RE Hill Biographical Notes - Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers

Robert Edward Hill

March 30, 1832 - August 15, 1881

Born in Marion County, AL on March 30, 1832.
Resided in Bastrop County, TX in 1860.

Mustered into Company D at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Appointed Assistant Regimental Surgeon in October 1861.
Captured (apparently) at Murfreesboro, TN in December 1862 and released at City Point, VA in April 1863.
Rejoined regiment in May 1863.
Captured, apparently at Pocotaligo, GA in January 1865.
Forwarded to Ft. Delaware, DE, then to Camp Hamilton, VA.
Exchanged in March 1865.
Member of Terry Lodge, Regimental, Masonic Chapter.
Captured a total of four times, according to Claiborne.

Attended the 1875 Terry's Texas Rangers Regimental Reunion at Barton's Springs.

Died August 15, 1881.

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

Also Identified As:
	Dr. R. E. Hill, Bob Hill
Family Members & Researcher Contacts:
	(great great grandson of TAW Hill) (distantly related to 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) 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 John Walker Foster Hill, Co. D b. December 3, 1836 m. Mariah Yerger (b. ~1852, d. December 29, 1875) d. December 25, 1928 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):
	Unknown
Children:
	Unknown
Gravesite:
	Hill Cemetery, Smithville, Bastrop County, TX. ROBERT EDWARD HILL. BORN MAR. 30, 1832, DIED AUG. 15, 1881.

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 - TX, Bastrop County, Town, Page, Dwelling, Family, (image)
	Name	Age.	Sex	Race	Occupation	Real Estate	Personal Estate	Nativity	Student?	Literate?

1860 Census Slave Schedule - TX, Bastrop County, Page, Line, (image)
	Slave Owner	# of Slaves	Age	Sex	Color	Fugitive	Manummitted	Handicapped	Slave Houses

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)

Name

Race

Sex

Age

Rel.

Mar. St.

Occupation

Health

Education

Nativity

Father's Nativity

Mother's Nativity

Related Links:
	J. W. F. Hill Letter, November 14, 1861 J. W. F. Hill Letter, December 19, 1861 R. F. Bunting Letter, January 27, 1862 J. W. F. Hill letter, April 17, 1862 J. W. F. Hill Letter, May 6, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, May 25, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, June 16, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, June 16, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, October 26, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, November 25, 1862 R. F. Bunting Letter, November 25, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, December 8, 1862 J. W. Hill Letter, December 10, 1862 R. E. Hill Letter, January 12, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, January 14, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, February 23, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, March 5, 1863 R. E. Hill Letter, March 25, 1863 Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd - April 10, 1863 Masonic Lodge Roll 1863 & 1864 "Barton's Springs—Bubbling Waters and Good Cheer," Austin Daily Statesmen, July 8, 1875. Claiborne's History of Terry's Texas Rangers (Part 2), New Birmingham Times 1891 "Sketch of the Famous Eighth Texas Cavalry," Confederate Veteran, May 1897, p. 194 Confederate Veteran May 1897 - Sketch of the Famous Eighth Texas Cavalry "Terry's Texas Rangers: Monument to that Gallant Cavalry Regiment," Confederate Veteran, November 1907, p. 498 Terry's Texas Rangers By L.B. Giles - Chapter 1 (1911) "One of Terry's Texas Rangers," by R. L. Dunman, Confederate Veteran, March 1923, p. 102.
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)

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