Dale, Yes, that is THE Moses Phillips. My grandfather was Elvin C. Phillips of Columbia Hill. He was born in 1899 and had a phenomenal memory. He was the family historian and could point out all the cabin sites and graves of the family members. He is the one who got me started in genealogy. He love to tell stories about family members. Every time we drove to Monterey from Columbia Hill, he'd stop and tell us about Bear Rock where Moses Phillips killed the bear when he first entered Overton County. He told me that Moses Phillips grave was one of the two graves with the tent stones still intact. Alas, all are now broken. He called THE Moses Phillips, "Old Mose". I also descended from old Mose's grandson Moses Phillips. (son of George Phillips). This one he called "Black Mose" because he had a swarthy complexion. Black Mose rode with the Alvin and Moses Phillips Gang during the Civil War. But that's another story. Ron Phillips Houston, TX At 09:43 AM 7/9/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Ron, >Is that where "THE" Moses Phillips is buried? There were bunches of Moses, >Levis and Johns born through the generations. One of the Moses' was buried >way up around Wormingham, near Byrdstown. > >If that's where "THE" Moses Phillips is buried, I'd sure like to know. >Dale Welch >Monterey >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ron" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:58 AM >Subject: [TNOVERTO] Moses Phillips grave > > > > > > I was recently in Overton County and decided to go to Moses Phillips >grave. > > My grandfather took me there years ago. > > > > The graveyard is about a quarter of a mile north of Harris Chapel on the > > Livingston - Monterey road. There are about 20 graves there. Some have > > inscriptions. Others do not. > > > > The graveyard sits on top a hill in the middle of a large field. There is >a > > tree at the top of the hill right by the graves. > > > > The three tented graves at the uppermost point of the graveyard (in the > > northeast corner) are Moses Phillips and his two wives. I no longer recall > > which was his. They are marked with field stones and stone tents, but no > > inscriptions. > > > > Moses Phillips came into southeastern Overton County in the 1820's. It > > would be a shame to loose track of his burial site. > > > > Ron Phillips > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > > ADDRESS OVERTON LIST MESSAGES > > TOT: [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== >ADDRESS OVERTON LIST MESSAGES >TOT: [email protected] > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237