When Gilleya A Hill was born on 29 September 1819, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Hill, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Wright, was 27. She married Isaac S Adams on 11 February 1836, in Putnam, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Greencastle, Greencastle Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 15 January 1855, in Appanoose, Iowa, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Motto Cemetery, Appanoose, Iowa, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Historical Boundaries 1821: Putnam, Indiana, United States
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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.
Possible Related Names4.5 Gilleya ‘Gilley’ Hill, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Wright) Hill, was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 1819 (twin of Rev. Jesse Hill). [She] moved with parents to Putnam Co., In …
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