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true and lawful attorney. John Henry was a brother-in-law of John and Joseph,
having married their sister Martha Ann Phillips on 4 July 1846 in Randolph
County. It is not certain that Rachael Allred (born 1773, died 3 March 1856)
was Joseph’s first wife; nor is it certain if she was the mother of all or only
some of Joseph’s eleven children. Joseph’s fourth child, Delilah Allred (born
c. 1801) married Stephen Phillips (born December 1797) on 13 April 1819 in
Randolph County, North Carolina, and was the mother of seven of Stephen's
children. Stephen married secondly Elizabeth Bailey on 11 August 1847 in
Randolph County. Both marriages are recorded in “North Carolina Marriage Bonds,
1741-1868,” wherein the brides’ names are spelled “Delila Alred” and “Elizebeth
Bailey.” The ancestry of Delilah Allred is presented in a separate study HERE
As stated above, Stephen Phillips and Delilah Allred had seven children. In
the 1830 census for Regiment 2, Randolph County, there are five children listed
(one daughter aged 10-14, one son and one daughter aged 5-9, and two daughters
under 5). In the 1840 census for Northern Division, Randolph County, there are
five children listed (one daughter aged 15-19, two daughters aged 10-14, one
son aged 5-9, and one son under 5); the eldest son and the eldest daughter are
no longer living with their parents. In the 1850 census for Northern Division,
Randolph County, Stephen Philips (age 52) is living with his second wife
Eliza (age 40) and three children: one by Delilah (James, aged 16), one by
Eliza (William, age 3), the W. C. Phillips named as a half-brother in James'
probate case 22 years later), and Franklin (age 8, presumably a grandson, as
he is listed out of sequence in the census record and, more importantly, is not
named as a son in Stephen's will five years later).
The Last Will and Testament of Stephen Phillips, dated 18 October 1855, named
nine children: Martha Ann Henry, Losady Williams, Polly Vestal, Rachel G.
Vestal, John Phillips, Joseph H. Phillips, and James A. Phillips (children
of Delilah Allred); and William C. Phillips and Barbary E. C. L. Phillips
(children of Elizabeth Bailey). John Henry is identified as Martha Ann’s
husband. One may infer that the oldest son of Stephen and Delilah, who
appears in the 1830 census, predeceased his father, as he is not named in
the will. Stephen bequeathed unto his “beloved wife Elizabeth Phillips”
a portion of the homestead “whereon I now live,” described as follows:
“Beginning at an Elm on the Little Creek, thence running the
various courses of the creek to the first fork, then the right
hand fork to the road, running to the road that goes from Abel
Cox’s to Isham Thrift’s, then the various courses of the road to
his line, running his own line to the big creek below Hendley’s,
thence down the said creek to the School House Branch, thence
southwest to Abel Cox’s line, thence on said line to the Elm.”
No deed has been found to Stephen Phillips for land on Little Creek. The
only deed of record to Stephen Phillips, dated 22 April 1820, is for land on
the waters of Little Brush Creek, described as follows:
“Beginning at a stone on the East side of the said Brush Creek
Francis Lineberry corner then runs west on said Lineberry line
9 Chs. & 15 links to a Black Oak Lineberry corner then South 71o
46 Chs. To a Willow Oak Jason McDaniel corner then South 26 Chs.
& 50 links to a stone Solomon Trogdens line then along said line
57 Chs. to a Chesnut Yorks corner then North on York line 27 Chs.
to the said Brush Creek then up the said Creek the Various courses
to the Beginning Containing 200 Acres”
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