George B. Gill
| Born: | February 20, 1846, Tennessee |
| Died: | October 4, 1926 |
| Buried: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Brother of: | Charles Alexander Gill |
| Brother of: | Isaac W. Gill |
| Son of: | Thomas Owen Gill |
Notes:
• There appears to be two people with the name George B. Gill living in or around Huntsville about the same time period. If you have reliable information regarding these men, please inform us. - Editor's Note.
• "Gill, George B.; Neighbor/Farmer. George B. Gill was born February 20, 1846 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. George joined the Confederacy as a Private in 1864 with the Fourth Alabama Cavalry Company E. After the war, he returned to live in Huntsville. In 1870, he lived with his parents, Thomas and Mariah. George was selling real estate and working as a Pension and Notary Agent in 1896. Not much is mentioned about George Gill's wife, Octie, except that she lived in Rome, Georgia until her death on June 20, 1889. She was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery. George Gill died on October 4, 1926. According to Maple Hill records, George Gill bought and erected many of his family's tombstones; however, one has not been found for him." - Simpson
• 1878 Huntsville was a farming community and there had been theft of farm stock in the area. Mr. Shoenberger was killed in this charged environment and George B. Gill lived near the site of the murder. He heard the gun shots and came outside to investigate. Mike White was a competitor of Mr. Shoenberger (the murdered man) and was implicated in the murder. He and his accomplices were lynched. - Simpson
• George B. Gill is a part of another lynching story in Madison County. This time, an officer of the law was killed in the line of duty. A man by the name of Wesley Brown was a suspect. While Chief Hutchens continued the search for Adams, Alderman Stegall and George B. Gill brought Brown to town. "As members of the posse and officers of the law, they protected him from threatened violence. They lodged him in the county jail on Monday afternoon." Brown was later lynched. - Simpson
• Born Feb. 20, 1846 in Lincoln Co ., Tenn. Entered service as a private in 1864 at Huntsville, Ala. in Jordan's Co., 4th Ala. Cav. until close of war. (Entered #3, Madison, Ala.) - 1907 Confederate Census
• Listed as a Pension Agent in the Halsey Block. (Note: We are not positive this is the same George Gill.) - 1896-7 City Directory
• MR. GEORGE B. GILL
"A dispatch from Fayetteville was received yesterday afternoon by Mr. Isaac W. Gill, that his brother, Mr. George B. Gill, had accidentally shot himself. He was stopping at his uncle's, Rev. A. W. Gill, about eight miles from Fayetteville, for the purpose of making a week's visit, and the impression is that Mr. Gill was out hunting and accidentally shot himself. Nothing was known as to the extent of the wound. A physician from Fayetteville had gone out to see him.
Mrs. Gill with Mr. Spillman left yesterday afternoon to see her husband and give him her attention.
We sincerely hope the wound may not prove serious, and that Mr. Gill will be able to return home. Being 8 miles in the country prevented us from getting a special.
Later: A dispatch received at 10 o'clock p.m., states that Mr. George Gill is not dangerously, though painfully wounded." - Newspaper Abstract
• The information on this Ancestry.com page seems to align with the information given in the Simpson reference. Born in Tennessee; Married Octavia J. Scroggins January 26, 1876, in Muscogee County, Georgia; Lived in Triana, Alabama in 1910. - Ancestry.com alternative
• Geo. B. Gill is credited for erecting the following tombstones:
Wm. R. Gill. Born April 21, 1843 - died June 3, 1862 in Hospital, Richmond, Va., of wounds received in Battle May 31.
Mariah B. Gill. Born July 3, 1811 - died May 29, 1874. - Maple Hill
Related Links:
• 1896-7 City Directory - Huntsville City Directory 1896-97, by Huntsville Directory Company, 1896-1897, page 10.
• 1907 Confederate Census - Madison County, Alabama Census of Confederate Veterans
• Ancestry.com 1 - Page owned by Julie Gage and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16298212/person/1594551536.)
• Ancestry.com alternative - The page is owned by tstegmair and can be viewed only with an ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18439070/person/963780457.)
• Maple Hill - Maple Hill Cemetery, Phase One, by Diane Robey, Dorothy Scott Johnson, John Rison Jones, Jr., & Frances C. Roberts (Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society), 1995, pages 50, 51.
• Newspaper Abstract - Article titled "Accidentally Shot" from The Huntsville Weekly Mercury, September 2, 1885, contributed by klstacy home.
• Simpson - The Sins of Madison County, by Fred B. Simpson with Mary N. Daniel & Gay C. Campbell, 2000, pages 15, 63, 64, 90, 111.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• 1896-7 City Directory
• Charles Alexander Gill
• Isaac W. Gill
• Maple Hill
• Thomas Owen Gill