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Tillman Brown

                                      01/16/05.

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Tillman Brown


Modified Register for Tilman Brown

 

First Generation

 

      1. Tilman Brown was born about 1816 in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

 

1880 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Windsor, p. 293C.  Age: 64.  Occupation: Farmer.  Father's

Birthplace: SC.  Mother's Birthplace: SC. Living next door to Joseph Andre (father of Yardom Brown's wife). Name recorded as Tilman Brown.

 

Tilman married (1) Catherine.

 

Tilman and Catherine had the following children:

               2 F  i.  Margaret Brown was born in Oct 1851 in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

 

1900 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Windsor, E.D. # 37, Sheet 15B (15 Jun

1900). Age:  48.  Birth date:  Oct 1851.

 

Margaret married Joseph Andre about 1887 in South Carolina. Joseph was born in 1825 in France.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Offered to raise the children of Joseph Robert Brown after Cynthia, his daughter, died in childbirth.  Came from France to Montmorenci, South Carolina where he raised grapes and made wine (according to Joseph Robert Williams).

!1850 Census, Barnwell District, South Carolina, (22 Sep 1850). Age: 25.  Occupation: Gardener.

!1900 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Windsor, E.D. # 37, Sheet 15B (15 Jun

1900). Age:  74.  Birth date: Jul 1825.  Occupation: Farmer.

 

1880 Census info: (Living next door to Tilman Brown.)

Joseph ANDRE Household

    Male  

    Other Information:

    Birth Year <1828> 

    Birthplace FRANCE 

    Age 52 

    Occupation Farmer 

    Marital Status M <Married> 

    Race W <White> 

    Head of Household Joseph ANDRE

    Relation Self 

    Father's Birthplace FRANCE 

    Mother's Birthplace FRANCE 

 

Source Information:

    Census Place Windsor, Aiken, South Carolina 

    Family History Library Film 1255218

    NA Film Number T9-1218

    Page Number 293C

 

+          3 M ii.  Joseph Robert (Yardom) Brown was born in Dec 1858.

 

+          4 F iii.  Annie Brown.

 

+          5 F iv.  Lizzie Brown.

 

+          6 F v.  Sally Brown.

Tilman married (2) Winifred Jane Tyler in 1868 in Barnwell County, South Carolina. Winifred was born in 1823 in Barnwell County, South Carolina. She died in 1884 in Aiken County, South Carolina.

 

1880 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Windsor, p. 293C.  Age: 52.  Occupation: House Keeper. 

Father's Birthplace: SC.  Mother's Birthplace: SC.

 

Second Generation

 

      3. Joseph Robert (Yardom) Brown (Tilman) was born in Dec 1858 in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Wife died after birth of twins.  One twin was born dead, the other died soon after birth.  The wife's parents, the Andres, wanted to take the other two children to raise, but the father would not allow it.  He later let the Jim Williams family adopt Joseph Robert and the James Nunn family raised Peter Tillman.

!1900 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Windsor, E.D. #37, sheet 15B (15 Jun 1900). Age: 41. 

Birth date: Dec 1858.  Living with James Kaney family as a boarder. First name spelled Yardom.  In Annie

Sullivan's will, it is spelled Yadam.

Joseph married Cynthia Andre, daughter of Joseph Andre and Emily. Cynthia was born about 1866 in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Died in childbirth.

 

Cynthia ANDRE Household

    Female  

Other Information:

    Birth Year <1866> 

    Birthplace SC 

    Age 14 

    Occupation At Home 

    Marital Status S <Single> 

    Race W <White> 

    Head of Household Joseph ANDRE

    Relation Dau <Daughter> 

 

    Father's Birthplace FRANCE 

    Mother's Birthplace SC 

  Source Information:

    Census Place Windsor, Aiken, South Carolina 

    Family History Library Film 1255218

    NA Film Number T9-1218

    Page Number 293C

 

Joseph and Cynthia had the following children:

 

+          7 M i.  Peter Tillman Brown was born in 1881. He died in 1947.

 

+          8 M ii.  Joseph Robert Brown Williams was born on 17 Sep 1883. He died on 4 Oct 1942.

