A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Orin Parker Hill
From the Brents Genealogy Ancestry World Tree page:
MARRIAGE: Copy of their marriage license from Marshall Co., TN is in the possession of Sher ry S. Finchum
He is on the 1850 Census Lincoln Co., TN.
ORRIN PARKER HILL
O.P. HILL
Company A, 8th Tennessee Inf
Confederate
Private
#49863851
Joined May 16, 1861, Camp Harris Tennessee, Discharged December 24, 1861
At Camp Coosawhatchie, South Carolina.
Brigade Headquarters
Camp Coosawhatchie, S.C.
December 23, 1861
I certify that O.P. Hill, Private in Company A, 8th Inf Reg, was born in New Haven County, St ate of Connecticut, age about forty nine years, five feet five in height, fair complexion, bl ue eyes, light hair and by profession when enlisted, farmer and enlisted by us at New Hope Ma rshall County Tenn on the 13th May 1861 to serve for twelve months and is now entitled to a d ischarge for reason set forth in the certificate of Surgeon W. Gray below. Said Hill has bee n unfit for duty for two months.
J.L. Bryant, Capt
--Co (A) 8th Reg Tenn Vol
I certify that I have carefully examined Orrin P. Hill of Company (A) 8th Reg, Tenn Real an d I find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier, because of inguinal hernia. Th e rupture occurred about two months ago while upon a force march in the mountains of N. Weste rn Va. in my opinion he should be discharged from the service. December 23, 1861
J.W. Gray
Surgeon, 3rd Brigade
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