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I am researching the Fillyaw family who first appear in the old Craven County district along the Trent River area in official records of that district in 1731. John Fillyaw, in his will of 1747, lists sons John Fillyaw, Joseph Fillyaw, and James Fillyaw, as well as daughters named Ann, Priscilla, Mary Magdelin, Jane, and Rachell. John Fillyaw the younger inherited his father's land being the eldest son. In tracking the movements of the family, I have found no record of marriage for the daughters and hope someone will have some information. John Fillyaw the son later sold his land in Craven County, moving into Dobbs County, where the name of his wife Ann first appears as a witness to a deed along with him, then into Onslow and finally New Hanover, where his will of 1782 is recorded. John's land that he left to his sons Stephen, Cullen G. and Owen was actually located along Lewis Creek and Reedy Branch of the Cape Fear River in what is present day Pender county (split from New Hanover/Duplin in 1875). John Fillyaw of 1782 also had daughters Rachell,Sarah, Ann, and Eleanor (married to John Kinsey). Stephen married Susannah Cassidy and settled along Lewis Creek. His will of 1837 lists his children- sons John, James,Josiah C.(who moved to South Carolina and then Georgia) and daughters Mary Smith, Susan Simmons, and Mary Drivers. Owen Fillyaw married Elizabeth Greer of Brunswick County and had children Caroline (married to James Chambers in 1826), Owen Love Fillyaw, twins Albert and James Fillyaw, son Cullen G., and son Oscar. Some of these children or all of these children were a product of his marriage to Elizabeth Greer or of his second marriage to a Margaret; Owen Fillyaw moved to Gadsden County Florida around 1826 and most of his children (with exception of Owen Love and Caroline) went with him. Son Cullen G. is last shown in the 1830 census of New Hanover County and I do not accurately know his steps afterward. There is a theory that he moved to Georgia along with Josiah, son of Stephen but can not say for sure. A Cullen Fillyaw does appear in the Fox Fire books of Georgia. Now,backtracking, James Fillyaw, of the 3 original Fillyaw brothers, settled in Dobbs and then Onslow County. Records show the spelling of his name gradually changed to Filyaw and then Philyaw. He married Ann Whitehead Williams sometime between 1773 and 1778, after she was a widow, and had at least the following children- Martin, James Jr.,Sarah (married John B. Hall), and Ann (married to a Potter and widowed by 1800. He left no known will although he deeded property to his children prior to his death sometime around 1812. Martin (born after 1773)settled at first in Duplin County and then Jones County,marrying at first Hannah Cox and then Sarah Thomas sometime after her death. Martin had at least two children- John W. and Hannah, who married Hardy Wood- and used the spelling Philyaw. Martin died around 1813. Daughter Hannah Wood and her husband Hardy moved to Dale County Alabama, and later back to Onslow. Her daughter married a Joseph Dawson. Son John W.'s descendacy is not exactly known, but his land holdings were near Comfort in Jones County. James Philyaw, Jr. married Levina Davis in 1803 and his will of 1842 lists his children. Daughters Minerva married Jesse Sandlin, Rachell married Benjamin Cowell, twins Hepsy and Hester married into the White family, Nancy did not marry at all. His will mentions two sons Owen and James H. but in the probate, they are called James Owen and James H. James H. married Rachel King in 1848, settling first in Onslow County and later near Wilmington, where he is buried in Oakdale Cemetery along with his family. He was the father of Eugene Philyaw, whose home is on the Historic Register.
The James Owen is fuzzy and not known about his descendacy.
My family line originated in Comfort with a James Philyaw 1828-1901 married to a Mary Clara Jarman, daughter of Robert Jarman of Onslow County. All his children settled in Jones County on land along the old Comfort/Richlands road off Hwy 41 at Comfort near the Jones/Onslow line. He had sons Frederick, John Robert, David William, Zachariah Wilson, and daughters Clara (married Louis Jarman, and Nancy Jane (never married). I descend through John Robert Philyaw who was my great grandfather. This James Phiyaw, died in 1901 and has two tombstones-one which simply says James Philyaw and the other saying James H.Philyaw with his service in the Confederacy noted. I cannot determine who his father was. The division of his land among his children in 1901 does not show an original deed to note whether or not it was purchased or whether it was passed along from family. Based on the location, it appears to be the same land passed along to John W. Philyaw from Martin in deeds dated 1810-1813. However the last record I have of John. W. Philyaw is 1827 and mentions no family and there is no record of marriage. He may have gone to Alabama with his sister or he may have stayed in Jones County. I have been trying to determine if he was the second son of the James Philyaw in the will of 1842. There does not appear to be a further close connection to the James H. Philyaw who inherited land in the will of 1842, with the exception of the passage of ancestral names within the families. If anyone has any connection to the Fillyaw or Philyaw families, please contact me. I have extensive information on all lines, but could use some help filling in missing blanks.
Connie Fowler
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