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Robert John Richard Tilton (Nicholas County, KY, clerk and physician)

b. 1832-04-27 d. 1911-01-05

Nicholas County, Kentucky, clerk and physician. Kentucky native. Son of Robert D. Tilton and Mirah J. Finley Tilton. Married to Annie E. Howe Tilton in on September 25, 1855. Father of Robert D. Tilton and Jennie Tilton. Clerk in Fleming County in 1850. Physician in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 316B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 320.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 4 of microfilm.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 273A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252392, p. 160.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016130, Nicholas County Deaths, File #2234, p. 2241 of microfilm.

Citation

Tilton, Robert John Richard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209777 (November 12, 2026).

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