Belmont County, Ohio Before 1830---Belmont County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society pg. 69........Petition for Partition: John Phillips vs David Phillips, William Phillips, Evan Phillips, Peter Barnes and Nancy, his wife, Ebenezer Demicke and Margaret, his wife, Peter Pickenpaw and Jane, his wife, and George Phillips, son of Enoch Phillips........petition for partition of 160 acres in Belmont County...... This is an abstract of the original record, are you interested in this or do you have a copy all ready? I am willing to e-mail as typed on page. 69. Harriet M. Herrington ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Phillips" <dlpgen@sbcglobal.net> To: <PHILLIPS@rootsweb.com>; <OHBELMON@rootsweb.com>; <OHGUERNS@rootsweb.com>; <WVOHIO@rootsweb.com>; <ILJASPER@rootsweb.com>; <ILRICHLA@rootsweb.com>; <LATIMER@rootsweb.com>; <WALES-GEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: [OHBELMON] EVAN PHILLIPS (1760 - 1824) AND jANE LATIMER(?) > My four great grandfather was Evan Phillips who was born in Wales about > 1760. Evan married Jane Unknown about 1782 and died in Belmont County, > Ohio by January 1824. Based upon the name of one of their daughters I > suspect Jane’s maiden name was Latimer as this daughter was named Jane > Latimer Phillips. > Evan is shown on the 1785/6, 1790/91 and 1795 Property Tax Lists of Ohio > County, Virginia (currently West Virginia) as well as 1802, 1803 and 1805 > Belmont County Tax List with 160 acres in Richland Township. Evan > purchased his Belmont County land the sixth day of May, 1799. The > transaction and deed were executed in Jefferson County, Ohio. This deed > states that Evan was from the County of Ohio and State of Virginia. Also > it states that he paid five hundred and sixty dollars in cash for the > property, which was a large sum of money for that time. > According to a History of Belmont County Evan, Enoch and John Phillips > were early settlers of Belmont County, Ohio. Evan had sons by these > names, but they would have been too young to be the persons referred to in > this History so these men were probably related to Evan in some way. I > have never been able to make any connections. In 1817 a David Phillips > from Loudoun County, Virginia also moved to Belmont County, Ohio. He is > possibly another brother since I feel he is the David Phillips who was a > witness for Jane Phillips’ Will.. > At the time of his death Evan still owned the 160 acres of land in > Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio. His son Enoch who had moved to > Guernsey County, Ohio, preceded him in death. > Evan’s wife, Jane was born between 1775 and 1794 based upon the 1820 > Belmont, Ohio census. She died before June 1825 in Belmont County, Ohio. > I have a great deal of information on my Phillips ancestors posted on the > Belmont and Guernsey County, Ohio GENWEB sites if more information is > desired. > I would love to communicate with any descendants of these two people and > would especially like to know who their ancestors were. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >