Marion County  Georgia Bios   Elijah Phillips

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Elijah Phillips was a Primitive Baptist Elder.  One of the
churches he pastored was Bethel.  He was at Bethel when the
name was changed to Bethel. 

Born in SC in 1796 to James R. Phillips and Martha Parnell,
he is believed to have died before 1876.  He was one of 12
children. 

He first married Rebecca Phillips (yes, her maiden name was
also Phillips) in Morgan County, GA in January 1820.  He had
three sons that we know of, all of whom touched Marion
County - Solomon F. Phillips, Elijah Phillips, and Thomas
Jefferson.  All three of the boys fought in the Civil War
and returned home. 

Elijah is not buried in Taylor County, but is buried on his
son Solomon's property in Marion County (Phillips Graveyard
off Hwy 352)

Elijah's second wife was Martha Ann Stringfellow, widow of
Vincent Horn. 

The Phillips family in the Bethel Church Cemetery in Taylor
County is James William Phillips.  James was one of
Solomon's many children and thus Elijah's grandson.  James
and his wife, Helen are both buried here.  They had 10
children, all of whose names are listed on the back of their
joint headstone.  All of the 10 children are now dead and
many are buried in the plot around their parents.  

Children are Herman Grady Phillips (buried in SC), Myrtis
Elna Pate (buried at Mt Paran, Box Springs, GA), Vera
Beatrice Rustin (Bethel with Rustins), Shelley Almon (Bethel
family plot, his wife Clarice is also buried here), Carrie
Roberts Theus (Bethel with Lester Roberts family), Ernst
James Phillips (Bethel family plot, his wife Sarah is also
buried here), Cecil Ruel Phillips (Bethel family plot, his
first wife Nan is also buried here), Gladys Susan Montgomery
Hortman (Bethel family plot), Blanchard Carey Phillips
(buried in SC), and Otis Clifford Phillip! s (buried in FL) 





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