Daniel Phillips (1854 - 1947)

Born 16 Mar 1854 in Stringtown, Hays, Texas, United States

Husband of Rachel (Ramsey) Phillips — married 11 Oct 1877 in Guadalupe, Texas, United States

Husband of Angeline (Morgan) Phillips — married 3 Apr 1886 in Guadalupe, Texas, United States

Died 23 Oct 1947 at age 93 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States

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Biography

Daniel Phillips is a part of US Black heritage.

Daniel Phillips was interviewed in San Antonio, Texas about 1937 about his life, and his time as an enslaved person.

"I was a slave to Dr. Dailey and his son, Dr. Thomas Dailey. They brought my mother and father from Georgia and I was born in Stringtown just after they arrived, in 1854."

Interview: Daniel Phillips was interviewed in San Antonio, Texas as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Daniel was a widower when he died. The informant on his death certificate was Eliza R. Stephens, his daughter.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Daniel Phillips - Vol. 16, Part 3, Texas, pages 183-184, images 189-190 of 285.

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-7SRB : 10 March 2021), Daniel Phillips and Rachel Ramsey, 11 Oct 1877; citing Guadalupe, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,035,073.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNN-9G2 : 20 February 2021), Samuel Phillips in household of Danl Phillips, Guadalupe Valley, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 75, sheet 292D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,308.

• "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6Y7-T4Q : 22 January 2020), Daniel Phillips, 1886.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GJ-ST5 : accessed 28 October 2021), Dan Phillips, Justice Precinct 3, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67, sheet 27A, family 451, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,641.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS9-HDH : 3 February 2021), Daniel W Phillips, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4WF-3WZ : 29 July 2019), Eliza Stephens in household of Jason Stephens, Area F, San Antonio, Justice Precinct 1, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 259-197, sheet 4B, line 76, family 87, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4207.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSYP-R5V : 20 February 2021), Daniel Phillips, 23 Oct 1947; citing certificate number 40881, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,730.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMDN-DCPZ : 29 September 2020), Daniel Phillips, ; Burial, , Guadalupe, Texas, United States of America, Sweet Home Cemetery; citing record ID 213017379, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.