Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 575, for John Phillips, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Phillips, John
Mary
NUMBER
W.575
CONTENTS
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New Jersey Roll.
1,745
John Phillips,
Ensign,
Jersey Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the  20th of April 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818
and sent to the Pensioner at Trenton, N. Jersey.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 months 15/30
$90. "
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}
One Year
Continued
Lawrence. Hunterdon Co.
Notification sent 6 May 1822 to Honerable Dickerson Sen. U. S.
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Let to E Phillips Sept 13 '43
888
Augt. 10 C S Sims - history}
"          " WS Stryker Adjt Gen history} Prior
Augt 14 John B Phillips history - Prior
1871 June 28 - Hist to
Burnet Laudreth Bristol PA

300.

Mary Phillips
widow of John Phillips
who was an Ensign
in the New Jersey Line
for Eleven Months.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $110. Dollars ___
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of June, 1843 and sent to 
Asher Phillips, Esqr.
Louisville, Kentucky.
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. [Illegible] Page 172.
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State of New Jersey}
Hunterdon county} On this Sixth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred twenty two, personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon in said State, being a court of record having a seal proceeding according to the course of the Common law, and having unlimited Jurisdiction as to amount John Phillips Esq. aged near sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress of the United States of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820. That he the said John Phillips was born and hath resided the greater part of his life in said county, that he was enrolled in the Militia of New Jersey and did duty in the years 1775 and 1776 as a non commissioned officer and private that he was on actual duty at Perth Amboy when the News of declaration of Independence was read to the troops on parade, and about that time was in more than one engagement with the enemy on Staten Island, that he crossed the Delaware with the Army under General Washington at the time the enemy overrun New Jersey and took possession of Trenton, that he attached himself to Captain Tucker's company of Militia and did duty as a serjeant and frequently crossed the Delaware on Scouting parties to harrass and alarm the enemys pickets at Trenton _ on the 25th December 1776 he was ordered by Col. Smith to go to Genl. Mercer's quarters and wait his orders and on that evening he crossed the Delaware with General Mercer at the head of his division and pilotted the same to the head of the street in Trenton and took part in the action on the morning of the 26th, he continued with the advance of the Army and returned with it to Trenton when the enemy advanced the second time_ That in the fall of 1776 on the return of Col. Maxwells regiment of one years men from Canada, when their time expired and most of the officers of that Regiment were reappointed during the war and placed on the Continental establishment_this deponent was appointed and received a commission as ensign in that Regiment then commanded then commanded by Col Israel Shreve and called the 2d Jersey Regiment, this deponent was attached to Captain Joseph Stouts company in said Regiment (who fell at the battle of Brandywine) these 
-appointment
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appointments took place to the best of this deponents recollection in January 1777. The Regiment rendevoused in Burlington & in the month of March, marched to Princeton when General Putnam then commanded, they were afterwards ordered to the Short hills and composed part of Lord Sterlings division_ that this deponent was at the battle of the Short Hills, that he was afterwards at the battle of Brandywine and Germantown and carried the Colours of the Regiment around Chews House where the Jersey Brigade suffered great loss_that he continued to do duty in that Regiment until the close of the campaign of 1777, and resigned his commission into the hands of General Washington to the best of his recollection about the first of December 1777 when the Army went into winter quarters at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania_ The reason of his resignation was that his other brother then being also an officer in the same Regiment and the enemy having burned pillaged and destroyed the property on their paternal estate near Trenton and their mother being left a widow with two younger children it became necessary for one of the two brothers in service to return to take charge of the family - that upon his return he again enrolled himself in the Militia did duty in Col Phillips's Regiment of Militia at the battle of Monmouth & continued to do duty till the close of the war. That this deponent made application under the act of 1818, and received a certificate from the War department dated 30th June 1818. That he was inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the New Jersey agency at the rate of twenty dollars a month from the 20th April 1818 (as an ensign) That he has received the several installments on that pension that fell due up to March 4th 1820. That since he received the said pension, all the property possessed by this deponent (except wearing apparel and the articles mentioned in the schedule hereunto annexed) hath been sold by the Sheriff of the County of Hunterdon towards satisfying the debts of this deponent_ And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st day of May A.D. 1820, this deponent solemnly swears that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, so as to bring himself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
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service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on on the 18th day of March 1818, and that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him, any property or securities contracts or debts due to him, nor has he any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed.
John Phillips
Sworn in open Court 6th Febry. 1822}
Elmer Stevenson

Schedule of the property of John Phillips the above applicant.
These articles were overlooked by the Sheriff at the time of his sale}
1 plow   of the value of   $5.00
1 Gun                               $2.50
1 Gross scythe, 1 sheath  $1.25
                                          ------
                                         $8.75

I John T Blackwell Clerk of Hunterdon Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration and Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount and value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is eight dollars and seventy five cents.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Flemington this sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
J Blackwell, Clk
H.C.P.
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Hunterdon Pleas
George C Maxwell Esqr.}
John Phillips Esquire} Judgment entered in May 1811

I do hereby certify that I was present on the the 10th day of November AD 1821 at the sale by the Sheriff of the County of Hunterdon, of all the Real and personal property of the said John Phillips on the above stated Judgment.

