{⋆★⋆} BG Hill, Benjamin Jefferson

Benjamin Jefferson Hill​

Born: June 13, 1825

Birthplace: McMinnville, Tennessee

Father: Isaac Hill 1804 – 1834

Mother: Frances Pickett 1804 – 1834

Wife: Mary Vesta Smartt 1825 – 1909

(Buried: Old McMinnville City Cemetery, McMinnville, Tennessee)​

Children:

Lou Lillian Hill 1851 – 1851​

(Buried: Old McMinnville City Cemetery, McMinnville, Tennessee)​

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Occupation before War:

Merchant in McMinnville, Tennessee​

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1855 – 1861: Tennessee State Senator​

Civil War Career:

1861: Colonel of 5th​ Tennessee Infantry in Provisional Army of Tennessee​

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1861 – 1864: Colonel of 35th​ Tennessee Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

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1862: Participated in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862: Participated in the Kentucky Campaign​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee​

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1864: Provost Marshal for the Army of Tennessee

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1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry​

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Helped destroy Railroad and Blockhouses in Murfreesboro & Nashville​

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Participated in the Forrest's Defense in Alabama​

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1865: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Selma, Alabama​

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1865: Paroled at Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 16, 1865​

Occupation after War:

Merchant and Attorney in McMinnville, Tennessee​

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President of McMinnville and Manchester Railroad​

Died: January 5, 1880

Place of Death: McMinnville, Tennessee

Age at time of Death: 54 years old

Burial Place: Old McMinnville City Cemetery, McMinnville, Tennessee

 

[Pollaco]

Succeeded Patrick Cleburne at Perryville when Cleburne was wounded.

 

[DixieRifles]

Benjamin Jefferson Hill:​

Born: June 13, 1825
Birthplace: McMinnville Tennessee
Father: Isaac Hill 1804 – 1834
Mother: Frances Pickett 1804 – 1834
Wife: Mary Vesta Smartt 1825 – 1909
(Buried: Old McMinnville City Cemetery McMinnville Tennessee)

Interesting.
Thanks!!

I checked his genealogy on WikiTree and his HILL tree doesn't intersect mine ----at least not here in the US.

 

[Pollaco]

I see His mother was a Pickett, I don't suppose him and George were any kin?

 

[Luke Freet]

Benjamin Jefferson Hill:​

Born: June 13, 1825
Birthplace: McMinnville Tennessee
Father: Isaac Hill 1804 – 1834
Mother: Frances Pickett 1804 – 1834
Wife: Mary Vesta Smartt 1825 – 1909
(Buried: Old McMinnville City Cemetery McMinnville Tennessee)
Children:
Lou Lillian Hill 1851 – 1851
(Buried: Old McMinnville City Cemetery McMinnville Tennessee)
Occupation before War:
Merchant in McMinnville Tennessee
1855 – 1861: Tennessee State Senator
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 5th​ Tennessee Infantry in Provisional Army of Tennessee
1861 – 1864: Colonel of 35th​ Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh Tennessee
1862: Participated in the Siege of Corinth Mississippi
1862: Participated in the Kentucky Campaign
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Richmond Kentucky
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamauga Georgia
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chattanooga Tennessee
1864: Participated in the Battle of Franklin Tennessee
1864: Provost Marshal for the Army of Tennessee
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
Helped destroy Railroad and Blockhouses in Murfreesboro & Nashville
Participated in the Forrest's Defense in Alabama
1865: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Selma Alabama
1865: Paroled at Chattanooga Tennessee on May 16, 1865
Occupation after War:
Merchant and Attorney in McMinnville Tennessee
President of McMinnville and Manchester Railroad

Died: January 5, 1880
Place of Death: McMinnville Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Burial Place: Old McMinnville City Cemetery McMinnville Tennessee

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One of Cleburne's men.
His command produced a number of commanders, it seems

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Benjamin Jefferson Hill! Salutes remembering General Hill on his birthday.

