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- According to Nancy Kiser,
"Leonard Phillips, Sr., William Phillips, Matthew Phillips, Leonard Phillips, Jr., David and Zachariah Phillips all lived near one another in the Rockfish valley of northern Amherst County, an area that would become Nelson County in 1808. Leonard Sr. married Johannah Davis probably in Spotsylvania County in the early 1730s. Leonard was mentioned in the will of John Davis, the father of Johannah, dated March 14, 1733. Leonard Sr.'s grandparents were likely William and Susannah Williams Phillips of Richmond County, Virginia.
It is feasible that Leonard Sr. was the father of William, Matthew, Leonard Jr., David and Zachariah who all appear on the 1782 tithable list with him. However, it is also feasible that William was Leonard's brother and that William was the father of some of these men. William and Leonard Jr. permanently disappear from the Amherst County tax records in 1784, indicating they either moved or died." [2]
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