(Page last updated Jan 25, 2024)

In Memory of Tillman White, whose burial site in Georgia is unknown, however, could be in Richmond Co GA.

Tillman White was the son of Robert Sr & Mildred "Milly" [Whitehead] White.

He married Sarah "Sally" Rhodes, sometime after 1808. The daughter of John & Mary "Polly' [Bobo] Rhodes.

Sarah, his wife, was the sister of Lewis B Rhodes who married Tillman's sister Mary "Polly" [White] Rhodes, the daughter of Robert Sr & Milly [Whitehead] White.

No known children came from this marriage.

Tilman had the following Siblings:

William----1776-1829---------m. Elizabeth Boatman --abt.1800
John-------1778-bef Apr1786d. Died young child NC.
Susan------1780-1851---------m. Sion Murphy Jr III----------1798.
Jane--------1782-1786---------d. Died young child NC.
Robert Jr--1784-1880---------m.1.Mary Cooper---------abt.1811, 2. Susan Norman 1841/42
Stephen---1786-1868---------m. Nancy Betterton------abt.1806/1807
Mary--------1788-1875---------m. Lewis Bobo Rhodes-------1810
Tillman----1791-Unkn---------m. Sally (Sarah) Rhodes-----Unkn.
Elizabeth--1793-1845----------m. Solomon Bobo Jr.----abt 1810
Mildred----1795-bet1860/65--m. John Bullington-----------1815
Elias--------1797-1873-----------m. Anne Gibbs -----------bet 1814/1820
Benjamin-1800-1879-----------m. Thurza Golightly----------1825

Mary [Bobo] Rhodes, shortly, after the death of her husband John, returned to Union Co SC (1808), and united her daughter Sarah with Tillman White. Sarah's mother, Mary, died in Union Co in 1815, and Tillman & Sarah then moved to Georgia.

Tillman was a witness on the Deed of Thomas Betterton, in 1808, of Spartanburg Co SC. His brother Stephen White married, Thomas Betterton's daughter Nancy.

"Union County Deed Abstracts: Page 211
Thomas Betterton Exr. to John Bailey deceased
I, 521-522 - THOMAS BETTERTON of Spartanburg District, exr., to John Bailey
deceased, for $260 to William Bailey of Union District, tract in Union District
on north side Tyger River, adj., ROBERT WHITE, Duncan's line, 170 acres, 5 Oct
1808. THOMAS BETTERTON (LS), Wit: WILLIAM WHITE, TILMAN WHITE.
Proved inn Union District by oath of WILLIAM WHITE 25 Nov 1808 before Ralph
Jackson, J.P. Recorded 25 Nov 1808."

This deed was the only document, in Union Co SC, I have ever seen, that has mention of Tillman White, also on the deed as witness, was William White his oldest brother, and Ralph Jackson, also, related to the White family.

In Tillman's Nephew's letter of 1886, Isaac Murphy, writes "Tillman married Sarah Rhodes, they moved to Georgia, I hear he is dead."

There were other 'White's' in Richmond Co Ga among other counties of GA, it is possible, that Tillman did have children with Sarah, but no trace of Tillman or Sarah has every been found, to this date.

His wife Sarah's parents were John "Jack" Rhodes, and mother Mary "Polly" Bobo, they had lived in Union County SC, where all their children were born, then moved to Richmond County Georgia, where there were many Rhodes families, they were all related to each other. Their history in Richmond Co dates back to pre-revolutionary war, in the days when the Cherokee Indians, were still actively warring, to retain their lands, and way of life.

CENSUS RECORD: (Only census Tilman is recorded on...)

1800 Union Co SC Census Page 215
ROBERT WHITE-------303012101001
males under 10 years =-----3--(Ben, Elias & Tilman)
males---------16-26 years =-3--(Stephen, Robert Jr, William Sr)
45 and upwards-=----------- 1--(Robt. Sr.)
females under 10 yrs =-----2--(Mildred, Elizabeth)
10-16 yrs =---------------------1--(Mary)
26-45 yrs =---------------------1--(Mildred Whitehead White - Wife)
All others-=---------------------1--(Unknown Person - is the 7th digit)
**Note: Susan married 1798. John & Jane, died prior to 1800.**