William Hill, Sr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A056112

William Hill was born in Virginia about 1712. He married Susanna Smathers [Smithers in DAR Records] in 1736. William moved to Surry Co., NC (present-day Stokes County) about 1760. He settled on a large farm west of what is now known as the Voss farm in Walnut Cove. William Hill served in the Provincial Congress which met in Hillsboro on August 20, 1775. He died in Stokes County, NC in 1784 and is buried in the Voss Family Cemetery.

Wlliam's son, Robert Hill, served as a Private in the Revolutionary War and was commissioned Captain in 1781 under Major Joseph Winston and Col. Robert Smith. After the war he was known as "Major" Robert Hill.

Disputed Origins

Parents unknown as of March 2019

Seen as son of Sion Hill & Elizabeth Hill without supporting evidence. Also seen as son of Elizabeth Hill

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Notes

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65523952/william-hill

Birth: 1712
Caroline County Virginia, USA Death: Feb., 1787 Stokes County North Carolina, USA

Member of Provincial Congress, which met at Hillsboro, North Carolina on August 20, 1775 (N.C. Colonial Records, Vol. 10, page 165) by Saunders

Moved to Surry County, North Carolina prior to the American Revolution and settled on "Town Fork" in what is now Stokes County, North Carolina.

Left considerable property to be divided between his ten children, nine sons and one daughter.

Children:

• (1)William b.1737;
• (2)Thomas Smithers b.1739;
• (3)Elizabeth b.1747 married William Anson Halbert;
• (4)Robert b.1752;
• (5)Uel b.1753;
• (6)Daniel b.1756;
• (7)Jesse b.1759;
• (8)James b.1761;
• (9)Joel b.1763;
• (10)Josha/Joshua b.1763

Military service: American Revolution, Captain, Pension #16659; Patriotic Service, North Carolina

Military Service Source: WELLS, JOSEPH WINSTON, HIS ENTRY BOOKS, SURRY CO NC LAND ENTRIES, 1778-81 P 6, #53

Military Service Description: 1) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, SURRY CO, 1778

Approved records through Daughters of the American Revolution cite birth about 1712.

Children: Daniel see Memorial# 47267259

FOLLOWING INFO HAS BEEN PROVEN BY DAR:

HILL, WILLIAM SR

• Ancestor #: A056112
• Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: CIRCA 1712 VIRGINIA
• Death: ANTE 2-17-1787 SURRY CO., NORTH CAROLINA
• Service Source: WELLS, JOSEPH WINSTON, HIS ENTRY BOOKS, SURRY CO NC LAND ENTRIES, 1778-81 P 6, #53
• Service Description: TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, SURRY CO, 1778
• Comments: #463685 - WILLIAM HILL JR DATES ARE IN ERROR.
• Residence: 1) County: SURRY CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
• Spouse: 1) SUSANNAH SMITHERS

JFYI//William Hill Sr. died in 1787 in Surry County, N.C. The Hills moved from Caroline County Virginia to near Bowling Green in Surry County N.C. sometime in the 1770's. He was a member of the Provincial Congress, which was held at Hillsboro (N.C.) on 20th August 1775.

His Will dated 1777 was proved in Surry County, N.C. in 1787 and he left considerable property to be divided among his 10 children.

Children list not complete or in chronological order

• 1. Captain Robert Hill, son of William Hill Sr. & Susannah (Smither) Hill was born in February of 1752 in Caroline Co., Va. (Ref: his declaration) and died on 2nd August 1832-34 in Stokes County, NC. He died from injuries received when a tree fell on him (Ref: Am. Genealogical Society Book "The Hill Family"). He was married to Martha Halbert, who died on 20th September 1833. They were married in September of 1769. Martha's sister, Elizabeth, married *Rev. Wm. Hill Jr, older brother of Robert Hill. Robert volunteered early in the Revolutionary War from Surry County, N.C. and served as private under Captain Richard Goode and Col Alexander Martin in the Scotch Expedition for one month. After his return in July of 1776, he again volunteered under Captain Goode for 5 months. In 1780 he served as a Lieutenant under Captain Maredy or Meredith for 5 months. In July of 1780, a tree fell on him, crippling him but apparently not enough to prevent him from continuing to serve. From January 1781 he served as Captain under Major Joseph Winton. After the Battle of Guilford Court House, he served as Captain under Col Robert Smith (Pension Dept-Wash. D.C.). After the war he was called Major Hill. He settled in Surry County NC afterwards divided into Stokes County N.C.

