Terrell-Stewart-Houston County GaArchives Biographies.....Hill, Andrew J. 1870 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 850-852

   ANDREW J. HILL. A man of excellent business qualifications, intelligence, and
much enterprise, Andrew J. Hill is widely and favorably known in Terrell county
as a successful agriculturist, and as a prominent warehouse man of Dawson, his
home city. A son of Isaac Hill, he was born November 7, 1870, on a Stewart
county farm, coming from pioneer ancestry. His grandfather, Green Hill, migrated
from his native state. North Carolina, to Georgia in the very early part of the
nineteenth century, becoming one of the first settlers of Houston county.
Purchasing a tract of timbered land, he hewed, with the assistance of slaves, a
farm from the dense wilderness, and there spent the remainder of his life. Isaac
Hill was born on the parental homestead, in Houston county, in 1814, and was
early initiated into the mysteries of successful farming, as carried on in early
days. A few years after his marriage, he moved to Monroe county, but not at all
satisfied with his prospects in that section, returned with his family to
Houston county, and there resided until 1851. Locating then in Stewart county,
he bought a tract of standing timber, fourteen miles west of Lumpkin, and
erected thereon the customary log house of the pioneer. The country roundabout
was but sparsely settled, and deer, turkeys, and wild game of all kinds were
plentiful, and formed to some extent the subsistence of the few inhabitants of
that locality. For a number of years after his arrival in that county there were
no railways, Georgetown, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama, being the nearest
trading points. Persevering and industrious, he cleared quite a large tract of
land, erected a good set of farm buildings, and was there engaged in tilling the
soil until his death, March 17, 1897, at the age of eighty-three years. "When a
young man he took an active part in the Indian wars of that period and later
served as one of the three judges of the inferior court of Stewart county.

   Isaac Hill was three times married. He married first, Emily Stewart, who was
born in Houston county, Georgia, a daughter of Thomas Stewart, a pioneer farmer
of that county. She died in 1860. Eight children were born of their union, as
follows: Isaac Thomas; Robert Green; William Russell; James Johnson; Nannie
Mittie; John Calhoun, of whom a brief sketch may be found elsewhere in this
volume; Benjamin L.; and Henry Clay. Mr. Isaac Hill married for his second wife
Mrs. Ellen (Moffitt) Williams, She lived but a comparatively few years after
their marriage, passing away in 1875. Of that union four children were born,
namely: Mollie; Emma Eulala; Andrew J., the special subject of this brief
personal review; and Walter L. Mr. Hill married for his third wife Mrs. Fanny
(Ligeon) Boland, whose death occurred in 1900.

   Acquiring a practical education in the district schools, Andrew J. Hill
remained on the home farm until twenty-one years old, and while assisting in its
management gained a practical knowledge of farming. Beginning the struggle for
life for himself soon after becoming of age, he rented land in Terrell county,
and met with such satisfactory results in his labors that he was ere very long
enabled to buy a tract of land situated one and one-half miles from Dawson.
Fortune smiled upon his every effort, and since making his first purchase Mr.
Hill has invested in other tracts, and is now the owner of 650 acres of choice
Terrell county land. In 1898 Mr. Hill embarked in the warehouse business in
Dawson, and has since managed that successfully in addition to supervising his
farms.

   In 1897 Mr. Hill was united in marriage with Clemmie Bryant Harris, who was
born in Terrell county, a daughter of Edward J. and Martha (Bryant) Harris. Her
maternal grandfather, Lovett Bryant, was an extensive farmer of Stewart county,
and served as one of the judges of the inferior court of that county and as
county school commissioner. He lived to be upwards of ninety years of age and
retained his mental faculties to a remarkable degree, being bright and active
till the close of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are both consistent members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South.

   Ever interested in public affairs, Mr. Hill has served as a member of the
city council, and as mayor of Dawson, filling the chair ably and acceptably.
Fraternally he belongs to Dawson camp, Woodmen of the World, which was organized
in 1897, being one of its charter members. He is fond of the chase and keeps a
fine pack of hounds. He is a noted sportsman and as a crack shot has taken part
in several target shooting tournaments.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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