SILAS PHILLIPS SR.According to land records in Hardy Co., Va. 611AS PHILLIPS purchased 139 acres of land, Sept, 10, 1811, on the North Fork of Lost River, which was a part of a tract of land granted by Thomas Lord Fairfax unto John Miller in 1754. (deed book D page 1)October, 15, 1816, he and his wife CHARLOTTE sold to ADAM SEE, the same tract of land for $1500. (after Charlotte's name the following sentence appeared. (she being first privately examined as the law directs, and with said Certificate is admitted to be recorded).
SILAS SR. was in the 1850 Cass Twp. Pulaski, Co., census. He was 69 yrs. old. His daughter CHARLENE age 30 was living with him, along with GEORGE HARNESS STUMP, age 32, born In Virginia.
SILAS was not In the 1860 census. His death date is unknown as is his burial place. He may be buried on the old homestead also. His wife, CHARLOTTE is buried on the old homestead outside of Medaryville, according to META SCHULTZ one of her descendants.
The PHILIPS men were very active in their community, and much has been written about them in the county histories. Their names appeared in the 1820, and 1830 Madison Twp., Fair- field Co., Ohio census. The Fairfield Co., courthouse shows consider- able land records of SILAS and his wife CHARLOTTE, the last sale of such land was August, 31st., 1831. This was obviously, when they came to Indiana settling in Fairfield Twp. Tippecanoe Co. George PHILLIPS was born there in 1832. According to records they lived in that area 4 years.
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Their name appear in the 1820 and 1830 Madison Twp., Fairfield Co., OH census. The Fairfield Co., courthouse shows considerable land records of Silas and his wife Charlotte, the last sale of such land was August 31st 1831. This was obviously, when they came to Inciana settling in Fairfield Twp. Tippacanoe Co. George Phillips was born there in 1832. According to records they lived in that area 4 years.
Her named was spelled several ways. Regarding her father, George STUMP:According to Waive Phillips Chamberlin's book about the Phillips Family, George Stump was a Lt. Colonel and then a Major in the Revolutionary War. She said he married the daughter of Hugh Stephenson of revolutionary warfame. They settled in Hampshire County, Virginia. She also said he was married to Elizabeth Massy(Massey) 16 August 1768.????
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December, 1999GEORGE STUMP I and FAMILY
submitted by Emmaline (Stump) Campbell
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The information below is copied from a family group sheet I found in my father's research files. A notation on an accompanying sheet indicates that the information in this group of papers came from the Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, West Virginia. There is no date to indicate when my father received the papers. I believe it was probably sometime between 1975, when his book was published, and 1981, when he died. I have not verified this information, and request that it not be used as primary source information. Rather, I hope it may provide clues that will help someone track down primary source documents. Included with the papers is a very poor copy of a will dated August 25, 1813, executrix Elizabeth Stump, and executor James (Mathis?), said to be "the last will and testament of George Stump of the County of Hardy...of the one part and Adam See of the same County and Peter Alkire of (Hamshire)." A side note: George Stump I Exec to Adam See and Peter Alkire. A handwritten note: "mistake I would say should be Magdaline" next to "...Emelia Stump William Crook and Catherine his wife George Neff and Magdalane his wife and Silas Philips and Charlotte his wife(??? can't read) Catharine Margarett and Charlotte..." notation that Catharine Margarett should be Catherine Magdaline.HUSBAND'S NAME: George Stump I
When Born Apr 8, 1744
When Died Apr 22, 1805
When Married Aug 16, 1768
His Father: Michael Stump I His Mother's Maiden Name: Catherine
WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME: Elizabeth Wilson
When Born Apr 30, 1749
When Died 1829
CHILDREN WHEN BORN DIED MARRIED
1. Catherine Stump Oct 21, 1769 William Crook
2. Elizabeth Stump Nov 6, 1771 Henry Nicholas
3. Dorothy Stump Dec 26, 1773
4. Mary Ann Stump Mar 29, 1776
5. Sarah Stump June 5, 1777 1853 Apr 27, 1796
Peter Alkire
6. Magdaline Stump Mar 4, 1781 George Neff
7. Charlotte Stump June 1, 1783 Silas Philips
8. George Stump II Sr. Apr 5, 1787 Mar 11, 1860 Catherine Neff
2nd wife, Sophia Owens
9. Amelia Stump Mar 11, 1791 Jacob Neff
10. John Stump Jan 18, 1795 June 4, 1814
Sarah Neff
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Michael Stump Sr. of Virginia, 1709 - 1768
The Alkire Bible RecordTo Hardy County Genealogy Page
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December, 1999ALKIRE BIBLE RECORD
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The information below is copied (including question marks at the bottom) as it appears on a typewritten paper I found in my father's research file. Two handwritten notations are enclosed in quotation marks and underlined. If I could not read a number, I left an underscored space (e.g., 18_7). A handwritten notation on the back states that it was sent from the Mineral County Library in 1978. The information is not intended to be used as primary source information, but as clues that need to be checked and verified...Record from the Alkire Family Bible
George Stump, Sr., b. 4/8, 1744
d. 4/22, 1805
married -- 8/16, 1768 to
Elizabeth Wilson, b. 4/30, 1749
Children:
Cathrine Stump, b.10/21, 1769
Elizabeth Stump, b.11/6, 1771
Dorothy Stump, b.12/26, 1773
Mary Ann Stump, b.3/29, 1776
Sarah Stump, b.6/5, 1777 (married PeterAlkire)
Magdaline Stump, b.3/4, 1781
Charlotte Stump, b.5/1, 1783
George Stump, Jr., b. 4/6, 1787 "Our George Stump Sr. birthdate"
Amelia Stump b. 3/11, 1791
John Stump b. 1/18, 1795
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"People of Pulaski Co Ind 1983 Vol 1. "A Bridge to the Past"
p 192 GEORGE STUMP II., SR. and MICHAEL NEFF STUMP by Mabel Howe Hill. copied by Glatha Neff at the Ft Wayne Ind Pub Lib 6/30/89"George Stump II, Sr., was born April 5, 1787 in Hardy County, Virginia, now West Virginia, the son of George Stump I (1744-1805) and Elizabeth Wilson. He was their eighth child and first son. His father died in 1805, when he, George II, was eighteen years old. In his father's will, George II, (when he became twenty-one years of age) inherited land and a negro boy named King. The land, located on the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, and the negro boy, were to be in the possession of his mother Elizabeth Stump, until he became of age. This land originally belonged to Lord Fairfax. In 1749, Lord Fairfax granted Lot No. 12 (around 400 acres) to Michael Stump I (grandfather of George Stump II).
