John Hill

OCCUPATION: Blacksmith.

HILL-EVANS FEUD: John lived at the mouth of Sugar Creek which is where the first of the great feuds in Kentucky occurred. He was the leader of the Hills in the feud between the Hills and the Evans. After his death, his son, Dr. Oliver Perry Hill, assumed the leadership of the Hills with much blood being shed before the feud ended in 1853.

OTHER: The Hill graveyard is located on the Robert Clark-John Adams farm in Garrard Co, KY.

Excerpt from: "Kentucky: A History of the State", Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887 Garrard Co.... John Hill, the eldest of this family, located in the northern part of Garrard County, near the Kentucky River, and during his lifetime became a successful and representative farmer. He married Malinda Pollard, daughter of Absalom Pollard, a Revolutionary soldier and one of the earliest settlers from Virginia to locate in Garrard County. He was related to the well known family of that name in Virginia. But two children were born to that union: Oliver Perry Hill and his brother William who was an artisan by vocation, and died in Butler County, Ky.