James S. HILL
1860 Census, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
1880 Census, Newton County, Georgia, E.D. 100, p 50
Internet IGI 2005, March
Ancestry World Tree
Tallapoosa County Marriages, 1834-63, Book III,p. 156
Internet IGI 2005, (Jul)
James enlisted in the Confederate Army in January 1863, Dade Co., GA. Served in Company B, 6th Georgia Volunteers "lookout Dragoons." James was wounded in the War, and died in a hospital in Alexandria Virginia in May 1865. Application for Confederate Pension by his wife, Nancy Bailey Hill 3 Jan 1907, Newton Co., GA.
Sources: 1. Tombstone photo in possession of Brenda Nay.
George was apparently named after both his grandfathers, Francis Bailey and George Washington Hill.
NOTE: No children
BIRTH: Birth date also listed as 2 Feb 1860.
NAME: Nancy aka Nannie
He married Nancy Bailey 7 Aug 1853 at Tallapoosa, Alabama . Nancy Bailey was born at Henry, Georgia 1829 daughter of Francis E. Bailey and Sarah Jackson .
They were the parents of 6
children:
George Washington Hill
born 29 May 1854.
James Christopher Hill
born 1856.
Margaret Sultana Hill
born 16 Jan 1858.
Emma E. Hill
born Mar 1860.
Carrie Ella Hill
born 1862.
Nancy S. Hill
born Feb 1864.
James S. Hill died May 1865 at Alexandria, Virginia .
Nancy Bailey died 19 Jan 1917 at Covington, Newton, Georgia .