Please respond directly to the sender, Bobby Coates. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby J Coates" <bobbyandmartha@juno.com> To: <phillipscalvin@prodigy.net> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Phillips Family > I hope I have the correct email address. I noticed two on the site. I > am writing in hopes that we can exchange information. I have a > great-great-grandfather named George Washington Phillips who supposedly > was born 1806 either in North or South Carolina. However, I cannot find > him anywhere in S. Carolina, as a matter of fact, I can't find him > anywhere before 1840. He filed his marriage license to Mary Jane McRight > (McCreight) in Talladega County, Alabama in 1840 on his way to Cherokee > County, Texas where he died in 1877 and is buried in a local cemetery. I > do know that they came through Georgia but I can't find anything to > substantiate that they lived in Georgia at any time. I know their first > 3 children were born in Alabama, but I'm having trouble tracking them > down. I think I might have found a family on the census that could have > been them but I am not sure. > > A distant relative told me to look at Raleigh, North Carolina and I would > find him. I have not had that opportunity yet. > > I had a first cousin whose name was John Wesley Phillips. My Phillips > family still named after their ancestors until just a few years ago. As > a matter of fact, my name (Martha) goes farther back than I have > information. My George Washington named his children (l.) Robert R. , > > (2.) William A, (3.) George W. , (4.) Thomas, (5.) John, (6) > Samuel Houston, (7.) Martha, (8.) Mary, (9.) Harriett Rebecca and > (10.) Lydia Ann. Robert is my g-grandfather. He named his sons, > (1.)Thomas, (2.) James Erasmus, & (3) Wade. James Erasmus named his > sons (1.) Reuben, (2) Walter, (3.) John Wesley / (4) Jim (twin). > (5). Thomas (6) Robert. > > If any of this makes sense to you and you can identify with any of it we > might can establish a connection. Thank you. Martha Phillips Coates, > Cherokee County, Texas