Her surname was spelled as Filips on their marriage record, which would seem more consistent with Phipps or Philips than Phelps, but nearly all family trees record it as Phelps. This may be due to the frequent use of Phelps as a middle name among descendants, suggesting that it became family tradition through Drucilla’s maiden name.

Greenbrier Co. Virginia marriage records list the marriage of Benjamin Johnson and Drucilla Fillps on 22 Nov 1793.

Benjamin and Drucilla had at least 10 children, including Priscilla, Basil, John, Zachariah, Mary, Nancy, Elizabeth, Samuel, James and William. They had all already established households of their own by the time of the 1850 census, though.