Sarah 'Sally Burr

Brief Life History of Sarah 'Sally

When Sarah 'Sally Burr was born on 25 January 1801, in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States, her father, Aaron Burr, was 24 and her mother, Rebecca Collins, was 20. She married Abraham Hill in 1821, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Pocahontas, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 September 1862, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Hillsboro, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Hill
1799–1871
Sarah 'Sally Burr
1801–1862
Marriage: 1821
Rev. John Burr Hill
1822–1909
Richard Washington Hill
1824–1876
Rebecca Catherine "Cate" Hill
1827–1912
Aaron B. Hill
1829–1908
George Washington Hill
1831–1861
Thomas C. Hill
1834–1851
Peter Hill
1837–1924
Joel Osborn Hill
1839–1922
Cyrus Hill Smith
1841–1921
Doctor Chaney Hill
1842–1927
William Isaac burr Hill
1846–1937

Sources (21)

  • Sally Hill in household of Abraham Hill, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elez Smith, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Sarah Burr Hill, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English burre ‘bur’ (a seed-case or flower-head with clinging prickles), used by Shakespeare to denote someone who sticks like a bur, a person difficult to ‘shake off’, a sense which may well be older.

German: topographic name from Burr(e) ‘mound, hill’, or in the south a variant of Burrer .

History: The American political leader Aaron Burr (1756–1836) was the son of a clergyman and academic, president of Princeton University. On his mother's side he was descended from the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards; on his father's from Jehu Burr, who emigrated from England to MA with John Winthrop (see Winthrop ) in 1630.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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