John Hill

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Husband John Hill ¹

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         Father: Gideon Hill (      -      ) 1
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1 M William Hill ²

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Woodrow (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 15 Feb 1815 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Hill

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He located near where Lancaster, PA, now stands, and where he lived till some time in 1774 or 1775, when he moved to west of the mountains, to Fort Pitt (now Pitts­burgh). He was there offered in exchange for a black horse five acres, forming the point between the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers; but he concluded there was no money in property there­abouts, so moved to Somerset township, Washington County, and ob­tained a patent for a tract of land, “Government reserving all gold and silver ore,” but saying nothing about oil and gas. This patent is dated 1778.

He was one of the first members of Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church in the days of Dr. McMillan, Dr. Brown and others, when preaching was conducted in tents, and the men were wont to go to church with their rifles for protection against the Indians. He and his son (when the latter was a young man) were the contractors for the building of the old stone church.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1379.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 922.