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William Hill Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smithers-26

From Early Hills of the William Hill-Susannah Smither Line:[7]

http://rancho.pancho.pagesperso-orange.fr/Hill.htm

"The main sources about our Hills in the 17th century are the Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va. 1653-1812, the Amelia County, Va. Will Books, the results of DNA testing currently being undertaken, and the "Joshua Hill Foster Papers". Born in 1763, Joshua Hill was more than half a century younger than his father, William Hill. At an advanced age in 1850, Joshua dictated the account of family history now known as the Joshua Hill Papers to his grandson Joshua Hill Foster. Some excerpts from the papers made by Robert Hill during the 1880s are included at the very bottom of this page.

"From these sources it seems that we are looking for the origins of an Episcopalian (therefore someone for whom there should be baptismal records) named William, who was born in Maryland in about the 1670s, who married in Hampshire, Virginia (now West Virginia) in about the 1690s and died in middle age in Virginia, Middlesex County."[7]

"William Hill, Sr., was of English descent, his grandfather Hill having emmigrated from England to Virginia in 1620. The colonial records of Virginia show that William Hill, Sr., was born in Caroline County, Virginia, about 1710, married Susannah Smithers in that County in 1736, and remained there till after 1765 when he moved to Surry County, North Carolina, and was a member of the Provincial Congress which met at Hillsboro, North Carolina, August 20, 1775. "

https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofac00acke/page/n25/mode/2up page 12

Information contributed by D C Hill

From the Heritage of Stokes County, North Carolina Published 1981 by the Stokes County Historical Society, p. 296- 297

Note that later research on William Hill by leading Hill researchers have debunked the erroneous link to Sion Hill.

 In 1736 he married Susannah Smithers.  He was born about 1710-15 and died in Surry County in 1787.  Rev. Thos. H. Bain of Raleigh, North Carolina, a great grandson of Rev. Willian Hill of Surry County state in an affidavit dated February 2, 1926, that his great grandfather and Green Hill who married Grace Bennett were brothers.  In 1737, William Hill and Susanna Smithers were living in Carolina County, Virginia, when their son William was born.  Prior to the Revolution they moved to Surry County, North Carolina, and settled on Town Fork in what is now Stokes County.  He was a member of the Provincial Congress that met at Hillsboro on August 20, 1775..  His will dated 1777, was probated February 534m 1778 (?), Surry County, North Carolina.  In his will he mentions ten children.  

" William Hill, who was born in Virginia in 1710 and married Susan Smithers in 1736, moved into North Carolina in 1760, in the section then known as Surry County and is now known as Stokes County. He settled on a large farm west of what is now known as Walnut Cove and on the land to be later known as the E. R. Voss Farm, presently known as the Shorehill Farm. Here he lived until he died in 1784. William Hill was an important personage of his day; he served in the Provincial Congress which met in Hillsboro, N.C., on August 20, 1775. The follow children were born to Susan Smithers and William Hill: William, Thomas, Robert, Ewell, Elizabeth, Daniel, Jessie, James, Josua and Joel. The last two were twins.

William and Susannah are the parents of Robert Hill.
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Member of Provincial Congress, which met at Hillsboro, North Carolina on August 20, 1775 (N.C. Colonial Records, Vol. 10, page 165) by Saunders

Moved to Surry County, North Carolina prior to the American Revolution and settled on "Town Fork" in what is now Stokes County, North Carolina.

Left considerable property to be divided between his ten children, nine sons and one daughter.

Children: (1)William b.1737; (2)Thomas Smithers b.1739; (3)Elizabeth b.1747 married William Anson Halbert; (4)Robert b.1752; (5)Uel b.1753; (6)Daniel b.1756; (7)Jesse b.1759; (8)James b.1761; (9)Joel b.1763; (10)Josha/Joshua b.1763

Military service: American Revolution, Captain, Pension #16659; Patriotic Service, North Carolina

Military Service Source: WELLS, JOSEPH WINSTON, HIS ENTRY BOOKS, SURRY CO NC LAND ENTRIES, 1778-81 P 6, #53

Military Service Description: 1) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, SURRY CO, 1778

Approved records through Daughters of the American Revolution cite birth about 1712.

Children:
Daniel see Memorial# 47267259

FOLLOWING INFO HAS BEEN PROVEN BY DAR:

HILL, WILLIAM SR
Ancestor #: A056112
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1712 VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 2-17-1787 SURRY CO., NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: WELLS, JOSEPH WINSTON, HIS ENTRY BOOKS, SURRY CO NC LAND ENTRIES, 1778-81 P 6, #53
Service Description: TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, SURRY CO, 1778
Comments: #463685 - WILLIAM HILL JR DATES ARE IN ERROR.
Residence: 1) County: SURRY CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
Spouse: 1) SUSANNAH SMITHERS
Reason This Information Is Correct

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVHY-9GZ
Removed last paragraph. Exact birth date, middle name, etc not established by any sources.