The Hill schoolhouse was built in 1905.  Work was donated by the men of the community.  The community then consisted of not more than a dozen families, scattered from the Haynes place now owned by Tom Moore, down the old road south to the Will Pybus place owned by Tom Crossland.  The Day Ranch in which this school is situated had just been opened for sale the year before.

The first school, a short term, was taught by Mr. D. D. Knight at a salary of $50.00 per month.  It was a typical “Little Red Schoolhouse,” although there was no paint on it.  There were two doors in front, one ladies and one for gentlemen.  In the schoolroom and on the playground boys and girls were supposed to stay on their own side.  Old-fashioned dinner pails were placed along the walls and sunbonnets hung on nails above.  Girls fourteen or older wore long dresses.

Trustees of the early years were; Steve Weeks, John Harris, E. S. McClellan, Henry McCleskey, J. W. Gideon, A. J. Standridge, R. L. Garrett, S. S. Squires, Pat Downey, Frank Thomas, Floyd Thomas, Walter McClellan, Jesse Netherton, and Manton Jamison.

Miss Cora Rogers from Bell County taught the second year of school.  For weeks she had only one pupil.  After school hours she picked cotton enough to more than pay her board, which was then about eight or nine dollars a month.  Other teachers through the years were: Delcia Brandon, D. D. Knight, Owen Griffis, Birdie Hill, Carl Henderson, Maggie Carmackle, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hately, Willie Ellis Rutherford, Margie Van Hoose, Donnie Forman Jameson, Esther Owen Griffin, Effie Self Dalton, Fannie Anderson Arnold, Minnie Wheatley Johnson, Oneta McCleskey Hawthorne, Lottie McClellan Cozart, Preston Sparks, Sallie Pearce Hunter, Ethel Sampson, Billy Sampson, Eunice Self, Lola Speed, Inez Osborne, Loma Groom, Berta Parrott, Gladys Moore Snodgrass, Alma McNutt, Mrs. Carver, Mrs. Andrew Morrison, Mrs. Dona Kirkpatrick, Cleo Golson, Lena McClellan Bowen, Stena Standridge Lohn, Bell Sutherland, Cinnie Standridge, Beatrice Burrus, Lois Stewart Standridge, Jewel McClellan McMinn, Lynn R. Brown, Johnny Weeks, Allen Freeman, and Viola Brown.

There was a gradual increase in the number of pupils as the ranch was fast settling to the West, Voss being the only other school.  At one time there were a hundred pupils enrolled.  Imagine so many pupils of all grades in one room!  In 1912 another schoolroom was added and the old room repaired; Miss Willie Ellis, who was principal at this time, was the first to give examinations and report cards.  Old timers can recall spelling matches, box suppers, picnics, programs etc., then enjoyed by the people in the community.  Mr. W. E. Heatley (principal two years) was the originator of baseball at Hill.  The girls became as enthused as the boys.  He was very popular among the pupils. Two boys, Clarence Stuart and Paul Davis, walked several miles from out of the district to attend his school.

A. M. Freeman was the first teacher hired here holding a degree.  It was about this time the old beloved recitation bench was abolished and “turning down” and “head marks” in spelling became a thing of the past.  In 1917 the third school building was erected.

In 1935 the Mozelle High School was built to serve students from surrounding small schools in the south part of Coleman County:  Brown Ranch, Elliott, Gouldbusk, Hardin, Hill, Starkweather and Voss.  In early 1943 all elementary school pupils were bussed to Mozelle.

There were many pioneer families in this community of which we remember these names: Acrey, Autrey, Bailey, Blair, Blevens, Barefoot, Bullock, Bouldin, Bristow, Coker, Cooper, Campbell, Copeland, Conner, Cox, Cozart, Cmenshaw, Crossland, Christian, Deal, Dobbs, Dodson, Deloney, Downey, Dowell, Draper, Estes, Franks, Fenton, Finney, Garrett, Gideon, Goodwin, Harris, Holmes, Hill, Hicks, Hewitt, Haynes, Hays, Hawthorne, Jamison, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Kelley, Kerbow, Knowlton, Loggins, McCammoll, McCleskey, McClellan, Miller, Moore, Morgan, Murrah, Netherton, Parker, Patterson, Petty, Pearson, Peacock, Pittamd, Puckett, Pybus, Rogers, Robb, Rumfield, Row, Standridge, Stanfield, Stigler, Seals, Sinclair, Simpkins, Sides, Skelton, Sloan, Squires, Strickland, Stewart, Summers, Taylor, Tate, Thomas, Timmins, Vanpelt, Watson, Wilson, Wright, and Weeks.

On January 14, 1968, a group of thirteen persons met in the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Coleman for the purpose of planning a reunion that year for interested people of the Hill Community.  Mr. Eugene Dodson was elected moderator.  Lena Bowen was elected secretary treasurer.  The moderator appointed the following people to send all the names they could to the secretary: Mr. and Mrs. Iva K. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pittard, Mrs. Maggie Skelton, Mrs. Bula McClellan and Mrs. R. E. (Bud) McClellan.  Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thomas and Mrs. Manton (Julia) Jamison were appointed “Pushers” to see that everything was taken care of for this reunion.  The first reunion was on June 9, 1968, meeting at various locations until in 1974 the meeting place permanently became the Hill community.  The group continues to meet; others serving through the years as president or vice president have been Curtis Jamison, Pete Skelton, Jimmy Jamison, Alton Sides and Bud McClellan.