Will and Estate Records
of Ichabod "Bud" Phillips
Born ca 1772 –Died between 14 Oct &
Married Sophia Lord
Submitted by Janice Newton Thurmond
Registered
State of
Columbia County } In the name of God Amen and I Ichabod Philllips of this state and County afforsaid being of advanst age and somewhat afflicted in body but of perfect mind and memory do make and establish this my last Will and Testament, Revoking all other Wills heartofore by me made. First I direct my body to be buried in a decent manner, and that my funeral be conducted in a manner according to my circumstances in life. And as to such bodily estates as it has pleased God to entrust me with I dispose by the same as follows:
First I give to my beloved
wife Sophiah Phillips all the tract of land whereon I now reside, containing five
hundred and fifty seven acres with the exception of fifty acres that I have deaded
of to John Phillips my Grandson, during her natural life or Widderhood and after
the death of my Wife I direct my Executors to sell the said tract or parcel of land
at public outcry to the hiest bidder and the money arising therefrom to Eaquelly
divide amongst my legal representatives, viz. Joseph Phillips, William Phillips,
Benjamin Phillips, Isham Phillips, Micager Phillips, Ellis Phillips, Mathew Phillips,
Abslom Phillips and the two sons of my son Wilder Phillips John and William Phillips
my two Grandsons and Sally Paris and her children Vashti Whitaker and her children
and Winney Kendrick and her children, Elitha Taylor and her children Margaret Brinson
and her children, Nancy Addams and her children and Clarisa Phillips my daughter
that are yet single and I also give to my Wife my negro girl Aramenta to dispose
of at her death as she may think proper. I also leave to my Wife and daughter Clarisa
all of my stock of hogs and cattel and sheap and all of my household and furniture,
plantation tools __ and one work ___ and after the death of my Wife I leave the
same to my daughter Clarisa Phillips and all of my negro slaves that I have not
Deaded away heretofore by Deed of Gift to my sons with the exception of one small
negro girl by the name of Francis I also leave to my Wife to dispose of at
her death as she may think proper if not sold before my death, and the said remaining
slaves viz. Lenney, Rachel and her four children, and my negro man Martain with
the exception of one of the such children that I have heartofore give to my son
Abslom and the above named six negroes I direct my Executors hearafter named to
Enter to and have a fair appraisement of the same by three or five of my Juditious
nebors and the same to sell at public outcry viz. to the highest bidder and
after paying all of my just debts and incidental expences I direct my Executors
to settel to each of my daughters and ther children one hundred dollars to each
and the ballance if their be any to lone out into good hands at Interest and for
the use of my Wife if she should nead. And at her death to divide the same amongst
my legal representatives heartofore named. I also give to my son Abslom Phillips
all that tract or parcel of land lying on the East side of Headstall Creek whare
John Taylor now lives to have and to hold the same forever in fee simple, containing
one hundred and five acres, and I have one other tract of land in Muscogee County
containing Three hundred and fifty acres, I direct my Executors to sell the same
either at public or private and to give to my son Mathew One hundred dollars out
of the Sale of said land and the ballance to keep as heartofore directed till the
death of my Wife and to lone out the same and at her death to Divide the same amongst
all of my children heartofore named if not previously sold by my son Isham Phillips.
And I do hearby make and ordain my to sons William and Mathew Phillips, and my friend
and neighbor Willis Palmer my Ecutors to this my last Will and testament In Witness
whareof I Ichabod Phillips the testator have to this my last Will and testament
written on one sheet of paper set my hand and seal this the fifth day of July in
the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hunddred and forty three.
Signed Ichabod Phillips [his X mark]
Sin'd seald and acknowledged
in the presence of Stephen G. Reaves [his X mark]; Randolph Newsom;
Willis Palmer J.P.
Georgia Columbia
County } Stephen G. Reeves, Randolph Newsom and Willis Palmer the three subscribing
witnesses to the annexed and foregoing instrument after being duly sworn upon the
Holy Evangellist, depose and say that they were personally present and saw the testator
Ichabod Phillips in life sign and pronounce and declare the same to be his last
Will and testament, that the testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory
at the doing thereof and that they signed the same as Witnesses in the presence
of and at the request of the testator and in the presence of each other,
Sworn to be in open Court
This 6th day of November 1843
G Jones, Clerk
Signed by: Willis Palmer; Randolph Newsom; Stephen G. Reaves [his X mark]
Columbia County }
To all whom these present shall come, Greeting Know ye that on the sixth day of
November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and forty three,
The last Will and testament of Ichabod Phillips late of said County deceased was
exhibited in open Court and in Common form of law proved and admitted to record
a copy of which is hereunto annexed and administration of all and singular the goods,
chattel, and credits of said deceased, was granted to Mathew Phillips and Willis
Palmer two of the Executors, in and by said Will named and appointed they having
first taken the oath and performed all other requisites required by law of them
by order of said Court and by virtue of these presents legally authorised to administer
the goods, chattel, and credit of the said deceased according to the tenor and effect
of the said Will and testament and according to law and are hereby required to sending
a true and perfect Inventory of all and singulary the goods, chattel and credits
of the said deceased and appraised and returned to this Court according to law,
and to render a true and Correct account to the said Court of their actings and
doings yearly and every year until their administration if fully completed.
