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Encyclopedia > David Hill (Oregon politician)
David Hill
Executive Committee of the Provisional Government of Oregon
In office
1843 – 1844
Preceded by position created
Succeeded by Second Executive Committee
Constituency Oregon Country
In office
1844 – 1849
Preceded by position created
Succeeded by position dissolved
Constituency Tuality District
Oregon Territory House of Representatives
In office
1849 – 1850
Preceded by position created
Succeeded by Ralph Wilcox
Constituency Washington County
Born 1809
Connecticut, United States
Died May 9, 1850
Hillsboro, Oregon
Spouse Lucinda McWilliams Wilson Hill Simmons
Residence Hillsboro, Oregon
Occupation farmer, legislator

David Hill (1809 – May 9, 1850), was a pioneer and settler of what became Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. He served in the Provisional Government of Oregon in both the executive and legislative branches, at later as a legislator in the Oregon Territorial Legislature. The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country that was in effect from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Jan. ... An Executive Committee was the title of a three-person committee which served as the executive Branch of the Provisional Government of the Oregon Territory. ... Landscape in Oregon Country, by Charles Marion Russell Map of Oregon Country Oregon Country was a region of western North America that originally consisted of the land north of 42°N latitude, south of 54°40N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ... The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country that was in effect from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. ... Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. ... The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and Britain, as well as to the organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859. ... Doctor Ralph Wilcox (1818 – 1877), was the first teacher and practicing doctor in Portland, Oregon, United States. ... Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: Location of Hillsboro in the state of Oregon Coordinates: , County Washington County Incorporated 1876 Government  - Mayor Tom Hughes Area  - City 58. ... Nickname: Location of Hillsboro in the state of Oregon Coordinates: , County Washington County Incorporated 1876 Government  - Mayor Tom Hughes Area  - City 58. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A family of Russian settlers in the Caucasus region, ca. ... A family of Russian settlers in the Caucasus region, ca. ... Nickname: Location of Hillsboro in the state of Oregon Coordinates: , County Washington County Incorporated 1876 Government  - Mayor Tom Hughes Area  - City 58. ... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country that was in effect from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. ...

Contents

Early life

David Hill’s birthplace is listed as Connecticut, but there is no record. Some accounts have him living in Virginia,[1] others in Ohio. One account describes that Hill abandoned a wife and children in Ohio before traveling west.[2] Another account says he had two children by his first wife.[3] It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ...


Oregon

Mr. Hill traveled on the Oregon Trail by wagon train to the Oregon Country.[4] He arrived with Isaiah Kesley, Ralph Wilcox, Richard Williams, and Michael Moore.[5] Once in Oregon he settled a land claim for 640 acres in Twality (sic) County, what is now Washington County, Oregon.[6] The claim is in what is now Hillsboro with the recorded date of the claim is July 4, 1847.[6] According to the claim record Hill started the claim in June of 1842.[6] With Kesley (Kelsey) and Williams recorded as arriving in Oregon in 1841, it is likely Hill arrived then as well.[7] Hill likely arrived in October of 1841 and then wintered with Joseph L. Meek, who he would later serve with in the legislature.[8] David Hill married Lucinda Wilson in 1846 at the Old Scotch Church.[9] On his land claim and built a cabin that was used for a time as the county courthouse.[3] Also in February of 1850 Hill was appointed guardian of five children of the Dunlap clan.[10] The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ... For the TV show, see Wagon Train. ... Landscape in Oregon Country, by Charles Marion Russell Map of Oregon Country Oregon Country was a region of western North America that originally consisted of the land north of 42°N latitude, south of 54°40N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ... Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Lafayette Joe Meek (1810–1875) was born in Washington County, Virginia, United States, near the Cumberland Gap. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church, better known as the Old Scotch Church, is a church and national historic site located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. ...


