Marriage Bond for Bartlett Dills and Nancy Patton was issued on August 30, 1859.

Marriage record revealed Bartlett Dills and Nancy Patton were married on September 1, 1859 in Macon County, North Carolina by a justice of the peace.

Bartlett was twenty and Nancy was seventeen when they married.

The 1860 census of July 17, revealed Bartlett, a farmer, was living in Smiths Bridge, Macon County, North Carolina and the post office was in Franklin. Their personal property value was $241. Bartlett was born in Tennessee. They had been married within the year. Household members: Barbet (21) and Nancy A. (18).

The Civil War Soldier Record revealed Bartlett S Dills was a private in the Confederate Army and served in Company D, 62nd Regiment in North Carolina Infantry.

The 1870 census revealed Bartlett was living in Cartoogechaye, Macon County, North Carolina and the post office was in Franklin. Their real estate value was $200 and their personal property value was $200. Bartlett was born in Tennessee and Nancy was born in North Carolina. Household members: B.S. Dills (Bartlett)(31), N.A. (Nancy)(29), L.A. (Lee)(4) and H.G. (Henry)(1).

The 1880 census of June 10, revealed Bartlett's parents were born in North Carolina. Household members: B.S. Dills (Bartlett)(40), N.A. (Nancy)(38), Henry G.(11) and a helper, John Parker (18).

The 1900 census of June 18, revealed Bartlett was a farmer and owned his farm free of mortgage. They lived in Blackstock, Catoosa County, Georgia. Bartlett was born in June 1839 in Tennessee, his mother was born in Tennessee and his father was born in North Carolina. Nancy was born in December 1841 in North Carolina and her parents were also born in North Carolina. They had been married 41 years. Household members: Bartley Dills (60) and Nancy (58).

The 1910 census of April 21, revealed Bartlett owned his farm free of mortgage and lived in Blackstock, Catoosa County, Georgia. They had two children and one still living. Household members: B.S. Dills (70) and Nancy (68). Their son, Henry and family lived next door.

Their known children:

Lee A. Dills (b.1866)DY
Henry Grant Dills (b.1869 d.1948)

They had been married fifty-three years when Bartlett died in 1913.

Bartlett lived to age 73.