Hillhouse, Sarah Porter, 1763-1831
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found: Georgia. General Assembly. Senate. Journal of the Senate of the state of Georgia, 1805:t.p. (S. Hillhouse; Washington, Ga. printer)
found: Dictionary of Georgia biography, 1983:p. 455, etc. (Hillhouse, Sarah Porter; newspaper publisher; editor; Ga. state printer; bookseller and stationer; m. David Hillhouse, 7 Oct. 1781; assumed publication of the Monitor, Washington, Ga., 1803; b. Hadley, Mass., 29 May 1763; d. Washington, Ga., 26 Mar. 1831)
found: Finding aid for Alexander and Hillhouse family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Apr. 27, 2020(Adam Alexander (1758-1812), a Scottish physician, emigrated to Liberty County, Ga., in 1776, where he acquired land and married Louisa Frederika Schmidt (1777-1846). The Alexanders' son, Adam Leopold (1803-1882), graduated from Yale and became a successful planter in Washington (Wilkes County), Ga. David Hillhouse (1756-1804) of Connecticut married Sarah Porter of Massachusetts and settled in Georgia in 1787. His son, David P. Hillhouse (1790-1851), had property and business interests in New England, South Carolina, and Georgia. His daughter, Sarah Hillhouse (1782-1808) married Felix H. Gilbert in 1804. Gilbert was a member of the Georgia legislature, 1807-1808. In 1823 Adam Leopold Alexander married Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert. Together they had ten children, among them Louisa (Alexander) Gilmer (1824-1895); Edward Porter Alexander (1835-1910); Sarah (Alexander) Lawton (1826-1897); and Harriet (Alexander) Cumming (b. 1828). Adam's sister, Louisa, married Anthony Porter of Savannah. Adam Leopold Alexander (1867-1911) married Nellie Holman Baldwin (1869-1954). Their son, Adam Leopold Alexander (1902-1960), married Elizabeth Baldwin (b. 1913) in 1939) - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00011/
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2005-01-05: new
2020-04-29: revised
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