The Last Will and Testament of Stephen Phillips of Randolph County, North Carolina, dated 18 October 1855, on file at the State Archives in Raleigh, North Carolina, 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. An older son of Stephen and Delilah, who appears in the 1830 census, predeceased his father, as he is not named in the will.
