Free Hill(s) Community (2D 31) - Celina TN
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Don.Morfe
N 36° 32.652 W 085° 28.416
16S E 636624 N 4045394
Free Hill(s), a historic Black community, was established northeast of Celina before the Civil War by former slaves of Virginia Hill.
Waymark Code: WM138PR
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2020
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Free Hill(s) Community-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.
LOCATION: Marker is in Celina, Tennessee, in Clay County. Marker is on Burkesville Highway (SR 53). Marker is in this post office area: Celina TN 38551, United States of America.
Marker Name: Free Hill(s) Community
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker Number: 2D 31
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission.
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