Elizabeth Harrington Phillips was a 1st cousin to Gen'l Elijah Clarke's wife Hannah.
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Source: WIlkes County Scrapbook, by Janet Harvill Standard, Jan 1970-Dec 1972, Vol B, 1974, Wilkes Publishing Co, Washington, GA, p 32 "One story goes that Mrs. Joel Phillips - wife of the man at whose grist mill Phillips Church was organized - had just made her husband a new white shirt. She had raised the flax, spun the thread, and then woven the linen cloth, bleaching it in the sun. She had just washed the fine shirt and hung it to dry when a passing Tory saw it and began taking it off the line.
With an angry cry, Mrs. Phillips ran out of her cabin and seized the tail of the shirt. In the tug-of-war which followed, she realized that the Tory was winning so she dropped the shirt and yelled at him. 'Sir, was you mother a woman?' In deference to his mother and women he left the shirt in the irate lady's hands."
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Wilkes County, Georgia, Book "HH", 1810-1816 and List of Adminstrators Bonds 1785-1798
Page 23 Bond October 3, 1792, Joel Phillips Estate, Elizabeth and WIlliam Phillips Administrators, Wm Downs and John Lindsay Security
Page 23 Bond January 7, 1795, Wm Phillips Estate, Piety Phillips and M Ogletree Administrators, Joel Phillips and Jesse Brantly Security
Page 136-- Will of Elizabeth Phillips. All estate real and personal to be equally divided between my three sons, Whitmell, Zacharias, and Elijah and my two daughters Mary Allen and Sarah Powell, and granddaughter Polly Hackney, dau. of William Phillips, dec'd. and the heirs of Joel Phillips, dec'd. Signed Aug. 13, 1812. Probated Mar. 4, 1816. James Lee, John Lee, John Lee, Sr., Test. Returns - no other data.
Page 43--July 31, 1800. John M. Carter, guardian of Farish Carter. Elizabeth Phillips, Admx of Joel Phillips.
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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
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
p 754: 1797, Capt Jesse Evan's District, entry #7 Elizabeth Phillips, 5 slaves, 350 ac 1st, 350 ac 2nd, 30 ac 3rd, Little River, granted to Joel Phillips
p 903: 1799, Capt Jesse Evan's District, entry #62 Elizabeth Phillips, 5 slaves, 303 ac 1st, 365 ac 2nd, Little River, granted to Joel Phillips
p 918: 1800 Capt. Joseph Morrow's District, #65 Elizabeth Phillips, 5 slaves, 365 ac 2nd, 365 ac 3rd, entry #65a, 60 ac 2nd, 50 ac 3rd
p 1037: 1801 Capt. Nathan Chaffin's District, #36 Elizabeth Phillips, 5 slaves, 365 ac 2nd, 365 ac 3rd, Little River
p 1073: 1802 Capt Mathew Lile's District, #68, Elizabeth Phillips, 5 slaves, 365 ac 1st, 365 ac 2nd, Little River
p 1234: 1805 Capt Mathew Lile's District, #9, Elizabeth Phillips, 1 slaves, 61 ac 1st, 61 ac 2nd, Little River
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, Elizabeth Phillips had 1 draw as a widow
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.
