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• J W Roby reports the parents of James Isaac, born in 1856, as Jesse Robert Philpot and Jemima Deason, who are buried in Polk County, Arkansas.
  
  James Isaac Philpot MD
  Birth 12 Mar 1856 in Mississippi
  Death 3 Dec 1930 in Polk, Arkansas;  Parents:
  Jesse Robert Philpot
  Birth 22 Dec 1809 in Tennessee
  Death 1 Apr 1885 in Cherry Hill, Polk, Arkansas
  Jemima Deason
  Birth 17 Oct 1811 in Carroll, Georgia
  Death 3 Sep 1876 in Cherry Hill, Polk, Arkansas
  Spouse:  Susan T. Philpot (source 1880 census)
  --  J W Roby, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/29184668/person/12265917540
  
  I found a James Philpot, son of Jesse R and Jemima Philpot in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, but it was in 1850 and he was already 16 years old, making him 20 years older than the James Isaac reported here.  But the parents' names match.
  
  The Find a Grave memorial for Jesse Robert Philpot and Jemima Deason lists their son James as James Marion.  This James Marion was born in 1834, matching the 1850 census record in Pontotoc, Mississippi, not 1856, as for James Isaac.  So the Roby genealogy must be wrong on the parents of James Isaac.  There could be more complex errors here also.
  
  The generational connection was rectified when I found a genealogy that had attached James Isaac's death certificate.  This certificate reports that his parents were Mikager (spelled Micajer and otherwise in various sources, for the original name Micajah), a son of Jessee Robert and Jemima.  So Roby has skipped a generation in this line to report James Isaac as the son of his grandparents.
  
  Several trees have made this error -- ironically, even the Murphy family genealogy where I found James Isaac's death certificate posted that gave the parents' names.  Is there something else eerie and macabre going on?  I don't think so.  Just a generational error that got copied by other genealogies.
  
  Here is a transcription of the information on the death certificate.
  
  Arkansas Death Certificate
  James I Philpot
  White Male, Age 74
  Married, Wife Katie Hughes Philpot
  Residence: Hatton, White Township, Polk County, Arkansas
  Birth 12 Mar 1856 North Carolina
  Death 3 Dec 1930 Hatton, White Township, Polk County, Arkansas
  Occupation Physician
  Burial 5 Dec 1930 Cherry Hill Cemetery
  By Palmer Mortuary, Shelby, NC
  Cause of Death Unreadable
  Father: McKager [Mikager, for Micajah] Philpot, b Mississippi
  Mother: Elizabeth Harris, b Mississippi
  Informat Katie Hughes Philpot
  Filed 10 Dec 1930
  
  The Green family tree has the paerntage reflecting the death certificate.
  
  James Isaac Dr Philpot
  Birth 12 March 1856 in Mississippi
  Death 3 Dec 1930 in Polk, Arkansas
  Parents:
  Micager Philpot 1831 - 1905
  Sarah Elizabeth Harris 1835 - 1900
  Spouse 1 Susan T Birth abt 1854 in Georgia
  Spouse 2 Katie Hughes
  Birth 4 Dec 1862 in Pickens, Georgia
  Death 22 Jan 1936 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, ARK
  
  Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
  James I Philpot
  3 Dec 1930 Polk County
  
  James is first recorded in a census at age 5 in Calhoun County, Mississipi.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Calhoun County, Mississippi, 13 July, PO Big Creek, page 37, Hse #250, Fam #251
  Michael [Micajah] Philpot 29 M Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate #100 Personal born GA
  Sarah Philpot 23 F born GA
  James Philpot 5 M born MS
  William Philpot 3 M born MS
  
  1860 Federal Census, Calhoun County, Mississippi, 13 July, PO Big Creek, page 37, Hse #250, Fam #251
  Michael [Micajah] Philpot 29 M Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate #100 Personal born GA
  Sarah Philpot 23 F born GA
  James Philpot 5 M born MS
  William Philpot 3 M born MS
  
  The 1880 census reporets James and Susan with their first two children Eveline and Levi J.  Levi J matches the person known as Leander Jackson Philpot, documented on Find a Grave and family sources.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Polk County, Arkansas, 13 June, District 131, page 15 (scan 565C), Hse/Fam #127
  Philpot, James I  W M 25 Head Farmer MS NC GA [b abt 1855]
  Philpot, Susan T  W F 26 Wife Keeping House GA GA GA [b abt 1854]
  Philpot, Eveline W F 2 Dau AR GA GA
  Philpot, Levi J  W M 1 Son AR GA GA

Sources

• 1. Arkansas Death Certificate
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • J W Roby, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/29184668/person/12265917540
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Calhoun County, Mississippi
  • 13 July, PO Big Creek, page 37, Hse #250, Fam #251
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Polk County, Arkansas
  • 13 June, District 131, page 15 (scan 565C), Hse/Fam #127
• 5. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #24556192