The Hill Family Genealogy
* names in red indicate direct line of descent.
ISAAC HILL, SR. - born July 22, 1748 possibly in St. Mary's, Charles Co., MD or Bertie Co., NC. He was a drummer in the 3rd Maryland Regiment in the American Revolutionary War. He was said to have been paid (possibly by land) for service in the war in 1784 at Martin Co., NC. Between May 26, 1800 and 1804 he served as Sheriff of Edgecombe Co., NC. He lived after 1804 in Hancock Co., GA.
Later Isaac and family moved to Jasper Co., GA, then to an area later named Hillsboro, GA after his family, and finally to the Cumberland Mountains in TN; married LUCINDA WALLACE, (believed to be originally from Scotland or Welsh/Irish descent) in Martin Co, NC in 1772 and had fourteen children. Lucinda "Lucy" Wallace, born 1746 St. Mary's Co., MD, was the daughter of Adam Wallace and an unknown mother. Lucinda died Sept. 23, 1798 in NC. Isaac married second, Lydia White Jones Hill, born 1759 Anson Co., NC, the widow of Hugh Jones and William Hill respectively, around 1810 in Hancock Co., GA; Lydia brought two daughters by Wm. Hill to the union, Eliza b. 1801, and Louvisa b. 1802. Isaac died July 29, 1825 at Warren Co., TN, at age 77. Sometime after Isaac's death, Lydia returned to GA where she died June 12, 1838.
Isaac is buried on Cumberland Plateau, Warren Co., TN and his marked grave is in the forest near his home/stagecoach inn (Old Hill Tavern on Hill's Trace) and orchards. He moved to TN after his son Henry J.A. Hill. He lived in the valley near Hill's Creek, later moving to the Cumberland Plateau. It is said he took older slaves and Indians so they might "retire." He produced fruit, brandy, and butter to be sold in the town of McMinnville, Warren Co., TN.
Some information courtesy of Douglas Hill, Frank Alden,DDS, and Edith Kniffin)
CHILDREN of ISAAC HILL SR. and LUCINDA WALLACE:
HENRY JOHN ALEXANDER HILL, born February 7, 1774 at Near The Tar River, Edgecombe Co., NC; married Susannah Swales January 6, 1796 in Edgecombe Co., NC. Susannah was the widow of Sterling Savage and had one daughter, Brittania Savage. She also had two stepsons, Jesse and Sterling Savage, who went with her and Henry J.A. Hill from NC to TN. Two other stepchildren, Loveless and Elizabeth Savage, died young. Henry and Susannah had seven children, Ervin, Isaac, Asa, Jesse P., Melchesedec, Lucinda, and Hugh Lawson White Hill.
Henry (often called "Harry") led a party of 30 men into the TN wilderness to reconnoiter land on which to settle. Some of this land was obtained through land grants from the state of NC, since what came to be called the state of TN was at one time part of NC. Henry's land was located in what came to be known as Hill's Creek. He was a natural leader and came to be elected in 1807 to three consecutive terms to the TN House of Representatives.
Henry, while married to Susannah, met Polly Johnston sometime around 1808 and six children were born to them; Hariett, Sally, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Carroll, and Elenza Grundy Hill. It was apparently well known that Henry and Polly had a long term extramarital affair starting circa 1808 which resulted in their six children. It is said that Polly was a friend of Susannah's and of Virginia Dearing (wife of Henry's son, Hugh Lawson White Hill, who went on to become a prominent TN Legislator) and had been persuaded to come to TN with the Hills. She was sixteen at the time.
My thanks to descendant Doug Turnbull who sent me the photos of Hugh Lawson White Hill and Virginia Dearing.
Polly was born Jan. 19, 1787 and was 13 yrs younger than Henry and 20 yrs younger than Susannah. The two families of Henry J.A. Hill lived next door to each other and children by both women were entered into the family Bible. Here is a copy of the actual Bible page where the names of the children by both women were entered side by side.
*Note of interest on Henry J. A. Hill; He was walking on boards over a hot tar pit as a teenager when a board broke, causing one leg and foot to be severely burned. His leg was left twisted and scarred for life and finally in his later years, in 1825, it was amputated. He died nine days later, July 30, 1825, at the age of 51. He is buried in Center Hill Cemetery. His wife Susannah is buried beside him, and his paramour, Polly Johnston, is buried at the foot of his grave. Nothing is known of Polly's background, parents, or place of birth.
