Individual Details
Richard Hill
(CA, 1720 - CA, 1768 - 1772)
Events
| Birth | CA, 1720 | Virginia |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous | JANUARY 18, 1765 | Land Grant - Craven County, North Carolina | | | |
| Death | CA, 1768 - 1772 | South Carolina | | | |
| Marriage | Dorcas Moberley | | |||
| Miscellaneous | Family Associations | | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Relationship | | |
Families
| Spouse | Dorcas Moberley ( - ) |
| Child | Asaph Hill (1767 - 1845) |
| Child | Abel Hill (1770 - ) |
| Child | William Hill (1773 - ) |
| Father | Abel Hill ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Wagoner ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Richard Hill's date of birth is estimated from his acquisition of land in 1765. He would have to be at least 21 to own land.Miscellaneous
Richard Hill was granted 100 acres on Beaver Creek, a branch of the Broad River, on 1-18-1765, in the Camden area of Craven County, SC, which is currently in Fairfield County, SC.He was granted another 50 acres, also on Beaver Creek, on 11-1-1760.
Death
Richard Hill probably died in the Camden District of present day Fairfield County, SC.Miscellaneous
It is believed that these families were related and arrived in the Camden area together from Lunenburg County, VA: Moberley, Meadows (Meador), Hill, and Halsey (Halsell.)Miscellaneous
Col. William Hill is likely a relative of Richard Hill. The exact relationship is undetermined at this time, but he is possibly a nephew.Col. William Hill was b. 9-13-1741, in Ireland and d. 12-1-1816, in SC; he was married to Jane McCall; his father was John Hill; and he had a sister named Rebecca, b. c 1748; he had sons named John and Alexander.
His Find A Grave memorial #133260248 has information from his will indicating his children were Andrew, Solomon, Robert, William, Elizabeth, and Rachel; John and Alexander are not mentioned.
Col. William Hill fought (possibly with Andrew Jackson) and was wounded at the Battle of Hanging Rock in NC.
Col. William Hill was one of the first to plan attacks against the British in the Carolina area during the American Revolution.
Col. William Hill was one of the commanders of the New Acquisition Militia Regiment in York County, SC, during the American Revolution. His Hill Ironworks was destroyed on 6-15-1780, by the British, when he was left to defend it with a small number of his men.
Col. William Hill, although wounded, still was able to command his troops at the Battle of King's Mountain.
Col. William Hill's grandson, Daniel Harvey Hill, was a prominent Confederate General.
Endnotes
1. Family Tree, RootsWeb.Ancestry.com, World Connect (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : Accessed 28 December 2016), Stevens, Marshall, Mitchell, Washington, and Other Families: Richard Hill; Family Tree maintained by Pat M. Stevens, IV; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stevensp&id=I02079.
2. Family Tree, RootsWeb.Ancestry.com, World Connect (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : Accessed 28 December 2016), Stevens, Marshall, Mitchell, Washington, and Other Families: Richard Hill; Family Tree maintained by Pat M. Stevens, IV; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stevensp&id=I02079.
3. Family Tree, RootsWeb.Ancestry.com, World Connect (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : Accessed 28 December 2016), Stevens, Marshall, Mitchell, Washington, and Other Families: Richard Hill; Family Tree maintained by Pat M. Stevens, IV; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stevensp&id=I02079.
4. Family Tree, RootsWeb.Ancestry.com, World Connect (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : Accessed 28 December 2016), Stevens, Marshall, Mitchell, Washington, and Other Families: Richard Hill; Family Tree maintained by Pat M. Stevens, IV.
5. Family Tree, RootsWeb.Ancestry.com, World Connect (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com : Accessed 28 December 2016), Stevens, Marshall, Mitchell, Washington, and Other Families: Richard Hill; Family Tree maintained by Pat M. Stevens, IV; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stevensp&id=I02079.
6. Hill Family History (Loose Papers, Bible pages, Personal Research Information, ), Original Records and Photocopies of Original Records privately held by Gary D. Hill, , Golden, Colorado, to Present (2016) (Descendant of William Hill, Robert Hicks, James Calhoun Hill, and Wiatt Hall). Family Stories, Photocopies of Family Documents, Photgraphs, Individual Research. Information passed from Bertha L. Hall Hill to her grandson Gary D. Hill, and shared by email with Sherry Lawrence..
7. John T. Misskelley, "New Acquisition Militia," Biography, , New Acquisition Militia (http://newacquisitionmilitia.com/williamhill : Accessed 28 December 2016), Col. William Hill Biography