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John Tilghman (1705 - 1809)

John Tilghman aka Tillman
Born in Somerset, Marylandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Husband of — married after 1742 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 104 in Lewisburg, Preble, Ohio, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 30 Jul 2011
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Biography

John was born in 1705 in Somerset County, Maryland. He is the son of Gideon Tilghman and Esther Holland. He died 1809 in Preble County, Ohio [1]free image from ancestry[2]

Residence: Date: 1769: Dobbs County, North Carolina North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, NC Early Census Index, 1769: Dobbs County.

SAR Membership Number: 94279[3]

Military Service: With Dodd's company, Date: 1771:: Place: North Carolina In 1771 he served with Dodd's Company in the military. In 1775 he was a signatory to the Pitt Association Pledge of Allegiance in protest against British tyranny. Pitt County, North Carolina , John TILGHMAN One year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia these brave patriots assembled in Pitt County Courthouse and in peril of their lives pledged allegiance to the Pitt Association in protest against Bristish tyranny. Their early resolute action place Pitt County in the forefront of the colonial movements for freedom which led North Carolina to become the first colony to vote explicit sanction to American independence. [4]

He married Eva Dryden.[5] They moved to Dobbs, North Carolina where they settled. This John Tilghman and another kinsman in North Carolina Henry Tilghman played a major role in early North Carolina affairs.

According to Stephen Frederick Tillman, after visiting his cousin Roger at Fort Tillman in Virginia, John stopped using "Tilghman" in preference for the simpler spelling of "Tillman." [1]

In 1790 John was still living in Dobbs, North Carolina [6]

In 1805 he moved to Treble, Ohio with his son Tobias and his family. "In mid-November, 1805, the families of Tobias Tillman, Alexander McNutt, John Tillman, Jr., Martin Rice, Jacob Loy, James Abbott, and John Harless began their journey. Four of the above men were married to daughters of Tobias Tillman. Also in the group were the 100-year old father of Tobias Tillman, John Tillman, Sr., and his wife Eva. ... John Tillman, Sr., died in 1809, a few months short of his 105th birthday. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the southwest corner of what is now Verona Cemetery. A few months later his wife died and was buried beside him. Find A Grave, digital images, Created by Mary Wilhelm Hinchman. Record added Mar 07,

Residence

1790 Dobbs, North Carolina. [7]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stephen Frederick Tillman, "Spes Alit Agricolam [Hope Sustains the Farmer]: Covering the Tilghman and related families from 1225 to 1961" (Washington, D.C.: The Goetz Company, 1962), #2984 (p. 146).
  2. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 19 December 2019), memorial page for John Tilghman (1705–1809), Find A Grave: Memorial #143425362 Maintained by Mary Wilhelm Hinchman (contributor 47042015) Unknown [FAG marker].
  3. U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. SAR Membership Number: 94279 [Link]
  4. The Pitt Association Pledge of Allegiance
  5. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  6. The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Dobbs, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 463; Family History Library Film: 0568147[Link Paid Service]
  7. "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-CQK : accessed 9 December 2019), John Tillman, Dobbs, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 463, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Fran Mason, Linda Foster and Edward Tillman Jr.for creating this profile.





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Tilghman-409 and Tilghman-2 appear to represent the same person because: same first name, last name, birth year, death year, spouse, birth location, death location.
posted by Anonymous Nagel
Tilghman-2 and Tilghman-248 appear to represent the same person because: same data and family
posted by Patricia Roche