Macon County GaArchives Biographies.....Hines L. Hill 
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Author: "Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia & Florida"

This bio abstracted from "Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia &  
Florida," reproduced from an 1889 edition in the private collection of the  
publisher, Easley, South Carolina.  (Note:  this is a non-copyrighted  
publication.) 
 
Hon. Hines L. Hill was born in Macon County, Ga.  His father, Josiah Hill, was  
born in North Carolina, came to Georgia when a young man and was engaged in the  
mercantile business all his life.  His wife, Sallie Underwood, was a native of  
North Carolina also.   She bore him five children, four sons and one daughter.   
Our subject was brought up and educated in Macon County.  His parents both died  
when he was young and left him homeless.  In early life he clerked in stores up  
to the time of the civil war, when he joined the Confederate army as a private  
in company C, of the First Georgia regiment of regulars, and served until he  
was wounded and lost his right arm in the battle of Second Manassas.  He then  
returned to Oglethorpe, Ga., and was without money or home.  He very soon,  
however, by close application to business, accumulated a little money by  
clerking, and in 1869 engaged in a small business for himself.  But previous to  
this, in 1869, he was appointed deputy sheriff of the county and served until  
1871, when he was elected to the legislature from Macon County.  He was the  
first white representative ever seated in the house from that county.  Mr. Hill  
has been for several years mayor of Montezuma, and is a man for whom all have  
great respect.  He has been engaged largely in the cotton commission business  
for several years, and is looked upon as a very energetic and prosperous man.   
In 1872 he was married to Miss Janie Schumate of Fulton County, Ga. 
 

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