JOHN HILL, born April 30, 1785 in Edgecombe Co., NC; Remained in Georgia when other family members moved on to Tennessee and Texas. He married Sarah Elizabeth Parham (daughter of Stith Parham and Elizabeth Ingram) November 27, 1806 in Hillsboro, Jasper Co., GA and had nine children; Allen C., James Madison, William Pinckney, Isaac Lafayette, Mary Ann Parham, Elizabeth P., John Stith, Martha Rebecca and Benjamin Harvey Hill. Isaac Lafayette (1814-1889) was in the Battle of San Jacinto and joined the Texas Volunteers. Later Isaac Lafayette was with the Round Top Guerrillas Volunteer Cavalry and became a planter and slave owner in Fayette Co., Texas. John's other son was Georgia State Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill of some fame during and after the Civil War. (See links to historical Bellevue Plantation and Hill grave sites for more on the Senator). John Hill died July 20, 1848 in Long Cane, Troup Co., GA. He and his wife, along with 11 other family members, are interred on his property in the Hill Cemetery, Long Cane, Troup Co., GA. An elderly great aunt, Mary Ingram Tucker, (aunt of Sarah Parham Hill) also lived in a small house on the John Hill property, and contributed money toward the education of Benjamin Harvey Hill, son of John Hill and Sarah Parham.
WHITMEL HILL, born in 1789 in NC and died 1828, Warren County, TN; his first wife's name is unknown. He had two sons with her; Allen Hill and William B. Hill. What became of his first wife is also unknown. He secondly married Elizabeth Foreman Pace (daughter of Isaac Foreman) Dec. 8, 1812. She was the widow of Silas Pace, Jr. and brought five children to the marriage. She and Whitmel had one son; James Harrison Hill b. Sept. 25, 1813. An item of note, published in "The Georgia Journal", Milledgeville, GA in 1813: "My wife has left me without cause, I will not be responsible for debts other than my own." Apparently the marriage was not altogether a happy one since she left him a year after their marriage.
Whitmel and Elizabeth also made a deed of gift to "Beloved son James Harrison Hill, minor, born Sept. 13, 1813, a negro girl about 14 years old named Cleo." Test: John Hill, Justice of the Peace; Hunting Williams, Justice of the Peace.
Whitmel married Biddie Christian after 1816, and they had seven children; Sarah, Elizabeth, Isaac Lafayette, John, Jasper, Martha, and Permetta.
WRIGHT HILL; born Oct. 16, 1782 NC. He was in Warren Co., TN in 1815 (deed of 80 acres west side of Collins River). Little is known of his first wife Polly, but it is believed by some researchers that she is the mother of Wright's first son, William Chapman Hill. The circumstances surrounding his first wife's death were apparently suspicious as evidenced by the public notice Wright placed in a GA Newspaper in 1814 to quiet the rumours.
"Wright Hill (no county of residence shown) in a communication says that in view of the unfavorable reports concerning the death of his wife, he publishes appended to his communication a copy of the Coronor's Inquest jury verdict rendered in Warren Co., Tenn., where she died. Same shows that the inquest was held Nov. 23, 1814, in Warren Co., Tenn., inquest conducted by James Cope, J.P., over the body of Polly Hill 'then lying before us' and the jury verdict was that she came to her death by being 'accidently and innocently shot by her husband, Wright Hill.'" From the book, "Genealogical Material From Legal Notices in Early GA Newspapers", pg. 220, pub. 1989, So. Historical Press, Easley, SC.
His second wife was Frances Christian born Dec. 6, 1795, VA. They married about 1818 and moved that same Spring to Moberly, Randolph Co., MO. Wright is found listed on tax lists, land records, and census records from the 1820's through the 1840's in the counties of Chariton, Henry, and St. Clair, MO. He had a horse mill in 1837 said to be patronized far and near. He and Frances had a large family; Emily, Elizabeth, Almoran, Sarah, Lucinda, Henry, Mary Ellen, Louisa, James Napolean B., Frances W., Ryland. Wright died April 16, 1848 in Roscoe, St. Clair Co., MO. Frances died Feb. 20, 1872 in St. Clair Co., MO. Both are buried in Roscoe Cemetery.
