Simeon Young Phipps-Durham, Johnston Co
Seeking decendants of Simeon Young Phipps. A few years ago I was able to copy the births of his children as well as his two marriages. Based on these Bible Records and his headstone he was born Aug 28, 1829 and died Aug 16, 1911 in Durham, NC. In 1850 he was residing with Easy Phipps in District 1 in Orange County (now Durham County) NC. He later shows up in Johnston County NC and is listed on the 1880 Johnston County Census. The Bible Records are as follows: Simeon Phipps married Elizabeth Hutchins in Orange Co Oct 18, 1853. Simeon married Henrietta Estridge in Johnston County April 20, 1882. The children of Simeon and Elizabeth are William Ruffin Phipps b July 6, 1854, Luena Ellen Phipps b May 3, 1855, Sarah Ann Phipps b May 28, 1856. Sarah is my g gm who married William Gaston Earp in 1884 in Johnston County, Videlia Isabella Phipps b Dec 9, 1857, Simeon Fisher Phipps b Oct 24, 1861, George Lewis Phipps b Sept 14, 1859, James Marion Phipps b Mar 7, 1866, Zoda Lee Phipps b June 29, 1868, Alonzo Green Phipps b Sept 24, 1870 and Martha Elizabeth Phipps b May 5, 1873. Children of Simeon and Henrietta Estridge are Mary Jane Phipps b July 27, 1883, John Madison Phipps b Feb 28, 1885, Allie Maybell Phipps b July 1, 1887, Henrietta Phipps b May 17, 1889, Ed Raymond Phipps b June 15, 1891 and Ada Young Phipps b Mar 5, 1894.
Simeon's obituary is listed in the Durham Recorder, Friday August 18, 1911. It reads in part that he served in the Civil War in the North Carolina Regiment, taking part in many battles and coming out practically uninjured. A few years after he returned from the war he was paralyzed. It also list he is the father of 19 children, 15 of whom survive. The funeral services were conducted from the residence and interment was at the Eno burrying ground in the county.END. The cemetery is located on Old Oxford Hwy between Danube Lane and Dearborn Drive in Durham, NC.
Simeon Phipps enlisted in Orange County Jan 18, 1862. He served in Company A, 66th Regiment NC Troops. He was listed as a private. Two other Phipps are also listed. They are Green and Stephen P. Phipps. Both enlisted in Orange County, NC.
In the Johnston County Marriage Register Simeon Phipps' parents are listed, they are John Phipps and Mary Clements. In Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files we find the following. John Phipps, Ga and VA line, S14132, sol was b 1753 in Charles City Va & he lived in Surry Co Va at enl & later moved to Amelia Co VA where he also enlisted in 1776 & after the Rev he lived in Orange County, North Carolina and then moved to Hopkins County KY where he applied April 8, 1832. I am trying to determine if this John is the same one that Simeon Phipps listed as his father when he married Henrietta Estridge in Johnston County, North Carolina. I would hope that contact can be made with any of these decendants.