Newhanover County NcArchives Obituaries.....Hill, William Henry 1808 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com October 8, 2008, 4:12 pm Raleigh Minerva Thurs., Dec. 22, 1808, Raleigh Minerva DIED, on Friday night, the 9th inst., at Hilton, aged 41, WILLIAM HENRY HILL, ESQ. In the death of this gentleman, we have to record no common loss. He was appointed attorney of the United States, for the district of North Carolina, by GEN. WASHINGTON and for many years represent the District of Wilmington, in the Congress of the United States. As a public man, his course was marked by no temporizing, time policy; but at all times he steadily pursued what he deemed the permanent interest of the union. With a judgment to discern what the public good required; he possessed an independence of mind to assert what was due to the dignity of the country. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/newhanover/obits/h/hill1264ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb