Rev. James Phillips Savage
1792 - 1854 (62 years)
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Name James Phillips Savage [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Prefix Rev. Birth 16 Jan 1792 Virginia 
Gender Male Census 1820 Mason Co., Kentucky [8] Land Purchase 6 Mar 1821 Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky - Buys from William Currens a lot “lying adjacent to the town of Germantown in Mason County” containing a bit over 1 acre
Census 1830 Mason Co., Kentucky [9] Census 1840 Mason Co., Kentucky [10] Will written 10 Jun 1846 Mason Co., Kentucky [11] 
Census1850 Mason Co., Kentucky [12] Slave Census1850 Mason Co., Kentucky [13] Occupation Minister Death 8 May 1854 Mason Co., Kentucky Will probated 22 Feb 1855 Mason Co., Kentucky [14] - final settlement of land and slaves
Religion Methodist Burial Savage-Currens Cemetery, Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky [15, 16] Patriarch & Matriarch 
James P. Savage
b. 1754, Virginia
d. 1 May 1807, Lewis Co., Kentucky (Age 53 years) (Father) 
Sarah "Sally" Foster
b. 1733, Virginia
bur. 1798 (Age ~ 65 years) (Grandmother)Notes - There are other ministers named Savage who appear in Maysville newspapers in the 1840s, including “Rev. G.S. Savage” and “Rev. F.A. Savage.”
He, as with his wife's nephew William Currens Dimmitt and other family members, was a Methodist preacher in Kentucky during the religious revival which took place in the midwest beginning in the 1830s and 1840s. Many of the sources cited here tell about his career. See this section of his grandson's biography, which tells something about him as well:
"Harrison B. Savage, M. D., Galena, is a son of Dr. Charles Smith Savage and Elizabeth P. (Burgess) Savage. His father was born in Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky, Dec. 8, 1829, the son of James Phillips Savage and Sallie (Currens) Savage. James Phillips Savage was born in Virginia Jan. 16, 1792, a son of James and Mary (Phillips) Savage, both of whom were born in Virginia, whence they came to Kentucky at a very early date. The Savage family is of Welsh origin. The father of James Savage was a Revolutionary soldier. James Phillips Savage came to Kentucky with his widowed mother and, her eleven other children in 1799, in a covered wagon, and settled near Maysville, then called Limestone."
Also, there is this from the article by M.F. Adamson:
"Until this time an old structure in the west part of town was the only house of worship; I think it was an union meetinghouse. I recollect once, soon after we came to town, of hearing the celebrated Mr. Stribley preach in that house. At about this date Rev. James Savage built a frame chapel, owning it as his individual property. My father built it. This was the first and only church building for a number of years. It was in this house I received the received the religious convictions of my youth, where my kind father and mother led me to hear such men as then labored in the Methodist ministry – Stamper, Tydings, Corrims, Holliday, McKnight, Barger, Atkins, Baker, Collard, Tomlinson, Durkin, Tascom, McCoeon, Taylor, Bush, Stevenson, Ray, and others. The regular Baptists often preached in this house, as they had no house in the town, but several large congregations in the vicinity. " [2, 3]
Person ID I5390 Last Modified 12 Feb 2025
Father James P. Savage
b. 1754, Virginia
d. 1 May 1807, Lewis Co., Kentucky (Age 53 years) Mother Mary Phillips
b. 20 Mar 1765, Amherst Co., Virginia
Other Partners:
└─George Swingle, Sr.
b. 11 Dec 1757, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
d. 15 Nov 1840, Franklin Co., Kentucky (Age 82 years) m. 4 Jan 1812 Marriage 25 Dec 1787 Amherst Co., Virginia Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse / Partner 1 Sallie Currens
b. 15 Apr 1799, Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 27 Feb 1844, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 44 years)
Marriage 18 Feb 1813 Bracken Co., Kentucky [17, 18] - as "Currence." Maybe 1815.
Children 4 sons and 5 daughters + 1 
. Mary Ann Currens Savage
b. 19 May 1815, Kentucky
d. 14 Jun 1895 (Age 80 years)└─ Dr. Alfred Hieatt Pollock (Age 90 years) m. 30 Jul 1833+ 2 . William L. Savage
b. 24 May 1819
d. 15 Feb 1852, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio (Age 32 years)└─ Mary C. Turner m. 24 Aug 1846+ 3 . Margaret Currens Savage
b. 8 Aug 1822, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
d. 7 Dec 1911, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky (Age 89 years)└─ Dr. Isaac Pollock (Age 81 years) m. 25 Feb 1839+ 4 . James Currens Savage
b. 17 Oct 1824
d. 7 Sep 1886 (Age 61 years)└─ Sarah D. Arnold (Age 72 years) m. 15 Dec 1846+ 5 . Dr. Charles Smith Savage
b. 8 Dec 1829, Kentucky
d. 7 Jul 1913, Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas (Age 83 years)└─ Elizabeth "Lizzie" P. Burgess (Age 57 years) m. 18 Jun 1856+ 6 . Maria Caroline Savage
b. 22 Jun 1832, Kentucky
d. 21 Jan 1899, Glasgow, Chariton Co., Missouri (Age 66 years)└─ James Oswald Swinney (Age 69 years) m. 10 Nov 1852+ 7 . Rev. Elijah Currens Savage
b. Abt 1835
d. 3 Mar 1869 (Age 34 years)└─ Nancy "Nannie" T. Humlong (Age 35 years)+ 8 . Sally Currens Savage
b. 21 Jan 1838, Kentucky└─ Rector Barton (Age 69 years) m. 5 May 18619 . Susan Duff Savage
b. 24 Feb 1844, Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 14 Mar 1844, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 0 years)Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 May 2025
Spouse / Partner 2 Harriet Duff
b. Abt 1801
d. 20 May 1845, Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 44 years)
Other Partners:
└─William Ingram
bur. Yes, date unknown m. 22 Aug 1822Marriage May 1844 Mason Co., Kentucky Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 May 2025
Spouse / Partner 3 Rachel Dimmitt
b. 28 Mar 1807, Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 11 Jan 1866 (Age 58 years)Marriage Bef 1847 Children 1 son and 1 daughter > 1 . Susan Dimmitt Savage
b. 10 Jul 1847, Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 16 Aug 1888, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois (Age 41 years)└─ James B. Currens (Age 84 years) m. 5 Nov 18682 . Moses Dimmitt Savage
b. 22 Mar 1850, Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 12 May 1852, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 2 years)Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 May 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 16 Jan 1792 - Virginia 
Marriage - 18 Feb 1813 - Bracken Co., Kentucky 
Census - 1820 - Mason Co., Kentucky 
Land Purchase - 6 Mar 1821 - Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky Census - 1830 - Mason Co., Kentucky Census - 1840 - Mason Co., Kentucky Marriage - May 1844 - Mason Co., Kentucky Will written - 10 Jun 1846 - Mason Co., Kentucky Census - 1850 - Mason Co., Kentucky Slave Census - 1850 - Mason Co., Kentucky Death - 8 May 1854 - Mason Co., Kentucky Will probated - 22 Feb 1855 - Mason Co., Kentucky 
Burial - - Savage-Currens Cemetery, Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Headstones
2 Headstones
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Reference Pitard, D. "Rev. James Phillips Savage". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I5390&tree=1sttree (accessed May 17, 2025).
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