Does anyone have information on Caria/Cary HILL who was married in 1825 to Sally Miller? Cary died before 1840 in a well cave-in. According to 1830 and 1840 census this couple had 2 sons and 3 daughters. In 1850 Sally Hill is shown with 2 daughters, Permelia and Careannes [Cary Ann]. Living in the next household is Henry C. Evans age 22, wife Eliza Evans age 22 with baby son, James C. This Eliza Evans was a Hill before her marriage, I believe she is a daughter of Cary and Sarah Miller Hill as she is in the right age bracket. Also, James Riley and Thomas M. Hill, who are residing in Barren County jail in the 1850 census, are in the correct age brackets for sons of Cary and Sally Miller Hill. Would like some information to either prove or disprove my theories, and some background for Caria/Cary Hill. This 'brick wall' really needs some help! Betty C

Hello, Betty - I just have to think that we have a connection somehow - I have HILLs in Barren Co. too, although I can't make the connection to Cary HILL. My HILLs were brothers Nelson, Robert R. and James, all born in VA in the 1770's, and all in Barren Co. KY by the early 1800's. My direct ancestor is Robert R. HILL who died in 1818 in Barren Co. and left 9 orphans, who were adopted out through the courts. I think they mostly lived in the northern part of the county, because after Hart Co. was formed, some of them were living there (in the Horse Cave area). My ancestor Enoch, youngest child of Robert R., was in Indiana by 1840 - several family members moved there.....does any of this ring a bell with you? Anita HILL Tally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Collier" <lgblcollier@sbcglobal.net> To: <HILL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 6:20 AM Subject: [HILL] Hill in Barren County, Kentucky > Does anyone have information on Caria/Cary HILL who was married in 1825 to > Sally Miller? Cary died before 1840 in a well cave-in. According to 1830 > and 1840 census this couple had 2 sons and 3 daughters. In 1850 Sally > Hill is shown with 2 daughters, Permelia and Careannes [Cary Ann]. Living > in the next household is Henry C. Evans age 22, wife Eliza Evans age 22 > with baby son, James C. This Eliza Evans was a Hill before her marriage, > I believe she is a daughter of Cary and Sarah Miller Hill as she is in the > right age bracket. Also, James Riley and Thomas M. Hill, who are residing > in Barren County jail in the 1850 census, are in the correct age brackets > for sons of Cary and Sally Miller Hill. Would like some information to > either prove or disprove my theories, and some background for Caria/Cary > Hill. > > This 'brick wall' really needs some help! > Betty C > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HILL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Anita, Thank you for your reply. My ancestor was Eliza J. Hill born 1827 in KY. So she isn't the daughter of your Robert, however she named her first born child James Calvin Evans. I have looked at the James Hill name and wondered if he could be a relative. I think his name is shown as one of the witnesses in the murder of Abner Anderson in 1849, which involved James Riley Hill and Thomas M. Hill whom I believe to be the son's of Cary Hill and Sally Miller. I arrived at that deduction because Sally Miller Hill, her daughter Permelia Hill and Eliza's husband, Clinton Evans were among the witnesses for the defendants. Abner Anderson was a school teacher and evidentially the end of school was a special day of partying for the neighborhood. And same reasoning for the belief that Eliza could be the daughter of Cary and Sally Miller Hill. It is all a based on this bit of evidence and a goodly amount of guessing. My hope is if I put the facts and whatever else I have out there, someone will either prove or disprove my theories. All I know about Eliza, who died in 1806, was she must have been a very strong lady. Her husband died in 1865 about one month after her last child was born. She never remarried, and raised 7 children on a farm in Cooper County, Missouri. Family stories are told of the rough times during and after the Civil War when bushwhackers and carpetbaggers raided the countryside, taking the family foods and livestock and often killing the people. It is said when Eliza heard the noise of approaching men, either walking or on horses, she gave her children pieces of cornbread and sent them to hide in a prepared pile of brush until she could safely call them back home. A very courageous lady. James Hill sounds interesting and worth more research. Betty