Wilkes County, Georgia, Tax Records 1785-1805, compiled Frank Hudson, 1996, p 1038: 1801 Capt. Nathan Chaffin's District, #68 Elijah Phillips, no land listed
p 1075: 1802 Capt Mathew Lile's District, #110, no land listed
p 1238: 1805 Capt Mathew Lile's District, #113, Elijah Phillips, 9 slaves, 61 ac 1st, 61 ac 2nd, Little River
Greene Co, GA, Deed Book "M", p 659, John Patrick, Sr. of Jackson Co sold to E. Phillips of Greene County, September 16, 1801, 225 acres of land in Greene County, originally surveyed for Daniel McNeil on July 1, 1784 and granted September 18, 1784.
Source: Wilkes County Incomplete List of Persons Entitled to Draws in 1807 Land Lottery, book located in Wilkes County Georgia courthouse, Capt. Sherrod Malones' district, Elijah Phillips 2 draws as married. The land given out in this lottery was obtained from the Creek Nation, in a treaty concluded at the city of Washington, Nov. 14, 1805, and was added to the counties of Baldwin and Wilkinson. The lots consisted of 202 1/2 acres each.
1820 Census Georgia . Jasper . Monticello, p 198
Males Under 10 2 Females Under 10 4 Numerous slaves
10-16 1 10-16 1
26-45 1 26-45 1
January 24, 1822, (says Baldwin County on the page in the book not Monroe) Monroe County, GA Deed Book A, p 49 Elijah of Jasper County buys 130 acres from Davis Smith of Lawrence County
Senate from Monroe County, Georgia 1830
1830 Census Monroe County, Georgia, p 211A
Males 5-under 10 1 Females Under 5 2 Slaves Under 10 Males 6 Females 5
10-14 1 5-9 2 10-24 2 5
15-19 1 10-14 1 24-36 3 2
20-29 1 15-19 1 36-55 1 1
50-59 1 40-49 1 55-100 1
One slave listed as blind
1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia, James Smith, original 1838, Harper Brothers, reprinted 1991, Southern Historical Press: p 299, 25th District, 3 Section, Cherokee, Lot 81, Elijah Phillips, Atkinson's, Coweta. There was an Elijah Phillips in the 1830 Coweta County Census so this probably not our Elijah.
1840 Census District 573, Monroe Co, GA, p 165A
Males 10-14 1 Females 10-14 2
20-29 1 15-19 1
60-69 1 50-59 1
1850 Census 59th Division, Meriwether County, Georgia, p 311A
Elijah, 70 years old, farmer, $7500 value of real estate, b GA
Tilothy, 61 years old, b GA
1850 Slave Schedule, 59th Division, Meriwether County, Georgia, August 6, 1850, written p 2 lists Elijah Phillips with 28 slaves ranging from 58 years to 6 months
