PHILLIPS.
In 1746 Joseph Phillips obtained a grant of land on Buck
Mountain Creek, and removing to North Carolina in 1778,
sold it to John Phillips, who by further purchases acquired a
considerable landed estate. From 1750 to 1760 Leonard
Phillips patented nearly a thousand acres in the southern
part of the county on Ivy and Green Creeks, portions of
which he sold to George Blain, and to Peter and William
Farrar.
William B. Phillips came to the county at the time the
University buildings were projected, and was engaged in the
work of their construction. He was afterwards active in his
dealings in real estate, both in town and country. In 1823
he bought Lots Thirteen and Seventy-Seven, and built upon
them the brick houses, the former of which he sold to Governor
Gilmer in 1831, and the latter to Dr. James A. Leitch.
He purchased in 1833 from Eli Alexander nearly five hundred
acres of the Colle estate, and built thereon the large
brick mansion, which was subsequently the residence of Dr.
George M. Bowen, and more recently of Hamilton Potts.
His busy career terminated in Charlottesville in 1861.
