Early North Carolina Phillips Families

John D. Phillips b. 1793 m. Mary Dowd in Moore Co., NC was the son of Mark Phillips of  Moore Co., NC.

Evidence is the bio on Judge Eli Phillips (grandson of Mark Phillips and Raney)

Hon. Eli Phillips, ex-probate judge of Itawamba county(Mississippi), was born in Moore county, NC in 1825, son of John Phillips and Mary Dowd, natives of NC, but of Scotch-Irish descent. His father, a son of Mark Phillips was b. 1793, and was a planter, served country in War of 1812. The father & mother of the subject were Baptist church members. Judge Phillips began at an early age to assist his father in work on the plantation. First job, overseer of a plantation, later a clerk in a general goods store, moved to the state(Mississippi) in 1844, settled SW part of the county. Married Irene Collins in 1853, daughter of John Collins and Mary Wortham, Irene was b. in Maury Co., TN. 7 children Mary I.(Mrs. AC Betts); Travis, Laura, Martha and Dickenson all died young; Sula(wife of MC Betts) died in 1889, and Sumter is now living in Washington, DC.
(More information on the work of Judge Eli Phillips….) pgs. 593 and 594

Title           Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Part 2
Author       Firebird Press
Edition       illustrated
Publisher    Pelican Publishing Company, 1999
ISBN        1565546091, 9781565546097
Length       636 pages
 
Sumter Phillips was mentioned in D.C. Appropriations. Started 11 Sept 1901, pay fixed at $1400 on 1 Jul 1909. All this information is mentioned in testimony in Appropriation Bill, 1917.
 
Sumter is in the 1910 and 1920 census of Washington DC, married, no children.
 
Using the 1850 Census of Itawamba county:
 
Tracking backwards, Eli’s father, John D. Phillips (does the D stand for Dickenson? Do not know)
Brothers George M., b. 1816 and Andrew b. 1828. Mary his wife was b. abt 1802. George was listed as a farmer, but Andrew was listed as a teacher. Sister, Mary E. b. 1830, indexed as 70 years of age, transcription error.
 
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Itawamba, Mississippi; Roll  M432_373; Page: 357; Image: 255.
 
Looks like George M Phillips married, went to Lee Co., MS, he did have two sons, eventually. Marens? and Sammie where both listed as sons in the 1880 census. The brother Andrew was residing in George’s home in 1870 census.