Politics

Hill got his start in politics in Oregon in 1843 when he was selected as a member of the first legislative committee that draft the proposal for a Provisional Government in the Oregon Country, including time as its chairperson.[11] Then he attended the Champoeg Meeting of May 2, 1843, where he voted for the creation of the Provisional Government.[11] With the creation of this new government Hill then served as one of three members of the First Executive Committee that acted in place of a single governor. [12] Joseph Gale and Alanson Beers were the other two members of this executive committee that served until 1844. After serving in that position David Hill was elected to the provisional legislature, and later in 1849 as a member of the territorial legislature after Oregon became a territory in 1848.[13] Champoeg, Oregon Champoeg, pronounced sham_POO_ee (SAMPA /ʃæm. ... The Champoeg Meetings in Oregon Country were the first attempts at governing in the Pacific Northwest by United States European-American pioneers. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country that was in effect from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. ... An Executive Committee was the title of a three-person committee which served as the executive Branch of the Provisional Government of the Oregon Territory. ... Joseph Gale (1807-1881) was an American pioneer, trapper, and politican who contributed to the early settlment of the Oregon Country. ... Alanson Beers (1800 - February 20, 1853) was a blacksmith, pioneer and politician in the early days of the settlement of the Oregon Country. ... The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. ...


Elected Positions in Oregon:

Year Government Position
1843 Pre-Provisional Legislative Committee
1843 Provisional First Executive Committee
1844 Provisional Legislature
1845 Provisional Legislature
1847 Provisional Legislature
1849 Territorial Legislature-House

Hillsboro

Hill sold part of his land to the county for the site of the first Washington County courthouse.[14] This quarter section of his land claim was to be sold off as a townsite. $200 of the proceeds of the sale of the land was to be paid to Hill, with the rest being kept by the county.[15] The townsite was to be named Hillsborough per the court's order on February 2, 1850, several months before Hill died in May.[15] As Hill died before collecting the proceeds, his widow was paid by the probate court.[16] Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. ...


Mrs. Hill

David Hill's wife in Oregon was his second wife.[3] Lucinda Hill, however had a total of four husbands. Two before Hill and Wheelock Simmons after, with Simmons the only one to outlive Lucinda.[3] Born on July 2, 1810, Mrs. Hill first married John McWilliams in 1828.[17] After him, she married William Wilson who then died on their journey to Oregon in The Dalles.[17] Lucinda was then the step-mother to William Lewis Wilson, the son of her second husband. Then after David Hill’s death, she married Simmons before dying herself on November 4, 1879.[17] Location in Oregon Coordinates: County Wasco County Incorporated 1857 Government  - Mayor Robb Van Cleave Area  - City 14. ...


Description

There are no known pictures or portraits of Hill. He was six feet one inch tall with black hair. Slim, with a sallow complexion.[3]


David Hill disliked and opposed the Hudson's Bay Company and its representatives.[2] He also was an opponent of the missionaries.[8] The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...


Death and legacy

On May 9, 1950, David Hill died of unknown causes. At the time he was still a member of the legislature and they issued a death resolution that resolved that both houses would be in recess for one day in his honor.[18] Hill died without a will and his wife was appointed as administratrix of his estate with Robert and Michael Moore, and Ralph Wilcox as appraisers.[16] is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Moore (1781-1857) was a pioneer and founder of Linn City, Oregon. ... Doctor Ralph Wilcox (1818 – 1877), was the first teacher and practicing doctor in Portland, Oregon, United States. ...

  • David Hill Elementary school in Hillsboro, which was established in 1888, is named in his honor.[19]
  • Hill is buried at the Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery on TV Highway near Dairy Creek.[20]
  • David Hill Winery in Forest Grove is named in his honor.[21]
David Hill Gravemarker

Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. ... Oregon Route 8 is an Oregon state highway which serves the western suburbs of Portland. ... Forest Grove is a city located in Washington County 25 miles west of Portland, Oregon. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1288 × 966 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1288 × 966 pixel, file size: 1. ...

Gravemarker

"David Hill
1809-1850
Came to Oregon Country 1842.
Voted for provisional government
at Champoeg May 2, 1843.
Chairman executive committee which
virtually made him first governor of
Oregon Country.
Founder of Hillsboro"