One son, Almoran Hill, was one of the early pioneers who settled in Oregon in 1843, going across the plains by oxen with his wife Sarah Jane Reed. In "The History of Oregon" under the biography of Almoran Hill, it states that, "... he was born in MO, the third child and eldest son of Wright Hill and Frances Christian, who had moved to St. Clair, MO in 1836."
Some of this information courtesy of Douglas Hill.
Additional information and sources courtesy of descendant Carolyn Darby, ecdarby@prodigy.net.
ISAAC HILL JR; born abt. 1781 or 1782; Isaac Jr. was said to have become a very wealthy man, and owned most of three counties in GA. He became a General, also lived in Alabama where he met and married Angeline Penelope Clark, the daughter of Eli Clark of Russell Co., AL. Isaac Jr., died in 1809 at the age of 27 in Hillsboro, GA before his son, Isaac Hill III was born that same year. He and his wife, Penelope, also had daughters, Polly, Lucinda, Susanna and Martha.
His son, Isaac III, was born in Auburn, AL (1809 - 1886) and was one of the original founders of Auburn University, then known as East Alabama Mens College in 1857. His name appears on the charter minute meetings where he also served as Treasurer. Isaac III had at least one child, Isaac William Hill, b. July 25, 1861, with his second wife, Harriet Elizabeth Holt; Isaac Wm. was head of education in Alabama for twelve years and served on the Board of Auburn University from 1902 - 1906. His first wife was Lucy Harris whom he married in 1826 Twiggs Co., GA. Lucy died April 1, 1860 AL and they had no children.
Some information courtesy of Louise Martin.
LAWRENCE HILL, b. abt. 1782, NC; d. 1819 in Monticello, Jasper Co., GA. married BETSY GOODWIN, March 7, 1811 in Monticello, Jasper Co., GA. Little is known of his life or children.
ASA HILL, (Please note that Asa is often confused with Abraham Webb Hill, a different Hill in Texas during the same timeframe. In 1932, the book "Heroes of San Jacinto" by Dixon & Kemp, first incorrectly published Asa's name as Abraham Asa Webb Hill, and the error has been picked up and perpetuated since by subsequent researchers and authors. The newest edition of the book has corrected the error.) Asa was born 1784, Edgecombe Co., NC; married ELIZABETH BARKSDALE, daughter of Jeffery (who was in the Revolutionary War) and Phebe Barksdale, October 6, 1808 at Sparta, Hancock Co., GA; Lived in Jasper Co., Hancock Co., & Muscogee Co., GA before 1834. He traveled to TX about 1834 with his son, Wm. C.A.J. Hill and nephew, Isaac Lafayette Hill, moving his family to TX in 1835, settling in Washington Co., and later Fayette Co., TX. He joined the Texas Army in 1836. (See Historical Hill Documents page) After the burning of Gonzales, Gen. Sam Houston ordered him to travel east to warn those in the path of the approaching Mexican Army, and consequently Asa did not serve at the battle of San Jacinto. In 1839 he settled in Rutersville, Fayette Co., TX. He was part of the Somervell Expedition and the Mier Expedition. He was captured along with two of his sons, Jeffrey Barksdale and John C.C. Hill and was part of the "Black Bean Episode", where he drew a white bean and was spared execution by the Mexicans. He was released in 1843, but was weakened from the experience. He died July 18, 1844, Rutersville, Fayette Co., TX. His remains were removed from their original Cedar Creek site in 1973 and reinterred in the old City Cemetery at La Grange. After Asa died, Elizabeth married longtime friend and neighbor, Alexander Thomson, Jr., May 28, 1850, Fayette Co., TX. Elizabeth was born Jan. 3, 1795, Troup Co., GA; died Jan. 23, 1883, Waelder, TX and is interred in the Waelder Cemetery.
Some family information is said by Robert Hill to be from the Bible of Isaac Lafayette Hill, once owned by daughter Lollie Hill, and written in Isaac Lafayette Hill's own hand.
