Jacob Morris Tilman

Brief Life History of Jacob Morris

When Jacob Morris Tilman was born in 1770, in Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Tillman Sr., was 50 and his mother, Hannah Morris, was 26. He married Sarah Price Lewis on 2 September 1799, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States in 1820. He died in 1821, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Morris Tilman
1770–1821
Sarah Price Lewis
1778–1844
Marriage: 2 September 1799
Hardin Lewis Tilghman
1800–1830
Sarah Price Tilghman
1804–1890
Jacob Morris Tillman
1806–1870
Nancy Price Tillman
1808–1880
Meeka Tilman
Robert Tilman
Thomas Tilman
Johanna M. Tilman
1808–1880
Mazella Tilghman
1813–

Sources (19)

  • Jacob Tilman, "United States, Census, 1820"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jacob Morris Tilman - birth-name: Jacob Morris Tilman
  • Jacob Tilman, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

World Events (8)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German and Danish Tillmann .

English: variant of Tillman .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): possibly a variant of Tilles with the addition of Yiddish man ‘man’, in the sense of ‘husband of Tile’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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