William Parish Chilton
b. 10 August 1810, d. 20 January 1871
- Father: Rev. Thomas John Chilton b. 10 May 1769
- Mother: Margaret Bledsoe b. 18 March 1766, d. 14 May 1813
- William Parish Chilton was born on 10 August 1810 in Adair County, Kentucky.
- He married Mary Catherine Morgan, daughter of George Washington Morgan and Mary Frances Irby, on 26 February 1833 in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee, and after her death married her sister Elvira.
- William Parish Chilton became a widower at the 31 August 1845 death of his wife Mary Catherine Morgan.
- He married Elvira Frances Morgan, daughter of George Washington Morgan and Mary Frances Irby, on 18 April 1847 in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama. He married Elvira after the death of his first wife, her sister Catherine..
- William Parish Chilton and Elvira Frances Morgan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Macon County, Alabama, value of real estate $2,000.. Other members of the household included Thomas George Chilton, Lavinia Afton Chilton, William P. Chilton, Mary Catherine Chilton, Margaret Frances Chilton, John McElderry Chilton and Willella Chilton.
- He was a supreme court judge, according to the 1850 census.
- William Parish Chilton and Elvira Frances Morgan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery, Alabama. Other members of the household included Claudius Lysias Chilton, Jennie Reed Chilton, Margaret Frances Chilton, Willella Chilton, John McElderry Chilton and Arthur Hopkins Chilton.
- He was an attorney-at-law, according to the 1860 census.
- William Parish Chilton was a lawyer, jurist and politician. While he had been an opponent of secession, he presided over the first provisional
congress in Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery which elected Jefferson Davis. - William Parish Chilton died on 20 January 1871 at age 60 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- His wife Elvira Frances Morgan became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
- Baker County, created by the Alabama legislature in 1868 from lands taken from Autauga, Bibb, Perry, and Shelby counties, was re-named Chilton County in 1874, in honor of Judge William Parish Chilton, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and a member of the provisional and regular Congress of the Confederacy.
- A short biographical sketch of William Parish Chilton appears in Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men, from 1540 to 1872.
- Last Edited: 24 Jul 2017
Family 1: Mary Catherine Morgan b. 16 October 1814, d. say 1842
- Thomas George Chilton b. 24 November 1833, d. 17 May 1860
- Lavinia Afton Chilton+ b. 13 August 1836, d. circa 6 May 1919
- William P. Chilton b. 27 September 1838, d. 21 January 1892
- Mary Catherine Chilton b. 23 September 1840, d. 6 April 1926
- Margaret Frances Chilton b. 8 November 1844
Family 2: Elvira Frances Morgan b. 10 December 1826, d. 2 February 1891
- John McElderry Chilton b. 23 March 1848, d. 29 December 1915
- Willella Chilton b. 3 June 1850
- Arthur Hopkins Chilton b. 10 February 1853, d. 11 October 1877
- Claudius Lysias Chilton b. 26 April 1856, d. 28 July 1914
- Jennie Reed Chilton b. 21 October 1858