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The DRIGGERS Family - Pg. 3
Descendants of EMMANUEL DRIGGERS continued
8-Phoebe Ann DRIGGERS was born about 1838 in Bullock County,
Georgia, died before 1910 in Dunnellon, Florida, and was
buried in Dog Ear Cemetery AKA Black Dirt Cemetery. The
cause of her death was Old Age.
General Notes: Phoebe learned that her husband, James was killed in
battle, while fighting in the Confederate Army. She then married Wm.
Shipp, who had also served in the Confederate Army. Soon afterward,
James came home and phoebe learned that it was her brother-in-law,
David Strawn, who had died. James left the homestead upon hearing
that his wife had remarried. No one knows what became of him.
(Family story passed down for generations.)
James L. Strawn actually did die during the Civil War. He died of
disease in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 25 Aug. 1862.
Research Notes: 1850 United States Federal Census
about Pheobe Driggers
Name:Pheobe Driggers Age:13 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1837 Birth
Place:Georgia Gender:Female Home in 1850(City,County,State):Columbia,
FloridaHousehold Members: Name AgeCandasey Driggers 5 Elender
Driggers 11 Emily A Driggers 3 Nancy Driggers 10 Narcissa Driggers
1 Penina L S Driggers 7 Pheobe Driggers 13 Sarah Driggers 35
William H Driggers 33
1860 - Florida Census - shows last name spelled "Strause" First name
spelled " Phebe". Home at this time was Cowpen Seat, Levy, Florida.
Post Office: Atsuna Otie.
1860 United States Federal Census
about Phebe Strause (actual Census page has name spelled STRAUN)
Name:Phebe Strause Age in 1860:22 Birth Year:abt 1838
Birthplace:Georgia Home in 1860:Cowpen Seat, Levy, Florida
Gender:Female Post Office:Atsuna Otie Value of real estate:View
Image Household Members: Name AgeJames L Strause 24 Phebe Strause
22 William H Strause 1 John M Strause 1/12 David Strause 23 Nancy
Strause 20
1870 United States Federal Census
about Phebe Shipps
Name:Phebe Shipps Estimated Birth Year:abt 1834 Age in 1870:36
Birthplace:Georgia Home in 1870:Ocala, Marion, Florida Race:White
Gender:Female Value of real estate:View Image Post Office:Ocala
Household Members: Name AgeWilliam Shipps 45 Phebe Shipps 36
William Shipps 12 John Shipps 10 Sallie Shipps 10 Robert Shipps 5
James Shipps 4 Annie Shipps 2 Lucy Shipps 1
1880 - Census states Phoebe Cannot read or write. Age: 43.
1880 - Census shows Phoebe's birth year as 1837.
Living at Hase Johnson, Levy Co., Florida.
1880 United States Federal Census
about Phoebe Shipp
Name:Phoebe Shipp Home in 1880:Hase Johnsons, Levy, Florida Age:43
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1837 Birthplace:Georgia Relation to Head of
Household:Wife Spouse's Name:William Father's birthplace:Georgia
Mother's birthplace:Georgia Neighbors:View others on page
Occupation:Keeping House Marital Status:Married Race:White
Gender:Female Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise
disabled: Idiotic or insane: View Image Household Members: Name
AgeWilliam Shipp 50 Phoebe Shipp 43 Emily Shipp 14 Narcissa Shipp
13 Wesley Shipp 6 Ellen Shipp 4
1885 - Appears in the Marion Co., Florida State Census, Districts
5&6. Age 44
1890 - No Census available at this time - 5/8/2008.
1900 - Census shows Phoebe's birth year as 1832. Age: 67.
Living at Lebanon, Levy Co., Florida.
1900 United States Federal Census
about Phoebe A Shipp
Name:Phoebe A Shipp Home in 1900:Lebanon, Levy, Florida Age:67 Birth
Date:Jul 1832 Birthplace:Florida Race:White Ethnicity:American
Relationship to head-of-house:Wife Father's Birthplace:Georgia
Mother's Birthplace:Georgia Mother: number of living children:5
Mother: How many children:7 Spouse's Name:William Marriage Year:1865
Marital Status:Married Years Married:35 Residence :Precinct 3,
Ellzey & Precinct 5, Lebanon, Levy, Florida Occupation:View Image
Neighbors:View others on page Household Members: Name AgeWilliam
Shipp 87 Phoebe A Shipp 67
Noted events in her life were:
* She was buried in Dog Ear Cemetery AKA Black Dirt
Cemetery.
* She signed a marriage contract James L. Strawn on 3 Apr
1858 in Levy County, Florida.
Phoebe married William H. SHIPP, son of SHIPP and Unknown, on
3 Oct 1866 in Bronson, Levy County, Florida. William was born
on 10 Jan 1825 in Sampson Co., North Carolina, died on 12 Jul
1902 in Dunnellon, Florida at age 77, and was buried in Dog
Ear Cemetery AKA Black Dirt Cemetery. The cause of his death
was Dropsy. They had eight children: Robert, Emily, James,
Annie, Narcissa A., Lucy, Wesley Allen, and Ellen.
Noted events in his life were:
* He worked as a Blacksmith. 1850 Census - Madison Co.,
Florida - Age 25
* He worked as a Farmer. 1860 Census - Levy Co., Florida
* He served in the military Civil War on 20 Dec 1861 in
Bronson, Florida. William Ship
Enlistment Date: 20 Dec 1861
Enlistment Place: Bronson, Florida
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Florida
Death Date: 12 Jul 1902
Death Place: Levy County, Florida
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 December
1861.
Enlisted in Company I, 1st Cavalry Regiment Florida on 20
Dec 1861.
Sources: 51,87
William Shipp
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Florida
Regiment Name: 1 Florida Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Florida Cavalry
COMPANY: I
Rank In: Blacksmith
Rank In Expanded: Blacksmith
Rank Out: Blacksmith
Rank Out Expanded: Blacksmith
Film Number: M225 roll 8
* He was discharged from the military Civil War - Wounded.
Served under Captain N. S. Cobbs, First Florida Cavalry
Regiment, Company I. At Jacksonville, Florida. Honorably
Discharged "at close of the war" at Brooksville, Hernando
County, Florida.
Wounded: "A bullet passing near the corner of my left eye
caused it to inflame and the exposure caused me to take
cold in it and about a year afterwards I became totally
blind in this eye while in service, ......"
( taken from William Shipp's Soldier's Application for
Pension, dated 2 Nov. 1901, here William Shipp also claims
to have been born 10 January, in Sampson County, North
Carolina)
* He was buried in Dog Ear Cemetery AKA Black Dirt Cemetery.
