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Free HiIl(s) Community
TN 53, at Neely Creek Road,
TN ,
USA
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Free Hill(s), a historic Black community, was established northeast of Celina before the Civil War by former slaves of Virginia Hill. Hill brought her slaves from North Carolina to then Overton County, purchased 2,000 hilly and rough acres, settled, and freed them. The freed Blacks took the surname Hill, thus the name Free Hill(s). After 1865, other Clay County Blacks also settled in the area.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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