I'd be grateful for any information about the following Phillips family of
Owen County IN, especially information about the two eldest children who
appear in the 1840 census and were gone from home by the 1850 census:
Thomas Phillips of MD, Montgomery County KY, Owen County IN, born
1791-1794 MD; apparently dead 1870; blacksmith (1860)
* 1818 Montgomery County KY
* 1820 census Montgomery County KY
? 1830 census
* Thomas Phillips bought 40 acres; 23 February 1836 Owen County IN
* Thomas Phillips bought 40 acres; 23 December 1844 Owen County IN
* 1840-1860 census Washington Twp/Owen County IN
Thomas Phillips married 9 December 1917 Jessamine County KY: Nancy
Overstreet, daughter of James and Nancy (Davis) Overstreet; born 6
September 1793 Fayette County KY; apparently dead 1870; married 9 December
1817 Jessamine County KY: Thomas Phillips, born 1791-1794 MD, apparently
dead 1870; blacksmith (1860)
Children till 1860:
x. -----; son; born 1817-1820 -----
x. -----; daughter; born 1835-1840 -----
x. George D. Phillips of Owen County IN; born 1832-1833 IN; died 17
May 1922 Spencer/Owen County IN, buried Riverside Cemetery/Owen County IN,
[obituary: Owen County Democrat, Spencer IN, 25 May 1922]; GAR; George
Phillips married first 18 December 1861 -----: Sarah Jane McDonald, born
-----, died 2 March 1875 Owen County IN, [obituary: Owen County Journal,
Spencer IN, -----]; married second Owen County IN: 14 December 1876 Owen
County IN: Sarah Anne Blair, daughter of John and Martha (Eson) Blair,
born 28 September 1840 IN, died 8 February 1914 Owen County IN, buried
Riverside Cemetery/Owen County IN, [obituary: Owen Leader, Spencer IN, 11
February 1914; Owen County Democrat, Spencer IN, 12 February 1914; 26
February 1914]
x. Nancy C. Phillips of Owen County IN; born 1835-1836 IN; died 23
September 1901 IN; married 11 May 1854 Owen County IN: John Lee, born
1831-1832 IN
Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you.
Scott Swanson
Department of History
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485
sswanson(a)butler.edu