Wm Maxwell atty for the Plaintiff
February 6th 1822-
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5989
Mary Phillips
of John
Kentucky
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State of Kentucky
Jefferson County Circuit
On this sixteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty nine, I, John J Marshall Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, a Court of record, attended at the house of Asher Phillips in the City of LouisVille and Circuit aforesaid the residence of Mrs. Mary Phillips, who being unable to attend in Court from her age and infirmity, being seventy seven years of age, being first duly sworn according to Law on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of John Phillips who was originally appointed an Ensign in the regular Army of the revolution, as  will more fully appear by reference to the documents now on file in the War Office at Washington City she further declares that she was married to the said John Phillips on the 12th day of November 1786 that her husband, the aforesaid John Phillips died on the 25th day of May 1831, that
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she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, viz at the time above stated.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Mary Phillips
J J Marshall
Judge of the Jefferson
Circuit Court

State of Kentucky
Jefferson County Circuit 6
This day personally appeared before me John J Marshall the Judge, of the Jefferson Circuit Court, being a court of record, Asher Phillips of Lawful age who being sworn according to Law, testifies and states, that the paper hereunto attached marked (A) was a part of an old family Bible and was torn from the cover by Mrs. Mary Phillips his Mother and, that it has been in his custody since the death of his father, that the entries made upon said paper (A) are in the handwriting of his deceased Father John Phillips and was intended as a record of the dates of marriages, births, of the said Mary and John Phillips, and of their children and is the family
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May 25, 1831

John Phillips born June 7th, 1757}
Mary Phillips born April 30th, 1762} Married November 12, 1786

Our Children To Wit.
Asher Phillips born April 19th, 1790 - at 8 O'Clock A.M.
Elias Phillips born February 23, 1799 at 4 O'Clock P.M.
Joseph Augustus Phillips born May 21st, 1804 at 11 O'Clock P.M.
William Edward Phillips born October 16th, 1806 at 2 O'Clock P.M.
Mary Eletta Phillips Born May 14th, 1809          1 O'Clock P.M.
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record, of these events so far as it extends 
A Phillips
Subscribed and sworn to, this sixteenth day of August 1839.
J Marshall
Judge of the Jefferson
Circuit Court

State of Kentucky
Jefferson Circuit Ct

I Edmond P Pope Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court for the State aforesaid Do certify that John J. Marshall Esq befoe whom the foregoing deposition of Mary Phillips and Asher Phillips were taken was at the time or taking the same sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court (being a court of record) and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his signature and that his Signature to each of same depositions above are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereto 
Set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said Court this 19 day of August 1836 are in the 49 year of the Commonwealth
Edmd. P. Pope
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State of New Jersey}
Hunterdon County}
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, John Phillips of the Township of Lawrence in said County, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he this deponant was born according to the family records, on the seventh day of June, One Thousand seven hundred and fifty seven, that he this deponant was born and hath resided the greater part of his life where he now does, except the periods hereafter aluded to, that this deponant was enroled in the Militia and did duty in the years seventeen hundred seventy five and six as a non commissioned Officer and private, was on actual duty at Perth Amboy, when the Independance of his country was then read to the troops on parade: that this deponant about that time was more than once engaged on Staten Island with the enemy; That this deponant left his Mother and home, crossed the Delaware with Genl. Washingtons retreating army, at the same time the enemy overran New Jersey and took possession of Trenton: that this deponant attached himself to Captn.. Tuckers company of Militia and did duty in the same as a Sergeant, and frequently crossed the Delaware on scouting parties to harrass and alarm the enemies piquets at Trenton, until the twenty fifth of December 1776 when this deponant was ordered by Col. Smith to go to Genl. Mercers quarters and wait his orders: the same evening this deponant crossed the Delaware with Genl. Mercer at the head of his division and piloted the same to the head of the Street in Trenton
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Trenton and took apart in the action: the success of that morning is too well known to be here repeated: that this deponant continued with the advance part of the army in the Village where he now lives, and retreated with the army to Trenton when the British army advanced the second time on that place and the Cannonade that ensued, when night put a stop to the conflict, the next mornings successful attack on the rear of the British army at Princeton put an end to the Campaign for the season. That this deponant further states, that in the fall of the year 1776 the Regiment which had been raised for One Year, and commanded by Col.. Maxwell, had just returned from Canada, and whose term of service had then expired, that most of the Officers of that Regiment were reappointed by Congress for during the war and placed on the Continental establishment, among which was a brother of this deponant, who had previously served as a Lieutenant in said Regiment who was again reappointed, that this deponant at the same time received a commission as an Ensign in the same regiment, then Commanded by Col. Israel Shreve, and denominated the second Jersey Regiment that this deponant was aranged in Captain Joseph Stouts Company of said Regiment, (who fell at the battle of BrandyWine) these appointments took place to the best of this deponants recolection in the month of January Seventeen hundred and seventy seven, the Regiment was then raised and rendezvoused in the City of Burlington, marched in the Month of March following to Princeton where Genl.. Putnam then commanded, shortly after the Regiment was ordered to the Short Hills and composed part of Lord Sterlings division: This deponant was at the Battle of Short Hills just before the British embarked at Amboy
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for the Chesapeak: that this deponant was afterwards in the Battle fo Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown, and Carried the Colours of the Regiment around Chew's House where the Jersey Brigade suffered great loss particularly the first Regt.. that this deponant continued to do duty in said Regiment until the Close of the Campaign of 1777. and resigned his commission into the hands of Genl.. Washington to the best of this deponants recolection about the first of December 1777, at the time the army went into Winter quarters at Valley forge in Pennsylvania: the reasons then assigned to Genl. Washington for this deponants resignation was that it became necessary for one of two brothers then in the Regiment to leave the service, that the British and Hessians had burned, pillaged and destroyed all the movable property and buildings belonging to our Paternal inheritance, leaving a widowed Mother and two younger children to whom the care of One of Us became absolutely necessary, that these reasons were accepted by Genl.. Washington accompanied by this deponants Commission at the time above stated.
That this deponant shortly after his return to private life, attached himself to the Militia, did duty in Col. Phillips's Regiment of Militia at the Battle of Monmouth, and continued to do duty in the same Until the close of the War, having since held his commission as Captain and Partly a Major in the Militia which was filled by this deponant until he was forty eight years of age, at which time he resigned the same. And this deponant further states that having been appointed to the Office of high Sheriff for said County served in that capacity for three years, having in that time suffered very heavy and unforseen losses, which has placed this deponant in very uncomfortable circumstances, and having a wife and five children (three of which are now small), does now declare, that the situation and embarrasment, he is now placed in
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in, is of that character, that he can with confidence claim the benefit of the law, as essential to his future comfort and that of his young family his reduced circumstances being such as to need the assistance of his country for support
John Phillips
Sworn at Trenton in said
County of Hunterdon this
20th day of April 1818
before me Jas. Ewing

