Is he a son or grandson of David & Freelove Cress?
1860 VA census: Aged 49, living in Smyth Co. with wife, Freelove, 51; James H. 16; Martha C. 15; Sarah E. 14; Noah F. 7; Phillip L. 4. (SV-585)
1880 VA Census (Ancestry.com): Phillip Cress (22 VA), Servant is home of David Mink in St Clair, Smyth Co.