Rev Richard Tilton

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Subject: Richard Tilton surnames: Tilton, Lum, Parker, Hughes, Moore, Ashcraft, Much Is known about Richard Tilton as shown In the following. However it is not known who his first wife was, If you have any additional information about Richard Tilton, or his first wife please contact me.
Richard Tilton was a Justice, Trustee, Land Owner and Minister. He was an early prominent personality in the history of Flemingsburg, KY, and Fleming County, KY. He was an original trustee of the town of Flemingsburgh and the first presiding Justice of the Peace of Fleming County (Later called County Judge) and a Methodist Minister who performed many marriages.
Perrin's 1888 History of Kentucky quotes Nimrod Tilton, Judge of Robertson County, Kentucky, as saying his grandfather, Richard Tilto , was a native of Maryland and settled in Mill Creek Valley, near May's Lick, before Kentucky was made a state. He was, a local preacher, a prohibitionist, and a non-slave holder.
In 1792 and through 1805, he paid taxes in Mason County. He paind taxes in Fleming County from 1798 to 1797 he was a trustee of the town of Flemingsburgh. In 1798 he produced credentials of his Ordination and Communion with the Methodist Episcopal Church. (The following account is an October 1950 Flemingsburg, KY, Newspaper) "Tilton of this County was named for a descendant of Richard Tilton. He removed to Illinois in 1819 and died in Washington County, Illinois, in 1824. He was survived by sons; Enoch, Thomas, John Wesley, Richard Jr, Robert Dorsey, and Jesse Lum; and by four daughters; Lydia, Sarah, and Oleitha."
(The following excerpt is a biography of Richard T. Hughes which appears in "Portrait and Biographical album of Whiteside Co, Illinois; Chapman Bros-1885) "His (Richard Tilton's family included 12 or 13 Children; and after they had attained to the growth if not the years of maturity, they removed to Okaw, the Southeastern Township of Bond County, on the Kaskaskia River, in Illinois.
They were Pioneers, and received the full benefit of the Poisonous Emanations from the low Marshes in their vicinity, which resulted in the most terrible mortality. one by one the stalwart sons and fair daughts succumbed, and the parents followed in their turn. Five Individuals lay dead in the house at one time. Several recovered, and as soon as possible, they went back to the old hame in Kentucky, leaving a monstrous estate, Including thousands of acres, under the control of a lawyer named Robert Turner, through whose chicanery the entire propety was wasted, and availed nothing to its rightful owners, the heirs of Richard Tilton.
One of the daughters, Oletha, married Samuel Parker, a Methodist divine of distinction, the record of whose labors and abilities are preserved withjust pride in the annals of the Church, and who died at New Orleans to which place he had been sentby the Conference" What was Okaw Township in Bond County, Illinois, is now Tamalco Township and included part of the adjoining Fayette Co, Illinois No land records have been found there for the Tilton "monstrous estate" mentioned above.
Richard Tilton is listed in 1820 Washington Co, Illinois federal Census. This is the last known public record on Richard Tilton, therefore some researchers have given that place and date as his death facts. There is also the above quoted Flemingsburg, KY, newspaper that states he died in Washington Co, Illinois in 1824. the basis for the 1824 date is not known.
Richard Tilton had at least five children by his first wife; Elizabeth, Lydia, Thomas O, Enoch, and Sarah. There may have been more if the Historical account is correct, and he in fact had 12 or 13 children.
In April 05, 1790 he married Nancy Lum in Philadelphia. They also had at least five children; Ollietha, John Wesley, Richard C Jr, Robert Dorsey and Jesse Lum.
Elizabeth, born March 27 1783, married Allen B. Hughes, a Kentucky-Ohio financier, on December 20 1800, they moved to Morgan Co Illinois in 1834. Their sons, John A Hughes and Richard Tilton Hughes were Prominent settlers in Morgan and Whiteside Counties, Respectively.
Lydia, born March 16 1786, married James King on October 27 1809, and their biography is included in the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and history of McDonough County, compiled by Dr. Newton Bateman, and Paul Shelby, 1907. It is posted on the McDonough Co Illinois GenWeb Site.
Nothing is Known about Thomas O Tilton, Enoch Tilton (died in Kentucky on March 17 1846), and Sarah Tilton (died in Kentucky on July 30 1863). Ollietha, (Oletha. Oletha) Married Samuel Parker on June 18 1816 in Mason Co, KY, a Methodist Minister.
No further information has been found on Samuel. John Wesley, born February 16 1795, married Elizabeth Moore on December 30 1818 in Cynthiana, Harrison Co KY. He died Platte Co MO, on March 17 1846.
Richard C Jr. was born August 30 1799. Nothing more is Known about him. Robert Dorsey was born May 17 1801, became a doctor and died on June 23 1833, fighting a Cholera epidemic in Elizaville, KY. he is buried in an unmarked Cholera Cemetery that can still be located by local residents. Jesse Lum was born January 29 1804 and married Rachel Ashcraft. From Nimrod Tilton's (Jesse' son) biography: " Jesse L Tilton was born 1806, was a farmer and tanner, and died in 1883"
Thanks to RoyHughes@aol.com for this Genealogy and any other Involved Genealogiest that helped put this story together. Thank you from the Tilton Families.

Rev married Nancy Anney Lum, daughter of John Lum and Elizabeth Meeker, in 1790 in Phil, Mason , KY. (Nancy Anney Lum was born on 5 Apr 1760 in Philadelphia and died on an unknown date in Unknown.)

Rev next married Anny Unknown Tilton #1 in 1774 in Mason KY. (Anny Unknown Tilton #1 was born in 1754 in Mason Kentucky and died on an unknown date.)