Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....TILLMAN, D. N. 1835 - 
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Author: S. EMMETT LUCAS, JR.
D. N. TILLMAN, farmer, Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ga., son of Asa and Marinda 
(Sparks) Tillman, was born in Fayette county, Ga., in 1835. His father was 
born in South Carolina, and while yet a youth ran away from home. He went into 
the army during the war of 1812 as a substitute for a man named Felix Simonton 
and served through the war. In after life he drew a pension for this service. 
Mr. Tillman's maternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth (Small) Sparks, were 
natives of Ireland, who came to Georgia early in this century and were among 
the pioneer settlers of Newton county. Mr. Tillman was reared on a farm in 
Carroll county and went to school in all his life only six days. In 1861 he 
enlisted in Company F (Capt. Curtis), Nineteenth Georgia regiment, which was 
first assigned to Gen. Hampton's command, afterward to that of Gen. J. J. 
Archer and finally to Gen. Colquitt's brigade, in which he remained until the 
surrender. He participated in quite a number of battles, some of them the most 
important fought during the war. He was at Seven Pines, May 30 and June 1, 
1862, and in the seven days' fight around Richmond, commencing June 26, 1862, 
and was wounded in the right breast by a ball near Gaines' Mill, June 27, 
1862. He was at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; at Mecklenburg, Dec. 13, 1862, where 
he was wounded in the left hand; Chancellorsville, May 1, 1863; Kingston, N. 
C. siege of Charleston, -Morris Island; Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864,where he 
was wounded across riglt arm;Bentonville; N. C. and the siege of Petersburg, 
June 18, 1864-, where he was wounded in the right leg by a piece of shell. He 
was in every battle in which his command was engaged except when temporarily 
disabled by wounds. He rendered good and faithful service in the ranks 
throughout the war. The war being over he returned to Carroll county and 
engaged in farming, and although he had to start on nothing but good
health, a strong will and a determined spirit, he has a good, well-improved 
farm and comfortable home. Except serving eight years as justice of the peace, 
he has devoted all his time and energies to his farm, which he manages on the 
progressive principles of the day. Mr. Tillman was married in 1865 to Miss 
Mary A. McPherson, born and reared in Carroll county, daughter of Elijah and 
Sarah McPherson, early settlers of Carroll county, coming in 1829. To them 
five children were born: Amanda, Charles N., Henry, Dora and Daniel. Mrs. 
Tillman, who was a member of the Primitive Baptist church, died in 1885. Oct. 
20, 1885, Mr. Tillman contracted a second marriage with Miss Nancy J. Adams, 
born in Carroll county, daughter of Robert and Martha A. (Jones) Adams, early 
settlers of Coweta county. This marriage has been blessed with three children: 
Samuel, Robert W. and John. Mr. and Mrs. Tillman are members of the Primitive 
Baptist church, and their unostentatious worth commands the general respect 
and esteem of all who know them.	


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