References

  1. ^ Lepschat, May Ringle (1975). David Hill, founder of Hillsboro, Oregon. 
  2. ^ a b Gray, W.H. (1870). A History of Oregon, 1792-1849: drawn from personal observation and authentic information. H.H. Bancroft & Co.. 
  3. ^ a b c d e Tozier, Albert (1936). Letter to Harriet C. Long. Oregon State Library. 
  4. ^ Pioneer History: In Washington County. Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest. Retrieved on 2006-11-03.
  5. ^ "Hillsboro’s Old Leaders", Final Edition, Oregon Journal, 02-12-1957, pp. 1. 
  6. ^ a b c (2-11-1847) "Land Claim Record: David Hill". Land Claim Records, 1845-1849 4: 174. 
  7. ^ Pioneer Arrivals of 1841
  8. ^ a b Tobie, Harvey Elmer. No Man Like Joe: The Life and Times of Joseph L. Meek. Binfords & Mort. 1949. p. 100
  9. ^ Hastings, Terry; Joe Montalbano (1980). Hillsboro: My Home Town. Hillsboro Elementary School District 7. 
  10. ^ (2-06-1850) "Probate Court Records". Washington County Probate Records. 
  11. ^ a b Hussey, John A. (1967). Champoeg: Place of Transition, A Disputed History. Oregon Historical Society. 
  12. ^ Clarke, S.A. (1905). Pioneer Days of Oregon History. J.K. Gill Company. 
  13. ^ SOS:Legislature History
  14. ^ The Washington County Courthouse: A Brief History. History of the Courthouse. Washington County Circuit Court. Retrieved on 2006-10-29.
  15. ^ a b (02-05-1850) "". Washington County Probate Court Records 4: 10. 
  16. ^ a b "". Washington County Probate Court Records Film 24 (Reel 15): 44. 
  17. ^ a b c Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims: Supplement to Volume I. Lottie L. Gurley. Genealogical Forum of Portland
  18. ^ (05-10-1850) "". Oregon Provisional & Territorial Records: 3608. 
  19. ^ David Hill Elementary School. School History. Hillsboro School District. Retrieved on 2006-10-29.
  20. ^ Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery. Cemetery Transcription Library. Interment.net. Retrieved on 2006-11-03.
  21. ^ David Hill Winery: History
Preceded by
None (Government established)		 Executive Committee of the Provisional Government of Oregon
1843-1844
with Alanson Beers
Joseph Gale		 Replaced by Second Executive Committee
with Osborne Russell
Peter G. Stewart
William J. Bailey
Pioneer History of Oregon (1806–1890)
Topics

Oregon Country · Oregon Treaty · Oregon missionaries · Executive Committee · Oregon Trail · Oregon boundary dispute · Pacific Fur Company · Provisional Government · Ferries · Hudson's Bay Company For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country that was in effect from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. ... Alanson Beers (1800 - February 20, 1853) was a blacksmith, pioneer and politician in the early days of the settlement of the Oregon Country. ... Joseph Gale (1807-1881) was an American pioneer, trapper, and politican who contributed to the early settlment of the Oregon Country. ... Osborne Russell (1814 - 1892) was a mountain man and politician who helped form the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. ... Peter Grant Stewart (September 06, 1809 – August 27, 1900) was a pioneer of the Oregon Country that was elected to the Second Executive Committee of the provisional government in Oregon. ... Doctor William J. Bailey (January 13, 1807-February 5, 1876) was a pioneer and politician in the Oregon Country. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Landscape in Oregon Country, by Charles Marion Russell Map of Oregon Country Oregon Country was a region of western North America that originally consisted of the land north of 42°N latitude, south of 54°40N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ... Map of the lands in dispute The Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains, also known as the Oregon Treaty or Treaty of Washington, is a bilateral treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States that was signed... Jason Lee The Oregon missionaries were collectively the religious-minded pioneers who settled in the Oregon Country of North America starting in the 1830s with the intent of coverting local Native Americans to Christianity. ... An Executive Committee was the title of a three-person committee which served as the executive Branch of the Provisional Government of Oregon in the disputed Oregon Country. ... The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ... The Oregon Country/Columbia District Disputed Area is the main area of dispute, although the whole region was disputed The Oregon boundary dispute (often called the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Oregon Country, a region of northwestern North America known also... The Pacific Fur Company was founded June 23, 1810, in New York City. ... The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country that was in effect from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. ... Historic ferries in Oregon are water transport ferries that operated in Oregon Country, Oregon Territory, and the state of Oregon, United States. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...

Events

Treaty of 1818 · Russo-American Treaty · Champoeg Meetings · Whitman massacre · Donation Land Claim Act The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary, and the restoration of slaves between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, also known as the London Convention, Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Convention of 1818, or simply the Treaty of 1818, was a treaty signed in 1818 between... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Champoeg Meetings in Oregon Country were the first attempts at governing in the Pacific Northwest by United States European-American pioneers. ... Marcus Whitman The Whitman massacre (also known as the Walla Walla massacre and the Whitman Incident) was the murder in the Oregon Country on November 29, 1847 of U.S. missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa Whitman, along with twelve others, by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians. ... The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, sometimes known just as the Donation Land Act, was a historic law passed by the Congress of the United States intended to promote homestead settlement in the Oregon Territory in the Pacific Northwest (comprising the present-day states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho). ...

