Hill Family History

Compiled by Ona Lee Hill Martin, Submitted by Angela Heller Weaver

Thomas G. Davenport - State of Alabama (1850 Census)
Father of:
  • Frances E. Davenport
    Born: February 1837
    Died: November 1893
    Buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery
    Carthage, Texas
  • married
    August 9, 1859
    (V B P 73)
    Panola County
    Records
  • Dennis C. Hill from South Carthage
    Born: July 19, 1833
    Died: Feb 10, 1888 (Murdered)
    Buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery,
    Carthage, Texas

Dennis C. Hill was treasurer of Panola County and was murdered on Feb. 10, 1888 in the Treasurer's Office.

By W T Forsyth
Born: Oct 7, 1866
Died: Feb 28, 1888

Lynched by the Citizens of Panola County on the Courthouse Lawn
Buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery near the same plot of Dennis C. Hill.

Inscription on Dennis C. Hill's monument:
"Panola's murdered Treasurer"
"Robbed of his life for the County money"

Panola County had no banks and citizens kept their money in the Treasurer's Safe, also.