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Silas Hill (Madison County, KY, farmer)

b. 1819?

Madison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Diggs Hill. Father of William Hill, Dorothy Hill, Charles Hill, Thomas Hill, Nancy Hill, Reuben Hill, Isariah Hill, Egbert Hill, and Mary Hill. Farmer in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Madison County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 200B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 379.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 445B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Union, p. 268B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 12829.

Citation

Hill, Silas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204587 (November 12, 2026).

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