Richard Henry Tillman

Male 1819 - 1864


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  • Born  03 Jul 1819  Granville, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  23 Dec 1864  Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 10. Dr. Richard Henry Tillman (See No. 9)

      He was born in Granville County July 3, 1819 while his father was looking after the affairs of an old grandaunt, Sarah Lumpkins who was the daughter of George Tillman and wife Mary Goodrich of Brunswick County, Va. He studied medicine at the University of Pa. Philadelphia 1841. November 11, 1841 he married Narcissa Bennett, daughter of James Charles Bennett and Mary Ella Winifree of Anson Co. N.C. He died December 23, 1864, and is buried in Wadesboro, N.C. His widow moved with part of her family to Carroll Co. Mississippi in 1867 and died February 24, 1899 and is buried in Carrollton, Mississippi.
      (Ledbetter, Roy C. Ledbetters From Virginia. Wilkinson Printing Company. Dallas, Texas 1964, p.54.)

      From David Tillman's will April 2, 1857 (probated 1859), RHT inherited the "plantation which he now cultivates known as the "Wallace place" for which his father paid $4000.
    Person ID  I320  My Genealogy
    Last Modified  11 Jun 2012 

    Father  David Tillman,   b. 21 Dec 1784, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1859, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship  Natural 
    Mother  Martha Ledbetter,   b. 24 Dec 1794, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Jan 1882, Carrollton, Carroll, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship  Natural 
    Married  22 Mar 1818 
    Family ID  F158  Group Sheet

    Family  Narcissa Bennett,   b. 24 Feb 1824,   d. 24 Feb 1899, Carrollton, Carroll, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  11 Nov 1841 
    Children 
     1. James David Tillman,   b. 08 Nov 1842, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jan 1932, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Ella Tillman,   b. 23 May 1844, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1932, Marion, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ann Elizabeth Tillman,   b. 23 Dec 1845, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1880, Carrollton, Carroll, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Martha Frances Tillman,   b. 20 Apr 1847, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1903, Florence, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Charles Henry Tillman,   b. 14 Nov 1850, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1927, Vaiden, Carroll, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. William Edwin Tillman,   b. 26 Aug 1851, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Jan 1925, Graysport, Grenada, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Helen Bennett Tillman,   b. 16 Apr 1853, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1920, McCarley, Carroll, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Adela Cleveland Tillman,   b. 28 Feb 1855, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1889
     9. Minnie Ethline Tillman,   b. 04 Sep 1857, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1910, Carroll, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Leila Hortense Tillman,   b. 1860, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1860, Anson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F159  Group Sheet