Here's two items in the Historical Society materials: TILLY, JOHN SHIPLEY: The Coming of the Glory, filed Confederacy Facts the Historians Leave Out, A Youth's Confederate Primer. (no dates listed, so don't know if this was a descendant of a CSA veteran who wrote this -- or the veteran himself) ===================================== Looking for the Tilly name I found this on the Census: (Not sure any of it helps explain the name however) Did anyone have someone marrying into the Tilly Family? Maybe you have some clues. Perhaps George Tilly was Capt of a Militia District -- but I don't have any Tax Lists to verify this. 1830 George Tilly 1840 George Tilly 3 males 10-15 1 male 15-20 1 male 50-60 2 females 5-10 1 female 15-20 (wife must be dead) ====================== 1850 1850 United States Federal Census Josiah Tilly Division 78, Taliaferro, 26 GA abt 1824 Georgia Margarett Tilly Division 78, Taliaferro, 26 GA abt 1824 Georgia George Tilly Division 78, Taliaferro, GA abt 1849 Georgia 1860 United States Federal Census John M Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro, GA 34 1825 Georgia Male $4,000 (real estate) $9,500 (personal estate) Frances A Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro, GA 29 1830 Georgia Female George P Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro, GA 9 1850 Georgia Male James B Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro, GA 3 1856 Georgia Male Margarette Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro, GA 1 1858 Georgia Female ============== 1870 1870 United States Federal Census Adaline Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro, GA 22 1847 Georgia Mulatto Female Felix Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro, GA 8 1861 Georgia Mulatto Male Vincent Tilly Not Stated, Taliaferro