BENJAMIN HILL, born 1783 at Granville Co., NC; married Rebecca Wallace, born 1783 SC, about 1802 in Warren Co., TN. They had eight children; Henry John Alexander, Lucinda, Martha, Polly, Wallace, Isaac III, and Ashley (male). They were divorced before 1850. Rebecca went to Robertson Co., TX with their son Henry John Alexander Hill (named for his uncle). Benjamin, age 67, was living in the same household as Jackson Riley according to the 1850 census, Warren Co., TN.
A grandson of Benjamin and Rebecca's, son of Isaac III & his wife Frances Pickett, was Benjamin Jefferson Hill who became a Brigadier General in the Civil War serving the Confederacy as leader of the Thirty-Fifth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers which was later known as the Fifth Tennessee. (This portrait hangs in the Magness Library in McMinnville, TN) General B. J. Hill married Mary V. Smartt and both are interred in the old town cemetery in McMinnville, TN.
Note of interest: Published in The Central Gazette, McMinnville, Warren Co., TN, September 21, 1840: "Notice - I forewarn all persons from trading or crediting my wife Rebecca Hill, on my account as I will not pay any of her contracts. Benjamin Hill."
ALLEN HILL, born November 27, 1792 in Windsor Town, Bertie Co., NC; His first wife was Anna Parham, (sister to Sarah Parham who married Allen's brother, John J.) Allen and Anna married in 1811 in Jasper Co., GA. They had eleven children; Caroline, Lucinda, Milton, Elizabeth, Augustus, Hertentious, Ceylon S., Laurence, Adonis "Alonzo", Martha Adelaide, and Anna Alsena.
Allen Hill was a Baptist minister. He moved his family from GA to Somerville, TN about 1816, and a year later to Maury Co., TN. His ministerial credentials were recorded in Maury Co., November 20, 1819 and he was pastor of the Baptist Church of Christ on Fountain Creek. In 1830 he was pastor of Pigeon Ford Creek Baptist Church in Giles Co. In 1843 he went south for health reasons to Monroe Co., MS. He was ordained for that state May 3, 1843. In 1847 he was pastor of the Baptist Church of Christ in New Hope, Chicasaw Co., MS. His wife, Anna, died there about 1851. He married his second wife, Hepsinda Prewitt Bailey, and moved to Clark, Co., AR where his oldest son, Milton, and family had settled before 1850. Allen was a staunch Democrat. He died January 4, 1874 in Dobeyville, Clark Co., AR, and he and his wife, Hepsinda, are buried on his farm there.
Some information courtesy of Douglas Hill and Edith Neal Hill Kniffen
MARTHA HILL, born 1779 in NC; married David Morgan. One daughter, Elenor Morgan, married her first cousin, Ervin Hill, the son of her mother's brother, Henry J. A. Hill.
ELIZABETH HILL, born after 1772, NC; third wife of Mitchell Watkins who fought in the Revolutionary War; Died before 1850. Five children; Mitchell Watkins, Jr., b. Feb. 17, 1804, Isaac H. Watson, Lucinda, Sindrilla, and Phonetta.
LUCINDA "LUCY" HILL, born July 6, 1778; married Ethelred May after 1790; died circa 1858. Two known children; John b. 1804 and a daughter b. abt. 1805, name unknown.
MARY ANN HILL, born 1775, NC; married Thomas Webb. Four children; Isaac Hill Webb, John Webb, Cynthia Webb and James Webb. Mary Ann and Thomas died young, and the guardianship of their children was given to Mary Ann's brothers, John Hill and Isaac Hill, Jr.
SARAH HILL, born after 1797 in NC; married Sylvanous Knight and died Jan. 16, 1854. Little more is known of her life or whether she had children.
(There were no children of Isaac Hill Sr. and Lydia White)
CHILDREN OF ASA HILL and ELIZABETH BARKSDALE.
ANSON HILL, died in infancy ca. 1810, GA.
