When Persis Tilton was born on 15 April 1801, in Belpre, Washington, Ohio, United States, her father, William Joseph Tilton, was 29 and her mother, Bathesheba Azuba Dunham, was 21. She married Isaac Lasel Palmer on 23 May 1822, in Washington, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Watertown Township, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 13 August 1874, in Waterford, Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Waterford Cemetery, Beverly, Washington, Ohio, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745–1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Source: Washington County, Ohio Deeds Repository: Family History Library; Salt Lake City, Utah Call No. FHL941414 Deed date 8 April 1835 Joseph Tilton: heirs of Joseph Tilton. Bathsheba Tilton, gran …
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