Hill Family History
Compiled by Ona Lee Hill Martin, Submitted by Angela Heller WeaverThomas G. Davenport - State of Alabama (1850 Census)
Father of:
- Frances E. Davenport
Born: February 1837
Died: November 1893
Buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery
Carthage, Texas - married
August 9, 1859
(V B P 73)
Panola County
Records - Dennis C. Hill from South Carthage
Born: July 19, 1833
Died: Feb 10, 1888 (Murdered)
Buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery,
Carthage, Texas
Dennis C. Hill was treasurer of Panola County and was murdered on Feb. 10, 1888 in the Treasurer's Office.
By W T Forsyth
Born: Oct 7, 1866
Died: Feb 28, 1888
Lynched by the Citizens of Panola County on the Courthouse Lawn
Buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery near the same plot of Dennis C. Hill.
Inscription on Dennis C. Hill's monument:
"Panola's murdered Treasurer"
"Robbed of his life for the County money"
Panola County had no banks and citizens kept their money in the Treasurer's Safe, also.