Truman Hilton (1758 - aft. 1827)

Born 7 Mar 1758 in St John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Christena (Patrick) Hilton — married 27 Oct 1780 in Frederick Co MD

Descendants

Died after 7 Aug 1827 after age 69 in Clark, Indiana, United States

Biography

Truman Hilton performed Patriotic Service in Maryland in the American Revolution.

Truman Hilton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A206638.

Burial

Burial:

Place: New Chapel Cemetery, Watson, Clark Co IN

Note: photographed Jul 2001

Notes

1820 Clark Co IN, p 7: Trueman Hilton, 010201/011110/3

1810 Iredell Co NC, p 174: Truman Hilton, 10010/03010 [Is is possible some of the family had already moved to Indiana?]

1800 Iredell Co NC, p 621. Freeman Hilton, 110010/42010/00

1790 probably near Montgomery Co MD, p 89. Moneca Hilton, 101/0001

He (or possibly his first cousin) was a member of the famed Maryland 400, actually about 250 men, at the Battle of Long Island who stayed behind and held off the British, allowing the bulk of the American Army to escape from a crushing defeat, 27 August 1776. He may not actually have been present at the battle. Or this may have been a cousin who died there.

1. Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, Vol 18, p 7. "At Headquarters in the City of Annapolis: First Company: Hilton, Truman, sick in barracks n 10 Jun 1776." http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=48594&offerid= 0%3a7858%3a0

2. Linda David Reno, The Maryland 400, 2008, page 61. "Private Truman Hilton enlisted February 6, 1776. It was noted he was ?sick in barracks' (MSA: 18, 7). Despite extensive searches, no further military records have been found for Private Hilton including reenlistment, discharge, bounty land warrant, and so forth. He died in 1829 in Clark County, Indiana; therefore, he lived long enough to have applied for a pension, but he did not. My belief is that Private Hilton may have been medically discharged for whatever illness he had at the time of his enlistment, but without additional proof, he remains as one of the 400."

3. Henry C. Peden, Revolutionary Patriots of Prince George's County, Maryland, 1775-1783, which references the Maryland Line service, at GoogleBooks, and Revolutionary Patriots of Frederick County, Maryland, 1775-1783, which lists his oath of allegiance, also at GoogleBooks.

4. March 1778, Truman Hilton took the Oath of Allegiance, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. VI, No 2 (July 1917), page 34. A full view of the journal was available at GoogleBooks, and, unlike many books there, this one could be printed. My supplemental NSDAR application has been approved.

March 1778, Truman Hilton took the Oath of Allegiance, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol VI, No 2 (July 1917), page 34.

Montgomery Co MD, deed of manumission, 1795

Iredell Co NC deed, 1795-after 1810

Territorial Papers of Indiana, various petitions dated 1809-1816, from USD Library, copied ca 1967.

He was in Iredell Co NC in 1800 and 1810, and Clark Co IN 1820, yet his daughter was married in KY in 1805. He must have moved back and forth. Truman's daughter Pressha m Francis K Porter, whose sons by a first marriage married two of Louvica C Veach's sisters, Lucinda and Fanny Veatch. It was at the home of Zephaniah and Fanny Porter that Nancy Jane Prather and Oliver P Light were married. Pressha also had a daughter Christina, whose name ties them in with this Truman Hilton. Truman's son James also married Ary Prather, a niece of Lloyd B Prather, daughter of his brother John. Another of Truman's dts Aletha married Aaron Holeman. I wonder if he is related to Mac's Ray family; a daughter of Gov James B Ray married a Holman. This is the same part of Indiana, further south.

Genforum: Truman Hilton (1762-1829) & his wife Christena (1768-1823) had a son Emsley (1800-1854). This Emsley is buried next to his wife Ethelinda Harris Hilton (1808-1876). They are all buried at New Chapel Cemetery, Clark Co IN.

This is clearly a different Truman Hilton, from "National Intelligencer" Washington DC 1825, Montgomery Court of Equity. Wm W Harris, Percy Harris, Wm Harris, Dorcas Ann White, with Addison White, Jos Harris, Jr., Zachariah G. Harris, Rebecca Hilliard, with Samuel Hilliard, heirs of Mary Harris, vs. Wm Hilton, Truman Hilton, Sarah Hilton, John Harris, Wm Harris, Hezekiah Harris, & Nancy Harwood. Obtain a decree for sale of real estate; Nancy Harris by her last will dtd March 4, 1807, devised at the death of Sarah Harris, the sale of real estate in said County to be divided share and share alike btn the following surviving children, Nathan Harris, Barton Harris, Jos Harris, Priscilla Hilton former wife of James Hilton. Bill also states that James Hilton was appointed exec of Mary Harris but long since has moved from Md to Ohio where he resides without selling the said real estate. Defendants do not reside in Md. submitted by Greg Hilton.