GREEN WASHINGTON HILL, DR., born May 27, 1812 in GA; married Susan Cade Webb (b. Nov. 14, 1814, oldest daughter of John Claiborn Webb and Faithy Watkins Alford and sister of Gen. Wm. G. Webb who married Sarah Anne Amelia Hill) April 3, 1834, Troup Co, LaGrange, GA. Moved to LaGrange, TX ca. 1840. They had four children; John C., Green Washington Jr., Elizabeth and Mattie. Died Sept. 20, 1844. Their son, Green Washington Hill, Jr., was born about 1837 and appears on the muster roll of the "Dixie Grays" at LaGrange, TX, June 8, 1861, and later on the roll for Capt. Z.M.P. Rabb's Company, Jan 13, 1863. Green W. Hill Jr. was married to Susan Panella Rhem in LaGrange, TX. In later years, her widow's Confederate Pension Application was denied due to "insufficient evidence" stemming from poor to no record keeping in many instances during the Civil War and a lack of living witnesses to testify on her behalf.
Photos of Green W. Hill, Jr. and Susan P. Rhem courtesy of Joe Gilman.
JEFFREY BARKSDALE HILL; born May 7, 1816, GA; died May 5, 1901, Columbus, TX; interred in the Waelder Cemetery, Waelder, TX. Married Mary E. Harrison in Columbus, TX, 1856, daughter of Dr. R. P. Harrison, and had nine children; John R., William Thompson, Jeffrey Barksdale, Jr., Green Washington, Preston, Elizabeth "Bettie" (married W.H. Hill, no relation), Lula V. (married Lee Chaddock), Martha, and Thomas Jefferson. (see link to "Selected Biographies" for more information on Jeffrey B. Hill)
He was a member of the fateful Mier Expedition after moving to Texas, and was severely wounded and held captive by the Mexicans for a year. He also participated in the Somervell Expedition. Joined the Texas Army, and in 1862 joined the Confederate Army.
WILLIAM CARROL ANDREW JACKSON HILL; born December 25, 1814, Putnam Co., GA; Married his first wife, Elizabeth Bowering Jack in March 1835. She was born March 15, 1816 England. They had two sons, William Pinckney and Green W. Hill and a daughter, Elizabeth Bowering Adelia Hill. Elizabeth died March 24, 1866. He then married his second wife, AMELIA WILLIAMS on December 21, 1869, Brazos County, TX. He was 55 years old and she was 21. Amelia was born Feb. 18, 1848 Americus, Sumter Co., GA. They had 12 children; eight survived to adulthood. He died Jan. 5, 1897, Gay Hill, TX, coming down with pneumonia after being caught in a "blue norther" storm the week before as he rode his horse the six miles to Brenham, TX to buy Christmas presents for his two young children still at home. After his death, Amelia sold the Gay Hill property and moved to Burleson County. Amelia died February 6, 1920, after accidently using rat poison for baking powder while making a hoecake for breakfast. Both are interred in Oak Rest Cemetery near Gay Hill, TX.
He enlisted in the Army of the Republic of Texas Sept. 9, 1838, received a land grant in 1838 and was elected Constable of Gay Hill on August 4, 1862, November 29, 1862 and again on August 1, 1864. He was also the seventh postmaster of Gay Hill, TX.
JAMES MONROE HILL, born March 13, 1818 at Putnam Co., GA; married Jane Hallowell Kerr in Washington County, Texas, September 14, 1843; she was born near Cornersville, TN, on October 28, 1824 and died in Austin on March 8, 1905. He died February 2, 1904 at the age of 85. (See link to "Selected Biographies" for more information on James M. Hill)
Participated in the Battle of San Jacinto, the Woll Campaign, joined Capt. William W. Hill's Company, First Regiment, Texas Volunteers in 1836. Later he joined the Confederate Army. Later moved to Austin, TX where he operated a mercantile business. Military service included raids against the Indians, including Commanches, as well as the Mexicans. Became president of the Texas Veterans Association. He and Jane had nine children; James Leonidas "Lonnie" (member of the CSA Texas Cavalry Regiment and fought in MS under General Forrest 1861-1864), John William, Homer Barksdale, George Alfred, Lucy Amanda, Mary Elizabeth, Iola Jane (died in infancy), Frank Webb, and Nola (died in infancy). Two of the children were alive in 1932, Mrs. Lucy Amanda Hill Jones, and Frank Webb Hill.
