John Hildreth

He was a farmer. The marriage bond says "John Hildruth and Darkis Shaw, age 21, daughter of William Shaw, with James Shaw surety dated February 9, 1775."

John Hildreth is frequently mentioned in Montgomery County, Virginia deeds and was a farmer, large landowner and slave owner. An 11 February 1785 deed concerning William Finley states that his land borders on that of John Heldrith. On 27 May 1786 John Heldrith bought 135 acres on the Cove. John and Dorcas Hildreth are named in a 1795 deed. On 18 October 1796 John Hildreth of Bourbon County, Kentucky bought from William Anderson part of a 10,000 acre survey in Clark County, Kentucky. He made his will in April 1814 and died the same month. In his will he freed his mulatto slave Nancy, who then had three children, Dennis, Eliza Ann and Peter. One of the witnesses to the will was Jeffery Hildrith, his brother.