Joseph Isaac Hill
Source: Calendar of Maryland State Papers
Birth: EST 1723
Death: 1798, Mason Co., Kentucky, USA
Father: Henry Hill *
Mother: Ann Truman *
Notes: From http://www.geocities.com/abackwardglance/chart.html
ISAAC HILL, SR. - born July 22, 1748 possibly in St. Mary's, Charles Co., MD or Bertie Co., N C. He was a drummer in the 3rd Maryland Regiment in the American Revolutionary War. He was sa id to have been paid (possibly by land) for service in the war in 1784 at Martin Co., NC. Bet ween May 26, 1800 and 1804 he served as Sheriff of Edgecombe Co., NC. He lived after 1804 i n Hancock Co., GA. Later Isaac and family moved to Jasper Co., GA, then to an area later nam ed Hillsboro, GA after his family, and finally to the Cumberland Mountains in TN; married LUC INDA WALLACE, (believed to be originally from Scotland or Welsh/Irish descent) in Martin Co , NC in 1772 and had fourteen children. Lucinda "Lucy" Wallace, born 1746 St. Mary's Co., MD , was the daughter of Adam Wallace and an unknown mother. Lucinda died Sept. 23, 1798 in NC . Isaac married second, Lydia White Jones Hill, born 1759 Anson Co., NC, the widow of Hugh Jo nes and William Hill respectively, around 1810 in Hancock Co., GA; Lydia brought two daughter s by Wm. Hill to the union, Eliza b. 1801, and Louvisa b. 1802. Isaac died July 29, 1825 at W arren Co., TN, at age 77. Sometime after Isaac's death, Lydia returned to GA where she died J une 12, 1838. Isaac is buried on Cumberland Plateau, Warren Co., TN and his marked grave i s in the forest near his home/stagecoach inn (Old Hill Tavern on Hill's Trace) and orchards . He moved to TN after his son Henry J.A. Hill. He lived in the valley near Hill's Creek, lat er moving to the Cumberland Plateau. It is said he took older slaves and Indians so they migh t "retire." He produced fruit, brandy, and butter to be sold in the town of McMinnville, Warr en Co., TN. Some information courtesy of Douglas Hill, Frank Alden,DDS, and Edith Kniffin)
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