State of New Jersey}
Hunterdon County}
J. John T. Backwell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Hunterdon, do certify that James Ewing Esquire, before whom the above was taken and signed his name thereto was at the time of doing this same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hunterdon, duly sworn and commissioned according to law, and that full faith is and ought to be due to all his official acts as such

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office at Flemington the twety ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
J.T. Blackwell Clk
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June 28, 1940

BA-J/MCS
John Phillips
W. 575

Dr. Robert Furman
621 West 189th Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 575, based on the military service of John Phillips.

John Phillips was born June 7, 1757, in Lawrence Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Lawrence Township, he served in 1775 and 1776,
whenever called upon, as private and noncommissioned officer with the New Jersey militia; a part of this time he was sergeant in Captain Tucker's company and a part of the time he served under Colonel Smith; he was in
more than one engagement with the enemy on Staten Island, crossed the Delaware River with General Washington's army, and was in both battles of Trenton. In January, 1777, he was commissioned ensign in Captain Joseph
Stout's company in Colonel Israel Shreve's New Jersey regiment, was in the
battles of Short Hills, Brandywine and Germantown, and served until about
the first of December, 1777, when returned home to aid his widowed mother,
and her two younger children, names not given; John Phillips' brother, name not given, was an officer in the same regiment, John Phillips afterward served with the New Jersey militia, at various times until the close
of the Revolution, was in Colonel Phillips' (surname and relationship not
shown) regiment and was in the battle of Monmouth.

After the Revolution, John Phillips held commissions as captain and major of the New Jersey militia until he was forty-eight years of age when he resigned.

He also held the office of high sheriff of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, for three years.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was living in Lawrence Township, Hunterdon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and he stated that had lived there the greater part of his life.

He died May 25, 1831, in New Jersey.

John Phillips married November 12, 1786, Mary, whose maiden name is not shown and who was born April 30, 1762.

Mary Phillips, the widow of John Phillips, was allowed pension on her application executed August 16, 1839, at which time she was living in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, with her son, Asher.

John and Mary Phillips had the following children:
Asher                born  April          19, 1790.
Elias                     "     February    23, 1799.
Joseph Augustus  "    May           21, 1804.
William Edward   "     October     16, 1806.
Mary Eletta          "     May           14, 1809.

In 1843, one E. Phillips was living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and stated that Mrs. Mary Phillips, widow of John Phillips, had changed her residence from Kentucky to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but it is not shown that E. Phillips is identical with the widow's son, Elias.

There are no further data relative to family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1931, Mar. 31. hist. to Mrs
Maude Phllips, M.C.S.
1940 June 28, hist. to Dr.
Robt. Furman  M.C.S.

WIDOW, &c.