From Genforum: From a file folder located at the Edinburgh IN Library on Clark Co IN

Early Wills AND Executors. From SEP 1940 ISSUE OF INDIANA MAG OF HISTORY COMPILED FROM MICROFILM COPIES, WILL RECORD B, 1817-1833: HILTON, TRUMAN; will dated August 7, 1827; probated November 3, 1829. Heirs: daughters, VERLINDA, PAESLEY, SINTHY. Executors: JAMES & EMSLEY HILTON. Witnesses: CHARLES BEGGS, HENRY SUMMERS, WILLIAM PATRICK (ibid., 388).

Hiltons buried at New Chapel, Utica Twp, Clark Co IN:

HILTON         Callie (5 years?; infant of J.W. & M.R.) b. ????  d. 1880 or 1883

HILTON         Christian               1768            1823

HILTON         Douglas W.              03/30/1971      10/28/1989

HILTON         Emsla or Emsley         1800            1854

HILTON         Enoch                   ????            ????

HILTON         Enoch                   1904            1922

HILTON         Etha                    1870            1945

HILTON         Ethelinda (wife of Emsley)  b. 1808 or 1806         d. 1876

HILTON         Eugene                  b. 1853         d. 1933

HILTON         George                  1855            1917

HILTON         Isabella                1839            1903

HILTON         J. M.                   ????            ????

HILTON         J. W.                   ????            ????

HILTON         John M.                 1835            1906

HILTON         Loretta                 1872            1970

HILTON         Mary R. Prather         b. 1834         d. 1910

HILTON         Maude                   1883            1970

HILTON         Nancy Jane (age 16; daughter of Emsley & Ethelinde Hilton) b. 1827 d. 1843

HILTON         Robert                  1872            1955

HILTON         Ruth                    ????            ????

HILTON         Truman                  1762            1829

HILTON         Wesley                  b. 7/16/1800    d. 3/17/1854

HILTON         William                 b. 1831         d. 1881

HILTON         William                 1865            1955, , ,

Text: Archives of MD - AMV18.5-7 [HQ & 1st Co]

MUSTER ROLLS AND OTHER RECORDS OF SERVICE OF MARYLAND TROOPS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1783 EARLY AND INDEPENDENT COMPANIES

"The Council of Safety was empowered to order these troops into Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania." 1776.

At Headquarters in the City of Annapolis:

First Company:

HILTON, TRUMAN, sick in barracks on 10 Jun 1776

The question is: was this our Truman Hilton, born 1758, or his cousin of the same name, born ca 1753?

Text: I have a copy of a deed of manumission from Montgomery County dated 1795 freeing 2 slaves from the hands of James, William, Truman, Luke Hilton, James Talbott & Levin Hays. Witnesses include your names Sarah Riley & Archibald Nicholls. From Greg Hilton

Text: Shirley Coulter. Iredell Co NC Deed Abstracts, Vol. 1, 1788-97. 1977. B: 386-7 27 Mar 1795, Jas. Swinford to Truman Hilton for 200 pds, 17 sh, 6 pn, 225 1/2 acres. Situated on the bank of Rocky Creek and John Dobbins Corner. Henry Clagett, Jas. Parker, Feb 1796.

Text: Territorial Papers of Indiana, various petitions dated 1809-1816, from University of South Dakota Library, copied 1967. Clark Co IN petition, dated 12 Dec 1809, included: truman hilton, James Hilton, Joshua W redman, Lloyd Prather, Benjamin Redman, Basil R Prather, Aaron Prather, Roger Redman, Jacob Veatch, Wm Prather. Another peition from 1809 included: Wm Prather, Truman Hilton, James Hilton, John Prather, Basil R Prather, Aaron Prather, Lloyd Prather. A territorial memorial signed 31 Dec 1810 included Aaron Prather and Jacob Veatch. A territorial petition, 11 Dec 1811, had: Aaron Prather, James Hilton, Basil Prather, Wm Prather, Basil R Prather. Clark Co IN petition, dated 16 Dec 1813, included: Aaron Prather, Samuel Prather, Basil Prather, Loyd Prather. Clark Co IN Memorial, 15 Oct 1812: Rezin Redman, Commandant of a Detachment from Clark. Territory Memorial, 1 Feb 1815: Basil Prather. A footnote mentons Basil Prather, a native of Maryland and postmaster in 1816 at Salem. 17 April 1816: a note from the Postmaster General to Basil Prather.

Sources

Text: Truman Hilton will, Aug 7 1827, Clark Co IN. Dorothy Riker, "Abstracts of Early Wills and Executors' Records," Indiana Magazine of History (Dec 1940), Vol 36, No. 4, p 423. This article may be viewed online at <http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/imh/view.do?docId=VAA4025-036-4-a17>.

Text: New Chapel Cemetery, Watson, Clark Co IN: In memory of Truman Hilton who was born in 1762 and died in 1829 aged 67 years. In memory of Christena Patrick wife of Truman Hilton who was born in 1768 and died in 1823 aged 55 years.

Text: William Neal Hurley, Jr, Our Maryland Heritage, Book Forty-Three: Hilton Families, Hertiage Books, Inc., 1-11.