Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-12
Death of Anderson Hill, Esq.

Anderson Hill, Esq, perhaps the Oldest
citizen of Knoxville, died at the home of
mis- son, W. A. B. Hill, in East Knoxville,
yesterday, in the Goth year of his age.
Anderson Hill was born July 7, 1892.
His father, who lived at that time at Beaty's
Ford, ON the Catawba River, Lincoln
County. N c., noted place in
which the revolutionary war, was born
in Chester County, Va, of Irish and Welsh
parentage, his mother being of English and
French descent Mr.. Hills father, while
he was quite a youth, left that place in
1876 and moved to Greene County, Tenn,
where he made crop. In the latter part
of the same year he came to Beaver Greek,
dies place for one year, after
he rented Buckner's place, near
Robert Woods, where he lived during 1898.
He then went to the place now known as
Robert Woods place, on the Emory road
He made the first clearing on that place
He then moved to Sinking Greek, near the
Charles McClung place, now known as the
Heiskell place, where he lived till 1922.
Anderson Hill was married in 1877, ON
Sinking Greek, to Rachael BurdwiI, by
whom he had FIVE children. He had learned
the shoemaker's trade under his father, and
moved, after his marriage, to DR.. Jas. King
place Wits old Field. He moved TO
Knoxville in 1920, and has lived here since.
His wife died in 1927.
In 1881 he was married to Nancy Seay,
sister of Floyd Seay, ESQ, by whom he had
five children, as follows: VIM. A. B. Hill,
now of our city; Eliza Ann, wife of LESSEE
Allison, of Chattanooga, Rachael,
wife of Frank Cummings, of this city;
Nancy, twin sister, who married VIM.
Morris and moved to Georgia, now dead;
Mary, an older daughter, died in infancy.
| His second wife died in 1871.
| Mr.. Hill WAS door-keeper of the House
of Representatives at Nashville for the years
1855 6, 1859-60 and 1861 2, and also held
the position of door-keeper at Washington
in 1865, under President Ihn-
coin He served campaign in
the war of 1912, under Capt. John Chiles,
of Anderson County, and was pensiouer
up to the time of his death.
Mr.. Hill professed religion at Muddy
Greek in 1910, under the ministry of the
pioneer Methodist preacher, James Axley,
and was perhaps, the only man living at
| this time whose conversion dated back to
the times of that good old man. He was q
member of Church Street NJ. E. Church,
South, up to his death.
''Boss" HILL as the deceased was every
where Familiarity known, was always honor
ed and respected as man of strict integrity
and honesty, industrious and straight for
ward in his life and habits. He was very
extensively known throughout the country
and perhaps had not an enemy on earth
He held up. physically, remarkably well fo
man of his age, and his face and form
have been very familiar on our st:eets TO
years, up to within the past few months, ant
he failed and faded away inch by inch unit
at last he was gathered to his rest, afte
having dwelt with us for length of TIM
far in excess of that commonly allotted II
mankind.
The funeral will occur this afternoon, ant
the remains, by his own request, will b.
inferred in the old Methodist buryins
ground, on Holston Heights, between hi
two departed wives.