Display Patriot - P-181713 - Thomas HILLEY

Thomas HILLEY

SAR Patriot #: P-181713

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Soldier
DAR #: A202308

Birth: 26 Apr 1754 / Goochland / VA
Death: 22 Mar 1838 / Heard / GA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. NSDAR cites
    • AMHERST CO MILITIA
    • PROVIDED SUPPLIES
    • WAS REIMBURSED FOR PROPERTY IMPRESSED IN AHMERST CO
    • REC'D LAND IN 1827 GA LAND LOTTERY

Additional References:
  1. NSDAR cites
    • SWEENY, AMHERST CO, VA IN THE REV, pg 43, 70
    • ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, Vol 1, pg 79
    • MCINTOSH, OFFICIAL HIST OF ELBERT CO, GA, 1790-1935, pg 223

Spouse: Mary Walker Bond
Children: William W; Richard B; Francis;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2005-04-19 TN 19824 Wilbur Clinton Wilder (164654) William   
2011-07-14 GA 43204 Thomas Adron Starrett (180149) William   
2011-07-14 GA 43205 Robin Mitchell Starrett (180150) William   
2011-07-14 GA 43206 Michael Thomas Starrett (180151) William   
2014-09-24 GA 60154 William Henry Cobb II (128601) Mary/Polly   
Burial:
Old Bethel (aka Bethel Baptist Church) Cemetery (C-0377315)
Location:
Franklin / Heard / GA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
35981
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
14280217
Marker Type:
Military
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: K. Scott Collins

Thomas Hilley    b. 4/26/1754    d. 3/22/1832    (HEARD COUNTY, GEORGIA)

He served in the Virginia Troops and came to Georgia in 1787. He drew land in the 1825 Georgia Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War Solider and resident of Captain Horton's District in Elbert County.

See:       

(1) "Deaths of Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Died in Georgia and Their Widows."

(2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 315.

(3) Heard County, Georgia:  A History of Its People, p. 199.

Source:

Arnold, Ross & Burnham, Hank. Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers. Vol.1. Athens, GA: Georgia Society SAR, 2001. A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.


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Additional Information:
  • Pvt, Amherst Co., founded 1761 from Albemarle Co., VA Miltiia
  • After the conclusion of the Rev War, Hilley petitioned at Court, Amherst Co., VA for reimbursement for food stuffs and fodder


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