File No. 575
Mary Phillips
Widow
John Phillips
Ensign, Rev. War

Act: March 3, 1843
Index: - Vol. M, Page 127

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4546
Kentucky
Mary Phillips
widow of John Phillips decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 25th May 1831
of Jefferson Co. in the State of Ky.
who was an Ensign in the Compy. commanded
by Captain Stout of the Regt. commanded
by Col Shreve in the N. Jersey
line for 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 110 Dollars____ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Nov. 1839 and sent, May
Asher Phillips Louisville R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $385.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mch 48.
55.00
$440.00
{Act July 7,}
{1838.}
Recorded by DD Addison Clerk,
Book A.  Vol. 2d. Page 212

let 18 Nov 39 May
A. Phillips same Dec.
9. 1839.
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Mary Phillips
of John
Kentucky

admitted

Ensign 11 mo. $110.
Cap Stout Col. Shreve
N.J. line

died 25th May 1831
Act 7 July 1838

Major Asher Phillips
Louisville
Ken.
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Louisville Kentucky
December 1st 1839

Sir,
I regret to trouble you again, on the subject of the pension of my Mother, Mary Phillips knowing your correspondence to be almost without limit. 
The Certificate which was forwarded states that Mary Phillips is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of one hundred & ten Dollars per annum.

This I presume is wrong as the pay of an Ensign during the Revolution, and up to the time the Rank of Ensign was abolished in our Army, was $20 per month, consequently half pay would be ten Dollars, equal to one hundred & twenty Dollars per annum_

Please to inform me whether the amt. is correctly stated in the Certificate, if not, let such directions be given to Jno. Tilford agent at Lexington.

Respectfully
A. Phillips

J L Edwards Esqr.
Commr. Pensions
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Louisville Kentucky
October 7th 1839

Sir,

I again at the urgent solicitation
of my Mother, call your attention to her
claim for a pension, forwarded to your Office
in August last. Her health is now very
delicate rendered so from extreme old age.

She desires me to say to you that
unless her claims are very soon examined,
she can scarcely expect during the short
remnant of her life, to enjoy the bounty
which Congress has granted to her.

May I ask as a favor, that her
claim may be examined, as her situation
and necessities are really great.?

Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
A. Phillips

J L Edwards Esqr.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Louisville Ky, August 19th. 1839

Sir,

Herewith enclosed you will receive
the papers necessary to obtain a pension for
Mary Phillips, they are authenticated agree
bly to the printed rules prescribed by the
President, and adopted by the Secy. of War
in order to carry into effect the act of
Congress of the 7th July 1838.

All the papers in relation to the Rank,
and services of John Phillips, are now on
file in the Pension or War office. He was
on the pension list, and was originally
appointed in New Jersey where he was born
and died and received his pension as I am
informed up to the time of his death.

Any communication you may have
for the widow Mary Phillips, you will
please direct to her at this place, to the
care of Majr. Asher Phillips-
Respectfully Sir
Y. Obt. Servt.
A Phillips

J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
War Dept.
Washington
D.C.
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[Pittsburgh?] Septr. 10th. 1843

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Mrs Mary Phillips Widow of John Phillips late an Ensign in the Revolutionary Army, is entitled to a pension under a late act of Congress-- The has heretofore drawn it in Louisville( Ky) but,
having changed her residence to this place, I
I suppose it will be necessary to transfer
her name to the Agency at this place
which I take the liberty of asking you to do
and to send me such form of Voucher as
may be sigd.. by your Dept. as I learn they have none here, adapted to the case or act of Congress
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obdt. Servt.
E. Phillips
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County Ss}

Before me Henry Vancleve
one of the justices of the piece in and for said County personally appeared Doctor Joseph Phillips whose attestation is entitled to full credit on his solemn oath saith, he was well acquainted with Mary Phillips, was present at the time she was married to Major John Phillips by the Revd Joseph Rue
which was in the month of November AD 1786
After their marriage they lived near neighbours
to deponent untill the decease of Major John
Phillips which was on the twenty fifth day of
May AD 1831 And further saith that the widow
Mary Phillips has never since been married
Joseph Phillips
Sworn to & Subscribed}
at Lawrenceville this}
tenth day of Augst. 1839}
Before me
Henry Vancleve {one of the justices of the peace in and for sd. County of Mercer
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County Ss}

I Ralph H Shreve Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County of Mercer do hereby certify
that Henry Vancleve Esqr before whom
the foregoing deposition of Joseph Phillips was taken was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his signature and that the one thereunto attached is genuine

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court
at Trenton this tenth day of
August AD eighteen hundred
and thirty nine

Ralph H Shreve clk
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War Department
Pension Office,
July 17. 1839.

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the
12th inst I have to inform you that the case
of the widow to whom you allude is embraced
by the act of July 7. 1838. I enclose here
with the regulations for her guidance.

