Philip B. Matthews

Birth Date

1805

Death Date

1890

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Henderson County, Kentucky, tobacco inspector, councilman, and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Frances Craig Matthews in Henderson County, Kentucky, on July 18, 1852. Tobacco inspector in Henderson County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Councilman in Henderson County from 1855 to 1857 and 1860 to 1862. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 277A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 478.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 32.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 154A-B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 132.
Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky (Henderson, KY: Edmund L. Starling, 1887), 371.
"Philip B. Matthews (1805-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #85174064, accessed July 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85174064.

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