The first account of this wonderful man of God, that we have, is given in Burkitt & Reed's History of Kehukee Association, page 299. He was pastor of an arm of Swift Creek Church, known as Coon Creek, located in Craven County, North Carolina. This was as early as the eighties of the eighteenth century. He remained pastor of this arm until December, 1791, when they were constituted into an independent church. In 1792 she united with Neuse Association. Elder Phipps continued pastor of this newly constituted church, and under his watch care she was very prosperous. In 1797 he severed his pastoral relation with this church and turned his face toward the wilderness of Tennessee. On landing in Tennessee, he most probably settled in Sumner County, on Station Camp Creek. He soon became pastor of West Station Camp Church, where he most probably spent the remainder of his life. In 1787 he assisted Elder John Dillahaunty in the constitution of Richland Creek Church, near Nashville, Tenn., and in 1800 he assisted in the constitution of Dixon's Creek Church. We next find him working up an interest in the community of Castalian Springs, where he assisted in the constitution of Hopewell Church in 1806. Here the curtain must fall until we shall meet again on the other side of the mystic river. (Died Sumner Co., TN ca 1809-10, Theda Womack notes)