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Philip Anthony was born in January 1754 in Philadelphia County, PA. His father, Johann Jacob Anthony, was born in the Alsace region in France and died when Philip was about ten years old. After the death of his father in 1764, Philip was raised by his uncle, Paulus Anthony. The family moved to Rowan County (now Burke) in 1767.
Philip volunteered for service in the Revolutionary War in April of 1775, serving for five weeks under Col. Christopher Bateman to quell an insurrection of Scottish Tories. He was drafted for a period of three months in the summer of 1776 under Col. Charles McDowell. In the summer of 1777 he was drafted to serve three months under Capt. John Russell to spy against the Cherokee Indians. In the following spring Philip was again drafted to serve three months under Capt. Wm. Johnson as an Indian Spy and was employed in erecting a Fort at Turkey Cove on the South Fork of the Catawba River in Rowan County. In July 1780 he was again drafted under Col. Charles McDowell. The troops assembled at Tuckin Meadows and marched to the Pacolet River and camped at Hampton’s Plantation where they were attacked by Tories at night. They pursued the Tories in the morning, took some prisoners then retreated to the mountains where they were reinforced by Colonels Campbell, Shelby, and Sevier. At Kings Mountain they overtook the Tories where British Col. Ferguson was killed. In the spring of 1781 Philip Anthony was again drafted as an Indian Spy under Captain Daniel Smith who was stationed at Davidson’s Fort. At the request of General Morgan after the Battle of Cowpens, he carried an express from General Morgan to General Pickens. He served a total of sixteen months.
Philip married his first wife, Mary Elizabeth, about 1780 and had seven children. Mary died and he moved to Greenville Dist., SC about 1799. Philip married his second wife, Helen, before 1805 and they had three children. He moved his family again to Logan Co., KY in 1806 and remained there until 1811 when he moved to Maury Co., TN where he and Helen made their home until 1828. On 13 February 1835, Philip Anthony filed a claim for his service and was awarded pension S21046. He lived the last ten years of his life in Henderson Co., TN where he died on 4 Nov 1838.
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