Children of Samuel and Clarissa (Holloway) Hill

  1. Henry Hill was born about 1793.  He died on June 08, 1852 on the Oregon Trail near Goshen, Wyoming.  He married Elizabeth Holloway, his first cousin, September 14, 1816 in Clark County, Kentucky.   Elizabeth was the daughter of John Holloway, Clarissa’s brother, and John’s first wife, Lucy Schuyler.  Henry, Samuel and Clarissa’s oldest son, is believed to be the son who testified at the trial of his father.  He would have been 15 years of age at the time.  During 1814 Henry served in the War of 1812 as a private in the company commanded by Captain William F. Gray of the Virginia militia commanded by Col. Boyd of King and Queen County Virginia.   Henry moved to Fayette County, Kentucky and moved on to Henry County, Kentucky around the time of his mother, Clarissa’s move their.  Ultimately, he moved on to Monroe County, Missouri.  Henry died while striking out for gold in California.  The location of his grave is two miles southwest of Henry, Nebraska in Goshen County, Wyoming.
  2. George Littlewood Hill was born January 12, 1798 in Caroline County., VA and died in Clinton, De Witt County, Illinois on November 30, 1887.  He married Louisa Venona Hickman October 15, 1822 in Fayette County, Kentucky.  Louisa was the daughter of William Lewis Hickman and Sarah Finney Thompson of Fayette County., Kentucky.  George and Louisa also moved to Henry County., Kentucky with his mother, Clarissa and lived there until October 1837 when he move to Clinton, De Witt County, Illinois.  He purchased a farm of 640 acres on which he lived and died.  According to George’s obituary in the Clinton Republic, December 9, 1887, he “was an intimate and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who often visited him at home.”
  3. Ann Clarissa Hill was born April 25, 1801 and died January 12, 1872.  She married William Pickett March 22, 1821 in Fayette County, Kentucky.  Nancy and her husband William Pickett moved to Monroe County, Missouri and lived near her brother, Henry Hill.
  4. Elizabeth Hill was probably born about 1803.  She married John Sharp November 03, 1821 in Fayette County, Kentucky.  Elizabeth died shortly after the birth of her son, Owen.   Elizabeth and John lived in Clark County, Kentucky until Elizabeth’s death, when John moved to Pendleton Co.  He remarried and had several children by his second marriage.  Elizabeth had two children, Mary Jane Sharp, born July 12, 1823, and Owen Sharp, born June 25, 1825.
  5. William L. Hill was born May 01, 1808 in Caroline County, Virginia and died February 16, 1864 in Henry County., Kentucky.  He married Amanda S. Walker December 17, 1834 in Henry County, Kentucky.   Amanda was the daughter of James Walker and Eliza S. Oliver, natives of Henry County, Kentucky.