Individual Details
Thomas John Chilton
(1768 - 1840)
Events
| Birth | 1768 | Virginia |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | MAY 10, 1773 | Guardian Appointed - Loudoun County, Virginia |  | | |
| Miscellaneous | Bet 1773 and 1786 | Move to Kentucky - Lincoln County, Kentucky | | | |
| Marriage | DECEMBER, 1786 | Lincoln County, Kentucky - Margaret Bledsoe | | | |
| Miscellaneous | MAY 13, 1790 | Land Sale - Loudoun County, Virginia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | From 1791 to 1836 | Baptist Minister - Kentucky | | | |
| Marriage | Kentucky - Frances Tribble Stoner | | | ||
| Death | 1840 | Kentucky | | ||
| Miscellaneous | History | | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Bledsoe ( - ) |
| Spouse | Frances Tribble Stoner ( - ) |
| Father | George Chilton ( - 1771) |
| Mother | Ann Owsley ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Chilton ( - ) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
Thomas Owsley was appointed guardian of Thomas John Chilton and his sister Mary on 5-10-1773.Miscellaneous
By December 1786, Thomas John Chilton moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, with his mother Ann Owsley Chilton.Marriage
The marriage of Thomas John Chilton and Margaret Bledsoe is recorded in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 12, Part 2, p. 83.Miscellaneous
On 5-13-1790, Thomas John Chilton sold his interest in the 321 acres of land his father owned in Loudoun County, Virginia, to Jacob Reed.Miscellaneous
Thomas John Chilton was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1791. He served on a committee that signed the articles that united the Regular and Separate Baptists in 1801. By 1803, he was a leader of the party that formed the South Kentuckt Association of Separate Baptists.Until about 1822, he preached in Garrard and surrounding counties in Kentucky. At this time he lost his property in a bid to open a salt works.
He moved to Larue County, Kentucky, and served as pastor of the Big Spring Baptist Church until 1836. In 1835, he published A History of the Baptists.
Marriage
Thomas John Chilton's second wife was Frances Tribble Stoner.Miscellaneous
After 1822, he lived in present-day Larue County, KY, (then Hardin County.)He used the Chilton surname.
Known children: sons, Thomas and William Parish.
Endnotes
1. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 33-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
2. Chilton/Shelton Family Records (Email communications, online Genealogy and DNA records, ), Photocopies privately held by Karol Hartwig Richardson, , 2019 (Distant cousin-paternal line (Shelton)). Chilton/Shelton family records of descendants of Mark and Mary Keys Chilton. Records compiled by group of Chilton/Shelton descendants using local and state original records, family genealogies, and DNA..
3. Various Virginia Counties, Probate Records of Various Virginia Counties, Loudoun County, Virginia, Order Book F: p. 31, Thomas John and Mary Chilton; Various Virginia Counties, Various Virginia Cities.
4. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 32-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
5. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 32-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
6. Various Virginia Counties, Deed Records of Various Virginia Counties, Loudoun County, Virginia, Deed Book A-2, pp. 173-175, Land Deed from Thomas John Chilton to Jacob Reed, 13 May 1790; Various Virginia Counties, Virginia, USA.
7. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 32-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
8. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 32-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
9. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 32-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
10. Chilton/Shelton Family Records (Email communications, online Genealogy and DNA records, ), Photocopies privately held by Karol Hartwig Richardson, , 2019 (Distant cousin-paternal line (Shelton)). Chilton/Shelton family records of descendants of Mark and Mary Keys Chilton. Records compiled by group of Chilton/Shelton descendants using local and state original records, family genealogies, and DNA..