Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6247, for Tobias Tillman, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Tillman, Tobias
S. 6247
carded
CONTENTS

Ohio 13243
Tobias Sillman
of Pottle 60 in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Neal of the Reg t commanded by Col Butler in the M c . Militia line for 6 Mo 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 27 Dollars 04 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of May 1833 and Leah S. Stephens Eaton Ohio
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $ 54.08 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/1/33 13.52
$67.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 26

The State of Ohio Preble County S.
First Judicial Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of Record of the term of March 1833 - in the State of Ohio
On this 22 d day of March A.D. 1833 person - ally appeared in open Court before the Hon. the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sit- ting in and for the county of Preble Ohio Jehiel Wellsman, a resident of Harrison Township in the county of Preble and State of Ohio aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the united States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - that on or about the middle of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he entered the service at the county of Orange in the State of North Carolina in the militia of that State, as a Volunteer mounted man in Captain W. O'Neal, com- pany of mounted men or Horse, in Colonel Butler's Regiment of North Carolina militia and that he continued in the service until the first of September then next following the companies to which he belonged were

engaged during the time he remained in the Service marching through the Country protecting the Citizens from the flying or looting parties of the British & the Tories, and this declarant further declares that he is fully satisfied confident and certain that he served in the field in the manner aforesaid — Six months and a half computing and estimating from the middle of February until the first or forepart of September inclusive.
He further says that for some and during the time of his services in the field so as aforesaid stated he found and furnished his own horse and equipage he further declares that for some time after he left the Service frequent and heavy drafts were made on the militia in the State of S. Carolina where he then resided and that he was twice drafted for a three months tour of duty and that on each occasion he furnished and hired a substitute to the acceptance of his officer he further says that he was for some time enrolled as a minute man & performed several short tours of duty not herein mentioned which he omits on account of old age and the consequent loss of memory —

And that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. and that he has no written discharge nor never had any. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state. and that he has no record - of his age is informed and believes he was born about the middle of June he was born in the year 1751 or 1752 in the county of Orange in the state of North Carolina - That he lived in the county of Orange in the state of North Carolina at the time he was called into service and served in the militia of that state
and since the revolutionary war he resided in the county of Botatourt in the state of Virginia and from that place he came to Preble county in the state of Ohio where he now resides and has resided for the space of 27 - years last past. And he is known to and acquainted with
and Jacob F. Melser
who resides in his present neighbourhood who can he believes will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed in court the day of
year aforesaid
J. G. Hawkins Clerk
Sobias Tillman
his mark

We Henry Kunkler a clergyman residing in the Township of Harrison in the county of Preble and State of Ohio and Jacob F. Miller residing in — — Township in the county and State last aforesaid. Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Tobias Tillman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty one years of age that he is believed and reputed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. And and we believe no doubts have ever existed on that subject. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. B. Hawkins Clerk Henry Kunkler Junior Jacob F. Miller
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Kunkler who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Harrison in the county of Preble and State of Ohio. And that Jacob F. Miller who has also signed the same is a resident of Monroe Town, in the same county & State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court J. B. Hawkins Clerk

I Joseph B. Waukins clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Tobias Tilleman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Twenty third day of March 1833-
J. B. Waukins Clerk

MMH
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
August 2, 1928
Honorable Roy G. Fitzgerald, Dayton, Ohio.
Tillman, Tobias S 6247
My dear Mr. Fitzgerald:
In response to your letter of July 31, 1928, in behalf of Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis Baker of 835 Easton Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6247, it appears that Tobias Tillman was born about the middle of June 1751, or 1752, in Orange County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Orange County, North Carolina, he volunteered about February 15, 1776 and served six and one half months as a private in Captain W. O'Neal's Company of Horse, Colonel, Butler's North Carolina Regiment.
He was also enrolled as a minute man and served on several short tours of duty, no details given.
After the Revolution he resided in Botetourt County, Virginia, from which county he moved to Preble County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 22, 1833, at which time he was living in Harrison Township, Preble