Witness the Honorable Edward
Ballard one of the Justices of the same Court of Ordinary this sixth day of November
but in the year of our Lord 1843. G. Jones, Clerk
"Augusta Chronicle"
In pursuance of the last will
and testament of Ichabod Phillips, late of Columbia county, deceased, will be sold,
at the court house door of said county, within the usual hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in January next, six negro slaves, to wit: Martin, a man, twenty-three years
old; Henny, a woman, about forty-five years old; Rachel, a woman, twenty-six years
old, and her three children, to wit: Treece, seven years old; Caroline, two and
a half years old; Amanda, fifteen months old. Sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said deceased. Terms made known on the day of sale.
Willis Palmer, Mathew Phillips, Qualified Executors.
Dr* the Estate of Ichabod
Phillips, decd, in a/c with Willis Palmer, Executor.
1844
Jany 2- To Cash paid Stephen
Drane = $2.00
Jany 3 - paid Vashti Whitaker
a Legacy = $100.00
Jany 3 - paid Editha Taylor
= $100.00
Jany 3 - paid Sarah Parish
= $100.00
Jany 4 - paid Randolph Newsom
= $0.75
Jany 14 - paid Abraham Luckey
= $14.12 1/2
Jany 14 - paid Nancy Adams
a Legacy = $100.00
March 21- paid J.W. & W.S.
Jones = $12.75
Nov 1 - paid Dr. John McTyre
= $131.00
Nov 2 - paid Sophia Phillips,
note = $234.00
Nov 2 - paid J. Printup = $18.31
1/2
Nov 20 - paid Stephen Drane
= $3.00
Dec 2 - paid Winney Kendrick
a Legacy = $100.00
Dec 27 - paid Margaret
Brinson = $100.00
1845
Jany 2 - paid Matthew Phillips
= $100.00
Jany 5 - paid Dr. John McTyre
= $20.00
Jany 6 - paid C. Jones
Clerk fees = $10.50
Aug 18 - paid Matthew Phillips
= $25.25
Aug 18 - paid Abram Cobb =
$3.25
Aug 8 - paid Sophia Phillips
= $3.00
Aug 8 - paid John Phillips
= $20.00
Aug 19 - paid Dr. Daniel F.
Adkins = $7.00 $1208.93 2/7
Aug 19 - To Commissions on
the above @ 2 1/2 pr. ct. = $30.22 1/4
Aug 19 - Comm.s on amt. recd
2359 @ 2 1/2 pr. ct. = $58.77 $1298.13
Aug 19 - Balance in favor of
Estate at this time = $1060.87
$2359.00
1844
Jany 9 - By
Jany 9 - " " "
old Henrietta = $165.
Jany 9 - " " "
Rachel, Trecie, Caroline, Monday = $1035.
Jany 9 - " " "
Tract of Land in Muscogee Co. = $520.
$2354.00
(* "Dr" means "Pay"
or "Paid" JNT)
page 412:
The Estate of Ichabod Phillips
in a/c with Willis Palmer Exor. Cn.
By amount Brought forward = $2354.
The Land sold for cash and the negroes on a Credit of 12 Months
Aug 18 By cash
recd. of John Phillips note = $5.00
$2359.
The Perishable property and two negroes were given to the Testators widow during
her life.
Willis Palmer Executor of the Will of Ichabod Phillips, decd made Oath the foregoing
account is just and true as it Stands Stated to the best of his belief.
Willis Palmer
Sworn to before me
this 22d day of August 1845 G. Jones
Clerk
page 433:
Dr. the Estate of Ichabod Phillips
decd in a/c with Willis Palmer & Matthew Phillips Exors
1845
Jan'y 8 - To Cash paid Ellis
Phillips guardian of Clarissa Phillips a Legatee = $100.00
1846
Jan'y 1 - To cash paid Sophia
Phillips for Interest on $513 = $41.00
Cash paid G. Jones for recording a/c and Legatee receipt = $1.50
$142.50
Commissions on the above @ 2 1/2 pr. ct. = 3.56 1/2
(Total)
= $146.06 1/2
Balance in favor of the Estate at this time = $914.80 3/4
$1060.87
Contra Cr.
