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From the early history of Auburn (excerpts from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5780/auburn.html ):

Isaac Hill III and first wife Lucy Harris were among the first group of settlers to push westward into the Alabama wilderness in 1836. Led by Judge Harper, this small band of mostly Methodists founded what is now the town of Auburn.

Isaac was born in Hillsboro, Jasper Co., GA May 8, 1809, the son of Isaac Hill, Jr. and Angeline Penelope Clark, and the grandson of Isaac Hill, Sr. and Lucinda Wallace. Isaac married at age 18 to Lucy Harris who was about 14 years old at the time.

A mover and shaker in the community, Isaac was one of the founders of the first church in Auburn. The Auburn United Methodist Church was founded in 1836 and is an integral part of the town today, although only a small part of the original structure is still intact.

In the heart of Auburn is beautiful, historic Auburn University originally chartered in 1855 as East Alabama Male College. Isaac Hill was among the original group of founders and was elected to the first Board of Trustees. He later served as Treasurer.

Isaac Hill III, although in his 50's during the Civil War, served in the Confederate Army. From the Special Collections at Auburn University Library
Auburn, AL, a paper entitled "Confederate Soldiers Buried in Pine Hill Cemetery
Auburn, AL" by Chas. W. Edwards, 4/26/1967, reads; "Isaac Hill, b. GA 1809, d. 1886, Macon Co. Reserves, Beat 8. (3) In 1860 owned realty valued at $3,000 and 24 or 25 slaves valued at $24,000."

Isaac is buried in Pine Hill Cemetery next to his second wife Harriette. He died April 23, 1886. Harriette died in 1903. Their shared headstone is near an overgrown juniper bush where I very nearly overlooked it. It reads simply "Harriette Hill, 1822-1903, Mother" and "Isaac Hill, 1809-1886 Father".

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