Epitaph:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/WILLIAM HILL/COLONEL OF MILITIA/AMERICAN REVOLUTION/BORN IN IRELAND IN 1741/MARRIED JANE MCCALL/DIED IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON/DECEMBER 1, 1816/AS AN IRONMASTER HE PROVIDED TOOLS/FOR HIS PEOPLE'S BATTLE WITH THE/WILDERNESS AND WEAPONS FOR THEIR/BATTLE WITH THE BRITISH/AS A SOLDIER HE LED THE MILITIA OF HIS/COUNTY IN THE CAMPAIGNS THAT FRUSTRATED/THE BRITISH STRATEGY OF CONQUEST/FROM THE SOUTH./AS A POLITICAL LEADER HE WAS THE FIRST STATE SENATOR FROM YORK COUNTY, AND FOR/MANY YEARS HE SERVED AS A TRUSTED/PUBLIC SERVANT BOTH IN WAR AND IN PEACE./ERECTED BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF YORK COUNTY/A.D. 1958
Description:
Large granite, near horizontal marker.
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