_William Monroe Hill, a native of Mississippi, was born in April of 1845 in Holy Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. Before the outbreak of the American Civil War, William M. Hill is found living at the W. M. Hill, Sr. family home located in Panola County, Mississippi.
According to William Monroe Hill’s Confederate Pension Application, he enlisted in the Mississippi Confederate Army on May 9, 1863. His service regiment was the 18th Mississippi Mounted Infantry, Company H under the command of the legendary Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. In 1865, the 18th Mississippi Mounted Infantry were unable to defend the state of Alabama in a crucial battle against the Federal Commander Brigadier General James H. Wilson, surrendering to the Federal Army on May 9, 1865, in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama at the direction of their Commander Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Shortly thereafter, the Confederate troops were paroled.
Approximately four years after William M. Hill’s service to the Confederacy, he married his first wife, Harriot E. Duke of Mississippi, (birth date unknown) in 1869. William and Harriot E. (Duke) Hill along with their three children, journeyed from the state of Mississippi to the state of Texas reaching Parker County in December of 1876. There, the Hill family created a pioneer farming homestead in Justice Precinct 2, Parker County, Texas. In 1879, the Hill’s would permanently settle in Veal Station Precinct 2, Springtown, Texas.
William M. Hill’s first wife, Harriot E. (Duke) Hill died of unknown causes in 1882. Shortly after her death, William married his second wife, Alaminda Strickland of Parker County, Texas, (birth and death date unknown). Together, they had four children. On April 18, 1899, William M. Hill married his third wife, Ida Alice Beach of Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, born December 14, 1872. William and Ida Alice (Beach) Hill would have three children during their life together in Parker County.
William Monroe Hill, American Civil War veteran, father of ten children, and pioneer farmer died in the year 1911. He is buried in the Hill family plot at Clark Cemetery.