Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and tailor. Kentucky native. Father of Alfred K. Simons, Philip Simons, Virginia Simons, Edwin Simons, Priscilla Simons, and Delia Simons. Married to Frances Brooks Simons in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on March 30, 1852. Married to Sarah W. Simons. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Tailor in Madisonville in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 53B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 688.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 834.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages, p. 1.

Citation

Simons, Philip J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205052 (November 12, 2026).

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S. B. Nisbet et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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