PHILLIPS, Simon
Was a boy of the age of seven? years old when he was bound 1 September 1854 to Mortenn? Wood. (Van TN, Co Ct Min, 1/479) Mortimer Wood, on 5 April 1855, was released from his bond to Simon Phillip, of the age of nine years. He was then bound to John M. Billingsly. (Ibid 1/26)
Source: Tennessee Tidbits, 1778-1914, Volume IV, by Marjorie Hood Fischer, published by Heritage Books, Inc., Westminster, Maryland, 2000, Pg. 359