I am, very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
JL Edwards


Capt I. A. Phillips
U.S. Army
Canandaigua
New York
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State of Kentucky}
Jefferson County} Ss

On this 10th day of May 1843 personally
appeared before me James Harrison a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and acting as such, Mary Phillips a resident of Louisville in the County of Jefferson aforesaid. Mary Phillips aged
Eighty one years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provission made by the act of congress passed on the third day of March
1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Phillips who served in the New Jersey line for seven months as Ensign, and for which she received a pension at the rate of one hundred & ten Dollars per Annum, She further declares she is still a widow.

Mary Phillips

Sworn to and subscribed on
the day and year above
written before me,
James Harrison J of  P

I certify that the aboved named Mary Phillips
the declarant is personally known to me.
James Harrison J. of P.

State of Kentucky}
Jefferson County Ss}
I Curran Pope Clerk of the County
Court in & for the County aforesaid, do certify that James Harrison who has signed the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice
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of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith & credit are due to his official acts.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & the seal of said County
this tenth day of May 1843 & in the
57th year of the Commonwealth Curran Pope
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1111

May 16 1843
Free
To
Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Mail}
Rev War
Mary Phillips
$110 per annum
Send certificate to
Asher Phillips
Louisville, Ken.
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LouisVille Ky.
May 10. 1843

Col Edwards
Sir
You will please to direct any communication for Mary Phillips to the care of Major Asher Phillips of this place.
Your Obt. Servt.
A Phillips
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The Honorable J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Sir

I had the honour of addressing You sometime in March last, accompanyed by an affidavet setting forth my services in the Revolutionary War_ the affidavet was returned to me by Genl. Bloomfield as not being in conformity with the regulations prescribed by the War department. ___The inclosed affidavet it is hoped will be found sufficient, and as I before observed and now repeat, that if any further proof should be thought necessary, there are still alive a few of the Officers of that Regiment, who can testafy to the most material facts, as also the records of the War department (if in existance) will furnish ample proof.

I am respectfully
Your Humble Servt.
John Phillips
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form K-8
(Rev. 11-21-38)

Division of
Reference

REFERRAL SLIP
DATE JUN 12 1940

INQUIRY FROM:
Dr. Robert Furman
621 West 189th Street
New York, New York

DATED:  June 2, 1940

SUBJECT:
Revolutionary War record of John Phillips.

RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO:
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section
Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C.

Photos

and the writer so informed.
P.M. Harner
CHIEF DIVISION OF REFERENCE
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John Bakewell Phillips Pa
Augt 8 1890
John Phillips}
Mary do} NJ

AUG 11 1890 
RECEIVED
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The Pittsburg Dispatch,
BUSINESS OFFICE,
COR. SMITHFIELD AND DIAMOND STREETS.
PITTSBURG, PA.

Pittsburg, August 8, 1880.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Will you do me the favor to send at your
earliest convenience the record of military service of John Phillips, of Lawrenceville, N.J., who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of 1818, having held the rank of Ensign in the Continental Army, and Captain
in the Hunterdon County Militia of N. J?.

I am told that I am eligible for membership in the Order of Cincinnatus and desire the data referred to in order to substantiate my claim before the New Jersey branch of the Organization in question.

Please advise me of any expense there may be in connection with a transcript and it shall be remitted either before hand or upon receipt, as you may order.

The Adjutant General of the U.S.A. with whom I have been in communication advises me that such of the records of the Revolutionary War as are in possession of the Government are in your custody, and I trust there will be no difficulty in obtaining the information desired.

Respectfully, yours
Jno. Bakewell Phillips
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Feb 19/31
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
The War department directed me to you for information concerning one John Phillips of New Jersey he served in the U.S. Armey in 1777 commanded by Colonel Israel Shreve.
Could you tell me if he was married at that time & to whom. Please send all the information you have.

I am thanking you in advance
Yours Resp.
Mrs Maude Phillips
Shelby Mich

[Official Stamp: PENSION OFFICE U.
FEB 21 1931]
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THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Mount Holly, New Jersey, 4th August, 1888.

Hon. John G. Black
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

My dear Sir,

I would be under my many obligations if there could be furnished to me per the use of this society such information of a genealogical character, and also such as is descriptive of the military service of Ensign John Phillips, of the Second battalion, New Jersey Continental Line, (he was a government pensioner, and died on or about 25th May, 1831.) as may be on file in your office_

Very Truly Yours,

Wilford Stanley Sims
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Cornelius Phillips

[Official Stamp: Old War & Navy FILES
OCT 8]

[Official Stamp: US PENSION OFFICE
OCT 6 1891]
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ALL OFFERS MADE SUBJECT TO BEING UNSOLD
CENTRAL PORTION OF
BLOOMSDALE SEED FARM.

BUSINESS ESTABLISHED
1784
VARIOUS FIRM TITLES
=
DAVID LANDRETH, 1784
DAVID & CUTHABERT LANDRETH, 1790
DAVID LANDRETH & Co 1830
DAVID LANDRETH & D LANDRETH MUNNS 1843
DAVID LANDRETH 1845
DAVID LANDRETH & SON 1860
DAVID LANDRETH & SONS, 1875

D. LANDRETH & SONS, FOUNDED 1784
GROWERS OF CARDEN SEEDS
FARM OFFICE. Bristol, Penna. Oct. 3rd 1891.

Mr Greene B. Raum
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC.

