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Solomon PHELPS

Solomon PHELPS

Male 1835 - 1901  (65 years)

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  • Name Solomon PHELPS  [1
    Born 2 Oct 1835  New Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1880  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self, Highland, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1900  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 5 Mar 1901  Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I4923  Rofheart-Jones Ancestry.com Current Tree
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 

    Father Valentine "Felte" PHELPS(FULTZ),   b. 1 Mar 1780, Stokes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1865, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susan Anna SHELBY,   b. 1785, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1850, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1821  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances Frankie MOORE,   b. 12 Apr 1827, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1881  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 31 Jul 1852  Claiborne, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert "Bob" Jasper PHELPS,   b. 1855, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1885, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F1190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elisabeth BROWN,   b. 13 Apr 1845, Lincoln County or Mercer County KY USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1922, Hustonville, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 11 Jan 1866  Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Ida Belle PHELPS,   b. 2 Dec 1876, Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1954, Burrville, Morgan,Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     2. Melvin PHELPS,   b. Abt 1867, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1894, Waynesburg, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years)  [natural]
     3. Mary Alice PHELPS,   b. 8 Dec 1872, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1939, Picayune, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
     4. Millard PHELPS,   b. 5 Oct 1874, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1903  (Age 28 years)  [natural]
     5. Sarah Elizeabeth PETERS,   b. 12 Nov 1878, Waynesburg, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1961, Burrville, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     6. William Christopher PHELPS,   b. 22 May 1870, Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1872, Highland (Lincoln County), Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)  [natural]
     7. Martha J PHELPS,   b. 18 Mar 1869, Highland (Lincoln County), Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1869, Highland (Lincoln County), Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     8. Louvena Louda PHELPS,   b. 25 Dec 1880, Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1899, Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)  [natural]
     9. Millard PHELPS,   b. 4 Jul 1939, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1903  [natural]
    Photos
    1900 United States Federal Census
    1900 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky; Roll: 539; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1240539
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F1191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Jan 1866 - Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    1900 United States Federal Census
    1900 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky; Roll: 539; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1240539
    1880 United States Federal Census
    1880 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1880; Census Place: Highland, Lincoln, Kentucky; Roll: 428; Family History Film: 1254428; Page: 232D; Enumeration District: 069
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    phelps family_1
    phelps family_1
        Wilderness Trail
    Wilderness Trail
    Paul C Chasteen standing next to the marker . Solomon Phelps must have followed this trail from New Tazwell, TN to Waynesburg, Lincoln County , Kentucky. where he met and married Elizabeth Brown.
    Lincoln County Kentucky
    Lincoln County Kentucky
    Wildress Trail is the route that Solomon Phelps took from Tazwell, Tennessee to meet and Marry Elizaneth Brown. Solomon eaised his family in Waynesburg, KY.James Raymond Chasteen lived in Lincoln, County in 1900. In 1907 he Married Solomom's daughter named Ida Belle Phelps. Andrew Layton Peters traveled from Morgan County, Tennessee to marry Mary Alive Phelps.
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    Lincoln county Kentucky
    Lincoln county Kentucky

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited ;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Highland, Lincoln, Kentucky; Roll: 428; Family History Film: 1254428; Page: 232D; Enumeration District: 069.
      1880 United States Federal Census
      1880 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1880; Census Place: Highland, Lincoln, Kentucky; Roll: 428; Family History Film: 1254428; Page: 232D; Enumeration District: 069


    2. [S3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky; Roll: 539; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1240539.
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Waynesburg, Lincoln, Kentucky; Roll: 539; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1240539


    3. [S6] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).