Jeremiah was born in 1837. He was the son of Joseph Phillips and Elizabeth Lawson. In 1837 Jeremiah's father Joseph was granted two hundred acres of land lying on Little Bull Creek Creek in Campbell County, Tennessee. Entry made : March 10, 1836, Surveyed : April 11, 1836, Granted : September 16, 1837 ( on December 17, 1849 Little Bull Creek became part of Scott County, Tennessee ). Jeremiah married Malinda Delk on August 12, 1855, in Scott County, Tennessee, USA. They lived at Bull Creek in Scott County. He passed away on March 28, 1918 at Bull Creek.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-CVH : 23 December 2020), Jeremiah Phillips in household of Joseph Phillips, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWH-3V8 : 15 January 2022), Jirimiah Phillips, Bull Creek, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZS-4S7 : accessed 6 May 2022), Jerry Philipps, Civil Districts 10-11, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 6A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,595.
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