Sir
I respectfully make application for the Revolutionary Army Record of
Cornelius Phillips
of Florida, New York. Killed at the Battle of Oriskany, near Rome, New York, 6th August 1777. This man was a private soldier of the 3rd, or 1st, Tryon County Regiment of N.Y. Militia of 
the Army of Gen Herkimer.

Yours very respectfully
 Burnet Landreth
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ALL OFFERS MADE SUBJECT TO BEING UNSOLD
CENTRAL PORTION OF
BLOOMSDALE SEED FARM.

BUSINESS ESTABLISHED
1784
VARIOUS FIRM TITLES
=
DAVID LANDRETH, 1784
DAVID & CUTHABERT LANDRETH, 1790
DAVID LANDRETH & Co 1830
DAVID LANDRETH & D LANDRETH MUNNS 1843
DAVID LANDRETH 1845
DAVID LANDRETH & SON 1860
DAVID LANDRETH & SONS, 1875

D. LANDRETH & SONS, FOUNDED 1784
GROWERS OF CARDEN SEEDS
FARM OFFICE. Bristol, Penna. Oct. 3rd 1891.

Adjutant General
United States Army,
Washington D.C.

Sir:
I respectfully make application
for the Revolutionary Army Record of
Cornelius Phillips
of Florida, New York.  Killed at the
Battle of Oriskany, near Rome, New York
6th August 1777. This man was a
private soldier of the
3rd, or 1st. Tryon County Regiment of NY Militia of the Army of Gen'l Herkimer
Yours respectfully
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Cornelius Phillips
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ALL OFFERS MADE SUBJECT TO BEING UNSOLD
CENTRAL PORTION OF
BLOOMSDALE SEED FARM.

BUSINESS ESTABLISHED
1784
VARIOUS FIRM TITLES
=
DAVID LANDRETH, 1784
DAVID & CUTHABERT LANDRETH, 1790
DAVID LANDRETH & Co 1830
DAVID LANDRETH & D LANDRETH MUNNS 1843
DAVID LANDRETH 1845
DAVID LANDRETH & SON 1860
DAVID LANDRETH & SONS, 1875

D. LANDRETH & SONS, FOUNDED 1784
GROWERS OF CARDEN SEEDS
FARM OFFICE. Bristol, Penna. Oct. 3rd 1891.

Adjutant General
United States Army,
Washington D.C.

Sir:
I respectfully make application for
the Revolutionary Army Record as respects
date of muster, promotions, services and
date of discharge of
John Phillips
of Lawrenceville, formerly Maidenhead N.J.
Captain 1st Regiment Hunterdon Co
New Jersey Militia
Continental Army.

Yours respectfully
Burnet Landreth
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RECEIVED
JUN 7 10 31 AM '40
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
DIVISION OF REFERENCE

RECEIVED 
JUN 13 1940
MAIL US-DIV.
VET & ADM.
READER 19
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621 West 189 St
New York, NY
June 2, 1940

Mr. PM Hamer
Chief
Division Reference
National Archives
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I would like the 
Revolutionary Pension record
of
John Phillips (S718)
Mercer Co NJ.
Feb 19, 1847

Photostatic copy. Please
let me know cost of
same.

Very truly yours,
Robert Furman, MD.
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if I could get signatures of the two
Capt John Phillips both serving in the Hunterdon Co. N.J. Rev. war. Am trying to straighten out identity of the 5 John Phillips who served from 
NJ in Rev. War. One was an Ensign 
have you his signature. Cost of
Photostatic copies.
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621 West 189 St
New York, NY
May 15, 1940

Mr. A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me data in connection with the two following pensioners. Any family data, as well as service records will be appreciated, as I am making an endeavor to straighten out descendants entitled to this service for DAR. etc.

Ensign John Phillips, pensioner
died 1831. Placed on pension rolls 1818.

John Phillips pensioned $60. per month,
Feb 19, 1847.

Very truly yours,
Robert Furman MD.
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JUN 12 1940

Dr. Robert Furman
621 West 189th Street
New York, New York

My dear Dr. Furman:

This is in reply to your letter of June
2, 1940, requesting information concerning John Phillips.

The pension records of veteran of the
Revolution are in the custody of the Veterans'
Administration, Washington, D. C., and we are
therefore referring your request to that office.

