“Philip Gatewood Son of the Said James Gatewood And Mary his Wife was born April 23rd 1780 — Phillip Gatewood Deceas February the 14 1847 [1817?]” [Gatewood family Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 36376.]

On 9 January 1838, an inquisition was held at the dwelling house of Elizabeth Tune in the Town of Tappahannock on the death of Jesse Tune, made by James Roy Micou Jr, Reuben Munday, Vincent Dyke, Jackson Dyke, Jonathan Dunn, James Durham, James Phillips, Green Coleman, Philip Gatewood, Mourning Johnston, Reuben L Pitts, and Robert M Pilcher. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 243–244.]