George Washington HILL 10421, Larue Co.
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George Washington HILL 10421, Larue Co.
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Classification: Biography
Surnames: Hill, Tucker, Cox, Hodges, Smith, Davenport, Blain, Weller, Blain, Purdy
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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 1, Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd edition 1886. Larue Co.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL was born February 22, 1845, in Stokes County, N. C., and is the sixth of six sons and three daughters, seven of whom lived to be grown, born to Samuel and Susan (Tucker) Hill, both born in Stokes County. Samuel Hill was a farmer and school teacher; was married in Stokes County in 1833, and immigrated to Hart County, Ky., in 1846, and in 1849 settled on 120 acres in La Rue County. He was a captain and colonel of militia in North Carolina; received military instructions and taught several schools of this character, and on coming to Kentucky was made a captain and colonel of Kentucky militia, and died in 1853, aged fifty years. His father, Samuel Hill, who was a hatter by trade, and also a farmer, married Sallie Cox, daughter of Richard Cox, of Stokes County, N.C. He was a large slave holder, and lived to be about ninety years old. He had a brother, John Hill, who was captured by the Indians, and held a prisoner for a few years, when he made his escape. Mrs. Susan Hill was a daughter of John Smith Tucker, who was a farmer, and a patriot of the war of 1812. He married Wilmith Hodges, of Halifax County, Va. John S. Tucker was born in Halifax County, Va., who married Sallie Smith, of Virginia. Robert Tucker was a slave-holder, a son of William Tucker, who was of English stock. Wilmith Hodges was a daughter of Thomas Hodges, of Halifax County, Va. George W. Hill was reared on a farm, and was married, May 9, 1878, to Rachel Louisa Davenport, who was born November 4, 1850, in Marion County, Kentucky. She is a daughter of Benjamin A. And Nancy A. (Blain) Davenport, natives of Marion County, Ky. Mr. Hill and wife have two children to bless their union, Benjamin Howard and Samuel Judson. They are members of the Baptist and Methodist Episcopal Churches. In 1872 Mr. Hill purchased eighty acres where he now resides, two miles south of Hodgensville, but now owns 122 acres, which he has acquired by his own industry. In politics he is a Democrat. His wife’s father was born in Virginia in 1811, and came to Kentucky at the age of twelve with a widowed mother and other relatives and friends, that settled in Hardin County, Ky. He learned the trade of gunsmith under David Weller, in Elizabethtown, Ky., and afterward located in Lebanon, where he married Nancy A. Blain, whose father, James Blain, was born in Virginia in 1796, and participated in the war of 1812, and was engaged in the battle of New Orleans. After the war he married Nancy Purdy, near Lebanon in Marion County, Ky., and lived happily together in a home secured by their join labor until his death, in 1862, at the age of sixty-six. His wife lived a few years longer and died October 25, 1870, at the age of seventy-one years.
Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 1, Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd edition 1886. Larue Co.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL was born February 22, 1845, in Stokes County, N. C., and is the sixth of six sons and three daughters, seven of whom lived to be grown, born to Samuel and Susan (Tucker) Hill, both born in Stokes County. Samuel Hill was a farmer and school teacher; was married in Stokes County in 1833, and immigrated to Hart County, Ky., in 1846, and in 1849 settled on 120 acres in La Rue County. He was a captain and colonel of militia in North Carolina; received military instructions and taught several schools of this character, and on coming to Kentucky was made a captain and colonel of Kentucky militia, and died in 1853, aged fifty years. His father, Samuel Hill, who was a hatter by trade, and also a farmer, married Sallie Cox, daughter of Richard Cox, of Stokes County, N.C. He was a large slave holder, and lived to be about ninety years old. He had a brother, John Hill, who was captured by the Indians, and held a prisoner for a few years, when he made his escape. Mrs. Susan Hill was a daughter of John Smith Tucker, who was a farmer, and a patriot of the war of 1812. He married Wilmith Hodges, of Halifax County, Va. John S. Tucker was born in Halifax County, Va., who married Sallie Smith, of Virginia. Robert Tucker was a slave-holder, a son of William Tucker, who was of English stock. Wilmith Hodges was a daughter of Thomas Hodges, of Halifax County, Va. George W. Hill was reared on a farm, and was married, May 9, 1878, to Rachel Louisa Davenport, who was born November 4, 1850, in Marion County, Kentucky. She is a daughter of Benjamin A. And Nancy A. (Blain) Davenport, natives of Marion County, Ky. Mr. Hill and wife have two children to bless their union, Benjamin Howard and Samuel Judson. They are members of the Baptist and Methodist Episcopal Churches. In 1872 Mr. Hill purchased eighty acres where he now resides, two miles south of Hodgensville, but now owns 122 acres, which he has acquired by his own industry. In politics he is a Democrat. His wife’s father was born in Virginia in 1811, and came to Kentucky at the age of twelve with a widowed mother and other relatives and friends, that settled in Hardin County, Ky. He learned the trade of gunsmith under David Weller, in Elizabethtown, Ky., and afterward located in Lebanon, where he married Nancy A. Blain, whose father, James Blain, was born in Virginia in 1796, and participated in the war of 1812, and was engaged in the battle of New Orleans. After the war he married Nancy Purdy, near Lebanon in Marion County, Ky., and lived happily together in a home secured by their join labor until his death, in 1862, at the age of sixty-six. His wife lived a few years longer and died October 25, 1870, at the age of seventy-one years.