Abbeville-Statewide County ScArchives Wills.....TILMAN, Hiram OSCAR March 28, 1837
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Source: South Carolina Department Of Archives And History.  8301 Parklane Road. Columbia, South Carolina.  29223. Tele: 803.896.6100; Fax: 803.896.6198.  Http://scdah.sc.gov/
Written: March 28, 1837
Recorded: February 7, 1838

“Last Will & Testament [of] Hiram TILMAN dec,d

The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

In the Name of God Amen I Hiram Tilman knowing that it is appointed for us all 
to die and being desirous of Settling my my worldly concerns do make ordain 
and constitute this my last Will and Testament in form following

First	It is my will that all my Just debts be paid as soon as my Executors 
can make arangements to do so

2nd	I will and bequeath unto Hiram Tilman Jr., son of Edward Tilman one 
Negro man Named Bill to him and his heirs for ever

3rd	I will and bequeath unto Iwanowna Tillman one Negro Girl Louisa to her 
and her heirs for ever

4[th]	I will and bequeath unto Edward Tilman Jr son of Edward Tilman one 
Negro boy named Squire

5th	I will and bequeath unto Kitty Tilman daughter of Edward Tilman one 
Negro Girl Caroline to her and her heirs for ever

6th	I will and bequeath unto my loving wife Nancy Tilman all the residue 
of my property both personal and real except two tracts of Land one known by 
the Name of the woods tract of land the other by the name of McLin tract of 
land which she is only to have a lifetime estate in the tract of land known by 
the name of the home tract with the following Negroes (Viz Lewis and his wife 
Mary and family.  Teler Margaret Turner Dick Elbert and Charlotte Jane and 
her / child Elijah Hetty & her two / children Jim and Scott Anthony and 
William together with all the Stock of every description household and kitchen 
furniture Carriage Waggon & provisions of every description I will and 
bequeath unto my loving wife Nancy Tilman in fee simple for her use for her to 
dispose of as she may think proper

7th	It is my Will that the two tracts of land that my wife has…” [End of 
Page One]

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“…a lifetime Estate in at her death shall be sold and equally divided between 
my Brother Edwards Brother Daniels Sister Lucy and sis Pollys children share 
and share alike

8th	It is my will and desire and I do herby constitute and appoint my 
loving wife Nancy Tilman Edward Tilman & William F. Baker my lawful Executors 
and I do hereby revoke all other Will or Wills heretofore made constituting 
this my last will 

Signed and acknowledged the 28th day of March in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and the sixty first of the 
Independence of the United States of America in the presence of

Hiram Tilman (L. S.)

John Ramey

Andw. Gilespie, Jr.

W. T. Thompson”

“Proven by the Oath of W. J. Thompson and qualified Nancy Tilman Exec. x 7 
feb.y 1838.”

Source Citation and Source Information:

South Carolina Department of Archives and History.  8301 Parklane Road. 
Columbia, South Carolina.  29223. Tele: 803.896.6100; Fax: 803.896.6198.  
http://scdah.sc.gov/

S108093: South Carolina Will Transcripts (Microcopy No 9) TILMAN, Hiram. Will 
Typescript, Abbeville (1 Frame) (MSS Will: Book 2, Page 297; Estate Packet: 
Box 92, Pkg. 2285)

Series: S108093; Reel: 0003; Frame: 00158; Item: 001; TILMAN, Hiram, Will 
Typescript, Abbeville County (1 Frame) (MSS Will: Book 2, Page 397; Estate 
Packet: Box 92, Pkg. 2285.  2/7/1838; Description: TILMAN, HIRAM, WILL 
TYPESCRIPT, ABBEVILLE COUNTY (1 FRAME) (MSS WILL: BOOK 2, PAGE 397; ESTATE 
PACKET: BOX 92, PKG. 2285); Names indexed: ANTHONY (SLAVE); BAKER, WILLIAM F.; 
BILL (SLAVE); CAROLINE (SLAVE); CHARLOTTE (SLAVE); DICK (SLAVE); ELBERT 
(SLAVE); ELIJAH (SLAVE); GILSEPIE, ANDREW JR.; HETTY (SLAVE); JANE (SLAVE); 
JIM (SLAVE); LEWIS (SLAVE); LOUISA (SLAVE); MARGARET (SLAVE); MARY (SLAVE); 
MCLIN; RAMEY, JOHN; SCOTT (SLAVE); SQUIRE (SLAVE); TELER (SLAVE); THOMPSON, 
W.T.; TILMAN, DANIEL; TILMAN, EDWARD; TILMAN, EDWARD JR.; TILMAN, HIRAM; 
TILMAN, HIRAM JR.; TILMAN, IQANOWNA; TILMAN, KITTY; TILMAN, LUCY; TILMAN, 
NANCY; TILMAN, SIS; TURNER (SLAVE); WILLIAM (SLAVE); WOODS; Locations: 
ABBEVILLE COUNTY; Document type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT); Topics: SLAVES, NAMED.  
http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/Thumbnails.aspx?recordId=301057.


Additional Comments:
Hiram TILMAN [variant spelling: TILMAN, TILLMAN] died after March 27, 1837 and 
before February 7, 1838, also known as Hiram Oscar TILMAN or Oscar Hiram 
TILMAN married circa 1810 Nancy BAKER, born 1789 Edgefield District, South 
Carolina; she died 1845 DeSoto County, Mississippi.  His widow, Nancy BAKER 
TILMAN qualified as Executrix 7 Feb 1838.

Nancy BAKER 1789-1845 was a daughter of James Edward BAKER, born circa 1755, 
Charlotte County, Virginia, and of his wife, Elizabeth FUQUA, born 1762, 
Charlotte County, Virginia; they migrated to Edgefield District, South 
Carolina circa 1785-1790.  

Widow Nancy BAKER TILMAN married second Captain James M. TAIT; she enumerates 
her second husband in her will of 1845 probated in both Abbeville County, 
South Carolina, and in DeSoto County, Mississippi.

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