163Sarah Everett
Key Facts
Snapshot:housewife
Parents:326John Carter Everett
327Elizabeth Ellis
Born:5 December 1824
Bulloch County, Georgia
Died:18 July 1898
probably Tattnall County, Georgia
Buried:First Baptist Church cemetery, Tattnall County, Georgia
Coordinates: N31.93655 W81.93016

163Sarah was born 5 December 18241,2 in Bulloch County, Georgia3,4 to parents 326John Carter Everett1,5 and 327Elizabeth Ellis.1,6

163Sarah married 162James Tillman in Bulloch County on 3 September 1840.7,8 For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

Her husband seems to have died sometime in the 1870's. 163Sarah is mentioned passingly in a (guardianship) return record dated 18 February 1872,9 so she may have been widowed by then. The 1880 census shows her living with her youngest son James in Tattnall County, Georgia.10 You may also be interested in her 1880 farm schedule entry (entry, transcription, template).11


1880: 163Sarah and her son in militia district 1192, Tattnall County, Georgia. Full page.10

163Sarah died on 18 July 1898.2 She's buried in First Baptist Church cemetery, Tattnall County, Georgia at coordinates N31.93655 W81.93016. Photos of her grave's headstone and footstone are below.2

Sources Cited:

1: Bible of John Carter Everett, described in 1987 as being in possession of John P. Rabun, Jr., 301-B Lakemoore Drive NE, Atlanta, Georgia, although current disposition is unknown. Cited in: Alvaretta Kenan Register and David M. Foley, Everett/Everitt Family: A Genealogical History (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1987), page 18.

2: Tombstone of Sarah Everett (wife of James Tillman), First Baptist Church cemetery, Tattnall County, Georgia. Photographs taken by 1Bryant Knight on 13 November 2021.

3: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Subdivision 79, Tattnall County, Georgia. Page 28, dwelling 212, family 212, James Tillman household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 83. I used Ancestry.com, but the image is also on FamilySearch: <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QW9-X8B?i=27&cc=1401638>.

4: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Tattnall County, Georgia. Page 58, dwelling 407, family 407, James Tillman household. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 137. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBT-D2J?i=57&cc=1473181>.

5: Bulloch County, Georgia. Wills and miscellaneous estate records, book 5A (1845-1854), pages 18-19. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93G-6SL3?i=323&cc=1999178&cat=155415%22%22>, accessed 16 August 2019. The records mentions 163Sarah's husband "[162]James Tillman heir to said [326]John C. Everitt Dec by marriage [...]."

6: Bulloch County, Georgia. Returns, book 6A (1846-1855), page 303. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-P3GX-R?i=322&cat=152440>, accessed 16 August 2019. This record names 163Sarah's husband 162James Tillman as an heir of 327Elizabeth.

7: Tattnall County, Georgia. Marriage book B (1832-1856), page 14, marriage of James Tillman and Sarah Everett. Georgia Archives Virtual Vault, <https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/countyfilm/id/250532>, accessed 7 August 2019.

8: Tattnall County, Georgia. Marriages transcribed 1806-1872, page 51. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PPF-96J?i=132&cc=1927197.

9: Tattnall County, Georgia. Annual returns for the years 1866-1884, page 247. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93G-FTJQ?i=555&cc=1999178&cat=188512>, accessed 19 August 2019.

10: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 1192, Tattnall County, Georgia. Enumeration district 87, page 36, dwelling 300, family 300, Sarah Tillman household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 166. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-SGC2?i=3&cc=1417683>.

11: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Agriculture Schedule). Militia district 1192, Tattnall County, Georgia. Page 18, entry 2, Sarah Tillman farm. NARA microfilm publication T1137, roll 19. The NARA provides a helpful template.