Friends of the City Cemeteries
Villa Rica, Georgia
HILL
William Pleasant Hill
Nov. 24, 1804 - June 11, 1876
Born: November 24, 1804
Death: June 11, 1876
Age: 72
Married: Martha Carmen or Martha Carnine
Military Service: Pvt Co. E, 1st Georgia Cavalry
Children:
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Naomi C Hill Leatherwood (1844-1918)
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Jessie C Hill (1860-1901)
Martha Hill and William P. Hill's headstones
William and Martha were married in Jackson County, Georgia, on July 10, 1824.
Listed in the Marriages--Georgia to 1850 compiled by Ancestry.com
October 2019
Headstone:
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Style: tablet made of grey/blue slate
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Symbols: Sun, sun disk, leaves or flowers
A sun is in the top center of the headstone with a simplistic sun disk across the top. A sun disk is a winged disk and the Egyptian symbol of the sun
god Ra. It symbolizes the power to recreate and means “God, Lord over all, Creator."
On either side of the sun is a plant stem with five
heart-shaped leaves or flowers.
October 2019
William's obituary appeared in
the Carroll County Times
(June 16, 1876).
Transcription of William's Obituary
Died at Villa Rica just as the first grey streaks of morning announced the dawn of the Sabbath, June 11th, 1876. Mr. Willliam Hill in the 72nd year of his age. Mr. Hill or uncle Billy as he was most usually called, had been for many years a resident of that neighborhood. He was universally regarded as a good man, a man whose quiet unassuming constant life, secured for him the most perfect confidence of all those who knew him and gave weight and honor to the profession of religion he had so long made.
Mr. Hill had been a member, and an Elder, in the Presbyterian church at Villa Rica, from the time of its organization. The writer of this brief tribute to his memory and his worth, knows of no one to whom the coins (indecipherable) given to Nathaniel can be more fitly applied. "Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile."
In the quiet hour of the Sabbath evening we committed to the grave the body that had been so long and so severely afflicted, in sure and certain hope of a resurrection to eternal dishonor and corruption, shall be raised in incorruption power and glory.
William's death was also announced in the Atlanta Constitution (June 18, 1876).
Mementos placed at William's headstone
Martha [Carmen or Carnine] Hill
Sept. 1, 1804 - Sept. 18, 1880
Born: September 1, 1804
Death: September 18, 1880
Age: 76
Married: William Pleasant Hill
Children:
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Naomi C Hill Leatherwood (1844-1918)
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Jessie C Hill (1860-1901)
In the 1870 Federal Census, William (65) and Martha (68) were living in Villa Rica. William's occupation was a farmer. Martha was 'keeping house'. Living with them were Sarah (maybe Naomi) (23) and Jesse (8).
In 1866, Naomi Hill married William "Ben" Benjamin Leatherwood. They had ten children, one being William Monroe Leatherwood
(1867-1891). William is buried to the left of his grandparents, William P. Hill and Martha Hill, at Old Town Cemetery.
Naomi C. Hill Leatherwood, her husband William Ben Leatherwood, and their son, William Monroe's twin brother, Francis Marion Leatherwood, are buried at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Snellvile.
Martha's death was reported in the Carroll County Times on April 9, 1880.
Uninscribed Markers:
Behind William and Martha are two unidentified plots: an adult-size false tomb and a child-size headstone.
A false tomb is a type of grave marker where a slab of stone or concrete covers the area of a grave and extends above the ground from a few inches to a couple of feet. A false tomb is most frequently boxy but may be rounded or embellished. It may have an accompanying gravestone, or it may bear an inscription itself. It is not an actual tomb since the burial is underground.
The false tomb has been cleaned once; unfortunately, no identifying inscription has been seen yet.
November 2018
A small headstone lying near W. P. Hill's tablet has been moved over the years, so its original location is unknown.
The headstone has been cleaned with no distinguishable writing, but a lamb can be seen at the top.
