HILL AND CRANFORD:
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
+----+----+--------+ |
|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|
+----+----+----+