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Green Hill and Grace Bennett

Green Hill, Jr., son of Green Hill, Sr., was born on November 14, 1741 in old Bute County, NC and died on September 11, 1825 in Williamson County, Tennessee.  He is buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Williamson County, Tennessee.  This Green Hill shows up in the 1790 census of Franklin County and is referred to as “Esquire.”  He was a Major in the Provincial North Carolina Army and was a member of the Provincial Congress of NC at New Bern.  His home in North Carolina was about one mile from Louisburg in Franklin County, NC where the first North Carolina Methodist Conference was held at his home in 1785.  His will in on file in Book 8, page 259.

This Green Hill, Jr. moved around 1800 from Franklin County, NC to Williamson County, Tennessee having previously visited the Tennessee area several years earlier.

Green Hill, Jr. married Nancy Thomas, the daughter of Jordan Thomas.  She was born on July 26, 1745 in North Carolina and died on January 16, 1772 in Franklin County, NC.  They were married on October 13, 1763 in old Bute County, NC and had the following five children:

  1. Jordan Hill was born on October 17, 1765 in Bute County, NC and died on August 15, 1830 in North Carolina.
  2. Hannah Hill was born on May 28, 1776 in Northampton County, NC and died on July 13, 1800 in Chatham County, NC.
  3. Nancy Hill was born on December 5, 1768 in Edgecombe County, NC and died in 1830 in Jackson County, Tennessee.
  4. Martha Hill was born October 2, 1769 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee and died in January 1883 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
  5. Richard Hill was born September 14, 1771 in North Carolina.  He died on January 26, 1772 in Maury, Tennessee.

After the death of Nancy Thomas Hill in 1772, Green Hill, Jr. married Mary Seawell, the daughter of the Honorable Benjamin Seawell and Lucy Hicks.  She was born on August 5, 1751 in Brunswick County, Virginia and died on March 27, 1821 in Williamson County, Tennessee.  She is also buried in the Green Hill Cemetery in Williamson County, Tennessee.  Green Hill, Jr. and Mary Seawell were married on June 3, 1773 in Brunswick County, Virginia and had nine children as follows:

  1. Lucy Hill was born on July 20, 1776 in Franklin County, NC and died on January 31, 1832 in Williamson County, Tennessee.
  2. John Hill was born on November 23, 1778 in Franklin County, NC and died on August 14, 1850 in Haywood County, Tennessee.
  3. Green Hill, III was born between 1780 and 1790 – Check the main list for more on this Green Hill..
  4. Thomas Hill was born on September 15, 1781 in Franklin County, NC and died before 1850 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  5. Sarah Hill was born on November 16, 1788 in Franklin County, NC and died July 27, 1810 in Williamson County, Tennessee.
  6. Mary Seawell Hill was born on October 1, 1791 in Franklin County, NC and died on September 29, 1809 in Williamson County, NC.
  7. William Hill was born on January 24, 1792 in Franklin County, NC and died in 1876 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
  8. Reverend Joshua Cannon Hill was born on August 10, 1795 in Franklin County, NC and died on May 12, 1827 in Williamson County, Tennessee.
  9. Martha Hill – last of the nine children.  Other information is not available.

This Green Hill family is NOT the Green Hill who witnessed the Sion Hill and Starage Lee marriage in Johnston County.

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