From "General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior"
"Another son, Thomas Hill, born October 3, 1789, also crossed
back into Culpeper County to make his fortune. His November 1811
marriage to Fannie Russell Baptist was a merger of two proud
lines. She was a native of Mecklenburg County and was descended
from the Earl of Gainsboro in Charles II's reign. Fannie Hill
was a nineteen-year-old bride when she arrived at Thomas Hill's
new estate, Greenland, ten miles west of the town of Culpeper
Court House. "Husband and wife soon developed contrasting life
styles. Thomas Hill became a highly esteemed merchant, farmer,
and politician. An acquaintance recalled that he `was a splendid
looking man, tall, taciturn, noted for his courage, famed for
his hospitality and beloved for his character.' People called
him Major out of respect. Fannie Hill, on the other hand, was a
small, frail, bespectacled introvert who had difficulty
controlling her emotions. She tended to keep to herself,
preferring to sit by the window, knitting or gazing out across
the fields. Most of her married life she spent battling `ills
real or imaginary,' a family member stated, and she was `much
petted by her husband and children.' "The union of Thomas and
Fannie Hill produced seven children: four sons followed by three
daughters. "In the mid-1830s, Major Hill moved his family into
the town of Culpeper Court House to be nearer his expanding
mercantile business. The Hills settled into a large, three-story
brick residence at the corner of Main and Davis streets.
Children of Thomas Hill Major:
Lucy Russell Hill (living)
Edward Baptist Hill (living)
Evelyn Hill (living)
Thomas Theophilus Hill (living)
Margaret Ann Hill+ (18 Aug 1812 - 30 Dec 1833)
John William Henry Hill+ (25 Apr 1814)
Ambrose Powell Hill General+ (09 Nov 1825 - 02 Apr 1865)
[S26] Raleigh Travers Green, Genealogical and Historical Notes
on Culpeper County, Virginia, Page 85.
"Thomas inherited "Oak Hill" and it remained in the family until
the death of his son, Col. Thomas Marshall, in 1864 at
Winchester, while in Gen.Early's Corps. Thomas had a literary
education at Princeton and became a lawyer in Richmond, VA. In
June 1835, he was called to the bed of his dying father in
Philadelphia. Taking shelter in a thunderstorm in a courthouse
under repair, he was stuck by a falling brick and died a week
later."