In 1884/1885 A. Wiley Hill died of a stroke, followed closely by his grandsons, Wiley Hill of pneumonia and Blanton Hill ...   more »

The winter of 05-06 we had some such big hogs. When Wylie Hill was about a week old, he workes ...   more »

Papa had entered the war when he was sixteen. He had been attending the Bastrop Military Institute, but when the call came ...   more »

from Kesselus: The association formed on June 1, 1850 had the following directors: Samuel W. Simes, S.B. Morris, T.B.J. Hill ...   more »

Shawn Pletsch lent me her copy of the memiors of Molly McDowell. She lived in Bastrop form 1843 to 1931. Memoirs were published by the Colonial Dames in 1978. She was well acquainted with the Wiley, Middleton, and T.B.J. Hills.   more »

T.B.J. Hill moved from their plantation across the river from present-day Smithville for the education of t hir sons T.A.W. and ...   more »

George Orts, Carpenter, Antona Jung: Mason

In 1857, a block north of the Nicholson House, Henry Crocheron, built a fine ...   more »

The quality for the rich and well-born is illustrated by a description of entertainment given in a bigographical sketch of ...   more »

Plantations:

Seventy-one percent of Bastrop County owners operated smal farms or used slaves as house servants......A.W. Hill had 29 slaves ...   more »

David received a call from the Texas Film Commission. A film production company wants to look at Ancient Oaks in ...   more »