PHELPS: John Phelps Jr., b. Bedford Co. VA, son of Lieut. John PHELPS (Rev. War) & first wife Jemima TURNER. John Jr. d. intestate ca. 1815 (estate settlement 1815-1818), lived in northeast Franklin Co., land located on Stanton River, owned these slaves in 1815: boy Joe, boy Frederick, woman Jane, woman Chain, woman Milly and her child Nicy, girl Cairy, boy Edmond, girl Betsy, girl Lotty, boy Sam, and girl Scilla. I suspect John Phelps Jr. died as a result of the War of 1812, but no proof. John PHELPS Jr.'s first marriage ca. 1785 (probably a Bedford Co. VA woman): 1) unkn. (HELP!) who must have died bef. 1804, 4 children from this union: Mary "Polly" PHELPS m. 1805 John K. FERGUSON (to Monroe Co. KY); Nancy PHELPS m. 1809 James Hooper BURNETT (Bedford Co. VA); Sophia Sophronia PHELPS b. 1793 m. 1815 Moses FERGUSON b. 1794 (to Monroe Co. KY); and Susannah PHELPS m. 1819 Christopher "Kit" BOARD (to Hart Co. KY). I descend through Moses & Sophia (PHELPS) FERGUSON and their son (my gg-grandfather) the Rev. Sparrel P. FERGUSON (1818-1888) m. Charlotte T. HARRIS in Monroe Co. KY. After the death of first unkn. wife, John PHELPS JR. married: 2) Mary "Polly" FERGUSON (sister of above John K. Ferguson & Moses Ferguson); as a widow, Mary PHELPS lived until aft. 1870, in Bonbrook and Cooper's Post Office communities; 3 children from this union: Permelia "Milly" PHELPS m. 1819 William Greer HEPTINSTALL. Richard T. PHELPS (Methodist minister) m. 1828 Bethany Ellis THURMAN (to Cumberland Co. KY, after Richard's death, Bethany m. 2) Joseph R. TERRY; and Evaline PHELPS m. 1828 Samuel ARRINGTON (Franklin Co. VA). allied families: ALLEN HEPTINSTALL HUGHES GREER TURNER HIX ARRINGTON STEWART Christie Ferguson Cirone ChristieFC@aol.com