William T. Hill

Don’t confuse his family with that of Green Hill, Sr.

DAR Ancestor # A056136

• HILL, WILLIAM JR Ancestor #: A056136
• Notice: DATA IN THE CORRECTION FILE (WHY?)
• Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 1737 CAROLINE CO VIRGINIA
• Death: 1792 WAKE CO NORTH CAROLINA
• Service Source: SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, P 166; FRIES, RECS OF THE MORAVIANS IN NC, VOL 2, PP 845, 848, 939; WELLS, HIS ENTRY BOOKS, SURRY CO NC LAND ENTRIES 1778-81, P 54
• Service Description:
• 1) DELEGATE TO PROV CONGRESS; MEM OF COMM OF SAFETY; ENCOURAGED MORAVIANS TO SUPPORT AMERICAN CAUSE
• 2) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, SURRY CO., 17 AUG 1778
• COMMENTS: DATACF RETAINED TO SORT OUT SEVERAL WILLIAM HILLS. 3-2010
• SPOUSE: HANNINIAH ELIZABETH HALBERT

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Page 292 Doc No. 333 - State of North Carolina to William Hill for Copy of Entry. State of North Carolina No. 2181. Land containing 2500 acres on a creek that empties into the River Obion on the North Side beginning on the upper line of an Entry No. 2160 on said creek and running up both south sides for complement observing the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided for running out lands to just and fair plans of such survey, etc. Dated 1784.

Grant 2180 obtained from TN Archives describes 2500 acres in reen County along Elk River. This is dated 1793.

Obtained at least 5 Land Grants in Weakley and Obion Counties, Tennessee.

William Hill assignee of the heirs of Isaac Hardy by virtue of Military Warrant No. 264 for One Thousand Ninety Seven acres enters the same in the 13th District in the 9th and 10th sections of the Sixth Range beginning at William E. Anderson east corner on the South West & C. for grantity. April 3, 1821.

Rev William Hill, Jr BIRTH 1737 Caroline County, Virginia, USA DEATH 29 Sep 1792 (aged 54–55) Wake County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: burial location unknown but buried in North Carolina MEMORIAL ID 65524343 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 13 Moved to North Carolina a few years earlier than his father; owned a place on the Dan River, in what is now Rockingham County, called Popular Hill, where he died in 1792. He was a member of the Committee of Safety for the Salisbury District in 1775 (NC Colonial Records Vol. 10, page 215).

Served in the American Revolution.

Proven line in DAR. Info for birth & death have come from proven sources. My DAR application was approved on this line in 1976 the old fashion way. Great documentation. I also submitted a DAR supplemental on his wife which was approved in 1981.

Known children from union of Rev. William Hill, Jr. and his wife, Hannah Elizabeth Halbert: Cynthia, wife of ??? Crawford William, husband of Sarah Geddy Thomas, husband of Catherine Shrepshire James, husband of Nancy Royalty John, husband of Obedience (Cullum) Frances, wife of Maj. Mark Hardin Green, husband of Nancy Mitchell Elizabeth, wife of John Moore Mary, wife of Osborn Childress Joab, husband of Elizabeth Lane

(special thanks to Ann Taylor for the following info) THE LOUISIANA SOCIETY of the NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: (National # 99941, State # 1583) Rudolph John HOLZER III, Application examined and approved 24 Feb 1970; Accepted by the State Board of Management 18 Mar 1970. Certificate of Membership delivered 13 May 1970.

Rev William Hill, Jr. (a Baptist minister) was a member of the Hillsboro Convention that met August 20, 1775 to improvise a system of government for the state of North Carolina.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65524343/william-hill

Moved to North Carolina a few years earlier than his father; owned a place on the Dan River, in what is now Rockingham County, called Popular Hill, where he died in 1792. He was a member of the Committee of Safety for the Salisbury District in 1775 (NC Colonial Records Vol. 10, page 215).

Served in the American Revolution.

Proven line in DAR. Info for birth & death have come from proven sources. My DAR application was approved on this line in 1976 the old fashion way. Great documentation. I also submitted a DAR supplemental on his wife which was approved in 1981.

Known children from union of Rev. William Hill, Jr. and his wife, Hannah Elizabeth Halbert:

1. Cynthia, wife of ??? Crawford
2. William, husband of Sarah Geddy
3. Thomas, husband of Catherine Shrepshire
4. James, husband of Nancy Royalty
5. John, husband of Obedience (Cullum)
6. Frances, wife of Maj. Mark Hardin
7. Green, husband of Nancy Mitchell
8. Elizabeth, wife of John Moore
9. Mary, wife of Osborn Childress
10. Joab, husband of Elizabeth Lane

(special thanks to Ann Taylor for the following info) THE LOUISIANA SOCIETY of the NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: (National # 99941, State # 1583) Rudolph John HOLZER III, Application examined and approved 24 Feb 1970; Accepted by the State Board of Management 18 Mar 1970. Certificate of Membership delivered 13 May 1970.

Rev William Hill, Jr. (a Baptist minister) was a member of the Hillsboro Convention that met August 20, 1775 to improvise a system of government for the state of North Carolina.

William Hill discovered in North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30427274?h=6850b

… John Glenn & Elizabeth Glenn formerly Elizabeth Hill petitions the court, William Hill died intestate, leaving sons John, William, James, & Green Hill … Elizabeth Hill now Glenn his widow & relict. …. Sues for her 1/3 dower right …

Family

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~popfraley/history/pafg72.htm#2020

William HILL Jr. [Parents] was born about 1737 in , Caroline, Virginia. He died on 29 Sep 1792 in Rockingham, , North Carolina. He married Hannah Elizabeth HALBERT in Jan 1758 in , Caroline, Va.

[Notes]

Hannah Elizabeth HALBERT [Parents] was born on 17 Sep 1742 in , Caroline, Virginia. She died in , , North Carolina. She married William HILL Jr. in Jan 1758 in , Caroline, Va.

Other marriages:
GLEN, John

They had the following children:

1. M i Thomas HILL
2. M ii James HILL
3. F iii Mary HILL
4. F iv Elizabeth HILL
5. M v William HILL III
6. M vi Joab HILL
7. F vii Cynthia HILL was born about 1776 in , Surry, North Carolina.
8. F viii Frances HILL
9. M ix John HILL was born about 1780 in , Surry, North Carolina.
10. M x Green HILL
11. F xi Polly HILL was born about 1784 in , , Tennessee.

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References

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 9 2022, 13:05:56 UTC
• http://rancho.pancho.pagesperso-orange.fr/Revhill.htm
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~popfraley/history/pafg72.htm#2020

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• Residence: Townfork Settlement, Surry, North Carolina, United StatesTownfork Settlement, Surry, North Carolina, United States
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 4 2023, 10:02:21 UTC

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• Military_service: Virginia, United States - January 1779
• Military_service: Virginia, British Colonial America - 15 March 1781
• Residence: Townfork Settlement, Surry, North Carolina, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 4 2023, 19:24:26 UTC