Places

Fort Astoria · Oregon Mission · Fort Vancouver · Champoeg, Oregon · Fort William · Barlow Road · Whitman Mission Fort Astoria was the Pacific Fur Companys primary fur trading post in the Northwest, and was the first permanent U.S. settlement on the Pacific coast. ... Oregon Mission (1831-1846) began as an effort by the Methodist Episcopal Church to convert the native Indians of the far west to Christianity. ... Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudsons Bay Company in the companys Columbia District (known to Americans as the Oregon Country). ... Champoeg, Oregon Champoeg, pronounced sham_POO_ee (SAMPA /ʃæm. ... Fort William was a fur trading outpost built by American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth in 1834. ... The Barlow Road was the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail before reaching the Willamette Valley. ... Whitman Mission National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located just west of Walla Walla, Washington, at the site of the massacre of the family of Dr. Marcus Whitman by the Cayuse on November 29, 1847. ...

People

George Abernethy · Sam Barlow · Tabitha Brown · Abigail Scott Duniway · Philip Foster · Peter French · Joseph Gale · William Gilpin · David Hill · Jason Lee · Asa Lovejoy · John McLoughlin · Joseph Meek · Ezra Meeker · John Minto · Joel Palmer · Sager orphans · Henry H. Spalding · Marcus Whitman · Narcissa Whitman · Ewing Young George Abernethy (1807 - 1877) was a U.S. businessman. ... Samuel Kimbrough Barlow (b. ... Tabitha Moffatt Brown (May 1, 1780 – May 4, 1858) was a pioneer emigrant that traveled the Oregon Trail, and assisted in the founding of Tualatin Academy that would grow to become Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. ... Abigail Scott Duniway (October 22, 1834 _ October 11, 1915) was born Abigail Jane Scott near Groveland, Illinois, to John Tucker Scott and Anne Roelofson. ... Philip Foster (January 29, 1805–March 17, 1884) was one of the first settlers in Oregon, United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Joseph Gale (1807-1881) was an American pioneer, trapper, and politican who contributed to the early settlment of the Oregon Country. ... William Gilpin William Gilpin (October 4, 1813–1894) was a 19th century U.S. explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West. ... Jason Lee (NSHC statue) Jason Lee (June 28, 1803 – March 12, 1845) an American missionary and pioneer, was born on a farm near Stanstead, Quebec. ... Asa Lawrence Lovejoy (born 1808 in Massachusetts, died 1882) was an Oregon pioneer and one of the founders of the city of Portland, Oregon. ... John McLoughlin (NSHC statue) Dr. John McLoughlin (pronounced mc-lock-lin, October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857), the Father of Oregon, was a fur trader and early settler in the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest. ... Joseph Lafayette Meek (1810–1875) was born in Washington County, Virginia, near the Cumberland Gap. ... Meeker in Kearney, Nebraska, ca. ... John Minto IV (October 10, 1822 - February 25, 1915) was an American pioneer born in Wylam, England. ... General Joel Palmer, October 4, 1810 (Ontario, Canada) – June 9, 1881 (Dayton, Oregon), was an Oregon pioneer, author of a popular immigrant guidebook, co-founder of Dayton, Oregon, a controversial Indian Affairs administrator, and a popular Oregon politician. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Henry Harmon Spalding (1803 - 1874), and his wife Eliza Hart Spalding were prominent Presbyterian missionaries and educators working primarily with the Nez Perce in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. ... Marcus Whitman Narcissa Whitman Marcus Whitman (September 4, 1802–November 29, 1847) was an American physician and missionary in the Oregon Country. ... Narcissa Whitman (March 14, 1808 – November 29, 1847), born Narcissa Prentiss in Prattsburgh, New York in the Genesee Valley. ... Ewing Young expeditions to American West Ewing Young (1799 - February 9, 1841) was an American trapper from Tennessee who traveled the western United States before settling in Oregon Country. ...

Oregon History

Native Peoples History · History to 1806 · Pioneer History · Modern History Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Oregon Pioneer History (1806 to 1890) is the time in the European History of Oregon when pioneers and mountain men traveled west to explore and settle the lands west of the Rocky Mountains and north of California. ...



 
 

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