By Balance in favor of Estate on last Settlement = $1060.87
Willis Palmer & Matthew Phillips Executors of the Will of Ichabod Phillips decd
made Oath the foregoing account is just and true as it stands stated to the best
of their belief. Willis Palmer
Matthew Phillips
Sworn to before me this 6th day of January 1846 G. Jones, Clerk
Book GG
page 137:
Dr. the Estate of Ichabod Philips decd in a/c with Willis Palmer & Matthew Philips
Exor.
1846
To Cash paid John Collins tax of 1846 = $1.12 1/2
1847
Feb 22 - Cash paid C. H. Shockley
atto fee = $12
.31 1/4
Feb 22 - Cash paid G. Jones
= $1.00 14.43 3/4
Feb 22 - To Commission on the
above @ 2 pr. ct. = $0.36 $14.79 3/4
Feb 22 - Balance in favor of
Estate at this time = $1046.87 $1060.87
page 138: Dr. the Estate of
Ichabod Philips decd in a/c with Willis Palmer & Matthew Philips Exor
Contra Cr.
1846
By Balance in favor of estate on last Settlement = $1060.87
Willis Palmer and Matthew Philips Exors of the Will of Ichabod Philips decd made
Oath the foregoing account is just and true as it stand Stated to the best of their
belief. Willis Palmer Matthew Phillips
Sworn to before me this 22d
day of February 1847 G. Jones
The Items of the foregoing
a/c on property Supported by vouching.
G. Jones, Audr.
page 187:
Dr. Clarissa Philips in a/c with Ellis Philips Guard.
1847
To Cash paid G. Jones Let. Gdr. = $2.50
Sept
Cash paid Clarissa Johnson & her husband Francis M. Johnson in full = $115.00
Cash paid Clerk for recording receipt and this account = $1.50
$119.00
Contra Cr.
1848 July
By Cash recd from the Exor of Ichabod Philips as his Legacy = $100.00
page 188:
Clarissa Philips in a/c with Ellis Philips Guard. Cr.
By amount brought forward = $100.00
Interest made on the above up to the time it was paid over = $15.--
$115.----
Balance in favoring of Guardian = $4. $119.-----
Ellis Philis (sic) late Guardian of Clarissa Phillips now Clarisa Johnson made Oath
the foregoing account is just and true as it Stands Stated to the best of his belief.
Ellis [his X mark] Phillips Sworn to before me this 4th day of
October 1847 G. Jones,
Clerk
Columbia Co., GA Court of Ordinary
Estate Records, Accounts (1856 -1859) Book L page 164:
Estate of Ichabod Phillips
to Willis Palmer Exor.
Recd of Willis Exor. Ichabod Phillips one 15/100 dollars
for return 1856
A Colvard Ord.
Recd of W. Palmer Exor Phillips
State and County tax for the year One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty six
State tax = $0.36
County tax = $0.33
(Total) = $0.69 cts
Alex.
Recd of Matthew Phillips as
Exor of Ichabod Phillips his tax for the year 1856. = $0.57/6
John Collins T. C.
Recd Sophia Phillips his (sic)
tax for the year 1856 = $4.40.4 John Collins
T. C.
Mrs. Phillips To the
March 18
To two dollars worth Flour = $2.00
July 23
1 Bucket 50. Cast. Stud 25. = $0.75
Nov. 18
Pork = $ 1.00
Dec
Cash - $2.00
Cash paid by Isaac Luckey = $0.75
Taxes per recp. = $4.61
February
Coffee 2.50 Sugar 1.50 Cloth 1.00 = $5.00
Tobacco 1.00 Cheese 1.00
= $2.00
August
Flour 4.00 Sept. 1 Sack Salt 2.00 = $6
.00
24 lbs Bacon = $3.00
Coffee 1.00 Potatoes .75 = $1.75
Sugar 1.00 (?) Saying (?)
1 patent Plow bit 621/2 = $1.62 1/2
1 pr Shoes 1.00 Cotton .50 Tobacco .25 = $1.75
........................................................(Total)
= $32.23 1/2
Recd of the Executors of Ichabod
Phillips the above amount for my Support in 1856.
Sophia (her X mark) Phillips Test. (left blank)
page 498:
Estate of Ichabod Phillips to W. Palmer, Exor
Received of Sophia Phillips
$3.94, her Tax for the year 1857 L. A. Luke
T. C.
Received of Mathew Phillips
Exor on Estate of I. Phillips acct. his Tax for the year 1857
Sept. 26 = $00.42
Sept. 26 L. A. Luke T.
C.
