George Hill (1786 - abt. 1865)

Born 1786 in Pennsylvania, USA

Husband of Elizabeth (Nance) Hill — married 5 Mar 1806 in Kanawha, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1865 at about age 79 in Boone, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

GEORGE HILL was born in or near the year 1786 in Pennsylvania.

Sometime in his youth, his family brought him to the Virginian frontier of Kanawha County, where he married Elizabeth Nance March 5, 1806.^[1] George Hill is found in the Kanawha County personal property tax records for the year 1807. The only Nances found on the tax list are Daniel Nantz Sr., Daniel Nantz, Jr., and Thomas Nantz. This implies that Elizabeth (Nance) Hill was a daughter of Daniel Nantz, Sr., and that Daniel Nantz, Jr. and Thomas Nantz were her brothers.

On December 29, 1810, George had a tract of 100 acres of land surveyed for him on the south fork of Cole River in Kanawha County. The survey began at a beech and hickory in a laurel patch a small distance above his own and H. Woods' survey of two hundred acres, then binding up with the meanders of Cole River S66E112 poles to two lynns, S76 poles to a white oak and maple on a hill, S33E58 poles to a beech at a narrows, up the narrows S10W68 poles to a poplar, S25E74 poles to a beech, S23E26 poles to a lynn, S55E30 poles to a beech, S65E26 poles to a white oak, S40E26 poles to a beech on the riverbank, down the River N80W46 poles to a beech, crossing the River S48W26 poles to a beech, N7W106 poles crossing the River to a beech, down Cole River N84 poles to a beech, then N26W215 poles to the beginning. James Barbour, Governor of Virginia, approved the survey, issuing a patent June 25, 1813.

October 6, 1825, George received a gift tract of 500 acres of land on Coal River from Samuel D. Honeyman and his wife, Mary, in exchange for a dollar. The tract, being part of a survey of 93,026 1/2 acres made out for Robert James, Frederick Molineaux, and John Pollock, began on Benjamin Harris' upper line when it crosses Coal River, the base line being extended to the tops of the River ridges, following the River ridges up Coal River and crossing Camp Creek an estimated three hundred yards above its mouth, to the narrows immediately above Austin's old place, and so as to include that clearing and the social clearings occupied by George Hill. Alexander Quarrier and Thomas F. Buster, two Justices of the Peace, explained the deed to Mary Honeyman, Samuel's wife, and upon being satisfied that she didn't wish to retract the deed, they signed it. A. W. Quarrier, Clerk of Kanawha County, recorded it the following day.^[2]

July 1839 at the Court of Appeals in Lewisburg, Virginia: Doe lessee of Taylor and others vs. George Hill.

September 23, 1844, George remarried to Margaret Dunlap.

October 28, 1845, purchased two 500-acre tracts of land from Franklin Reynolds and his wife for $100.^[3]

On February 4, 1846, George and Margaret Hill "of Kanawha County" sold a tract of 175 acres of land to Joseph Hill "of the County of Logan" in exchange for $500.^[4] The tract, lying on Little Coal River in Logan County, began at the west side of Cole River at the Mud Lick on a birch, thence a straight line to the top of the mountain and with the diving ridge to the line of the land that Joseph Hill bought of Joseph Paulley and with that line to the River, then on down the River with its meanders and binding thereon to opposite the beginning, then running a straight line to the beginning. George and Margaret appeared the same day before John Hill and St. Clair Ballard, two Justices for Logan County. The deed was recorded July 23, 1850, by B. E. Barrett, Clerk of Boone County.

On January 7, 1848, George and Margaret sold to John Hill Jr., "all of the County of Boone," two tracts of land on Little Cole River, each estimated to contain 50 acres, for $225. The first tract began at a white oak and beech in the narrows below the mouth of Camp Creek, just north of Lory, running up to John Dolin's line and crossing Camp Creek binding on Dolin's land running down on the upper side of Camp Creek to the River, then down Cole River to the beginning so as to include all of George Hill's land on Camp Creek. The second tract began on a large rock in the River and running up the hill on the West side of Cole River to the top of the ridge, then along the ridge up to join the land of Joseph Hill, and with Joseph Hill's line to the River, then down Cole River back to the beginning.^[5] The deeds were acknowledged the same day to Jenifer Smoot and Thomas Chandler, two Justices for Boone County, and recorded February 18, 1850 by Jo Barrett, Deputy Clerk.

October 30, 1849, gave an unspecified amount of land on Little Cole River to his son Andrew Jackson Hill.^[6]

January 11, 1851, sold 200 acres of land on Little Coal River to "John Hill, son of Joseph," for $490.^[7]

March 2, 1852, gave his son, Roland Hill, 200 acres of land on Big Hewitt Creek, tributary of Little Coal River, including the Buck Fork and the Rich Fork.^[8]

March 10, 1852, sold 250 acres on Big Hewitt Creek to Daniel Miller, Jr. for $50.^[9]

October 28, 1852, sold 300 acres of land on Big Hewitt Creek to his son, Roland Hill, in exchange for $25.^[10]

October 6, 1854, sold 300 acres on Big Horse Creek to Augustus Miller for $135.^[11]

August 12, 1856, George Hill and Joseph Hill agreed to a formal land division on Little Horse Creek.^[12]

George Hill passed away by August 10, 1865, whereas in an article of agreement, the heirs of George Hill bound themselves to give his widow, the recently married Margaret Harris, a child's share of his estate.^[13] On August 14, 1865, Nelson Hill, Joseph Hill, Andrew J. Hill, and John Hill, Sr. bound themselves to the penal sum of $5,000 as Joseph F. Hager, Recorder of Boone County, appointed Nelson Hill administrator of George Hill's personal estate.

April 8, 1867, Joseph F. Hager, Recorder for Boone County, further appointed John Hill, Jr. and Henry Hill, in the penal sum of $1,500, as guardians of William Henry Hill, minor heirs of George Hill, and Julia Hill, infant heir of George Hill.

1872 Petition to Partition.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1M4-JXH : 4 December 2014), George Hill and Elizabeth Nance, 1807; citing Kanawha, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 521,719.
2. ↑ Kanawha County, West Virginia Deed Book G, pp. 4-5.
3. ↑ Kanawha County, West Virginia Deed Book O, pp. 609.
4. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book A, pp. 159/174.
5. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book A, pp. 129/140.
6. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book A, pp. 173/190.
7. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book A, pp. 365/399.
8. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book A, pp. 341/372.
9. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book A, pp. 333/364.
10. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book A, pp. 396/433.
11. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book B, pp. 168/176.
12. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book B, pp. 240/244.
13. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book E, pp. 152.
14. ↑ Boone County, West Virginia Deed Book E, pp. 434.