               9 M   iii.  Twin Brown.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Died soon after birth.

 

             10 M   iv.  Twin Brown.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Born dead.

 

      4. Annie Brown (Tillman) was born in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

 

Annie married Tim Sullivan. Tim died in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

 

Tim and Annie had the following children:

             11 M i.  Jim Sullivan.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

             12 M ii.  Dennison Sullivan.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

             13 F iii.  Annie Sullivan was born about 1866. She died in Jun 1937 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

 

Died intestate.  A record of the estate is to be found in File No. 12 650-D, in the Court of the County Judge in and for Duval County, Florida.  Estate was divided between Peter Brown, Joe Williams (ne Brown), James Kaney, Albert Brown, and Robert Brown.

 

Annie married Unknown.

 

      5. Lizzie Brown (Tilman) was born in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Lizzie married John Kaney.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Lived in Montmorenci, South Carolina.  There were still some Kaneys there in 1991.

 

John and Lizzie had the following children:

             14 M i.  James Kaney.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Lived at Route 1, Montmorenci, South Carolina.  There were still some Kaneys there in

1991.

 

      6. Sally Brown (Tilman) was born in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Reported that she never married, even though she had three children.

 

Sally had the following children:

             15 M i.  Albert Brown.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Lived in Newberry, South Carolina.

 

             16 M ii.  Robert Brown.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Lived in Augusta, Georgia.

 

             17 F iii.  Maggie Brown.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

 

Third Generation

 

      7. Peter Tillman Brown (Joseph Robert (Yardom), Tilman) was born in 1881 in South Carolina. He died in 1947 in South Carolina. He was buried in First Baptist Church, Windsor, Aiken County, South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Raised by James Nunn and wife in Wagener, Aiken County, South Carolina.  Buried in Windsor, South Carolina (according to Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward).  Retained the name BROWN as his surname. 

Married Minnie Lee Nunn, daughter of Joshua Nunn, brother of James Nunn.  James and Joshua Nunn's father was killed in the Civil War.  He was one of eight boys, all had Biblical names.  They were from

Emanuel County, Georgia.  (One of his brothers is supposedly a direct ancestor of Senator Sam Nunn.)  Before he went to war, he asked a man who lived near his wife to look out for his wife and family.  When he was killed, his wife married the man.  The man did not like the boys and treated them badly.

!Aiken County, South Carolina: Cemetery Records First Baptist Church, Windsor, Hwy 278, Aiken County, South Carolina

!1900 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Windsor, E.D. #37, sheet 9B (9 Jun 1900). Age: 17 (sic)

!1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 39

Peter married Minnie Lee Nunn daughter of Joshua Nunn and Mary. Minnie was born about 1888 in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph

Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

Minnie Lee Nunn was the daughter of Joshua Nunn, the brother of James Nunn.

!1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 32

 

Peter and Minnie had the following children:

             18 M i.  Dewey L. Brown was born on 12 Feb 1907 in South Carolina. He died on 23 Mar 1973 in South Carolina. He was buried in First Baptist Church, Windsor, Aiken County, South Carolina.

 

Aiken County, South Carolina: Cemetery Records

First Baptist Church, Windsor, Hwy 278, Aiken County, South Carolina

!1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 13

 

Dewey married Annie B. Annie was born on 8 Jan 1908. She died on 25 Jun 1996. She was buried in First Baptist Church, Windsor, Aiken County, South Carolina.

 

Aiken County, South Carolina: Cemetery Records

First Baptist Church, Windsor, Hwy 278, Aiken County, South Carolina

             19 F ii.  Virginia Brown was born about 1909 in South Carolina.

 

1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 11

             20 M   iii.  Robert Brown was born about 1912 in South Carolina.

 

1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 8

             21 F iv.  Geneva Brown was born about 1914 in South Carolina.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

!1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 6

 

Geneva married James Ward.

 

Information provided by Mrs. Geneva Brown Ward, daughter of Peter Tillman Brown, son of Joseph Robert Brown, son of Tilman Brown.

 

+        22 F v.  Inez Brown was born about 1916.

             23 M   vi.  J. B. Brown was born about 1917 in South Carolina.

 

1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 3 Yrs 1 Mo

             24 F   vii.  Infant Brown was born about 1918 in South Carolina.

 

1920 Census, Aiken County, South Carolina, Other Townships (Wagener), E.D. #6, sheet 4B. Age: 1 Yr 11 Mos