Benjamin Hill, eldest son of Benjamin and Martha (Cox) Hill, was born Sept. 23, 1809, in Wayne County, Ind., and was 
married to Sarah, a daughter of David Hoover, a pioneer of 1806.  Their children are – David H., Martha E., Albert G., 
Henry L., Anna C. and George W.  Benjamin Hill resides on a well-cultivated farm three miles east of Richmond, where he 
has lived for more than forty-five years, and has followed farming the greater part of his life. His father, Benjamin 
Hill, was born in North Carolina, June 22, 1770, of English descent, and was married to Mary Jessup.  Their children 
were – John, Sarah, Jacob, William, Joseph and Mary. He moved to Virginia in 1802, and in the autumn of 1806 removed 
with his family to Indiana, and settled in the unbroken forest, about three miles east of Richmond, and was subjected to 
the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life.  Shortly after coming to Wayne County his wife died, and he was 
afterward married to Martha Cox, who was born in Randolph County, N.C., Nov. 28, 1779, and came to Indiana in 1807.  
Their children were – Benjamin (our subject), Harmon, Rebecca, Ezra, and Enos.  Benjamin Hill, Sr., was extensively 
engaged in farming, and built the flour and sawmills east of Richmond, long known as “Hill’s Mills,” which he managed 
successfully.  He died Feb. 9, 1829, in his fifty-ninth year.  Martha Hill, his widow, died Jan. 25, 1867, in the 
eighty-eighth year of her age.

History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2. Pages 787 and 788.