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Benjamin Hillman Family

1860 Census, Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas

SCHEDULE 1. -- Free Inhabitants in Grasshopper Falls Township in the County of Jefferson, State of Kansas, enumerated by me, on the 15th day of Sept. 1860, _______ (illegible), Ass't. Marshal. Post Office: Grasshopper Falls. Page No. 17. Territory 345.

Dwelling house numbered in order of visitation: 121.
Family numbered in order of visitation: 121.

The name of every person whose usual place of above on the first day of June, 1860, was in this family:

Benj. Hillman, age 36, Male, Farmer, Value of Real Estate: 1200, Value of Personal Estate: 350, Born: Ohio.

Mary Hillman, age 35, Female, Born: Indiana.

Henry Hillman, age 15, Male, Born: Indiana.

John Hillman, age 13, Male, Born: Indiana.

Mary Hillman, age 12, Female, Born: Indiana.

William Hillman, age 8, Male, Born: Indiana.

Martha Hillman, age 6, Female, Born: Indiana.

SCHEDULE 1. -- Free Inhabitants in Grasshopper Falls Township in the County of Jefferson, State of Kansas, enumerated by me, on the 15th day of Sept. 1860, _______ (illegible), Ass't. Marshal. Post Office: Grasshopper Falls. Page No. 17. Territory 345. Benj. Hillman, age 36, Male, Farmer, Value of Real Estate: 1200, Value of Personal Estate: 350, Born: Ohio. Mary Hillman, age 35, Female, Born: Indiana. Henry Hillman, age 15, Male, Born: Indiana. John Hillman, age 13, Male, Born: Indiana. Mary Hillman, age 12, Female, Born: Indiana. William Hillman, age 8, Male, Born: Indiana. Martha Hillman, age 6, Female, Born: Indiana. Document courtesy of Johnette Hodgin.
SCHEDULE 1. -- Free Inhabitants in Grasshopper Falls Township
in the County of Jefferson, State of Kansas,
enumerated by me, on the 15th day of Sept. 1860, _______ (illegible), Ass't. Marshal.
Post Office: Grasshopper Falls. Page No. 17. Territory 345.
Document courtesy of Johnette Hodgin.

SCHEDULE 1. -- Free Inhabitants in Grasshopper Falls Township in the County of Jefferson, State of Kansas, enumerated by me, on the 15th day of Sept. 1860, _______ (illegible), Ass't. Marshal. Post Office: Grasshopper Falls. Page No. 17. Territory 345. Detail showing how Benjamin Hillman's name was written by the census taker. Document courtesy of Johnette Hodgin.
Detail showing how Benjamin Hillman's name was written.
Document courtesy of Johnette Hodgin.

Also see:

John W. Hillman a.k.a. John W. Hillmon: A History of the Hillman/Hillmon Death Investigation.

Marriage License: John W. Hillman and Sadie E. Quinn, dated 3 Oct 1879, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Map of the Location Where John Wesley Hillman Was Shot and Killed

Tales From The Crypt by David Fasgold, The Gyp Hills Premiere, 27 Feb 2006.

Benjamin Hillman, father of John W. Hillman/Hillmon. Obituary from the The Oskaloosa Independent, 27 Nov. 1869. Jefferson County, Kansas.

TheHillmonCase.com   See this website by Marianne "Mimi" Wesson for a fascinating overview of her research and analysis of the evidence in the case.

Thanks to Johnette (Massey) Hodgin for finding and contributing the census scan to this web site and to Kim Fowles for arranging the contribution!