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Family of James Matthew HILL and Anne L SMITH
| Husband: | James Matthew HILL (1818-1878) | |
| Wife: | Anne L SMITH ( - ) | |
| Marriage | 24 Dec 1857 | Stokes County, North Carolina |
Husband: James Matthew HILL
| Name: | James Matthew HILL | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 18 Feb 1818 | Snow Creek, Stokes County, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Blacksmith | |
| Death | 8 Aug 1878 (age 60) | Peters Creek, Stokes County, North Carolina |
| Burial | Snow Hill Church road about a mile east of the church | |
Wife: Anne L SMITH
| Name: | Anne L SMITH | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
Note on Husband: James Matthew HILL
According to Aunt Fanny Moorefield, as told to John Wesley Wall, Jim Hill was found by the Hill family in a briar patch near their home. The Hills raised him and gave him their name but never knew who his parents were.
James "Jim" Matthew Hill remained single until his mother and grandfather passed away. His first marriage produced one daughter (I do not have the name) Jim was a blacksmith and farmer. He was sixty years old when he died, leaving his young wife and seven children, oldest being 10, youngest was 2 months.
The Hill family were among the early settlers in Stokes, North Carolina . James Matthew Hill owned a farm of over five hundred acres, and at one time he owned slaves. In 1990 the homeplace was still standing over 150 years old, a log structure having a one half upper story. The chimney made of native rock was still in use in 1990. The large front door made of oak shows marks of abuse put there by the Yankee soldiers as they entered the house during the Civil War.
The family cemetey is located on Snow Hill Church road about a mile east of the church, and on the left it containes the graves of James and Laura Emaline Hill, Matthew and Pauline Hill Spencer, John and Rachel Spencer and Emma Lee Fulcher.