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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-536family and his half brother, Eli Hill, and his half sister, Margaret Elizabeth Hillto Texas and changed his name to John W. Hill. Margaret Elizabeth Hill Leathhad a half sister, Patsy. Patsy’s son, Luther, came to visit Margaret ElizabethHill Leath in Wimberley, Texas. It is not known why the older Hill child wasallowed to bring his half sister and half brother with him to Texas.” The aboveinformation indicates that the father of John W. Hill was married twice. JohnHill and his first wife were the parents of at least five children:............John W. Hill (12), b. 1822, Illinois............Rhoda Hill, b. 1830, Arkansas............Samuel Hill, b. 1836, Arkansas............Hanah Hill, b. 1840, Arkansas............Patsy Hill, b. 1842, ArkansasIn the early 1840’s, John Hill and his second wife, Nancy Hill (born 1811 inMississippi), were married. In 1850, John and Nancy Hill were living in ScottCounty, Arkansas. John and Nancy Hill were the parents of at least two children:............Eli Hill (11.6), b. January 14, 1843, Arkansas............Margaret Elizabeth Hill (11.7), b. January 22, 1847, ArkansasThe 1850 Agricultural Census of Scott County, Arkansas states that “John Hillhad twenty acres of improved land valued at $200.00 and farming implementslisted at $10.00. He had thirteen horses, two asses or mules, twelve milch cows,thirty other cattle and fifty swine valued at $704.00. His farm had produced 300bushels of Indian corn, 40 pounds of wool, 30 bushels of Irish potatoes and 200pounds of butter valued at $30.00. He had slaughtered livestock valued at$100.00. Patsy Hill married a Mr. Moore and they had one son, Luther Moore.References: 1) Census, John and Nancy Hill, Scott County, Arkansas, Call Number 146,HH 267/267, 1850; 2) Census, Isaac and Mary Hill, Scott County, Arkansas, Call Number146, HH 266/266, 1850; 3) Certificate of Death of Mrs. Maggie Massey, State ofTexas, 1918; 4) Certificate of Death of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Moore, State of Texas,1943; 5) “Hays County Historical and Genealogy Quarterly,” (Quick Family Bible),Page 88, September, 1976; 6) “Hays County Historical and Genealogy Quarterly,”(Wimberley Cemetery), Page 150, November, 1978; 7) Statement of Alta (Crapps)Leath, January 31, 1981; 8) Letter, Elaine Justesen to Eunice (Dobie) Watson, November,1981; 9) Family Group Sheets by Eunice (Dobie) Watson, April, 1989; 10) 1850Agricultural Census, Scott County, Arkansas, abstracted by Delaine Edwards, Fall, 1998ELI HILL (11.6) is the half-brother of John W. Hill, the authors oldest knownHill ancestor and is believed to be the son of John and Nancy Hill. Eli was bornon January 14, 1843 in Arkansas. According his Confederate pension papers,Eli Hill moved to San Marcos, Texas in 1856 (with his sister and olderhalf-brother, John W. Hill). On October 8, 1873, Eli Hill married Nannie Maysin Wimberley, Texas. Nannie was born on December 23, 1848 in Arkansas andis the daughter of Nancy Mays. In 1880, Eli and Nannie Hill were living inHays County, Texas. In 1880, Nannie’s mother, Nancy Mays, was living withthem. Eli and Nannie Hill were the parents of two children: