HILL AND CRANFORD:
The Hills were thought to have come to North Carolina from Prince George Co., VA, or Frederick Co., MD, or Washington Co., MD.
NOTE: Jesse B. Hill fought in the Civil War. According to legend his wife and children saw him off to war, but he never returned. His wife Mary, son Milton (James Milton), and daughter Laura were left to make a living on their farm on their own (believed to be in the Piney Grove area). In the book N.C. Troops 1861-1865, A Roster, Vol. IV. Infantry, Private Jesse Hill resided in Randolph County and enlisted in Wake County on July 15, 1862 for the war. He became ill and fell out on the march from Richmond, NC, to Sharpsburg, MD, in August - September 1862 where he died of chronic diarrhea, October 17, 1862, General Hospital, Culpeper Court House, VA.
| Isaac Kearns (father or grandfather of Silas K. Kearns) |
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| Jesse B. Hill | Mary Ann Luther | Spencer Surratt (Suratt, Surratee) | Katie ? | James Cranford (from Montgomery Co., NC) |
Ruth Riley | Silas K. Kearns | Sara Lassiter (from Randolph Co., NC) |
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| b. 18 November 1828 d. ? |
m. 2 November 1850 | b. 12 February 1832 d. ? |
b. ? d. ? |
m. ? | b. ? d. ? |
b. ? d. ? |
m. ? | b. ? d. ? |
b. 23 December 1815 d. 5 March 1890 |
m. 15 March 1837 | b. 5 January 1815 d. 3 October 1890 |
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| James Milton Hill (picture) |
Nancy Louise Surratt (picture) |
Wenborn W. Cranford | Margaret Jane Kearns | ||||||||||||||
| b. 13 May 1852 d. 27 October 1931 |
m. 30 September 1869 | b. November 1846 d. 13 July 1922 |
b. in Montgomery Co., NC d. ? |
m. ? | b. ? d. ? |
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| William Eddie Hill | Mary Addie Cranford | ||||||||||||||||
| William Eddie Hill's Memoir | b. 27 June 1872 d. 6 October 1943 |
m. 22 December 1893 | b. 21 May 1870 d. January 1963 |
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HILL AND CRANFORD:
The Hills were thought to have come to North Carolina from Prince George Co., VA, or Frederick Co., MD, or Washington Co., MD.
NOTE: Jesse B. Hill fought in the Civil War. According to legend his wife and children saw him off to war, but he never returned. His wife Mary, son Milton (James Milton), and daughter Laura were left to make a living on their farm on their own (believed to be in the Piney Grove area). In the book N.C. Troops 1861-1865, A Roster, Vol. IV. Infantry, Private Jesse Hill resided in Randolph County and enlisted in Wake County on July 15, 1862 for the war. He became ill and fell out on the march from Richmond, NC, to Sharpsburg, MD, in August - September 1862 where he died of chronic diarrhea, October 17, 1862, General Hospital, Culpeper Court House, VA.
| Isaac | Kearns | (father or grandfather of Silas K. Kearns) | | Jesse + Mary Spencer + Katie James + Ruth Silas + Sara B. | Ann Surratt | Cranford | Riley K. | Lassiter Hill | Luther (Suratt, | (Montgomery Co.) Kearns | (Randolph +----+-+--+----+ Surratee)| | | Co., NC) |b.18|m. 2|b.12| | | +-----+-+--+-----+ |Nov.|Nov.|Feb.| +--+ | |b. 23|m.15|b. 05| |1828|1850|1832| | | |Dec. |Mar.|Jan. | +----+-+--+----+ | | |1815 |1837|1815 | | | | |d. 05| |d. 03| | | | |March| |Oct. | | | | |1890 | |1890 | | | | +-----+-+--+-----+ | | | | | | | | | | | | James + Nancy Wenborn + Margaret Milton | Louise W. | Jane Hill | Surratt Cranford | Kearns (picture) | (picture) | +----+----+--------+ | |b.13|m.30|b. | (born in | |May |Sept|November| Montgomery | |1852|1869|1846 | County, | |d.27| |d. 13 | North | |Oct.| |July | Carolina) | |1931| |1922 | | +----+----+--------+ | | | | | +------------+ +----------+ | | | | CLICK HERE William Mary FOR WILLIAM Eddie + Addie EDDIE HILL'S Hill | Cranford MEMOIR +----+-+--+----+ |b.27|m.22|b.21| |June|Dec.|May | |1872|1893|1870| |d. 6| |d. | |Oct.| |Jan.| |1943| |1963| +----+----+----+