Generation No. 1
1. RICHARD1 HILTON was born 1720 in Pennsylvania, and died 1789 in
Lancaster Co., SC. He married (1) UNKNOWN1.
She died Unknown. He married (2)
UNKNOWN2. She died Unknown.
Notes
for RICHARD HILTON:
Taken
from "The Samuel Jones Family", Book Two by Hazel Parker Jones
"The Hiltons came in great numbers from
England to all parts of the American
Colonies. (Because of the way the name was pronounced, mostrecords spell it as
Helton.) It has been said that Richard
HiIton, the ancestor of all Hiltons of Chesterfield, Lancaster and Kershaw
counties, S. C.,was born in Pennsylvania about 1720. (one says 1710).' When three of those descendants, Isaac, John
and William Hilton joined the American Revolutionary forces, 1 July 1775, they
gave the following information:
No. Name
Date of Commission Age Born Size
17 Isaac Hilton
1 July 1775 31
Va. 5 ft. 8 in.
18
John Hilton 1 July 1775 16 S.C. 5 ft. 8 in.
19
William Hilton 1 July 1775
23 Va. 5 ft. 8
in.
This would have placed the Richard Hilton
family in Virginia in l752 and in South Carolina in 1759.
Squire Rugeley had a store ,,, his home at
the fork of Flat Rock and Granny's
Quarter Creeks, between Kershaw and Camden, S. C. about 13 miles from Camden,
and the old store Iedger contains the name of Hilton, and other familiar names.
This spot was then called Claremont by Rugeley.
1.
Richard Hilton, born 1720, Penna., said to have been the ancestor of all the
Hiltons of Chesterfield, Lancaster and Kershaw counties,
S.C.
came to S. C. in or before 1759; died 1789, Lancaster Co., S. C.; served in the
Cherokee Indian War, 1759-1760 under Col. Richard Richardson received a Royal
Land Grant on 17 April 1764 for land on a Branch of Lynch's Creek, Craven District,
S.C. (For Craven, see
Part
1, Chapter 1, (5), Abstract) -- Other Hilton grants were:
(1) William HiIton, on 18 Jan. 1758, a
grant in Craven Co., S. C. in the High Hills of Santee.
(2) Andrew Hilton, 17 Feb. 1767, a grant
near the head of Jack's Creek, Craven Co., S. C.
(3) Isaac Hilton, on 21 May 1772, a grant
in hills of Santee.
[Source:]
Linda Hilton Perry
Richard
served served in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the British but
escaped.
[Source:]
Chanp Smith Records
Served
as a colonel under Colonel Richard Richardson.
[Source;]
"Colonial Soldiers of the South" by Murtie June Clark published by
the Genalogical Publishing Co., 1983 p. 205 "pay list for Captain Richard
Richardson's Battalion of SC Militia in the 1750 Cherokee Expedition, Approved
by the Committee to Audit Public Accounts, June 6, 1760. Pay list for Captain William Cartney's
Company, Oct. 8, 1759 to Jan. 10, 1760.
More
About RICHARD HILTON:
Military
service 1: Bet. 1759 - 1760, Cherokee Indian War
Military
service 2: Served in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the British but
escaped.
Children
of RICHARD HILTON and UNKNOWN1 are:
i. JOHN2 HILTON, b. 1759, South
Carolina; d. Unknown.
More
About JOHN HILTON:
Military
service: July 01, 1775, Commission Date
ii. WILLIAM HILTON, b. 1752, Virginia; d.
Unknown.
More
About WILLIAM HILTON:
Military
service: July 01, 1775, Commission Date
iii. ISAAC HILTON, b. 1744, Virginia; d.
Unknown.
More
About ISAAC HILTON:
Military
service: July 01, 1775, Commission Date
Children
of RICHARD HILTON and UNKNOWN2 are:
2. iv. JAMES H.2 HILTON, b. 1764, Piercetown,
Lancaster Co., SC; d. March 02, 1845, Lancaster Co., SC.
3. v. SAMUEL SR. HILTON, b. 1765, Lancaster
Co., SC; d. 1826, Lancaster Co., SC.
vi. JEHIEL HILTON, b. Abt. 1759,
Lancaster Co., SC; d. 1844; m. HESTER
UNKNOWN; b. 1778; d. 1852.
4. vii. ELIZABETH HILTON, d. Unknown.