Hill, Whitmel, 1743-1797

<p>Whitmell Hill (February 12, 1743 – September 26, 1797) was an American planter from Martin County, North Carolina and commander of the Martin County Regiment of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution. He was a delegate for North Carolina to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1780 and served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1778.</p>

<p>Whitmell was the son of a John and Martha Hill, and was born in Bertie County, North Carolina. In 1760 he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and returned to North Carolina to begin developing his own plantation, Hill’s Ferry, in what was to become Martin County when it was established in 1774.</p>

<p>Hill supported the rising revolutionary sentiment, and when the Martin County Regiment of the North Carolina militia was organized he was named its Lieutenant Colonel, and was later its Colonel in 1778. When the revolutionary North Carolina Provincial Congress met in 1775-1776 he represented Martin County. Then, in 1776 he was advanced to the Provincial Council to represent the Edenton district. During this time he was also a member of the local Committee of Safety.</p>

<b>Whitmel Hill</b><br>
<b>BIRTH</b> 1743<br>
<b>DEATH</b> 1797 (aged 53–54)<br>
<b>BURIAL</b><br>
Trinity Episcopal Cemetery<br>
Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>12/31/1779 NC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1778 NC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>04/14/1778 NC State Senate Speaker Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1777 NC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
</ul>

HILL, Whitmell, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Bertie County, N.C., February 12, 1743; attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1760; served in the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of colonel; engaged in agricultural pursuits; delegate to the assembly of freemen at Hillsboro in 1775; member of the State congress at Halifax in 1776; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1776; member of the State house of commons in 1777; Member of the Continental Congress 1778-1780; served in the State senate 1778-1780, 1784, and 1785; died on his plantation at Hills Ferry, near Hamilton, Martin County, N.C., September 26, 1797; interment in the family cemetery on his estate; reinterment in 1887 in Trinity Cemetery, near Scotland Neck, N.C.