SERENA PINCKNEY HILL, born Sept. 19, 1820 Putnam Co., GA; married George A. Kerr born July 5, 1810 Augusta, GA. They married in Washington Co., TX on Dec. 13, 1837 and had five children; Lucy, Virginia, George W., John, and James B. Hill.
SUSANNA AMANDA HILL, born Sept. 19, 1821; married Rev. C.W. Thomas at Rutersville, TX, June 28, 1841, where he was a teacher at Rutersville College. She died at San Marcus, TX Aug. 2, 1886. Susanna Amanda had fallen from a chair as an infant and into an open fire, burning several of her fingers off her right hand. It is said she could not use the hand for writing but was able to use it for sewing. Susanna and C.W. Thomas had eleven children.
LOUISIANA ELIZABETH HILL, born Feb. 5, 1824 Putnam Co., GA; married William Penn Kerr born July 10, 1814. Married Sept. 9, 1843 in LaGrange, Fayette Co., TX; died Nov. 7, 1882 in LaGrange, TX. "Aunt Bettie Kerr" made a family "hair tree" from several generations of Hills. It is presently in the possession of her niece, Marie Brady Hunter, 96 yr. old and living in Waco, TX. Louisiana and William Kerr had ten children.
ASA COLLINSWORTH "Colley" HILL, Col. (middle name often misspelled as Collingsworth) born Nov. 1826 in Jasper Co., GA; married Mary Chapman October 3, 1849 in Rutersville, TX. Asa died October 9, 1913 in Beeville, Bee Co., TX and was the last surviving son. He and Mary had two known sons; John Henry Hill and William Asa Hill who became a Judge in Texas.
Served in Mexican War with the Texas Mounted Volunteers, later commanded Spy Company as "Captain of the Spies." Volunteered to serve in Nicaragua with rank of lieutenant. Also Captain in the Texas Rangers. At one time was employed as "amanuensis" for Senator Sam Houston in Washington. Later volunteered as a civilian guide in the Civil War. As a member of the Frontier Forces and the Texas State Police, duties included Indian raids. He was wounded five times.
(Note: "amanuensis" is a secretary employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts)
JOHN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HILL, born November 15, 1828, the first white child to be born in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA. He died February 16, 1904 and is buried in Monterey, Mexico. Married Augustina Segredo in 1855 in Monterey, Mexico; secondly married Mary Ann Murray Masterson Dec. 1895 in CA, who was originally from England. (See links, "Selected Biographies" and "The Romance of John C.C. Hill and Mary Ann" for more information on John C.C. Hill)
Member of the Mier Expedition and Somervell Expedition. Was a skilled mining engineer and a practicing physician. After being captured by the Mexicans during the Mier Expedition at the age of 14 and adopted by Presidente Santa Ana who was impressed by his courage, he lived in Mexico, attended the prestigious mining school there "La Mineria", and married his first wife, the daughter of General Segredo, with whom he had four children; Angelito, Macloria, Alberto, and Carlos Francisco.
There is a biography written about his life starting with his capture by the Mexicans during the Mier Expedition; "The Boy Captive of the Texas Mier Expedition" published originally in 1909 and based on interviews with J.C.C. Hill by the author, F.C.G. Iglehart.
MARY ANN REBECCA HILL, born abt. 1830; married Peter V. Shaw May 7, 1847 in LaGrange, Fayette Co., TX and had five children. She died Dec. 24, 1907 Fayette Co., TX.
SARAH ANN AMELIA HILL, born July 2, 1832, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA. Married Gen. William G. Webb in 1848 Fayette Co., TX. Died July 7, 1883. They had four children.
MARTHA ANN ELIZA HILL, born ca. 1834, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA. Died at age 12 in 1846.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM CARROL JACKSON HILL and AMELIA WILLIAMS
THOMAS GREEN HILL, born Nov. 12, 1870, Washington Co., Gay Hill, TX; married Mamie McCrockoin-Independence; two sons, two daughters, lived in Houston, TX. Died Feb. 1, 1958.
ELIZABETH "BETTE" ADELIA HILL, born July 10, 1872, second child, Washington Co., Gay Hill, TX; married Thomas Claiborn Watson of Galveston, TX. Had three sons, one daughter. Died Feb. 2, 1951.
