ID: I531175588
Name: Philip CONDER
Given Name: Philip
Surname: Conder
Sex: M
Birth: 21 Oct 1793 in Mecklenburg Co, NC
Death: 1 Jun 1861 in Union Co., NC
Burial: Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Morning Star Lutheran Church Cemetery
Event: Founder
Unknown Morning Star Lutheran Church, Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., NC
Note: This must be another son of Irene Conder and his wife Katherine. Bill Sawyer only gave us two children of this couple: Irene and Clarinda. Phillip Conder was bom in 1793 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, son of Lewis and Elizabeth Muller Conder, Sr. He grew to manhood on his father's farm located on the waters of Crooked Creek. In 1820 he married Sophia Byrum in Mecklenburg Co., N. C. whose mother, Catherine Byrum was bom in Virginia and is 81 years old in the 1850 census of Union County, N. C. living with Phillip and Sophia. Census records show they had two sons and six daughters. The oldest son, Irenus, was a Lutheran Minister and served "old St. Peter's Church" near the area in Virginia where his grandmother, Elizabeth Muller, was bom. The court records show Phillip buying land, 65 acres November 1840 on Crooked Creek "next to said Conder", and on Feb. 18, 1841, two more tracts of 58 acres each on Crooked Creek in Mecklenburg County, N. C. His propery fell into Union County when part of Mecklenburg County, N.C. was cut off to form a portion of Union County in 1843. Phillip was a member of Morning Star Lutheran Church, the oldest Lutheran Church in Mecklenburg County. The church records reveal that he was one of the outstanding members, having been elected an Elder on February 19, 1850. He served on the committee for completion of Morning Star Meeting House. Six of his children are listed in the baptismal records 1829-1851. He died June 1, 1861 and is buried in the cemetery.
Father: Louis CONDER b: 1755 in Crooked Creek, NC
Mother: Elizabeth MUELLER b: 1768
Marriage 1
Sophia BYRUM b: 1801 in Possibly in Woodstock, VA (since mother was born there).
- Married:
23 May 1820
in Mecklenburg Co, NC. Bond by John Tyre. Witness by Isaac Alexander
Children
Edmond CONDER John CONDER Louisa CONDER Mary Polly CONDER b: 20 May 1822 in Mecklenburg Co, NC Catherine CONDER b: 1 Feb 1827 Clarinda CONDER b: 13 Oct 1830 in Mecklenburg Co., NC James Irenius CONDER b: 17 Oct 1832 in Mecklenburg Co., NC Eliza CONDER b: 20 Aug 1836 in Mecklenburg Co, NC Elizer C. CONDER b: 20 Aug 1836 in Mecklenburg Co., NC Sarah Carolina CONDER b: 10 May 1838 William CONDER b: 22 Jul 1840 in Mecklenburg Co, NC Marriage 2
Spouse Unknown
Children
Elizabeth CONDER b: 3 Jan 1824 in Morning Star Community | |