Person

John Hill (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1804-01-05 d. 1870-07-20

Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ann Edwards Hill in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on February 25, 1836. Father of John W. Hill, James Hill, Frank G. Hill, and Sarah E. Hill. Married to Francis A. Ware Hill in Bourbon County on December 29, 1847. Father of Eliza Hill, James Hill, George A. Hill, and Francis Hill. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned thirty-eight enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned fifty-two enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 240B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 426.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 566.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 106B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000183145, p. 151.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000183145, p. 153.

"John Hill (1804-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 70641691, accessed December 6, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70641691.

Citation

Hill, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197896 (November 12, 2026).

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