>From the material in the earlier e-mail, I believe that you are talking abut Fort Hawkins, which is located in Macon, GA on the east side of the Ocmulgee River and is in Bibb County, which lies next to Jones county. Hope this helps. By the way the fort is still there as a museum, etc. Charles Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: <PLairdhoward@aol.com> To: <HILL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 3:42 PM Subject: [HILL-L] Pension-Sion L. Hill > Hello Everyone, > This is the information that I was able to gather from the Sion L. Hill > pension. > > Sion L. Hill alias Hurbert Hill, widow Frances Dismuke. Pvt. in Capt. > Joseph Howard's Co., Ga. Mil. Enlisted 20 August 1813, information > given by widow states he enlisted at Fort Hawkins, another page states > he enlisted in Baldwin County, Georgia. (does anyone know where > Fort Hawkins is located?) Discharged 8 March 1814 at Fort Hawkins. > Residence of soldier: 1852 1855 Macon Co., Ala. > Residence of Widow: 1876 1878 Ozark, Dale Co., Ala. > Marriage of Soldier and Widow Dec 5, 1818, Clinton, Jones Co., Ga. > Death of Soldier Aug 2, 1871, Ozark, Ala. > > War of 1812. > > Francis Hill aged Eighty years, a resident of Dale County, in the State of > Alabama, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the > widow of > Sion L. Hill deceased, who was the identical Sion L. Hill, who served under > the > name of Hurbert Hill as a private in the Company commanded > by Captain Thomas Woodard in regiment of Georgia Troups commanded > by Newnon? under Gen. Floyd in the war of Eighteen Hundred & Twelve, that > her said husband voluntered at Fort Hawkins in Ga., on or about the 1st day > of July > in the year A. D. 1814 for the term of War, and continued in actual service > in said war for the term of Six months and whose services terminated, by > reason of an Honorable discharge at Fort Hawkins on the --- day of December > 1814. She further states that the following is a full description of her > said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: Seventeen years 6 months- > farmer Birth Place North Carolina (Hight), five ft. 8 or 10 inches, Hair Black > Eyes Gray, complexion Fair, she further states taht she was married to > the said Sion L. Hill at the city or town of Clinton in the county of Jones > in the > State of Georgia on the Fifth day of December A. D. 1818, by one John Heath, > who was a justice of the peace, and that her name before her said marriage > was Francis Desmuke and she further states that neither claiment nor her > husband had been previously married, and that her said husband Sion L. Hill > died near Ozark in the State of Albama on the 2nd day of August A. D. 1871. > and she further > declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and > her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: Resdied > in > Jones Co. Georgia from 1818 to 1832 from there to Haris Co., Ga, & resided > there > 10 years & from there to the State of Alabama where they have resided until > date > 1878." > > Records also state that he was in the Indian War: > Sion L. Hill was a Major & commanded a Battallion under > the command of Brigadier General Henry Lowe in the Indian War > of (1836) of the Georgia Militia: that he enlisted or voluntered at > Hamilton, in the County of Harris in the State of Georgia, on or about > the 10 or 15th of May A. D. 1836 for the term of said Indian War, > and continued in actual service in said war for the term of near > three months (141 days) and was honorably discharged at Hamilton, > Harris Co., Georgia on or about the last of July or 1st August 1836. > > I find this Hill family in the following locations during the Federal Census. > 1820 Putnam County, GA. > 1830 Jones County, GA. > 1840 Harris County, GA. > 1850- Have not located them in this census. > 1860 Macon County, GA. > > Sincerely, > Patricia Laird Howard > > > ==== HILL Mailing List ==== > Questions about this list? Feel free to contact > the listowner for help at: > <gbh333@aol.com > > >