| 1762-63 |
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| 1781 | Enlisted in the NC Militia in Surry Couinty, NC as a private in Captain Dyer's Company. Served for three months and was "regularly discharged."
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| 1781 | "In a short time after he returned home," he again enlisted in the NC
Militia in Surry County, NC as a private in Captain Hickman's Company. On
Sep. 8, 1781, he took part in the Battle of Eutah Springs. After completing his
three-month tour of duty, he remained another month in Captain Locke's
Company and was "regularly discharged," probably after Cornwallis
surrendered 19 Oct 1781.
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| 1781-1783 | Immediately at the "close of the war," Jonas removed to what is now
East Tennessee. Depending on his definition of the "close of the war", it could have
been either after Cornwallis surrender on 19 Oct 1781 or the official close of the
War with the Paris Peace Treaty on 3 Sep 1783. This results in a two-year variance
in dates relative to his residence. If he went to East Tennessee
in 1783, then perhaps he went back to Surry Co., NC after he was discharged from
service in 1781. Based on other statements in his Pension File, the 1783 date makes
the most sense.
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| 1783-84 | Returned from East Tennessee to Pendleton Co., SC about 1783/84
where he resided for 22 years. Exactly where he first moved is unknown until he
is found in 1790 census of Pendleton Co. (96th Dist.), SC.
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| 1790 | Census: Jonas Hill with wife and two sons under 16 years old
living in Pendleton County (96th District) of SC. Based on documents by Marchbanks researchers, he married Susan Marchbanks, daughter
of William Marchbanks and Molly (Mary) Smiith. Based on my interpretation of those records, and the 1790 census, he probably married
her within a year or two after the Rev. War in Pendleton County (1783/84). He lived near William Hill (wife and
three sons under 16), possibly a brother; and Mary Hill (one son
under 16 and two females); and David Hill (wife and a son under
16) lived down/up the road.
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| 1792 Dec 28 | Bought 300 acres for 30 pounds on Wolf Creek of 12-Mile
Creek from Benjamin Perry, next to
James Bruce and
Francis Bradley. This was
part of a 640 acre grant to B. Perry on 4 June 1786 in the area that is
now in Pickens County, SC. The transaction was witnessed
by Nathaniel Perry (Benjamin's brother)
and Robert Carter. Jonas appears to have
previously lived in the Little River area near land purchased 30 March 1801 by
Asa Hill from Thomas Fields, adjoining Isaac Hill's land. Relationship of Jonas,
Asa (Abraham) and Isaac is unknown. However, based on DNA test results of living descendants of
Isaac and Asa Hill, they were all related in some way. (Pendleton Deeds, 1790 - 1806 Bk E, pp
133-134).
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| 1793 Jan 1 | Jonas Hill sold 120 acres to Solomon Palmour (Palmer) on Wolf Creek, waters of
Twelve Mile River, part of a tract of land containing six hundred forty acres granted to
Benjamin Perry on 1 June 1786. William Marchbanks (Jonas' father-in-law) and Thomas
Hill (probably a brother to Jonas) witnessed the deed transaction.
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| 1793 Aug 17 | Jonas Hill and William
Allison signed as securities (posted bond)
for Ansel Hide to appear before
William Edmondson, JP (Court of
General Sessions, Washington District, Pickensville, SC) on 10
Nov. Ansel Hide was indicted on suspicion of horse stealing.
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| 1793 Dec 24 | Jonas Hill and William Allison signed as securities (posted bond)
for Arthor Ownby and Joel Ownby
(Pendleton County) for them to
appear before William Edmondson, JP (Washington District,
Pickensville, SC) on 10 April 1794. (Abstracts of General Sessions,
Court Case Rolls. Washington Dist., SC 1792-1799, Pickensville.,
SC 1787-1799 by McCuen, Kirkman & Forrester.
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| 1794 May 19 | Jonas Hill and
Abraham Duk(e) witnessed a deed for land sold
on Mill Creek and Wolf Creek of 12-Mile River (next to Benjamin
Perry). Jones Bishop of
Pendleton Co., SC sold 148 acres to
Christopher Harmon of Elbert Co., GA
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| 1795 Oct 15 | Jonas Hill and
Charles Bradley witnessed a deed where
Henry Burch sold 1070 acres on Keowee River of the Savannah River
(on Shoal Creek and Cornhouse Creek of Keowee River) to
William Rose. (Pendleton Deeds, 1790-1806, Bk E, pp 28-30).
