Hill, Whitmel, 1743-1797.
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Biographical notes:
Whitmel Hill (1743-1797) of Bertie County, N.C., was a planter, merchant, state legislator, and perhaps a member of the Continental Congress. He was prominent in early Revolutionary movements and served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War. He married Winifred Blount of Edenton, N.C., and owned property in Bertie, Martin, and Halifax counties, N.C.
From the guide to the Whitmel Hill Papers, ., circa 1795; 1798, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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Subjects:
- Plantation owners
Occupations:
- Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
- Militia officers
- Planter
- State Representative
- State Senator
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- United States (as recorded)
- Bertie County (N.C.) (as recorded)
- North Carolina--Bertie County (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- NC, US
- NC, US
- PA, US
