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Facts and Events
Land Acquisition of William Hillhouse
- The earliest known record in South Carolina of William Hillhouse was a land grant dated October 9, 1772 of 300 acres on Turkey Creek (then Nathan's), a branch of Bullock's Creek, nine or ten miles south of what is now York, SC. William was recited as being of "the parish of St. Marks and Providence of South Carolina," and the land as lying in the "province of South Carolina formerly North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, on the East side of the Broad River on a branch of Bullock Creek called Nathan's." [Source: "Tha Hillhouse Family, South Carolina Branch", by Helen T. Hillhouse & Laurens Petigru].
Sources
- Familysearch submissions
- http://www.roadrunnersauto.com/gen/hillhouse.shtml
- ""Tha Hillhouse Family, South Carolina Branch", by Helen T. Hillhouse & Laurens Petigru
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