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William Hickman “Will” Hill Jr.

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William Hickman “Will” Hill Jr.

Birth
Williamson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
19 Jan 1893 (aged 70)
Manor, Travis County, Texas, USA
Burial
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Son of William Hickman and Sarah (Sally) Brown Hill. Married on Nov. 5, 1846 to Manerva Frances Vernon in Rutherford County, TN. Will became ill with "consumption" as his late sister, Elizabeth. His parents decided selling the farm and moving to TX would restore his health in the dryer air. They moved from "Garden Hill Plantation" to TX in Sept. of 1852. His parents, their three children, sister, Martha Hickman Hill Carrington, and her family accompanied them too. They traveled by way of Memphis and Little Rock. They were slowed by continuing rain and illness. The family reached Austin, TX in mid Nov. They lived in a rented house and their negroes in tents, their services hired out, until William bought 728 acres of prairie land with a dwelling and outbuildings and a spring in what became Manor, TX, near Austin. The Hills raised cattle there and prospered. Will recovered, but William Hickman Hill, Sr. lived only a few months after their arrival.
The above info is derived from a letter of Apr. 4, 1853 from William Hickman Hill, Sr., in Manor, TX, to his son, Dr. Daniel Brown Hill of Palo Alto, MS. Transcribed by Davis Carothers Hill of Nashville.
Son of William Hickman and Sarah (Sally) Brown Hill. Married on Nov. 5, 1846 to Manerva Frances Vernon in Rutherford County, TN. Will became ill with "consumption" as his late sister, Elizabeth. His parents decided selling the farm and moving to TX would restore his health in the dryer air. They moved from "Garden Hill Plantation" to TX in Sept. of 1852. His parents, their three children, sister, Martha Hickman Hill Carrington, and her family accompanied them too. They traveled by way of Memphis and Little Rock. They were slowed by continuing rain and illness. The family reached Austin, TX in mid Nov. They lived in a rented house and their negroes in tents, their services hired out, until William bought 728 acres of prairie land with a dwelling and outbuildings and a spring in what became Manor, TX, near Austin. The Hills raised cattle there and prospered. Will recovered, but William Hickman Hill, Sr. lived only a few months after their arrival.
The above info is derived from a letter of Apr. 4, 1853 from William Hickman Hill, Sr., in Manor, TX, to his son, Dr. Daniel Brown Hill of Palo Alto, MS. Transcribed by Davis Carothers Hill of Nashville.

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