Thomas Tillery Sr

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Tillery Sr was born about 1786, in North Farnham Parish, Old Rappahannock, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Epaphroditus Tillery, was 39 and his mother, Violet Viley Conway, was 37. He married Mary Pope about 1815, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Halifax, North Carolina, United States in 1830. He died in 1844, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Tillery Sr
1786–1844
Mary Pope
1782–
Marriage: about 1815
Edward Tillery
1817–1861
Thomas Tillery Jr
1820–1846
William Henry Tillery
1821–1895
John B. Tillery
1824–1907
Wade Hampton Tillery
1829–
Mary Eliza Tillery
1830–1853

Sources (10)

  • Tho Tillery, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Thomas Tillory, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998

World Events (8)

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.

1789 · Becomes 12th State

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Upper Tillyrie in Orwell (Kinross-shire). The placename derives from former royal land named in Gaelic tulach ‘hillock’ + rìgh ‘king’ (or possibly ruighe ‘slope’). The name is also scattered in England from the 17th century onward.

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

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