 

[Luke Freet]

Hill's 35th Tennessee served under Patrick Cleburne's brigade for most of the battles it fought, From Shiloh to Richmond to Perryville; through Stones River to Chickamauga; from Tunnel Hill to Ringgold Gap. When Cleburne took command if a provisional division during the Kentucky Campaign, Hill as senior Colonel at Richmond, where his men helped destroy Bull Nelson's force. He was passed over for brigade command by Lucius Polk, but it seems moreas a personal favor between Polk and Cleburne than any judgement of Hill's ability. Hill would become provost marshal of the Army of Tennessee in early 1864, with his old regiment serving as provost guard. After Polk's brigade was disbanded, the regiment was officially assigned to Granbury's Texas Brigade, though it seems they never fought with the Texans.

 

[Pollaco]

It seems he was infantry through his career before becoming a brigadier, then transferred to cavalry. He surrendered his mounted brigade to Gen. Henry Judah on May 16, 1865.

 

[digne]

I checked his genealogy on WikiTree and his HILL tree doesn't intersect mine ----at least not here in the US.

I'm related to all the Hills of Warren county, Tenn. at the time of the war. Do you have any Hill from Warren county in your tree? I've traced my Hills back to Edgecombe county North Carolina. They moved to Hancok and Jasper counties, Georgia, around 1800 or 1802 and stayed there for a couple years and then finally a large group of them went to Tennesse. On the Georgia branch of the family is U.S. Senator Benjamin H. Hill. Another group of Hills left Tennesse and went to Texas and fought in the Texas Revolution. I don't know if that helps you intersect with my Hills anywhere.

Gen. Benjamin Jefferson Hill is my 2nd cousin 5 times removed. My 3rd great grandfather Asa Hill (B.J. Hill's 3rd cousin) was a sergeant in the same regiment, along with his brother and other Hill relatives.

 

[DixieRifles]

I'm related to all the Hills of Warren county, Tenn. at the time of the war. Do you have any Hill from Warren county in your tree? I've traced my Hills back to Edgecombe county North Carolina.

Yes. I have an ancestor who died in Edgefield Cty in ~1821. My tree moved to Yalobusha County,MS.
I can post more later.

 

[digne]

Yes. I have an ancestor who died in Edgefield Cty in ~1821. My tree moved to Yalobusha County,MS.
I can post more later.

Here's the gist to help you get started making a connection.

I've traced this line back to Benjamin J. Hill's great-grandfather: an Isaac Hill. Isaac was a very common name in this line (as were Benjamin, Asa and Melchisedek) so always confirm you have found the right one. This Issac is very often referred to as Isaac Sr. He was born 22 July 1748 probably in Edgecomb county, N.C., and died 28 July 1825, in Warren county, Tennessee. As a young man he lived in Edgecombe county. There he married Lucy Wallace. According to a grandson, Isaac worked there "farming poor land on a small scale and running turpentine and tar," and at some point was sheriff of Edgecomb county. Isaac may have served in the American Revolution, but it's not totally clear if the records are for the same Isaac Hill. They moved to Georgia around 1800. After Lucy died, Issac remarried to Lydia White Hill, who was the widow of a William Hill in Georgia (probably a distant relative). They married around 1810 and then followed Isaac's children to Warren county, Tennessee. Several of Isaac's children stayed in Georgia. At his death, Isaac would name 12 children in his will: Henry, Benjamin, John, Sarah, Allen, Whitmell, Asa, Lawrence, Martha, Elizabeth, Lucy and Mary Ann. It is believed Isaac had son named Isaac who had already died.

Benjamin J. Hill's grandfather was Isaac's son Benjamin.
Benjamin J. Hill's father was another Isaac Hill (often referred to as Isaac Hill III).

(I descend from Isaac Sr.'s son Henry John Alexander Hill)

 

[DixieRifles]

I've traced this line back to Benjamin J. Hill's great-grandfather: an Isaac Hill. Isaac was a very common name in this line (as were Benjamin, Asa and Melchisedek) so always confirm you have found the right one. This Issac is very often referred to as Isaac Sr. He was born 22 July 1748 probably in Edgecomb county, N.C., and died 28 July 1825, in Warren county, Tennessee.

Sorry for the delay. I was busy traveling and touring on the CWT Muster.

Now that I'm home, I realized that I had the wrong county name and the wrong state. My ancestor was from Edgefield County, South Carolina.
Here is my HILL line.

