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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
with permission of Gerry Gieger, Maj K M Van Zandt Chapter, SAR
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Author: James Gary Auber
Thomas Phillips, Sr. was born c. 1739 and died on the 8th of August 1810 in Randolph County, Virginia. He enlisted with a Virginia Militia group, under the command of Captain Ralph Stuart, and fought in Lord Dunmore's War in the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. He also took part in the Illinois Campaign with General George Rogers Clark on July 4, 1778, capturing Kaskaskia from the British. He also served on an Expedition against the Shawnee town under the command of Gen. George Rogers Clark commencing July 18, 1780 and ending August 21st.
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