CARRIE HILL, born December 4, 1876, third child, Washington Co., Gay Hill, TX; married J. Harve Wallace and lived in Ontario, CA. Had five sons and three daughters. Died August 1951.
ANDREW JACKSON "JACK" HILL, born Nov. 25, 1878, Washington Co., Gay Hill, TX; married Louise Langhammer, three sons, one daughter,lived in Silsbee, TX, died Sept. 19, 1973.
JOHN "JOHNNIE" CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HILL, born June 22, 1880, Washington Co., Gay Hill, TX; married Matilda Harker; four sons, two daughters, lived in Somerville, TX, died June 13, 1945.
ELLA RANKIN HILL, born Feb. 22, 1882, Washington Co., Gay Hill, Tx; married Phillip "Ike" Jacob McCabe. Had two sons. Died Feb. 20, 1912 in Rosenburg.
LAURA BELLE HILL, born April 10, 1885, tenth child, Washington Co., Gay Hill, TX; married Camden Chovoin Brady of Dallas, TX. Had one son and two daughters. Died Jan. 3, 1973.
BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL, born January 8, 1892, Gay Hill, TX; married SUSIE MAE GRAHAM December 10, 1910, Brenham, Washington Co., TX. Susie Mae was born April 26, 1890 in Flintville, Lincoln Co., TN, the daughter of James R. Graham and Alice Barker. They had two sons and a daughter in TX before moving to CA in the early 1920's. Susie Mae was the daughter of James Graham and Alice Barker of Flintville, TN, and later had a step-father by the name of James Server in TX who served in the Confederate Army. Susie Mae died May 16, 1977 in San Bernardino, CA. Benjamin died January 4, 1983, Pomona, CA, and is interred at Pomona Cemetery, 502 E. Franklin, Pomona.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL and SUSIE MAE GRAHAM
FARRINGDON GRAHAM HILL, born October 25, 1911, Gay Hill, TX, known as "Don". Died January 28, 1944 at the age of 31 in California. Never married, no known children.
EUGENE BENJAMIN HILL, born December 26, 1912, Gay Hill, TX; married DORRIS CLEO SLATON, May 26, 1940, Houston, TX. "Klee" (as she was called) was born July 19, 1921 in Gainesville, TX. She was the daughter of John Arnold Slaton and Annie D. Roe. Gene died December 28, 1988, Las Vegas, NV., Klee died May 1994, Anchorage, Alaska. Both are interred in Northern Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
MARGUERITE HILL, born March 19, 1915, Gay Hill, TX. Died at age 7 of mastoiditis. Buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX.
CHILDREN OF EUGENE BENJAMIN HILL and DORRIS CLEO SLATON
DEANNA GENE HILL, born in Paso Robles, CA; married Gary D. Orris, July 31, 1961, Las Vegas, NV. One son, Gary Scott Orris, born May 1964, killed in an accident May 26, 1993, Long Lake, Alaska. Interred in Northern Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, AK. One step-son, Keith Evan Orris, and one adopted son, Joel Slayton Orris.
JACQUELINE SUE HILL, born in Paso Robles, CA; married Robert F. Warne, in Houston, TX with whom she had two children; son Michael Robert Warne, born Nov. 2, 1962, killed in an accident May 26, 1993, Long Lake, Alaska, interred in Northern Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, AK, and daughter Kelly Suzanne Warne born March 23, 1968. Married Robert R. Bower, September 2, 1977 in Fairbanks, Alaska. No children. Divorced December 28, 1996.
MICHAEL EUGENE HILL, born November 25, 1951, Pomona, CA; married Kathy Giampietro 1970 in NV; One son, Michael Hill, Jr. born August 10, 1971. Michael Sr. was killed February 10, 1975 at the age of 23 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Interred in Northern Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
JONI KLEE HILL, born 1954 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Married Harold Gene Combs in Las Vegas, NV in 1973; one son, Joel Slayton Combs, born August 23, 1974. Divorced 1974. Married David Salminen July 4, 1975 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Divorced abt. 1977.
Note: Although I have tried to keep information accurate, there may be errors. If you have conflicting or additional information, please write me so that I can change or include the data. I am striving to make this as factual as possible and where there is some question will denote such.
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