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| 1795 Oct 21 | Jonas served as security (posted a $100 bond) for
William Rose
to appear before Joseph Reid, JP in a case against
John Boyd for assault
against William Rose. (Abstracts of General Sessions,
Court Case Rolls, Washington Dist., SC 1792-1799, Pickensville.,
SC 1787-1799) by McCuen, Kirkman & Forrester
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| Oct 15 1795 | Jonas deeded land on Keowee River to someone. Witnessed by
his brother Henry Hill and Isaac Hill. Isaac could have been his
father or a brother. (note: this needs to be verified by primary sources.)
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| 1795 | Jonas Hill and Charles Bradley witnessed a deed for 1070 acres on Keowee
River of the Savannah River, on Shoal Creek and Cornhouse Creek of
Keowee River from Henry Burch to William Rose.
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| 1796 Jan 26 | Jonas witnessed a transaction with William Marchbanks in which Henry
Hill (Jonas' brother) sold a negro woman named Hester to
Benjamin Barton.
(Pendleton Deeds1790- 1806, Bk C-D, p. 191)
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| 1796 Apr 5 | Jonas sold 200 acres on Wolf Creek of 12-Mile River to
Samuel Bradcut for 70
pounds sterling, near John Cantrell,
Solomon Palmer,
Howell Miller,
Henry Walbanks,
William Marchbanks and
William Miller. (Pendleton Deeds, 1790 - 1806, Bk. G, pp 79-80)
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| 1797 Dec 30 | Jonas witnessed a deed between Christopher Harmon and Abraham Duk. (Pendleton
Deeds 1790 - 1806, Bk C-D, p. 380)
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| 1797/99 Nov 26 | Jonas' brother Henry Hill purchsased 50 acres on N side of Keowee
River from John Thomas
of Richland Co. for 35 pounds sterling. Witnessed by
J. McLemore and
Robert McAfee.
(Pendleton Deeds, 1790 - 1806, Bk E, pp 180-181)
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| 1799 Mar 25 | Jonas witnessed (with James McKinney)
a deed whereby his brother Henry bought 130 acres from
David Clark on the East side of the
Keowee River, including the south side of Suder Creek.
(Pendleton Deeds, 1790 - 1806, Bk C-D, p. 475)
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| 1799 Jul 27 | Jonas sold 130 acres on Wolf Creek (waters of Twelve Mile River) to Thomas Wilson Satterfield for
10 pounds. Witnessed by Jesse Miller and William Williams.
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| 1799 Dec 2 | Jonas received a land grant of 498 acres on the Keowee River in Pendleton Dist., SC.
Witnessed by Henry and Isaac Hill. Henry was granted 365 acres (Cedar Hill Creek?) on the
same date.
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| No date | Sold John Powell part of a tract of land (unreadable) for $80. See
John Powel's sale of some of
this land as shown below. (Pendleton Deeds, 1790 - 1806, Bk G, pp 108/109)
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| 1800 | Jonas Hill has not been found in any 1800 census records. He and wife Susan were living next to her father,
William Marchbanks (between 1790 and 1800), who had two young males in his household in 1800. Since he did not have any
children after Burwell (b/c1782), it is possible that these two young males were the sons of Jonas and Susan, shown in their
household in 1790. It is also quite possible that they are shown in William Marchbank's household in 1800 because Jonas and Susan
were in Tennessee or headed for Tennessee (pure speculation).
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| 1800 Feb 6 | Jonas bought 163 acres on Carpenter Creek from William Cox for 50 pounds. Witnessed
by Stephen Meritt and Rebecca Biggs.
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| 1801 Oct 12 | Jonas sold 150 acres on Cornhouse Creek to John Powell for eighty dollars, part of a tract originally granted
to Jonas 2 Dec 1799. Witnessed by William Nicholson and William Beavant(?).
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| 1802 Jan 2 | Jonas' brother, Henry Hill, bought 408 acres on Crow Creek (Franklin Co., TN?) from
Shadrack Noland for $549. Witnessed by
William McFarland,
John Grisham, Jr., and
Abraham Hargis.
(Pendleton Deeds, 1790 - 1806, Bk G, pp 140-141)
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| 1802 Apr 12 | Jonas shown living on Cornhouse Creek of Little River of Keowee River in John Powell's
deed of 150 acres to William Nicholson
(land granted to Jonas Hill 2 Dec 1799) near
Frederick Williams. Witnessed
by Isaac Hill and Joshua Robins. Bk G, pp 237/240.
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| 1805 Feb 19 | Jonas sold 150 acres on Stamp Creek of Little River to William Hammond for $50. Witnessed
by Abraham Duke and Nathan Harwood.
