Philadelphia Hughes

Philadelphia was born before 1820.¹   Philadelphia's father was Leander, Sr. Hughes and her mother is Elizabeth Fretwell.  Her paternal grandfather was Powell Hughes and her paternal grandmother is Elizabeth Coleman. She had nine brothers and seven sisters, named Powell, Leonard F., John J., Sr., Leander, Little Berry, William, Farley B., Thomas Henry, Jesse Chesterfield, Julia A., Gilley, Gideliah, Carolina, Elizabeth 'Betsy', Susan L. and Nancy Ann.  She is the nineth oldest of the seventeen children. She has a half-brother and a half-sister, named Ira B. and Sally Jane.