Hill Family Papers, 1828-1907
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Hill Family
Title: Papers, 1828-1907
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 0.66 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A H646
Scope and Content Note
Papers include a record of a charge against William Hill in 1828 and a list of his slaves; papers of Jesse P. Hill, merchant of New Castle, consisting of correspondence, 1856-1871, from relatives in Mo. and others; accounts, 1850-1876; and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1868; letters to Fannie Hill, 1868-1872; correspondence of Henrietta (Hill) Gardner, 1859-1892, and her daughter, Martha (Gardner) Ogburn Crabb, including a letter from Judge John D. Carroll; papers of other family members; and miscellaneous receipts of residents of Henry County, 1830-1868.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Record of a charge against William Hill for recording a memorial of deed from O. Cheatham, 1828.A list of William Hill’s slaves, 1779-1841.
2 Jesse P. Hill correspondence, 1856-1859.
3 Jesse P. Hill correspondence, 1860-1864.
4 Jesse P. Hill correspondence, 1865.
5 Jesse P. Hill correspondence, 1869-1871.
6 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1850-1855.
7 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1838-1849.
8 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1856-1859.
9 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1860-1863.
10 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1864.
11 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1865.
12 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1866-1869.
13 Jesse P. Hill accounts, 1872-1876.
14 Jesse P. Hill miscellaneous papers, 1850-1868.
15 Fannie Hill correspondence, 1868-1869.
16 Fannie Hill correspondence, 1870.
17 Fannie Hill correspondence, 1871.
18 Fannie Hill correspondence, 1872 and n.d.
Box 2
19 Poem by a Union soldier bearing the name of Miss Alice Hill on the reverse.
20 P. M. Hill receipts, 1833-1834.
21 Powell Hill papers, 1852-1868.
22 Rhoda Hill: certificate of stock in the Louisville and Frankfort Railroad Co., 1860Nov. 23.
23 Russell Hill papers, 1833-1837.
24 Henrietta (Hill) Gardner correspondence, 1859-1892.
25 Hattie Gardner correspondence, 1892.
26 Martha Ogburn Crabb correspondence, 1885-1907.
26a Attendance record of Martha F. Gardner’s class in school at Turner’s Station,1890-1891.
27 John C. Ireland correspondence and social invitations.
28 Miscellaneous receipts, etc., 1830-1839.
29 Miscellaneous receipts, etc., 1846-1849.
30 Miscellaneous receipts, etc., 1850-1859.
31 Miscellaneous receipts, etc., 1860-1868.
32 Miscellaneousmemoranda.
pkg. 33 Arithmetic of Jesse P. Hill, 1829-1831.