"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXM9-WDS : 8 December 2014), D. B. Phillips in entry for Lewis M Phillips, 27 Mar 1950; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,372,556.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMB-MMF : 30 September 2017), Doctor B Phillips in entry for Nicholas M Phillips, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3S-73P : 12 April 2016), Bunyan Phillips in household of Nicholus M Phillips, Georgia, United States; citing p. 97, family 708, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,649.
"Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4SF-DKC : 24 December 2014), D B Phillips, 29 Aug 1937; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Franklin, Georgia, certificate number 25281, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
"United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZK1-56R : 12 December 2014), Doctor Phillips, 1864; from "Civil War Soldiers - Union - Colored Troops," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit 4th US Colored Heavy Artillery, NARA microfilm publication M1818, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., roll 72.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55848726/doctor-bunyan-phillips: accessed 19 November 2022), memorial page for Doctor Bunyan Phillips (28 Jun 1857–29 Aug 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55848726, citing Pennington Chapel Cemetery, Franklin County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Susan in Cville (contributor 47488916) .
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Phillips-45044 and Phillips-617 appear to represent the same person because: Doctor appears from grave marker to be given name, not title. This probably accounts for WikiTree not suggesting 617 as a possible duplicate when I created 45044.