Green Hill Veteran

Birth: 3 Nov 1741
North Carolina, USA
Death: 11 Sep 1826 (aged 84)
Williamson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Green Hill Cemetery

Brentwood, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 35.987751, Longitude: -86.7538456
Memorial ID: 9018117 View Source

Colonel in the American Revolution. Methodist preacher for over 50 years. A member of the first Provinicial Congress. He founded Liberty Methodist Church, in nearby Brentwood. He hosted the ninth session of the Western Conference of the Methodist Church at his plantation home. In 1960, the cemetery in which he is buried was proclaimed a Methodist shrine. Born in the former Bute County in North Carolina. Moved to Tennessee in 1799 to claim his land grant awarded for his service in the Revolution.

Married (1) 1763 Nancy Thomas (Jul 26, 1745-Jan 16, 1772)
Married (2) 1773 Mary Seawell (Aug 5, 1751-Mar 29, 1821)

Children:
Green Hill (May 5,1774 - May 25, 1830)
Lucy Hill (Jul 20, 1776 - Jan 31, 1832)
John Hill (Nov 23, 1778 - Aug 12, 1850)
Thomas Hill (Sep 15,1781-1850)
Sarah Hicks Hill (Dec 16, 1783-Jul 27, 1810)
Mary Seawell Hill (Oct 1, 1786-Sep 29, 1809)
William Seawell Hill (Jan 24, 1792 - 1876)
Joshua Cannon Hill (Aug 10, 1795 - May 12, 1827)