Rees Bowen Hill (1776 - 1852)

Born 15 Aug 1776 in Frederick, Virginia, United States

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Died 15 Nov 1852 at age 76 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States

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Biography

From Pennsylvania State Senate https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4750&body=S

Early Life:

Colonel Rees Bowen Hill, born August 15, 1776, Frederick County, Virginia; son of Robert and Priscilla Bowen Hill; elected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1810-1813; colonel, United States Army, War of 1812, 1812-1813; elected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Greene County, 1814-1820; Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1816, 1819; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, 1821-1822; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate,20th district, 1823-1824; returned to Virginia; died, November 24, 1852, Frederick County, Virginia; interment, somewhere, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.

Early Career:

Colonel, United States Army, War of 1812, 147th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia stationed, Erie, Pennsylvania, guarding a naval facility; July 30, 1813, his detachment received orders to join the northwestern army in Ohio and Michigan. Commanding officer, General (and future president) William Henry Harrison in a letter to President James Madison. Rees Hill (along with Thomas Sargeant of Harrisburg, Cromwell Pearce of Chester County, and Samuel McKean of Bradford County) appointed an aide de camp to Governor William Findlay, commander in chief of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

• Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Greene County, 1810-1811.
• Re-elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Greene County, 1811-1812.
• Re-elected, Democrat-Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Greene County, 1812-1813.
• Elected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Greene County, 1814-1820; chairman, Committee of Ways and Means, 1820.
• 16th Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1816; 18th Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1819.
• Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, 1821-1822.
• Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, 1823-1824.
• Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/SpeakerBios/SpeakerBio.cfm?id=95

Legacy:

On March 3, 1819, United States Congress and President James Monroe approved an act to reimburse Hill for money he had spent for expenses of his troops during the War of 1812. (i)

Married, Nancy Heaton, 1797, children:

• Elizabeth (Hawkins),
• Isaac,
• Daniel,
• Bowen,
• Hannah,
• Priscilla,
• Mary (Rosenberry),
• Heaton,
• Rees,
• Amy, and
• Naomi (Rowland).

Following Nancy’s death, remarried widow Louise Beatty Abbott, one child, *Louisa Showalter (Fellows).

Cited:

(1) An Act for relief of Rees Hill Chapter LXVIII United States (1846), The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, vol. 6, Charle C. Little and James Brown, p. 231

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176393307/rees-bowen-hill^[1]

Name: Col Rees Bowen Hill

Birth Date: 15 Aug 1776

Birth Place: Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 24 Nov 1852

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Father: Robert Hill

Spouse: Nancy Hill

Children

Isaac Hill 1801–1887

Daniel Hill 1803–1882

Mary Hill Roseberry 1810–1898

Heaton Marcenas Hill 1813–1869

Naomia Jane Hill Rowland 1815–1892

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176393307/rees-bowen-hill: accessed 25 July 2022), memorial page for COL Rees Bowen Hill (15 Aug 1776–24 Nov 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176393307, ; Maintained by Courtney Carpenter (contributor 47493816)Burial Details Unknown.

• Leckey, Howard L. The Tenmile Country and It's Pioneer Families; A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley. Closson Press, Apollo, Pennsylvania. 1993. Pgs 94-95

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