Born about in Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Phillips
and Uriah (Woodley) Phillips
Sister of
Abraham Phillips, Mary (Phillips) Martz, John Phillips, Grace (Phillips) Layton, Lydia (Phillips) Peters and Rachel (Phillips) Thornhill
Wife of
George Dunlap
— married
15 May 1811 in Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
John Phillips Dunlap, Reuben Dunlap, William Dunlap, Joseph Woodley Dunlap, Rebecca (Dunlap) Dickey, Oliver Dunlap, Harvey Dunlap, George Dunlap and Maria C Dunlap
Died
at about age 80
in Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2018
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Biography
Elizabeth Phillips was born in November 1788 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. She is the daughter of John Phillips and Uriah Woodley.
She married George Dunlap 15 May 1811 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. Her father's name was listed as John, deceased. Abraham Philips provided the surety and provided the age of the bride. [1][2]
1820 census -- Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA
- Name:George Dunlop
- Home in 1820 (City, County, State):Rockingham, Virginia
- Enumeration Date:August 7, 1820
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:4 (John, Reuben, William, Joseph)
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:1 (?)
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:1 (George)
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:1 (?)
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:1 (Betsy)
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:2
- Free White Persons - Under 16:4
- Free White Persons - Over 25:3
- Total Free White Persons:8
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:8[3]
She was mentioned in an 1824 deed between Peter Zetty and John Looker. This deed describes the transaction history of two tracts of land which John Looker sold to Peter Zetty. The deed states that the two tracts of land (being sold to Zetty) were originally part of 590 acres of land originally owned by John Phillips deceased (the 590 acres were originally in two tracts), which were then divided into 7 separate surveys (tracts) upon his death. One of these tracts was sold to John Looker by George and Elizabeth Dunlap, and the other sold to John Looker by John Peters and wife Lydia. It is these two tracts which are being sold to Peter Zetty by John Looker, and it is stated that these two tracts are adjacent to each other and bordered by land owned by Samuel Martz and Abraham Phillips.
1840 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- Name George Dunlap
- Home in 1840 Burlington, Licking, Ohio
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (George)
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 (Harvey, Oliver)
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 3 (Joseph, William, Reuben)
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 (George)
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Maria)
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 (Rebecca, ?)
- Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 (Betsy)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
- Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
- No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 3
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
- Total Free White Persons: 11
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11[4]
Betsy and her husband were mentioned in an 1846 petition, Abraham Philips Adm vs Elizabeth Philips et al., filed by Charles Condit, Administrator of Abraham Phillip's estate. The petition appears to list the Phillips' siblings and children.[5]
1850 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- George Dunlap, age 58, male, , farmer, $1500 real estate, born Virginia; Elizabeth Dunlap, age 62, female, , born Virginia; Oliver Dunlap, age 29, male, , farmer, born Virginia; Woodley Dunlap, age 33, male, , farmer, born Virginia ; Harvey Dunlap, age 26, male, , farmer, born Virginia; George Dunlap, age 24, male, , farmer, born Virginia; Maria C Dunlap, age 20, female, , born Ohio[6]
1860 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- Betsy Dunlap, age 75, female, , housekeeper, $70 personal property, born Virginia; Harvey Dunlap, age 34, male, , farmer, born Virginia; Catherine Hummell, age 22, female, , lives with family housekeeper, born Ohio[7]
She died 25 April 1869 in Licking Co., Ohio. She is buried in Homer Cemetery in Homer, Ohio.[8]
Sources
- ↑ Harry M Strickler, Old Tenth Legion Marriages: Marriages in Rockingham County, Virginia From 1778 to 1816 Taken from the marriage bonds; The Shenandoah Press, Dayton, Virginia, 1928: p 49.
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR74-V8M : 11 February 2018), George Dunlap and Betsey Philips, 15 May 1811; citing Rockingham, Virginia, reference P. 67; FHL microfilm 33,497.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLZ-TD5 : accessed 28 October 2018), George Dunlop, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing p. 132, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 139; FHL microfilm 193,698.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTC-98X : 8 September 2017), George Dunlap, Burlington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing p. 304, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 408; FHL microfilm 20,170.
- ↑ Court records, 1809-1811, 1816-1854 Licking County, Ohio, Chancery record v. Q 1844-1846, www.familysearch.org, p 648
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQV-XK3 : 12 April 2016), George Dunlap, Burlington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 1489, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGK-MF9 : 18 February 2021), Betsy Dunlap, 1860.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42552719/elizabeth-dunlap : accessed 28 June 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth “Betsy” Phillips Dunlap (20 Nov 1788–25 Apr 1869), Find A Grave: Memorial #42552719, citing Homer Cemetery, Homer, Licking County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Rebecca Dunlap (contributor 47104507) .
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