Very truly yours,
P. M. Hamer, Chief
Division of Reference
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having collected their forces commenced a Cannonade on the place until night ended the
conflict. The next morning (Jany 3. 1777) the Americans successfully attacked the
rear of the enemy at Princeton, in which engagement Genl. Mercer of [Pa?] was killed
A regiment raised for one year, Comd. by Colo Maxwell, returned from the
unfortunate service in Canada in the fall of 1776 when their term expired.
Among the officers in that regt. was his brother commissioned as Lt. & [recomissioned?] as [Srgt?] in the new organization of Continental regt. & John was app. (Feb 15, 1777) Ensign in the Same regt (Feb 15, 1777) comd. by Col. Israel Shreve & attached to the Co of Capt. Joseph Stout afterward killed at battle of Brandywine ( Sept 11, 1777) (Comiss he took?)
In March, He marched from Burlington NJ to Princeton, then to Short Hills & attached to Lord Sterlings division & was in a battle the latter place, just before the enemy embarked at Amboy for Chesapeake Bay ( to attack Phila). He was in the battle at Brandywine (Sept 11, 1777), when Capt Stout was killed. At Germantown (Oct 4, 1777) at which time he car'd "the colors of the regt around the noted Chew Stone House" where the almost defeated  British made a successful repulse in which the Jersey brigade_ particularly the 1st regt_ Suffered great loss. At the close of the campaign of 1777 Phillips resigned his Comiss. into the hands of Genl. Washington about Dec 1, 1777 or just before the Army went into winter quarters in the historic Camp at Valley Forge in Chester Co Pena.  The reason which he submitted to the Commander in Chief for this action was that the enemy had plundered, burnt or otherwise destroyed all the moveable property & buildings belonging to the paternal inheritance leaving a widow mother & two younger children to whom the care of (i.e. the two  brothers in the same regt.) was absolutely necessary & his resignation was accepted.
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John Phillips
In April 1818 of Lawrence, Hunterdon Co.  N. J. He was born June 7 1757 in Lawrence where he has resided the greater portion of his life
Mard. Nov 12, 1786 to Mary
died May 25 1831
In Augt. 1839 his[she's?] residing with Asher Phillips of Louisville Ky aged 77 years
She born April 30, 1762  Alive in 1843
In 1843 She of Pittsburgh as appears by letter from E Phillips
Doctor Joseph Phillips of Mercer Co NJ in 1839 testified he was present at her marriage
He served in 1775 & 6 as private & non comssd. officer of the militia & was on duty at Perth Amboy when the declaration of Independence was read to the troops on parade & about that time was more than once engaged with the enemy on Staten Island. He left his mother & home, Crossed the Delaware with Genl. Washington's retreating army, the enemy over ran N. J. & occupied Trenton. He attached himself to Capt. Tucker's Co. & appointed Sergt. & was on Scouting duty during which time he frequently Crossed the Delaware river to harrass & alarm the enemy pickets at Trenton until Dec 25 1776 when he was ordered by Colo Smith to go to Genl. Mercer's quarters to await his orders. In the evening of that day he accompanied Genl. Mercer with his division across the Delaware to guide the same to the head of the Street in Trenton where in the morning he participated in the memorable defeat of the British [Illegible] Capture of over 900 Hessians. He continued with the advance part of the Army to Lawrence (his birth place) but soon retreated to Trenton when the enemy
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(3 )
upon his return home he was enrolled in the militia in the Comd. of Colo Phillips & was in the battle of Monmouth NJ (June 28, 1778) & continued to perform duty as militia whenever required until the close of the war, after which he served in the militia until under Comiss. as Capt & lastly as Maj. in the militia until he was 48 yrs. old when he resigned _ He was appt. high Sheriff of Hunterdon Co which office he held for 3 years having suffered in that time heavy & unforseen losses which placed him in uncomfortable circumstances with a wife & 5 children ( 3 of the latter are Small)
In July 1822 (of Lawrence)
Asher                born             April 19, 1790 he is called Major    alive in 1839
Elias                    "                 Feby 23, 1799
Joseph Agustus  "                May 21, 1804
Wm Edward        "                Oct 16, 1806
Mary Eletta         "                May 14, 1809
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John Phillips
In April 1818 of Lawrence, Hunterdon Co NJ (no such P O in 1828 or in 1885 but there was a Lawrenceville P O there in 1828 which is now probably located in Mercer CO as well as Lawrence Station P O), where he was born June 7, 1757 & has usually resided-

In 1775 & 6 he served as a Private & non-comissd. officer in the Militia (See N. J. officer & [illegible] p 266 & 718) & was at Perth Amboy when the Declaration of Independence was read to the troops in Parade _ After the evacuation of NY City (Sept 15, 1776) the enemy occupied Staten Island with whom he had frequent conflicts & as they over ran N J with troops stationed at Trenton he accompanied the army in its retreat to Penna being attached, as Sergeant to Capt Tuckers Company From thence he repeatedly recrossed the Delaware river with Scouting parties to harrass the enemy _ On the 25th Decr he was directed by Colo Smith to report to Genl Mercer's head quarter for orders & on the night of that day he crossed the Delaware river with [illegible] Mercer at the head of his division, to pilot the troops to the head of the Street in Trenton, where he participated in the action that followed _ Continuing with the advance to Lawrence when the enemy in force appearing they retreated to Trenton, when a Cannonade Commenced which continued until night, and the next morning a successful attack was made upon the rear of the British at Princeton which ended the Campaign for that season.

