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David W. Phillips (Marion County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1821?

Marion County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of David Phillips and Elizabeth Phillips. Married to Laura Doone Phillips in Nelson County, Kentucky on June 5, 1847. Father of William D. Phillips. Resident in Marion County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Merchant in Lebanon in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 343A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 619.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 552.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon District 1, p. 488A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #001929414, p. 201.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky Marion County Probate Courts, Wills Vol 1-4, 1863-1949, p. 275.

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 9, 1863, p. 3.

Citation

Phillips, David W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205624 (November 12, 2026).

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