Veteran of the Texas Revolutionary Army and the Battle of Mier.

Asa was born 1784, Edgecombe Co., NC; married ELIZABETH BARKSDALE, October 6, 1808 at Sparta, Hancock Co., GA; Lived in Jasper Co., Hancock Co., & Muscogee Co., GA before 1834. He traveled to TX about 1834, moving his family to TX in 1835, settling in Washington Co., and later Fayette Co., TX. He joined the Texas Army in 1836. After the burning of Gonzales, Gen. Sam Houston ordered him to travel east to warn those in the path of the approaching Mexican Army, and consequently Asa did not serve at the battle of San Jacinto. In 1839 he settled in Rutersville, Fayette Co., TX. He was part of the Somervell Expedition and the Mier Expedition. He was captured along with two of his sons, Jeffrey Barksdale and John C.C. Hill and was part of the "Black Bean Episode", where he drew a white bean and was spared execution by the Mexicans. He was released in 1843, but was weakened from the experience. He died July 18, 1844, Rutersville, Fayette Co., TX. His remains were removed from their original Cedar Creek site in 1975 and reinterred in the old City Cemetery at La Grange.

15 March 2020: Note: Some additional information that has been collected and contributed for this memorial (imagraver).
FAG "othe" Asa Hill page #34386357
Notes from WFT #30-0684: "His family information is said, by Robert Hill, to be from the bible of Isaac Lafayette Hill, once owned by daughter Lollie Hill of San Marcos (Texas) and written in Isaac Lafayette Hill's own hand. He and Elizabeth Barksdale were married on October 3, 1811 per Robert Hill data. He lived before 1834 in Muscogee Co., GA and then went to Texas in 1834. He and two of his sons, one being James Monroe Hill, took part in the famous battle of San Jacinto under Sam Houston. Tennessee Cousins by Worth S. Ray, 1960.
"Asa" went to Fayette County, Texas and lived in the Round Top and Rutersville section, and had a tavern named Asa Hill Tavern which he sold to Sarah McGehee in 1842. He and his family settled near Gay Hill, Texas. He is shown on the first tax rolls of Washington County, Texas in 1837 and also in 1838.
He was originally buried in Cedar Creek, Texas, but his remains were reinterred in the old cemetery in LaGrange, Texas in 1975. A historical marker is in place at his origional burial site. (Jacqueline Bower)
Edith Kniffin has him born 1791 in NC (or 1787) and married Elizabeth 31 October 1811, Texas Archives has the marriage date as 6 October 1808."
Notes from FTM #514: "Abraham Webb Hill came to Texas in a very early day and settled in Fayette County at or near Townsend, afterwards called Round Top, as can be gathered from the records of some of his land transactions shown in these notes. He owned lots and realestate at Ruthersville,including the "Asa Hill Tevern", which he sold to Sarah McGehee in 1842. It is necessary to state, in order to make this matter clear, that Abraham Webb Hill was called "Asa" Hill and the two were one and the same person.
The father of Abraham Webb Hill, was Isaac Hill, who, according to his tombstone, was born July 22, 1748 and died July 28, 1825, and who is buried at the old Hill Tavern on what is known as Hill's Trace, on the Cumberland Mountains, in Warren County, Tennessee, some distance from the town of McMinville, Isaac Hill is presumed to have first settled from North Carolina at what was called "Hills-Borough" in Jasper County, Then from there he migrated to Warren County, Tennessee and settled in the Cumberland Mountains, He was twiced married; To Lucinda Wallace, of North Carolina, the mother of the children given below. 2 To Lydia Hill, widow of William Hill, of Jasper Co., Georgia.
Note: Asa Hill is often confused with a cousin named Abraham Webb Hill. According to direct descendants, Joe Blanton and Marie Brady Hunter who had personal knowledge of this family, Asa was never named anything but "Asa." There was an erroneous article written in 1932 in the book, "Heroes of San Jacinto", where Asa was referred to incorrectly as Abraham Asa Webb Hill. Subsequent researchers have picked up the error and perpetuated it in other publications. In Vol. III of "The Handbook of Texas", Vol. III, page 392, there is a correction written by Luther Henry Hill.
Also, per a letter from Marie Brady Hunter, direct descendant still living in Dallas in 1998 at age 94, "...Abraham Webb was a cousin of Asa's who lived at Bastrop and for some reason was confused even in the early Texas histories with our Asa Hill. The first time I went down that way I first went to Bastrop. Soon discovered Abraham Webb Hill was not mine, from the cemetery there."

