Robert Hill

Alternate Names

  • Robert Hill
  • R. E. Hill
  • Robert E. Hill
  • Bob Hill

Land Ownership Summary

Land Lot: Land Lot 537, 2nd District, 1st Section
Acreage: 30 acres1
Date of Purchase: October 31, 19052
What Happened to the Land: Sold on October 26, 19123
Note: Robert Hill also appears in a 1930 deed involving Stoney Point Church, a colored Baptist church in south Forsyth County. In that deed, R. E. Hill of Cobb County and J. B. Clements of Milton County conveyed church property as the only surviving deacons of Stoney Point Church.4

Location Today

Modern Location: Francis Circle, portions of Bridgehampton subdivision5

Genealogy Snapshot

Born: About 1866 or 1867, Georgia6

Died: September 15 19587

Parents:

  • Orange Hill
  • Sarah Frances Hill8

Siblings:

  • Green Hill, born about 1865
  • Georgia A. Hill, born about 1868 or 1870
  • Octavia Hill, born about 1872
  • Flora V. Hill, born about 1874
  • Adaline S. O. Hill, born about 1876
  • Sugar Hill, born about 18799

Spouse: Lithonia / Luthera / Lathia Hill10

Children:

  • Ailsey M. Hill, born about 1903
  • Parris Hill, born about 1905
  • Coy Hill, born about 1908
  • Roy Hill, born about 1910
  • Homer / Haman Hill, born about 1917 or 1918
  • Flossie Hill Millsap, born about 191411

Migration: Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia12

Burial: Noonday Extension Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia13

Sources

  1. Forsyth County Tax Digest (1912), “Colored Digest,” Bells Militia District. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, GA.
  2. Forsyth County Deed Book Z, p. 15. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  3. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, p. 583. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  4. Forsyth County Deed Book 11, p. 388. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  5. Forsyth County GIS Viewer. Accessed June 2026. https://www.forsythco.com/DepartmentsOffices/GeographicInformationServices/GISViewer
  6. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Bells, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  7. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10781730/robert-hill
  8. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1880 (Vickerys Creek, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  9. ibid
  10. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Bells, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  11. ibid
  12. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1940 (Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  13. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10781730/robert-hill