County, Ohio where he had lived for twenty-seven years. The date and place of his death are not stated.
There are no data on file as to his family.
For information relative to the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, this city, citing all of the following data: "Tobias Tillman, Certificate No. 13243, issued May 30, 1833, rate $ 27.04 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency".
In order to identify the record of Alexander McHutt, who might be the subject of Mrs. Baker's inquiry, it is requested that she kindly furnish as much as possible of the following: approximate dates of his birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. Her reply will be given prompt attention.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

awj December 18, 1923.
Noah H. Tillman, 211 Thirteenth St., Greenville, Ohio.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6347, it appears that Tobias Tillman was born about the middle of June 1751 or 1752 in Orange County, North Carolina and while residing there, he enlisted the middle of February 1776 and served six and one half months as private in Captain W. O'Neal's Company of Horse, Colonel Butler's North Carolina Regiment.
He also served several short tours as Minute Man, no details given.
After the War, he resided in Botetourt County, Virginia until about 1806, when he moved to Preble County, Ohio, where he was living, when he was allowed pension on his application executed March 22, 1833.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Congress of the United States House of Representatives
OFFICIAL BUSINESS—FREE
Roy G. Fitzgerald M.C.
Mrs. Finch Reply thru my clerk. Scott
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
(PERSONAL)
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ROY G. FITZGERALD 3d DISTRICT OHIO
JAMES D. HERRMAN SECRETARY D. L. CHANEY, CLERK
Congress of the United States House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. Dayton, Ohio.
COMMITTEES: CHAIRMAN REVISION OF THE LAWS FLOOD CONTROL WORLD WAR VETERANS' LEGISLATION CLAIMS
July 31, 1928.
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
(PERSONAL)
Dear General:
Will you please furnish to my friend, Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis Baker, 835 Easton Ave., Dayton, Ohio, the information contained in the pension record of Tobias Tillman (S6247) who served in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina? Among other things it is desired to know when and where he died.
Can you furnish to Mrs. Baker any information with reference to Alexander McNutt? Is there any record of his service in either the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812? He is said to have served in both.
I would appreciate your furnishing Mrs. Baker with any information that is available in the files of the Department of the Interior.
Very respectfully yours,
RGF EBR

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Tobias Tillman
Service N. C.
Additional Service Rev. War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim, except I. # 6247

ENOS T. TAYLOR, JULIUS DICK, JACOB DICK. } Proprietors.
THOS. BURNS, Cashier.
OW Citizens' Bank.
Huntington, Ind., July 13 1900
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a certificate of the service of Tobias Tillman in the Revolutionary War, as he drew a pension up to some time in the forties in Preble county Ohio
Resp Thos Burns
0. JUL REC

W.P.N. DIVISION SEP 19 1900
PENSION U S OFFICE JUL 16 1900
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Waubonsie Chapter
VICE-REGENT DR. CARRIE BUTLER COLLIER SECRETARY MISS JEANNETTE E. PAINTER TREASURER MISS E. BELLE BEAM REGISTRAR MRS. NELLIE SANGER LYMAN
REGENT MRS. KATE EVANS THARP
Clarinda, Iowa Nov. 16, 1915.
G. M. Saltzgabor; Com.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions,
Dear Sir, -
Some-time ago Mrs. (Dr.) Carrie Butler Collier, wrote you for the war record of Tobias Tillman, you sent her a copy from Rev. War Records' Section W. S. C. S. File 6247. Shortly after I wrote for the same record. I am inclosing the reply which I received. I asked for the record of Tobias Tillman also the record of Philip Wise Tillman, from North Carolina and Wise from Va. Why is the record refused me and given to others, and will you send it to me.
Very Respectfully
(Mrs.) Nellie Sanger Lyman.
Registrar Waubonsie Chapter D. A. R.
Clarinda, Iowa.

Plumhurst Farms
Oliver Kline, Proprietor.
Specialties: Melons and Potatoes
R. F. D. 3.
Huntington, Ind.,
Jan. 7
190
8
Chas J Pensions, Washington D.C.
Sir: Will you kindly send me the certificate of service of Tobias Tillman who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and a soldier from North Carolina.
Kindly Obey Mrs. Oliver Kline #24 S. LaFontaine St.
Huntington Ind.
LaFontaine St.

W E L
WILLIAM E. LOY
Type, Presses, and Printers' Supplies Sole Agent for Inland Type Foundry Makers Standard Line Type, St. Louis Keystone Type Foundry, Philadelphia And for Golding's Presses and Tools
No. 531 Commercial Street
SAN FRANCISCO
Jan. 21, 1901.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:--
For some months I have been endeavoring to learn about the services of Tobias Tillman , in the Revolutionary War , and have written to the Record and Pension Office , but am told in reply that they have no record there of the name. He was my great-grandfather, and the tradition of the family is that he enlisted in a North Carolina regiment early in the war, or perhaps in 1776, but we do not know the particulars. I do know, however, that a pension was granted him, because one of his grandsons, Andrew Tillman, now living at Creston, Iowa, writes me that he remembers distinctly to have gone with his grandfather on more than one occasion to draw his pension at Eaton, Ohio, the county-seat of the county (Preble) in which he lived and finally died.
I have been told that he applied for a pension about 1833, when he was 81 years old, and he lived until the age of 95. There is also a tradition that he enlisted from Orange county, North Carolina, in Col. Butler's Regiment, but we have no papers or documents to prove this.
The Chief of the Record and Pension Office has very kindly suggested that the full records may be on file in your office. If so, I am willing to pay whatever fee is usually charged for a full abstract of whatever record you may have.
Hoping to hear from you, and trusting you will pardon me for asking this favor, I am,
Very truly yours,
William E. Loy.

