Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Matthew Ward Tilghman (b. circa 1817 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-37829
Property Owner, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Biography:

Matthew Ward Tilghman was the son of Colonel John Tilghman and his wife Ann Tilghman.1 When his father died in 1866, Tilghman inherited the slaves Dan, Frederick, Stephen and Nell (and her child, not named), along with the children John and Wesley. He also received ownership of the farm Chesterfield on which he alread lived, which appeared near Centreville on J.G. Stong's 1866 map of Queen Anne's County.2 Col. Tilghman had purchased the eighteen acres from William E. Emory.3
 

1.     QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage Licenses) [MSA T1702-1]. John Tilghman and Ann Tilghman, March 12, 1818.
1.     QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) Liber STH 1, Folio 384 [MSA CM869-14]. John Tilghman, November 27, 1866.
1.     U.S. Census Record (Census Bureau, MD) for John Tilghman, 1850, Queen Anne's County, Centreville, Page 190, Line 6 [MSA SM61-144, SCM 1500-1].
1.     Bruce Harrison, The Family Forest Descendants of Lady Joan Beaufort (Kamuela, HI: Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc., 2005) 733, 962-963.

2.     Queen Anne's County District 3, J. G. Stong's Map of Queen Anne's County, 1866 [MSA SC 5080-1]. Courtesy of the Queen Anne's County Historical Society.

3.     QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) Liber STH 1, Folio 384 [MSA CM869-14]. John Tilghman, November 27, 1866.
3.     QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records) Liber JT 2, Folio 143 [MSA CE 143-38]. William H. Emory to John Tilghman, October 15, 1836.
 

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