BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA

TILLMAN FAMILY

Research Summary - James Harrison Tillman

James Harrison Tillman was born ca 1841 in Thomas Co., GA and died 6 June, 1923. He was the son of John Tillman and Sarah Mercer. (See Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 3, p. 317.) He married first to Georgia Croft. On 26 December, 1867 in Brooks Co., GA, he married second to Sarah Ann E. Duckworth, the daughter of Jacob Randolph Duckworth and Susan Phillips. Sarah Ann was born 15 February, 1848 in Stewart Co, GA and died 1 February, 1930 in Colquitt Co., GA. She was the widow of Isaac J. Newton, by whom she had two sons. She was known as Grandma Tillman to her Newton descendants.


Note: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia shows that John Tillman had a son James H. who married Georgia Croft and a son Harrison who married Sarah Ann Duckworth. James H. Tillman and Harrison Tillman are one and the same person.


The children of James and Sarah were:

Children of James Harrison Tillman and his first wife Georgia Croft

Name

Born

Where

Died

Married

 

John Neadom

1866

Brooks Co., GA

 

 

 

Children of James Harrison Tillman and his second wife Sarah Ann E. Duckworth

Bessie

1871

Brooks Co., GA

 

Lyman Avery

 

Mary

1873

 

 

_____ Killebrew

 

Jacob Harrison (lived in Adel, GA)

Jun, 1874

 

 

Susie Lewis

 

Henry (lived in Valdosta, GA)

Jul, 1878

 

 

(1) Ida Fellyaw

(2) Varis Neban

 

Phillip (lived in Moultrie, GA)

Mar, 1885

 

 

(1) Lula Avery

(2) Callie Kelly

 

Walter Mitchell

11 Mar, 1889

 

 

 

 

Lyman (lived in Valdosta, GA)

Feb, 1892

 

 

Odessa Cooper

 

RESEARCH DATA

26 Dec 1867. James H. Tillman married S.A.E. Newton. Officiated by _____ Tillman, J.S.C. Brooks County, Georgia Marriage Book A, p. 125.

6 Jan 1868. Sarah A. E. Newton has intermarried with Harrison Tillman and is discharged as Executrix of the estate of Isaac J. Newton. Brooks Co, GA Ordinary Minutes Book A, p. 395.

1 Jan 1870. United States Federal Census Brooks County, GA. Quitman District, page 76, # 567. Taken 26 Jul, 1870.

Name

Age

Born

 

 

James Tillman

23

GA

Farm Laborer Realty $600

Sarah Tillman

22

GA

 

Isaac Newton

6

GA

 

James Newton

3

GA

 

Sarah Newton

1

GA

 

John Tillman

3

GA

 

1 Jan 1880. United States Federal Census Colquitt County, GA. G.M.D. 1151. 25-5-14 #216, taken 11, 12 Jun, 1880.

Name

Age

Born

 

 

Harrison Tillman

34

GA

Farmer

parents b. GA

 

Sarah A. Tillman

28

GA

parents b. GA

 

Isaac Tillman*

16

GA

* = Newton

 

James Tillman*

14

GA

* = Newton

 

Neadom Tillman

13

GA

 

 

Berry Tillman

8

GA

 

 

Mary Tillman

5

GA

 

 

Harrison Tillman

4

GA

 

 

Henry Tillman

1

GA

 

 

1 Jan 1900. United States Federal Census Lowndes County, GA. Lower Fork District. Page 12A, Enumeration District 64 #658.

Name

Month, Year

Age

Born

 

James H. Tillman

Jan, 1837

63

GA

 

Sarah A. Tillman

May, 1842

58

GA

 

Jacob Tillman

Jun, 1874

25

GA

 

Henry Tillman

Jul, 1878

21

GA

 

Phillip Tillman

Mar, 1885

15

GA

 

Mitchel Tillman

May, 1890

10

GA

 

Liman Tillman

Feb, 1892

8

GA

 

1 Jan 1910. United States Federal Census Lowndes County, GA. Hahira, 1267 G.M.D. Page 12A, Enumeration District 131, Sheet 21, Vol. 65, taken 11 May, 1910.

Name

Age

Born

Relation

 

Jim H. Tillman

72

GA

head

 

Sara A. Tillman

65

GA

wife

 

Liman Tillman

17

GA

son

 

Mary Killebrew

36

GA

daughter

 

Perlie Killebrew

8

GA

granddaughter

 

Sallie C. Killebrew

5

GA

granddaughter

 

The above information was compiled from the above resources together with:

1. Information gathered in 1977-78 by Dorothy Mullis Hodges, half sister to the grandsons of Isaac J. Newton;

2. Letters from Reda L. Duckworth, of Germantown, TN to David Robertson.

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com