, visited the Phillips home, and he sent a Methodist preacher named Jesse Richardson, who preached round the neighborhood, and often stayed in the Phillips house. Adam was appointed Class Leader for the Methodist Society in Buncombe County, and kept that position for over 40 years. Adam had taught school while living in Mecklenburg County, and in 1810 his son Reuben, though only a youth of 14, was given a job as schoolteacher on the Swannanoa river near Adam's new home on Whitson Creek, (now Haw Creek). Adam and his family had moved to Whitson Creek in 1809 to get nearer civilization because the neighborhood around Hominey Creek was full of rowdies and had "No church, no school and no Sabbath" as Reuben states in his autobiography.

1809: Adam's son Eli was married in 1809 and lived near Adam and his new wife Sarah. In the following years, other of Adam and Hannah's children were married: Elisha in 1810; Elizabeth in 1814; Reuben in 1819; and the other children as they became old enough.

In 1825, Eli and Reuben made an exploratory trip to the newly opened Creek Indian lands in Habersham County, Georgia, and in the spring of 1826 they moved there with their families. Their sister Mary Ann who had married Joseph Wilson Pharr, a Methodist minister, followed shortly. In 1832, their youngest brother Hiram who married Nancy Vaughn of Clarksville joined them and moved to that town where be became a doctor of medicine.

1896: Elizabeth was now Elizabeth Wells, Catherine had married James Bell and had a son George Hamilton Bell who was a prominent episcopal minister in Buncombe County. Adam's son Elisha now lived in Haywood County, and raised a large family in that county, outliving three wives in the process. Elisha's son Sewell became one of the more prominent ministers of Tennessee before his death in 1896. Many of Adam's sons, grandsons, and great grandsons became Methodist preachers, teachers, or often both, and his daughter Catherine Bell was a well-known teacher in Asheville for many years.

1848: Hannah died in 1848, and Adam lived with his daughters Elizabeth and Catherine. He was given a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War, and also a Bounty Land Warrant. He died December 29, 1858 aged 96 years and two days, and is buried in Bethesda Cemetery on Haw Creek Asheville, on the land he owned for many years.

Many of his descendants still live in Buncombe, Haywood and other Western North Carolina counties, and many have been prominent citizens in their own right.

1786: It is likely that Adam's brothers John and William also lived for a time in Buncombe County before they moved on the Tennessee and Kentucky. Adam's Father Reuben and brother Levi took their families to Oglethrope County, Georgia about 1786 and in 1793 Jesse and Reuben Jr. left Rowan County also. Jesse evidently went to Tennessee, while Reuben Jr. settled in Wilkes County, North Carolina where he died in 1813 or 1814.

One of the Phillips/Philips families of Buncombe County originated in Cecil County, Maryland.

By John Wesley Phillips. Descendants of Reuben Phillips May 1, 2009 by John Wesley Phillips

Source: FindAGrave MEMORIAL ID 76817820

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76817820

Note

See Also:

Name: Elizabeth Philips; Gender: Female; Christening Date: July 4, 1767; Christening Place: Saint Peters Lutheran Church, Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland; Birth Date: December 20, 1767; Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Reuben Philips; Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Catharina; Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50463-1; System Origin: Maryland-ODM; GS Film number: 908723; Reference ID: Citing this Record: "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZY-XVZ : 12 December 2014), Reuben Philips in entry for Elizabeth Philips, 20 Dec 1767; citing ; FHL microfilm 908,723.

• Fact: Burial Unknown

Sources

• Reuben Phillips (1725-1805) on Find A Grave: Memorial #76817820 Retrieved 25 December 2017.

Descendants of Reuben Phillips By John Wesley Phillips

• Source: S54 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S55 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R2

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Phillips-4233 created through the import of My Family File.ged on November 16, 2011 by Lance Foster. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lance and others.
• This WikiTree profile Phillips-12219 was created by Richard Meadors through the import of Meadors-Huntsinger-Phillips-Maddox_2015-04-05.ged on April 5, 2015.

Maintained by: imagal49 Originally Created by: william campbell Record added: Sep 20, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 76817820