When Sophronia Hill was born on 28 September 1786, in Rocky Mount, Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Hill, was 40 and her mother, Alianna Standifer, was 39. She married William Luke on 15 December 1821. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870. She died on 24 December 1882, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Pinckard Drewery Cemetery, Ferrum, Franklin, Virginia, United States.
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The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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