We’ve discussed the estate of John Fips or Phips, who appears to have died about 1769 in Charlotte County, Virginia, in various past posts. This John was living earlier in Lunenburg County. (Part of Lunenburg County became Charlotte County in 1764, and Lunenburg was formed from Brunswick County in 1746.)
Members of this family had direct connections to Brunswick County, Virginia, Ashe and Surry Counties, North Carolina, and Lawrence County, Indiana. Other connections appear to have involved Amelia County, Virginia and the North Carolina counties of Bute (now extinct), Warren, Wake, and Orange.
Research in this area has been pioneered through the efforts of the webmaster of a website devoted to the Witcher family. This is a family which connects through the son in law of John Fips/Phips, Ephraim Witcher. Thanks to the very thorough and groundbreaking work of this researcher, now a new article in that website details the Estate of John Fips. That article includes photos of vital original documents.
Phipps Genealogy 