Jesse Hill (1759–1820)
BIRTH: 1759 - Caroline, VA, USA
DEATH: 14 AUG 1820 - Edgefield County, South Carolina
Spouse -- Mary Pittman Fowler (1764–1810)
--- BIRTH: 1764 - Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
--- DEATH: 1810 - Edgefield County, South Carolina

William Hill (1737–1792)
BIRTH: 1737 - Caroline County, Virginia, USA
DEATH: 29 SEP 1792 - Surry, North Carolina, USA

Sion Hill Jr. (1682–1762)
BIRTH: 1682 - Surry County, Virginia, USA
DEATH: ABT 1762 - Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy (Monday) Birthday Brig. General Benjamin J. Hill! Salutes remembering General Hill on his birthday week.

 

[nc native]

All this talk about Hill genealogy is leading me to double check my family tree to see if there is any connection to B. J. Hill or my fellow members on this thread with Hill ancestors. I have two lines of Hills in my family tree. One line was Quaker from around 1650 in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina up until about 1800 in Central North Carolina. The other line is the one I will take another look at.

 

[nc native]

Sorry for the delay. I was busy traveling and touring on the CWT Muster.

Now that I'm home, I realized that I had the wrong county name and the wrong state. My ancestor was from Edgefield County, South Carolina.
Here is my HILL line.

Jesse Hill (1759–1820)
BIRTH: 1759 - Caroline, VA, USA
DEATH: 14 AUG 1820 - Edgefield County, South Carolina
Spouse -- Mary Pittman Fowler (1764–1810)
--- BIRTH: 1764 - Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
--- DEATH: 1810 - Edgefield County, South Carolina

William Hill (1737–1792)
BIRTH: 1737 - Caroline County, Virginia, USA
DEATH: 29 SEP 1792 - Surry, North Carolina, USA

Sion Hill Jr. (1682–1762)
BIRTH: 1682 - Surry County, Virginia, USA
DEATH: ABT 1762 - Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA

We are related! Sion Hill shows up in my family tree and his father was also named Sion Hill (1654-1705). Sion Hill Sr. was very active in land transactions in Surry County, Virginia. Sion Hill, Jr. married a woman named Tabitha Green (1690-1765). I have lots of ancestors who lived in Virginia and moved to Edgecombe County, North Carolina right after the Tuscaroras left in the early 1700s. Sion's daughter Anne Hill (1715-1762) is where my tree moves forward. She married a man named Moses Steed and they later settled in what became Montgomery County, North Carolina.

 

[danny]

 

[ErnieMac]

Obituary from the 6 January 1880 edition of the Memphis (TN) Public Ledger:

 

[Pollaco]

At Chattanooga Hill led the consolidated 35th and 48th Tennessee. This was apparently right after Cleburne returned from his wounding to command his old brigade.That last sentence was speculation on my part, when did Cleburne return from his Perryville wound?

 

[DixieRifles]

We are related! Sion Hill shows up in my family tree and his father was also named Sion Hill (1654-1705). Sion Hill Sr. was very active in land transactions in Surry County, Virginia. Sion Hill, Jr. married a woman named Tabitha Green (1690-1765). I have lots of ancestors who lived in Virginia and moved to Edgecombe County, North Carolina right after the Tuscaroras left in the early 1700s. Sion's daughter Anne Hill (1715-1762) is where my tree moves forward. She married a man named Moses Steed and they later settled in what became Montgomery County, North Carolina.

So cool. My HILL line continues on down to my Mother. I have my tree on Ancestry but I think I may have made a mistake on one of the father/son connections.
My William Hill (1737–1792) had a son, William Hill Jr(B:23 Sep 1773--D:29 Oct 1857), who was the Secretary of State for North Carolina for 52 years. His brother, Jesse, is my ancestor who died in Edgefield County, SC on 14 August 1820. Jesse's son, Joel Hill (1806-1853) was the first to homestead in Mississippi, along with his son-in-law, Thomas Garrett. My 95-year old aunt still lives on the land he settled.

 

[ErnieMac]

At Chattanooga Hill led the consolidated 35th and 48th Tennessee. This was apparently right after Cleburne returned from his wounding to command his old brigade.That last sentence was speculation on my part, when did Cleburne return from his Perryville wound?

He returned quickly enough to participate at Stones River.