Hill, William Warner (1807–1862)

William Warner Hill, soldier and congressman, was born in 1807 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, the son of John and Delilah (Cooper) Hill. He moved to Texas in December 1834. He worked as a horse and mule trader until he joined Capt. George W. Barrett's company on July 20, 1835, as a first lieutenant. On March 1, 1836, he transferred to Company H, First Regiment of Volunteers, under the command of Capt. Joseph Lynch. He assumed command of the company on March 11 but was prevented from participating in the battle of San Jacinto because of illness. He returned to command after the battle and remained until the company was disbanded on May 30, 1836. Hill represented Washington County in the First and Second congresses of the republic in the House of Representatives (1836–38). He married Maria Louisa Coles, daughter of John P. Coles, on April 5, 1838. William and Maria Hill had four children before she died in childbirth in 1847. He then married Mary Elen Nevill, daughter of Harden Nevill, another Ranger and fighter of the Texas Revolution, on February 20, 1848 in Brazos County.  They raised seven children.  Hill was a member of Independence Masonic Milam Lodge No. 11. He later moved to Burleson County, where he died in 1862.