1750 Joel and family in Anson County, North Carolina They were living in Anson Co, NC from 1761-1771.
Anson County, North Carolina, Abstracts of Deeds,
vol 5, p 355, June 10, 1759, James Pickett Jr. to Joel Phillips for 35 pistoles, 200 acres on both sides Cedar Cr., S side Great Pee Dee, granted to Francis McElevean April 11, 1749
DB 7, p 192-93, September 5, 1761, William and Zachary Phillips, 260 acres to Joseph Oats S side Pee Dee conveyed to Phillips January 18, 1754 Wit: Joel and Elizabeth Phillips
vol 6, p 154-155, October 3, 1761, Joel Phillips of Anson, planter, to Nicholas Smith of Cumberland Co for 10 pounds, land in Anson os SW side Pee Dee, 200 acres greanted to sd Phillips, December 5, 1760
vol 3, 85-86, December 17, 1763, Joel Phillips to James Hutchins, 200 ac Cedar Creek, Joel and Elizabeth sign Wit: Wm and Zachary
1082(160), October 23, 1767, Rowland WIlliams sold land on SW side of Pee Dee R, border land of Joel Philips granted Dec 4, 1760
DB 7, 506(227) July 4, 1770, Joel and Elizabeth to William Nelson 200 acres Negrohead Br of RIchardson Cr granted to Joel December 22, 1768
1670(39) October 5, 1773 WIlliam Nelson sold land on Negroe head Br of Richardsons Cr. border land bgranted Dec 22, 1768 to Joel Phillips
501, October 14, 1778, Patrick Boggan enters 500 ac in Anson Co SE of Golds fork; border; Joel Phillips, Powell, and Wm Phillips; includes his old improvement he purchased of Jerum Miller.
1643(12), March 4, 1786, Thomas Wade sold 200 ac on SW of Pee Dee R and near the mouth of Goulds fork of Brown Cr, border begins at Joel Philips SE corner
DB C2, 257, July 17, 1792, Ezekiel McClendon sold land on Brown's Creek which was granted to Joel by the King November 9, 1764
Joseph Maddock who, with Jonathan Sell, brought the Quaker colony from Orange County, N. C.; to Wrightsborough in 1768. Did Joel come at this time or later?
By 1773 Joel and family (5 sons and 2 daughters) in Wilkes County, Georgia which was formed in 1773 from Creek & Cherokee Indian Cessions.
1774 Wrightsborough, a Quaker colony, Joel and Zacahriah signed a petition repudiating the hostilities toward England
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Source: Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, Compiled under Authority of the Georgia Legislature by Lucian Lamar Knight, state Historian and Director of the Department of Archives and History, 1920, Index Printing Co., Atlanta, Ga, p 141, "Certificates of Service in American Revolution"
Phillips, Joel, Sr. Certificate of Elijah Clarke, Col. Feb. 2, 1784. Petitioner prays 575 acres in Washington Co.
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1785 Phillips Mill Bapist Church founded
Wilkes County, Georgia, Tax Records 1785-1805, compiled Frank Hudson, 1996, p 34: 1785, Capt Karl's District, entry #28 and 28a, Joel Phillips, Wilkes 300 ac 1st, 650 ac 2nd and Washington 287 ac 2nd
p 85: 1786, Capt Hurley's District, entry #38 and 38a, Joel Phillips, Wilkes 954 ac 2nd and Greene 100 ac 2nd, 187 3rd, entry #43 no land listed, lands in this district on the Oconee River waters
Wilkes Co, GA DB "CC", p 3 Joel Phillips, witness for land sale from John Bates to Geo Tucker in 1786
DB "DD", 1788-1789, p 37, Lists Joel Phillips with land adj to Nathaniel Bulloch on Kettle creek
DB "EE", 1788-1790, p 80, Hugh Jones sells Joel Phillips 4 acres on Little river, Jan 12, 1789 John Bush, J. P., Samuel
DB"FF"--1788, p 57, Joel Phillips and wife Elizabeth to Elexander Norris 175 acres on Little river, one boundary "above the
old meeting house". Sept. 26, 1788. John and Wm. Nelson, Test. Harper, J. P., Test.
