When John Littleton Ingram was born on 9 September 1757, in Fairfield, South Carolina, United States, his father, Benjamin John Ingram, was 23 and his mother, Polly Tillman, was 23. He married Ruth White on 9 July 1778, in Union, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lula, Hall, Georgia, United States in 1799 and Wahoo Church, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States in 1827. He died on 16 September 1829, in Hall, Georgia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.