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Cajoe Philips grave marker is located 6 miles West of Waterford, Ohio on Washington County Road #6. This Marker was crafted during the early 1970s by Dr. Richard Walker, to replace the original gravestone that had weathered away. It reads: Born in Tidewater VA. A slave of Harman Blennerhassett his duty to ferry guests to the Ohio river mansion. Came to the Waterford area circa 1807. Said to have had seven wives. Orginial Tombstone: "Here lives the remains of Micajah Phillips who died December 8, 1861. Supposed age 125 years. Born a slave he is now gone to rest free from a master. Also his two wives, Binah and Anne quitely sleep by his side in this humble cemetery." ---- Submitted by Henry Burke, July 2005.
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