1790 Tax Returns Wilkes County, GA, District N, Captain Hurley's District list William Philips, 200 acres and Joel Phillips 830 acres and 1 slave, both acreages where listed as quality "2". Captain Hurley's District reported lands on Little River, Beaverdam Creek and Kettle Creek in 1792.
Wilkes County, Georgia, Tax Records 1785-1805, compiled Frank Hudson, 1996, p 478: 1785, Capt Robert Morrow's Company, entry #54 Joel Phillips, no land, entry #53 Elezabeth Phillips, 3 slaves, 630 ac Little River, #52, William Phillips 200 ac, Little RIver
Wilkes County, GA 1794 Tax List, Col William Bailey Reidgement (sic), Capt Joseph Morrow Company District, 1 white male, no land listed
Wilkes County, Georgia, Tax Records 1785-1805, compiled Frank Hudson, 1996, p 663: 1795, Capt Barnett Moore's Company, entry #32 Joel Phillips, 4 slaves, 30 ac 2nd, 700 ac 3rd, Little River, return for Joel Phillips, deceased by Elizabeth Phillips, executrix, #31 Elizabeth Phillips, no land listed
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Anson Co. NC Land Entries and Deeds, Deed Book C#2-3; 10-22-1788, From William Nelson to Richard Griffin, description: 200 acres granted Joel Phillips December 22, 1768 on Negro Head, a branch of Richardson Creek; 3/4 of a mile below the Lawyers Road; wit Daniel Henson Juratt, Henry Henson
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Source: Early Records of Georgia vol 1 and 2, Grace Gillam Davidson, Call Number: F292.W7D384x, Silas Emmett Lucas, Publisher, Georgia. 1932. Reprint 1968
Wilkes county was named for John Wilkes, a member of Parliament who opposed the policy of Great Britain towards the American Colonies which brought about the Revolutionary War. It was created 1777 from the northern part of Saint Paul's Parish, and lands acquired by the Royal Governor, Sir James Wright, from the Creek and Cherokee Indians in payment of their debts to the Indian traders, and called the "Ceded Lands." The treaty was signed at Augusta, June 1, 1773, by Governor Wright and John Stewart, His Majesty's sole agent for Indian affairs in the Southern District of America.
The first Land Court for granting the "Ceded Lands" was held at Augusta Sept. 27, 1773. Other Courts were held at Dartmouth, Wrightsborough, Broad River and Augusta until June 1775.
Originally Wilkes embraced all of Elbert county, cut off 1790, all of Oglethorpe, cut off 1793, part of Warren, 1793, all of Lincoln, 1796, part of Greene 1802, part of Talliaferro 1825 and 1828.
A number of years after the close of the Revolution there appears a House Resolution by which it appears that it had come to the attention of the House that certain papers and records concerning the issuance of the Ceded Lands were in possession of one, Joseph Maddock and the said Maddock was ordered to turn them over to the Representative in the House from his County, Geene County. Nothing further appears, and evidently Maddock did not surrender them at that time. Maddock was probably the same, or a son of the Joseph Maddock who, with Jonathan Sell, brought the Quaker colony from Orange County, N. C.; to Wrightsborough in 1768.
Records of the Court of Land Commissioners, APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR WRIGHT TO ISSUE THE
"CEDED LANDS"--1773 to 1775, A List of Persons who have Applied to the Commissioners Appointed by his Excellency Sir. Jas. Wright Barronet to receive Vouchers; and have Obtained liberty to Settle on the Lands Ceeded to His Majesty:
October 15, 1773
p 10 , PHILLIPS. JOEL--N. C., a wife, 5 sons and 2 daus. from--yr. to 9 months old. 200 acres at Reedy creek north side of Little river.
