Here is what I could find on your Phillips family. I hope some of this information helps you piece together your family. Kay Midgett Sheppard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Name: Fleetwood Phillips Date of Birth: 24 May 1905 Gender: Male Race: Colored (Black) Birth County: Currituck Parent1 Name: Norris Phillips Name: Noris P Phillips Date of Birth: 23 Jul 1930 Gender: Male Race: Colored (Black) Birth County: Currituck Parent1 Name: Jacob P Phillips Name: Pocahuntas La Barbara Phillips Date of Birth: 18 Sep 1942 Gender: Female Race: Colored (Black) Birth County: Currituck Parent1 Name: Jacob P Phillips Source: 1920 Currituck Co., NC Census (Moyock Twp. - Pudding Ridge Rd.) Norris Phillips 54 Head Farmer NC NC NC Amie Phillips 41 Wife NC NC NC Jacob Phillips 22 Son Farmer Lela Phillips 18 Dau Farm Helper Fleetwood Phillips 14 Son Mary Phillips 14 Dau Pearl Phillips 7 Dau Melvin Z Phillips 1 1/12 Son [all born in NC and all listed as black] Source: 1930 Currituck Co., NC Census (Moyock Twp. - Improved Rd.) Annoris Philips 62 Head Age @ 1st Marr: 22 Farmer NC VA NC Channie Philips 51 Wife Age @ 1st Marr: 18 Laudress NC NC NC Fleetwood Philips 24 Son Teamster NC NC NC Pearl Philips 18 Dau NC NC NC Melvin Z Philips 11 Son NC NC NC Ruth Philips 8 10/12 Dau NC NC NC Mary V Yancy 24 Dau Age @ 1st Marr: 20 NC NC NC Margaret Yancy 3 10/12 GrDau NJ WV NC Doris Yancy 2 11/12 GrDau NJ WV NC Robert Yancy 4/12 GrSon NC WV NC [Norris & Channie were probably married around 1896-7. In the 1920 census Norris says his father was born in NC but in this census he says Virginia. It appears that Mary (Phillips) Yancy married a man (born in West Virginia) in about 1925-26 and moved to New Jersey shortly thereafter but was back in NC by the time Robert was born.] North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 Name: Chanie Ann Phillips Gender: Female Race: Black Age: 53 Birth Date: 20 Jan 1889 Birth Place: Moyock, North Carolina, United States Death Date: 16 Nov 1942 Death Location: Moyock, Currituck Spouse's name: Aurie? Norris Phillips Father's Name: Able Mullen born in Moyock Residence: Moyock, Currituck, North Carolina [She died of a fractured skull when struck by a train in Moyock. The informant on the death certificate was her son, Jacob P. Phillips of Moyock. She was buried on Nov. 27, 1942 in Northwest Cemetery in Northwest, Va.] North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004 Name: Jacob Poyner Phillips Race: Black Age: 64 Date of Birth: 1898 Date of Death: 21 Sep 1962 Death County: Currituck Death State: North Carolina [Jacob died of a heart attack in Moyock. Jacob's father is listed as Annanorise Phillips and his mother as Channie Barnard. Jacob's wife is listed as Johnnie Phillips. Jacob was buried in the Phillips Cemetery in Moyock on Sept. 25, 1962. If you live in the vicinity of this cemetery you could probably find more of your family. On Channie's death certificate it states her father was a Mullen but on this death certificate she is listed as a Barnard.] Name: Wm Robert Yancy Race: Colored (Black) Date of Death: 10 Jan 1962 Death City: Moyock Death County: Currituck Death State: North Carolina [His father is listed as Phillip Yancy] Social Security Death Index Name: Melvin Z. Phillips SSN: 154-07-6516 Last Residence: 27958 Moyock, Currituck, North Carolina, United States of America Born: 15 Nov 1918 Died: 18 Apr 2001 State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951) U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Name: Melvin Z Phillips Service Info.: SFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II, KOREA Birth Date: 15 Nov 1918 Death Date: 18 Apr 2001 Cemetery: Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Address: West Main St Ext Elizabeth City, NC 27909 ----- Original Message ----- From: <nccurrit-request@rootsweb.com> To: <nccurrit@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:00 AM Subject: NCCURRIT Digest, Vol 5, Issue 27 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Philips and Yancy family of Moyock. (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:39:28 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [NCCURRIT] Philips and Yancy family of Moyock. > To: <nccurrit-l@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1270093169.1110168@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Midwestexpress > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.currituck/1465/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Good Day, > > I'm seeking any info on the Philips (Melvin Z, Ruth, Pearl, Fleetwood, Mary). Melvin passed away in 2001. I have no info on the remaining family. Mary married Philip Yancey or Yancy. Her daughters were Daris and Maragret. One son named William Robert. Please help. 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