William HILL

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From: "Nena Smothers"
Subject: Will of Jesse Hill, 1820 SC
Date: Friday, November 16, 2001 4:45 AM

Will of Jesse Hill, abstract - d. 1820, Edgefield Co, SC.

"Edgefield Co, SC Wills 1787-1836" by James E. and Vivian Wooley gives
the following information on the will of Jesse Hill: p. 132 I have not yet
gone to the original]
I, Jesse Hill, being at this time of sound disposing mind and
memory.I will that my just debts and funeral charges be paid. I give to my
beloved wife Elizabeth after my decease to have & to hold all the property
where I now live during her natural life or widowhood. Also I give her a
negro girl named Isable, I desire that in case my wife should die without
heirs of my body that the land and Isable with her increase to revert bact
to here after named legatees.
I give unto my daughter Susannah Cosey a tract of land beginning
at the road where it crosses the draw at the head of the branch where I now
live and the lands of John Lyons esq. Also I give her a negro woman
named Phebe & a boy named Sharper....I give unto my daughter Saley Garrett
all that tract of land wheron Thomas Garret now lives bound by Stephen White
and the land bought from Susannah Cosey...I give to my daughter Saley Jaur &
the heirs of her body a negro girl named Taby and her increase.I give to my
sons John & William the ballance of my land not already given to be divided
as: John shall have the lower part according to a line marked out by Thomas
Garrett and I will that my son william have the land lying on the north side
of the branch wereon I now live to the line between William and my wife
Elizabeth.I give unto my son John Hill a negro boy called Sam. I give to my
son William Hill a negro boy called Mike. I give to my son Joel a negro boy
called Phillip. I give to my dtr. Elizabeth during her life or widow a negro
girl named Ann. I desire that my negro Patro be hired out until my youngest
son is of age and then to be sold to benefit the estate. I also desire that
my son Joel have a good english education paid out of the estate. I appoint
my son-in-law Thomas Garrett as executor. Signed Jesse Hill.Wit: Joshua
Hill & James Oliver____

Descendants of William Hill
1 William HILL b: in MD d: May 06, 1720 in Middlesex Co., VA
+ANN(E) b: in Prob VA. d: Jan 15 1725/26 in Middlesex Co VA.


Ancestry and desc. of Jesse Hill taken from Richard N. Gookins, "Gookin
Genealogy: Line of William Hill", (Salem, Oregon, Revised Edition,

William married Anne, Virginia. Anne died on 15 Jan 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Frances HILL, Sr. was born in 1710 in Middlesex County, Virginia; died in 1787 in Stokes County, North Carolina; was buried in Flat Rock, Stokes County, North.