P 14, Wrightsborough,, November 9, 1773, DANIEL. WILLIAM--S. C., wife 2 sons and 4 daus. from 13 to 2 years old. 200 acres about 2 miles above Joel Phillips on north side Little river, on Reedy Creek.
Vol., I Page 291, Deed Book "F F"--1788
Page 57--PHILLIPS, JOEL and wife Elizabeth to Elexander Norris 175 acres on Little river, one boundary "above the old meeting house".
Sept. 26, 1788. John and Wm. Nelson, Test.
Page 456--PHILIPS, ISAIAH to Joel Philips, a slave Bett, 20 years old, and a child Rose, 3 years old. Bill of sale. Dec. 12, 1791. John & Wm. Ramey, test.
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Source: Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends, Lucian Lamar Knight, Byrd Printing Co, Atlanta, GA, 1913, Vol 1 p 765-767
Georgia's Quaker Colony Files A Protest - "From a protest ,signed by most of the inhabitants of Wrightsboro, repudiating the resolutions passed on August 10, 1774 by the hotheaded patriots of the coast, almost a full list of the early settlers can be obtained. There was comparatively little hostility to England in this part of the Province. The district had just been purchased from the Indians by Gov. Wright, who had promised the settlers every protection against the savages." On the list of signers were Joel and Zacahariah Phillips
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Source: The Story of Washington-Wilkes, WPA, University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1941, p 31-32
"In 1783 the Baptist denomination, led by the Reverend Sanders Walker from Kiokee Church in Columbia County, organized Fishing Creek Church, the oldest congregation in Wilkes County. The Upton Creek Church, later called Greenwood, followed in 1784 and Phillips Mill in 1785. Records and stories of the time show that the war had left memories that could not be softened even by religion. One such story tells how Joel Phillips, donor of Phillip's Mill Church, saw a Tory who had come in for his Sunday devotions, ousted him with a mighty kick, and returned to join heartily in the services.
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Source: WIlkes County Scrapbook, by Janet Harvill Standard, Vol A, Wilkes Publishing Co, Washington, GA, p 15
"Joel Phillips gave the land on which Phillips Mill Church was first built on Little River. His grist mill gave the church its name. The story is told that after the war hatred between Patriot and Tory burned long and bitterly. One Sabbath, Joel was at church kneeling in prayer when a Tory entered. Rising from his knees, he promptly ousted the intruder, taking him by the scruff of the neck and adding a resounding kick at the door. When he resumed his prayers, he did it with the approval of the entrie congregation."
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Source: Revolutionary Soldiers Receipts for Georgia Bounty Grants, book in Wilkes County, GA courthouse, p 61, 250 acres, #715, Wm Downs for Joel Phillips
p 63, 250 acres, #755, Wm Downs for Joel Phillips
p 71, 250 acres, #898, Wm Downs for Joel Phillips
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Source: Index to Land Grants 1784-1839, Wilkes County, GA, book at courthouse, Book FFF, p 90, 950 acres Long Creek in 1784,
Book EEE, p 22, 750 acres Beaver Dam Creek 1784
Book WWW, p 28, 30 acres Golden Grove Creek 1792
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Source: The Cherokee Land Lottery, James F Smith, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1838, p 215
Lists the Eighth District 3rd Section, Cherokee, 64, Joel Phillips, Hampton's, Newton County
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Revolutionary soldier
Check these out for possible parents: William Phillips and Harriet Horn Phillips of Amherst Co, Virginia
John Phillips Halifax Co, Virginia, There was a Joel Hawkins there in 1750's also
No Georgia Census available for 1790, 1800 or 1810
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Joel Phillips Sr. first appears in the records as a land purchaser in 1759 and 1762 in Anson County, North Carolina.
