I wonder if this could be the brother of my John Hill, b. 1770, lived in Jefferson Co TN before 1800....He married in Jefferson Co, 1806, to Margaret Dobbins/Dobkins. They raised a family of eleven there. Doris Peirce lena wrote: > > This is from a 6th cousin of mine that I recently found on one side of the > family, and she has Hill's on her side, but those are not the same as mime. > Thought I would forward her letter on. lena > I will let her know of respones because she has webtv and it does not do a > lot of things computers do. Thank you, lena@valu-line.net > Subject: Re: ABRAHAM HILL of RAY CO, MO > > There was a woman years ago who lived in Ray Co. who was doing research > on her Hill family that came from there. I found out about her only > months after she died from the Ray Co. Historical Society. I often > wondered where her research records went. Anyhow, it turned out we came > from the same line. > Abraham Hill, RW Vet of TN, came to Ray Co. in about 1818, I believe > Ray Co. was still part of Howard Co. until 1821. If I remember > correctly, Abraham died in the home of his son , James Hill , in about > 1842. This was in Ray Co, MO. > On the first DAR filed on Abraham Hill, it said he fought for Conn. > That was an error. He was from Jefferson and Cocke Co., TN and he > fought for the state of TN. He was a large land owner in the Ray Co. > area, who left his estate to his youngest daughter by his last wife. > I believe he was buried in Ray Co, and a plate was placed on his grave > by the DAR. Seems he was buried in a field and cattle in the past had > done much damage to his grave stone. I think I'm talking about him. > Could be wrong. > His father was Samuel Hill who died in Jefferson Co., TN. Abraham was > born in NJ, I'll send you the names of his other children tomorrow. > It's been years since I worked on this family, > Abraham Hill was the father of my Samuel Hill who moved from TN to > Carroll Co. (later Caldwell Co.) in about 1833. He died in Caldwell Co > in 1870 and was buried on his farm. Marion > > ==== HILL Mailing List ==== > Where to send messages to the list..... > HILL-L@rootsweb.com