Thomas was the son of Thomas Hill. He was born about 1723. Thomas married Rebecca Miles on 13 November 1753 & they had 7 children. He was a carpenter. At the beginning of the year 1787, Thomas & Philip Miles, his brother-in-law, living up to that time near Leonardtown, MD, arranged with each other to remove their families to Kentucky. Their idea at the time was to settle on Pottinger's Creek, whither had previously gone quite a number of their friends & neighbors. Thomas' & Philip's proposed journey was begun in February, & toward the end of March, on the very day they expected to make landing above the falls of Ohio, their boat was fired on by Indians with fatal effect. A Negro belonging to Thomas Hill was killed, as were also all the horses on the boat, & Hill himself was seriously wounded by the passage of an ounce ball through both of the thighs. This happened at a point then & still known as Eighteen Mile Island, its distance above Louisville, KY, being just so many miles. Happily for the remainder of the emigrants, the boat was soon carried by the current beyond gunshot range of the lurking savages, & before night, its living freightage of men, women, & children was safely housed in Louisville. Thomas was the leading spirit among the early Catholic colonists on Cartwright Creek.
Thomas was the son of Thomas Hill. He was born about 1723. Thomas married Rebecca Miles on 13 November 1753 & they had 7 children. He was a carpenter. At the beginning of the year 1787, Thomas & Philip Miles, his brother-in-law, living up to that time near Leonardtown, MD, arranged with each other to remove their families to Kentucky. Their idea at the time was to settle on Pottinger's Creek, whither had previously gone quite a number of their friends & neighbors. Thomas' & Philip's proposed journey was begun in February, & toward the end of March, on the very day they expected to make landing above the falls of Ohio, their boat was fired on by Indians with fatal effect. A Negro belonging to Thomas Hill was killed, as were also all the horses on the boat, & Hill himself was seriously wounded by the passage of an ounce ball through both of the thighs. This happened at a point then & still known as Eighteen Mile Island, its distance above Louisville, KY, being just so many miles. Happily for the remainder of the emigrants, the boat was soon carried by the current beyond gunshot range of the lurking savages, & before night, its living freightage of men, women, & children was safely housed in Louisville. Thomas was the leading spirit among the early Catholic colonists on Cartwright Creek.
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