Maj Nathaniel Octavius Tilton

  General Notes:

Note for: Nathaniel Octavius Tilton, 1 Mar 1831 - 11 Feb 1902 Index

Burial:
Place: Bonaventure Cem, Savannah, Chatam, Georgia

Individual Note:
PICTURE FROM jOHN FLOYD fAMILY tREE aNCESTRY.cOM http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/27021922/person/1978503797?ssrc=
1880; Census Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; Roll: 138; Family History Film: 1254138; Page: 295D; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 0154.

MILITARY: MAJOR IN CSA Quartermaster. Compiled Service Records ofConfederate General & Staf f Officers and Non-Regimental Enlisted Men,National Archives Microfilm publication M331, Rol l 249.
BIOGRAPHY: !MILLER BAPTISED IN CUMBERLAND MEETING HOUSE BY REV HANRYBAYS.
OCCUPATION: Rice Mill Superentendent. 1860 Census of Georgia, ChatamCounty,
City of Savannah. Series M593 Roll 141, pg 57.
BIRTH: Tilton Family Bible, Holy Bible, Daniel D. Smith, FranklinJuvenile
Books and Stationary Store, New York, 1824, In possession of author.
DEATH: Cardiac Embolism. Copy of Death certificate in possession ofCompiler.
Bio: Letter from G. W. Tilton, Laconia, New Hampshire, to Miss SaraTilton in Savannah,Georgia; L etter dated 14 Dec 1915;in poss of JohnTilton, Sterrett, Al.

RELATIONSHIP:REBECCA TILTONS WILL STATE OF South Carolina.BOX 154 NO 1
Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah, Georgia, Indes Sections A-H, Bonaventure Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, 2000 page.344

awarded the Southern Cross in 1900 bestowed by the Savannah Chapter No 2 of United Daughters of The Confederacy. Crosses And Medals, Awarded by the Georgis Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, Volume IV N-C .
Nathaniel O Tilton
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
16 November 1861 Quartermaster

Promoted to Full Major on 28 May 1863 (And QM)
Served Georgia Commission S Co. 25th Inf Reg. GA
Source: Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
Abbreviation: GARosterC
Published by Longino & Porter on 1955-58

Nathaniel married Jane Constance Rotereau, daughter of Peter Rotereau and Jane Unknown Rotereau, in 1852 in Charlston SC. (Jane Constance Rotereau was born on 22 Nov 1832 in Charleston, S.C, died on 9 May 1904 in Savannah, GA. and was buried Bonventure Cemetery in Savannah Chatam Georgia Find A Grave #115010882 Plot F-46.)