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JOHN HUDSON SUMNER

Read about the Sumner connection at Martha Philips web page.
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# 2

JOSEPH JOHN SUMNER



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#3

WILLIAM HENRY SUMNER



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JOSEPH PHILIPS

His sisterMartha Philips wrote: Joseph Philips born 1802 died 1803


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CHARLOTTE PHILIPS

(Daughter of Joseph Philips 1763-1822 & Milbry Horn)

Her sister Martha Philips wrote: My sister Charlotte Philips, at the age of 16 was sent to

boarding school not far from Nashville. Mrs. Dr. Priestley was the teacher. Her husband was

President of Cumberland College. Mrs. Priestley often went in the river bathing, taking thegirls with her. My sister being fond of the pleasure was generally one of the party.

Unfortunately one day she went in but never returned. The next day her body was found and.

buried at my fathers. Truly it was sad for my parents. Priestly Spring School was located

where the Two Rivers mansion now stands.


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#6

HENRY HORN PHILIPS

(Son of Joseph Philips 1763-1822 & Milbry Horn)

His sister Martha Philips wrote: Henry Philips was born in 1797. At the age of 16 my father

sent him to college. He remained there until he was nineteen. Then he engaged in the

mercantile business, but very soon after was taken sick and died in his 20th

year. A youngman of character & much beloved by all his friends.

In 1930 Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing Philips reported the following inscription on this stone:

Henry Horn Philips

Born 5 Sept 1797

Died 4 Oct 1816

at the age of 20 years


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#7

WILLIAM P. HARDNG AND MILBRY C. PHILIPS

William Duncan Philips' daughter Milberry married William Perkins Harding on 5 May 1853 and

they had a daughter named Mary "Mollie" DeMoville Harding who wrote the following in hermemoires:

I was once a little child. Can you believe it? The first time I can remember myself is when Ikissed my mother and hugged her not to cry. She was leaving her home and family the lastyear of the War of the States for the South (1865). Atlanta was to be our destination. A faithfulservants illness changed all of our plans.

We had to stop in a little mountain in Tennessee where she died after our mother had tenderlynursed her for some weeks. Our mother contracted typhoid fever, then pneumonia from whichshe died six weeks later leaving us a wee baby brother; besides there were three other

children of us for our father to care for.

We could not remain in this town aftermother had left us, and it was our fathers desire to takeus to our grandmothers as he had promised (in Nashville, Tennessee). My father faced prisonand possibly death if he returned since all good citizens were given such treatment in thoseyears of turmoil.

Read the full story atMilbry Catherine Philips' Web Page Link..
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#8 EAST

WILLIAM WILLIAMS & SALLY PHLIPS

William Williams and Sally Philips, a daughter of Joseph Philips and Milbrey Horn, weremarried in Davidson County, February, 1807, by the Rev. Thomas B. Craighead. She was awoman of firmness, of kindness, and of practical sense.

The children born of this marriage were Eliza, Martha, Charlotte, Henry, Mary, William, John,Joseph, Maria, and Evander. The girls were educated at the Nashville Female Academy. All ofthem died soon after reaching womanhood except Charlotte, who married Col. W. B. A.Ramsey, of Edgefield. Henry, Joseph, and Evander died in early manhood.

(Source: page 248 of the book "History of Davidson County Tennessee" by W. WoodfordClayton and available in the Tennessee Archives, call # F443. D2. C6 1880A v.2c.1 (Books).)


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#8 SOUTH

WILLIAM WILLIAMS

William Williams' Web Page Link

William Williams was born in Halifax Co., N. C., April 15, 1776. He graduated at HarvardUniversity, Cambridge, Mass., in 1799. Judge Joseph Story was a member of the same class,

and as warm personal friends they corresponded through life. Returning home, he read lawwith Judge Haywood.

In 1804 he came to Nashville with the view of settling, and Purchased the Evans grant of sixhundred and forty acres, four miles from Nashville, on the Gallatin road. The following year hemoved to the farm, bringing with him his father and mother and brothers. His father, then inbad health, died soon after.