In the fall of 1776, the regiment commanded by Colo Maxwell which had been
raised for one years service returned from Canada & most of the officers were re-appointed by Congress & placed in the Continental establishment, among whom was his brother who previously had served as a Lt, and was reappointed to the same grade, & John was commissioned as Ensign, both in the in the same regt - designated as the 2d, comd
by Col Israel Shreave, but John was assigned to the Company of Capt Joseph Stout, who
was Killed (Sept 11, 1777 at the battle of Brandywine Del. ( See page 33 & 106 N.J. officers & men). The regt. rendezvoused at Burlington, marched to Princeton where Genl Putnam was in command, from thence were ordered to the Short Hills N.J. to join Lord Sterling Division _ He was in a fight at Short Hills just before the enemy embarked at Amboy for the Chesapeake Bay (on their way to Phila) & he was in the battles at Brandywine Del. (Sept 11, 1777) at Germantown Pen (Oct 4, 1777) when he [carried?] the colors of the regt around Chew's House (where the conflict was very severe to dislodge the enemy) in which the N.J. Brigades, particularly the 1st regt Suffered great loss. When the army was preparing to occupy its winter quarters in the historic Camp at Valley Forge Penn he, early in December 1777 according to his best recollection, resigned his commission into the hands of Genl Washington. His reasons for this action were that "the enemy had burned, pillaged & destroyed all the moveable property & buildings belonging to the paternal inheritance, leaving a widowed mother with two younger children" required that one of us should return home to care for them, which reasons were accepted by the Commander in Chief, accompanied by his Commission_
On his return home he attached himself during the war to the Militia Regt. of Colo Phillips & was in the battle of Monmouth N. J. (June 28, 1778.) Since the war has been Commissioned
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as Captain, & later as major, in the Militia & about 1805 he resigned the same. He was appointed High Sheriff of the County for 3 years_
The following is a copy of the family record on part of a Bible leaf

John Phillips     born June 7, 1757  He died May 25, 1831 in N.J.
Mary Phillips born April 30, 1762
Children
Asher     born April 19, 1790   Living in Louisville Ky in 1839 & called Major
Elias born Feby 23 1799             "  in Pittsburgh Pena in 1843
Joseph Augustus born May 21,1804
Wm Edwards born Oct 16, 1806
Mary Eletta born May 14, 1809

The widow in Augt 1839 residing in Louisville Ky & in 1843 in Pittsburgh Pena
Dr. Joseph Phillips of Mercer Co N. J. 1839 witness to her marrage but no other maiden
name than as above on the bible leaf
for C S Sines Presdt Cincinati Society
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June 25, 1940
XXXXXXXXXXX

JOHN PHILLIPS
W. 575
BA - J/MMHF: MLB

Dr. Robert Furman
621 West 189th Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters, one addressed to Mr. P. M. Hamer, National Archives, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ensign John Phillips, who received a pension in 1818, and the record of John Phillips, S. 718, pensioned $60 per month, February 19, 1847, Mercer
County, New Jersey, both of whom served from Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in that war. You state that you are interested
in their signatures.

No record has been identified as that of the
last named pensioner. No Revolutionary War claim for pension has been found of a John Phillips under file number, S. 718.
If you will give the name of the pension list on which you found him recorded as a pensioner in 1847, in Mercer County, New Jersey, another effort will be made to locate the record.

The record of John Phillips, the ensign, is furnished you herewith, also the tracings of two of his signatures as found in his claim for pension.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 31, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS: MB

Mrs. Maude Phillips

Shelby, Michigan

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 575, that John Phillips was born June 7, 1757 in Lawrence Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

While a resident of that place, he served in 1775 and 1776, whenever called upon, as private and noncommissioned officer with the New Jersey militia; a part of this time he
was sergeant in Captain Tucker's company, and part of the time he served under Colonel Smith; he was in more than one engagement with the enemy on Staten Island; crossed the
Delaware River with General Washington's army, and was in both battles of Trenton. In January, 1777 he was commissioned ensign in Captain Joseph Stout's company in Colonel Israel Shreve's New Jersey regiment, was in the battles of Short Hills, Brandywine and Germantown, and served until about
the first of December, 1777. He afterwards served with the New Jersey militia, at various times, until the close of the Revolution, was in Colonel Phillips' regiment, and was
in the battle of Monmouth.

After the Revolution he held commissions as captain and major of the New Jersey militia until he was forty-eight years of age when he resigned.

He also held the office of high sheriff of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, for three years. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was living in Lawrence Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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He died May 25, 1831 in New Jersey.

The soldier married November 12, 1786, Mary, whose maiden name is not given and who was born April 30, 1762.

She was allowed pension on her application executed August 16, 1839, at which time she was living in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, with her son Asher.

John and Mary Phillips had the following children:

Asher    born     April    19, 1790
Elias         "       February  23, 1799
Joseph Augustus    "    May   21, 1804
William Edward      "    October 16, 1806
Mary Eletta          "       May   14, 1809.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner