Person:Thomas Chilton (31)

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Rev. Thomas Chilton, Esq.
b.30 Jul 1798 Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, United States
d.15 Aug 1854 Montgomery, Montgomery, Texas, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1810
  1. Elizabeth M ChiltonAbt 1787 -
  2. Rev. Thomas Chilton, Esq.1798 - 1854
  3. Jane M Baylor ChiltonAbt 1800 -
  4. Dr. Lysias ChiltonAbt 1805 -
  5. William Parish Chilton, Esq.1810 - 1871
Spouse and Children
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m. Aug 1815
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Thomas Chilton, Esq.1798 - 1854
  • W.  Louisa Conklin (add)
m. Aft 1815
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Thomas Chilton, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 30 Jul 1798 Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, United States
Marriage Aug 1815 [1st wife]
to Frances Tribble Stoner
Marriage Aft 1815 to Louisa Conklin (add)
Other? 11 Jan 1828 Washington, District of Columbia, United States first seated in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Rep. from Kentucky
Death[1][2] 15 Aug 1854 Montgomery, Montgomery, Texas, United Statesdied of a heart attack while delivering a sermon
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Research Notes

  • Thomas Chilton IS NOT a junior - he was not the first-born son of Baptist clergyman Thomas John Chilton and does not bear his middle name.
  • On August 8, 1815 he received written permission from his father to marry "Frances T. Stoner". The "T" stood for her middle name, Tribble, but Chilton is identified only as Thomas, with no middle initial recorded by his own father. Needs source.
  • ghost writer of an "autobiography" by David Crockett, Rep. from TN, who was his friend and roommate while boarding at Mary Ball's home in Washington, D.C. during his time in Congress
  • It has been reported, incorrectly, that Thomas Chilton's gravestone in Montgomery County, Texas bears the middle initial "B". Needs source.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Chilton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CHILTON, Thomas, (1798 - 1854), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

    CHILTON, Thomas, (grandfather of Horace Chilton), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., July 30, 1798; attended the common schools in Paris, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Owingsville, Bath County, Ky.; member of the State house of representatives in 1819; moved to Elizabethtown, Ky.; was a candidate for election to the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Young, but owing to an irregularity the votes of one county were eliminated and the credentials were issued to his opponent, John Calhoon; subsequently both candidates renounced all claim to the seat and petitioned the Governor for a new election; was duly elected as a Jacksonian candidate to fill the resulting vacancy; reelected as Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and served from December 22, 1827, to March 3, 1831; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in Elizabethtown; presidential elector for Clay and Sergeant in 1832; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1834; moved to Talladega, Ala., and resumed the practice of law; was pastor of a church in Hopkinsville, Ky.; president of the Alabama Baptist State Convention in 1841; abandoned the practice of law and became general agent of the Alabama convention; continued his ministerial duties in Montgomery, Greensboro, and Newbern, Ala.; moved to Houston, Tex., in 1851 and served as pastor of a Baptist church; died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Tex., August 15, 1854; interment in the Old Cemetery.


    Bibliography
    Hannum, Sharon Elaine. “Thomas Chilton: Lawyer, Politician, Preacher.” Filson Club Historical Quarterly 38 (April 1964): 97-114.

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