Received of Willis Palmer for Estate of Ichabod Phillips
$00.69 State and
Received of W. Palmer Exor I. Phillips one.15 dols
for return 1857
A. Colvard Or.
The Estate of Ichabod Phillips
1857
In a/c with Willis Palmer
Feby
To one dollars worth flour = $1.00
Cheese = $0.60
April 3
1 Bunch Spun Cotton = $1.10
1 Barral Mackerel = $11.25
Oct 4
2 lbs Cheese = $0.30
100 lbs Flour = $ 4.00
Nov 3
4 lbs Cheese = $0 .60
Dec 1
7 lbs Cheese = $1.00
2 Plugs tobacco = $0.50
1 Bottle & 2 vials aruggs = $0 .50
2 Blankets = $ 2.25
1 Sack Salt = $1.38
Black Smiths work in 1857 = $2.24
Paid A Cobb note = $12.00
Paid C Ginn = $10.25
$22.25
Farr. $9.85 Amt. of a/c to
Mathew Phillips $2.50
$17.35
$66.32
Recd of Willis Palmer Exor
Ichabod Phillips the above a/c for my Support in 1857
Sophia (her X mark)
Phillips
Test. Lewis C. Palmer
page 552:
Estate Ichabod Phillips in
a/c with Mathew Phillips Exor
Sophia Phillips
1855
To R. Harris & Co.
Dr.
Feb 8
To 1 gall Whiskey =
$0.70
Mch 25
1 lb salt by A. Phillips = $0.13
May 30
1 gall Whiskey = $0.70
(Total) = $1.53
Recd payment
Sophia Phillips
1851
Bot* of V. A. Hatcher
(* "Bot" probably means "bought." JNT)
May 17 1 Bot oil
37 vial Laudnum 13 = $0.50
31 1/2 gal Gin 31 paste (?---?)
5
Sept 6 4
gal Gin 63 = $1.00
Interest for 4 years = $0.42
(Total) = $1.92
Recd pay of Mathew Phillips.
V. A. Hatcher
Received of Sophia Phillips
her Tax for the year 1855 = $4.00.9 John Collins T. C.
Received of Mathew Phillips Executor in the Estate of
Ichabod Phillips, decd twenty six Dollars and fifty cents
page 553:
The Estate of Ichabod Phillips
1855
To
July 19 To
10 bushel corn @ $1.00 2 bu, wheat
@ 1.50 3.00 = $13.00
Dec 13 Coffee
9 lbs Cotton @ 8.72
= $1.22
......................................(Total) = $27.16
Columbia County }
Personally came before me Mathew Phillips who being duly sworn deposes & saith
the account of twenty seven Dollars & 16/100 is just and true as it stands stated.
Matthew Phillips, Exor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Received of Mathew Phillips
one of the Executors of Ichabod Phillips the above account for my support in the
year 1855. Sophia (her
X mark) Phillips William (his
X mark) Sellers
Mrsser (sic) Phillips act for
1854
To sharping plow 50.
to Do 12 1/2. Coffee 1.00
= $1.62 1/2
Tobacco = $1.00
5 galls syrup @ 371/2 = $1.87 1/2
Sugar = $2.00
August 1st
To Coffee = $2.00
1 pair shades $1. Sack Salt & pit (sic) 2.50 = $3.50
December 1st
29 Bushels corn # $1. = $ 29.00
Six lbs cheese @ 20 = $ 1.20
Cash = $2.50
Cash pr 5 (sic) for work done by M. Parish = $28.25
4 Bushels corn @ $1. = $4.00
2.00 lbs Fodder @ $1. = $ 2.00
172 Beef @ 4. = $6.88
137 Pork @ 7.
= $9.73
Cash use
= $10.00
Bridle = $1.00
Work done on the place for widow = $8.50
Taxes paid by Mathew Phillips Exc = $3.30
Willis Palmer Exc = $1.45 (Total) = $119.81
Received of Willis Palmer and
Mathew Phillips Executors of Ichabod Phillips Dec the above account for my support
in the year 1854. This the first day of January 1855 Sophronia (sic)
[her X mark] Phillips
Test. Egnatius Palmer
Est. Ichabod Phillips in a/c
with Willis Palmer Exor
1857
To
amt. pd. Sophia Phillips = $16.32
Tax 1855 = $0.69
Luke. Tax 1857 = $4.36 $71.37
Cr.
By Bal. due last return
W. Palmer makes oath to the above before me
page 149:
1858
Est. Ichabod Phillips in a/c with Willis Palmer Executor
to amt. pd. Sophia Phillips = $149.08
Cr.
By
Willis Palmer makes Oath to the above before
Me
A. Colvard
Ord.
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