This family information below is said, by Robert Hill, to be from the Bible of Isaac Lafayette Hill, once owned by daughter Lollie Hill of San Marcos, and written in Isaac Lafayette's own hand. "Asa" and Elizabeth were married on Oct. 3, 1811 per Robert Hill data. Other data on their marriage is referenced in: Marriages of Hancock County, Georgia, 1806-1850, by Martha Lou Houston (originally published 1947 reprinted 1995 by Genealogical Publishing Co.) Library of Congress # 76-39658 International Standard Book # 0-8063-0749-8, page # 30, Asa HILL and Elizabeth BARKSDALE, m. Oct. 6, 1808. If the 1808 data is correct, Elizabeth would have been 13 yrs old; if Robert Hill data correct she would have been 16.
Information from the internet: "Biography: Abraham Webb Hill, Born in Georgia. In the Headright Certifcate issued to him February 3, 1838, for a league and labor of land it is stated that he came to Texas in 1835.
Isaac Hill, father of Abraham W. Hill, and five of his six brothers emigrated from England to North Carolina. Isaac moved to Jasper County, Georgia, and settled at a place that was afterwards named for him, Hillsborough. Later he moved to the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee. He was the father of thirteen children, nine boys and four girls, Benjamin, Harry, Withmond, Isaac, Larry, John, Abraham Webb, Sally and four other whose names have not been ascertained.
Abraham Webb Hill, according to the information contained in Service Record No. 697 enlisted in Captain W. Karnes' company April 12 and continued in it until July 12th. He was premitted by General Thomas J. Rusk to join the rangers under Captain John G. McGehee and continued until November 12, 1836. He was issued a Bounty Certificate for 640 acres of land July 5, 1859, for having served in the army from April 12 to November 12, 1836. He was in Captain Henry W. Karnes' company at San Jacinto and on January 7, 1839 was issued Donation Certificate No. 908 for 640 acres of land for having participated in the battle.
Mr. Hill died in Bastrop County in 1884 while a member of the Texas Veterans Association."

16 March 2020:
RE: Asa Hill name verification is not Abraham
Thanks for approving the change and the additions for Asa Hill. There were a number of additions I was not able to verify. The date of marriage Asa Hill and Elizabeth Barksdale was 6 Oct 1808.
The following information should help in resolving some of the confusion:
I was not able to find any Abraham Webb Hill genealogy, or find his grave in Bastrop Co, TX.
Abraham Webb Hill and Abram Wiley Hill both served in CPT Henry W Karnes Cavalry Co at San Jacinto (San Jacinto Museum of History). They both died in 1884 per- Abram FAG #36017613 and Abraham W/ L E Kemp’s Bio Sketches (San Jacinto Museum of History).
Isaac Hill was not Abraham W. Hill’s father. I have found no documentation that Isaac Hill and five of his six brothers emigrated from England to North Carolina, other than L E Kemp’s Bio Sketches ( San Jacinto Museum of History). It does state that researchers should verify the accuracy of the text through other sources before quoting in publications.
Abram Wiley Hill, after the San Jacinto Battle, was given permission by GEN Thomas J Rusk to join the Rangers under CPT John G McGehee and continued serving until 12 Nov 1836.
Abram Wiley Hill FAG #36017613, buried in Hubbard Hill Cemetery, Bastrop, TX. His parents are, Father Thomas Hill 1780-1816, Mother Sarah McGehee Hill 1784-?
Abraham Webb Hill sold “Asa Hill Tevern” to Sarah McGehee in 1842 (In the current narrative.) Could this be Abram Wiley’s Mother?
Hope this is helpful. If I had your email I can send you L E Kemp Bio sketch of Abraham Webb Hill from the San Jacinto Museum of History.
Historian Find A Grave ID 49462454