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John Walker Foster Hill

December 3, 1836 - December 25, 1928

Born in Tuscaloosa, AL on December 3, 1836.
Possibly resided in LaGrange, Fayette County, TX or Bastrop County, TX.

Mustered into Company D at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Promoted to 4th Sergeant in December 1861.
Promoted to 2nd Sergeant by August 1862.
Promoted to Order Sergeant by December 1862.
Horse killed during retreat from wagons.
Captured at Murfreesboro, TN on December 31, 1862.
Forwarded to Camp Douglas, IL, then forwarded to City Point, VA.
Released at City Point, VA on April 7, 1863.
Promoted to 1st Sergeant by April 1863.
Ill in GA by January 1864.
Present in January 1865.
Member of Terry Lodge, Regimental, Masonic chapter.

Mrs. John Walker Hill - TX Pension Application # 46681, Nacadoches

Cousin of D. O. Hill, Co. D, and cousin of R. T. Hill, Co. D.

Also Identified As:
	J. M. Hill, J. N. Hill
Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	(gr-great grandson of TAW Hill) (distant relative of JWF Hill)
Parents:
	Milton Milledge Meade Hill b. May 13, 1802 m. Olley Amelia Foster who died November 6, 1824 m. Julia Foster Walker d. February 18, 1850 Julia Foster Walker b. 1808 m. Milton Milledge Meade Hill d. August 22, 1868
Siblings:
	James H. Hill b. m. Lou Sanders d. Sarah Theodosia Hill b. November 12, 1829 m. Quilla James Nichols (b. December 13, 1822, d. April 29, 1882) Robert Edward Hill, Co. D b. March 30, 1832 d. August 13, 1881 Thomas Abraham Wylie Hill, Co. D b. July 24, 1834 m. Sarah Elizabeth Scates (b. February 8, 1838, d. May 31, 1891) d. January 14, 1921 Martha Elizabeth Hill b. 1839 m. Thomas Jefferson Brooks (d. before 1880), date unknown d. 1887 Middleton Milledge Meade Hill, Jr. b. November 24, 1843 d. May 1871 Mary Scott Hill b. July 25, 1844 m. James Duncan Williams (b. 1843, d. 1880), date unknown d.
Spouse(s):
	Mariah Yerger daughter of John C. Yerger (owned mercantile and hardware in Bastrop County, TX) b. ~1852 d. December 29, 1875
Children:
	Yerger Hill b. October 12, 1869 m. Fannie Harris (b. April 3, 1879, d. March 30, 1957), date unknown d. July 6, 1921
Gravesite:
	Family Cemetery near Smithville, TX

1840 Census - State, County, Town, Page, (image)
	Head of Houshold

1850 Census - TX, Bastrop County, Page 159, Dwelling 109, Family 115, (15/52)
	Name	Age.	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real Estate	Nativity	Student?	Illiterate?
	Middleton Hill	47	M				GA
	Julia F. Hill	39	F				GA
	Robert Hill	18	M				AL	Y
	Thomas Hill	16	M				AL	Y
	John Hill	13	M				AL	Y
	Martha Hill	11	F				TX	Y
	James Hill	8	M				TX	Y
	Mary Hill	6	F				TX	Y
	Middleton Hill	2	M				TX
	Minus M. Long	26	M		Overseer		TN

1860 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Student?	Literate?

1870 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Parentage	Student?	Literate?

1880 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)

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1900 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Street Address, Dwelling, Family, (image)

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1910 Census - State, County, Town, Page, Street Address, Dwelling, Family, (image)

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Home Ownership

Related Links:
	J. W. F. Hill Letter, dated September 30, 1861 J. W. F. Hill Letter, dated November 14, 1861 J. W. F. Hill Letter, dated December 19, 1861 R. E. Hill Letter, dated December 22, 1861 J. W. F. Hill Letter, dated February 4, 1862 J. W. F. Hill Letter, dated April 17, 1862 J. W. F. Hill Letter, dated May 6, 1862 T. A. Hill Letter, dated May 19, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, dated May 25, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, dated June 16, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, dated June 16, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, dated September 26, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, dated October 26, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, December 8, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, December 10, 1862 W. Nicholson Letter, December 10, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, January 12, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, January 14, 1863 W. Nicholson Letter, January 18, 1863 W. Nicholson Letter, February 20, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, February 23, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, March 5, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, March 25, 1863 Masonic Lodge Roll 1863 & 1864 Terry's Texas Rangers, by L.B. Giles - Chapter 7 Yeary's Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray: John W. Hill Yeary's Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray: Jessie Austin Holman "Terry's Texas Rangers," Confederate Veteran, May 1902, p. 208. (Reunion) Confederate Pension Applications: James W. Hill (#S1849 TN) "J. D. Sayers Camp, U. G. V. Reunion at Elgin With a Big Barbecue," Bastrop Advertiser, April 11, 1908. "Former Terry Ranger Buried at Smithville," Dallas Morning News, December 27, 1928 (offsite) History of First State Bank of Bastrop County, TX
Sources:
	Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Goldman, Pauline S., ed., Letters from three Members of Terry's Texas Rangers, 1861-1865, Unpublished MA Thesis, University of Texas, 1930. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis.
Research Links:
	(offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (surname: Hill) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (surname: Hill) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Bastrop County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Bastrop County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Bastrop County, TX) (offsite) TXGenWeb Project (Fayette County, TX) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Fayette County, TX) (offsite) Genealogy.com Genealogy Forum (Fayette County, TX)

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