Jerry and Jackie, I have this Clement Hill Biography from another site which partially describes this family. This is where I started. Mike > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Sandi Gorin [mailto:sgorin@glasgow-ky.com] > >Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:10 AM > >To: KYBIOGRAPHIES-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: CLEMENT S HILL 10483, MARION CO > > > >I have no connection and no further information. Sandi > > > >10483 MARION CO - HILL, CLEMENT S - Hill, Miles, Pottinger, > >Cartwright, > >Hamilton, Spalding, Byrne, Chapeze, Clay, Rives > > > >#10483: Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, 2nd edition, 1885, Marion Co. > >HON. CLEMENT S. HILL. Among the old Catholic families that at an > early period in the history of the State became identified with its > pioneer history and development, none have occupied a more conspicuous > and honorable place than the one represented by the subject of this > sketch. About the middle of the last century Thomas Hill, a member of > an old English Catholic family, immigrated to America and settled in > St. Mary's County, Md., where, abut the year 1754, he married Rebecca > Miles, a representative of another family of similar faith, who bore > him a family of seven children - three sons and four daughters. At the > beginning of the year 1787, he, with his brother-in-law, Philip Miles, > living up to that time near Leonardtown, St. Mary's Co., Md., arranged > to remove their families to Kentucky. Their proposed journey was begun > in February, and toward the end of March, on the very day they > expected to land above the falls of the Ohio, their boat was fired on > by the Indians. A negro slave of Thomas Hill was killed, besides > several horses, and he himself was seriously wounded by the passage of > an ounce ball through both of his thighs. This happened about eighteen > miles above Louisville. The boat was soon carried by the current > beyond reach of the savages' guns and before night its living freight > of men, women and children was safely housed in that town. Soon after > the entire party went to Bardstown where they remained a year, and > Thomas Hill, owing to the severity of his wounds, for a much longer > time. In March, 1788, Philip Miles and Harry Hill, son of Thomas Hill, > purchased lands in the Pottinger's Creek settlement, to which they > removed immediately and upon which they passed the remainder of their > days. Thomas Hill, after recovering from his wounds, moved from > Bardstown to Cartwright's Creek, in the spring of 1789, where he soon > purchased land and entered upon the life of farmer. He was very > zealous in his Catholic faith and was one of the chief promoters of > the strong Catholic colony which afterward centered in that locality; > and was chiefly instrumental in erecting the first house of worship > there. He labored also to provide for his children every facility for > culture that was within his means, and especially to found them > securely in the Catholic faith, and to present to them reasonable > motives for its constant and systematic practice. His death occurred > in 1820, at the ripe age of ninety-seven years, and his descendants > are numerously distributed through the South and the West. Clement > Hill, the youngest son of Thomas Hill, remained with his parents until > after his majority, when he married, in 1798, Mary Hamilton, a > daughter of Thomas Hamilton, whose cousin Leonard was the maternal > grandfather of the late Most Rev. M. J. Spalding, bishop of Louisville > and archbishop of Baltimore. In the year 1803 he removed to and opened > a farm lying within two miles of the site of the present town of > Lebanon, where he lived to the date of his death, December 13, 1832. > He was a man of exemplary faith and piety, true to the tenets of his > church, and of unquestioned integrity in all the relations of life. He > was the father of seventeen children born of one wife. Clement S. > Hill, son of Clement, to whom this sketch is chiefly dedicated, was > born on the old homestead near Lebanon, on the 13th of February 1813. > He received a thorough education at St. Mary's College, Lebanon, when > that institution was still controlled by its founder, Rev. Wm. Byrne. > He afterward taught school in different parts of the State, and > subsequently pursued the study of law under the late Benjamin Chapeze, > of Bardstown, a lawyer of great ability and a man of singular worth > and purity of character, and in the fall of 1837 was admitted to the > bar. He located at Lebanon, and, being possessed of an analytic mind > and of rare gifts as a speaker, soon secured a lucrative practice and > full recognition of his legal acquirements at the hands of the leading > lawyers of the State, among whom he soon occupied the front