Born in Morganfield in 1830, Bettie Taylor Phillips was one of several women known as the Mother of the Orphan Brigade. She married W.S. Phillips in 1847, and in 1861 accompanied him as he served in Gen. John C. Breckinridge's 4th Ky. Inf. Co. C. She remained with him throughout the war, giving aid and comfort to wounded and dying men. While returning home to Ky. because of illness, she was captured in Nashville and tried as a spy. After acquittal, she made her way back to the brigade and was with CSA Pres. Davis and his wife just before their capture. After the war, she returned to Uniontown with the 4th Infantry battle flag and was buried in Uniontown City Cemetery.