Hill Plantaion LbNA #68265
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Add Location| Owner: | Baby Bear  |
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| Plant date: | Apr 4, 2015 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hills Prairie |
| County: | Bastrop |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Silver Eagle |
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| Last found: | Sep 21, 2015 |
| Status: | Fa |
| Last edited: | Sep 22, 2015 |
Distance to Letterbox: 10 yards
Difficulty: Easy, except getting box out of tree.
My 700th Placed Box
Here is the story behind the box from the historical marker (which can not be reached since on private property): In Bastrop County's rolling countryside, south of the Colorado River, Abraham Wiley Hill (whose name appears in various records as Abraham Wiley Hill and A. Wiley Hill) established his plantation home. The house which Abraham Wiley Hill built for his family in the 1850s was a large columned, two-story frame, late Greek Revival residence. While Hill was not an outstanding historic personage, the house he constructed is among the finest mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival houses in Texas.
Hill was born in Georgia on February 10, 1816 and immigrated to Texas with his brothers in 1835. The Hill family appears to have been one of the 140 families which John G. Mchee organized in 1833 in Alabama and Georgia, and brought to Texas in January, 1835. The area south of the Colorado River which later formed the rural community of Hill's Prairie was first settled in 1829 by Edward Jenkins who received a land grant from the Mexican government. Jenkins was killed by Indians shortly after receiving his grant. This land and adjoining acreage was settled by the Mchee colonists and on July 7, 1835, Abraham Wiley Hill purchased over 2,000 acres of land from Jenkins' widow.
In 1836, Hill fought in the war for Texas Independence. According to his Service Record (No. 697),he served in Captain Karnes' company from April 12 to July 12, 1836. As a part of Karnes' company, he scouted for Sam Houston's army and was at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. On July 12, 1836, Hill joined Captain John G. McGehee's ranger company as a substitute for M. M. Hill. Whether this McGehee was a variation in the spelling of Mchee, the name of the man who organized the 140-family colony in 1833, is unclear.
About 1838, Hill brought Evaline Elizabeth Hubbard from Georgia to Bastrop as his wife. In the 1840 census of the Republic of Texas, A. W. Hill of Bastrop County is listed as owning, under complete title, 2,299 acres, 9 slaves, 45 cattle and one wagon.
Hill lived in the house until his death on December 29, 1884, and in 1887 the property was sold to Earl C. Erhard, in whose family the property has remained. The house, which is in fair condition, has been boarded up and unoccupied for a number of years.
Directions: Form Bastrop, Going west on Hwy 71, turn south on FM 304. At Hills Prairie, turn left on Hills Prairie Rd. Go past entry to "Ancient Oaks" and to near the end of their rail fence. Stop at last tree near the end.
To the Letterbox:
Walk to the base of that tree. Reach up into hole and find box wedged in the hollow of the tree (you can look down in hole above to try to see first). Please wedge it back well when you leave it!!!
Difficulty: Easy, except getting box out of tree.
My 700th Placed Box
Here is the story behind the box from the historical marker (which can not be reached since on private property): In Bastrop County's rolling countryside, south of the Colorado River, Abraham Wiley Hill (whose name appears in various records as Abraham Wiley Hill and A. Wiley Hill) established his plantation home. The house which Abraham Wiley Hill built for his family in the 1850s was a large columned, two-story frame, late Greek Revival residence. While Hill was not an outstanding historic personage, the house he constructed is among the finest mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival houses in Texas.
Hill was born in Georgia on February 10, 1816 and immigrated to Texas with his brothers in 1835. The Hill family appears to have been one of the 140 families which John G. Mchee organized in 1833 in Alabama and Georgia, and brought to Texas in January, 1835. The area south of the Colorado River which later formed the rural community of Hill's Prairie was first settled in 1829 by Edward Jenkins who received a land grant from the Mexican government. Jenkins was killed by Indians shortly after receiving his grant. This land and adjoining acreage was settled by the Mchee colonists and on July 7, 1835, Abraham Wiley Hill purchased over 2,000 acres of land from Jenkins' widow.
In 1836, Hill fought in the war for Texas Independence. According to his Service Record (No. 697),he served in Captain Karnes' company from April 12 to July 12, 1836. As a part of Karnes' company, he scouted for Sam Houston's army and was at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. On July 12, 1836, Hill joined Captain John G. McGehee's ranger company as a substitute for M. M. Hill. Whether this McGehee was a variation in the spelling of Mchee, the name of the man who organized the 140-family colony in 1833, is unclear.
About 1838, Hill brought Evaline Elizabeth Hubbard from Georgia to Bastrop as his wife. In the 1840 census of the Republic of Texas, A. W. Hill of Bastrop County is listed as owning, under complete title, 2,299 acres, 9 slaves, 45 cattle and one wagon.
Hill lived in the house until his death on December 29, 1884, and in 1887 the property was sold to Earl C. Erhard, in whose family the property has remained. The house, which is in fair condition, has been boarded up and unoccupied for a number of years.
Directions: Form Bastrop, Going west on Hwy 71, turn south on FM 304. At Hills Prairie, turn left on Hills Prairie Rd. Go past entry to "Ancient Oaks" and to near the end of their rail fence. Stop at last tree near the end.
To the Letterbox:
Walk to the base of that tree. Reach up into hole and find box wedged in the hollow of the tree (you can look down in hole above to try to see first). Please wedge it back well when you leave it!!!