Henry Valentine FELPS/PHELPS

1799 - 1857  (58 years)

• Name	Henry Valentine FELPS/PHELPS
  Born	1799	TN
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 May 1857	Blount Co, Tennessee
  Buried	Middlesettlements Cemetery, Blount County, TN, USA
  Person ID	I11789	TAP | George Fulp's Full Tree, George/Michael Branch
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Valentin (G) VOLP/FULPS( FELPS),   b. 1743, Sindringen, Germany ,   d. Abt 1820  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Wife UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F8796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rhoda LEBOW,   b. 18 Apr 1815, Illinois ,   d. Apr 1880, Blount Co, Tennessee  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1828	Claiborne County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Mary Jane PHELPS,   b. 1829, TN   2. William Thompson PHELPS,   b. 1830, TN ,   d. 27 Apr 1865, Sultana on the MS River near Memphis,TN  (Age 35 years)   3. Sarah Selina PHELPS,   b. 1834, TN ,   d. 09 Mar 1912, TN  (Age 78 years)   4. Daniel Richard FELPS/PHELPS,   b. 20 Apr 1839, Blount Co, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Feb 1910, Blount Co, Tennessee  (Age 70 years) + 5. John Michael PHELPS,   b. 20 Jun 1842, Blount Co, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Feb 1900, Knox County, TN  (Age 57 years)   6. George Henry PHELPS,   b. 11 Aug 1845,   d. 28 Oct 1921  (Age 76 years)  [Natural]   7. Hiram Thomas PHELPS,   b. 28 Dec 1847, TN ,   d. 10 Mar 1922, Maryville, Blount County, TN  (Age 74 years)   8. Henry PHELPS,   b. 1849, Blount Co, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 1860, Blount Co, Tennessee  (Age 11 years)   9. Frances Eliza PHELPS,   b. 14 Feb 1854, Blount Co, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 4 May 1938, Blount County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 84 years)   10. James Jefferson PHELPS,   b. 01 Apr 1832, Tennessee ,   d. 01 Mar 1908, Tennessee  (Age 75 years)   11. Martha Malvina PHELPS,   b. 1836, TN
  Family ID	F4433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Phelps - Old Home Place

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		George Felps Estate Settlement
  		Henry Valentine Phelps Profile
  		Fulp Family Naming Patterns A chart that shows the naming patterns of the George Fulps families
  		William Stone Vs Michael Fulp in 1755 Lawsuit

  
  

  Headstones

  Henry & Rhoda Lebow Phelps Headstone (missing)

  
  

  Descendant Reports

  Henry Valentine Phelps Descendent Report

  
  

  Family Group Sheets		Henry Valentine Phelps Family Group Sheet
  		Henry Phelps Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Trees

  Henry Valentine Phelps Family Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Felps is first seen in the 1830 Claiborne County US Census. He is married and with one female child. By 1840 Henry Phelps with his wife and six children had moved to Blount County, Tennessee. The name on the U.S. Census for 1840 was misspelled as "Philips". Ten years later on the 1850 Census, he is listed as "Phelps". Henry and Rhoda had eleven children and lived in the Middlesettlements Community of Blount County. Henry Phelps died sometime before 1860. Family records show that during a smallpox epidemic in the community, Henry dug graves for the victims. It is believed that as one of the few able bodied men in the community, he kept an empty grave dug in preparation for the next death. When he became ill and died of the disease, he was buried in a grave that he had dug himself. Rhoda Phelps died in 1880. It is thought that Rhoda and Henry Phelps are buried in the cemetery at Middlesettlements Methodist Church in Blount County, Tennessee where there are several older unmarked graves.