Dickinson Family Tree - Person Sheet
Dickinson Family Tree - Person Sheet
Notes for Joel Phillips Sr.
oel Phillips, Sr. born about 1730 died about September 1792, Wilkes County, Georgia.
Joel Phillips Sr. first appears in the records as a land purchaser in 1759 and 1762 in Anson County, North Carolina.
Joel and Elizabeth appear as witnesses to a deed. Before the Revolution Joel and several of his brothers acquired land grants in Wilkes County, Georgia. Joel and Elizabeth Phillips had a son named Whitmel and grandsons named Whitmel and Arrington. Another granddaughter from Temperance married Charles Arrington 1810 Morgan County, Georgia. Joel died in Wilkes County, Georgia 1792 and Elizabeth 1816.
Information gathered from Jim Ward e-mail jimw@copperhill.com
The area in Wilkes County was known as Lick Creek. His brother Zachariah followed him here with his wife Rachel. Zacahriah later moved to Washington County, with his family.
PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Hwy. 44 between Union Point and Washington, near the Kettle Creek Revolutionary War battle ground.There is a granite monument in front of the church stating that the church was founded 17 May 1785 in JOEL PHILLIPS grist mill. At both ends of the monument are the original millstones from Joel's mill..There is also a Georgia historical marker that states:
ON JUNE 10th, 1785 16 MEMBERS MET IN A MILL ON THIS SITE OWNED BY JOEL PHILLIPS, A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER AND ORGANIZED PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH. THE REV. SILAS MERCER, LEADER OF THE GROUP, BECAME THE FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH, AND SERVED IN THE CAPACITY FOR 11 YEARS. HIS, JESSE MERCER, WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CHURCH ON JULY 7, 1787, AT THE AGE OF 18. LATER HE WAS ORDAINED TO THE MINISTRY IN THE OLD CHURCH AND FOLLOWED HIS FATHER AS IT'S PASTOR, SERVING THIS CHURCH FOR THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS.
The present edifice is the second to be built on the site, which was donated to the church by JOEL PHILLIPS. Since it's organization, many important conferences have been held in Phillips Mill Church, and young men whose names are now famous in the ministry have preaced their first sermons here.
JOEL'S grave is on the right side of the church down a small slope along with several other old graves.
The headstone states: JOEL PHILLIPS
CONTINENTAL LINE
REV. WAR
1792
This information gathered from Denise Phillips Wagner e-mailjwagner600@aol.com
—FindaGrave
Joel Phillips Sr. first appears in the records as a land purchaser in 1759 and 1762 in Anson County, North Carolina.
Joel and Elizabeth appear as witnesses to a deed. Before the Revolution Joel and several of his brothers acquired land grants in Wilkes County, Georgia. Joel and Elizabeth Phillips had a son named Whitmel and grandsons named Whitmel and Arrington. Another granddaughter from Temperance married Charles Arrington 1810 Morgan County, Georgia. Joel died in Wilkes County, Georgia 1792 and Elizabeth 1816.
Information gathered from Jim Ward e-mail jimw@copperhill.com
The area in Wilkes County was known as Lick Creek. His brother Zachariah followed him here with his wife Rachel. Zacahriah later moved to Washington County, with his family.
PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Hwy. 44 between Union Point and Washington, near the Kettle Creek Revolutionary War battle ground.There is a granite monument in front of the church stating that the church was founded 17 May 1785 in JOEL PHILLIPS grist mill. At both ends of the monument are the original millstones from Joel's mill..There is also a Georgia historical marker that states:
ON JUNE 10th, 1785 16 MEMBERS MET IN A MILL ON THIS SITE OWNED BY JOEL PHILLIPS, A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER AND ORGANIZED PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH. THE REV. SILAS MERCER, LEADER OF THE GROUP, BECAME THE FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH, AND SERVED IN THE CAPACITY FOR 11 YEARS. HIS, JESSE MERCER, WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CHURCH ON JULY 7, 1787, AT THE AGE OF 18. LATER HE WAS ORDAINED TO THE MINISTRY IN THE OLD CHURCH AND FOLLOWED HIS FATHER AS IT'S PASTOR, SERVING THIS CHURCH FOR THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS.
The present edifice is the second to be built on the site, which was donated to the church by JOEL PHILLIPS. Since it's organization, many important conferences have been held in Phillips Mill Church, and young men whose names are now famous in the ministry have preaced their first sermons here.
JOEL'S grave is on the right side of the church down a small slope along with several other old graves.
The headstone states: JOEL PHILLIPS
CONTINENTAL LINE
REV. WAR
1792
This information gathered from Denise Phillips Wagner e-mailjwagner600@aol.com
—FindaGrave
Notes for Joel Phillips Sr.
DAR Patriot A090535
Donor of Phillip’s Mill Church, Wilkes County, GA (Baptist)
“ousted with a mighty kick” a Toty who had come in for Sunday devotions354
Donor of Phillip’s Mill Church, Wilkes County, GA (Baptist)
“ousted with a mighty kick” a Toty who had come in for Sunday devotions354