Sarah (Lanier) Hill (abt. 1769 - 1811)

Born about 1769 in Virginia

Wife of William Hill — married 27 Sep 1790 (to before Aug 1791) in Brunswick County, Virginia

Wife of Thomas Trice — married 6 Dec 1799 in Brunswick County, Virginia

Died 1811 at about age 42 in Orange County, Virginia

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1769. She passed away in 1811.

Sources

1790 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

• Name: Sarah Lanier
• Gender: Female
• Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1790
• Marriage Place: Brunswick, Virginia
• Mother: Ann Lanier
• Spouse: William Hill
• FHL Film Number: 30631
• Reference ID: 61

Sept.1799 North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III. Contents-April , 1903, p. 311 Facts abt. Hill-Faison Families. . .

1799 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

• Name: Thomas Trice
• Gender: Male
• Marriage Date: 6 Dec 1799
• Marriage Place: Brunswick, Virginia
• Spouse: Sarah Hill
• FHL Film Number: 30631
• Reference ID: 116

Other Sources

Southside Virginia Families Vol. 1 by John Bennett Bodie p.282-283 ". . . .William Hill, son of Margaret (Jennings) and Isaac Hill, patiented 721 acres in Brunswick, Jan 30, 1741, which fell in Lunenburg when it was formed in 1746. He lived on this land with his first wife Catherine. He was one of the first Magistrates of Lunenburg County. He moved to Carteret County, N.C. where he was residing when he divided the above tract of the land between his sons John and Major, 291 and 430 acres respectively. (Mecklenburg deed 2-146) He made is his will in Brunswick Sept. 8, 1791, and died Aug 1799. (See Chancery suit under Lanier) His children by first wife, Catherine Major (?) were: Elizabeth, Major, John, Isaac and Thomas, born before 1758. He married secondly, Oct. 24, 1758 (date of marriage bond) Priscilla, widow of of Henry Embry, Jr. Their Hill children were: Jospeh and Priscilla. The third wife he married September 27, 1790, was Sarah Lainer. Elizabeth Hill, his first named child by first wife, married Burwell Lainer of Brunswick County, Virginia, son of Sampson Lainer (died 1758) and Elizabeth Chamberlayne.