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Bailous Phelps (Caldwell County, KY, farmer and Baptist clergyman)

b. 1802-04-07 d. 1870-05-29

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and minister. Mississippi native. Married to Mahony Jones Phelps in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on July 20, 1826. Father of Louisa A. Phelps, Martha E. Phelps, Alzada G. Phelps, Laura B. Phelps, Sarah V. Phelps, and Charlie Phelps. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Baptist clergyman in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 348A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 79.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 14.
Find A Grave, "Bailous Phelps (1802-1870)," Memorial #89672594, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89672594 (accessed May 27, 2020).

Citation

Phelps, Bailous. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200980 (November 12, 2026).

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