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| 1805 May 30 | Jonas Hill witnessed a deed transaction in which William Marchbanks, Sr. sold land in the
Pendleton District, SC
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| 1806-07 | Jonas moved to Overton Co. TN and "resided there two years."
[pension files]. It is assumed that his brother Henry left Pendleton Co., SC about
the same time as Jonas. Letters remaining in the Post Office at Pendleton Court
House 1 Oct 1807 listed Henry Hill.
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| 1807 Oct. 4 | Power of Attorney: Overton Co., TN - William Marchbanks, Jr., Administrator on the Estate of William Young, deceased for sundry good causes and considerations have nominated,
appointed and by these presents do constitute and nominate and appoint James Jett of the State of S. C. Pendleton District my true and lawful attorney for me, in my name to
demand, secure etc. and by these presents granting to my said attorney my full power and authority &c. This fourth day of October 1807.
Witness: Jones (Jonas) Hill, Signed X, William Marchbanks, Jr.. Rec. 10/20/1807
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| 1808 Jun | Jonas married Mary Barnes (daughter of Jesse Barnes) in Overton
Co., TN. According to her 1857 declaration
she was 65 (b/1792) making her 16 years old when she married Jonas. According to John
Sanders, JP that married Mary Barnes and David Castlebury on 3 Mar 1846 in Van Buren Co.,
AR, Mary was 51 years old (thus b/1795), making her 13 years of age when she married
Jonas, which is doubtful.
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| 1808 Jul 22 | Deed: South Carolina, Pendleton District - Know all men that I, James Jett of Pendleton District for and in consideration of
the sum of $ I, to me in hand paid by William Marchbanks (Jr.) of the State of Tennessee, have granted, bargained and sold to the Said William Marchbanks a tract or plantation
of land on a prong of 12 Mile River...containing 115 acres, this 22 day of Jul, 1808, and in the 33 year of American Independence. Witness: Jones (Jonas) Hill & Nathaniel
Newman. Signed James Jett, Recorded Aug. 1, 1808. Note: Jonas appears back in the Pendleton Dist. the month after he and Mary Barnes were married in Overton Co.,
TN.
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| 1808 Oct 20 | Jonas sold 163 acres on Carpenters Creek, waters of the Saluda River, to George Hill for fifty pounds.
Witnessed by Jesse Miller and Moses Hendricks. Jonas and Mary appear to be living in the Pendleton Dist.
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| 1808-09 | Moved to Franklin County, TN and lived there "in the space of
thirty-one years before his death" (31 Aug 1840) according to his widow, Mary
Barnes statement on 9 Sep 1840, placing his arrival in FCTN about 1808 or 1809.
[Note: Franklin County was created in 1807]
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| 1812 | Shown on Tax List of Franklin County, TN (p. 17), the first official record that he lived in FCT. Also
shown on the list are Henry and Allen Hill. Source: Roll No. 3, TSLA Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips.
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| 1815 | Witnessed a deed with Samuel McClellan, whereby William Farris deeded 100 acres in FCT
to Henry Hill.
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| 1820 | For some reason Jonas Hill is not listed in this census. One of the best explanations I have
heard for this was suggested by a researcher "from beautiful Crow Creek Valley, Jackson
County, Alabama." She stated that the Crow Creek area of TN where Jonas lived was in Indian
Territory until Dec. 1819 at which time it was inadvertently put in Marion County, TN. Marion
County did not have an 1820 census. In 1824 there was a petition of Crow Creek residents to
have Crow Creek removed from Marion County and put into Franklin County, TN. This was
officially done in 1825.
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| 1829 Sep 25 | Jonas enters 50 acres on Big Crow Creek beginning at Thomas Hopkins NE corner, runs
thence south 120 poles...
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| 1830 | Census FCT: Jonas shown at age 60/70 with wife (Mary Barnes) age 30/40, two sons
5/10, three sons 10/15, two daughters under 5 and one daughter 15/20. It is interesting
to note that the only other Hill surname in the county as old as Jonas was a David Hill.
Could this be the same David Hill shown in the 1790 census of Pendleton Dist., SC? Probably.
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| 1832 May 17 | (State of Tennessee Grants) - Jonas Hill 50 acres on Tallys fork of Rush Creek of Crow Creek of Tennessee
River for one cent per acre. Land was entered 2 Jan 1826 under state law. Surveyed 23 May 1827.
State grant #2449.
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| 1832 Dec 3 | Henry Hill swore under oath that "his brother, Jonas Hill, formerly of Surry Co., NC was a
soldier in the United States service during the Revolutionary War. See "Pension File" page.