Joel and Elizabeth appear as witnesses to a deed. Before the Revolution Joel and several of his brothers acquired land grants in Wilkes County, Georgia. Joel and Elizabeth Phillips had a son named Whitmel and grandsons names Whitmel and Arrington. Another granddaughter from Temperance married Charles Arrington 1810 MorganCounty, Georgia. Joel died in Wilkes County, Georgia 1792 and Elizabeth 1816. Information gathered from Jim Ward e-mail jimw@@copperhill.com
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The area in Wilkes County was known as Lick Creek. His brother Zachariah followed him here with his wife Rachel. Zachariah later moved to Washington County, with his family.
This information gathered from Denise Phillips Wagner e-mailjwagner600@@aol.com
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1790 Tax Returns Wilkes County, GA, Capt. Hurley's District, lists Joel Phillips, 830 acres, 1 slave
From original papers found in Wilkes County, Georgia Courthouse cellar and attic by Sarah Quinn Smith and preserved
Page 274
PHILIPS, JOEL dec'd. Warrant of apprmt Oct. 3, 1792. Elizabeth and Wm. Phillips, admrs. Inv. Oct. 22, 1792. Slaves Sanders, Betty and
Rose, 830 acres of land.
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1792 Source: WIlkes County Papers 1773-1838, compiled by Robert Scott Davis, Jr.
page 98- Joel Phillips Inventory
Inventory of the estate of Joel Phillips, 22 Oct 1792 Spencer Branham, John Ogletree, John Leavrit, Sr., David Ogletree and John Fluker. Recorded in book EE, page, 25, 29 October 1792.Signed statement of John Lindsay concerning sale of land in 1797 by William and Elizabeth Phillips, administrators of estate of Joel Phillips, to Elijah Clark, John Lindsay in the presence of D. D. Terrell, Clerk 24 August 1801.
Joel Phillips fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek on Feb. 14, 1770. Joel's homestead was located on Kettle Creek.
In 1790 Joel Phillips is listed owning 830 acres of land in Wilkes County, Georgia. The census of 1790 showed that of the 82,548 people then living in Georgia, more than one-third lived in Wilkes County.
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PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Hwy 44 between Union Point and Washington, near the Kettle Creek Revolutionary War battle ground. Located on GA 44, 9.9 miles west of junction with US 78B/GA 10B, 1.7 miles from the Taliaferro Co Line. There is a granite monument in front of the church stating that the church was founded 17 May 1785 in Joel Phillips grist mill. At both ends of the monument are the original millstones from Joel's mill..There is also a Georgia historical marker that states:
On June 10, 1785, 16 members met in a mill on this site owned by Joel Phillips, a Revolutionary soldier, and organized Phillips Mills Baptist Church. The Rev. Silas Mercer, leader of the group, became the first pastor of the church, and served in this capacity for 11 years. His son, Jesse Mercer, was received into the church on July 7, 1787, at the age of eighteen. Later he was ordained to the ministry in the old church, and followed his father as its pastor, serving this church for thirty-seven years.
The present edifice is the second to be built on the site, which was donated to the church by Joel Phillips. Since its organization, many important conferences have been held in Phillips Mills Church, and young men whose names are now famous in the ministry have preached their first sermons here.
Joel's grave is on the right side of the church down a small slope along with several other old graves. The headstone states: Joel Phillips, Continental Line Rev. War, 1792
Source: Phillips Mill Baptist Church, 200 Years for Christ 1785-1985 by Emily Griffin Hill, p 36, original millstones from the Joel Phillips' grist mill. "The stones were cut from rock found in the Paris Basin of the Seine River in France, and are sedimentary in formation. A close look will reveal many sea shells, which indicate that this ore was once under water. After being cut they were brought to the Savannah area by boat and on to this area by ox cart."
"The smaller rock around the base of the marker came from what we feel sure was the area known as "Meeting House Hill". This we feel is the site of our original church, due to the proximity of the old Savannah to Atlanta stagecoach road bed, which can still be seen, and a spring at the ford on Little River, that was known as "Meeting House Spring". There is an old plat that helps in locating the spring."