Later, Michael Stump I was granted several more lots from Lord Fairfax. In 1747, when George Washington was a young man, he helped survey this land and camped at Michael Stump's. George Washington's Journal, March 28, 1747 to April 3, 1747, describes Lot 12, and also Lot 11 that was granted to Leonard Neff, the grandfather of Catherine (Neff) Stump, wife of George Stump II, Sr. The name of Michael Stump appears in this Journal. George Stump I was a patriot during the Revolutionary War.
"George Stump II, Sr., married Catherine Neff, born in 1785, in 1807, the daughter of Michael Neff, also from the South Fork. "In 1811, when George Stump II, Sr., was twenty-three years old, he started to sell his land he inherited from his father. In 1815, he sold the last of his land. In 1820, he left Hardy County and settled in Wood County, Virginia, now West Virginia. He was in Wood County in1828. From there, he went to Fairfield County, Ohio, thence to Tippecanoe County, Indiana (1831-1835). The George Stump farm in Tippecanoe County was on Indian Creek, five miles northwest of Lafayette. While there he enlisted in the Black Hawk War. He arrived in Pulaski County, Indiana, in what was to be White Post Township in March of 1835, the third family to settle there. The first family was George S. Phillips and his wife, Mary Ann Stump, daughter of George Stump., Sr., (October of 1834). The second family was Silas Phillips Jr. and Charlotte Stump, also a daughter of George Stump, Sr., (February 1835). George Stump., Sr., settled on land one mile southwest of what is now Medaryville, Indiana. He entered land in White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana, in 1838 - the land on which he settled. In 1838 he built what was known as the Stump Bridge. "He was a public spirited man and in 1836 went to Monticello, Indiana, to vote in an election. From 1839 to 1843, he and his five sons voted in elections at Winamac, Indiana. In 1843, the first election in White Post Township was held at his home, as were elections several years later. April of 1840, he was a petit juror in Pulaski County. The second schoolhouse was built on his farm in 1847. (First was built on Phillips land.) He was a blacksmith by trade. His wife, Catherine, was the first white person to die in White Post Township, June 24, 1846. He died July 26, 1863, and both are buried in the old Stump burying ground on his farm. His second wife was Sophia Owens, daughter of Jacob Owens. She died September 28, 1868. They had one son, Jacob N. Stump.
"Why did he take up such a hard life as he did when he came from a family that, in his day, was considered well to do? His father had land, slaves, and material things that some people, during that time, didn't have.
"George and Catherine's children were: John, Charlotte, Mary Ann, Michael, James, Elizabeth, William, and Catherine. John left Indiana in 1856, went to Iowa and from there to Nebraska, where he died in 1882 at Osceola, Polk County. Charlotte married Silas Phillips, Jr., and died in White Post Township. They settled three miles east of what became Medaryville. All five of their sons served in the Civil War. Mary Ann married George S. Phillips. Her husband served as coroner of Pulaski County. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was the first white child born in White Post Township. In the 1850s, her husband, George S., went to California. George lived and died in Pulaski County. In 1882 he was elected County Commissioner. James, I haven't been able to find out anymore about him after the 1850s. Elizabeth died before they came to Pulaski County., in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, at the age of fifteen years. William married Lucy Ann Page. He died in 1864 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, of typhoid fever, during the Civil War. His descendants lived around Rensselaer, LaPorte and Westville. Catherine married Michael Petro in 1847, and I don't know where she went. Jacob (I have no information on Jacob after the 1860 Census)."
Indiana
Montgomery CountyMichael, Philip married Murray, Telitha on 10 Sep 1839 in Montgomery County, Indiana