(Source: page 248 of the book "History of Davidson County Tennessee" by W. WoodfordClayton and available in the Tennessee Archives, call # F443. D2. C6 1880A v.2c.1 (Books).)
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#8 NORTH

SARAH SALLY PHILIPS

(Daughter of Joseph Philips 1763-1822 & Milbry Horn)

Her sister Martha Philips wrote: Sally Philips married in 1807 William Williams from North

Carolina, a lawyer of great worth. His parents being wealthy, much time was spent on his

education. A gentleman in every respect. His attention was turned more to farming than the

practice of law. They lived to old age, my sister to be seventy, and her husband eighty-six. Mr.

Williams mother was ninety-six (William Williams mother is Sarah Josey, also buried here.)


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#9 WEST

ELISHA WILLIAMS & SARAH JOSEY

ELISHA WILLIAMS web page link

Elisha Williams was a close friend of Joseph Philips in NC and later in Tennessee. Two of his

sons married two of Josephs daughters.

John Maxey Williams, son of Josiah Frederick Williams & Margaret Peggy Thomas Philips

wrote: In 1806 my grandfather Williams came from Halifax County North Carolina bringing

his wife and three sons -- William about 23, Josiah about 20 and Elisha about 18.

Grandfather settled on the hill above the large spring in the rear of the house built by uncleWilliam. One daughter who had married remained in North Carolina, near Warrenton. Shefirst married Mr. Williams (not related to our family) and afterwards married Mr. Alston.

The 1880 book "History of Davidson County" relates: "In 1804 he (William Williams) came toNashville with the view of settling, and purchased the Evans grant of six hundred and fortyacres, four miles from Nashville, on the Gallatin road. The following year he moved to thefarm, bringing with him his father and mother and brothers. His father, then in bad health,died soon after."


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# 9 SOUTH

ELISHA WILLIAMS


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#9 NORTH

SARAH JOSEY


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#10

J. P. WILLIAMS

(JOSEPH PHILIPS WILLIAMS is a son of William Williams and his wife Sarah Sally Philips.)

J. P. WILLIAMS

Born Feb 16 1824

Died Apr 14 1846


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JOSIAH FREDERICK WILLIAMS

(Son of Elisha Williams 1749-1811 & Sarah Josey)

JOSIAH FREDERICK WILLIAMS web page link

The top layer of these ground level tomb covers have eroded over time. Mrs. Katherine W.

Ewing Philips reported the following inscription in 1930:

To

The memory of

JOSIAH F. WILLIAMS

This monument is erected by his children.

He was born on the 2nd day of February 1780

and died on the 29th day of November 1851

His life was characterized by (Illegible)

Inflexible honest, sterling (Illegible)

the most unpretending (Illegible)

(Illegible)


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#12

MARGARET THOMAS PHILIPS

Her sister Martha Philips wrote: My sister Margaret Philips born 1799 married Josiah

Williams, a gentleman of unblemished character. They raised a large family of sons &

daughters. My sister died 1844 leaving 12 children. Mr. Williams died 1851. Blessed are the

dead that die in the Lord.

The top layer of these ground level tomb covers have eroded over time. Mrs. Katherine W.

Ewing Philips reported the following inscription in 1930:

To the memory of

MARGARET THOMAS

WIFE OF

JOSIAH F. WILLIAMS

daughter of

Joseph and Milbrey Philips

Born

Sept. 30th 1799

Died

Apr. 14 1844


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#13

WILLIAM DUNCAN PHILIPS & ELIZABETH DWYER

His sister Martha Philips wrote: William D. Philips, born 1804 the youngest of the family,

married 1825 to S. T. Clark. Intelligent & amiable in all her ways, truly did I love her. She

passed away too soon to her Father in heaven. In 1828 he married Eliza Dwyre, born & raised

in Dublin Ireland. A lovely & charming lady, she died in 1872.

WILLIAM DUNCAN PHILIPS web page link.
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#14

JOSEPH PHILIPS & MILBIRY HORN

JOSEPH PHILIPS web page link

A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans, the leaders and representative men in commerce,industry and modern activities Will Thomas Hale, Dixon Lanier Merritt, Page 205

Joseph Phi l ips marr ied in about 1784, in North Carol ina, Milberry Horn, who was bo rn inEdgecombe Coun ty, that state, where her parents were pioneer settlers. She died on the hom e

farm, in Davidson County , Tennessee, in 1849.

