Notes for Edward Jefferson Philpott, Jr.

Notes for Edward Jefferson Philpott, Jr.

!US Census 1850 (23 August) Virginia, Henry Co., Roll M432_952, page 20, lines 28-31: Edward D. Philpott (b. 1776 - 74 - in MD - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $1800). Child listed is: Edward D. Philpott, Jr. (son b. 1824 - 26 - in VA - Occ: Farmer) married to Nancy (b. 1818 - 32 - in VA) with a child listed as: Elizabeth H. (dau b. 1849 - 1 - in VA)

!US Census 1860 (26 July) Virginia, Henry Co., Oak Level PO, Roll M653_1354, Sheet 91, Page 91, House No. 650, Lines 25-31: Edward Philpott (b. 1821 - 39 - in VA - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $2100 + $2600) married to Nancy (b. 1818 - 42 - in VA). Children listed (born in VA) are: Elizabeth (dau b. 1849 - 11); Nancy (dau b. 1851 - 9); John (son b. 1852 - 8); Alice (dau b. 1855 - 5); and Albert (son b. 1859 - 1)

***Edward is likely dead - wife Nancy is listed with children***
!US Census 1870 (16 August) Virginia, Henry Co., Martinsville Township, Martinsville PO, Roll M593_1656, Sheet 53, Page 104A, House No. 325, Lines 24-28: Nancy Philpott (b. 1818 - 52 - in VA - Property Value $1000 + $100). Children listed (born in VA) are: Elizabeth (dau b. 1849 - 21); Alice R. (dau b. 1855 - 15); A. B. (son b. 1859 - 11 - Occ: Farm Laborer); and Jas. A. (son b. 1863 - 7)

***Edward is dead - wife is listed with daughter as WIDOW***
!US Census 1880 (2 June) Virginia, Henry Co., Martinsville Township, Roll T9_1373, SD 2 ED 131, Sheet 7, Page 105C, House No. 57, Lines 33-39: W. D. Ward (b. 1848 - 32 - in VA - Occ: Farming - Fa: VA and Mo: VA) married to Rosa Lee (b. 1855 - 25 - in VA - Fa: VA and Mo: VA). Children listed (born in VA) are: Samuel E. (son b. 1875 - 5); Ruth A. (dau b. 1877 - 3); and Nancy A. (dau b. 1879 - 1). ALSO LISTED are: Nancy T. Philpott (mother-in-law b. 1813 - 67 - in VA - Fa: VA and Mo: VA); and Robt. Stanley (cousin b. 1860 - 20 - in VA - Occ: Works on Farm - Fa: VA and Mo: VA)

!Martinsville Bulletin, Martinsville Virginia newspaper article about a marker dedicated for local Confederate soldier:
A marker was dedicated Sunday at the grave of Edward Jefferson Philpott, a Henry County farmer who died in Richmond on July 28, 1864. When the Civil War began, Edward Jefferson Philoptt was 37 and the father of five, which should have exempt him from service in the confederate forces, except for the devastation of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Many men from Henry County had joined Company B 57VA Infantry Regiment, known as the "Franklin Sharpshooters." This company fought in some of the most terrible battles of the war, including Malvern Hill, Second Manassas or Bull Run, Harper's Ferry, Antiet am or Sharpsburg, and Suffolk. Company B 57th Regiment, a part of Pickett's Division, went to Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. When Pickett's charge was over the 57th regiment had suffered 73 percent casualties. Company B began the battle with about 40 soldiers but at the end, only four effective combatants remained on their feet.
After Lee's army withdrew across the Potomac and Rapidan rivers, the 57th went into camp to rest, heal, regroup and recruit. Because of the high number of casualties suffered in battle from 1861 to July 1863, the south recruited every able-bodied man who would enlist and serv
That was the scenario when Philpott joined the regiment. After he enlisted, Company B was involved in campaigns around Kinston, Greenville and New Bern, N.C., until 1864 when it moved to White Oak Swamp and Bottom's Bridge to build fortifications. It then participated in the battles of Chester Station and Drewry's Bluff.
Edward Philpott became ill and was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital on July 25, 1864. He died of typhoid fever three days later.Family history records that when she learned Edward was ill, his wife took a buggy with Uncle John Stone, then a teen-ager, and traveled to Richmond to bring Philpott home. By the time she arrived, Philpott had died and was buried. His personal effects were given to his widow but his remains stayed buried in Richmond. Petty said there is little known about Philpott's life, but some conclusions can be drawn. First, he was a farmer, family man and citizen of some substance. In the 1860 Virginia census, Philpott was listed as owning real estate valued at $2,600 -- in a time when land was valued at a few dollars an acre -- and personal effects worth $2,100. He was a patriot, since he had enough money to buy his way out of service even if he had been forced to enlist. It also is know that Philpott had a large, active and talented family, Petty said. Among them were his son, Elder A. B. Philpott; who was a Primitive Baptist preacher, merchant, lumberman and delegate in the Virginia legislature from 1914 to 1916. His sons Jeff, John and Charlie were among the most prominent businessmen and community leaders in Henry County, Petty said. A. B. Philpott's grandson, A. L. [Albert Lee - 1919-1991] Philpott, served six years as Henry County commonwealth's attorney and 34 years in the Virginia General Assembly, the last 12 as speaker of the House of Delegates. Another grandson, Edward Jefferson "Bud" Philpott Jr., served 43 years as Henry County's commissioner of revenue. In addition, there are numerous furniture and textile manufacturing executives, teachers, nurses, a doctor and other health care professionals, sales executives in chemicals and brass, owners and operators of small business, public servants, lawyers, computer scientists, bankers, engineers, a veterinarian, and others.