rank. He > continued in active practice, adding constantly to his reputation as a > successful practitioner down to 1885, feeling the effects of years of > close professional study and of active work as an advocate, he relaxed > his energies and made way for younger men. As a general practitioner > Mr. Hill has had few superiors at the Kentucky bar. To an unexampled > skill as a pleader, he had the added qualities of a strong advocate > and an exceeding aptitude in the taking of proof and the establishment > of his case. Politically Mr. Hill was formerly a Henry Clay Whig, but > since the dissolution of the Whig party has acted more or less with > political independence. He was a strong Union man during the late > civil war, and was authorized by the Government to raise a regiment > for the national defense, but was prevented by failing health from > taking the field. In 1839 he was elected on local issues to the lower > branch of the State Legislature, and in 1853, the Fifth District in > Congress, serving the full term at Washington. In his religious belief > he is a firm and ardent supporter of the Catholic faith. Since 1846 he > has resided on his farm about two miles from Lebanon, coming to the > county seat each day to attend his professional business. He was > married November 24, 1840, to Miss Alathair, daughter of Joseph > Spalding, of Marion County, who became the mother of twelve children. > Of these four only attained years of maturity: Ann Mary, Clement J. > (who died a farmer and left seven children), John B. (who died at the > age of twenty-four) and Susan (wife of H. W. Rives, a native of > Mississippi practicing law at Lebanon. Jackie King wrote: >Jerry - > >I've never done that much with the Hill family - but I can tell you >that one clue to the Elizabeth's identity is in her aunt Mary Miles >Mooney's will in which Elizabeth is identified as Elizabeth Gardner >Hill. I have never identified her husband although I have to admit I >have never really tried that much. > >I also don't have good birth years for the Hill children I do list but >the fact that is will, which was written in 1760 only names two of them >makes me wonder if there were only two Hill children by that date and >that also makes me wonder about John Baptist Hill. It's possible since >Thomas and Rebecca were married in 1753 that they had a child in 1754. I >just wonder why he wasn't included in Mary's will. > >Jackie. > >MOONEY, MARY, St Mary's Co., widow. 22 May, 1760; 8 Jun, 1761 >To bro. Josias Miles, some slaves. >To nephew Henry Hill, some slaves, and should he die without: issue, to >his sister Elizabeth Gardiner Hill. >To sister Elizabeth, >To sister Verlinda Miles, gold ring, estate not herein devised to my sister >Dorothy Miles. >To my honoured mother, during her life, and my honoured father, the other >half. >Mentions her bros. and sisters. >Extx: Sister Dorothy Miles. >Wit: Philip Key, Mev Lock. >Codicils She appoints bro. John Barton Miles, joint ex. >Wit: Wm. Joseph, Joseph Thompson. 31. 398 > >Mary Moony 76.310 SM £236.4.6 Sep 14 1761 Nov 5 1761 >(also Mary Mooney) >Appraisers: William Joseph, Clement Hill. >Creditors: Thomas James. >Next of kin: John Barton Miles, Belender Miles. >Executrix: Elisabeth Miles. > >_________ > > >Jerry L. Clark wrote: > > >>Mike >> >>One difference I have from my notes is that daughter Elizabeth Hill married >>Adam FOGLE. Not sure if I have correct Elizabeth HILL or have her placed >>correctly. Perhaps others can comment on what they have. But I have nothing >>of documented proof to place this Elizabeth under these parents. My notes >>came from Beverly Thompson Tyler >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>On Behalf Of Jerry L. Clark >>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 11:26 AM >>To: ltcolmichaelj@bellsouth.net; mdstmary@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Would like the children of Thomas Hill and >>RebeccaMiles >> >>These are my notes: >> >>Thomas Hill and Rebecca Miles Family >> >>1. Elizabeth Hill,b.1757 m. John Files lived in Berkeley Co Va >> >> >>2. John Baptist Hill b. in 1754 near Leonardtown Md. >>m. @ 1778 Mary Jarboe dau of Henry Jarboe.Mary died bef.1822 >>John m. Mary Gristy dau of Clement Gristy about 2/4/1823 >>John Baptist Hill died 7/23/1841 in Nelson Co.Ky at the age of 87. >> >> >>3. Charles Hill b.in 1761 d.age 85 on 3/5/1846 m. Margaret Nichols >> >> >>4. Mary Hill b.1766 in SMCMD m. Jeremiah Herbert on 11/15/1786 >> >> >>5. Dorothy Hill b.1769 m. John Thomas Jarboe on 12/24/1791 in Nelson Co. Ky >> >> >>6. Aloysia Hill b. abt 1722 m. Ignatius Clark ,son of Ignatius Clark and >>Ann Fenwick. >> >> >>7. Clement Hill b.3/22/1776 m. Mary Hamilton on November 13,1798 >> >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- Michael J. Gough ltcolmichaelj@bellsouth.net