Person

George D. Phillips (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1811?

Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Cassity Phillips in Morgan County, Kentucky, on April 21, 1846. Father of George W. Phillips, Mary Phillips, Moses Alonzo Phillips, and William Phillips. Stepfather of Thomas Cassity, Peter Cassity, Margaret Cassity, and Josephine Cassity. Farmer in Morgan County in 1850. Employed Thomas Casity and Peter Casity as laborers in Morgan County in 1850. Appointed postmaster of West Liberty on December 23, 1856. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860. Employed George W. Phillips as a laborer in Morgan County in 1860. Recommended for office of Justice of the Peace in West Liberty District of Morgan County on March 13, 1861.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 174A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 2, p. 439-40.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, West Liberty, p. 321A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Morgan County Marriages, Film #000839918, p. 17.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters (1832-1791), Records of the Post Office Department, NARA RG 28, Microfilm Series M841, Morgan County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 184 of 579 of microfilm (accessed on Ancestry.com).

KYR-0001-017-0103.

Citation

Phillips, George D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196786 (November 12, 2026).

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