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Category Archives: Hill family
The Almighty Beaver
When I think of animals that have had an impact on American history, the horse, the dog or even the bison come to mind. But when you actually study the early history of our country, there’s no question which is … Continue reading
Recalculating…
Every writer of history has to deal with spoilers. Historians try to tell the story of something that’s already happened. If we’re lucky, our readers don’t know how the story ends. But as the creator of the narrative, we never … Continue reading
Posted in Beeson family, Harris family, Hill family, Wayne County Indiana
Tagged choices, frontier, Hagerstown Indiana, history, Jonas Harris, pioneers, Richmond Indiana
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A Political Life
One hundred and sixty one years ago–on August 11, 1850–Robert Hill died at the age of seventy. He was buried in the cemetery on a corner of his property, the one he had donated to the local Quaker meeting in … Continue reading
Hospitality
My wife and I don’t entertain. We don’t host people in our home. We rarely even allow anyone to cross our threshold. (My wife has written very amusingly about this in her own blog post at Mirrored Images.) You would … Continue reading
Posted in Hill family, Jones family, Wayne County Indiana, Wright family
Tagged Baltimore, Centerville Indiana, Cincinnati, hotel, Ireland, Jonathan Wright 1748-1829, Levi M. Jones 1785-1823, National Road, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, pioneer, Richmond Indiana, Robert Hill (1780-1850), tavern, Wayne County Indiana
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The Civil War of 1812
The War of 1812 is one of the least-remembered, least-documented wars in American history. In preparation for celebrating its bicentennial less than one year from now, I plan to read Alan Taylor’s The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British … Continue reading
Posted in Harris family, Hill family, Kinsey family, Shaw family, Wars
Tagged Abraham Kinsey, Dayton, Fort Greenville, Fort Wayne, Indian Agent, Jacob Wolf, John Shaw, Jonas Harris, Montgomery County, Northwest Territory, Revolution, Robert Hill, supplies, teamster, Tecumseh, War of 1812, William Eustis, William Henry Harrison
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Life on the Frontier
Pioneering, leaving known territories for lands yet unsettled, is never an easy endeavor. Robert Hill, my four-times-great grandfather, left North Carolina in 1802 at the age of twenty-two. His family had lived in colonial North Carolina for as many as … Continue reading
Posted in Hill family, Wayne County Indiana
Tagged Andrew Hoover, Back Creek Monthly Meeting, Cincinnati, Delaware, fence viewer, frontier, Indiana General Assembly, John Smith, Kickapoo, National Road, North Carolina, pioneer, Potowatami, Quaker, Richmond Indiana, Robert Hill, Robert Morrisson, Shawnee, tavern, trade with Native Americans, wagon, Wayne County Indiana
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The Important Things
Figuring out who and what were important to my ancestors is part of the fun of genealogy, but it’s difficult to do. Wills are one way to get a glimpse of what–and who–was important to a person. Presumably, the stuff, … Continue reading
Posted in Hill family, Wayne County Indiana
Tagged Corydon Indiana state capital, Green Tree Tavern, Indiana, Indiana General Assembly, Iowa, Penninah Hill Shaw, Quaker, Rebecca Lathrop, Richmond Indiana, Ridge Cemetery, Robert Hill (1780-1850), slavery, Susannah Morgan, Wayne County Indiana Courthouse
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Arbor Familiae 