Short ly after his m arr iage, in 1791, Joseph Phi l ips star ted w ith his wife for the w i lds of

Tennessee. They made an over land journ ey with teams, fol lowing a blazed trai l a large part of

the way, br inging w ith them their hou sehold go ods, and al l of their stock and s laves. He

located in Davidso n County, which he had previously vis i ted, and wh ich was then very thinly

populated.

He bough t a tract of land (640 acres) ly ing six m i les no rth of Nashvi l le, and began th e

establ ishm ent of a home, his f i rst step in that direct ion being the erect ion o f a log cabin wh ichhe and his fami ly oc cupied un t i l 1804, when i t w as burned, the f i re occu rr ing in March of th at

year. He then burned a ki ln of br ick, and erected a sub stant ial hous e, in commodious c olonial

sty le, using w hip-sawed t imb ers in i ts construct ion . This was the f i rst br ick ho use bui l t in

Davidson Coun ty, and is s t i l l standing in goo d co ndi t ion (unt i l abou t 1963), and a part of the

or iginal log barn, bui l t in 1791, is also standing.

When he lo cated there Nashvi l le was bu t a hamlet, and for m ore than h al f a century afterward

there were no rai lroads in the state. He improved a f ine homestead, and w ith the help of his

slaves was th ere engaged in general farmin g un ti l his death in 1818 (actual ly 1822).


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ELIZABETH BETSY NORFLEET WILLIAMS

According to the Tennessee State Library and Archives Photographs of Portraits record 30038

showing a photograph of a portrait of Evander McIver, his wife Elizabeth Williams died of

typhoid fever 12 days after their wedding in 1826 and he later married Matilda Wendell.


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#16

HENRY HORN WILLIAMS


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#17

MARTHA WILLIAMS


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#18

SARAH PHILIPS

In 1930 Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing Philips reported a headstone (not there in 2013) for this

footstone with the following inscription:

Sacred

To the memory of

SARAH

Infant child

Of

William D. and

?


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ROBERT WILLIAMS

In 1930 Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing Philips reported a headstone (only partially there in 2013)

with the following inscription:

ROBERT

Infant son of

J. F. & M. T. WILLIAMS

(These parents are Josiah Frederick Williams and Margaret Peggy Thomas Williams.)


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MARY WHARTON WILLIAMS


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# 20 SOUTH SIDE

MARY WHARTON WILLIAMS


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#21

WILLIAM WILLIAMS


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#22

DAVID D. WILLIAMS


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#23

MARIA GRAHAM MCIVER

MARTHA PATSY PHILIPS web site link


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# 24

EVANDER MC IVER


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#25

WILLIAM P. HARDING & MILBERRY C. PHILIPS

See grave marker #7 for a similar grave marker. Normally a marker like this would indicate the

burial of an un-named child, but we know of none. Still its possible.


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The following grave markers could not be located in 2013:

REBECCA WILLIAMS (Daughter of Joseph Philips 1763-1822 & Milbry Horn)Her sister Martha Philips wrote: Rebecka died quite an infant in 1792.

Her headstone and grave was not found in 2013 but her headstone inscription wasreported in 1930 by Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing as follows:

Rebecca Philips

born Edgecomb Co. 1790

Died Davidson Co. 1792

JOHN FELIX DEMOVILLE & JOSEPHINE DEMOVILLE (JOSEPHINE PHILIPS DEMOVILLE1861-1865 is a daughter of JOHN FELIX DEMOVILLE 1823-1884 & Mary L. Philips 1837-

1919) Its not clear from Mrs. Ewings record below exactly who, if anyone is buriedbeneath this marker, if indeed this is a grave marker.

This headstone and grave was not found in 2013 but the headstone inscription was

reported in 1930 by Mrs. Katherine W. Ewing as follows:

JOHN FELIX DEMOVILLE

JOSEPHINE DEMOVILLE

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