Served as a Trustee and Deacon for the Fork Baptist Church and He is listed in the Concise Recorders of the Church in 1837 as well as his Parents.

DNA proving Descendant lines of two Known male Great Great Grandsons thru his sons John Murphy Foster & Thomas M Foster
male Y Chromosome 67 for 67 markers R-M269 Haplo

Tilman Foster was a Direct Descendant of Sir Thomas Forster via his son Roger Foster who married Joan Hussey
The Family is known as The Northumberland Forster / Fosters of England and Hunsdon Hertfordshire England where the named changed to FOSTER. Tilman's Colonial Ancestors Immigrated to Colonial Va abt 1635.
After The American Revolution The Fosters Migrated south with other Families from Essex County Va to what is known as The Forks of The Yadkin ( Old Rowan Co NC ) and several generations are buried at Fork Baptist Cemetery and local Churches around the Mocksville area as well as Reeds Baptist Church Reeds Cross Roads / Tyro area Davidson Co.
This Family is listed in the 1850 Davie Co Census.
Tilman's spouse Francis "Fannie" Tucker Foster was the daughter of Andrew Tucker and Levice Rumbly. After Tilman's death at 54 she moved to Gibson,Tenn where she is buried @ NEW BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, DYER,GIBSON,CO., TN
Children of Tilman & wife Fannie Foster
SARAH ANN FOSTER b: 25 SEP 1827 in ROWAN CO NC
NANCY " JANE " FOSTER b: 6 FEB 1830 in DAVIE CO NC
GILES " NELSON " FOSTER b: 1832 in DAVIDSON CO NC
THOMAS M FOSTER b: 2 FEB 1833 in FULTON,DAVIE CO NC
JOHN MURPHY FOSTER b: 3 APR 1836 in FORK / MOCKSVILLE AREA OF DAVIE CO NC
AZARIAH MARCH FOSTER b: 27 MAY 1838 in DAVIE CO NC
SUSANNAH " Susan " E FOSTER b: 26 APR 1840 in DAVIE CO NC
HIRAM LINDSAY FOSTER b: 10 JUN 1842 in DAVIE CO NC
ELIZA C FOSTER b: 15 MAY 1844 in DAVIE CO NC
AMANDA EMMALINE FOSTER b: 2 JUN 1848 in DAVIE CO NC
HENRY J FOSTER b: 3 AUG 1850 in DAVIE CO NC