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| 1833 Sep 27 | From "The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol III (Southern States)", Genealogical Publishing Co, 1968,
[reprinted from the 1835 Senate Doc. 514, Report from the Secretary of War], page 580:
Jonas Hill; Private; Annual allowance 23.33; Sums received 69.99; Service in N. Carolina line;
Placed on rolls Sep. 27, 1833; Age 71
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| 1837 Apr 1 | The Franklin County court gave Jonas Hill $40 to care for Rebecca (Becca) Hill, a pauper,
for one year, to expire April 1, 1838.
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| 1838 May 4 | (State of Tennessee Grants) - Jonas Hill 50 acres on dividing ridge between Lost Cove and Tally's Fork of Crow
Creek for one cent per acre. Land was entered 28 Aug 1828 and surveyed 5 Feb 1833. Near William
Barnes' 50 acres on which John Parry (Perry) now lives.
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| 1840 Jan | Minute Book, p167 - Jury of View Report: Meredith Catchings, Special deputy: The road shall
begin at William Richardson's in Crow Creek & then up said crick by Jonas Hills and Hiram
Frost and George Garner and here to intersect the turnpike road at James Odears.
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| 1838 Apr 6 | Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858
From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872;
(National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23
rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the
Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Shows
Jonas' monthly allowance at 11.66 1/2. The same record also lists his death
date of 31 Aug 1840, and a final payment made on 6 Apr 1838.
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| 1840 | Census FCT: shown residing in Crow Creek Mountain, District 12, at age 70/80 and wife
(Mary Barnes age 40/50) with two sons and three daughters (1001000001-1020001)
It list seven people in the household, with agriculture as an occupation for two people,
three of whom can't read or write. Jonas is also shown as a Revolutionary War Pensioner at age 76. .
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| 1840 Aug 23 | Jonas Hill deeds 50 acres on Tally Fork of Rush Creek to Thomas J. Williams for $100. Land
granted Jonas Hill by the State of Tennessee on 17 May 1832, Grant No. 2449.
Witnessed by M. Catchins and looks like Henry Hill, whom M. Catchins stated was
not a citizen of Tennessee. Franklin Co. TN deed book T, page 227-228. Eight days
later, Jonas Hill died.
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| 1840 Aug 31 | Jonas Hill died in FCT. Date of death verified in court records dated September 1841 when
Mary Hill collected his final annual pension payment of $23.
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| Date? | Estate sale buyers: M. Catchins, May Adair, George Decherd, Mary Hill, L. P. Williams, Martha
Hoozier, Champ Guinn, J. C. Crabtree, and Allen Frost (no date given).
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| 1840 Nov. 2 | November Term 1840 - Franklin County, TN; It appearing to the Court now in session that Jonas Hill late of Franklin County died leaving
no will and his wife Mary Hill having applied for Letters of administration, it is ordered by the Court that she have letters by giving
bond and security as the law directs, whereupon the said Mary Hill came into the open Court and entered into bond of four
hundred and fifty dollars with Meridith Catchings and Thos. J. Williams, her securities, conditioned as the law directs, and was
qualified accordingly. It is also ordered by the Court the following persons be appointed commissioners to lay off one years
provisions for the widow out of the estate of Jonas Hill, dec'd (towit) George Garner, Henry Garner, Sr. and Merideth Catchings,
Commissioners. Minute Book FCT, p223
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| 1842 Sep 9 | In a sworn statement by Mary Barnes Hill to collect Jonas' final pension payment, she stated
that he had lived in FCT 31 years before his death (ie. moved there in 1810), and "that
previous thereto, he resided in Overton Co., TN, and in SC. If true, then they were married
in Overton Co., TN in 1808. In 1857, Mary also stated in her declaration for widow's pension
that Jonas died August 31, 1838, so her memory may have been failing her.
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| 1844 Jul 6 | Indenture between Mary Hill and George Garner, where she sells him a 40 acre track of land;
on the Waters of Big Crow Creek, next to George Anderson. By M. Catchings,
Sworn to Feby 21st by B. F. Gibson. Signed by Mary Hill, Leroy P. Williams,
Thomas J. Williams, Baly Hill, William Hill, Henry Hill, Scarlett Anderson Hill (on back) and Claybourn Hill (on back). Also signed
(witnessed?) by M. Catchings, Jessey Franklin and R. T. Gibson.
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NOTE: If anyone has any additions or corrections, or any suggestions for improving the above chronology on Jonas Hill, PLEASE let me know by email.