John Thomas Phillips (b. 1825, d. October 12, 1863)
John Thomas Phillips265, 266 was born 1825 in Alabama, and died October 12, 1863 in Rome Ga. He married Irene Fatima Jones on Abt. 1849.
Notes for John Thomas Phillips: Thomas John Phillips died in 1863 in Rome Ga. His Confederate Register states that he died of wounds but family lore has it that he died after eating a bad apple. He and Elijah Horn had a pact that if one died in the War, the other would raise his children and you can see the Phillips family in the Elijah Horn house in the 1870 census. He is buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetary in Rome. He was said to have been a teacher and a deacon at Hatchet Creek Baptist Church.
Sources: "A History of Rome and Floyd County" by George Magruder Battery pg 622-625 "Roster of Confederate Graves" by Georgia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Alabama Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 vol 1 Name Roster P-Z Unit Roster Cav -5th Inf
We are unsure of the parentage and siblings of John Phillips but there is some compelling reason to believe he is associated with a Phillips family living a few doors down from him in the 1850 census in Randolph Co. 4 doors down there is a Lemuel Phillips 61 with wife Mary 50 and children Lully ?, Mary 13, Wally 11, and Thomas 22. On the other side of John and Irene 2 doors down is Joshua and Dolly Horn.
Here is what the Phillips name means
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip. In North America this name has also absorbed cognate names from other European languages, for example Italian Filippi, Polish Filipowicz.
My Brother, Stanley Horn, casts some doubt as to whether the Thomas John Phillips buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetary and who served in the 19 Alabama regiment is ours as he thinks it is more likely that he served in the 30th Alabama with the other Horn boys.
Family lore has it that he left for war and never came back. If he served in the 30th with Elijah, wouldn't Elijah have told the family about his death? This is one compelling reason to believe that the John Thomas Phillips in the 19th was indeed ours. However since the Regiment was formed around Huntsville, that makes a compelling reason to think they were different.
Timothy Horn
November 17, 2007
More About John Thomas Phillips: Burial: Unknown, Myrtle Hill Cemetary. Census: 1860, Chandler springs. CSA Soldier: 1863, Company H, 19th Regiment Alabama.
More About John Thomas Phillips and Irene Fatima Jones: Marriage: Abt. 1849
Children of John Thomas Phillips and Irene Fatima Jones are:
John Thomas Phillips (b. 1825, d. October 12, 1863)
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