Phillips, B. A.

Section 16.1

ID # 160109

 

B. A. Phillips

(Rest of Inscription worn away)

1801-1855

 

Metal Marker

 

Benjamin Allen Phillips

Born August 23, 1801

Cumberland County, VA.

Died January 4, 1855

Nashville

 

He and his wife Harriet Hazlegrove Phillips

came to Nashville in 1829 from Virginia by

covered wagon through the Cumberland Gap.

They were parents of six sons and five

daughters, two of whom, Mary Hooper

Phillips King and Benjamin Allen Phillips, Jr.

are buried on this lot. Harriet Hazlegrove

Phillips is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

 

Erected in 1963 by descendants of

Harriet and Benjamin Allen

Phillips in grateful veneration

        Ducit Amor Patriae

(Love of country leads me: Phillips Coat of Arms)

 

Documentation

1908 Plat: B. A. Phillips

                Section 16 NP Lot 47

Interment Index: 1-5-1855 B.A. Philips

Recorded 2005 with Additions (Smith 1908 & Garrett)