April 2-1914
Pension Dept.
Washington - D. C
If Lobias  Tilman who served in the Revolutionary War from Lemhussee was granted a pension for his services. Will you kindly give me the record of his pension -

Lobias Lilman died in Ohio - Address
Mrs. Homer Poor East north St - Portland Ind -

Drs. Collier & Collier
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS
NZ! Rev sec
Clarinda, Iowa, July 19-1915
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions: Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Will you kindly send to me a copy of the Record of Tobias Tillman, a soldier of the Revolution. He was born in 1750 died in 1845; burried at Lewisburg ,Preble Co. Ohio. I think he entered the Revolutionary War from North Carolina. I have been advised that I can secure the complete record from the Pension Department. Thanking you in advance for your kindness in sending me this record I remain,
Very Truly,
Dr. Carrie Butler Collier 113 West Main Street, Clarinda, Iowa.

NOAH H. TILLMAN 211 THIRTEENTH STREET GREENVILLE, OHIO
Nov. 5 1923
Dear Sir:- Is there any record of one Tobias Tillman who served in the Revolutionary war? He had twelve Children - Was born in U.S. in 1730, we have it, Died in Preble Co Ohio in 1845. Aged 95 yrs. Our record of it is that his son John Tillman my grandfather was born in Virginia in 1783. and moved with his parents to Tennessee near Knoxville on Clinch river. He was my great grandfather and I am 83
The older Tillmans spelled the name with one (L) in the place of two (LL) as the younger Tillmans spell it now
Will appreciate any information you may be able to give us
With many Thanks I am
Very gratefully Yours
Noah H. Tillman

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Tobias Tillman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
2 file 6247
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Middle July 1776 6 1/2 mos. Pri. W. O'Neal Co. of Home Butler No. Car.   Also performed several short times as a minuteman - no particular.      
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Orange Co., N. C.
Date of application for pension, Mch. 22. 1833. Allenton.
Residence at date of application, Harrison Twp., Preble Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, Born middle June 1751 or 2 Orange Co., N. C.
Remarks: after war resided in Botetourt Co., Va. - until about 1806 when he removed to Preble Co., Ohio.
No family data.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
November 22, 1915.
Mrs. Nellie S. Lyman, Clarinda, Ohio Iowa -
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 16" instant, you are advised that in your former inquiry, you requested the history of Tobias Tillman of New York or Pennsylvania, and were informed that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information relative to him.
You are furnished herewith, a history of the claim (Sur. File No. 6,247, Rev. War) of Tobias Tillman, of North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
You are further advised that said records fail to afford any information in regard to Philip Wise Tillman, and in order to identify a claim that may be on file for any particular soldier named Wise, of Virginia, in addition to his full name some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, his places of residence at enlistment and after service, approximate dates of his birth and death, given name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzaker
Commissioner.

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
August 11, 1915.
Mrs. Nellie Lyman,
Clarinda, Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the thirtieth ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Philip Wise, or Tobias Tillman described by you.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.

6240 Tobias Tillman
Mar 22 - 1833
Preble Co. O. - 81
July 1776. Orange Co. N.C.
Capt. M. Alexander
Col. Butler
6 1/2 m
No. Bah.

July-28-1900 Thos. Burns - Huntington Ind.
Daughters
Feb. 4-1901
Mrs. E. Day - San Francisco Cal. 1909 Jan. 23. Hist. to Mrs. Oliver Kline. & 1914 Apr. 10. " " Mrs. Homer Poor. & 1915 July 26. " " Dr. Carrie B. Collier. & 1915 Nov. 22. " " Mrs. Nellie S. Lippman. & 1923 Dec. 18. " " made 14 Tillamook acc. 1928 Aug. 2 " " Hon. R. A. Fitzgerald for Miss. E. E. Baker - NIMA #
Rev. War
6247  INVALID.
File No. 6247
Tobias Tillman
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. M, Page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Declaration by T. Tillman
For Cavalry M. C. 6.15